john nielsen says it is easy to believe that something labeled premium sounds like a treat... but that is not actually the case: (( john nielsen/aaa) "but the truth is if your car is designed to run on regular gasoline, using the premium fuel or the 93 octane isn't going to make it run better, have better fuel economy, or have lower >> only about 16% of vehicles on the road require premium gas - they are typically high performance or luxury cars. another 10% run best on mid-grade, while 7 in 10 cars on the road only need regular. /// ((kirsten joyce)) >>> pummeled by a storm. the chaos being created in japan by a typhoon turned tropical storm... ((kirsten joyce)) >> and could we be getting wet weather of our own... sherry swensk fills us in >>> torrential rain is causing landslides and flooding as a storm it makes it's way toward eastern japan. typhoon malakas has been downgraded to a tropical storm. about 700-thousand people were advised or ordered to evacuate their homes. one person is reported missing.. and 3 dozen others have been injured. officials expect more mudslides..

aaa's john nielsen... (sot- john nielsen/aaa) "but the truth is if your car is designed to run on regular gasoline, using the premium fuel or the 93 octane isn't going to make it run better, have better fuel economy, or have lower emissions." (gfx) aaa looked at cars with a v-6 (2016 dodge charger), a v-8 (2016 toyota tundra) and four cylinder engines (2016 mazda 3) and found 'no benefit' to using a higher level of gas than was called for by the manufacturer. triple-a estimates 16.5 million drivers m-f unnecessarily last year...costing them an extra 2.1 billion dollars. only about 16% of vehicles on the road require premium gas - they are typically high performance or luxury cars. another 10% run best on mid-grade, while 7 in 10 cars on the road only need regular. (on cam: kris van cleave/cbs news/washington, dc) the american petroleum institute, which represents the gasoline industry, agrees most cars run just fine on regular 87 . ((christianne klein)) >>> triple a says using premium won't hurt your car's

. >> reporter: aaa's john nielsen. >> but the truth is if your car is designed to run on regular gasoline using the premium fuel or 93 octane isn't going to make economy or have lower emissions. >> reporter: aaa looked at cars with v-6, v-8 and 4-cylinder engines and found no benefit to using a higher level of gas than what was called for by the manufacturer. aaa estimates 16.5 million drivers misfueled their cars by upping the octane unnecessarily last year, costing them an extra $2.1 billion. only about 16% of vehicles on the road require premium gas. they are typically high-performance or luxury cars. mid-grade. while 7 in 10 cars on the road only need regular. >> consumers if they stick with what the owner's manual recommends, they're going to be fine and save some money while they're at it. >> reporter: now, if you're just devoted to your premium gasoline, it's not going to hurt your car. it's not going to hurt your performance. you're just not going to see a whole lot of benefit out of it for most drivers. now, we talked to the american petroleum institute. they represent the gasoli

. >> reporter: john nielsen fromth a.a.a. says the auto club tested cars designed for regular unleaded gas, and found premium, which on average costs 23% more, offered no benefit at all. >> but the truth is, if your cai is designed to run-- regular gasoline, using the premium fuel or 93 octane isn't going to make it run better, get better fuel economy or have lower emissions. >> reporter: just 16% of cars require premium fuel. those are typically high- performance or luxury vehicles. roads require the midgrade.0 but seven in ten cars call for regular gasoline. now, certainly, you can put premium in any vehicle. scott, your owner's manual wille tell you the grade of gas your y car was designed for. >> pelley: kris van cleave, thank you. up next, a high-octane hollywood couple on the road to splitsville. ? our parents worked hard so that we could enjoy life's simple pleasures. now it's our turn. i'm doing the same for my family. retirement and life insurance solutions from pacific life can help you protect what you love and gro

think so, makes the engine run better, i think it runs cleaner with the higher octane,"(natsot-john nielsen/aaa)"i think it's easy to believe that something that is premium sounds like a >> the octane level. i think so. designed to run on regular gasoline, using the premium fuel or the 93 octane isn't going to make it run better, have better fuel economy, or have lower emissions."(gfx)aaa looked at cars with a v-6 (2016 dodge charger), a v-8 (2016 toyota tundra) and four cylinder engines (2016 mazda 3) and found 'no benefit' to using a higher level of gas than was called for by the manufacturer. triple-a estimates 16.5 million drivers mis-fueled their cars by upping the octane unnecessarily last year...costing them an extra 2.1 billion dollars.only about 16% of vehicles on the road typically high performance or luxury cars.another 10% run best on mid-grade, while 7 in aaa estimates 16.5 million drivers ms. fueled their cars by upping the teen unnecessarily last year, costing them an extra $2.1 billion. only about 16% of vehicles on the road require premium gas. there typically high- perform

. >> reporter: aaa's john nielsen. >> but the truth is if your car is designed to run on regular gasoline using the premium fuel or 93 octane isn't going to make economy or have lower emissions. >> reporter: aaa looked at cars with v-6, v-8 and 4-cylinder engines and found no benefit to using a higher level of gas than what was called for by the manufacturer. aaa estimates 16.5 million drivers misfueled their cars by upping the octane unnecessarily last year, costing them an extra $2.1 billion. only about 16% of vehicles on the road require premium gas. they are typically high-performance or luxury cars. another 10% run best on while 7 in 10 cars on the road only need regular. >> consumers if they stick with what the owner's manual recommends, they're going to be fine and save some money while they're at it. >> reporter: now, if you're just devoted to your premium gasoline, it's not going to hurt your car. it's not going to hurt your performance. you're just not going to see a whole lot of benefit out of it for most drivers. now, we talked to the american petroleum institute. they represe

aaa's john nielsen..."but the truth is if your car is designed to run on regular gasoline, using the premium fuel or the 93 octane isn't going to make it run better, have better fuel economy, or have lower emissions."aaa looked at cars with a v-6 a v-8 and four cylinder engines and found 'no benefit' to using a higher level of gas than was called for by the estimates 16.5 million drivers mis-fueled their cars by upping the octane unnecessarily last year...costing them an extra 2.1 billion dollars.only about 16% of vehicles on the road require premium gas - they are typically high performance or luxury cars.another 10% run best on mid-grade, while 7 in 10 cars on the road only need regular. the american petroleum institute, which represents the gasoline industry, agrees most cars regular 87 .kris van cleave, cbs news, washington. 3 investors are in a bit of a holding pattern during a two-day fed meeting...making for a dull day on wall street. the dow gained about ten, the nasdaq about six and the s and p pre

. >> reporter: amount aaa's john nielsen. >> it isn't going to make it run better. you'll have lower emissions. >> reporter: aaa looked at cars with v-6, v8 and engines that showed no benefit than what was called for by the manufacturer. $16.5 million misfueled their car by up be the octane unnecessarily, cost them an extra $2.2 billion. only about 16% of cars on the road require premium gas. they're typically high performance luxury cars. another 10% run best on midgrade. while 7 in 10 cars on the road only need regular. >> if they stick to what they use, they're going to be fine and save money. it's not going to hurt your car. it's not going to hurt your performance you're just not going to see a lot of benefit outside of it from most drivers. we talked to the american petroleum institute who represent the gasoline industry, they agree. >> that saves a lot of money. >> a lot of people kissing you kris van cleave today saying thank you very much. thank you. now, we know. >>> an incredible act of you inherit lots of traits from your family. my ancestor, lady eleanor

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essentially wasting 2.1 billion dollars (end gfx)(nielsen sot) "i think it's easy to believe that something that says premium sounds like a treat." john nielson from triple-a says the auto club tested cars designed for regular unleaded gas and found premium - which on average costs 23% more - (nielsen sot) "but the truth is if your car is designed to run on regular gasoline, using the premium fuel or the 93 octane isn't going to make it run better, get better fuel economy, or have lower emissions."just 16 percent of cars require premium fuel - those are typically high performance or luxury vehicles. (take gfx)another 10 percent of vehicles on the roads require the mid-grade...but 7 in 10 cars call for regular gasoline.of course you can absolutely use premium gas in any you just may not see any benefits for the extra money. your owners manual will tell you what kind of fuel your it's now on this morning.and if you're in it's degrees. degrees.coming up next...the battle to refocus after a bad hawkeye loss -- and big 10 play just a few days away. here's a look at some of eastern iowa's top stories -- on this morning... the university of

john f. televised presidential debate. nearly 60% of american households with a teleivision tuned in according to nielsen. in 2016, there are more households with television sets , fair to say and analysts , predict the first debate between donald trump and hillary clinton will, in fact be a , record setter. one person who will be watching it live tonight, donald trump's running mate mike pence, who was also in new hampshire today. and we talked to the indiana governor about his expectations for this debate. mr. pence: anybody else looking forward to tonight? hungry trump supporters in milford, mike pence set the stage for the debate sounding , much like al micheals before monday night football. mr. pence: no more media filters. no more parsing of words. there american people are going to hear from two candidates, and they are going to hear about two futures for this country. josh: whether it is stronger economy to a stronger military, jim steiner though isn't one of them. he's a republican rooting for hillary clinton, and he insists he's not alone. jim: i have people saying that they agree with me. josh:

john mcardle, what do you have? expectations were high, big turnout for presidential debate last night. c-span not rated, but if you are nielsenating, here are umbers, nbc has drawn the biggest audience among broadcast networks, 15 share. percentage of audience watching television at the time. 13 share. 13% of the audience watching television at the time was abc.ing 10% watching cbs or fox, it was of the debate towered above every other program in prime time, other p.m. telecast of the big bang theory. of course, these numbers are subject to significance revision later today. o we'll keep looking for numbers as they come out today, but for comparison sake, here is on past debates. the biggest drawing debates of all-time, october 3, 2012, the bama-romney debate having largest number of households who watched, 46.2 million. kaerter-reagan debate in 1980 in second at 45.8 million. numbers k for the today. they are expected to be high. host: all right. 1 more days to go before you folks get to vote. what did you think about last presidential debate? michelle in north carolina, you are undecided. hi, michelle. how are you? host: do