time during the night, as debbie streeter slept, a thief sneaked into her garage and stole her 2007 kia. >> hi, yes. i'd like some help. my car's gone. >> every time you walk outside you're looking around, seeing if someone's watching you, or at night, you're checking doors and windows that you never did before. >> what happens to cars after crooks steal them? >> i just robbed him. i just robbed his house or whatever. >> we've been watching this fencing operation from behind the scenes. a place where thieves come to sell stolen goods to other criminals. >> hey, brother, what's going on? >> but the guys behind the counters aren't crooks. they're really undercover detectives. it all happens at this little store tucked away in the shadow of the vegas strip. to look like a shop that sells and installs car audio systems. >> .357 shell there. >> where we first saw suspects selling guns and cars. >> .357? >> and an alleged counterfeiter making bogus bills. >> what's up? >> where's the boys, man? >> business at this storefront is still booming. this guy's here to sell a grenade and he's looking

three brands with lowest average cost of ownership including cost of the car, depreciation, and repair, kia has a sticker price for msrp and five-year ownership cost of $38,884. this is hyundai, 23,359. third place, honda. the initial average price is just over 26 grand. after rinl ownership cost about 41, so though they're offering the best value, owning a car, any car is not cheap. probably just about twice what you imagined it to be. amazon.com learns what goes around comes around. well now, groups are calling for a boycott of amazon. they want shoppers to avoid the site until it begins collecting sales taxes. >> these services need revenue and to everyone who is playing by rules. amazon, you can play by rules, too. >> amazon says it doesn't have to collect the taxes since it dropped companies, thus, california times. the company shelled out $3 million to collect signatures to put a referendum on the ballot. and wondering where the tax refund is is in the irs may be holding it for you. another reminder there is now $23 million in undelivered funds here in california. and there is a a dea

. >> we have a lot of americans driving kias and hyunda s. i want folks in korea driving forces and chevies and chrysler's. i'd like to see that. i want to see billions of dollars more product sold around the world stamped with three words. "made in america." >> you are listening live to president obama. he is visiting a plant that makes batteries for electric powered cars in michigan and received stimulus money to overcome the recession. in june michigan's unemployment rate was 10.5%. this is the president's first official trip outside washington, d.c. since the debt crisis began a month ago. he is headed to new york city after this stop to attend two fundraisers for his re-election campaign. >>> president obama's handling of the economy is sure to be a major focus tonight in iowa. that's where eight republican candidates for president face off in a debate leading up to the state's straw poll this weekend. former massachusetts governor mitt romney has a slim lead in the most recent national polls. he'll be joined by michelle bachmann, tim pa

this evening prosecutors ordered giordano held for another 16 days, here in aruba's kia prison. that's nearly twice as long as they'd originally pushed for. >> it was a good day, yes, but it's not yet the moment to declare a victory, of course. >> reporter: investigators suspect foul play in robyn's disappearance. friends say the 35-year-old frfr maryland just wanted to get away after having recently lost her job. >> when she came to me and said, hey, i'm going to aruba, i was like cool, i'm so happy, get out of town, why wouldn't you. and then she said she was going with gary, and it just became a -- you know, a why. like why? you know, are you sure? >> reporter: christina jones said she was wary of who her friend was leaving with. >> well, i know that she met gary over a year ago online. it's been a real roller coaster friendship. it's pretty hot and cold. one day nice and the next day not so nice. >> reporter: authorities now know she landed here with giordano on july 31st, planned to stay a week, and that she was last seen on or near this rocky beach on august 2nd. and that

the champions league playoffs by the end of tonight the gloves hold a two goal advantage against nama kia following last week's that round us leg qualifier in ukraine is not at full strength while we're being seen here going down to premier league rivals on the way down have a couple of injury concerns are being aiming to join two other russian clubs in the group stage to meet st petersburg and say. automatically off the finishing first and second respectively in the russian prime in the gloss season. eleven games out for consideration in champions league qualifying tonight the pick of which that looks set to take place in modern era this with his side leading one nil from the first leg and will have the home pitch advantage tonight despite still being regarded underdogs against rangers elsewhere last is that runners up when to set for that playoffs leading suniel from the home lead now we just champions rosenborg have it all to do off the losings one nil and they'll protect their publics while last year's europa league semifinalists the car favorites to reach the next stage at the expens

wednesday twice the former champions redeemed are also reported to be on the verge of signing in a kia and thin and would feel that i'm on your own into twenty four year old holds and russian and finnish citizenship and has been a regular in finance national squad for over four years his deal is reported to be worth around nineteen million dollars. all over england and after selling the team a field assessed battery acid samir nasri has run a still small sing from sunday's eighteen drubbing at manchester united also have announced they've agreed a deal to sign south korea captain to young paul right side want to play the twenty six year old striker has twenty five goals in ninety one matches to his three years in the french top flight. zero zero meanwhile newly crowned u.a. for player of the little messy scored a second half races barcelona began the defense of their league title in style with a five l. trashing your way out of the newtown oh monday night so you all are open for the home side after twenty five minutes and resigning exasperate as grab the second on the stroke of half ti

and still ahead this hour journey through russia all the way to the kia region where an unusual festival held in the name of believe in green vegetable isn't attaining adults and children of light. the big cleanup in the big apple is underway as new yorkers deal with the aftermath of hurricane irene which swept through the say she turning streets into rivers and bringing widespread destruction the storm has killed nineteen along the u.s. east coast and caused power cuts affecting millions also shutting new york's public transportation system and subway. from the city. once prepared a way in advance before i ring begat it's way down the eastern seaboard but at this point things seem extremely calm relatively calm the sun actually looking out of my window in the sun is beginning to come out here in new york city but that does not mean that there has not been any damage from this tropical storm now i remarked the hurricane but according to meteorologist when it was making its way down the eastern seaboard once it i went through cloud through north carolina it downgraded to a tropical storm

quarter past the hour here in the russian capital you without saying a recent match about the namo kia will be remembered not only for girls but also for the brutal nazi influenced the violence which flared up at the stadium this latest incident has added to fears that racists and hooligans may spoil the european football championship that ukraine co-hosts next year that's all he's alexy our stuff he found out in here that neo nazi ism has deep roots in the country's football fan culture. the beautiful game turned ugly in the second half of you know what you first discovered partly for several dozen fans brutally attacked its two word it was trying to take down banners supporting world war two insurgent army leaders. and the monstrous each under he says he was simply trying to force the law yeah. my cd burners and for fans to remove them this violated the law that no political agitation could be used in football games they refused and i tried to take them down myself the next thing i remember is someone hitting me on the head and dozens of feet kicking me on the ground. which is status

and the most reliable submersibles there for levels of protection and the only problem is you need a kia ship for them other than that it would be easy because they can be quickly delivered anywhere in the world in response planes. you see so you also need a mothership yes you need a mothership so that's one reason but actually even that is not a problem i think the main reason why the idea was rejected is because of some commercial considerations in arrogance probably british petroleum was reluctant to use russian technologies anyway i think they managed to deal with the problem but this is a big lesson for the future we must be aware of their commercial considerations to have a very negative effect on a life. you just said they are very safe and i think they are safe if you invite presidents and prime ministers for pleasure rides there must be no danger involved otherwise they would have never allowed me to do that so they are very safe except that when we dive at the north pole i think the guys who dived there were real heroes because getting back to the surface through an ice whole n

and 91 in yu kia. near east bay, upper 60s to low 70s. and near monterey bay, looking for highs into 60s near the bay. there is the accu-weather forecast there is further cooling monday and tuesday with highs around 80 degrees. highs starting to bounce back once, and we'll see high temperatures below average so it's nice and pleasant. >> just ahead tonight there is a big victory for california cities. >> the supreme court steps in to keep redevelopment alive. >>> a silly could be valley executive has been charged with insider training, accused of supplying information to a woman convicted of securities fraud. ng was a manager making sure fed ral securities lawed were followed. and he was indicted in new york. u.s. attorney saying he traded inside information casualry as mun trade baseball cards. >> a reprieve for local cities trying to save funds, the california supreme court decided to hear the case file bid cities fighting what they say is an unconstitutional money grab by the state. governor jerry brown signed a law vowing to collect f

and high temperatures reaching up to 90 in yuk kia.will be the warm spot. 89 in clear lake. 81 in santa rosa. mid 80s in some east bay inland locations. concord. and 86 at antioch. down into south bay, san jose, 76, 68 in oakland. 64 here in san francisco. add together south, monterey bay, highs into upper 60s to about 71 at santa cruz near the bay. inland we'll see 81 in morgan hill, 79 in gilroy. don't forget about outside speck cell tomorrow, and there is golden gate park, weather partly sunny skies, on the cool side, highs into upper 50s and there is a great weekend wex expect nearly 200,000 people over three-day period to show up. and there is music, wine, food and wine and parties and wine. >> we know what you're looking for, spencer. >> and all right. >> the back to school shopping season is in full swings, parents looking for discounts on school supplies and more. >> turns out great deals could be on your smart phone. >> back to school usually means head together mall and with the economy still wobbley, parents and teens will b

[applause] we've got a lot of americans driving kias and hyundais. i want people in korea driving force and charities. i would like to see that. [applause] i want to see billions of dollars more products sold around the world stand with three words -- "made in america." [applause] those trade bills are teed up and ready to go. let's get it done. tell congress will need to reform the patent system. so entrepreneurs like the ones developed some of the technology here can turn their ideas into businesses more quickly. so companies like this one can better compete against companies around. the around we should not make it so difficult for somebody with a good idea to translate that into a business. tell congress we've got hundreds of thousands of bright, talented, skilled americans who are returning home from iraq and afghanistan and i propose connecting those veterans looking for work with businesses who need. their need you got 24 and 25-year-old who are leaving platoons and handling of equipment worth hundreds of billions of dollars and they come back

. >> we've got a lot of americans driving kias and hyundais, i want folks in koreas driving fords and chevies and chryslers. >> reporter: the president also toured the plant. that plant makes lithium batteries that can be used in hybrid cars. tonight the president is in new york for two campaign fund raising events. if you're looking for a bright spot in all of the gloom economic news this may be it, mortgage rates are down. that's down from last week's 4.5%. and freddie mac's report today showed a similar drop with its average rate at 4.32%. analysts say the economic turmoil and the fed's decision to keep the rates low is driving that factor. >>> you can find complete coverage of all the ups and downs just click on the wall street tab on ktvu.com. >>> poised to protest, a group is threatening to disrupt b.a.r.t. tonight. ktvu's sal castaneda joins us now telling us that b.a.r.t. is not taking any chances. >> reporter: we've seen people showing up here but we just checked in downstairs and we don't see anything going on just yet. but b.a.r.t. police and a lot of rioters are ready just

we've got a lot of americans driving kia's and hyundais. i want folks in korea driving fords and chevies and chrysler. i'd like to see that. i want did see billions more products sold around the world stamped with three words: made in america. made in america. those trade bills of teeed up and ready to go. let's get it done. tell congress we need to reform the patent system so entrepreneurs like the ones who developed some of the technology here can turn their ideas into businesses more quickly. so companies like this one can better compete against companies around the world. we shouldn't make it so difficult for someone with a good idea to translate that into a business. tell congress we've got hundreds of thousands of bright, talented, skilled americans who are returning home from iraq and afghanistan and i propose connecting those veterans looking for work with businesses that need their skills. you've got 24 and 25-year-olds that are leading platoons and handling equipment that's worth tens or hundreds of billions of dollars. and they c

look, we've got a whole bunch of kias and hyundais here in the united states of america on our roads.hat's fine and good. but i want some chryslers and some gms and fords on the roads of south korea as well. we should get those trade deals done. [ applause ] so, there are a whole host of ideas. that we could be implementing right now that traditionally have had bipartisan support. the only thing that is preventing us from passing it, is that there are some folks in congress, who think that doing something in cooperation with me, or this white house, that that somehow is bad politics. you know what, you guys didn't send us there to think about our jobs. you sent us there to think about your jobs. and your future. now, we do have to be thinking about how we invest in education and how we invest in infrastructure and how we invest in basic research. but still do it while the government is living with -- and neither party is blameless on this. the truth is, we add balanced budge net 2000. last time we had a democratic president. what we ended up doing was we had two wars he we didn't pay

you know, we have got a lot of americans driving kias and hyundais, and i want folks in korea driving fords and chevys and chryslers. i'd like to see that. [ applause ] i want to see billions of products around the world stamped with three words -- made in america. those trade bills are teed up. they are ready to go. let's get it done. tell congress we need to reform the patent system. so entrepreneurs like the ones who developed some of the technology here can turn their ideas into businesses more quickly, so that companies like this one can better compete against companies around the world. we shouldn't make it so difficult. for somebody with a good idea to translate that into a business. tell congress we have hundreds of thousands of bright, talented, skilled americans who are returning home from iraq and afghanistan, and i have proposed connecting the veterans looking for work with businesses that need their skills. you have 24-year-olds and 25-year-olds who are leading platoons and handling equipment that is worth tens or hundreds of billions of dollars, and they come back here a

allow us to start selling some chevys and some fords to korea and we don't mind having hyundais and kias here. we want some made in america stuff in orcountries. that's something that congress could do right now. it's something a lot of folks don't talk about. when our entrepreneurs come up with a big idea if we could reform how that system works and cut the red tape, we could have entrepreneurs creating businesses like google and microsoft right now all across the country. we have to make this investment and congress could make that decision to make it happen. there is no shortage of ideas to put people to work right now. what is needed is action on the part of congress. a willingness to put the partisan games aside and say we're going to do what's right for the country, not what we think is going to score some political points for the next election. [ applause ] now, we also need to do this in a way that allows government to live within its means. >>> that's the president of course in cannon falls, minnesota. he's been speaking to a town hall meeting there. this is the first state in h

>> reporter: he's at the kia prison, and what's interesting about that, authorities say he's living ar than he was in the local jail. apparently it's a much bigger room he's in. 33 by 33 feet. now he's got to share it with two other men, but at least he gets to move around during the day. he gets to interact with other prisoners, which he never had the opportunity to do. he's got visiting days twice a week, although authorities say nobody has visited him. he does not have access to the media. so that's where he is for the time being. >> and i mean, obviously it's possible that he's telling the truth. that this is all some terrible tragedy. >> reporter: and that's exactly right. i mean, and it probably hasn't been said enough, that, yeah, he could be telling the truth. however, there are three things that are sort of stacked against him. two of which are his own doing. number one, he did take out a hefty insurance policy on a woman who's now missing and he did it just days before she vanished. number two, his track record when it comes to dealing with other women and the accusations th

we should be passing trade deals right now because look, the koreans they can sell kias and hyundais here in the united states. i think that's great. i want to be selling fords and chryslers and chevys into korea. [ applause ] and i want products all across the world stamped with three words made in america. that's something that we could be doing right now. [ applause ] there's a bill pending in congress right now that's called the america invents bill. it says entrepreneurs who are coming up with good ideas, let's say if the brothers came up with a new strain and wanted to patent it in some way, it's easier for them so they can market it. and make money off it and hire people for it. we could do that right now. the only thing that's holding us back is our politics. over the last six months, even though the economy has been growing, even though the economy's been recovering it has not recovered as fast as it could. and some of those things are not in our control. we couldn't control the sue namny in japan that disrupted supply chains. we could not control what happened in the mideas

and we've got folks in america driving kias and hyundais. i want to see folks in korea driving fords and chryslers and chevys. [ applause ] i want to sell goods all over the world that are stamped with three words, made in america. and all of these proposals -- [ applause ] all of these proposals will make a difference for rural communities the only thing that is holding us back is our politics. the only thing that's preventing us from passing the bills i just mentioned is the refusal of a faction in congress to put country ahead of party that has to stop. our economy cannot afford it. [ applause ] our economy can't afford it. so i don't care whether you're a democrat or republican, independent, if you're not registered with any party, i want to enlist your help. i need your help sending a message to congress that it's time to put the politics aside and get something done. the folks here in iowa do the right thing. i've been traveling through these small towns and talking to folks, sitting down at diners and you listen to people they take su

and there is 9 in yuk kia. highs into 70s and 74 oakland. and there is highs into low 90s. and near monterey bay highs of 74 in watsonville. inland 88 in gilroy. here is the accu-weather forecast. there is two more warm days coming our way. and they bounce back up again tuesday of next week. there is a stretch of lovely weather coming our way. >> coming up next the work of one of the so called dutch master autos leflt behind by thieves who >>> animal rights activist protests in san francisco today against the eating of dog meat. and this group says the killing of dogs for food in korea increases in august because of a popularity of a summer stew. proestors held up images of caged fogs they say are killed in a brutal way. >> dogs are tortured before being killed and one of the reasons for this is that pefshers belief according to south korean activists the more a dog is tortured better the taste. >> in defense of animals wants the korean government to enforce a law banning the sale of dog meat. the conrin consulate did not want to comment on this issue. almost a third say th

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us to start selling some chef he's, and some fords to korea so, we don't mind having hyundais and kias here but we want made in america stuff in other countries. that is stuff that congress could do right now. [applause] >> patent reform. it's something that a lot of folks don't talk about, but our entrepreneurs when they come up with a good idea, if we could reform out system works and cut some of the red tape we could have entrepreneurs creating businesses like google and microsoft right now all across the country. we could make this investment and congress can make that decision to make it happen. so, there is no shortage of ideas to put people to work right now. what is needed is action on the part of congress, a willingness to put the partisan games aside and say, we are going to do what is right for the country, not what we think is going to score some political points for the next election. [applause] >> now, we also need to do this in a way that allows government to live within its means. like i said, everybody here, you make responsible choices about what you can afford and wh

we should be passing trade deals right now because, look, the koreans, they can sell kia's and hyundais in the united states. i think that's great. i want to be selling fords and chryslers and chef sraoes in korea and i want products all across the world sent with three words, made in america. that's something we could be doing right now. [applause] >> there is a bill pending in congress right now that is called the american events bill. it basically says entrepreneurs that are coming up with good ideas. if the wiffle brothers came up with something and wanted to patent it, make it easier for them so they could market it and hire people and make money off it. we could do that right now. the only thing that is holding us back is our politics. over the last six months, even though the economy has been growing, even though the economy has been recovering it has not recovered as fast as it could. and some of those things are not in our control. we couldn't control the tsunami in japan that disrupted supply chains. we could not control what happened in the middle east that drove up gas price

yeah, we've got a lot of americans driving kias arou s a hyundais. i want people in korea driving fords and chevys and chryslers. i'd like to see that. i want to see billions of dollars more products sold around the world stamped with three words, made in america. made in america. those trade bills are teed up. they are ready to go. let's get it done. tell congress we need to reform the patent system so entrepreneurs like the ones who developed some of the technology here can turn their ideas into businesses more quickly, so companies like this one can better compete against companies around the world. we shouldn't make it so difficult for somebody with a good idea to translate that into a business. tell congress we've got hundreds of thousands of bright, talented, skilled americans who are returning home from iraq and afghanistan, and i've proposed connecting those veterans looking for work with businesses that need their skills. you've got 24-year-olds and 25-year-olds that are leading platoons and handling equipment that's worth tens or hundreds o

look, we've got -- we've got a whole bunch of kias and hyundais here in the united states of americaand that's fine and good, but i want tom chryslers and some gms and some fords on the roads in south korea as well. we should go ahead and get those trade deals done. so there are a whole host of ideas that we could be implementing right now that traditionally have had bipartisan support. the only thing that is preventing us from passing it is that there are some folks in congress who think that doing something in cooperation with me or this white house, that that somehow is bad politics. well, you know what? you guys didn't send us there to be thinking about our jobs. you sent us there to be thinking about your jobs, and your future. now, we do have to be thinking about how we invest in education and how we invest in infrastructure and how we invest in basic research, but still do it while the government is living within its means. neither party is blameless on this. truth is we had a balanced budget in 2000. the last time we had a democratic president, and what we ended up doing was

we don't mind having hyundais and kias here, and we want made in america stuff in other countries, and that's something congress can do right now. and our intrapreneurs, when they come up with a good idea, if we could reform how that system works and cut some of the red tape, we could have intrapreneurs creating businesses like google and microsoft right now all across the country, but we have to make the investment, and congress could make that decision to make it happen. so there is no shortage of ideas to put people to work right now. what is needed is action on the part of congress. a willingness to put the partisan games aside, and say we're going to do what is right for the country, and not what we think is going to score political points for the next election. now, we also need to do this in a way that allowed government to live within its means. like i said, everybody here, you make responsible choices about what you can afford and what you can't afford. america needs to do and can do the exact same thing. there are some programs that don't work. we should stop funding them. th

we should be passing trade deals right now because, look, the koreans, they can sell kias and hyundais here in the united states, and that's great, and i want to sell fords, and chrysler and chevys in korea, and i want all products across the word stamped "made in america," and that's something we could be doing right now. there's a bill pending in congress right now that is called the american events bill. basically says intrapreneurs coming up with good ideas, and let's say if the whiffle brothers came up with a new strain and wanted to patten it in some way, it would make it easier for them so they could market it and make money off of it and hire people for it. we could do that right now and the only thing that is holding us back is our politics. over the last six months, even though the economy has been growing, and even though the economy has been recovering, it has not recovered as fast as it could. some of those things are not in our control. we couldn't control the tsunami in japan that disrupted supply chains. we could not control what happened in the middle east that drove u

we've got folks in america driving kias and hyundais. i want to see folks in korea driving fords and chryslers and chevys. i want to sell goods all over the world that are stamped with three words, made in america. and all of these proposals -- [ applause ] >> all of these proposals will make a difference for rural communities. the only thing that is holding us back is our politics. the only thing that's preventing us from passing the bills i just mentioned is the refusal of a faction in congress to put country ahead of party and that has to stop. our economy cannot afford it. our economy can't afford it. so i don't care whether you're a democrat, a republican, an independent, if you're not registered with any party. i want to enlist your help. i need your help sending a message to congress that it's time to put the politics aside and get something done. the folks here in iowa do the right thing. i have been traveling through these small towns and talking to folks, sitting down at diners and you listen to people, they take such pride doi

[applause] we have got a lot of americans driving kia's and hyundais. i want folks in korea driving fords and chevys and chrysler's. [applause] i would like to see that. i want to see billions of dollars more products sold around the world, stamped with three words, "made in america." [applause] "made in america." those trade bills are keyed up and ready to go. let's get it done. tell congress we need to reform the patent system so entrepreneurs like the ones who developed some of the technology here can turn their ideas into businesses more quickly, so companies like this one can better compete against companies around the world. we shouldn't make it so difficult for somebody with a good idea to translate that into a business. tell congress we have got hundreds of thousands of bright, talented, skilled americans who are returning home from iraq and afghanistan and i have proposed connecting those veterans looking for work with businesses that need their skills. you've got 24-year-olds and 25-year-olds that are leading platoons and handling equipment th

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we should be passing trade deals right now because the koreans, they can sell kias and hyundais here in the united states. i think that is great. i want to be selling ford's, chryslers and chevies in career. and i want products across the world stamped with three words, made in america. that is something we could be doing right now. [applause] there's a bill pending in congress right now that is call the america invents bill. basically it says entrepreneurs who are coming up with good ideas. let's say the brothers came up with a new strain and wanted to patent it, make it easier for them so they could market it, make money off it and hire more money. we can do that right now. the only thing holding us back is our politics. over the last six months, even though the economy has been growing, even though the economy has been recovering, it has not recovered as fast as it could. and some of those things are not in our control. we couldn't control the tsunami in japan that disrupted supply chains. we could not control what happened in the middle east that drove up gas prices. we don't hav

we've got folks in america driving kias and hyundais. i want to see folks in korea driving fords and chryslers and chevys. [applause] i want to sell goods all over the world that are stamped with three words, "made in america." and all of these proposals -- [applause] all of these proposals will make a difference for rural communities. the only thing that is holding us back is our politics. the only thing that's preventing us from passing the bills i just mentioned is the refusal of a faction in congress to put country ahead of party. and that has to stop. our economy cannot afford it. [applause] our economy can't afford it. [applause] so i don't care whether you're a democrat or republican, independent, if you're not registered with any party. i want to enlist your help. i need your help sending a message to congress that it's time to put the politics aside and get something done. the folks here in iowa do the right thing. i've been traveling through these small towns and talking to folks, sitting down at diners. and you listen to peopl

[applause] we have got a lot of americans driving kias and hyundais. i was like folks in korea driving ford and chevy and chrysler. i would like to see that. [applause] i want to see billions of dollars more product sold around the world stand with three words, "made in america at." made in america. let's get it done. tell congress we need to reform the patent system so that all entrepreneurs like the ones who developed the technology here can develop their ideas into business is more quickly, so that we can better compete against companies around the world. we should not make it so difficult for somebody with a good idea to translate that into a business. tell congress we have got hundreds of thousands of bright, talented, skilled americans who are returning home from iraq and afghanistan and i have proposed connecting those veterans looking for work with business is meeting their skills. we have 24-year-old and 25-year- old leading politicians, handling equipment worth hundreds of billions of dollars, and they come back here and they cannot find a jo

we have americans driving hyundais and kias. well, i want to see folks in korea driving fords, chevys and chryslers. i want more products sold around the globe stamped with three words -- made in america. these are commonsense ideas -- ideas that have been supported by both democrats and republicans. the only thing holding them back is politics. the only thing preventing us from passing these bills is the refusal by some in congress to put country ahead of party. that's the problem right now. that's what's holding this country back. that's what we have to change. because, for all the knocks we've taken, despite all the challenges we face, this is still the greatest country on earth. we still have the best workers and farmers, entrepreneurs and businesses, students and scientists. and you can see that here in alpha. you can see it along the country roads that connect these small towns and farmlands. these past few days, i've been seeing little kids with american flags and grandparents in lawn chairs. i've shaken hands with folks