>>> lee look at our time-lapse camera. and this is just a little bit of fog but we have areas where the visibility is under a quarter mile. and. we get a delay. you are at a 2-hour delay. and thick fog. how is that affecting traffic? , we have several accidents around the area -- >> we have several accidents around the area. looking at the beltway. we are at hartford road, that is hanging over the air. we'll give you a look at the crashes. e we have reports of a cow in the roadway. you may want to keep your speeds down. an accident at another crash coming in nottingham. and, megan, back to you. >>> 6:40. the clothe does not make the man a man behind bars this morning. inks he -- he is known as the preppy robber. how the police got their man. >>> and cash or check? only that's the situation at wal-mart and sam's club. things are back to normal. why they could not take the plastic yesterday. >>> a stinky problem and it needs to get fixed. it is worse than usual. the pesky stink bugs that are going on now. >>> and the jelly f

to lee. looked like he had it. somehow he didn't. makes the catch of the day. third quarter. trying to change that. indeed, he does. 51 yards to the right side. continues its domination of howard county. 41-6. friday afternoon, back in the city. engineers doing a number. first quarter, daryl melbourne to the races on the outside. 28 yards. touchdown repeated many times on friday evening for the engineers. >> chapel. he goes left and right, weaving his way beautifully. that is a good measure. oh, my. he's gone 38 yards. the engineers 48-6 over clifton. kevin millwood against the yankees. he pitched very well. he gets run support, too. bottom four in a 1-1 game. good to see the young slugger going to right field. 19th of the season. 2-1 orioles in front. two on, two out. alex rodriguez at the plate. coming back from the disabled list. mind you, this pitch, two locations prior. no more chance for arod. yes, a three-run heart-breaking shot. all the run for the yanks. that's a look at sports. i'm pete gilbert. see you back here tonight at 6:00. >> 64 degrees at tv-hill. >> you can

having lunch outside, hot in mass transit, 86. 84 lees burburg. looking highens once again around if not over the 90 free mark. >> thank you very much. virginia it's all about you right now. focusing on your roads. backlick road and edsall, lanes are wide open in springfield. a we switch over to the fairfax area, we give you live route 50 and route 29. no incidents or accidents to report. nice and quiet. and finally aboard on the southbound gw parkway. we are traveling it. smooth ride from the beltway past 123 to the 14th street bridge. hope you are off to a great thursday. it is 6:38. 9 news now will be right back. ♪ ♪ [ female announcer ] bursting with mouth-watering real fruit and refreshingly blended with creamy, low-fat yogurt. mcdonald's new strawberry banana and wildberry smoothies are 100% pure sipping fun. the simple joy of real fruit smoothies. ♪ but this is warm, fresh-baked strawberry toaster strudel. [ music ] see the difference? pillsbury toaster strudel, the one kids want to eat. and these are the ones you'll love on a school night pillsbur

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look? lauren cooke lees you know right now with the traffic edge. orter: thank you, steve. we are looking at hhgh speeds on many of our maii lines, no problems to report on the west speeds arr clocking in at a high 64 miles per hour at libertyú road. as we heck n and take a live look, will you notice cars are moving alonggjust fine at an 11-minute ride from 795 to 95.3 it will reeain clear at harford road, where you can see not as many cars out thhre, but it will be a nice,, asy ride along the outtr loop as yyu make your wwy toward towssn. %-95, here's a look at theor ú 5-minute ride from whiiemarsh to the beltway. if you're traveling on the harrisburg expresswwy this morning, nothing to get in youu3 at warren road and the jfx will remain clear from downtown to the traffic edge street. back to yoo. >>> still ahead gold hhts a reeord high, how much an ounce of the stuff willlset you back.3 >>> shh wanted her hhsband killed. >> aad this gas station owner murdered. the murder introducing the samsung fascinate powered by verizon. super amoled screen. six

think, you know, they started when they were 16, 17 years old and now 57, 58 years old and getty lee looksu needed a hair cut and back then that was the look. that's great. now, i understand you also had a chance to, of course, live out your rock star dreams and let you up there. you play guitar very well. they let you rock -- >> i don't know about this. >> i have heard you. you're good. >> we talked about this yesterday. they have never done this before. but i guess, you know, for the sake of knowing each other for 30 years, they invited me up on stage to live out a little bit of a rock n roll fantasy. here's the result. huh oh. for some reason we don't have it. my goodness. all right. >> gremlins in the mix. >> not sure what to did. >> we'll bring it back right after the break and take a quick break. when we come back, we'll talk a little bit about this must-see video. carl paladino for governor in new york getting into it with a "the new york post" reporter. eliot spitzer with a new show next week and joining us to talk about it. >>> very sad and developing story this morning. a college

development of democracy so i think if one wants to you know answer the question objective lee one has to look at all of the relevant variables that impact on democratization and if one does that one will see that islam is simply one factor but in my view not the most determining factor in explaining the persistence of authoritarianism in the absence of democracy in large parts of the muslim world today ok stephen if i go to you in washington would you agree with i'm i mean it has nothing to do with religion it's all about conditions on the ground and history well there's nothing in koran that says how people should be governed there's nothing in a of the sacred texts of the religion that prescribe what type of government what type of rulers fuel should live under what type of system political system people should participate in i think the burden is the burden of history and the burden of history is reflected in the fact that. islam developed for historical reasons more than eastern europe in the geographically eastern direction into societies that had a long history of despotism and that thi

amber lee got a first look at this evening and is live in san bruno with the latest. >> reporter: three homes here on concord way were destroyed by explosion. they are fenced in waiting for crews to come in and remove debris. a street one block over remains off limits. a police officer escorted us on to clairmont drive where piles of rubble and a loan chimney here and there now stand in place of homes. we were allowed ten minutes at the sight to bring you this footage. burned out shells of cars. there is an eerie feel. we learned that san mateo county will bring in crews wednesday. some homeowners say the sooner the better. >> get rid of it. get it out of the way so that it's not seen anymore and let rebuilding begin. >> reporter: on tuesday, crews will start removing what's left of homes. >> we'll put on water on to the site to basically soak it to not allow run off to occur. then there'll be some heavy equipment to remove the debris. >> reporter: the top two to three inches of the oil will be hauled off to a landfill. the concerns are the season's first rain can stir up toxics in the

amber lee got a first look at this evening and is live in san bruno with the latest. >> reporter: three homes here on concord way were destroyed by explosion. they are fenced in waiting for crews to come in and remove debris. a street one block over remains off limits. a police officer escorted us on to clairmont drive where piles of rubble and a loan chimney here and there now stand in place of homes. we were allowed ten minutes at the sight to bring you this footage. burned out shells of cars. there is an eerie feel. we learned that san mateo county will bring in crews wednesday. some homeowners say the sooner the better. >> get rid of it. get it out of the way so that it's not seen anymore and let rebuilding begin. >> reporter: on tuesday, crews will start removing what's left of homes. >> we'll put on water on to the site to basically soak it to not allow run off to occur. then there'll be some heavy equipment to remove the debris. >> reporter: the top two to three inches of the oil will be hauled off to a landfill. the concerns are the season's first rain can stir up toxics in the

lee. you've really set the tone extraordinarily well they are an msa you don't look like you've changed at al since we were together at the sharon conference. [applause] there is no doubt that i was the youngest person at the sharon conference. i was listed as being from northwestern university, but i hadn't even got to northwestern yet. i just graduated from high school. the reason i was there was because they graduated from the capital paid school and i was barry goldwater's page. ironically, it was a matter of fact this weekend is the 50th reunion of my class, which is why i'm not going to be with you for the rest of the committees because we have our reception tonight and our dinner tomorrow. so the page school is having its own 50th reunion at the same time that the sharon conference is being remembered 50 years later. what they got together extraordinarily well. and so there i was asked the person who knew. goldwater, had worked with barry goldwater and thought that it would be an appropriate thing for me to be involved with this. the first thing was that i left school here, left the

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and we will end with a look at lee highway.is at the intersection or where it meets military road or actually this is 495 at robinson terminal. but both roadways. they are clear. we are exciting to help kick off the weekend. it is friday. the time is 37. we'll be right back. ♪ ♪ [ female announcer ] bursting with mouth-watering real fruit and refreshingly blended with creamy, low-fat yogurt. mcdonald's new strawberry banana and wildberry smoothies are 100% pure sipping fun. the simple joy of real fruit smoothies. ♪ >>> oh my baby. this weekend there's a great event for parches anemonols to be a community consignment even that can save you big money. to tell us about it i'm joined by susan gill with just between friends and trying to prepare for a baby, everyone is trying to do it without breaking the bank. this is a perfect opportunity. >> it is a great opportunity to save money, recycle and turn your items over so other people can use them. it is a great opportunity. >> we are not just talking clothes. off couple of examples o

if it does -- >> lee, i'm looking at policy. i'm looking at police policy here.not have an exception. they don't let officers investigate the, their own cases where they have an interest in the outcome. >> that is not even true. megyn: listen, this is from san jose officer jose garcia. quote, our department has no policy prohibiting an officer from investigating a case or being involved in a case where he knows the involved parties or, is emotionally involved with the incident. they have no policy. >> hold on. are you writing your own policies again, mark? >> i'm reading this. city policy employees must be impartial in their duties. i don't think this was him being impartial. >> who's policy is that? megyn read you the policy from the police department. you said city employees. is that omnibus procedure. i haven't seen that. >> don't throw around the big words. >> here is the bottom line question i have for you lee, mark points out he is under collar of authority. got the handcuffs. shows up in uniform on a police motorcycle. >> yeah. megyn: so what? a crime was

lee yesterday. he had a gun in what looked like pipe bombs. hey promoted population growth. during stand-off he talked to a tv producer by phone. >> do you have a gun? >> i have a gun. i have a bomb. i have several bombs strapped to my body ready to go off. >> this morning, police chief major told eric lee was not bluffing. >> he had four devices on him. there were two propane tanks and the kind that you would use going camping. the propane tanks had pipe with shotgun shells attached to them. he also had two pipe bombs. >> lee had a history of protesting at discovery. on his website he demanded discovery air programming against overpopulation. no one that worked in fwilding was hurt. officials at the company that makes the wrinkle smoothing drug botox are headed to court in wash today to pay a huge fine. they weral mid the botox marketing campaign misled doctors to use the drug for unapproved purposes. ranging from headaches to cerebral palsy. they agreed to pay $600 million in fines to federal and state government. >>> finally, this is beverly

looking out and seeing ed lee the cao and daniel homsey who is an inspiration in and of itself i want to say thank you. i'm going to just jump right in as you know my name is latoya cantrell. i'm a native of california. southern california. i grew up planning for earthquakes, going through the earthquake drills and getting under your desk at school and things like that. i attended zavier university in new orleans. that's my home. i will not go and that's why i chose to return and help my community come back better and stronger than it was before. i was engaged in the broodmoore association prekatrina. i served as president right before the storms starting the year of 2005. the neighborhood organization was actually formed as the broodmoore civic improvement association in 1930. in 1970 it was incorporated as the broodmoore improvement association. one message i want to bring to you all is very important for us to organize ourselves new. build our community in our capacity today. and this will allow us and aid us in our recovery should a natural disaster strike. i will start with just

today abc education reporter lee ann got a good look at the new school.>reporter: this is california first hybrid school. 80 percent of the instruction will be taught on line and the remaining 20 in a traditional classroom. like any other school students are expected to show up here 5 days a week from 8 to 3. everybody gets to focus on and my daughter still wanted socialization that brick and mortar school gave so quite an easy decision for us. him if this morning it was time to get acquainted. the if this looks like a hotel conference room, well, it is. classes started today at the st. francis hotel in downtown san francisco. of course the st. francis is only temporary location for them. this will be the new home for the new school. the old press club on post street. new building should be available in two weeks with plenty of class rooms and computer space for the nearly 50 students so far enrolled at flex academy. student will have the k 12 on line curriculum used by many kids who are homeschooled. that curriculum offers 130 courses including 5 lang wa

look. you be the judge. vic lee, abc7 news. >>> investigators are examining an engine that eek ploded last night -- exploded last night at a quantis747. the jet was 30 minutes into the flight when an engine blew apart. you can see the gaping hole in the rolls royce. the pilot dumped fuel and brought the pilot back to the 230 people on board. >> san francisco today opened the first section of a stretch of much anticipated bike lanes. they run along north point near fisherman's wharf. they will open 20 additional miles over the next year. the project was delayed by opponents who argue the lanes would cause traffic congestion and blocked parking. >>> well, hurricane earl is churping in the atlantic and making its way to the united states. >> now let's get an update from sandhya patel who is tracking it for us. >> yeah, hurricane earl is a powerful storm. it is eyeing the north carolina coastline. that's why we are watching it carefully. there is tropical storm fiona and getting awfully close to the leeward islands. it

education reporter lee ann melendez takes a look at the possible impact in the classroom. >> it's theweek and this first grade teacher is exhausted. this year she has more students in the classroom. open schools are not the only ones increasing class sizes in kindergarten through third grade. once set at 20 students for every teacher. a new survey by california watch shows the state's largest 30 districts have classes above 20 students in those lower grades. martha helps with early reading. she says larger class sizes, now some with up to 30 kids, will have an impact on students. >> they're not getting as much attention from the teacher and kindergarten is a critical age to begin those early reading skills for awareness. so with more children they're not going to get as much small-group attention. >> according to california watch, the state has spent $23 billion in the past 14 years in the small class program. and in a matter of two years, the program has crumbled in most school districts. >> california watch reporter lewis freberg poured over the data. >> we are making policy based o

lee ann melendez takes a look at the possible impact in the classroom. >> it's the end of the week andr is exhausted. this year she has more students in the classroom. open schools are not the only ones increasing class size. kindergarten through third grade. 20 students for every teacher. a new survey by california watch shows the state's largest 30 districts have classes above 20 students in those lower grades. martha helps with early reading. she says larger class sizes, now some with up to 30 kids, will have an impact on students. >> they're not getting as much attention from the teacher and kindergarten is a critical age to begin those early reading skills of awareness. with more children they're not going to get as much small group attention. >> according to california watch, the state has spent $23 billion in the past 14 years in the small class programs. and in a matter of two years, the program has crumbled in most school districts. california watch reporter lewis freberg pored over the data. >> we are making policy based on how much money there is, not whether it's good publi

inside lee's rented room in this wheaton, maryland, house, investigators looked for clues about how heprepd himse >> what? this guy? my roommate? >> reporter: police found materials like this empty can used to test out lee's explosives. devices that were eventually detonated. and a total of four explosive devices were found and detonated at lee's home. we also now know that the end of the hostage drama could have been much more deadly than it was. two discovery channel employees and a security guard were ready to make a break for it when police made their move and shot lee dead, ending that four-hour-long ordeal. >> dan, you were overseas in iraq. but we were all glued to televi unfold for four hours. it really was terrifying. >> it was harrowing. it seems like it helped that appreciate it. >>> e, n the ronorne >> goodrninvyon in the news, the latest federal jobs report showed the private sector added 67,000 worker august. but the loss of more than 100,000 temporary census jobs still pushed the unemployment rate up slightly. >>> anti-war protesters in island, targeted the former britis

i'm sure jack ruby looked sane walking up to lee harvey oswald. >> you left many an angry protest. somehow you may have some kind of idea what this is like. >> a lot of them were frustrated protests. what she did was basically faking out the ref. it was like she pretended she got hit by a ball like jeter or pretended she got more of a fall than she -- foul than she did and hoped to use the media to further advance her message. she did a good job because she definitely didn't get hit. notice mccain, there she is and smiling. oh my god, there she comes, go this way and fake her out. >> isn't that how he always is? >> that is a stapled smile. >> mccain always looks like he doesn't want to meet you. i met him twice in the green room and he is as you like, oh, god, here we go again. i didn't sign up for this, talking to a creep like you. she acted rudely. if she didn't act like a nut or rudely couldn't she further her cause? >> yes, but peace is so 2003. it is like he or she missed the move on .org and the code pink movement. and what did he or she expect? you can't bum rush a senator a

looks like. >>> reporter: gary lee of mountain view was one of the first people to try out the new nature trailn the edge of san francisco bay which he found completely by accident. >> just saw the trail open today near the dumbarton bridge and thought i'd investigation someplace new. >> reporter: what do you think? >> oh, i think it's beautiful. >> reporter: it's the beauty of back to nature. >> the bay has been basically taken away from the public. >> reporter: he is the project manager with the u.s. fish and wildlife service, which is slowly transforming the bay to what it once was. >> the goal of the project is to bring back as much coastal marsh as we can. >> reporter: no adjustment of your set is necessary. salt production actually does turn the water a weird pink and for the last 60 to 80 years, much of the bay has been used like this to turn saltwater into salt crystals. but in 2003, the first of a series of salt ponds was bought by the u.s. government with the goal of restoring fish and bird habitat. >> i feel like we have this watery welcome mat. come land here. we really do care abou

. >> officers say 43-year-old james lee walked into discovery channel head quarters in maryland armed with a gun and what lookedike a bomb. officers shot and killed lee after he pointed his gun at one of the hostages. shortly after the incident began, nbc news called the discovery channel. lee grabbed the phone and spoke with an nbc producer for about ten minutes. nbc news notified police and agreed to withhold the tape until the crisis was over. lee posted a long ranting list of demands on a website. >>> indonesian villagers are returning to their home after a volcano erupted. people fled after the first eruption last week and it caught scientists by surprise. then a second more powerful eruption began on monday and threw smoke, steam and debris a mile into the air. some 30,000 people have evacuated. they have crowded into makeshift shelters, though a lot of them are going back to their home now because they say they could not take the crowded conditions in the shelters. hundreds of thousands of people are living in camps in pakistan because of flooding. many are suffering from dehydration because there's not

south and west of baltimore looking at 102. 100 in frederick and 93 in georgia lee that -- galin. temperatures have not cooled off much. almanac numbers 95. the old record for 1970. we at least tied that. low 90s and eventually into the mid and upper 80s. dress light as you head out for a friday evening. what about the rest of the weekend? there are big changes in terms of the temperature. >>> thanks. now for the for a look at tonight's top stories. a man in the hospital tonight after serious injuries involving a school bus crash. the bus carrying students to meadow vail was struck by an audi that crossed the line. dense fog covered the road this morning investigators have not determined whether that played a role in the crash. >>> the political ads in the governor's race are getting more nasty as we approach november. some strategist say the republican party sees an opening here in maryland. political science experts say even though many voters don't like these ads they do make an impact. >>> tonight a fundraiser for a city teenager that was wounded in a bombing attack in uganda.

look. you be the judge. vic lee abc 7 news. >>> california streets are safer tonight after a major operation to crack down on a notorious gang. the some of the leaders direct gang activity from inside pelican bay state prison near crescent city, but that just became harder to do. we're live where authorities gave details of operation street sweeper. >> it took 250 federal, state and local officers to get to this point. the arrest of more than 30 gang members, many of them high-ranking members. this is today nrkt central valley thorkts seized 12 guns, 15,000s ndz cash, and methamphetamines, cocaine, and marijuana. they say this dealt a major blow to the gang. these are the faces at the highest level of one of the notorious, and dangerous gangs. david dc cervan text s is on the top. from what is supposed to be a state prison, pelican bay, authorities say he and three generals gave orders to kill. thanks to smuggled in cell phones sometimes by lawyers and family members, he's commanders receive orders and carry them ou

and politicians essentially to do the opposite of what congresswoman sheila jackson-lee just said, which is stop lookingr. stop talking about the stimulus. stop telling people that your plan is going to work an start talking about the fight that you're making. look towards the future and emphasize the conflict with republicans. >> also, some of the other strategists you spoke with said that the white house needs to focus, focus, focus, on a message. sort of repeat over and over again one meg, and not get, have a diluted message. right? >> right. to a certain extent a lot isn't their fault. they've had to deal with all of these crises. but there's a political a.d.d. in the west wing. they hop from issue to issue, not a coherent strand that pulls everything together. the next 50-some odd days, i'm hearing all democrats out in the field want is a consistent economic message. howard dean tells me he'd like to see the president out on a road four day as week. >> wow. that would be a lot of campaigning and not governing, but clearly there's a lot of democrats throughout that want the president throughout deli

lee: i have something. i would like the staff to take a look at the corner of mason and broadway.here the cable car stopped, we had a fatality several years back. there was a stop sign going northbound. but i noticed on thursday that in front of the stop sign is a sign that describes the type of stop. i guess the cable car information. but it's in front of the stop sign now. so if staff could take a look at that and get back to us. i'm worried about if being a safety hazard. >> thank you very much. yes, we'll take a look at that and get back with the board. chairman nolan: one thing from a past meeting that i had asked staff, members, consent to do a review of the citizens advisory committee recommendations to see, you know, the -- the suggestions that they had made and whether we accepted them or rejected them or partially did so. and i want to thank ms. boomer for outstanding work as usual in preparing that for us. the outcome, as it was, we've accepted the majority of recommendations from the citizens advisory committee. always talk about how thoughtful those recommendations ar

lees birth. the only saving grace is a good breeze and looking at low humidity. 94 in fredericksburg and 39 manassas-- 93 manassas. for on the a nice night for baseball. the braves are in town. clear to partly cloudy, breezy an mild. 84 to 72. and winds will continue out of the southwest at 10 to 15. between the winds and the low humidity it is making it bearable, not like a humid day in july. lows 65 in gaithersburg. 67 rockville. i think downtown and around the beltway, you are probably around 70 to the low 70s. out to college park you are 68. 66 in fairfax. 66 reston and 65 also in leesburg. not bad. tomorrow morning, partly cloudy, breezy and warm. slight chance of a shower. temperatures 60s and 70s. don't change your plans. winds southwesterly at 10 to 15. by afternoon, partly cloudy, breezy. still plenty warm. spotlight chance of a shower. highs 84 to 88. and winds out of the northwest at 10 to 15. we should be in the upper 70s this time of the year. we will zoom in on this skinny line of showers moving through detroit approaching pittsburgh and back in to kentucky. that's the cold front that

get a closer look at both sides of the issue clicking on the pot lee gaggization tab at ktvu.com. >> oakland police just released a sketch they say resembles the man sexually assaulted two women around lake merit an african american man, 5'10" to 6'0", armed with a weapon detectives say the man robbed and sexually assaulted the women. one woman was attacked east 18th, lake shore boulevard and another on third avenue. >>> police are search for a hit and run driver who killed a cyclist. the 25-year-old was killed at 6:50 a.m. in san jose's elvisto neighbourhood they are asking anyone who have seen the collision to call investigators. >> an 18-year-old san jose man is under arrest on felony d u i and vehicular manslaughter charges in a fiery crash that killed his 18-year-old passenger. the driver lost control of his ford explorer 3:00 a.m. this morning and smashed into a light pole near oh grey didrive and the explorer burst into flames. the driver was able to free himself but the male passenger died in the fire. >> i knew right away it was the white explorer when my mom told me i hoped

commissioner lee: i asked for an update on the garage that the square has. have you had a chance to look into the granl r.f.p.? >> yeah and i don't have nick with me but my understanding is that negotiations are going on and going well and we hope to have them wrapped up soon. commissioner lee: nick will come back with us. >> absolutely. >> is there any public comment on the manager's report? seeing none, we're on item 15 which is general public comment. is there anyone who wishes to make general public comment? seeing none, item 15 is closed. item 16 is commissioners' matters. seeing no public comment, public comment is closed. commissioner lee: i just wanted to circle back to that point we made during the general manager's accomplishment report that we would like -- i would like to see a new business, an update or report on parks trust and -- for the fiscal year 2009-2010, in terms of funding. president buell: and any other donations are thank are unsolicititied. it would be interesting to see the full picture. >> is there any public comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is

lee is live with that story. vick? >> i want to you take a look behind me. let me step aside here. we're on the other side of the canyon. the explosion and fire happened. and there has been a lot of activity there. all day. firefighters busy mopping up. and there is a lot of evacuees and survivors passed by here where i'm standing hoping to get a glimpse of their homes. walter showed me images he shot just before he decided to run. the explosion happened just blocks from the home. the houses across the street were already burning. >> this is just a boom. i pell to the ground. i looked out of the windows. big, white flash he kept shooting and looked frant quickly for his dog. the flames were getting closer. >> i couldn't open my sliding door. it was just hot. i could see the paint from my deck bubbling from the heat. everybody is panicking and running down the street. >> he has been in danger's way before. he's a navy reservist and has been to afghanistan. >> we've had mortar attacks on the base there. is nudge like this explosion. nothing that would knock me to the ground. >> he fo

plain ego.g chrysler had been shopping itself around, looking for a partner. bob eaton and lee iacocca had done a good job of making chrysler sellable. using the first bailout money back in the 1980's, bringing chrysler back and developing a good portfolio. making chrysler a renewed moneymaker. dialer chrysler -- daimler chrysler, they used chrysler to expand in united states and put their product everywhere except, the same thing happens in a dysfunctional family. sisters and a and b go off and do everything and chrysler is the problem child, but now you are bringing chrysler into the family. yet people at mercedes-benz who said that they would have nothing to do with them. there would not give them engines or anything. they did not want chrysler near anything that says mercedes-benz for it was like a dysfunctional family. fiat.omes the i contend that the only reasons fiat once chrysler is because of dodge. have entryt really into the truck market in the truck market is for to start growing again as the economy starts growing again. their entry into chrysler gives them some of