and lena and joe can help with estate planning. if you are work worried about foreclosure call and also they can help you get out of credit card debt. the number is 202-432-9045. >>> uncle sam warned the cash for clunkers program would go as long as the money lasted but the government didn't figure it running out so soon. the $1 billion put aside for the program is nearly gone. you will remember it offers up to $4,500 to trade in a gas guzzler for a more fuel efficient car meaning it could cover 222,000 deals and people are moving fast. the news is a shock to one car dealer in indiana. >> we got to figure it out. we have to figure it out in a hurry. >> reporter: the white house says the government will make good on any deals already made. and it is taking a look at the program to see if more money can be available. >>> this morning the dc city council meets to talk tax hike and budget cuts. if it is passed people who live, work and drive in the district will pay more to help to close the budget gap. 9 news now digital correspondent

lena, good old sweet lena trofi, providence, rhode island. 100 years old.es homemade ravioli on command. here is john leininger, georgia, 100 years old. world war ii vet, one of the few survivors of the u.s. drexel." believe it or not i remember that. o's his longevity to eating dandelions. dandelions. laurel wheeler, aiken, south carolina, 100 years old. proud to have lived through segregation and voting for the first time. attends church weekly. of course she is a minister. how about it, 100. lester, our beloved lester peabody of bother, mass, 101. patriarch of the family furniture business, started in 1899. and kept the business going through world war ii all through the depression. that's it. the other hardest working man besides al in show business is lester, and here's lester. >> willard, thanks very much. still to come this morning and today, how some families are bracing for financial fallout. wait until you see what and how they're doing it. (announcer) how can a single make summer more fun? and get the best cheeseburger of the summer. all for less

judgeship laid out her resume and laid the credit for it all on the woman who raised her, her mother is a lena. >> on her own minute mother raised my. she taught us the key to success in america is a good education and she set the example. studying alongside my brother and me at our kitchen table. >> much of the first day consistented of a back and forth first jab between both sides. the public laid in to sonia sotomayor early saying they want to know about her statement that her gender and latina heritage influenced past decisions. >> i will not vote for and no senator should vote for an individual nominated by any president who is not fully commitmented to fairness and impartially to every person who appears before them. >> democrats who have an overwhelming majority in the senate rush to her defense, questioning those who questioned her qualifications as a judge because of her past statements. >> i'm not sure how any member of this panel can sit here today and seriously suggest that she comes to the bench with a personal agenda. >> and just as judge sonia sotomayor entered her own opening r

and there's lena clipping it up for her. then you just fan the hair out.s or you can add a flower. >> i love this one. because it's sort of messy and fun. >> this is so basic, anyone can do it. >> hi. >> so was it hard for you? you do this all yourself? >> yes. >> and she has it so that the twist is actually going down. you can even accessorize this. let me go over here. with a little clip if you would choose, and not to use the flower. by just adding little clips. >> i'm going to step away. >> isn't that beautiful? >> i think that when you say when you're taking the front end and you twist them around like this on both sides you've got to make sure that this all looks good, then you put it on the side and you just -- >> you twist it. >> and then you mack it into a bun. >> so it's a ponytail on the side. >> and you can wear it down it's a ponytail. >> the variation. have fun with this. and if it falls, she looks beautiful like that, as well. where she would look beautiful with a paper bag on her head. >> for all of you. thank you so much all of you. these

appeal to the iranian government that this really significant country with a people that go back a my lena deserves better than what they're getting. >> but if the united states decides to negotiate with iran over its nuclear program, as has been the stated policy of the willing months engage, are you not betraying this democratic movement trying to overthrow that regime? >> i don't think so, david. because you can go back in history and not very long back, where we have negotiated with many government who is we did not believe represented the will of their people. look at all the negotiations that went on with the soviet union, look at the breakthrough in communications with communist china. that's what you do in diplomacy. you don't get to choose the people. that's up to the internal dynamics within asociety. but, clearly, we would hope better for the iranian people. we would hope that there is more openness, that peaceful demonstrations are respected, that press freedom is respected. yet, we also know that whoever is in charge in iran is going to be making decisions that will affect the

lena comleva is the chief economist with us now. i know we're going to get the biej book today so we'll talk about economic conditions, but i kind of wish we were getting fed minutes. you've got charles plosser going out saying, we really have to start raising interest rates sooner rather than later. you've got janet yellen saying i'm not ready to give up those quantitative easing tools and i think the recovery will be weak. ben bernanke trying to campaign for his job. it's a soap opera at the fed right now. >> that's right. there's so much uncertainty about the growth and inflation outlook. on the one hand, you have a situation where the fed is using quantitative easing as a financial stabilization tool. of course, that means that quantitative easing may have to stay in place for a lot longer than a recovery than the real economy would require which would inturn fuel expectations. so i understand plosser's argument here. yellen made a very important point last night and that is although there are sensitive signs of the economy exit

. >> reporter: lena worked as an engineer at ford from 1960 until the early '90s following his father'sk at the automaker during the great depression. >> for me it's provided a great living, provided an opportunity to send all my kids to college. it's provided satisfactory income in my retirement. >> reporter: it was his first and only job out of college. three decades later his son carl followed in his footsteps. >> probably the first thing that interested me about it is we have like a family day, and i always remember as a kid just the sheer breadth of what was there, and then even then as a kid is the engineering or the intuition of all the interesting parts and stuff like that. >> reporter: carl has been an engineer at ford since 1991. in fact, all three of lino's sons have worked at ford. >> i think it's the most defining element of this company, it's a family company. i can't tell you the number of places i can go in our company where people come up to me and say, you know, i'm fourth generation also. or my aunt and uncle knew your father and your grandfather. >> reporter: but tim

. >> reporter: lena widman worked as an engineer at ford from 1960 until the early '90s.his father's work at the automaker during the great depression. >> for me it's provided a great living. it's provided an opportunity to send all my kids to college. it's provided a satisfactory income in my retirement. >> reporter: it was his first and only job out of college. three decades later, his son karl followed in his footsteps. >> probably the first thing that interested me about it is ford, we have, like, a family day. i always remember that as a kid, the sheer breadth of what was there. and even then as a kid, the engineering or the intuition of all the interesting parts and stuff like that. >> reporter: karl has been an engineer at ford since 1991, in fact, all three of lino's sons have worked at ford, something you see a lot of here. >> i think it's the most defining element of this company, is the family company. i can't tell you the number of places i can go in our company where people come up to me and say, you know, i'm fourth generation also or, you know, my aunt and

then lena gave her long layers.ness on part. >> look at the daughters. i'm sorry. what do you say? >> oh, she's beautiful. >> i can't believe it. you had such long hair for so long. >> oh, awesome. >> what shoes did you put on her? let me see. are they comfortable? >> yes, they are comfortable. kind of. >> yes, but girls night out on the town. she can't be wearing those crazy socks with the shoes. >> we go to the -- >> nine to five. >> oh, fun, fun. >> these can go to nine to five. those other shoes can be around the house. >> all right, come on. >> do you recognize her? >> okay, great. come on out, everybody. >> we have some parting gifts for you and we are grateful to louis and jill, as usual. always do an amazing job. >> thank you. >> thank you so much. >> up next, performance by cirque du soliel. and if i can get my mouth working, first these messages. >>> cirque du soliel premiered in 1994. more than 10 million people have gotten to see the incredible acrobatics of cirque du soliel al chlt egria. >> now they're