the first element is lithium, and then there's sodium and potassium. down here is rubidium, and this one is cesium. now, do you notice anything that they all have in common? you probably see that they're all stored in very unusual ways, and we do this because they're all highly reactive. i have here three containers of just water, and i'm going to take a piece of this lithium and put it into the water. now, watch what happens... how it starts to fizz a little bit. the fizzing is the reaction of lithium with the water to produce hydrogen gas. let's try the sodium. i'll get a small piece of that, not too big, because we don't want the reaction to be too violent. oh, that reacts much faster, doesn't it? see the sodium bouncing around there, again fizzing, giving off that hydrogen gas. ok, let's try potassium, the most reactive of the three. i'll get a small piece of that and put it into the water. wow! that really reacted violently. did you see the immediate reaction of the potassium? again, it formed that hydrogen gas, and the hydrogen gas was ignited. s

. >> even if they had the scale, you have to buy the lithium ion.hether it's a regular factory, the process of making lithium ion batteries is almost entirely automated. i don't think there's much money to be gained there. why would they do this? the automobile business is a low margin business, whereas the business apple is in is a very high margin business. the devices and tablets and everything they produce have very, very little actual cost. and they retail for hundreds if not thousands of dollars. why would they exit that to go into a business where, in good times, you may have a 5% or 6% net margin and in bad times you hemorrhage money like crazy. >> sure. jamie, we'll go to you. you cover tesla. let's say apple comes out with a car by 2020. will that change your model? >> well, absolutely. i think we need to consider that electric vehicle penetration is still very low, and i think one of the reasons tesla opened up its patent to the world was to promote further investment in r & d and further driving both battery costs lower and as bob mentio

ion that what we use today are almost all lithium ion and the cost was service it had plummeted by 75 or 80%. >> first it is of the great story in the earlier question of those different technologies come up like to follow-up that we see a transformation. if you think phyllis federal falsie drivers as whole impact electric vehicle industry and for example mentioning fisker but they were critical for both tesla and the sun so had to those federal incentives connect? to make it is a huge question in a very good question. obviously the federal government was very important to push just love for a very difficult period. in bed you are the expert so both of those to have the effect on the supply chain. >> that is horrible for the economy. with the mid-range projections of the other 2 million jobs. so it would have been a huge problem. so although not put to use of the most efficient manner hint is supported the electric vehicles industry. there is the federal tax credit for electric vehicles amata big difference. and the final thing is the most interesting story with one of the bombing is

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i actually got myself one of those new lithium ion jump chargers just the other day and i haven't tried it yet luckily, but they say it can actually jump 10 cars and it might be a little good for peace of mind. back to you guys. >> i hear it's a new investment and derek just got a new engine in his vehicle. >> no, a new battery. >>> the snow emergency man lifted in the district. the -- has been lifted in the district. the ban on parking on main arteries is no longer in effect. the plow had plenty of room on d.c. streets as federal and city and county governments were closed today. the same for the public and private schools, but restaurants and shops and private offices were also kind of quiet today and by midday d.c. mayor muriel bowser appeared confident, yet cautious that the team had done well in getting the snow and ice off the streets. >> there has been a sweep throughout the city and he expects by 9 p.m. today that every street would have been covered. so let me be clear that the snow team has been on residential streets, not all of them, but the expectation is all of them have b

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. >> meanwhile, apple is being sued by lithium battery maker for poaching. >> i spoke on how critical battery technology is with steve levine. >> a la son drove volta, the architecture of the battery -- it has not changed much. for the last two years, we have been -- the question today is which way is apple going? the geo group, with the super battery? or the tesla root off-the-shelf? >> is a business that has typically relied on outsourced component metrics. taking the best that other companies are making by panasonic or someone else, and assembling them in another way. they change it with their own chip design. are they going to go with her own design? >> the latter part we do not know, yes the signs are that they are trying to in-house create and design the battery. the car around it is very exciting. already, i have been looking at that race between tesla and general motors. at the inflection point, the proving ground -- that brings on the electric age. with apple coming in, this is critical mass -- gm and tesla apple can match them. >> i do not trade stocks now, but when i did --

they're already using lithium-ion in their consumer electronics devices. they certainly got that expertise. it is not their core competency to develop the better battery although they've got r&d there. they are familiar with the space. automakers rely heavily on their suppliers for advances there. with the automakers having basically cooperative r&d with the battery makers apple already has that as well. it's a different kind of battery. i don't think it would take long to catch up there, especially given the amount of money apple has. >> finally, this timeframe, i find it shocking they think they can have a car in production in five years. when detroit launches a new car 5 to 7 years why does it take to try to 5 to 7 years to do that? >> i'm surprised to see that figure. the trade companies can get a new car out and 3 to 4 but 5 to 7 for somebody may be who like apple is starting from scratch they don't have a family a supplier network and so forth detroit car companies can get cars out and sometimes two years if they already have a lot of the existing ha

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>> no, it's the new lithium batteries, they're fabulous things.have the power cells we've been waiting for for 20 years. cheryl: i know richard branson has one, i think he did a show, actually, on it. how many do you sell per year and how many have you sold in total of these? >> well actually we're probably selling 1-3 a year. there aren't that many billionaires but that's just the start. don't panic there. we're trying to build them for everybody. but we're starting with the very wealthy. cheryl: okay. yes or no, it's safe? i shouldn't be scared if i try this? >> well nothing's safe. the only way to be safe is to already be dead otherwise everything's trying to make you -- but should you be scared? no. and if i took you down, your eyes would be wide you'd be going, oh, my gosh, there's sharks as well. cheryl: oh, gosh. it's different. graham, thank you very much. interesting concept. >> thank you. cheryl: that is all for now. i hope that you're making money today. "countdown" starts now. liz: yes, we are, and we are watching the markets. record t

it is going to be at the lithium theater through sunday, march 1. you have one month.hank you for coming. pleasure to have you. thank you for joining us. see you next time. ♪ >> thank you. ♪ >> he's a modern-day silicon valley renegade. chamath palihapitiya is unafraid of breaking the conventional rules, vowing to take bigger risks, solve the bigger problems, and make money big-time. from putting chips in our clothes to starting a university. he is best known for supercharging facebook from 50 million users to 750 million users. but this tech growth legend started on the unlikely path while his country was gripped with civil war. jo

by 2006, prison doctors had finally diagnosed nathan as bipolar and put him on the powerful drug, lithiumhan's behavior on death row changed radically, and he became a model prisoner. >> he was an entirely different person from the young man even that i knew. so it certainly has to be a part of why he did what he did. >> as nathan's appeals were being reviewed by the courts, a movement to fully ban capital punishment in colorado was picking up speed. >> i think that america has hopelessly entangled two concepts. one is justice, and the other is vengeance. and we need to untangle those. >> with polls showing nationwide support for the death penalty dwindling, a bill was introduced in the colorado state legislature to outlaw executions. >> we just felt strongly that we needed to start this debate. we needed to put it out there. >> as passage of the bill looked more and more likely, it seemed possible that rhonda's son's killers and nathan dunlap might escape the ultimate punishment after all. why do we do it? why do we spend every waking moment, thinking about people? why are we so committe

batteries they are using that were led out, nickel level hydrate boundaries the batteries, almost all lithium ion batteries and the costs come down enormously. >> from the blue green alliance. a great story was telling here and the earlier question how the different technologies connect, i want to follow up in d.c. you see a transformation across that. the federal, whether the policy drivers are transforming the industry as a whole. the earlier speaker, the same loan programs were critical for it is less and nissan. i was curious how some of the larger automotive federal incentives connect to the story. >> the huge question and a good question. the federal government was very important bringing tesla through a difficult period during the economic crisis. the federal government saved the u.s. auto industry. you are an expert on these issues so you know better than anyone we could have lost general motors or chrysler and both of those companies would have gone under, that would have had a horrible effect on ford which would have meant we lost ford as well. horrible effect on the u.s. economy. k

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the good ones, the really good ones have lithium ion batteries made for heavy duty use outside like those we saw at buchman's. they come at a pretty penny. they're not cheap. one brand $329 a pair, the other brand $399 a pair. as we say not cheap. would hate to lose them. live in conshohocken, john rawlins channel6 "action news." >> all right john, thank you. >>> as the temperatures drop,y be sure to stick with 6abc.com/weather. there we have both the hourly and seven-day forecasts so you can be prepared no matter how cold it gets. >> in other news philadelphia detectives say somebody opened fire in an olney barber shop today. it happened in hollywood hair in the 5700 block of north broad street. witnesses told police a current employee got in an argument way former employee and then allegedly fired a shot in his direction. nobody was hit. the employee was arrested. so far no charges. >>> firefighters are still working to pin point the cause of an overnight house fire in delaware county. crews responded to the 200 block of watson road in sharon hill around 3:30 a.m. now, officials tell us

even if apple never makes a car, if it makes some advances in lithium battery technology, that would >> how much for tim cook? >> at least in the first couple years of his tenure is under the microscope. i think investors were looking closely to see if he was going to be able to deliver something as revolutionary as his predecessor, as you mention, apple has reinvented music and telecommunications with the iphone, the pressure was on tim cook to deliver something revolutionary and when apple unveiled its new watch, which will be coming out in april, when they unveiled it last september, i felt like a bit of pressure was off on tim. he found a new category of product. i think the pressure has been alleviated on tim. but apple will be under the microscope for trying to deliver something new and groundbreaking. >> and also for shareholders, dawn, appreciate it. up next deadliest, roadside bombs and suicide attackers, explosive devices as the u.s. draws down in afghanistan, new details on just how far up civilian casualties were this past year. that's next. denver international is one of

on valentine's day when the phone exploded spontaneously, and his thigh injuries from the scalding lithium a bun unit for 10 days. the small of the bit of damage to a circuit board can cause an explosion and apple said they are looking into the case. >> thin mints? get ready to see a last girl scouts out today for "national girl scout cookie day weekend," outside byes and going door to door with the cookie program a $770 million business with all the money staying local to benefit activities and community service projects the girls take part in. >> san francisco 49ers quarterback kaepernick and carolinas quarterback cam newton want you to eat your fruits and vegetables to get teens and mom to eat healthy inspired by ads for big consumer brands that use celebrities to sell products. >> additional votes will be released stars the warovers steph curry and victor cruz and others. >> the man accused of causing a deadly train crash in southern california walks out of the jail a tree man and why the d.a. had to let him go. >> netflix released the newest season of "house of cards," and we have the

among them you need a supply of lithium for the battery. that comes from south america.have a lot of work ahead of them. >> they can turn to tesla to see how hard it is really. by the way tesla is poaching a lot of apple employees so there is that. >>> let's move on. government proposing regulations on commercial drones. we told you that at the top of the hour. how will the rules be implemented or will they ruin the industry or is some regulations necessary? >> i think regulations are necessary. liz: everybody has them. >> but uniform regulations is ridiculous. liz: i don't think that is what they did. they did some for small ones, you have to be in eyesight for thing you're operating and then there is commercial ones. >> even for commercial ones and there is difference between race car driver and someone who wants to go to lime rock to try out his porsche some day. they might an able to expedite deliveries and shipments. there might be a way around this they can't preclude it at start. liz: jo ling, you can get the waiver granted if you show your technology is safe. may

but the lithium carbonate keeps you like this. >> our goal is to get people with mental illness out intoeneral population, to have jobs, to go to school and to do everything that everybody else does here. so they're all throughout the facility. >> most of these guys are going to be returning to the streets. not everyone is sent to prison with a life sentence. and with that in mind, i think i would feel safer and feel better about these people going back to the streets with the kind of skills that we can provide them, instead of just opening the doors when their sentence is done and hoping the best. >> there are successful graduates of the rtu program. terry mahler has 35 years left on his sentence for his sex offense crime. he was not able to function in general population. >> i've been diagnosed with clinical depression and extreme stressful situations. i hear voices, noise-induced paranoia. anxiety attacks. sometimes when you get into a big crowd, you know, your mental illness seems to just explode. and it got to the point where i didn't want to live anymore. i just wanted to kill myse

in 2010, from rare earths to lithium to the copper mines. and i think one estimate i read was a trillion dollars potential there. that's significant. so when you go into these reconstruction projects. i mean the military does one thing. we can do other things we we're designed for one thing. you have to have the whole international government realizing that it's important to have a stable, sovereign, united afghanistan for stability in the region. and i think people realize that. that is the mantra the generals talk about and i think most of our civilian leadership throughout the international community understand that as well too. but it gets backs to ends ways and means. and each country's own perspective of whetherat's vital national interest to them. it is a challenge. i think rsm is headed down the right path and hopefully the commitments made in chicago and tokyo and revalidated in london t monitor -- everything thinks about the troops on the grounds that. seems to be the discussion, the authorities. but what part of rsm is nato's comm

solar and wind is good but it is you're going to put lithium ion battery packs in every house of the trade, well, the power goes off at night. we can can transport with rail or we can do it in trucks or we can do it in pipelines. trucks are too beneficial. a pipeline is a good way but they'rethey are expensive to build and they take a long time. we are stuck with rail right now. my grandfather was a machinist. i'm sure that the would be an old school way to figure out how to vent the cars as they go down the road and expel the gas through some kind of filter. and also, the president has a job own task in his you know being president. it's the oil and gas and go companies make plenty of profits. if he can job own envelope and ask them to go inspect all the rail tracks that they're going to use for oil transport for the rail. and the energy that we have in the united states, one of the biggest projects in china right now is they've got a big huge coal plant. they're kind of you got the most efficient way to burn coal to make it clean. we have 250 years of coal reserves that if they are

you know, solar and wind are good, but unless you are going to put lithium ion packs in every house withnited states, well, the power goes off not. well, we can transport with rail or we can do it in trucks or we can do it in pipelines. trucks are beneficial. a pipeline is a good way, but they are expensive to build and they take a long time. we are stuck with rail right now. now, my grandfather was a machinist. i am sure there would be an old-school way to figure out how to prevent the cars as they go down the road and expel the gas to some cut a filter. and also, the president has a jawbone task in his -- in being president. the oil and rail and gas companies plenty of profits. if he can jawbone them a little bit and asked them to go inspect all the real tracks that they are going to use for oil transport for the rail. and the energy that we heavily that is dates, one of the biggest projects in china right now is they have a big huge coal plants. they're trying to figure out a way to burn coal to make it clean. we have 250th of coal reserves. if they are properly and environmentally ta

it has a lithium ion battery here and it's under $40.ersation hearts. now you can create your own and put your message on there and they hip with a box of sweethearts. speaking of sweethearts, how fun is this. this is nordic wear called cookie cake cups. it's under $20. it's like a pi nata. you put your favorite candies. mini m&ms and sweethearts so you put your favorite candies inside. >> they love doing breakfast in bed. >> let's do breakfast in bed for your sugar crush. heat changing mugs. they start at $10. you can see the before and after as you pour the hot beverage inside, it will change color. my favorite is the heart and also the happy face. he goes from sad to happy. >> can we talk about the toast and the eggs. >> $6 for the molds. you have yourself an i love you toast. $3. >> two minute tech. let's do our weather. we will show you what's happening for today. we have wet weather and icy conditionals. could be up to 12 inches of snow and to two feet. wet and snowy in the pacific northwest. fog into central into central arizona.