lopez.i think it is important that this transparency be known. >> well, you know, you said earlier that you appealed to the dealers and because mr. wattly took everything you asked him to take, every time you asked, you're not -- you didn't go into bankruptcy earlier this year. you are now. but here's mr. wattly. i hear what you're saying. i hear what they're saying. and it is not the same thing. so do you want -- >> i just don't understand the 97%. i don't doubt mr. press at all. i think they may have identified 97% of the vehicles. but i have talked to -- i talked to 10 to 15 dealers a day from east texas to west texas, no one has heard a thing from the business center. nobody has seen a report. no one has been ininquired about their inventory. no one has asked what inventory they have. i don't know where this 97% is coming from. >> can you today tell every chrysler dealer that got the 789 that they do not have to sell at fire sale prices, that they will have a communication from you that

lopez and mr. whatley and if the company called and said help us in this and we need you to take these cars and then we will stave off bankruptcy, and then going forward, of course, you're in a bankruptcy now and the dealers are not -- they're not getting the assurance that you have given to me and you have said that you plan to give. it's not forthcoming to them. so could you explain how it is that you are going to take this inventory from the dealers, you have mentioned 89% or 90%, but that isn't happening, at least they don't see it. so could you help me with that? >> yes, i will. thank you. >> and perhaps help them. >> of course. we have established a program after we learned of the bankr t bankruptcy that would allow us to redistribute the cars from the affected dealers to those dealers that are going forward. as well as parts and their special tools. the process will begin when two things occur. number one, the terminations take effect, because they're not terminations -- the effective date h

lopez. >> please, but briefly. >> okay.they were talking about the two parts of the dodge and the chrysler, the vans. one is a dodge and one is a town and country. you've got a dodge version that is less expensive than the town and country. we're all under the same roof. we didn't ask them to build those two different vehicles. it doesn't make any difference what they build, we sell them. >> thank you, sir. senator clobuchar? >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. i want to make clear, everyone here wants you to succeed. they want general motors to succeed. they want chrysler to succeed. the dealers want you to succeed and one of my focuses here is just to make this process as fair as possible. some of our dealers want more time and then some of our dealers feel that they should be able to stay in business because they're profitable. mr. henderson, i do appreciate that general motors has this appeals process and that you have been taking it seriously. i know that some decisions have been reversed. is that correct? and what i

lopez, what brands do you sell, mr. wattly? >> chrysler, dodge and jeep. >> and mr. lopez? >> chrysler, dodge and jeep, chevrolet, pontiac and buick. >> okay. and mr. mceleney, is it mceleney? >> yes, that's correct. >> could you give me what percentage of your dealers in your association are multipoints across manufacturers? >> i'm not sure i can answer that. i can tell you, for example, 45% of the toyota dealers also have general motors franchises for one example. the average dealer has roughly two dealerships on average. >> in my former life, my first husband and his family had car dealerships. so i know a little bit about that. we had pontiac, bmw and chevrolet. and i know a little bit about 'br and -- it talked about the budget for the old company. what troubles me in there, there is an acknowledgement there may be up to 15 employees of old chrysler working on this bankruptcy and there is a pool in this budget of up to $20 million for bonuses. i can't imagine what kind of kick in the gut that would be if we were to learn in the next two weeks that some of the old chrys

for lopez, his second home run of the season. excuse me, of the game, his eighth of the year, the mariners win it 4-1. you see ichiro 1 for 3, ichiro has a personal 14-game hitting streak against the baltimore orioles. more on this game a little later in the show. >> the sacramento kings hired paul westfall as the new coach for two years plus a team option for a third season. the kings offered the job to kurt rambus hours before game three of the nba finals, but rambus passed. westphal has compiled a record. he led the suns to the 1993 nba finals in his first season as a coach in the association, westphal coached five seasons at pepperdine. as a player he played with boston, seat, and the. >> nick:s. >> the orlando magic may just be back. coming up shelly smith a report on the lakers and rachel nichols who is with the magic. phil mickelson makes an emotional return to the pga tour. >> and let's cluster score as we like to say. national league, pirates with a two-run lead over the braves, the pirates three losses in a row, top of

lopez, with went to help his fellow downed officer. lopez was team. ing to sub due and handcuff the shooter when the suspect fired at least two more times. lopez returned the fire. the suspect was pronounced dead at the scene and officer lopez was not injured. by the way, madam speaker, the shooter and two other of the bandits were illegally in the united states at the time of this crime. officer canaless served at the houston police department for 16 years, spending the last seven of them in the auto, theft and burglary division. the same he was working when he killed. he also worked the northeast patrol and officer canalerving s had built and raised hot rods together with his family. he was active in drag racing and raced with an organization called beat the heat which combats street racing. he lived in the nearby community of baytown, texas, with his family. the chief of police said he was not only an outstanding officer, but outstanding individual. he cared a great deal with his family, the people he worked with and, of course, the city of houston

lopez's third home run in the last three games. the ms have suddenly won five of their last seven, ichiro with a personal 14-game hitting streak against the baltimore orioles. royals and indians in cleveland, gil meche, 4-9 in his career against the tribe, but meche looking good, shin-soo choo, nope, next batter, mark derosa. nope. he's looking. meche 11 ks in seven innings of work. alberto callaspo bases loaded off carl pavano, that is his third of the season, his first since may 5th, and first career grand slam, guillen 2 for 3, he also had a home run as well for meche the 11 ks set a career high. let's check in on the tampa bay rays over the angels, 9-5, pena solo shot, his 18th home run of the year, aybar has added an rbi single and a home run of his own as well. >> meanwhile the phillies and the mets, they're in the bottom of the eighth, and still tied at four. cole hamels trying to get his fifth straight decision, fifth straight win, he gave up four runs and 11 hits, plus the mets came to tie it, three runs against sean green

. >> i don't really have a question, i just want you to give props to jennifer lopez for making -- >> that is true. i have to make props for jennifer lopez for backing out of the movie, but she did bring it to a place where it could be made. >> she read your book and loved it. >> i don't think she read the book. she totally read the script. [laughter] i mean, you know, they're actresses, they're very, very busy. but this was my fantasy. it was going to be, like, the red carpet and you may or may not know this, but jennifer lopez and i share an attribute, and i thought she would, like, lend me a dress for the premiere, like a big booty dresdz. you get your freaking dresdz on, you know, i was totally going to borrow a freaking dress. i could basically fit natalie portman's dress over my thigh, so that ain't gonna happen, but don't i have a walk-on? i do. i do have a walk-on. i was so nervous, and i had my makeup done and my hair, i was in a state. and i'm so -- because i wanted to be an actress when i was a kid, and i'm so overemote anything this party scene. i'm just like -- [laughter]

the storyçç is obviously not d to pete lopez, it is a nationwide tragedy that a lot of us feel veryng that should notç have happened and can be corrected. it is a story certainly has echoed through out west virginia nearly anna nationwide basis, nearly 2,000 dealerships that are closed threat america, 100,000 jobs at risk. thoseç are not unfamiliar figus in these days but nevertheless 100,000 people potentially at a fork were probably out of work is on happy so we have to do better. we can save some of these jobs and we can help some of these committees and we have an obligation to do that. let me be very clearç -- i honestly don't believe that companies should be allowed to take taxpayer funds for a bailout of and then leave it to local dealers and their customers to fend for themselves with no real plan, no real motives, no real help. is just plain wrong. you don't do that. so we are talking about dealers who invested everything they have, many who have been added for many many decades, a generational thing with it families some of whom are here today, you know, they are just l

lopez learn that had g.m. was also going to terminate their franchise with him putting more of his workers at risk. the story is obviously not held to pete lopez. it's a nationwide tragedy. that a lot of us feel very strongly about, something that should not have happened and can be corrected. it's a story certainly that is echoed throughout west virginia nearly on a nationwide basis, you've got nearly 2,000 dealerships closed throughout america, $100,000 jobs at risk. those are not unfamiliar figures but 100,000 people potentially out of work is unhappy. so we have to do better. we can save some of these jobs and we can help some of these communities, and we have an obligation to do that. let me be very clear. i honestly don't believe that companies should be allowed to take taxpayer funds for a bailout. and then leave it to local dealers and their customers to fend for themselves with no real plan, no real notice, no real help. it's just plain wrong. you don't do that. so we're talking about dealers who have

lopez? >> well, i wanted to respond to what he said about the -- as far as the cars that they made us take. they are sitting there -- he says 97% that is taken care of. no one has called me. i haven't heard a thing. at that time, i had 41 cars. now i'm down to 24. and i'm selling them and i'm not going to take a loss, i can't afford to. i'm a small dealer. i'm selling them at net and i will do that, no one called me and said can we help you, can we send them to another dealership? we did it on our own. >> we have seen nothing. >> and also, i wanted to tell you, when you talked about the representative, there is no representative from chrysler or gm. it is all done by phone, by computer. how about our inventory that we have in stock? i have $138,000 worth of parts from chrysler and 128 in general motors. they're going to be worth nothing, not one penny. how can they say we cost them? we don't cost them a penny. in fact, we are their face. we are out there. we -- and, you know, in our communit

. >> the m's and o's and jose lopez and company struggled in the charmed city recently.pez and the two-run home run and the mariners snapping the five-game losing streak in baltimore. giants and d-backs. and allowing two hit so far in 4 1/3 innings and a two-run home run in the third is the ninth for the year in san francisco. and the a's are leading the twins 3-2. and cabrera with an rbi, along with suzuki. and liriano on the hill for minnesota. @@úúxx

. >> bob: used to play at al lopez field, didn't you? >> rob: al lopez field and played the florida state league. extended through spring training, group 5 here. >> bob: stammen does not want to walk the leadoff man after getting three gift runs. and he gets an out. >> rob: he walked the leadoff hitter in his last start. the fifth start of his career, don't give up. if you give up a hit on one of your best pitches, come right back with it. see what matt garza did. >> bob: facing the stolen base king in major league baseball right now. carl crawford has 35 of them in 38 attempts. he is hitting .325, making him even more dangerous. crawford, number 7 in the league. this guy has been in the big leagues now for 7-plus years. after the rays drafted him in the second round in 1999. >> rob: you yo rocco baldelli went up to the boston red sox. but carl crawford and rocco baldelli had never been in the big leagues. lou piniella named them as his opening day starters to take pressure off of them. >> bob: bouncer up the middle. anderson hernandez k

my name is pete lopez, from censer, west virginia. a small rural town of approximately 3,800 people about an hour out of charleston, west virginia. i'm the owner of spencer auto gl group, which is made up of two dealerships on main street america. chrysler, jeep, dodge, plus chevrolet and buick dealerships. we stfs six county areas in west virginia, and i am the face of chrysler and general motors to my community and my customers. mr. chairman, within the past three weeks, i have been informed that both of my dealerships will be closed. my chrysler deepership will be closed within six days now, while chevrolet dealers franchise agreement will be terminated by the 12th if i don't sign the new contract, which i haven't been there to see. i have learned about my chrysler dealership closer by a friend of mine who called me at 9:00 one morning while he had the new york times on his computer and that's how i found out that we were losing our chrysler dealership. i did not receive a call from chrysler. i called our representative three or fo

. >> the nets scored last summer with the brook lopez pick. now what. >> that was a great pickup. they need help at two positions. vince carter needs to be moved over to the three spot, now great young two guy that's a shooter that can spread the floor, give devon harris more room to operate, give brook lopez more room to pretty and also vince carter. and also the four spot. they can use a rugged big fours they a rebounder >> last summer the 76ers picked up elton brand. this year they made a deal to bring jason capone owe in. now what are they looking for? >> a surprising exciting team. andre mill ser a free agent at the point guard position. they may lock to draft a point guard. you never hurt adding depth to a team that's already young, athletic and like to get up and down the court. they'll be looking for depth, guys able to come off the bench. >> finally, the minnesota tim der wolves hold the celtics first round pick so they don't have a pick there. they think kevin garnett is coming back healthy. what are they looking for this summer?^ >> they still have to look at the four s

that's jorse lopez, the second home run of the game, eighth of the year, the ms win it, ichiro suzuki on a 14-game hitting streak, against the orioles. seattle has won six of its last seven, hernandez gets the win, 4-0 in his career at camden yards, and the ms win it 4-1. let's go to fenway. tying run on second, top nine, papelbon, posada. flies out to left. and that is that. papelbon with the save, the red sox have beaten the yankees seven times this season without a loss, eight times overall in a row dating back to last season, 6-5 is your final, papelbon with 15 saves on the season. you see all the home runs, youkilis goes yard, so does lowell, teixeira a big night, damon and posada also with home runs. royals and indians in cleveland, that's gil meche, 4-9 in his career against the indians, looking good there, shin-soo choo swinging, mark derosa looking, for meche, 11 ks in seven innings of work. alberto callaspo crushes one, this blast came with the bases loaded, and we call that a grand slam. his first career slam since may 5th, olivo with a home run, the 11 ks for meche is a ca

versus lopez. finding limits on congress's power under the 14th amendment at one time seemed unlikely, but the court has done that in cases like sydney bernie. the expansion of due process, which seemed to be attenuated in the 1960's has flared into life since that time. property protection. last year, the second amendment, d.c. versus heller. that's quite a lit list of areas in which the court has invigorated or rediscovered constitutional protections. coy add to that list, but i think you get the point. we remember the warren court for activism. we should remember just how much has happened in the courts since that time, and the story, in many ways of the supreme court from 1969 to the present time, this 40-year period, one of the themes of that era has been the struggle between republican presidents, reagan, and nixon before him, and then the two bushes after him. to try to he reshape the face of the supreme court in light of what they thought was wrong with the warren court. nixon put four just

lopez. finding limits on the congress's power under section five of the 14th amendment at one time seemed unlikely but the court has done that in cases like this city of brianna. this is store near expansion of something to do -- due process was attenuated in the 1960's has flared into life in the year since that time. property protection, last year the second amendment d.c. vs heller so that is quite a list of areas in which the court has invigorated were rediscovered constitutional protections. now i can add to that list but i thank you get the point. we remember the warren court for activism and we should remember just how much has happened in the courts since that time. and the story in many ways of the supreme court from 1969 to the present time, this 40 years, one of the themes of that era has been a struggle between republican presidents, reagan and nixon before and then into bushes after him, to try to reshape the face of the supreme court in light of what they thought was wrong with

lopez. i'm just summarizing everything. it is always good to get it once, twice or three things, don't you think, like all those signatures you require when we buy cars. so the -- so the plan here would be that they would be able to be a dealer and we feel we have some profitable dealers in minnesota that would be very interested in doing that. so that's -- any other commitments that we can get here for helping these guys? >> on our continuation agreement, we will be meeting with the nada this week to -- friday, actually to address their concerns about our continuation agreement for those dealers going forward with us. thank you. >> okay. very good. one last question, just for you, mr. press, i know it is getting late, for -- did fiat require you guys to reduce the number of dealers? >> fiat did not require a number. the agreement does have a new dealer organization, viable dealer organization going forward as one of the requirements and we're producing that. they did not require a reduction. >> all right. okay. thank you.

i'm alexander lopez. i go to gettysburg college. i'm entering my senior year there. i'm just wondering like when you're in a debate with a more liberal person, what would you suggest to bring them more over to your side in the argument. >> well, it depends on what argument? do you have one in particular you'd throw out. >> one that me and my friend have all the time is about the war. >> about whether it's -- >> he's totally against all the reasons that we went into afghanistan. >> totally against going to afghanistan. well, i mean, you have to say at some point america has to stand up for itself and when there is the direct link between the government of afghanistan and the terrorists who attacked us on 9/11, not to stand up for us means we just encourage others to attack us. what does he say when you've said that because i'm sure you said that. he usually goes off about how -- like we supplied stuff. >> yeah, do that. that's called a diversionary tactic. you say no, no, what about my point. what about -- 'cause they love doing that. they love just talking about peac