narrator: ...when honda opened a plant in marysville, ohio, in the heart of the american midwest.t why here? if you draw a one-day radius around the midwest, say approximately a 500-mile radius, you've hit nearly the entire u.s. population. so if you have one plant, your market is the whole country and canada, and your critical geographic factor is minimizing shipping around the united states and canada, you want to be in the midwest. narrator: and so when in short order the rest of the japanese car makers drove for american soil, nissan landed in tennessee, mazda in michigan, mitsubishi in illinois, subaru and isuzu in indiana, and finally... toyota, the number one japanese car maker, picked kentucky. so here they are. the ls,gh grices were a fadiny and the japanese automakers longer the e weayen. the ls,gh grices were a fadiny but here in the kentucky and the jacountryside,akers the toyota production system was outperforming traditional mass production. toyota's quality is here, everybody else is a notch below them. narrator: and by the 1990s, the big three-- gm, ford and chrysl

i just want to go -- if they're going to send me marysville, whatever it be whenever they're going toend me to, i just want to go and do my time. >> with the realization she was going to be going to prison, she was just lighter in general. there wasn't all this aggressive posturing that had happened before. she was very chummy with her new cellie. she was making these little cakes. >> we get the brownie, you make it flat. this is going to be our icing. this is going to be so good. oh, and the cinnamon bun in it too. >> what do you think, do you think it's going to be like this in prison? >> better. way better. you'll have a microwave and a refrigerator. >> it was actually one of the few times i heard her talk about a future that didn't involve criminal activity or gang life. >> i'm trying to write a little book, like a cookbook, ten-minute prison recipes. i'll be making like the craziest things. spaghettis with kool-aid. it's crazy. sounds crazy but it tastes real good. then you crush it up. they call me the queen of cakes. that's our cake. >> but she had more pressing concerns to dea

an old power plant known as the mighty marysville demolished to make room for shops and condos.ding area was evacuated for the implosion, crowds keeping their distance and looking on as crews brought down the nearly 100-year-old building. missouri. a raccoon is free after being rescued from a glass jar. someone spotted the animal with his head stuck inside. an animal control officer took the raccoon to a vet who sedated it, then freed its head. the raccoon was released back into the wild. and that's the fox watch across america. >>> a grim piece of u.s. history going up for auction today in dallas. the winning bidder spending 100,000 to own the license plates from president john f. kennedy's limousine. it is the same vehicle he was riding in when he was assassinated in 1963. the owner of a car company rescued the plates from a trash bin more than 50 years ago. the winning bidder is described as a high-end kennedy collector who has asked to remain anonymous. >>> well, he was the last man to walk on the moon, and now a new documentary is giving us a whole new look at his unbelieva

the planned destruction of the plant known locally there as might marysville attracted hundreds to theeared to make way for homes and marina. now back to "caught on camera." >>> welcome back to "caught on camera." i'm contessa brewer. the crimes are cruel, and the impact on the victims can be tragic. bullying has become a national issue. according to a government study, 1 in 3 teens reports being bullied. and the scariest thing about that number, the department of justice considers it possibly the most underreported safety problem in american schools. but when it's caught on camera, it forces us to pay attention. january 11th, 2011, upper darby pennsylvania. 13-year-old nadine corey is surrounded, then viciously beaten by a group of teenage thugs. one teen records the incident on his cell phone as six attackers brutally punch, kick and drag nadine, laughing while they do it. >> it's bullying in america at its worst. it's caught on video. >> the incident enrages police superintendent michael chitwood so much that he releases the video to the press. >> it's unconscionable. we're not goin

even with the congestion it's a nice ride to marysville and the beltway.g with crash cleanup eastbound 193 in greenbelt at the beltway as you approach the beltway from richy marlboro road. >> it. the man accused of the murdering his estranged wife is in court for a bond hearing. of the david black was arrested in arlington in connection with the death of bonnie black. the two had been in the process of getting a divorce. black is charged with first-degree murder and burglary while armed. happening right now in ward 8 it's the annual turkey give away. this is going on at malcolm x. elementary in anacostia. thousands of turkeys will be given away to people who need them. that was a favorite of marian berry who started the tradition. get more news, traffic and weather updates on "good morning, washington" on news channel 8. bundle up and hope you have a great monday. ♪ i want to see you smile >>> welcome back to "gma." and check out this cake right here. in the middle of our table. >> very nice. >> of course this is for you, robin. happy birthday. that's your

marilyn in marysville, washington as we wait for ted what did you hear from george bush 41 that you wantn? >> thank you. i also enjoy krrks span 2 very much. i want to compliment you folks on offering this excellent material available to us. i -- was born in '49 and i was absolutely shocked when cleb complin ton won the election because i believe in personal -- i had the word and now i've lost it. but integrity internal integrity which i felt president bush at that time had, and being a member of the clinton generation i knew that he did no. caresmatic but personal integrity not. president bush 41 was a man of personal integrity. at our hrs. president washington was a man of internal integrity who would make a choice and asked to be king, and he said no. that is not what we will do. and he stepped back and said for the constitution you wrote, choose a new president. and i look at president bush 41, and kind of that same -- tone where he was pling to say i want to serve my country, the best i know how at this time. i like how we did try to across party lines i too was raised in a democrat

. >> thanks for calling in from marysville washington.the phone lines we have a couple minutes left before ted koppel (202)717-9684. reminder that is for text not phone calls just include your first name and city. seattle, good evening to you. >> okay let's move on to sandy and olympia washington. you are on booktv what is your comment? >> i was a junior college student that ran for the last congressional race and i was assigned to write a curbed paper at the time i live in pasadena texas. they said a few words about the appreciation for the volunteers and then president bush walked through the room. it was a sign of an innate kindness he was a man of impeccable manners. we worked with the texas legislature. it was a little over 25 years. i got to see a lot of politicians from the capitol building, and i have to tell you i think that he was the last class act until president barack obama and habited the white house, very, very disappointed. >> so just to put questions how did you end up in olympia washington and did you vote for george bu