behold, the 1991 mazda 626. the first car he ever owned.ar he affectionately calls the bentley. >> i remember, he's like, that's your car? i thought it was the janitor's car. i wondered wide he kept parking in our spots. >> reporter: and he bought it for just $2 from his college pastor. >> he said, $2. and i was like, $2? that's it? >> reporter: and every day since, this 22-year-old mazda has been his car of choice. and when mazda heard his story -- >> i didn't have a radio, they put a new radio in it. >> reporter: they gave the 626 a bit of a makeover. >> new tires, new wiring, new hoses, new alternator, transmission. pretty much anything they could make new, they made it new. >> reporter: but for morris, refurbishing the car was never his priority. he loved everything about it. right down to the dents. >> they didn't take away from what the car was, what it meant to me. so, that's what really makes it even more special. >> reporter: morris is now hoping for another 20 years and those 124,000 miles? a daily reminder of every mile that got

. >>> and later, driving home a point in the 1991 mazda.ar's reward as he refuses to give up his favorite old car. you are watching "world news now." ♪ get out of my dreams get into my car ♪ >> "world news now" weather. brought to you by vicks dayquil and nyquil. ws now" weather. brought to you by vicks dayquil and nyquil. now" weather. brought to you by vicks new dayquil severe. with maximum symptom fighting ingredients. ♪ new vicks nyquil severe. helps relieve your ugliest, nastiest, roughest, toughest nighttime cold symptoms. new nyquil severe. with maximum symptom fighting ingredients. ♪ prove it. enough is enough. d-con baits are specially formulated to kill in one feeding. guaranteed. d-con. get out. your carpet stains can reappear. [ laughing ] [ male announcer ] try resolve stain remover, the formula penetrates deep into your carpet and removes stains so they don't come back. trust resolve. forget stains. an arm wrestling match that mr. clean realized the way to handle bigger, tougher messes was better leverage. that's why he create

this mazda 626 was his very first car in 1991. and it got a big time makeover. when they first unveiled it, what did you think? >> excitement. the first thing i noticed was the paint job. i started glowing. man, i've got my baby back. she looks way better. >> reporter: he dropped her off while at training camp in july. now she has over 450 new parts and it took 275 man hours labor. >> it was a lot of pressure but we made sure it was going to be good. >> when i first got it and pulled up to the facilities, a lot of my teammates were like, that was new that car? oh, yeah, that bentley? i would be jealous, too. i like that. >> going all the way to the end zone for the touchdown is morris. >> reporter: number 46 can afford a new car but says he wants to keep the bentley. >> i didn't get a new car. i was like, it's one of those things called loyalty. i'm loyal to my car. if you have -- [indiscernible] etch' a normal guy at end of the day. that's my car. >> reporter: alfred does play football and the redskins are 1- 4. hopefully the redskins can make over their season

adam: is ford takeing a hit because of its divorce from mazda? used to be a mazda 626. now it is an all ford product. is that part of the problem? >> well, that, you know, i think that's something that happened a while ago. the engineers at ford are top-notch as well. so i wouldn't, i wouldn't hang that just on a mazda-related issue. the folks at ford did, you know, divest a number of their, their luxury brand a number of years ago in order to make the company that much stronger and more sustainable. and so, i think they, while they certainly have challenges, i'm not sure i would hang that just on a mazda-related issue because they still have quite tight relationships with the folks over at mazda. adam: sorry we have to cut it short. i'm a car geek. sometimes i will actually look at edmund.com and prices to see what things sell for on the used market. appreciate you being here. it has been a pleasure. >> appreciate you having me and come back early and often. >> you got it. we're minutes from the president's statement, expected at the top of the

. >> reporter: the mazda was parked here when the driver of a black jaguar reended it. a neighbor tells us a loud crash caused him to look out the window. a third person followed the car to a home six blocks away on moraga. >> it goes straight up there almost never stops. >> reporter: we followed the skid marks and they led to the driveway of the sergeant's home. >> it's weird, especially if it's a police sergeant. >> reporter: this is video of sergeant hayman when ktvu news interviewed him in 2006. he was arrested the night of the accident and released on his own recognizance the next morning. the 22-year-old veteran of the police force is suspected of driving drunk and faces a misdemeanor hit-and-run. the owners of the mazda left this note on the windshield. car was in a hit-and-run last night. can't move the car, waiting for tow. >> how do you react to that when you find out that it's an off duty police sergeant. >> they're human. i think everybody is human. >> reporter: i reached sergeant hayman by phone earlier this evening he told me he's been advise not to speak

and when mazda heard his story -- >> i didn't have a radio. i was singing to myself. >> reporter: they gave the 626 a much needed tune up. >> they putt in a new radio, a navigation system, pretty much anything they could make new they made new. >> reporter: for morris ref referbishing the car wasn't a priority. >> they didn't take away from the car and what it meant to me. that makes it more special. >> reporter: not to mention it always reminded him of the road he traveled. now morris and his bentley are both ready for the road ahead, wherever it may go. i love that he worked so hard to get to where he is and he said every day i want to remember where i came from. >> beautiful. >> it's someone you want your kids to look up to. that is a good example. >> that's why i drive a pinto by the way. >> see, i didn't know that. >> please. >> one of many reasons i've been looking up to ron claiborne for a long time. ron, thank you. you're an inspiration. >>> coming up here on "gma," a family feud erupting in gunfire, how a fist fight between a man and

. >> reporter: the mazda was parked here when the driver of a black jaguar reended it. a neighbor tells us a loud crash caused him to look out the window. a third person followed the car to a home six blocks away on moraga. >> it goes straight up there almost never stops. >> reporter: we followed the skid marks and they led to the driveway of the sergeant's home. >> it's weird, especially if it's a police sergeant. >> reporter: this is video of sergeant hayman when ktvu news interviewed him in 2006. he was arrested the night of the accident and released on his own recognizance the next morning. the 22-year-old veteran of the police force is suspected of driving drunk and faces a misdemeanor hit-and-run. the owners of the mazda left this note on the windshield. car was in a hit-and-run last night. can't move the car, waiting for tow. >> how do you react to that when you find out that it's an off duty police sergeant. >> they're human. i think everybody is human. >> reporter: i reached sergeant hayman by phone earlier this evening he told me he's been advise not to speak

the mazda was recovered. and brown is awaiting extradition to maryland. >> the accident left hatfield in a medically-induced coma. currently in good condition at shock trauma. >>> another arrest in connection with a beating of a motorist, pulled from his car by a group of bikers in new york city. janel borle has the latest. >> craig rice, covering himself underneath a blanket, as she was driven out of the 33rd precinct monday night. he is the fifth suspect arrested in the motorcycle road rage incident for the beating of alexian lyanne in front ofs of his wife and daughter. police searched the bags of each person leaving the house. >> he's a very nice young man. very responsible as far as i know. >> reporter: investigators say wright was one of the men in this video, where several bikers are seen beating lien on the pavement of a washington heights street. we're also hearing from the man whose helmet camera recorded the original video that has become viral. kevin breslove, seen at the police precinct over the

he bought from his pastor a 1991 mazda 626 when he was in college, and he paid two bucks.to this day. it's interesting because some d.c. area mazda dealers saw he was riding it around. they decided to fix it up for him. >> they did. i think it was a 275-man-hour restoration and they put in there the quilted seats. they gave it bentley features. quilted seats, a cool navigation system, made it special on the inside. but he kept some things the same? >> he did because he wanted to remember where he came from, how far he came. in the nfl they drill into you how many go broke in the long run and you've got to be responsible with your money. he wanted to keep that in the back of his head, i imagine, by keeping his first car. for example, i think a lot of people would be fascinated to find out that elisabeth once kept your first car? >> the first car i had was a 1986 blue dodge aries. >> a can car? >> and then later purchased my own. >> you could cut yourself on the corner of the roof on that. that is very sharp. >> yes. >> did it cut through any wind at all? >> we went fast. we

mazda showed a gain of over 37%. and honda and toyota around 11%. domestic production had been falling since september of last year. carmakers plan to roll out more new models by year end. >>> a major japanese communications company is expanding deeper into overseas markets. ntt communications says it will buy two u.s. firms for about $870 million. the company says one other firm is vertella technology services in colorado. it provides networking services to corporate clients. the other is california based raging wire. this company operates data centers for storing and processing large amounts of data. ntt communications said they will acquire the stocks of the two firms by january. the president explains that his company wants to expand aggressively overseas because of the shrinking domestic market. >>> here are the latest market figures. >>> managers of japan's damaged nuclear plant seem to be making progress in getting their system to decontaminate radioactive water fully operational. they started up another part of the advanced liquid processing

baltimore is a port of entry for cargo from mazda and bmw. in detroit-- number crunching shows the city has some cash on hand. in july, detroit issued the largest bankruptcy filing in u.s. history. as of last quarter-- the city had a cash balance of $128 million dollars. but that-- mostly happened because the city reportedly is no longer paying unsecured bond debt and avoided making a $44 million dollar payment to 2 pension funds. next week-- a michigan judge will hold a mini-trial prior to deciding if detroit is eligible for bankruptcy relief. motorola solutions is offering buyouts to employees as a way to counter-act slow sales. the electronics maker is offering the voluntary packages to 20 percent of its workforce, or 22-thousand employees. reports say the company is also going to "evaluate the workforce" and "make organizational adjustments". motorola reports earnings next week. but has already cut revenue forecasts twice this year. another recall is happening at toyota. 803,000 sedans are being "called in" for servicing on "air condition

mazda will notify you in the coming days on how to get the problem fixed. much of the upward momentum is credited to increasing sales of imported and craft beers. craft beers posted one of the largest gains of any beer category and makes it more than 6% of total beer volume. you can double up at the movie theater for the "hunger games." there will be a double feature coming up. tickets are on sale now at participating theaters. new safetyffering a feature for dogs. how the government shutdown could hurt the housing market. that is in the bloomberg business report. >> the government shutdown is bad news for people in a hurry to get a mortgage. is not processing any new applications. if congress fails to raise the debt ceiling by october 17, we could see mortgage rates rise sharply. the shutdown make it harder for hundreds of companies to hire people. the online system to check job applicants legal status is also shutdown. a private report on september job creation. the shutdown means the jobs report due out friday will likely be delayed. we did have a higher

having a mazda three three million dollars war chest chinese firms have gone on a shopping offensive and europe just today it's been reported that beijing is on the brink of a multibillion deal to snap up shares in the u.k.'s nuclear industry and not even iconic london tuxes have been spared the interest of businessman from beijing as artist point of boycott reports. this time last year it looked like the iconic london cab would be consigned to the history books after it's made because the financially troubled london taxi company went into administration chinese manufacturer g.t. which already owns volvo has stepped in and bought the company for eleven million pounds the factory is now back in business this part of the assembly process is called the marriage of the carriage where the shape of the taxi. meets with the shafi of the taxi here but it's a marriage between the chinese manufacturer and she on the london taxi company that managed to save a british icon from going out of production g.-d's pledged to invest in getting fifty million pounds into the coventry based business over

washington redskins running back has been showing off his favorite car. 1991 mazda. recently fully restored. he calls it his baby. i like to see that. he has money, he is not chalking it away. charles: this is so amazing. a rookie, good kid. you see something like this, could you imagine a peer pressure? he came from the right source. some of these kids don't even know who their father was so they get out, blow their millions. this guy is well grounded. i would like to meet whoever his parents are as well as the pastor. stuart: more next. hen you're running a successful business. so we provide it services you can rely on. with centurylink as your trusted it partner, you'll experience reliable uptime for the network and services you depend on. multi-layered security solutions keep your information safe, and secure. and responsive dedicated support meets your needs, and eases your mind. centurylink. your link to what's next. sometimes they just drop in. always obvious. cme group can help you navigate risks and capture opportunities. we enable you to reach global market

those winning companies are lexus, subaru, mazda, toyota, and acura.apanese cars earn accolades at the consumer reports test track. consumer reports puts cars through more than 50 tests - over rough roads, on highways, in braking tests, and emergency handling. (natsot: handling test) while many japanese cars score very high, a surprising number haven't made the grade recently. (sot: tom mutchler) "one car that really disappointed us was the acura rlx. this luxury sedan costs 55,000 dollars, and it's just not competitive." for 16-thousand dollars less, consumer reports says the chevrolet impala delivers a much more comfortable ride and handles better. (natsot: handling test) (sot: tom mutchler) "another japanese car we don't recommend is the honda crosstour. it aims to have the comfort of a sedan, the flexibility of an suv, and the cargo space of a station wagon. the problem is it doesn't really do any of this well." some small nissans also score too low for a consumer reports recommendation. (sot: tom mutchler) "the nissan sentra is good on gas, but ha

mazda will also notify owners. >> now weather and traffic on the 1's. >> good morning. summer weather pattern is going to continue in the mid- atlantic. upper starting out in the 50's and the low 60's. make sure the kids have the summer gear this morning. by the time you pick them up, it will be around 85 degrees. the average high this time of year is 72. time to check the roads. accident tracking an southbound 95 near the toll plaza. there is a bit of a delay on our map. thatan see at o'donnell, back up stretches back to o'donnell. you may want to consider 895. an easy shot down to the harbor tunnel. no problems to report on the north or west sides. 70 checking in around 64 miles per hour eastbound. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. back to you. >> 61 degrees at the airport. >> the ravens make a move to bring in some extra protection for joe flacco. >> don't forget to e-mail us your response to our water cooler question of the day. which part of the shutdown worries you the most? you can share your response on our facebook page, on twitter, or send us an e-mail t

i recall to tell you about involving 160,000 mazda fixes. the doors can't feel too close or open. problem is around the door latch mounting screws. ajar light should come on. online shoppers with neiman times will have an easier in shipping. the move comes in time for the kickoff of the holiday shopping season. experts say retailers are starting to recognize free shipping ranks as one of the most important factors for consumers when they make purchases online. adore free shipping. it looks like there is another voice of the ravens. he is seeing opera in seven different languages. video of justin tucker has been making the rounds online. the latest dr. pepper commercial shows his hidden talent. tucker is an opera aficionado. ♪ how about that? he is pelting out mozart at the hippodrome theater. music major at the university of texas, how about that? our coverage of the government shut down continues as the nation waits for signs of progress on capitol hill. both sides are digging in for the long haul. some lawmakers are warning the shutdown could last for weeks but first. >> it is a

a 1991 mazda 626, the first car he ever owned, the one he affectionately calls -- >> the bentley. a lot of people didn't know that was my car. some people are like that's your car. i thought it was the janitor car. >> reporter: he bought it for a whopping $2 from his college pastor. >> he said $2. i was like $2 that's it? he said take it or leave it, $2. i was like all right, $2 it is. >> reporter: that 2 steal was his chair yot to nfl success. >> i didn't have a radio. i was singing to myself. >> reporter: they gave the 626 a much needed tune up. >> they put new radio, naif gags, pretty much anything they could make new they made new. >> reporter: for morris refeshishing the car wasn't a priority. >> they didn't take away from the car and what it meant to me. that makes it more special. >> reporter: not to mention it always reminded him of the road he traveled. now morris and his bentley are both ready for the road ahead, wherever it may go. i love that he worked so hard to get to where he is and he said every day i want to remember where i came from. >> beautiful. >> at someone

the light should come on to notify drivers and mazda will notify owners. >> the northern lights put on in the skies over st. cloud. lights caused by particles from the earth's atmosphere hitting articles from the sun's atmosphere and that's one of al roker's favorite videos of the day. >> that is. it's gorgeous. >> it's spectacular. it's gorgeous. >> it's spectacular. >> i remember seeing i got this. [thinking] is it that time? the son picks up the check? [thinking] i'm still working. he's retired. i hope he's saving. i hope he saved enough. who matters most to you says the most about you. at massmutual we're owned by our policyowners, and they matter most to us. whether you're just starting your 401(k) or you are ready for retirement, we'll help you get there. behind the silver of philadelphia cream cheese. it always begins with fresh local milk blended with real, wholesome cream. going fresh from the farm, to our fridge, in just six days. because we believe in fresh taste. that's the way we set the standard for intensely rich, luscious flavor. so our story of fresh taste always ends,

catherine is upset because she had to pay -- i drive a mazda. know, these cars i'm not even dealing with anything like this, but catherine is upset because she apparently had to pay some rent for jermaine's baby mama because he didn't have money for it i'm footing the bill for you and you're going buying fancy sports car i could understand why she's upset with that. we'll see if she makes jermaine take it back. >> gary, thanks so much. we'll see you guys for tmz on tv right here at 6:30. >> coming up in just a few minutes on the news we're going to cover new details in the deadly washington navy yard shooting. what happened in those final moments of aaron alexis' life as he came face-to-face with police officers as nfl owners come face-to-face they will be greeted with protesters urging the redskins to change their name. what you and everybody else including president obama have to say about this controversy. [ female announcer ] now you can turn pillsbury crescents into an easy dinner with crescent dogs. just separate, add hot dogs, cheese, ro

toyota, acura, audi a big jump to number four, struggled for years, this year up to number four and mazda. who did the worst out of 28 brands that were ranked by consumer reports, these were the five poorest performing. start with mini at 28 and then the two ford brands, lincoln and ford at 27 and 26, followed by cadillac and dodge. across the board, not a good report for the big three when it comes to auto reliability. overall, what's the problem? here's consumer reports explaining what the main issue is. >> what's going on is we're seeing different problems. so when it comes to major mechanical problems, engine, transmission, et cetera, they are doing better. but the new electronic problems are actually bringing them down. >> and this what is we see year after year, tyler. you have these problems when it comes to electronics, the new systems, two steps forward and a step back, one step forward and two steps back and that's what we're seeing with the latest report. >> cars may be getting too complicated for their own good i guess is the bottom line here. how or specifically why did ford

it means there are a lot of nooks and crannies for spiders to build their wednesday. 2011, mazda had to recall cars because of a spider issue and now it's toyota, recalling 870,000 vehicles, and it's not all because of spiders, but it is part of the problem. and here's what happens. it causes a sort of cascade of problems. the webs block a drainage tube from the air conditioning condenser, that causes water to just kind of drip down. it can lead to a short-circuit. so what do you get? you get the air bag warning light coming on. also, here's what scary. the air bag can unexpectedly deploy. that is serious. and in some cases, even serious, as well, the power steering can go out. and this is happening to a lot of popular cars here in america made by toyota. camri camries, the avalons, 2012 and 2013 models. hybrid versions affected as well. how do you know if your car is one of these? you'll be notified by mail. toyota says it will fix it for free. and this is an interesting tidbit. these recalls actually have to go through the national highway traffic safety administration, which, hey,