first and foremost, i have been following mta for a long time from michael burns, michael ford, and now head reiskin. thank goodness we have somebody like john who did not jump ship. at least to try to address the issues. what supervisors have failed to understand is whether you really have the clout. you agree to a proposition where your hands are tied, and literally, the mta does not need to come to you for anything, except for superficial meetings like this. you have no clout. having said that, we really need to understand, as it john stated, the software, those lines that are operated manually, some explanation about the automated control system, which we need to further look into, not just casualty -- casually. as far as the third street light rail is concerned, i take public transportation all the time. we still have to work on it. as far as those services provided to the sunset, mr. ed reiskin admitted that we needed to fine-tune the services. ed is not very well versed with the transportation system, but he is a quick learner. he has done good things with dpw, 311. in the given

in fact following the ousting of its ceo and president michael wood ford. still to come out of u.s., we have exist home sales, jobless claims and earnings from microsoft. back to you. >> thanks a lot, ramin. ramin from the tokyo stock exchange. >>> china's producer of rare earth metals suspended production in a move, it says, that will help balance you apply and demand. air rather high-tech announced it was halting smelting at its plants for one month starting on wednesday. it sites a continuing fall in prices. low demand and oversupply. it says the stoppage will stabilize the market. the company is based in inner mongolia in eastern china. rare earth metals are used in high deland used in everyday devices such as hybrids and air conditioners. this pushed up the international prices of the metals. the high cost forced some trading firms to stop buying rare earth metals from china. the decision by rare earth is likely to make it harder to procure the metals that may likely affect high-tech firms that have limited stocks of the rare metals. >>> here is a reca

the outgoing ceo michael wood ford said he raised concerns of high prices and advisory fees paid by acquisitions before he joined the board. that raises concerns that the company could be subject to investigation by regulators and maybe even prosecutors. let's have a look now at wall street and actually again we look like we're going to be seeing tradings beginning the week in positive territory. after a choppy trading week last week, investors got back to where they started the year on friday. the dow rallied 166 points, nearly 1.5%. that's a gain of nearly 5% for the week. the nasdaq jumped more than 1.75% on the day, more than 7.5% on the week. standard & poor's had nearly the same percentage gain on friday with a week's gain of just about 6%. in terms of monday's trading, today the 17th of october, markets look set for opening gains when that all begins in about 5 1/2 hours' time. here is where we are in terms of pre market action, gains fairly scant by comparison with what we're seeing on europe. up by around about a third of a percent, a little more for the nasdaq composite. >>> a deal has

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we are talking henry ford, thomas edison, and probably michael jordan built into one individual. that is what makes it difficult for me. i am not pleading with he made the iphone or the ipad -- i am not leaving with key made the iphone or the ipad. he had vision. he relied on his gut instinct more than focus groups or those kinds of things. to see the future and that the products before we know we need them is genius. but the nation has got a pink for breast cancer awareness month. the death of jobs is also shining a light on pancreatic cancer. he has battled the disease since 2004. i've read is live in the studio with more on the rehr, a deadly form of cancer. >> every year in the u.s. 44,000 people are diagnosed with candy -- pancreatic cancer and 37,000 die from the disease. i spoke with the menu is fighting it and beating the odds -- a woman who is fighting the cancer and beating the odds. >> is assistant principal went to the hospital in april of 2003. >> he told me i had pancreatic cancer. i had no knowledge of it. >> doctors told her they were after move at least 80% of he

michael farr tells us how that plays into an investment strategy. ford motor can thank strong profits in north america for better-than-expected earnings in the third quarter. the auto maker reported earnings of 46 cents per share, two cents better than estimates, excluding one-time items. while revenues actually dropped slightly in north america, ford's average pre-tax profit per vehicle increased to more than $2,300. alan mulally is the c.e.o. of ford. he joins us from dearborn, michigan. congratulations to you and ford on a strong third quarter. strength in north american profits, but you last money in europe. how much of a break is europe going to be in 2012 do you think? >> well, i think with all the uncertainity we are continuing to watch that very carefully. the good news is that the industry, the automobile industry is staying very robust at around 15 million units, and ford is, as you know, very well positioned, we're number one, number two, number three and most of the markets throughout europe, and the fastest growing in russia. so i think that

. >> making sure it's solvent check the web site the street.com ford slash, insures, stick with companies rated a or b. michaelicked an established company and is happy he did. he's receiving a check to begin work. >> and consumer reports says keep in mind rates vary wildly. you can compare at insure.com to get it completed go to abc 7 news.com. >> good deal, thank you. >> and as promised final look at the forecast for this hour. >> here is spencer. >> we're going take a look at the national weather picture. it's going to be a nice, calm day and cool across the northern tier states. high temperatures into 50s, upper 50s in seattle and great falls. boston, new york low 60s, warm and not hot. 89 in miami. you might expect think the time of the year. 99 in phoenix. it's warm and that is not unusual this time of the year. so there is a pleasant day nationally and state wide, mainly sunny skies. highs of 83 chico, sacramento and yosemite. tahoe, 69. and so sunny tomorrow, wide range of highs, 100 down in palm springs, los angeles a high of 97 tomorrow. 86 in san francisco. and there is a look at some local pictures

michael lewis. to a wifi hotspot. and then there are cars that can become a wifi hotspot. the ford sync with myford touch. it's the black angus on rosemary parmesan quality thick sliced black angus steak topped with melted mozzarella and cheddar try it you're gonna like it quiznos mmmmm.... toasty! automatic transmission that changes gears so efficiently... you get up to 40 miles per gallon highway... changing the way we think about...changing gears. the ford focus, with up to 40 miles per gallon, highway. (cheers and applause). >> jon: that's our show. tune in tomorrow night at 11:00. hugh jack man will be in the studio tomorrow night and once again michael lewis the book is "boomerang." (laughter) i guess it only works once. here it is, your moment of zen. >> i'm heading out you guys because... here's the camera. where i am. oh, look at you, secret service. all right, everybody knows shatner rules, right? so he is here. william shatner out on military island and truly... not coming? all right, we know... how do you captioning sponsored by comedy central captioned by media access

ford. danny glover. richard gear. bill cosby, ron howard. michael douglas, morgan freidman. dustin. martin sheen and steven spielburg, every one of them is a left winger. every one of them. the only conservative you have had on your cover in recent years has been president bush. what's that all about? >> well, the covers on the magazine sell. that's what the pickup rate is on the magazine. >> bill: what i'm saying to you is i just read you 15 names and they are all liberal people and you have one conservative. 15 to 1. i can't sit here and say that there isn't a conservative that you could put on the cover that would sell. i know there is and so do you. >> certainly there would be. >> bill: then why haven't they been there. >> i don't know. >> bill: you are the editor. not the editor. you are president of aarp. >> i'm a president of aarp as a volunteer. >> bill: do you volunteer your opinion that it's becoming too left wing? >> we volunteer our opinions all the time. >> bill: did you tell them this might not be fair and balanced this magazine that comes out? >> no. i haven't looked

michael jackson. >> do you remember when that came out? >> oh yeah. >> absolutely i'm wearing the warrior, ford motor company the proceeds go to komen for the cure. >>> it is chilly out there. you are going to need a jacket, maybe gloves out there. 50s today. good for the trick or treaters. the clouds will be building. if you are down near southern maryland, you might run into a couple of sprinkles. tomorrow upper 50s. by wednesday and thursday. low to mid-60s before rain moves in on friday. but the weekend looks a lot better than what we had this past weekend, no rain or snow. temperatures in the 60s. >>> they are mixing bollywood wood with michael jackson. i don't know what that is. it looks great. >> i wish you could see this. penn lynn 511 is departing baltimore 10 to 20 minutes late. south of route 50 near the branch avenue area. clean up along the left side. route 24 in the area accident is on the left shoulder. this has been incident free on the west side of bethesda. >>> as for wall street we are about to put the wraps on the best months for wall street. october of course since 1987. we

michael kelly could receive a cryination connection to the incident caught on tape during the september 13th city council meeting. the tape shows kelly slapping the hand of the city councilwoman, ford, after she told him to shh. >>> stanford university says sexual assault jumped 10%. there were 21 cases of students reporting sexual assault last year compared to 12 in 2009. stanford's police chief tells us the news is not all bad. she says the numbers to a -- appear to reflect an increase number of students coming forward to report incidents rather than an actual increase in assaults. >>> a san francisco county jail closed for 1 1/2 years is about to reopen. that is because nonsex offenders crime is serving time in county jails. the officials say no inmates will be move friday where they are and none will be released. >>> a man, severely burned yesterday in a fire in his mobile home has died. 39-year-old jimmy brown ii was a paraplegic who suffered third degree burns when his mobile home caught fire yesterday afternoon. brown made a frantic call to 911 to report his bed was on fire. he died this morning at the burn unit of saint francis memorial hospital in san francisco. the cause

ford for one thing, what would it be? for making us the joneses. (laugh) reporters laugh >>> michaelur, a tribute to michael with his music with cirque du soleil. michael jackson's mom and children were in attendance. ♪ >> i thought every song was very good. my impression of the show, it was fantastic. i thought it was one of the best shows i've seen. ♪ this is thriller ♪ thriller night >> it was like amazing, it brought tears to my eyes. i almost cry ied. it was really amazing. >> they performed very well, it kept getting better and better. ♪ >> i'm his mother so quite naturally, i just thought everything was good. ♪ billie jean is not my lover >> an incredible show based on the life of an incredible entertainer. that's all for now. ac 360 starts right now.

michael jackson's >> in this morning's consumer alert health officials say a listeria outbreak have lead to 21 deaths. illnesses and deaths have been reported in 23 states. 300,000 cases of rocky ford cantaloupes were recalled in september. >> a new study says seafood is safe to eat. >> seafood is tested here more than anywhere else in the world, according to state officials. >> we have taken every measure to test for what we can find and report what we do find. >> since may of 2010, a louisiana food plan ran over 200 tests. everywhere from fish and shrimp have gone under the microscope. >> none of the samples have gotten close to the level of concern. >> now you will have access to those test samples. >> we obviously have to overcome some consumer resistance to louisiana seafood. >> a new website called gulf stores.org let's you see test results for yourself. >> so consumers can make decision abouts the seafood in louisiana for themselves and their families. >> the goal is to put more louisiana seafood on your plate. >> the f.d.a. would allow you to eat over 60 pounds of shrimp a day for the next five years before you would reach a level of concern. >> that was kelsey reporting. >

michael kelly. he is also vice mayor of sausalito. here is the video from september 13 at the council meeting showing kelly slapping the hand of carolyn ford. she says she was slapped after she alemted to quiet or slush kelly who was speaking to the mayor. the council woman filed a report with police. kelly publicly apologized to ford during a meeting earlier this week. >> still ahead here, stopping graffiti before it happens. high tech cameras that no tagger wants to run into. garvin thomas has the report. >> ahead, plenty of large companies in the bay area but today one was crowned the healthiest of them all. it might surprise you which one. >> and normally a story involving a principal and duct tape would land students in detention. today it was just plain old fun. >> good evening. i'm jeff ranieri. we did have fog, we managed a decent amount of sunshine. in oakland sunny skies as we look back in the east bay and for today 76 in san jose, that's it. we'll talk more about the clouds moving in and two stronger storms we'ret tracking in seven-day forecast. [ female announcer ] at jcpenney uncover mystery savings this friday & saturday. eve

after ford went back to washington syria ordered its ambassador of the united states out of our country. laying out the case in the manslaughter trial of michael's after the prosecution rested. physicians claim dr. conrad murray gave the singer sedatives chief among them propofol to help him sleep. the drugs ended up killing him instead. jurors heard from another doctor who at one time treated him for insomnia. the sleep problems had been going on for more than a decade. >> i would say over 15 or 20 years i knee sleep was an issue particularly after performing. he could not come down. he asked me about intravenous sleep medicine. >> did he happen to mention the name of this medicine? >> i think he used the word juice. >> shepard: juice. the doctor said michael jackson never named the drug but we now know through the course of this trial that michael jackson had been taking propofol for months before he died. and the defense now argues jackson injected himself with the lethal dose of propofol without dr. con conrad murray's knowledge. the prosecution rested and we heard from the defense. what else did they give us? >> well, they started off, sh

ford dealer. 3 million tires. 11 major brands, fiona's kind-of-nice. i don't know why you're not here. ♪ ♪ >> hold for applause, hold for applause. >> this is it, that was michael with us now is deepak chopra. deepak, when you see michael there, there are conflicting reports, he looks healthy, he looks fit, he looks raring to go. talk to jermaine jackson and members of his family, they say there's lots of outtakes where he looks completely different, where he looks exhausted, he looks frail, he looks fragile. what was your understanding of his physical condition through this period? >> well, piers, i wasn't there at those rehearsals, i talked to some of the people later, the producers, who said he was pretty strong, he was pretty vigorous. those periods of rehearsal are quite long and exhausting to anyone, but a person who's about 50 years of age, that's pretty good. i also talked, at some point, to the nanny who took care of his children, and she said he was a really strong person. now, i can't comment on what the family's saying, but in my interactions with him on the phone, he was very enthusiastic, his voice sounded good, i didn't think he thought he was in

ford, cbs 5. >>> well, he is not on the stand. but we are hearing what he had to say about the day in question. a recording of dr. conrad murray from soon after michaelackson's death. that's in two minutes. ,, ,,,, it's about building cars in america. it's all about jobs. it's all about respect. security. the american dream. [ jamaul ] good jobs in tough times. a chance to move up and do better. [ delaunta ] excellent healthcare. [ caletha ] beautiful benefits. what they used to call the american way. it still works here. [ jennifer ] not a single layoff of a u.s. manufacturing worker. [ glen ] not one. not one. doing things the right way. quality. [ jimmeka ] building cars that americans want. [ jamaul ] right here in america. hyundai is an all-american success story. ♪ conducte >>> prosecutors in the conrad murray trial have begun playing a never before heard interview police conducted with the doctor two days after michael jackson died. kendis gibson reports it lays out murray's version of what led up to the pop star's fatal overdose. >> full name? >> conrad robert murray. >> reporter: jurors are hearing a police interview with dr. conrad murray c

michael steele in washington. and joining the table is msnbc political analyst and visiting professor at nyu and democratic congressman harold fordumnist for the "washington post," ezra klein. you've been down to take a look at the occupy wall street protest. >> no, i'm going down later today. >> all right. good. i want to talk to you about those coming up. we have frank bruni coming on the show in about half an hour, as well. we'll be talking about a couple of things, including what he wrote this weekend in the newspaper. in response to some of the very, i think, visceral and mean arguments made against christie, potentially running for president because of his weight. which we saw as we came in on "the daily show." chris christie is the first person to make fun of it and have fun of it. but there were people, including our own eugene robinson who said he was potentially not disciplined. and that is why i'm sad he's not in the race. do you feel that there is a sense of loss to the republican field that he has not decided to run, ezra? >> i feel like there are a lot of people who feel a deep sense of loss, whether or not it's a b

ford dealer. 3 million tires. 11 major brands, fiona's kind-of-nice. i don't know why you're not here. >>> 12:45 eastern time in los angeles, the involuntary manslaughter trial of michaelan, dr. conrad murray resumes. at 2:30 eastern in washington, president obama honors the recipients of the 2010 national medal of science and medal of technology and innovation. and a tribute to robert dole gets under way at the u.s. chamber of commerce building. let's check in first with chris lawrence. chris? >> you've probably seen the graphic video but what happened in the last minutes before moammar gadhafi was captured then killed. we'll have new details coming up. >>> i'll tell you what the headlines are saying around the world about moammar gadhafi's death. >> also ahead, rep the 2008 presidential campaign, hillary clinton questioned the foreign policy experience, she asked, who do you want answering the 3:00 a.m. phone call? fast forward, our political buzz panel answers that question today. the first and only one to help support a healthy metabolism. three smart new ways to sweeten. same great taste. new splenda® essentials™. exclusive to the mitary. and commitment is not lim

michael bloomberg giving us the latest on that crash into the east river. five people on board. four rescued, one unfortunately dead. we'll stay on top of the story. much muhr news right after this. forden named the most dependable midsize car by jd power and associates. we go to kimberly. any thoughts on this news? i have no idea what's goin on. we are out. what was that? they told me it's the most dependable midsize sedan and they ran back into their little box. two of the most important are energy security and economic growth. north america actually has one of the largest oil reserves in the world. a large part of that is oil sands. this resource has the ability to create hundreds of thousands of jobs. at our kearl project in canada, we'll be able to produce these oil sands with the same emissions as many other oils and that's a huge breakthrough. that's good for our country's energy security and our economy. >>> the house republicans are questioning whether the attorney general of the united states, eric holder, misled congress about his knowledge of a controversial gun-running ram. they want to escalate the investigation now with a special counsel. cnn's brian todd has been cover

ford, jr.'s op-ed in this morning's "the wall street journal." he writes -- host: we are asking this morning -- where are the jobs? miami, florida, go ahead. caller: good morning. my name is michaelhave been unemployed since the midpoint of 2007. i went from job to job to job. i am in the housing development. new houses and new schools and stuff like that. the money is just not there. if the money is not there, nobody can hire. if nobody can hire, and nobody can build. that means double digit unemployment all through south florida. at one point, there were 150,000 families living in south florida. now it is not happening. everybody is stuck with a double mortgage. it went down the hill with the bailout. now the banks do not want to loan. you have investors who cannot invest, who cannot hire more people to do more work. it's a vicious circle. right now, the economy is in a depression, whether anybody wants to admit it or not. that's what's going on. we are along the bottom. it will take new, inventive ideas. i am not saying solar panels or windmills or nothing like that, but something better. rebuilding our infrastructure. topeka,t's move on to kan. on the line for democrats. alfr

ford dealer. 3 million tires. 11 major brands, fiona's kind-of-nice. i don't know why you're not here. >>> a live look at the white house as the sun comes up over washington. michaelails. >> from harlem and -- >> new e-mails? >> e-mails? what? >> yeah. we have new e-mails. >> not my e-mail. >> no, no. >> is anybody attempting -- willie? >> you're good. >> lord, i hope not. >> all right. just zip it. >> whose e-mails? >> new e-mails providing further evidence that the obama administration ignored concerns surrounding the $520 million government loan to the now bankrupt solar panel manufacturer solyndra. two days before the president's visit to the plant in 2010 a democratic campaign contributor reportedly wrote to senior white house adviser valerie jarrett in an attempt to talk them out of making the grant. part of the e-mail said quote i just want to help protect the president from anything that could result in negative or unfair press. the president should be careful about unrealistic/optimistic forecasts that could haunt him in the next 18 months if solyndra hits the wall, files for bankruptcy, etcetera. 685 pages of white house documents have been gathered as p