. >>> the motor city coming here to the bay area. the impact ford's new presence will have in the bay area. >>> good morning, everyone. all together. >> it's friday! by myself! [ laughter ] >> you're the only one who is excited. you and me. [ laughter ] >> i'm frank. she's grace. it's 4:30 and these guys -- >> we are going to do traffic and weather. >> are we doing traffic? >> traffic. okay. let's go outside and show what you it looks like across the golden gate bridge. and it is obviously very foggy this morning across the deck. now, traffic is still obviously very light. i think a lot of people may still be on vacation this week, a few -- yeah. i was on vacation earlier. i came back for a friday. why did i do that? i don't know. trying to save my vacation days. i love the viewers. that's right. [ laughter ] >> we have much more on roads all across the bay area including updating you on construction that's still going on. in the meantime, let's check your forecast. >> i am so ready for friday today. >> good things it's friday. >> it

." >> susie: the motor city could be headed down the same road general motors and chrysler recently took. detroit is teetering on bankruptcy. right now, a ten-member board appointed by michigan's governor is deciding if the state should appoint an emergency manager to help run the city. but in the face of detroit's financial crisis, something just short of amazing is happening. young people and businesses are moving to the city's downtown. as diane eastabrook reports, it's an effort to revitalize a city that has been in decline for decades. >> reporter: craig steiner now has time each morning to enjoy breakfast, instead sitting in his car for a half-hour commute to work. last fall, the 30-year-old moved from the suburbs to this loft in downtown detroit minutes from his job. >> i can walk to work now, i can ride a bike. during the winter, i'm driving my car just because it can get kind of cold. >> reporter: steiner used a $20,000 stipend from his employer, blue cross/blue shield of michigan, to buy his $60,000 loft. >> that was crucial. otherwise, i wouldn't have been able to do it. >> re

in the motor city.ust ask ford workers seeing the latest redesign of the fusion. >> i'm very proud. i think the fusion looks good. >> it's grown from a spark to a flame. it will turn to an inferno. >> reporter: with new models and a new lease on life after bankruptcies at chrysler and gm the big three are all profitable. together selling 800,000 more cars last year. >> we're competing. the fact that we are doing that, creating great jobs and careers, you can feel it everywhere. >> reporter: the turnaround comes three years after the industry collapsed prompting the government to blaail out gm and chrysler. >> once again we'll make the united states auto industry the best in the world. >> reporter: with sales slowing the big three had to cut costs and brands like pontiac and m e mercury and slashing jobs. >> we were at the edge of the cliff. it was a serious problem. >> reporter: forced to reinvent themselves the big three rolled out fuel efficient models including the chevy sonic built by gm workers lik

the motor city is in danger of falling under the control of a little dictator you might remember last year michigan governor rick snyder passed a controversial new law giving him the power to appoint what he calls financial managers to take control of cities that he deems are in the grips of a financial emergency these so-called financial managers have enormous power they can fire local local lect officials they can break contracts especially union contracts they can sell off the city's assets like handover a public park to a transnational corporation to build a chemical factory on and they can completely redo local budgets without any input by local elected officials so really these guys aren't financial managers they're dictators and here's the best part they get paid as much as a quarter million bucks to strip a city down to its bones. so far four cities in michigan are under control of these dictators been harbor you course pontiac in foot and now michigan's biggest city detroit might soon be taken over as well a team appointed by governor snyder is as we speak reviewing the finan

. >> reporter: at the motor city's big auto show, excitement is back in a big way. forget about the bankruptcies that rocked chrysler and g.m.-- detroit's big three have their headlights pointed toward the future. auto analyst john casesa calls this the silver lining in a very dark period. >> it had to happen, and i guess the show tells us they're investing in new capital from the u.s. government and from taxpayers in a very wise way. >> reporter: detroit also wants to look younger. g.m. is rolling out a new chevy sonic r.s., a hatchback version of its popular sonic subcompact introduced late last year. the company also unveiled a concept called the tru 140s, a play on exotic italian sports cars. both vehicles are targeted to consumers under 30--a segment g.m. estimates could be well over 30 million potential buyers. north america president mark reuss says going after these buyers requires a completely different mind set. >> you see it with some of the smart phones, laptops, the internet, facebook. all of these things are competing for time and what is important to

. >>> automakers and enthusiast from around the world will converge on motor city for the north americantional us ato show. more than 3 dozen never before seen automotive product will be involed including a look at the newest -- unveiled including the newest look at the ford focus. >> the national champion will be crowned when lsu meets alabama in the superbowl. the tigers beat the tide 9-6 on november setting the re-- up the rematch. >>> we hear about scamers targeting you by e-mail but this morning a scam that has victims targeted through regular mail. the offering comes by postcard. >>> and one nba team is heading to washington but it's not toplay against the wizards. the date they have with the commander in chief. and warm weather has been blanketing the u.s. so far and canada is not a low. that is straight ahead in the 6:00 hour of "good morning maryland. that and weather and traffic when we return in minutes. >>> you are

. >> you are leaving the door open for the motor city kitty. >> without a doubt. i'm going detroit. you heard it here first. >> wow. >> i bumped my head. >> i like that. i like stepping out on that limb, everybody. more to come. plenty of hope in store. plenty of stiff competition. the biggest playoff challenges fo >>> time for our play of the day. denver nuggets and the l.a. lakers. time running down, third quarter, miller, pass to anderson. beats the buzzer. >> bird man. >> bird man letting one fly. nuggets win 99-90. that is our play of the day. welcome back in, "xfinity sports sunday." of course, monty rejoins us here. we talk 49eres and the playoffs. to the nfc. who is playing the best football in the nfc now? >> new orleans, i think. if you watch the offense operate and drew brees is look a surgeon. i mean, he gets back in the pocket, and he get figures out which of his 95 weapons to throw the ball to. he's so good at looking off the defensive back they don't know how to play him. i enjoy watching him work but i don't see how anybody's going to stop them know. >> you think the

last year there were 344 murders in the motor city. up 12% from 2010.dy this year, 27 people have been killed. so as michelle miller reports, some funeral directors took to the streets to protest the violence. >> by and large, it's the younger people that's dying, killing each other. >> o'neill has buried detroit residents for years. these days business is booming for all the wrong reasons >> you'll look and think about the potential that these youngsters had. it was taken away. >> last sunday, dozens of detroit's undertaken tloef a motorcade of hearsts through the violent neighborhoods. they bore a simple message from the bible. swanson led the procession. >> these are funeral directors. they're sick of it. they don't want business that way. >> elaine saw the hearsts in downtown detroit. as she was making funeral arrangements for her son-in-law. 36-year-old darius kendricks was a married father of five. shot and killed in front much his two sons when he tried to break up a fight. >> did you feel relieved someone is standing up? >> do you know what i fe

. >> and fielder brings a big bat to the motor city.st six seasons, he's averaged 38 home runs and 108 rbi's. >>> now, to the nba. in a big comeback win for the boston celtic. at one point, orlando led by 27. in the third period, paul pierce hit a three-pointer on his way to 24 for the night. in the fourth, he sank a jumper to cut the magic lead to four. the celtics win. >>> the memphis grizzlies rudy gay hit to mid court from the first quarter. but the clippers took charge. blake griffin had a reverse slam-dunk in the second period on his way to 20 points for the night. that was impressive the clippers win 98-91. >>> when we return, defending paterno. thousands gather at a memorial on the penn state campus, one speaker says the former football coach got a raw deal. went all out for the decorations, huh? yeah, but i'm so slow taking them down after all the fatty holiday food. but that's normal, right? it doesn't have to be. activia helps with occasional irregularity when eaten 3 times a day. you'll love your new normal. turbo tax has a

. >>> motor city right here in the bay area. why ford is setting up shop in silicon valley. >> believe it or not, there is a deep water port in the south bay. i'm len ramirez in redwood city. just ahead why the port you have never heard about is about to get a lot bigger. >>> a wild police chase ends in a frightening crash. the dramatic dashcam video. more of that after the break. in oklahoma city -- caught n camera from a city bus. check this out. police were chasing four robbery >>> a dramatic end to a police chase in oklahoma city caught on camera from a city bus. police were chasing four robby suspects when it ran a red light. their car was hit by a truck, pushed it into the two other cars. as you see, suspects got out and ran. three were eventually caught. no one was seriously hurt in the collision. >>> republican presidential hopefuls are heading into their final weekend of campaigning before the nation's first primary. all eyes on new hampshire now. but as danielle nottingham reports, south carolina's becoming increasingly

. >> international auto show under way in the motor city.k at some of the latest models going green now. we will be right back 8:10 a.m.  >> a new report shows building a purple line on metro will effect more than 340 property owners the project will require condemning 31 homes, 43 businesses hundreds of other yards and pieces of land in montgomery and prince georges county. construction is expected to begin in 2015 at earliest it is estimated to cost $1.9 billion. >>> all right general manager, richard sarles was in talking about that that is a big priority we will see that and report on that. meantime we are looking at weather and cuteness factor of the day. >> a big priority of ours. >> every day. >> and we will now, it is time for my first 5 photo of 's chec >> oh, no. >> this is elijah, 7 months old, enjoying some squash is what he was eating but his parents got creative with the photo shopping here they say he looks just like his favorite characters, winnie the pooh. >> adorable. >> so cute. >> what a clever idea. >> it is. >> that is

a motor city mystery. her husband a person of interest after he flunked a pol a polygraph test.s found strangled in the back of her car. here is her husband after they spent hours interrogating them. >> it's unthinkable what she had to suffer. they say start closist to the home and spread out. i'm doing what i need to do to cooperate with the authorities to find who did this to my wife. bill: former f.b.i. investigator bill daley here on this. good morning, bill. there has not been a murder in this town in 20 years. now you have a case here where hard drives are taken from inside the house, photographs eve are taken, search dogs are going through the woods to look for evidence. they are looking for a motive, aren't they. >> they need to rule out the husband. that's usually what happens in these cases the nearest of kin, family members the spouse need to be ruled out so they can focus on who at large may be responsible for this. looking at computer drives, cellphone activity. in other cases cellphone activity, where they were used is very information in determining where people a

and made in the u.s.a., we'll take you live to motor city to check out the 2012 rides. the new american model being unveiled today. >> welcome back. we are live right now in new york and they are some of the most talked about cars at this year's north american international auto show. >> cars czar doug brown joins us live in detroit with a sneak peek. all right, doug, there's a lot of surprises there. and a lot of excitement. what's at the top of your list? >> ok. got some cars for you. some you may have seen. many you haven't. let me get out of the way. a car far better looking than i. what do you think? it's the all new ford fusion. this car is important. not just because it's good looking. but because for the first time ford is going to offer you the option of a plug-in hybrid power train, standard hybrid. if you want a gas engine, you can get that, too. ford continuing its commitment. not just to style and quality, but to offer consumers the choice of what they want underneath the hood. look for the fusion in dealerships this fall. very cool. all right. let's go to

the annual detroit auto show is underway in the motor city.nd, carmakers came away with amazing new stuff, over the last year. we have the highlights, in the week's car report. >> reporter: literally dozens of new cars made their debut this year, at the detroit auto show and many of them very important. like this dodge dart based on an alpha romeo chassis. and, our job is to find the coolest cars, let's do it. a no-brainer, the return of the acura super car, a hybrid and will be developed and built in the united states. and if that is not good enough, it is beak driven in the new iron man movie. and, a plug-in hybrid power train, the equivalent of 100 miles per gallon. and this is actually a two-fer, concept cars from chevrolet, a mini-muscle car and the other an affordable exotic and both costing less than $20,000 and, a smart pickup truck. maybe not that cool. a beetle with a chop top and electric drive and is called the e-bug ster and it is so cool it almost hurts. i realize it isn't a car but the congratulations man ctx has power steering

year's focus is on smaller cars with big expectations as 40 new models make their debut in the motor cityw truck or large suvs being featured as customers are instead opting for smaller cars with better mileage. >>> we have a school closure this morning. bollman bridge elementary school in howard county is closed today because of problems with the school's heating system. don't get excited. it's just one school. bollman bridge elementary in howard county. that's pause the heating doesn't work. it's so cold the kids will need the heat today. >> and students, teachers, bus drivers are begging for snow. >> i know. >> and weather lovers. meteorologists, too. >> yeah, oh, yeah. we want it. it's winter, after all. january certainly wasn't acting that way over the weekend. it is this morning. a cool start. how do you get to the moon? take this road. and just keep going straight into space. >> gorgeous. >> i took this shot before i went to bed last night as the moon was rising. we had it up beautifully into the evening hours. since then the sky has really clouded up. if you have any interesting w

nbc's janelle cline joins us live from the motor city with more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. interesting that you're talking about gas prices because that's one of the driving forces of the cars that we're seeing here in detroit. you can see some of the cars that are already being unveiled at the ford booth. this is typical of many of the new models that we're seeing at the auto show. the theme -- practical, small, affordable felt cars that people can actually buy. not as many concept cars that you might have seen at auto shows of the past. actually cars that you could buy and that are family friendly and affordable both to buy and to drive. gas mileage important to so many people. as you mentioned, prices going up all over the country and in your region, as well. people really are concerned about that, and the automakers are responding to that. that's one of the thing that we're seeing here in detroit this year. >> janelle, fewer suvs and trucks, right, this year? >> reporter: that's another thing that we're seeing along the same line

. >>> silicon valley the next motor city? could be.d is following several other carmakers looking to tap the knowledge and innovation of bay area high-tech firms. gil diaz in palo alto with more on the lab that ford is about to open. gil, good morning. >> reporter: hi, frank. good morning. well, we're outside general motors' research lab. they have one here so does bmw and renault-nissan and now ford wants to be the latest carmaker to set up shop in the silicon valley. ford is being tight-lipped as to the location and size of the lab but a spokesman says it's what you would expect from a startup. so less than 50 workers. ford plans to open its lab sometime during the 1st quarter of this year. the lab will experiment on the newest automotive technology which includes tracking weather and road conditions. even though ford made the announcement today, ford's ceo expected to talk about it in detail next week in las vegas during the annual consumer electronics show. car industry experts say that the reason car companies are setting up labs

. >>> silicon valley the next motor city.d is looking to tap the knowledge and innovation of bay area tech firms. gil diaz in palo alto with more on the lab ford is about to open. he joins us with more. gil, good morning. >> reporter: hi, frank. good morning. well, general motors has a research lab here, so does bmw and renault nissan and now ford wants to be the next car company to set up shop in the silicon valley. they are going to be setting up shop in the 1st quarter of the year. they are tight-lipped about the location and size of the lab but a spokesman says it's what you would expect from a startup company. so less than 50 employees. the lab will experiment on newest automotive technology. even though ford is making the announcement today, ford's ceo is expected to talk about it in detail next week in las vegas during the annual consumer electronics show. car companies want to be closer to stanford because the university has a program that studies the future of the automobile. back to you. >> thank you. >>> we have so

. >> reporter: this man has watched the rebound from his perch in the motor city and details the bigee's recovery in his book. >> i think detroit is more detroit is more agile and more competitive. they're certainly leaner but they're determined to prove that detroit can build cars and trucks that are as good as any in the world. >> what other automobile offers so much? >> reporter: from the gorey days of the u.s. auto industry, it's hard to imagine how far the big three fell. in 2009 chrysler became the first major u.s. auto maker to file for bankruptcy since studebacher in the 1930s. general motors, once the blueest of the blue chip stocks, had a black eye nicknamed government motors after it along with chrysler was forced to take a federal bailout. ford managed to avoid bankruptcy but was hanging on by a wiper blade. >> this is a reckoning that had been predicted for many many years but when it finally happened, this town in particular-- and i think the entire country-- was astonished by how much trouble detroit had gotten itself into. >> reporter: they were shells of their former

great to have you there in the motor city, sam. good morning. >> yeah. auto show that's the headline. america is back on top in global auto sales. detroit is in the middle of this bad weather, too. smack dab in the middle of it. let's deal with that. we'll show you how that storm system moves out of the great lakes and right across the northeast. look at the great lakes and the snow zone. the northern edge, it's all snow. 14 states under winter weather watches, warnings, and advisories. after 9:00 p.m., the snow moves into boston, d.c., new york city. look at all those springlike temperatures. the state of texas, all across the gulf warming up. >> all of that weather was brought to you by the citi bank simplicity card. and we are live in detroit. i think this is going to be the year, robin and george, that we're driven to buy a new car. wait until you see what this stuff looks like. >> can't wait, sam. >>> now to a major health alert for parents. an expert panel of psychiatrists is proposing to change how autism is diagnosed. this is big. dr. richard bes

we designate cities as a future city for motor project. three are located there. so we put in high-technology and new know how and experience into the one city like we created. >> what do you hope for japan? >> we have to raise its consumption tax. consumption tax means that it goes up. we suffer from the yen appreciation and deflation. the price decline. it's a vicious circle. so we have to policy-wise to change the directional price by policy. so we raise the consumption tax, and we can change at the policy price direction from downward to upward. >> he says promoting trade with asian countries will be key to boosting the japanese economy in 2012. >> asia-pacific area is the center of economic growth. that means that we have to work in a partnership agreement. so we can have foreign demand and domestic demand after concluding the partnership agreement. innovation, research and development is the key to economic growth. he revive that japanese economy. we try to, but we have to conquer, get over this problem, otherwise we cannot survive in the future. >> that was

jon: a new motor city in the rockies, fort collins.st becoming a hub of automotive innovation and cleaner green technologies. alicia acuna live from denver for us. alicia? >> reporter: jon the work being done in fort collins is university research on green technologies but what i cans it so different is they have taken a bunch of private companies, all working together in the same building so this research doesn't sit on the shelf and put to practical use quite quickly. which means in two to four years we'll be driving with a larger variety of fuels. >> it will be those that will be natural gas. it will be electricity. it will be a variety of different fuels and solutions. >> reporter: many future transportation leaps won't just come from detroit but fort collins, colorado. it will feel the same but cost less? >> it will cost less and use a lot less fuel. >> reporter: ed's fuel developed an engine to capture the vehicle's own heat and rout it back into the car t was created right here at the for the collins energy super cluster, a buil

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city hall. >>> whale general motors fears could happen to the the volt that has them pulling them off the road@f >>> monitoring developing news in oakland. a live look at what is happening outside oakland city hall. this is occupy protestors and they are demanding to meet with the mayor, mayor jean quan. three protesters were allowed inside city hall and they met with a city :not the mare. they are still demand agameting with mayor jean quan and that hasn't happened. jade hernandez is covering the story if anything new happens she will tell us. >>> consumers of the consumer protection bureau, richard cordray outlined his goals for the agency. republicans blocked his conformation saying it would hurt u.s. businesses. yesterday president obama used his powers to appoint richard cordray. th:republican lawmakers but richard cordray won't let opposition effect his work. >> to me the only issue is making sure people understand what we are doing and they can appreciate it and overtime i think it will win its way. >> they will oversee mortgage, pay day and student loan lendchevy volt zekes because of

group mega death dave musdane is a factor fan actually seen with factor producers in new york city featuring motorhe guys. apparently everybody had a good time, i guess. but nobody has heard any sound since the concert. i talked to -- what? a little loud, mega deaf. glad they like the factor. the muppets were in england over the weekend promoting their movie when a reporter asked kermit and miss piggy about a bad review they got from eric bolling. >> eric bolling from fox news said it was pushing a dangerous liberal agenda and trying to brain wash children. so dangerous. [ laughter ] it's a funny thing, they were concerned about us having some prejudice against oil companies and i can tell that that is not true. besides if we have problems with oil companies why would we have spent the entire film driving around in a gas guzzling rolls royce. >> almost as laughable as accusing fox news of, you know, being news. [ laughter ] [ applause ] >> boy, that's going to be all over the internet. >> if they take what i say seriously they have got a real big problem. >> bill: we still like the municipalities

the city economic disaster, general motors sales rose 13% last year as gm sold more than 2 1/2 millionstrong sales, chrysler up 26%, ford jumped 11% when the economy tanked. gm and chrysler nearly collapsed. the u.s. auto sales hit the lowest level since 1982. both companies needed a government bailout to stay in business. >>> two major airlines say their prices are about to go up because of new rules on another continent. delta and lufthansa said it's due to the regulations in europe. the difference is $6 for a round-trip ticket and only if you're flying to europe. they haven't announced how much more they will charge. >>> and in tonight's consumer alert, reports that best buy might be in trouble. forbes magazine predicting a tough 2012 for the retailer and anticipating bankruptcy the next few years. fox's tom leyden has the story. >> reporter: best buy is quickly looking like a retail cautionary tale. a big buck store where people love to bruise and -- browse and buy somewhere else. >> you don't necessarily buy it there. you may go online if there is a better deal. >> you won't admit