nissan is looking to borrow mitsubishi's production facilities there to produce these models. mitsubishi is also looking forward to the deal which will make full use of its manufacturing capacity. >> we're pleased to announce a cooperation agreement that will increase the competitiveness of nissan and mitsubishi in asia. >> translator: only those who can adapt fast can survive. >>> now let's check our weekly update. standing by are jaymee ng in hong kong and nemo kim in seoul. first, jaymee, now that the year is almost over, can you give us a sense of what we can expect for china's economy in 2011? >> hi, shery. china is targeting economic growth of around 8% in 2011, the same level as this year. the goal was reported by state media on wednesday, citing the top economic planning agency, the national development and reform commission. amid concern about inflation, the government raised its target for consumer price increases next year to about 4%, 4 percentage points higher than this year. china's consumer price index january through november rose 3.2% from the same period last

to invest billions of dollars to bring it's newest electric vehicle to the market. >> reporter: nissan is rolling out it's first electric car. >> it's a huge car because nissan won't be able to build enough to satisfy the demand. they are building five different factories to build the leaf and the bat year is fort. >> reporter: it handles like a regular car though it's a lot quieter. when you go below 18-miles an hour it generates artificial noise to warn people. >> preheat, get told if you have a problem with the charging. >> reporter: what do some consider its limitation? it needs recharging after driving a hundred miles, it's com petter the volt runs only 35 miles an a charge but has a gas engine that can carry it 340 miles. don francis decided to take the all electric route. >> one of the things that's important to me is the reduction in the united states of the foreign oil. >> reporter: they are working to create a nationwide network of charges stations but first the leaf will be limited to errands and daily work drives.>> nissan expects people to have a second car on hand. >> rep

the all-electric nissan leaf and the almost all-electric chevy volt.he future. >> this is definitely the future, absolutely. >> reporter: the leaf is purely electric with a range of 100 miles. the volt can go 40 miles on pure electric but 400 miles overall. see, the volt also comes with a nine-gallon gas engine. big difference between this volt and the leaf. this car's battery actually went dead and, as you can see, it's still moving. here's how. the volt's gas engine is now charging the car's battery. the dashboard gauge says for another 240 miles or so. >> these are two appealing cars. >> reporter: automobile magazine's jean jennings also sees potential problems. every 100 miles and the leaf needs another charge. then again -- >> 90% of the drivers in america do not go more than 100 miles in a day. >> reporter: the jolt with the volt, it stickers for $41,000. the leaf? about $33,000. but for both, a federal tax credit gives back 7500 and both cars will run much cheaper than conventional gas cars. on our early test drive, we took the volt to one of am

a bay area man becomes the proud new owner of the world's first nissan lee leaf. >> leigh: some areas reporting nñaaaaaaaaaaaaa8 >> closed captioning brought to >> closed captioning brought to >> alan: two explosions in central stockholm have left one person dead and two others in a hospital. police say a car exploded near a busy shoppinger in? -- shopping center. the car that exploded contained gas canisters. no one has taken responsibility for the blast but a swedish news agency received an e-mail threat before the explosions, mences swedish troops in afghan and a swedish cartoonist who drew a cashing tour of mohammed. >> family and friends gathered to say goodbye to elizabeth edwardss. they recalled a woman who faced personal challenges and tragedy with great courage edwards are oldest daughter, cate, paid tribute to her mother. >> when she could barely speak, my dad and i stood at her bedside and held her hand, and she kept saying, i'm okay, i'm okay. she was way more worried about us than we were about her. >> alan: the funeral was held in the same church where mourners gathered

he is driving a teal colored nissan frontier. i spoke with millbrae police this morning. they said they have no new updates but they are asking anyone to report similar incidents or anyone with information to give them a call. anser hassan, cbs 5. >>> today san francisco supervisors will start hearing from potential candidates for interim mayor. the board needs to appoint someone to finish gavin newsom's term. he is moving on to lieutenant governor. several san francisco supervisors and local school board members are said to be interested in the mayor's job. >>> let's get another check of traffic and weather. tracy is first up to bat with a dry spell. >> oh, that's right, juliette. today going to be a pretty nice day. we are starting off with partly cloudy conditions across the bay area. but we do have some reports of fog. so kept that in mind, especially well inland in our valleys. temperatures for the morning, heading out the door from the lower 50s to the lower 40s. for this afternoon, how about the upper 60s? i got that one right. sun and clouds expected. should be be

the all-electric nissan leaf and the almost-all-electric chevy volt.is the future. >> this is definitely the future. absolutely. >> reporter: the leaf is purely electric, with a range of 100 miles. the volt can go 40 miles on pure electric but 400 miles overall. see, the volt also comes with a nine-gallon gas engine. big difference between this volt and the leaf. this car's battery actually went dead and as you can see, it's still moving. here's how-- the volt's gas engine is now charging the car's battery. the dash board gauge says for another 240 miles or so. >> these are two appealing cars. >> reporter: but automobile magazine's jean jennings also sees potential problems. every 100 miles, and the leaf needs another charge. then again... >> 90% of the drivers in america do not go more than 100 miles in a day. >> reporter: the jolt with the volt-- it stickers for $41,000. the leaf, about $33,000. but for both, a federal tax credit gives back $7500, and both cars will run much cheaper than conventional gas cars. on our early test drive, we took the vol

. >>> nissan, nec and sumitomo will set up a joint venture to consolidate a japanese network of chargingutlets for electric vehicles. it was said on tuesday that outlets will be established at supermarkets, highway rest areas, among other locations. the charging stations will be available to electric vehicle users who take out a membership. the joint venture will try to widen the network by expanding ties with convenience stores and other locations with outlets. it will also urge restaurants and hotels to install charging equipment. nissan put electric vehicles on sale on monday, and mitsubishi is already marketing eco-friendly vehicles for individual use. the three firms will start trials in kanagawa near tokyo in fiscal 2011. they aim to find out what locations will be best and what membership fees would be reasonable for use of the outlets. >>> japan airlines has demonstrated a bamboo wheelchair at haneda airport that enables users to pass more smoothly through metal detectors at security gates. the wheelchair was developed bit airline in a bamboo workshop in oita prefecture. 90% of t

witnesses tell police they saw a man driving a nissan truck run over a woman and drug her body into the street before getting away. you can see the tire track marks here. an indication of how fast the vehicle must and traveling. a security camera at a business next door, the incident on tape. the owner of the business asked not to show the face for the story describes what he saw. >> of gray nissan truck pulled up to the parking lot, people got out of the truck they were arguing here. you can see the lady being pushed around and then the guy went back to his truck, got in his truck and backed up and took the lady had gone straight on. he dragged her to the >> street> when antioch police arrived they found the woman in the streets severely injured. initiated life-saving procedures but were unsuccessful. she later died from her injuries in hospital. investigators later spotted a truck matching the one used in the crime carried about five blocks away parked in front of this right a drug store. police took this man in the bloody into custody calling him a personal interest in the case. kron

he is said to be clean-shaven and a shaved head and driving a teal nissan frontier. millbrae police are asking drivers to be on the lookout and to report any similar activity to the thunderstorms with the very latest in millbrae, anser hassan, cbs 5. >> thank you. >>> 5:05. today san francisco supervisors are expected to approve new legislation that could help put more rapists behind bars. the san francisco examiner reports a proposed legislation could speed up how quickly police process rape kits. it would set goals requiring evidence to be collected within 72 hours and tested within two weeks. the legislation could also free up more money for police. >>> also in san francisco, county supervisors today will start hearing from potential candidates for interim mayor. the board needs to appoint someone to finish the term of gavin newsom who is moving to sacramento to become lieutenant governor. several san francisco supervisors and local school board members are said to be interested in the mayor's job. >>> also new this morning, the man behind wikileaks is due in cour

this is the 2011 nissan quest.ows of seating, one-touch sliding doors and how about those moon roofs? even one for the kids in the back as well. and speaking of kids -- how about a drop-down mirror to talk to your brothers and sisters back in the third row without having to turn around? that's from nissan. that quest will be on sale in 2011. well, if you're looking for even more room, you might want to look at this car. from mazda, it is the mazda5, all new. it's in a class of its own and that's because it seats six in three full rows of seating. it also gets excellent gas mileage out of its 2.5-liter four-cylinder engine. it'll go on sale for around $20,000 in the early part of next year. and check this concept out. this is from subaru. it's a company that's really been growing lately. and while this subaru impreza concept is not a real car yet -- those are actually cameras that work as the side view mirrors. it could be a good example of what subaru has in store for their future styling. from coda, its california

the scope of the application was only $1 million for 25 of these nissan lease vehicles. we were faced with tight deadlines, so we threw that application out into the wind to see what would happen. then, we discovered another grand opportunity, revoke that application, again, and threw it back out to see what might happen. what did happen was that the mtc got back to us and said that there are a lot of competitive applications for these grant funds, and they really like the electric taxi projects that have been submitted, that being the million-dollar tax services grant application and in addition, what was then about an $8 million grant application from a private company that i had never heard of before about four months ago. so nbc asked these two grant teams to merge their applications into one, and that is what we did at their request. then, i was surprised as anybody to learn that we actually made it through that very competitive grant process, and i woke up with better battery technology that i had ever heard of before. better place is the grant applicants for the l

show you the new nissan leech. >> rough, really rough. the smell doesn't make it any better. >> a powerful storm hits the upper midwest. how much snow is expected in the next day or so. [ music ] >>> a bay area man is the first in the world to get the next generation of green cars. the car is 100% electric and more affordable than ever. ann went along for the ride. >> reporter: okay. so how does this work? the first zero emissions all electric car made from consumption in the world. >> it is great. >> reporter: and this man from redwood city is the first leaf owner in the world. >> i wanted to get this car because that's the only one which is electric. it is going to fit my family. >> reporter: and one that he could afford at $33,000, just over 20,000 with tax credits. he ordered it in august a. and last night it arrived in petaluma. >> just surreal. you almost have to pinch yourself wondering, am i really watching this? of course the key is keeping an electrical charge. the city of san francisco plans to have 100 of these charging statio

police say the black nissan that struck them had the green light. the woman and her grandson were hospitalized and are said this morning to be in stable condition. >>> we can expect an official vote today on the tax bill actually test vote passed yesterday in the senate without a whole lot of trouble. >>> the snow-moving snowstorm in the midwest is making its way north. we have the latest from ainsley earhart. >> reporter: it is tough doing much of anything in frozen minnesota. cars are still buried and some aren't going anywhere any time soon. my car is on a pedestal of snow so when i pulled in, there was snow around it. >> reporter: parts of the midwest got upwards of two feet of snow. >> snow, sleet, rain or hail, we still got to deliver the mail. >> reporter: some people have to be out in the elements. >> the weather is awful. >> reporter: indianapolis plow drivers certainly have job security this week. >> we'll push and come right back and push everything we've pushed again. >> reporter: travelers trying to get out of chicago's o'hare faced lon

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olivier chalouhi picked up his new nissan leaf yesterday at a nissan dealership in petaluma.affordable all-electric car. next year the automaker is expected to deliver 50,000 leafs to buyers around the world but there is a waiting list and most will have to wait before four and ten months to get their hands on their affordable all-electric car with a price tag of $33,000. >>> not just nickels and dimes making their way into the salvation army's red kettles. as omar shows us, you would be surprised at what people end up giving. >> merry christmas. >> thank you very much. >> reporter: you never know what people will put into the red kettle. >> somebody will put something in the kettle and we'll think, they just gave maybe a couple bucks. it's a dollar, where there will be tens and 20s wrapped up in it. >> you get excited to find out what's going to be in the bucket. >> oh oh, yes. >> i can hardly wait. >> reporter: after more than 30 years with the salvation army major green has seen just about everything dropped into donation kettles. >> car keys, house keys, and a lot of pock

late model c vol silver four-door nissan pickup. basically what happened to a.m.lice responded to. they've said the victim was heard arguing with the subject in the parking lot of the location i gave you. apparently was struck and dragged by the vehicle. when police responded she had severe injuries took her to hospital she was pronounced dead. they're now looking for the suspect they don't have much information other than he was seen driving away headed north on compiler road. obviously any information give us a call. >> we will be back as a morning news continues leaving a note with a look at the james lick in san francisco traffic moving smith at 6:22 a.m.. lightning fast. lightning strong. verizon 4g lte. rule the air on the most advanced 4g network in the world. 6:25 a.m.. today looks like a good day 65 degrees partly cloudy and partly sunny skies. enjoy it the rain moves back in the chance of rain moving in for everybody tomorrow. hanging over thursday looks like it's going to back off on friday. the weekend looks good. the high on sunday 70 degrees full sun

police are looking for a truck like the one you see here a late model silver four-door nissan frontier pick up with the luggage rack on top of the cat >>. developing story out of east oakland man in hospital with serious burns from a natural gas explosion it happened here as you see the location of " cool earth on 87 it avenue and elm street investigators are looking into what may have caused the blast it to get more news faster solo reporter jackie says a light is used oakland incredible to see what's left of the summit was to start a >>? yes it was a two-story duplex marked the top store collapsed out on top of the bottom story and from all reports out here right now sounds like a natural gas explosion. it occurred last night around 8:00 p.m. now as debris breaks out here you concede there is glass, all kinds of debris still out here, fire lines are still up, this happened around 8:00 p.m. last night the force of the explosion not only knocked down the top floor and to the bottom floor but as a pan over you can see windows and a nearby apartment building were completely blown out. th

you cannot purchase the world's new electric car, by nissan. the car made the drive from redwood city to san francisco city hall, the car's owner reserve did in april was actually the first person to globally place an order. >> it's better than the original light. it's really quiet, it's a quiet engine. it feels like i'm riding in the future. >> of the trip to city hall is one the few places where he could actually charge is the car. >> well the fog is forming once again in san francisco. for tonight is a bill is dropping, but tomorrow morning we could have this ability is that a quarter mile in some places making it tough to see in some places. temperatures in the mid 50's so it is a mild evening with 56 in toledo, ocean beach in the mid-50s. the temperatures are cool off for tonight because there's so much humanity out there, here is a satellite view that we have a tranquil weather pattern right now our the west coast. fog we would have sided skies and temperatures in the '70s, but the fog is here and here to stay. but temperatures should be

five large car makers and only one of them had the division and the imagination -- that was renault-nissan. the guy's a genius and he really came in in the meeting and we had another executive that told us not to do this and after five minutes he told president chefs he i'm your partner. i'm in. count me in. and he stood by his commitment to in the t and it's fantastic. >> charlie: the one thing they did is developed an all electric car. >> one is the leaf from nissan and the other is from renault and the influence is what we're going at at israel and looked at a bigger sedan. we wanted to go after the suburban driver and not the city driver and we picked the bigger car, more convenient, more comfortable and that's the first car we're taking to market and he's betting the company on the future of being electric and they're making nine different cars on that line. >> charlie: just take me back to what better place is today? >> so better place today is -- think of us -- >> charlie: it's a quasi government company? >> no, all public. we never got a penny from the israeli government. they basi

. >> the nissan motor company is ready to roll out its electric car.he zero emission will begin arriving in japan and the u.s. later this year. the auto maker has reached production limits. the hatchback has sold out for the fiscal year with 6,000 orders in japan and 20,000 in the u.s. nissan joins general motors and its mitsubishi. >> a popular teeth straightening company has been warned by the federal government. align technology which makes the invisaline system has failure to report information on patient side effects. they fail to comply with federal requirements to report serious side effects with its trays like allergic reactions of swollen lips and mouth ulcers. the company says the side effects have only affected a small percentage it have patients and it's working on resolving the matter with the fda. >> the f.b.i. is warning law owe fixes that may be a tool of fed piles. it's a barbie with a built-in camera in the chest area. it let's children edit a movie. they're not citing problems but there have been cases in which predators lure victims

this is brought to you by nissan. innovation and you can count on innovation for all. deal, go to nissan. don, back to you. >> we have a school advisory down south. the weather will be the worst around there, calvert county schools are closed today, but all twelve month employees, report. there-- >> a big fire last week was started by someone. they're not calling it arson just yet. >>> they're not calling it arson, but the fire was set intentionally. the five alarm fire happened on december 6th, destroying one building and damaging others. more than 90 investigators combed through the area and determined that someone set the fire. our media partner, the baltimore sun shows that a man seeking shelter from the cold started the fire at a booth at the gaiety club. don, back to you. >> a man is hospitalized after he catches fire in canton. it happened outside of the safeway on boston street. he suffered burns to most of his body, he's in serious condition. >>> stay with wjz-13, maryland's news station. hear what type of cribs will be banned from the market for good. and wha

gm recalled about 4 million honda and nissan had about half fact. 2004 set a record with 21 million recalled vehicles. >>> the dow managed to rise slightly up 9 points and nasdaq scored a four-point gain. >>> the blizzard that hit the northeast this weekend cost retailers $1 million. they estimate shopper traffic in the northeast the day after christmas was 11% lower than it would have been. the trend continued on monday. expect many stay home because of the storm. >>> amazon is creating a system to convert unwanted items. they have patented a method to help people exchange gifts was something they do want even before they get the gift be they hope to offer recipients other options such as gift cards without the giver finding out. >>> the salmon count is up dramatically off the coast of california. salmon is the best since the state started counting in 1945. jim vargas has the report. >> reporter: many fishermen survive the system and the news could portend much better days for california. >> we are not over the hump yet, we don't think. but we are to the lowest point we have seen on salmon.

. >> that suspect was last seen in a white nissan altima. >>> still up clear tonight how many gallons of raw sewage spilled from a broken pipe into an unincorporated area in marinen county. -- marin county. both spills could total more than 3 million gallons. the sanitation district says debris clogged the lines, but there might be several other reasons for that spill. >> one is severe negligence to a scale i've never witnessed in my career. the second is malicious intent. >> mr. richards says that malicious intent would equal some level of environmental terrorism in his word. because of that, the fbi has been called into this investigation. >>> putting food on the table. that's a year long struggle here in the bay area. tonight we celebrate the countless people who contributed to our 9th annual food for bay area families drive. >>> and from the vatican to afghanistan, people celebrating christmas tonight. we will take you around the world. francisco's calvary presbyterian 50 years... the ♪[ music ] it's been a christmas eve tradition for over 50 years now. the christmas eve candlelig

. >>> nissan and mitsubishi are considering joining hands to create more opportunities in the electric car market. a day after announcing their joint venture to develop mini cars. sources close to the two automakers say making core parts for electric vehicles is a possible area for joint development. production costs could be lowered by sharing motors and motor control units although both firms are set on producing their own high-performance batteries. the two firms are global leaders in developing electric cars and have begun consumer sales. >>> here's the latest market figures. ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> north korea has at least one other uranium enrichment site in addition to the nyongbyon facility. that's according to remarks made by a senior u.s. state department official on tuesday. >> we're very conscious of the fact that in the recent revelations to american delegations what they saw did not come out of thin air. >> last month u.s. scientists visited north korea's nyongbyon facility. the government later admitted that they enriched unionium at the plant. a south korean newspaper quoted an intel

police say he fled in a white nissan ultimate, license plate: 6nda586. information is asked to call police. >>> a fresno police officer recovering after he was hit by a suspected drunk driver. yesterday police say he was knocked down by the side view mirror as the driver sped by. the suspect got out and started yelling before he was shot with bean bags. he is now facing several charges including suspicion of dui. that officer is expected to be okay. >>> ten inmates from california have been injured from a prison riot in arizona during a lunch hour at the red rock correctional center a private prison that holds inmates from california and hawaii. the riot was in an area that houses only california inmates. prison staff used pepper spray to end it. 7 of the 10 injured inmates are now in area hospitals. >>> the secret service says there was a security breach near the site of president obama's vacation in hawaii. officials say a man wanted for traffic violations drove a pickup truck through a checkpoint yesterday during a police chase. the man was arrested.

police say that vehicle is a white nissan. police also warn shoppers to pay attention to their surroundings and not be distracted by holiday frenzy. >> the next thing you think, well i wasn't even looking over my shoulder or looking you know, i was just doing what i was thinking about. >> reporter: police say no one was injured they describe the suspect as a white male in his 30s and sources say police have already received very useful leads about his identity from the public. live in santa clara, robert handa, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> officials in marin county say last week's sewage creek was bigger than they first thought. it could be as much as 3 million-gallons. those leaks aren't the only problems in the county. these above, we're going to show you aboveground bypass pipes that are helping with the break. so far sanitary district officials say there is little health danger from the spills. >>> don't light that yule log just yet. air officials are asking residents to spare from burning wood. officials say they want to cut

the vehicle is a silver quad c ab, nissan frontier.t has a luggage rack on top of the cab. >> reporter: would there be any damage on it or anything that would be another indicator of what happened? >> based on the wounds that this victim received, there may be some biological type materials on the vehicle. we're not sure there will be significant damage to the car based on upon what we're seeing at the scene. >> a dragging as opposed to an impact? >> reporter: correct. >> okay. thanks for the its laest this morning. again, we do expect them to be out here for a while as they piece together what happened out here this morning. we are told only that the victim is in her 40s and she's from this area. at this point, the search for that suspect continues. live in antioch, claudine wong, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. it's three minutes after 8:00. this morning investigators are still searching for the cause of a powerful explosion that critically injured an oakland man. it happened last night at a home on 87th avenue. kraig debro has ne

and then carjacked a nissan altima. earlier that day according to police jenkins tried to rob the club monaco in the valley fair mall in san jose and attempted two others. police say he's homeless and had a rifle inside his trench coat during that robbery. >>> time now 5:06. say good morning to sal. we've got rain, strong winds and a mud slide at devil slide. >> that's right. this mud slide has been closing or has closed highway 1 at devil slide for a little while now. and police say it's going to be closed this morning indefinitely. they first said 10:00 and now we have a reporter on the scene. she told us that it's maybe open within the hour because the police are making much better progress. they're going to wash the road down. for now highway 1 at devil slide is closed because of a mud slide in the area. you should use 280 instead. use 92 out to 280. a lot of people already on highway 92. a lot of these roads are damaged by the storm or if they're not damaged i should say there's debris everywhere. so a lot of trees

. >>> a bay area man was the first person in the world to own the new nissan leaf. he joined an online waiting list and ordered the car in august it arrived friday night in petaluma. the leaf is 100% electric, first of its kind vailable for mass consumption. all for around $33,000 with tax credits it is about $20,000 to keep the car running you need an electrical charge within the next few months local air quality groups plan to have 400 stations in place around the bay area. >>> in just a couple weeks state of california, they will have brand new leadership. >> that's right and the next attorney general has a beg job to tackle. just ahead kamela harris says she can make crime work in the state despite constrainta budget deficit. >> old man winter arriving more than a week early a storm so powerful nfl had to postpone a football game ok at how long it'll last... and a preview of your weather r the week. >>> some parts to have bay area are in fog. a look how long it will last and a preview of our upcoming weather for the week ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, offices in cal >>> january

. >> at the scene of the crime, police noticed this nissan pick up truck that fit the exact description of the suspect vehicle. >> the suspect approached them and started engaging in the conversation. >> police say suspect 51-year-old lucille avilla went out of his way to return to the crime scene. >> he didn't have to take that route from his home in brentwood to his work location. >> witnesses say a man was arguing with a woman in the parking lot of the del villa market. the woman got out of the truck and the driver ran over and killed her. >> the vehicle continues and the victim is under the vehicle and drug for a considerable distance from the parking lot to the street. >> down at the station, police say avilla fessed up, but he said it was an accident. the whole thing was caught on the video camera. >> you can see how he backed up and ran her over. >> police are not releasing the video, but he says it was brutal. >> they were parked right here, and he reversed back and just like slammed into her and ran her over. just started dragging her. she was caught under the car and dragged h

he fled the scene in a stolen white nissan al ima. >>> another great holiday tradition.hristmas lights. where you can see almost 16,000 of them. sin >>> putting food on the table. a bay area family food drive. >>> from the vatican to the battle fields of afghanistan people celebrate christmas. we will take you around the world. it's been a christmas eve it's really delicious, mom. it's not too well done? nope. but it is a job well done. what are you reading, sweetie? her diary. when you're done, i'd love some feedback. sure. your mom and i read that thing cover-to-cover. loved it. thanks. would you mind if i cut the lawn this weekend? only if you let me talk to your mother on the phone for hours on end. done. [ male announcer ] u-verse brings peace to the family. at&t u-verse lets you record four shows at once from any room and play them back on any tv. now get up to $300 back in promotion cards. at&t. rethink possible. here's another great holiday tradition: the morgan family christmas light show in newark. the show features 16,000 lights >>> great holiday tradition cal

. >>> nissan delivered the first lease in japan today.n travel 124 miles on a full charge. a san francisco man is actually the first customer to get one. he received his car two weeks ago. the leaf is now available in japan and california as well as arizona, oregon and washington. >>> all this morning we've been talking about the wet weather. east bay homeowners certainly cleaning up. there's one situation where a tree crashed into a home. >> today in the bay's christie smith is live in oakland with a look at that damage. >> reporter: good morning to you. well, this is the type of thing that happens when we've had a lot of rain and the ground is saturated. the homeowner here says that it sounded like a plane crashing into her house or an earthquake. 75-foot tree tumbled over and landed right in the living room. five people were inside at the time. fortunately no one was hurt but two of them had a very close call. this is the oakland hills and the public works department is putting out a message to homeowners that 14 fire stations have san

a four door nissan frontier with a luggage rack on top. the driver is right now considered a person of interest but volunteered to go down to the police station for questioning and that is underway. >> i would imagine this would go on for quite awhile, well into the afternoon. >> reporter: so was there straight denial from his involvement from him? >> not that i'm aware of. >> reporter: but also no confession? >> correct. >>> now there was noviceble damage at that truck. we did look at it but it is distinctive. the questioning is expected to take much of the afternoon but we expect a press conference later this afternoon. >>> a man who was shot by a carjacker is recovering from a gunshot wound in the stomach. the 40-year-old man was sitting in his benz waiting for a friend when a masked man approached the car. the suspect pointed a gun at the victim and when the man got out, the suspect shot him, hopped in the car and drove off this morning people that lived nearby said they were surprised to hear about the crime. >> normally this area is

police describe that car as a white nissan altima., police are in the process of looking over surveillance video and they hope to be able to freeze-frame an image that they can release to the public much later today. right now, all -- all they have to go on as far as a description goes is this man happens to be in his 20s or 30s. so very little information at this point. but if you do spot that car you are urged to call 911. we're live, tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. >>> there is a new terror alert during this holiday see so. it involves insulated beverage containers. the tsa says terrorists could hide explosives inside things like thermoses. officials say no new security measures will be taken. passengers we talked to this morning say they were surprised to hear about the alert. but they understand the thought behind it. >> i guess it's kind of like one of those beating a dead horse. it's like completely making s ure -- like checking everything. it is what it is. just kind of got to go with the flow. >>> now, offic

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finding this late model nissan frontier may be antioch police department's biggest break in the case. >> there are some things about the truck that raise suspicion that there is a strong likelihood this might be the vehicle. >> reporter: the truck belongs to this man, a person of there, they believe he may be the man involved in the morning homicide. >> we don't think it was random. >> reporter: antioch police department got a call at 2 a.m. reports of an argument at 1700 block of cavallo road. a lieutenant says they don't have any specific details but they believe the female victim was in the car and somehow was dragged from this parking lot about 50 feet where police found her this morning. she later died in the hospital. >> my prayers go to her family and friends. i really do. that's sick. >> reporter: cavallo is a busy street but this increase in crime has many residents concerned. >> it seems like the crime rate got worse out here recently but they have had a rash of crime. i guess the police do the best they can. >> reporter: the victim is only described's female in her late 40s

and anne makovec on what makes the nissan leaf different. >> how does this work?you press the start button. >> reporter: it is the first zero emissions all electric car made for mass consumption in the world. >> doing great. >> reporter: and olivia of redwood city is the first leaf owner in the world. >> i wanted to get this car because it is the only one which is electric and it is going to fit my family. >> reporter: and one that he could afford at about $33,000, just over 20, with tax credit, and he ordered it in august, and last night, it arrived in petaluma. >> it is surreal. and you almost have to pinch yourself, wondering am i really watching this. >> reporter: of course, the key is keeping an electrical charge. the city of san francisco plans to have 100 of these charging stations in place within the next few months. >> are you ever concerned you will run out of a charge? >> i'm thinking about it now. and i got to get it charged. >> reporter: one charge lasts for less than 100 miles. the stations are funded through taxes and grants and drivers won't be cha

surveillance video shows him jumping behind the wheel of this silver nissan pick-up truck, gunning the engine. >> hit the victim very hard with the front end, knocks the victim down. the vehicle proceeds through the parking lot and it appears the victim is under the vehicle for some time. >> reporter: the woman was dragged more than 50 feet before the curb dislodged her body from the undercarriage. the markets manager tells cbs 5, it's become a haven for the homeless and prostitution. he says he just met his victim. perhaps that explains this response. >> he's made statements trying to mitigate his culpability on this issue. >> reporter: his motive may be at question, but what was captured on camera is crystal clear. >> was clearly intentional. >> reporter: in antioch, robert liles, cbs 5. >>> a registered sex offender is scheduled to be back in court today. 36-year-old eugene ramos is accused of sexual assault on a 2-year-old girl while her relatives shopped in the next aisle. >>> an inmate who escaped from custody last week is scheduled to be arraigned in santa cruz this morning. 24-

eyewitnesses have told investigators the vict was heard arguing with a person sitting inside a silver nissan pickup truck with pay luggag rack on the cab. the police spotted a truck of the exact description parked in front of a rite aid store. >> there are so similarities, things about the truck that raise our suspicions that there's a strong likelihood this might be the vehicle. but that will take some time to determine. >> detectives examined the pickup truck in the parking lot but said they didn't see any noticeable signs of an impact. police detained the driver in front of the store, queioned him at length. he was taken in for further questioning. they tried to hi his face from those of us in the media out here and spotted him. we'rnot sure whether he has an involvent in the case but we're going to find out shortly. police tell me probably by the afternoon they should know whether or not they're going to charge the suspect. as for a motive, whether the suspect and the victim knew each other perhaps just met, they say that is completely unclear but this area is known for a lot of police a

baker as she bends to pick up belongings video shows him jumping behind the wheel of this silver nissan pickup truck, gunning the engine and. >> hits the victim very hard with the front end, knocks the victim down. the vehicle proceeds through the parking lot and it appears that the victim is under the vehicle for sometime. >> reporter: the skid marks suggest the woman was dragged more than 50 feet before the curb dislodged her body from the under carriage. the market's manager tells cbs five it's a haven for the homeless and prostitution. he allegely told police he just met his victim, perhaps that explains this response. >> he has made some statements trying mitigate his come account on this issue. >> reporter: his motive may be at question but police say what was captured on camera is crystal clear. >> it was clearly intentional. >> reporter: robert lisles, cps5. >> the woman stranded in the san that cruise mountains for nearly a week was well enough to hold a press conference tonight. she answered questions for about a half hour. she was walking in the woods late last month when she

nissan began marketing compact cars in the country this year, while honda has a announced it will roll out compact cars next year priced at just over $10,000. >>> a major japanese chemical company said it will develop products that use less rare earth metals. they said on wednesday that it will step up development of next-generation magnets with less rare earth metals while boosting efforts to secure new supplies. japan's largest maker of magnetal lies using rare earth metals says it will consider setting up a mining business in viet nam to extract the metals. the move comes as prices of metal is soaring due to china's temporary restrictions on exports. japan currently imports almost all rare earth metals from china. the metals are essential for high-tech products. >>> tokyo stocks regained and wall street's overnight surge boosted market sentiment. the nikkei ended at 10,166 up 1.78% or 178 points from wednesday's close. the better than forecast u.s. jobs data pushed up the dow jones index more than 2% operate. in currencies, the dollar's rallies against the yen as u.s. long-term rate

and mack -- anne makovec shows us the new nissan lease. >> how does this work? >> press the start button. >> it is the first zero emissions all electric car made for mass consumption in the world. and olivia of redwood city is the first leaf owner in the world. >> i want to get this car, because it is the only one which is electric, and it is going to fit my family. >> reporter: and one that he could afford at about $33,000. just over 20, with tax credits. and he ordered it in august. and last night, it arrived in petaluma. >> just surreal and you almost have to pinch yourself wondering am i really watching this? >> reporter: and of course, the key is keeping an electrical charge. the city of san francisco plans to have 100 of these charging stations in place within the next few months. >> are you concerned you will run out of a charge? >> i'm thinking about it now. and i got to get a charge. >> reporter: one charge lasts less than 100 miles and the stations are funded through taxes and grants, and drivers won't be charged for juice but will for parking. >> what

japanese automaker nissan began selling its electric model, called the leaf, in the united states last week. the industry is closely watching whether the new products by these two major companies will help develop the ev market in the u.s., where large models have long been popular. >>> u.s. consumer prices rose in november for the fifth month in a row, led by gasoline and food prices. on wednesday the u.s. labor department said the consumer price index in november rose by .1% from the previous month. gasoline prices gained 0.7%, and food and clothing by 0.2%. the core price index excluding volatile food and enji cost was up 0.1%, a sign of stable consumer prices. but the inflation rate for a year earlier stayed at 1.1%, below the federal reserve's he desired level of 2%. that's leading to concerns about deflation in the u.s. let's take a look at the latest market figures. ♪ >>> some of the news we've gathered from broadcasting stations across asia. we begin with an item sent by cctv china. china has inched closer to completing a highway connecting a remote area in the tibet autonomous