nissan is not participating this year. >>> we'll be back with more news in 30 minutes. i'm gene otani. jj

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

. >>> don't hold your breath waiting for the new nissan leaf to pull up in your driveway. edmunds.com reports deliveries of the new electric car are being delayed for up to seven months from the time customers place their orders. the automaker says it was not prepared for the rush of orders. nissan says the leaf could go 100 miles on a single charge. >>> and are you a financial cheater? according to a recent poll, one-third of americans in committed relationships have lied to their partners about money, and more than half have hid cash or minor purchases. psychologists say these little lies can add up to big problems, and of course, terrell, i would never do anything like that. and i know you wouldn't either. >> yeah, really, ashley? really, ashley? as long as you can get your purses and your shoes -- >> that's a minor, minor purchase, right? do those count? >> a little bit. ashley morrison here in new york. ashley, thank you. i think we just lied on television, both of us. that's okay, though. >> oh, well. >> we'll move on. ashley morrison in new york, thanks. >>> next on

nissan has sent only 100 leafs to the u.s. so far from its factory in japan. the volt is assembled in detroit, and g.m. predicts it will sell 10,000 of them next year. that's a fraction of what g.m. sells in other popular models, though. for instance, more than 187,000 malibus were sold in the first 11 months of this year. >> tom: the final day of the year closed out on a weak note, but certainly not 2010. stocks are just off two-year highs. let's get you updated in tonight's "market focus." the dow industrials was the lone major stock index to see some gains today, climbing to a new post-recession high. the dow was up 11% this year, but not without some wild swings. the dow saw a february sell-off give way to a spring rally. but that was hit by european debt worries, the gulf oil disaster, and then the flash crash in early may. by late august, the index started climbing again. the nasdaq was stuck in a range during the spring and summer. it was tripped up in november thanks to an earnings warning from cisco, but tech stocks quickly regained their footing. and

continuo utilizando el mini submarino de reconocimiento >> en el lugar se encontró una camioneta nissanada como robada >> los buzos con ayuda del submarino, revisaron los tubos que pasan por debajo del puente, sin encontrar nada >> hemos suspendido la búsqueda por 48 horas. esto para que los buzos recobren la energía. la investigacion en el canal comenzó el miercoles pasado. cuando un testigo dijo haber visto al sujeto lanzarse al canal >> el alguacil dijo que no descansarán hasta encontrar el vehiculo >> las huellas de llantas en el lugar no han coincidido con la de los vehículos encontrados >> se reanudarán los trabajos el lunes. >> mientras tanto aquí en el área de la bahia la madre del sospechos de secuestrar al niño de 4 años expresó su esperanza en que el niño sea entregado a su mamá biologica >> la señora dijo que este sería incapaz de hacerle daño al niño, porque lo siente como hijo propio >> solo quiero decir a mi hijo que l oquiero mucho >> le es dificil contener la emocion, es la madre del sospechoso de secuestrar al pequeño, hijo de su ex novia >> yo solo quiero que traiga a

they are waiting for all electric nissan car. people may battles to wait until summer because of production problems. >> and google offers,. board shakeup of hewlett-packard replacing four board members, increasing the number of women. and president obama getting new help, president has asked him to head the outside panel of economic advisors. lower close and today, investors are looking at bank of america, reporting a quarterly loss. did he kroo creasing the state value of the mortgage unit. marriott lowering the curtain on adult films, they are liability because kids may see see them and revenue there is falling anyway. i'm jane king with the bloomberg business report. >> bay area cities battles received good and bad grades on smoking policies according to a new report card from the american lung association. the study graded the states and cities and counties in how they protect the public from secondhand smoke. san jose got a "d". five bay area counties and cities received and "a", albany, contra costa county, richmond, santa

object or vehicle, so for five vehicles have been pulled from the water, also including a stolen nissan truck. but none have 1 matched the corolla. the sheriff's deputy tells all about which part of the canal they will look into next. >> the focus is going to be from the mile and a half marker further south. again we're going to continue until our investigators are satisfied. >> authorities tell me they will recruit tomorrow and come up with a plan on how to search the canal on tuesday. in paterson reggie kumar kron4 news. >> many volunteers have become involved with the surge, maureen kelly joined a group of volunteers who handed out flyers throughout the city. >> people started showing up at the cardenas family home, to pick up fliers of the four year-old missing boy and his alleged a doctor. their mission is to cover as much trouble as possible. >> we are passing them out around town. >> we are heading to fresno, we're going to take into different grocery stores. we're going to get them everywhere were we need them. >> some of those volunteers on fliers at a local taco trucks to make

reveals how >>> sad news for thousands of customers waiting to get their hands on the all electric nissan car. they are months behind due to longer than expected production time. 20,000 customers may have to wait until may or june instead of getting this one or next. meantime, gm says wait times for chevy volt is running two to four months as expected. >> two months ahead in march or april right now. >> definitely seeing seems like the dry season has kicked in. long range forecast. here is a look at mountains, above average snowfall. still finding very good conditions for skiing if usual heading there this weekend. as far as back here back home, let's take a look what is going organization you can see how hazy it is this morning. definitely a thick layer of haze as high pressure continues to put a lid on it. it is keeping us rather mild, 66 in half moon bay. we have low to mid 40s inland and mid to upper 40s around the bay. monterey bay, upper 50s to near 60 degrees. even us a head inland so highlights, hazy afternoon but record highs are possible. tonight it will be clear and cold just l

while searching the water, they discovered the stolen red nissan truck and pulled it from the canal. since wednesday investigators have recovered five stolen vehicles, none of the match the car the suspected kidnapper was driving. they said they finally finished searching three largest, most, deep under the water. >> we were able to get in all three of the blocks, searching from north to south. so we were actually able to send the technology the broker for lack of better terms for all three blocks. they are clear, there are no vehicles and the >> blocks. investigators say they still believe the farm workers story, that they saw a a core role a drive to the canal of the adult and child inside. >> this is our best incredible leave, leave. we believe that he saw, there is no reason to disbelieve him. heat is appears very trustworthy who is a humble man and frightened by what he saw. >> rodriguez's not used to sell floors is that it causes the of >> adduction perry ed he is not used anything since the abduction. our hope is to find julie on all lots >>. investigators have wrapped up the

nissan says it is months behind in delivering the new car due to longer than expected production time 2 20,000 customers who pre-ordered the 33,000 dollar plug in vehicle have to wait until may or june instead of getting one this month or next. >>> do you think that you could be the next great chef? or restaurant owner? tough if you don't have any business experience. and that's why the success of place called this is so remarkable. we have a focus on solution report on san francisco kitchen entrepreneur. >> this is really nice. for my grand mom recipe she makes one tasty. >> they are delicious flavor. >>reporter: she's hooking her fabulous creations at this san francisco in mission district. it's a non-profit incubator kitchen helping good cooks turn an idea that a business. if caleb is executive director. >> what we are doing is looking fortunate entrepreneur. >>reporter: they are either low income or immigrants or or both. have a passion for food. >> so i make comment. i'm the only organic hum us in the bay area. >> that's very popular in japan but anywhere the internet goes, how f

it was a blue nissan. and for dive teams this must be done. >> this is tactics. it's a lot of work, in and out trying to figure out where it's down, but you've got to get it done. >> and back out here live, you can see the search is underway in the area of the canal it's believed the car may have entered the water. there is another object there in the process of bringing that object out of the water. how long will they continue to be out here? they say until they feel they've got every square inch here covered or until they're able to detect what every object is that they're equipment pulls up. >> thank you very much. and orinda police say a 27-year-old wop was behind the wheel of a stolen pickup truck that crashed yesterday, killed instantly in one two of vehicles stolen from the same family. it began when the owner of the vehicle spotted them and called police. officers chased them but lost sight of the pick up. wreckage was spotted a short time later two. people in another car ditched it and got away. >> and there is local activists demanding university of cal

four said and trucks, laws and nissan, volkswagen and ferrari, and it's a b.c.. 25 years. >> you have a fourth term coming? >> yes. said, people -- said joke with people that it was a good background. there are three or four car dealerships elected to congress in this last election. there are now six of us that either were or are currently car dealers. that is more like about that, entrepreneurs and family business, with responsibility to a lot of employees. makes an understanding from the inside. >> running the dealership is such a diverse business, you have a maintenance service business, a body shop and manufacturing business, parts distribution business. also point out that we bought or sold all of the insurance that there is. so you do touch a lot of the economy. >> we have a lot of leadership coming in the last few years. with of the relationship we have in washington do you feel benefit coming here to see what is going on with the industry? >> are was involved in the crash and crisis in late 2008 and one of the things about the american economy is there are two huge businesses.

. >>> sad news for thousands of customers waiting to get their hands on the all electric nissan car.o longer than expected production time. 20,000 customers may have to wait until may or june instead of getting this one or next. meantime, gm says wait times for chevy volt is running two to four months as expected. >> two months ahead in march or april right now. >> definitely seeing seems like the dry season has kicked in. long range forecast. here is a look at mountains, above average snowfall. still finding very good conditions for skiing if usual heading there this weekend. as far as back here back home, let's take a look what is going organization you can see how hazy it is this morning. definitely a thick layer of haze as high pressure continues to put a lid on it. it is keeping us rather mild, 66 in half moon bay. we have low to mid 40s inland and mid to upper 40s around the bay. monterey bay, upper 50s to near 60 degrees. even us a head inland so highlights, hazy afternoon but record highs are possible. tonight it will be clear and cold just like it was this morning. no rain,

. >> ford, nissan, and the turkish company have been short listed in the competition to produce the next cab. the design features fuel- efficient, roomy vehicles. whatever design that the city selects will become the signature for the next 10 years. not everyone is being happy to drive the same cab. >> i have a crown victoria. i'm a lover of having the right to choose. they have taken with the choice that we have now to buy a toyota, a crown victoria. i don't think that this is right. >> city officials are pressing ahead searching for the taxi of tomorrow. >> people say to me, how about bringing back the -- but this would not be the right car for today for many reasons but i would like to have a car that has that level of affection. >> the energy and fossil and new york is -- by the fleet of yellow cabs. its place in the city fabric is assured. >> a car bomb has exploded at a christian church and egypt following in your mass killing at least seven people and prompting a violent clashes. the nigerian president has condemned a bomb attack in a market. millions of people around the world ha

among domestic makers, automakers, mitsubishi motors and nissan are already selling electric cars for consumers. toyota and honda are also planning to follow suit next year. >>> here are the latest market figures. ♪ ♪ >>> japan is facing a serious problem, one the world has never experienced before. an unprecedented decline in its working population. this is destabilizing social security and shrinking the economy, setting up a vicious cycle that could lead to the collapse of society. we call this problem the japan syndrome. nhk world will bring you a series of reports about this in the coming months and the efforts being made to find a solution. people aged between 15 and 64 account for a major part of economic activity such as consumption and production. japan's productive population probably began to shrink in the mid 1990s, a decline of more than 40% is expected by the year 2050. japan's rate of decrease is the biggest in the world. many other countries, including germany and south korea, are also expecting declines in their productive populations but at a much slower rate than jap

nissan is expected to be the biggest winner in december with sales jumping 26%. gm and chrysler are posting double-digit gains. toyota is the only major auto maker expected to report a drop due to the global recall. back to you. >> facebook's cash infusion has investors speculating about what's next for the wildly popular company. news that goldman sacks and sky technologies will pour a combined half billion into the site and has investors looking to own a chunk of it. it has an estimated value of $50 billion. a board member said the company would consider going public in 2012. if it does, it would be one of the most anticipated ipos ever. we will have reaction from palo alto coming up at 5:15. makers plan to get smart about the products after the 3d tvs didn't work out. they are moving on to sets with internet access. so-called smart tvs built with computers and operating software letting them run aps. manufacturers want to make it easy to shop and surf the web and check the weather and traffic and check out customized news pages. restaurants adding ipads for pa

the focus can be fully charged in 3 to 4 hours using a 240-volt outlet half the time to charge the nissan rival leaf. this will be ford's first electric car on the market and plans to roll out four other electric vehicles over the next two years. for more head to cbs money watch.com. >>> in new york, i am alexis. >>> unfortunately this isn't much of a surprise it is costing more to fill our gas tanks a new survey shows price per gallon went up an average of 9-cents in the past two weeks the average price for mid- grade gas is $3.22 a gallon. surprisingly san francisco is not the highest in the nation the current survey shows the highst gas price in the country right now is chicago, $3.35 a gallon these are national averages the low, $2.73 is in salt lake city utah. >>> a new box office champ this weekend. >> how many men have you shot? >> shot or kill? >> true grit taking number one spot, the movie stars jeff bridges hired by 14-year-old girl to track down her fathers killer, brought in $15 million this weekend. >> little fockers held the number one spot for two weeks but moved down one s

s volt and the nissan leaf both already in showrooms. the focus delivers 100 miles of electric driving like the leaf and it costs less. the big question now is will consumers go green and buy these new electric cars. that's what i asked company chairman bill ford backstage at today's new york's event. >> i think some people will, and it's like any new technology. there's always a learning curve. there's always a hesitancy on some people's part to be the adopter of the new technology. we were talking a minute ago about the ipad, and some people thought, no, too much technology but once they have it they think how do i ever do without it. i expect electric vehicles will ultimately fall into that cat fwor. >> susie: we've seen a surge of people buying suvs, with gas prices at $3 and up. so what do you think it will take to make summers really go green? >> well, look, we've taken a point of view that gas prices over time have to go up. and also because of that we've decided we want to be the fuel economy leader in every segment that we parti

suspended the three executives for allegedly leaking details of electric car technology it developed with nissan, its japanese partner. the company questioned the men on tuesday at its paris headquarters. all have denied the charges. after the hearing one of the suspended executives, michel balthazard, told reporters he was innocent. >> translator: i consider this a grave attack on my dignity. so i only have one goal -- to prove to people that this affair has nothing to do with me. >> french media are reporting that a chinese firm was involved in the case. on tuesday the chinese government held a news conference and denied the allegation. >>> tokyo stocks rebounded on wednesday morning following overnight rises in u.s. and european markets. the nikkei average ended the morning session at 10,563, up half of 1%, or 52 points. a weaker yen is prompting investors to buy export-related issues such as electronics and autos. the dollar is hovering within a narrow range in tokyo trading on wednesday. see if we can get that up. the greenback is now trading at 83.14-17. sources say market players are refr

divinitily for leaking company secrets on electric car technology ps developing with its japanese partner, nissan. all three have denied the charges. renault said on thursday it filed the complaint in france against unspecified persons for industrial espionage, breach of trust, theft, among other acts. the company says in its filing it has discovered serious misconduct detrimental to its strategic, technological, and intellectual assets. it gave no further details. french media have reported the possible involvement of a chinese firm, but the chinese government strongly denies the allegation. >>> the world's biggest earthquake simulator made its debut on thursday in japan. construction company kajima built the state-of-the-art simulator in a western suburb of tokyo to examine how long-period ground motion affects high-rise buildings. long-period ground shaking can rock tall structures for as long as several minutes. in a 2003 earthquake off hokkaido this extended shaking phenomenon caused a fire at an oil storage facility about 250 kilometers away. on thursday an experiment was conducted to see w

some believe nissan may be doing quality testing while others believe delays due to the car's high techattery. >>> and ford unveiled a battery- powered version of it's focus. the new electrical accelerates quickly and quietly going from zero to 60 in less than 10 seconds. it can drive from 80 to 100 miles on a full charge. unlike gm's volt. the ford focus does not have a gasoline engine for back up. >> we are electrifying our -- we're going to have a conventional gasoline engine. we'll have a hybrid, a plug in hybrid and full electric. >> reporter: ford this week will introduce new hybrid models in detroit. pure electric and hybrid vehicles will be five to 10% of the worldwide fleet by 2010. >>> and shooting in arizona not only brings questions about safety. >>> an update now on the shooting rampage in tucson that left an arizona congresswoman seriously injure. 13 others wounded and six people dead. prosecutors today charged 22- year-old jared loughner with a number of federal crimes. including attempted assassination of a member of congress and murder. they found evidence in loughner's

once consumers could start buying nissans and toyotas, then there was a choice. the deal breaks down. so when americans complain about globalization, well, it's partly globalization but it's partly the fact that the world of today is not the world of 1950. and it could be because of the world of 1950 have been built our guest destroyed by world war ii. that affect couldn't last election want to be world war iii and do it all over again. but fortunately no one is recommending that. >> i recently read a book called woodrow wilson's war, antiwar they were referring to was not world war i but world war ii. the thesis of the book had not woodrow wilson engineered congress to declare war in germany in 1917, the balance of power would have been, would have remained in europe, and after the treaty of versailles to would have been the rise of hitler and world war ii. i'd like to get your opinion on that. >> that's an interesting counterfactual. i find counterfactual history to be interesting andf i no more tx months or year beyond we need a virtual what actually happened.

. >> is that part of a strategy, gm completed eight separate car, so did nissan. is that white ford chose one of its own brands, >> yes, the customers know the fort focused. secondly we can offer a suite of technology is not just one technology. and of the pure electric itself, we get more miles per gallon than doubled and half the charging time of the elite. which gives us more combat competitive advantages. >> this is something new for america, the idea of america still past and race. honestly gm has not done so well selling cars that has nisan. do you think america is ready to embrace the idea of green cards? >> as long as they do not have to be about anything. every customer will be on board. when you ask if you're willing to give up performance, pay more space, the numbers will start to the window. i think the nice thing about this technology is that they do not have to give up anything, they have all the space that they need any this bowl of features. i think with that as part of the package they will accept it more. >> this going green mean you have to make

. >>> this was the year that general motors and nissan made good on promises to make mass produced electric cars to the market. but don't count on seeing many of them on the road any time soon. industry analysts say sales of electric cars are very slow so far mainly due to limited availability. it is expected to be well until 2010 until the volt and leaf are largely available. >>> you may want to check your refrigerator for ground beef that is being recalled for possible e.coli contamination. 17-tons of beef may be contaminated. it was processed between december 7th and december 15th. that beef has been sold under the brand names nature's harvest organic and organic harvest. the affected beef is labeled est18895. so far no illnesses have been reported. >>> state health officials have decided to go back to a tried and true method of collecting information on hospital infections. health officials have decided instead to have hospitals report infections to the centers for disease control website that many will be use on a voluntary basis. >>> stanford researchers say expanded testing and treat

so far five vehicles have been pulled from the water, the most recent was the nissan truck. none of the vehicles match the corolla. sheriff's deputy tells us what part of the canal the research next. >> a mile and half downstream, the focus will be from that mile and a half marker, further south, again we continuing told investigators are satisfies, one they have completed a sweep of the canal, or two we reach a point where we know for sure a vehicle of any side could not gone past. >> they tell me they will read group tomorrow come up with the plan on how the search canal on tuesday. reggie could mark kron 4 news. >> mean while regulators missed two chances years before last fall to force pg&e and other utilities to get more accurate data on the pipeline. the federal pipeline and hazardous material first continued to offer rules in 2003, they decided against the idea. they came again in 2005, but an organization opposed those expansions. we will take a quick break at 6:38 a.m., a live look at the golden gate bridge as we go, and looks like a nice ride on southbound for mari

. >> there red nissan as he carries a box into a convenience store in san francisco. the problem? he is stopped and a bus on. in most cities stopping abuzz zone could cause you a lot of money. if you look around it's not hard to find somebody risk getting a ticket to do that. the driver this ford who happen to be in the red cells when a parking of stores and office are passes by. but instead of leaving he pulls ford and sets. so you get the warning. well he's doing that another car pulls up to drop off a passenger. this man at 24 than mission posen with his flashers on to get money from an atm. apparently flashers are the international sign for i'm allowed to park illegally. this rule pies for pick-up and drop- off spirit this means taxis as well. but stone's are there so they buses can pull in and out without blocking traffic. so no stopping. although i wonder if pulling a bus into a bus zone at 90 degrees and goal is the correct use of a bus zone. before i go. if you drive up city vehicle you can still not pull into a bus zone. unless it's an emergency and chatting with the body

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. >> now nissans lead and chevy volt will be the competition for the ford focus. they are not saying how much it will cost. >>> getting around san jose on highway 101 will be a little difficult this week. cal tran will close the onramp from eastbound tully read to southbound 101 tonight. the ramp will close at 1:00 and it will not reopen to friday. you should travel south on mcgraph lin avenue. that is part of the improvement project that will add another lane to the highway. >>> we are expected to learn more this morning about a plan to make every toll booth on the golden gate bridge electronic. that would mean the end to all 35 toll collector jobs. if it's approved the bridge would be converted by 2013. going cashless would save $16 million over ten years. >>> 5:24 is the time right now. let's get back over to sal. good morning, sal. >> good morning, pam. the traffic is doing well if you are driving anywhere. i want to she you live pictures on the commute. this is interstate 880 traffic looks good all the way down to the mccarr they are maze. if you do see some

he car jacked a nissan ul tim ma on a nearby street. >>> another homeless person tipped them off to jenkins location. he is now at santa clara jail on several charges of robbery and carjacking. police say he is also linked to a robbery spree in sunnyvale. this morning, a 7-year-old girl whose mother and little sister were killed in an apartment fire is in legal limbo and could be deported. the chronicle reports allison benevides illegal crossed the border six months ago. early thursday morning, the girl, her 3-year-old sister and her mother were asleep when an extension cord sparked a fire in their second-story apartment on 82nd avenue and oakland. they were using extension cords to get power from a neighbor because their electricity was cut in early december. the girl is in protective custody while immigration authorities die side what to do next. her father is in custody in san diego, because he was caught crossing the border illegally. her grandfather lives in el val salvador. >>> today, california is officially getting rid of a 60-year-old law which requires the department of mental hea

have capacity for their consumers because they had no choice but once consumers could start buying nissans and leos there was a police and the industrial unions, the deal breaks down so when americans complain about globalization it is partly globalization but partly the fact that the world of today is not a world of 1950 and it couldn't be, now it gets destroyed by world war ii. and now you want to have world war iii and do all over again. no one is recommending that. >> woodrow wilson's war that they're referring to is world war ii. and the faces of the book, had not woodrow wilson engineered congress to declare war on germany in 1917 the balance of power would have been what remained in europe and there wouldn't have been the rise of hitler in world war ii. to get your opinion and that. >> that is an interesting countercheck to will. i find counterfactual history to be interesting and instructive but for no more than six months or a year beyond when you diverge from what actually happened. because then it becomes degrading. you have no way of knowing what would have happened. a haven't

. >> we battles bad news for customers waiting to get behind the wheel of their new nissan. they say they are most behind delivering the hot new electric car. 20,000 customers who pre-ordered the $32,000 vehicle may battles to wait until may or june. >> meantime, gm says wait times for their chevy volt is running two to four months. >>> crews will be back to repair the damage from a powerful wind storm that blew through the east bay hills. winds in excess of 50 miles an hour caused significant damage to this home on sterling drive near keller avenue yesterday. gusts were so strong they blew the gavel off the road and peeled back the tar paper as you can see from the pictures. >> it started getting louder and louder and then all of a sudden, a big boom. >> it's going to cost about $7,000 to repair that damage. the city inspector told the owner she can stay in the house for now but the work needs to be done before it rains or she could be ordered out until it's finished. good news from mike it's not going to rain for several weeks. >> plenty of time to get it finished. >> it's

it beat the the sun and the hon dand the nissan and the hyunda and ford announced 7 million american plants across the united states. 750 and engineering jobs and it is the first you higher in a decade with 7000--american jobs. and kron 4 news at 6:00 p.m. is coming up on the other side of this break. live, from the bay area's news station this is kron 4 news at 6:00 p.m. >> a shooting. >> tonight, the latest on let errors on the mass killing. the suspect makes the first court appearance. and the errors on a mass killing. >> this guy was al mentally disturbed. >> congress woman several giffords is clinging to life. >> at this point, change no changes could. >> and gun-control questioning. >> and this is still rocketing and the capital, and arizona, and he will be there on wednesday. showing a few possible motives but first, vicki liviakis day's developments. >> flowers are piling up outside that congressman hospital in tucson. and in capitol hill, congressman, the staff gather for a moment of silence in observance of gabrielle gifford. the interim, daniel hernandez is hailed for his

nissan pathfinders in iraq have wide rear ends. the nickname is monica, monica lansky. you had this monica phenomenon. driving around town with guys with ak-47 spinning out of them. two weeks later he would find a corpse in a dumpster with holes from power drills and the body. they had been tortured and killed. everybody knew that these were minister interior issued vehicles, but they were being used by militiamen or police acting in conjunction with militiamen. so i don't want to minimize suffering. certainly innocent civilians suffered much more in terms of numeric representation. the city population began to feel threatened intolerable. in the first two years resistance groups are very confident in their ability to get rid of the americans. their attitude was very contemptuous. they had never ruled iraq. there are persons. they are uneducated. they didn't really believe that the order was going to stay. .. we handed iraq over to the iranians. why the iranians? in the eyes of many, portia are not arabs. they're turning it -- persians. the they are iraqi nationals. man

nissan says production of its all electric car is taking longer than originally expected. 20,000 customers have preordered the lease the first delivery is expected by next month. now it may not happen until june. that's the same time the chevy volt will hit the roads. >>> time now 6:52. one city official says it's not right to push traffic control officers to hand out more parking tickets. what he is doing to stop it from happening. >>> and which american idol judge was brought to tears by an emotional performance last night? >>> big traffic problem in the contra corsica region and 80 right now is getting busy coming out of the same area. we'll tell you more. >>> good morning, right now we do have a fatal accident on san pablo dam road. this intersection is blocked causing a big delay for the morning commute. a lot of people rely on this road. right now it's shut down at may road with various emergency crews and the coroner is on the scene. we'll tell you about this on mornings on 2. >> thank you. >>> time now 6:56. right now a sailboat that is carrying five americans is missing in the phi

it was a blue nissan 350 z again, not the car they are looking for. it appears the diver just now went into the water here in the delta mendota canal again, about 100 yards from where the tracking were seen last week, heading into the canal. once that diver gets down there and is able to identify the object, they may latch onto it. try to pull it out. if this turns out to be a car, obviously they will pull it out of the water. they will continue the search on that side of the canal. we're in the area where it goes through pipes underground and appears on the other side. once they're done here they will double check the other side of the canal. after that point it is not clear where the search of the canal will go from there. in stanislaus county, ken pritchett. >>> and stay tuned for more on the four-year-old boy. also we have a slide show of the canal since the search began. >>> and sixes of the san bruno pipeline explosion today received cash to help them get back on their feet. the city handed out almost $400,000 in community donations. each of the

the volt beat out electric nissan leaf and hyundai sonata. >> all right. to group of men who say they are part of a growing nationwide movement aimed at taking back our streets. they dress up as contained crusaders and patrol seattle streets looking for crime. but are they helping police or just getting in their way? here's neal. >> superman can fly. batman has his gadget. "spider-man"has his web super sharp accepts us. >> and then phoenix jones. red drag on and buster bow self-proclaimed real life super hero with no actual power but pretty snazzy outfit and endless enthusiasim. >> i'm definitely not going to let my fellow citizen assaulted when i can say no. >> he they patrol not so mean streets of seattle. allegedly breaking up crime when they see it. >> stay back. stay await a minute i don't want to have to taze you. >>reporter: on this night a warning shot with the tazer during a very tense run in with a man he says is about to drive drunk. >> you back up. >>reporter: cohort call police. >> i know what you are doing is fine. somebody drunk. all of a su

nissan expected to be the biggest winner december with sales jumping 26%.and chrysler seen posting double-digit gains. toyota expected to report a full year sales drop mostly due to the global recalls. a $500 million investment has them thinking you can buy stock soon. the home of facebook is responding. bob redell is here with early risers. what's going on? >> very early. good morning to you. happy new year. we are a few blocks down from facebook headquarters in palo alto. yesterday goldman sacks and rushman investors announced they were putting $500 million and puttingation at $50 billion. because of an fcc rule, we are not getting details about putting pressure to ipo sooner rather than later. the question where people are familiar with the company. would you invest in facebook if they were to ipo. would you buy shares and do you think it won worthwhile? >> definitely. it will have legs and there is 500 million registered users and i enjoyed myself. i have been in contact with people who haven't been in contact for ages. it's so much easier than a phone

nissan expected to post a 25% increase year over year even with a strong month of december, 2010 a second worst year for auto sales going back to 1982. 2009 being the worst year. so the trend is looking positive. after strong starts to 2011, stocks are mixed. dow down by a fraction. nasdaq up 1. the s&p is down by 1. >> thank you, jason brooks with kcbs and cbsmoneywatch.com. >>> 6:49 now. get your tickets ready for tonight's mega millions jackpot. it's at a stagger $330 million. the third highest ever drawing for the game. the cash option for a single winner would be more than $208 million. and the chances of winning are tough because the game is played in 42 states. >>> time now for a look at what's coming up on "the early show." chris wragge joins us now from new york. good morning to you, chris. >> juliette, good morning. we actually just took up a collection here and sent some people out to go get tickets. i'm serious. [ laughter ] >> we are all lobbying extra hard for those. good morning to you and good morning to everyone out there. coming up on "the early show" this morning the gr

people who buy the chevy volt and nissan leaf will get battery warranties but tips on making the batteriesast even longer. they include don't accelerate too fast. cooler climates make reduced mileage because running the heater can draw as much as 25% more power. >> the san francisco chronicle looks how television viewing is going social. no longer watch your shows in isolation. people are using apps that let them announce on facebook.com and twitter what they're watching. users can earn points and badges. microsoft are all incorporating social tv in their services. complete articles on our website abc7news.com. just look under the must reads tab. >> next time i'm watching w. w. b. roth, i'll tell you about it. an effort to keep consumers from fixing or altering its i-phones. the new screws are called pentalobes with five rounded points. the companies using the screws forcing customers to buy rare and hard to find screwdrivers in order to change out a battery or tinker with other parts. apple has not commented on the change. >> 6:20. the worst hollywood has to offer. a look at the newly ann

nissan pathfinders iraq have white friends and therefore the nickname is monica lewinsky driving around town with the guys with ak-47s hanging out and they would pick up sunnis that ran at them and he would find a sunni corpse in a dump with a work rules in the body. the had been tortured and killed. every that he knew that these were minister of interior issued vehicles that they were being used by militiamen or by police acting in conjunction with militiamen. i don't want to minimize the suffering, certainly the innocent shia civilian suffered much more in terms of numerical representation. but the sunni population began to feel threatened and vulnerable. and the was the real shift because for the first two years sunni resistance groups are confident about their ability to get rid of the americans and the dispatch with of the shias. their attitude was contemptuous, they never will iraq, there were persians, uneducated. they didn't believe this new order was going to stay. but the increasingly aggressive shia and alicia tactics combined with the police and army began to have an effect.

the all electric nissan leaf just named car of the year in europe is about to hit the show rooms. toyota and honda have plug-ins on tap. ford has a bevy of electrified vehicles ready to roll which it showed off at a recent auto show in detroit. so will electrics again compete? as they did at the dawn of the automobile era, when they outnumbered gasoline-powered cars. or will the key component of electrics, the battery, remain discouragingly expensive? will gasoline prove too tough a rival, that is, as it has since the add vent of cheap texas oil more than a century ago? >> what showed up in that same time frame was the combustion engine. it had longer range, higher energy, and that really started to dominate for the next 110 years. >> reporter: so it just turned out that gasoline was so inexpensive because it didn't take much to refine it, and that could propel a car just more cheaply than either electricity or steam? >> absolutely. the energy density in a gallon of fuel is something that is almost 10, 15 times more powerful than what you can store in a battery. >> reporter: so th

nissan says it goes 100 miles on a charge, which is true. but that is it city driving. the electric cars can recharge the battery while you are doing a lot of that stop and go in the city. on the highway, you have to use more power and you can get considerably less, let's say, 60 miles on that charge. it may be a car for someone who lives in the city and drives a short distance host: larry in florida -- but and drives a short distance. host: larry in florida, democratic collar. caller: my car's always had the big engines. the akita run 20 to 22 miles per gallon -- i keep around 20 to 22 mpg. but in 2003 i got a package crown victoria and on the road about 33 miles to the gallon. i have had several of them since and each year they get a little worse and a little worse. but back in the 1960's through the 1990's, the average cost of a car was about $3,900. they were big and heavy metal and they really protect you. if you have a great big family, the smaller cars, you have to go to of them to go anywhere. i want to know why the prices are getting so much high and so much sm

drivers could end up paying the highest electric rates in the country to charge up their chevy volt or nissanles, the two new ones out. the tiered rate system charges higher rates for people who use the most power. electric car makers say most people will charge their cars at night when the rates are cheaper. >> a lot of people interested in astrology may be going through an identity crisis. that's because the minnesota planetarium is suggesting a 13th sign should be added to the zodiac charge. it's the constilllation ophiuchus. it sits between sagittarius and scorpious and called quite a stir. if they want to add a 13th sign they may have to remap the way they do astrology. it represents wisdom, healing and architecture. sounds good. what's your sign? >> ophiuchus. 6:54 now. recapping our top stories. detectives in the arizona shooting rampage have now questioned aides to a bay area lawmaker about death threats against him. >> jenelle with the latest. >> eric and kristen, a state senator leland yee says he was contacted by a detective from arizona earlier this week. the detective wanted to k

water to locate an object or a vehicle so far five have been pulled the most recent was a stolen nissan truck. none match the corolla. >> we have searched about 1.5 mi., the focus will be from the 1.5 mi. further south, we will continue until our best to get dissatisfied the b-1, they have completed a complete suite of the canal, to we have reached a big point where a vehicle of any size could not have gone past. >> authorities will regrouping, on how to search the canal on tuesday. >> meanwhile juliani cardenas mother says he's tormented about dreams of her son and her is kidnapper she shared the room were as he left to them. to show up pictures of them before jose esteban rodriguez started seeing things. >> he went on down helicopter broke up with them, he wasn't the same person. he told me they were telling him to stay away from me and do bad things. he was listening to them. i said you need to go see a doctor, you have schizophrenia. he said i know, i know i will go but i don't think he went. at the key to get tired running. that's what i'm hoping. because sometimes i feel like he m