how few americans drive a nissan leaf. according to one report they delivered 106. total. in the united states. >> you know, it's interesting, scott. we've conducted a number of sessions, actually globally around the world, with some of the key stake holders involved in electric vehicles and there's two key messages we heard. that is there is significant momentum around the initiative and it's global. they are collaborating. we're still in the early stages of that mass rollout as you were eluding to. the other piece is we're seeing a developing ecosystem is needed to support these. >> that's chicken and egg. then there cannot be an electric gas pump but you skrant an elincoln trick gas pump until there is a car. >> the ecosystem is what is that. i think that's a lot of the debate and the discussion among the key stake holders, that the pump where is the pum snp >> you talk about an ecosystem talking about the charging stations or -- my dad owns several electric cars and has for years. one of his frustrations he could travel maybe 200 miles before he had to recharge which w

five years ago he bought this 2006 nissan sentra. it has been sitting at the nissan dealer for two months. >> it is undriveable. what can i do. >> back in november the pastor brought the car in for an oil change. the service invoice from the dealership indicates the car was returned to him with just over 57,000 miles on it. nine days later he took the car back for repairs under h his war ranty. but the dealership told him his war ranty had been voided. that is because his warrant expires after 75,000 miles and his odometer showed he had driven 87,000. >> the real issue is nissan stating that i drove the car 30,000 miles within 9 days and they agreed that is impossible to happen. >> they now say the service people originally misread the odometer mistaking the 8 in 87,000 for a five. mark anderson is a consumer attorney specializing in auto cases. >> i haven't quite seen this set of facts. he says the dealer's explanation leaves his wondering. >> the dealer doesn't have a good explanation. they wrote down the odometer reading was 57,00

. >> reporter: the nissan leaf. >> up top there's a eco-meter, you grow a tree there. >> reporter: and the volt, two drew a lot of attention at the chicago auto show. unless you have a garage or a play to plug one in, you were out of luck until now. >> slips in, pull the trigger and it's locked in place. >> by the end of the year dc charging stations and two level stations will be placed around the chicago area. >> when this project is completes by the end of the year, chicago will have the most quick-charging stations of any city in the united states. >> both the city of chicago and state of illinois are kicking in a million dollars a piece to jump start it. >> we have to win the future, as the president said. >> reporter: they will help the anxiety of electric car owners who worry about running out of charge when they're away from home. knowing the state of charge is important, many manufacturers including nissan using smartphones to keep you apprised of your car. >> it gives you different features to use to interact with your nissan leaf. you update the vehicle. right now we have ab

i thank 7 on your side for what they've done for me. >> he wants to thank serramonte nissan. >> nicet it all worked out. >> major shakeup for claremont hotel in oakland hills. one week after acquiring the claremont and several high end properties in a foreclosure proceeding, the new owners have filed for bankruptcy. it was purchased by morgan stanley four years ago at the height of its value and before the recession caused a free fall in tourism industry. the bankruptcy will have no impact on the operations of the resort that will continue to provide the same level of luxury service to customers. >>> soon the bay bridge will may not be the only one where the toll varies throughout the day. they are considering charging higher tolls on san mateo and dumbarton bridges. those traffic levels are okay now. san mateo county officials are concerned that delays could lead to bottlenecks on highway 101. >> if the weather is like this, they get out and walk. >> it's beautiful out there. >> i prefer to be called mr. sunny. >> you got it. >> we had temperatures in the 70 degrees today. as we get

through and bought the car, but so far nissan has only delivered 20 to the u.s. back to you, scott. >>> facebook founder mark zuckerberg has one more he wants to defend. 31-year-old man has been ordered to stay away from zuckerberg. his sister and girlfriend as well. the restrainer order claims he attempted to follow, surveil and contact zuckerberg and he used language to threaten his personal safety. he allegedly visited the facebook offices in palo alto to ask for zuckerberg and asked for money. he was stopped outside his home last month. the man also allegedly sent flowers and notes to the facebook founder. a hearing is set to occur february 22nd. >>> countdown to current tv for keith olderman olbermann. we are told the former msnbc host will be joining current tv. no word on when he'll start but his presence is expected to boost the cable channel's profile. it was the channel founded by vice president al gore. it is currently only available to 60 million people nationwide. that's a fraction of the total tv audience. olbermann raised ratings and controversy at

his nissan left the northbound lane and slammed into a red wood tree. because of fog visibility was only about 75 to 100 feet at the time. alcohol does not appear to have been a factor. >>> two bay area neighborhoods are on the top ten list of place where is your car is most likely to be stolen. this list comes from a company that compiles all kinds of data about neighborhoods. >> reporter: if you park in this neighborhood there's a one in seven chance it will be stolen according to the research group neighborhood scout. the area ranks third in the nation for car theft. >> i've been living here for 19, 20 years and none of my cars have been stolen. >> if they're not stolen, the window broke in or somebody's broke in. >> reporter: another bay area neighborhood is in the top ten. the technology base neighborhood is around zanker road. park your car here, you have a 1 in 11 chance of it being stolen. >> they stole a huge amount of different small different things. i don't see how its too surprising. >> reporter: two residents said their cars were targeted

. >> standing here on concord avenue, you can see a nissan dealership here. just across the street the honda, next to that the chevrolet and next to that you've got the acura. they have been competitors and that's not going to change but when it comes to local schools they stand united for at least a few days. roger is looking at a new nissan rogue and he's been here before to look at it. he's leaning to buy it. it doesn't hurt it's going to a cause near and dear to him. >> now diablo's been especially hard hit over the years here. i have a granddaughter in school now and my two sons wept -- went to school here in concord. >> it's good to support our local area, local school districts. they've been in the news a lot lately. we need to do whatever we can to raise money for the school. >> the united school needs the money. it recently voted to close two schools and will decide on a third one to close. the best case scenario is come next year it will only be $11 million in the red. the car dealership generosity offering $20 to the district per car sold won't fix

they export more, probably twice more than honda or nissan. so you alouded earlier to them making cost cuts, and that helps a little, but it's still eating into their margins. if they go up against american products and products from nissan and honda that are more competitively priced, it's going to be a tough haul for toyota. >> tom: certainly one to watch. diane, thanks for your insights and covering the story. diane he'sabrook. >> susie: here are the stories in tonight's "n.b.r. newswheel." it's lucky seven for the blue chips; they rose today, marking their seventh straight session of gains. the dow rose 71 points, the nasdaq added 13, and the s&p 500 up 5.5. shares moved on the n.y.s.e., and 1.8 billion moved on the nasdaq. china hiked a key interest rate today, the third time since october. its central bank is trying to cool a red-hot economy and keep inflation under control. and here's a positive for the u.s. recovery: business travel is finally taking off again. u.s. companies are expected to spend about 5% more on travel this year. the

and three months since a man became the first owner of the nissan leaf. we will check in with him to see how he did. . >>> the unrest in the middle east and authority african is continuing. we are feeling the effects here in the bay area in many ways. jim vargas with the story starting at san francisco airport. >> reporter: the instability in the middle east is a effecting oil prices, they are going up and just about every aspect is a effected by oil. we will soon look at increases in airline fares. as prices go up so does the price of fuel and the cost of flying. of course most feel it at the gas pump the most. in these days the highest rate is close to four dollars. >> the price going up. i paid $3.99 for a gallon the other day. >> reporter: the high prices particularly hard on this man who is out of work and having a hard time making ends meet. >> $3.85 a gallon. you can't afford it. >> reporter: what do you do? >> i have to drive lessful. >> reporter: it costs one man $100 to fill up his van. >> i need a van -- or a truck or something big to haul stuf

and for nissan they wanted to stay ahead of.that and honda and this will be a way to do it. >> tom: this. >> this has been a big moneymakering over the years. historically about 95% of the swimsuit editions revenue comes from the old school print ads this wrer it is changing significantly. look how this pie chart changes. 55% only coming from print ads so what is the lesson for other sports media. >> you cut the pie a different way, diversify, diversify, diversify, in order to be successful you have to make sure that the old model of the print ad is is up plemented by new media. >> the nfl season is over, certainly. next season still questionable with the labor negotiations under way. but los angeles has a new $700 million deal for stadium naming rights for a stadium that doesn't exist. here are the details for farmers insurance. farmers field is what they this may be called fwlu is still no stadium and no ffl team for los angeles. with all this considered s it a guaranteed big bet to win. >> some details, you see on the graphic no stadium, no team, but the bottom line is this is a perfe

the nissan leaf is supposed to be able to travel several hundred miles, and previously, this was more limited. the $2.4 million project gives us -- hopefully, people get more used to this. the longer distances people can travel. >> i don't know i've heard of one that can do several hundred, but i have heard a hundred miles. given the distribution of trips. there is a great piece of evidence. the commute has stayed at a half hour. several people have longer distances ,longe, longer times,t there are shorter trips. the early adoption tailors it to the trips with a very appropriate technology. as you can see, this is a rich topic. the conversation is ongoing. >> just so you understand, this is our local portion. where does the funding come from? i apologize for not asking. >> i will let the city car share do that. a number of years ago, the authority did provide a service grant. commissioner lena was the proponant -- proponent of that. we invested in a company that was a trailblazer who have done a lot of good, and are engaged in the technology issue once again. they can talk about their

the critical over the driver of that nissan. he took off. he smashed a fence post. a home. and that fence post was in terminal on not having the car hit the home. the guadeloupe overpass is looking good, we will be back after this. >>catherine: rob is black. and it normally unemployment? rob is-back this. >>rob: 7% was too cold. 5 used to be the goldilocks. perhaps a bit on each number of five. >>catherine: what is the new? >>rob: it seems high, at 5.75. from the 1980's, to 200 fighting for golden, a fantastic. and from the 1980's to 2010. -and now with a global economic in global powers. starting to see where perhaps egypt would make jackets for practically nothing with no wage concerns. however, the world is being recreated on what begin expect in our economy. and to get yourself educated but obama wants to cut billions of dollars out of education. and hire education? however, these are issues that i care about. >>catherine: as you should. the jobless rate is 9% with 20 months. at or above 9% with 20 consecutive months. >>rob: the last time we were here at 4000 on the del

officials from toyota, hun da and nissan told a seminar on thursday about their separate goals to make fuel cell cars more affordable. the official said they're developing common parts for fuel cell and electric vehicles to cut costs. fuel cell cars generate power by a chemical reaction between hydrogen and oxygen. they emit no carbon dioxide and too expensive for most consumers for the time being mainly because platinum is used in many parts. >>> and now here's the latest market fig yurls. >>> for many in the philippines, public transportation means traveling on a motor bike with a side car. the filipinos call them tricycles. but the vehicles, about 3.5 million in number, are hea for the motor, he uses widely available chinese models. the only work his factory does is assembling the vehicles. garcia's trying to lighten it so the vehicle will drive farther. by widening the door frame and making a thinner roof, he cut down the materials and lowered the tricycle's weight. he uses less fiber, so the body strength hasn't changed. >> very durable. >> reporter: banks keen on investing in new

roger is looking at a new nissan rogue and he's been here before to look at it.e's leaning to buy it. it doesn't hurt it's going to a cause near and dear to him. >> now diablo's been especially hard hit over the years here. i have a granddaughter in school now and my two sons wept -- went to school here in concord. >> it's good to support our local area, local school districts. they've been in the news a lot lately. we need to do whatever we can to raise money for the school. >> the united school needs the money. it recently voted to close two schools and will decide on a third one to close. the best case scenario is come next year it will only be $11 million in the red. the car dealership generosity offering $20 to the district per car sold won't fix the problem but members are responding to this offer. >> we sold about 30 cars since the program started which is the 10th of the month. till now we have a total of 71. i checked my records for last year and it's an additional 18 cars more than what we normally sold. >> roger was looking at that rogue right over her

. >>> plus, you may be pushing 60, but that's not stopping liam nissan from taking on another actionole at the box office this weekend. >> coming up, the set for the daytona 500 and everything comes up rosy for the bulls. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning, and welcome back to "early today." i'm lynn berry. here are some of your top headlines this morning. today egyptians held a nationwide victory march celebrating the overthrow of hosni mubarak's 30-year rule one year ago, and no doubt the crowds in cairo's square serves as a reminder of the new power of the people in the streets. president obama travels to oregon today to visit with intel after meeting with some of silicone valley's top executives in northern california last night. among those who attended were facebook founder mark zuckerberg and apple's steve jobs. he had gone on medical leave last month. according to the white house, the president discussed invasion initiatives and ways to promote private sector job growth. >>> doctors say a los angeles reporter who slurred through her live post-grammy report on mon

. >> and the managers at hilltop nissan said they didn't know either.y did perform the initial 160 point inspection. they said this is rare and still admit no wrongdoing, but they have agreed to swap her car for a 2010 certified toyota corolla that has not been in an accident. >> reporter: bottom line, if you're buying a car, take it to a trusted technician. don't rely on that car fax report. it's likely the previous owner never filed a claim or the insurance company never reported it. >>> antigovernment protesters were back in the streets of cairo in what they call the day of departure. but will president mubarak go? we're live in cairo with the very latest. that and more tonight on the cbs evening news. ,,,, the internet on a plane! are you from the future? um, no. cleveland. listen cleveland, your savings account is stuck in the past! earn more with interestplus savings at capitalone.com. that's new school banking baby! so instead of making peanuts, your savings will be earning three times the national average. oops. sorry. three times more? i'll hav

. >> the government opened an investigation into two types of nissan vehicles that can lead to the loss steering. it covers about 400,000 vehicles including pathfinder from the 1996, 2004 year. the national highway traffic safety administration says it's received 35 reports of corrosion. fortunately there haven't been any crash or injury reports. >> a massive storm spanning one-third of the country is already impacting flights this morning. 4,000 flights have been cancelled. that's right. airports from texas to rhode island reported ice on runaways. shut down dallas fort worth for two hours. the chicago u.s. airlines halls delays of more than two hours after more than 3 inches of snow fell overnight and there are blizzard warnings in seven states. san francisco, oakland and san jose airports are all running on time this morning. >> and for up to the minutes information on flights and how security checkpoints are going at your airport, check out the flight tracker on the front page of our website abc7news.com. >> and meteorologist lisa argen in for mike nicco. >> if you're taking a jog a

this morning nissan reports a 78% jump in quarterly profits to $976 million.apan's number two automaker says sales in north america and europe offset weaker sales at home in japan. now nissan is raising its full year forecast, but the company also says the strong yen and increasing cost for raw materials could erode profits. >>> all right. checking in on the numbers right now stocks slipping a bit before the ben bernanke remarks again as we've been reporting from washington d.c. fed chief is going to be speaking about the economy this morning. it's expected to be a pretty contentious discussion as to what the fed is doing to help spur the economy. live look at the big boards. dow down about 7 points. >>> 4600 place 00 play sets are being recalled. the plastic seat of the swing on the play structures made by escalade sports can crack and break in half. so far there are 24 reports of that happening. no injuries reported so far. owners should contact the company directly about what steps to take. you can also get a link on our website at ktvu.com. again, under ou

. >> the government opened an investigation into two types of nissan vehicles that can lead to the loss steering. it covers about 400,000 vehicles including pathfinder from the 1996, 2004 year. the national highway traffic safety administration says it's received 35 reports of corrosion. fortunately there haven't been any crash or injury reports. >> a massive storm spanning one-third of the country is already impacting flights this morning. 4,000 flights have been cancelled. that's right. airports from texas to rhode island reported ice on runaways. shut down dallas fort worth for two hours. the chicago u.s. airlines halls delays of more than two hours after more than 3 inches of snow fell overnight and there are blizzard warnings in seven states. san francisco, oakland and san jose airports are all running on time this morning. >> and for up to the minutes information on flights and how security checkpoints are going at your airport, check out the flight tracker on the front page of our website abc7news.com. >> and meteorologist lisa argen in for mike nicco. >> if you're taking a jog a

they say older toyota, honda, mazda and nissan models are the most common targets. how can you keep from being a victim. alarms, and steering locks may be a good option. but the biggest reason cars are stolen, is because people leave them unattended and running. >>> unions representing workers and food service office, custodial and classroom assistance says the state has rejected officer that is they believe will say millions of the dollars. the workers are protesting budget cuts. >> what they're going to get is an angry and frustrated work force, a less productive work force, it's not good for my members, more importantly it's not good for the kids in the schools. >> reporter: this rally is just one of many taking place nationwide showing solidarity for workers in wisconsin where budget cuts promise to strip their rights. >>> if lawmakers fail to pass the bill stripping workers of their union right, walker said another 6,000 could be forced out of work over the next two years. the state assembly is debating the measure. senate democrats skipped town avoiding the me

nissan motor chai that sales reached the 755,000 mark during the period. that was over 310,000 units more than in japan. car giant toyota sold over 1 million vehicles at home but only 677,000 in china. china's market is predicted to continue growing, making it the engine of recovery for japanese automakers. >>> japan's motors rose last month due to an increase in orders of nonmanufacturing increases. major machinery makers received orders of nearly $9 billion from domestic orders in december. while orders from manufacturers were sluggish, those from finance, insurance and communications rebounded from large declines in november. looking at 2010 as a whole, orders grew 4.6% year on year to $1.8 billion as japanese industries are seeing strong exports to emerging economies. last year's growth was the first in four years. the cabinet office says that while orders from manufacturers dipped temporarily, resilience among makers of auto and machinery suggest recovery is under way. >>> the london stock exchange and the operator of the toronto stock exchange said o

nissan motors china sales reached the 755,000 mark during the period. that was over 310,000 units more than they sold in japan. however, car giant toyota sold over 1 million vehicles at home, but only 667,000 in china. china's market is projected to continue growing, making it the engine of recovery for japanese automakers. >>> the leader of russian republic has named a suspect in a suicide bombing that killed more than 30 people at a moscow airport in january. yunus-bek yevkurov told reporters on wednesday that investigators suspect the bomber was magomed yevloyev, a 20-year-old man from the republic of the north caucasus. he added the siblings have been detained in connection with the attack. yevkurov said they have detained three including the suspect's sister and brother and placed four others from their village on a wanted list. 36 people were killed in the bombing at domodedovo airport last month. russian authorities have already said an unnamed man from the north caucasus was under investigation. on monday an islamic militant leader based in the

highway patrol says a nissan suv drifted off the highway and crashed into a tree. one man inside the suv died at the scene. the highway patrol says fog may have contributed to that accident. >>> power line problems in san francisco caused delays for riders. about 150 feet of power lines came down in two areas of the city last night. near 22nd avenue, power lines went down near fillmore street. the downed lines forced them to stop service on the endline. no word on what caused the wires to collapse. >>> new information this morning on a reoccurring problem for oakland police officers. the city says a faulty antenna is to blame for hand held radio problems police officers experience during a shooting investigation early yesterday morning at a motel on enterprise avenue avenue. officers who responded to the scene say they were forced to use the radios in patrol cars. the antenna has been placed and -- been replaced. >>> a 21-year-old san francisco man was shot through the window of his home. police say it happened last night in the hill neighborhood. the victim is in

the movie stars liam nissan as a bought anist who weeks up from a come coma, his waive says she doesn't know him, another man has taken his identity tee. nome i don't and juliette just going and big momma's like father like son tops out this weekend's top 5. of course you don't have to go anywhere with this cs roller, you turn the tv. d channel 500 was amazing, stanford women go into the pavilion without their all- american. i'm kim coyle. how wild was it in daytona, the winner got lost going to victory lane. sports is next. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, race... but today' >>> some drivers go their whole careers without ever winning nascar's biggest race but today's winner took the checkered flag in his daytona 500 debut. nascar holding a moment of silence for the initimid third boogity, boogity, boogity. >> it has been 10 years since dale earnhardt was killed at take tone a. today they held a few minutes of silence. they got re-acquainted quickly. there were a record 16 cautions in the first few laps. this one affected over a dozen cars. >> darryl, everybody was -- >> newman again. >> oh no, jr.

thanks, in part, to "planet forward" innovator dan gray, we drove a nissan leaf last fall. pretty cool. but, can this innovation, zero- emissions driving, go anywhere if there's no place to charge it away from home? it's a chicken-and-egg problem. no place to charge, no reason to buy electric; no electric cars, no reason to build places to charge. sounds like time for a new innovation. "planet forward" member zachary heir recently posted this video of a program with a if-you- build-it-they-will-come approach to the plug-in problem. >> rhode island's electric vehicle advocates are providing an example of how citizens can take charge. >> reporter: taking charge. that's exactly what innovator al dahlberg is doing. the soft-spoken father of two is not a car geek, but totally driven by the idea that we can't sit back and wait-- we need to do differently. a former e.p.a. and u.s. senate staffer, dahlberg is leading "project get-ready, rhode island." the innovation here? bringing together a unique and determined coalition of interests to start getting e.v. infrastructure built. as

the 29-year-old man was driving a nissan exterra when he veered off the street. there was heavy fog at the time cutting visibility to an estimated 75 feet. >>> police arrested a san bruno man accused of driving drunk and killing a pedestrian in pacifica. 57-year-old leopoldo padilla allegedly drove off after hitting the pedestrian after 1:30 this morning. padilla later returned to the scene and admitted his involvement. the name of the man hit has not been released. >>> these are pictures from news chopper 2, at an elevation of 3,800 feet the top of the mountain is well above yesterday's snow level. in some area it is snow is measured at more than a foot deep there's also snow in the santa cruz mountains. the sierra has a lot of snow, the alpine meadows ski resort is estimates 9 feet of snow since the recent winter storms began on monday. most mountain sierra reports are -- the highway patrol says road conditions also look good as you can see from these pictures in the sierra. there are no traffic restrictions on the major highways. >>> the body of alex guthrow w

that it expects along with its alliance partner nissan to acquire a controlling stake enough to go after that as by the end of the year i am back in one hour's time with an update bill is next with a headline stay with. are close enough to stop we are going to come back. we'll have a rally we'll sell lots of beer lotion on the face will wear uniforms that will damage is the black man moving but very little damming the white. and they are the key to our problem are all right. we'll. bring you the latest in science and technology from the realms of russia. we've got the future of coverage.

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the chp said a nissan suv drifted off the highway and crashed into a tree. one man inside that suv decide at scene. they said fog may have contributed to the accident. >>> for the second time in three days visitors found flares on the beach and the bomb squad had to blow them up. it was friday when another visitor found some marine f lares. they were detonated inside a hole in the sand. today's incident closed down the beach from about 10:45 to a little after one this afternoon. according to the park police they are found in the area a couple times a year. officers remind anyone who comes across any suspicious items not to pick them up but to tell rangers. >> church goers in richmond gathered this sunday for another day of prayer and at one particular church to look back at a shocking crime. gun men opened fire inside their church. john is in richmond to tell us how things have changed there in the last year. >> reporter: it was just over a year ago that gun fired erupted inside this church. the reaction has meatless streets safer. the early sunday service a

besides the nissan lease and chevy volt, there will be ford vehicles and a hyundai model.ent obama has set a goal of having 1 million electric cars on the road by 2015. believe me, this is going to be a quaint scene, nobody using an electric car charging point. >> so let me ask you in the meantime though, len, this charging station, is it free to the car owner? >> reporter: no, you have to pay for the electricity but what they are doing -- what this grant enabled them is to set these up for free. >> got it. >> reporter: basically cities won't have to pay for this pole and light standard and things like that, but the electricity will have to be charged for each individual user through their credit card. >> i just wondered. darn. okay. len ramirez in san jose. thank you. >>> well, a new controversy is following the salary scandal in the city of bell. a city councilman there says his colleagues are holding the city hostage because they keep calling in sick. dave lopez explains what is being done to get the council to show up to work. >> reporter: the only member of bell city

the two electric car models available from major car company, the chevy volt and the nissan lease, have sold fewer than 800 units as of january 31, due mostly to production delays. but demand for the cars and the charging stations is starting to spike. >> the rubber is starting to hit the road literally with these plug-in vehicles. and we are seeing, in just the last two months, an exponential, almost geometric jump in demand for charging now that the leap and volt have started to be delivered. >> len ramirez, cbs 5. >>> all right. i got a ride in the car, the first one delivered to the bay area, and it was a big hulabalu, and they just need the infrastructure to make it happen. >> and that and hydrogen. hydrogen needs to be coming along at the same time. >> several possibilities. >> all good stuff. >> and as we see good stuff out the window today, speaking of good stuff, we have sunny skies. -- no voice. >> frogs in the throat. >> and warm temperatures coming our way. >> not froggy weather out there today. more like lizard weather as he head toward record high temperatures now. around

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

and contessa talks about big carmakers from nissan. "press here" runs this sunday at 9:00 a.m.the devil. >> that was so nice of you. >> meantime, scott is here. you are talking tech news, google is in the news again. they are trying to sort out tricksters. >>> if google cannot determine the top research results they are dead. that's what is happening on all kinds of websites. jcpenney trying to trick the search engine into putting its results first through extra links and other ploys. well, this morning google says it is adjusting its rhythm to weed out the less than perfect ruts results. this is kfc saying it is adjusting its chicken recipe. all of google's success is dependent on tweaking all its computers. >>> and twitter is this close to opening a new office in mid-market san francisco, but it is still negotiating over rent. the city has offered twitter six free years of payroll tax. there's concern, though, the law may require the city to tax twitter's employees stock options. brent and laura, the mayor doesn't expect to enforce that, but there's a lot of pressure to keep

but once the consumers could start buying nissans and toyotas, then there was a choice. and the industrial union, the deal breaks down. and 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 couldn't be because the world of 1950 had been built or, i guess, destroyed by world war ii. and that couldn't last unless, i suppose, you wanted to have a world war iii and do it all over again. but, fortunately, nobody's recommending that. okay. >> i recently read a book called woodrow wilson's war, and the thesis was had not woodrow wilson engineered congress to declare war on germany in 1917, the balance of power would have been, would have remained in europe, and there wouldn't have been -- after the treaty of versailles, there wouldn't have been the rise of hitler in world war ii. i'd like to get your opinion on that. >> now, that's an interesting counterfactual. i find counterfactual history to be interesting and constructive, but for no more than about six months or

. >> and and an investigation into nissan vehicles and corrosion. and the vehicles including path finders including the 2006 years. and qx 4s from 1997 to 2003 years. the national transportation safety board says it's received 35 reports of corrosion, and there have been no reports of crashes or injuries, however, as a result. 50 and blue shield is postponing raising rates up to 59% but only for 60 day autos that came just minutes before 250 protesters gathered outside of the corporate head quarters in san francisco. and michael finney here with the story. >> today's decision by blue shield means four health insurers agreed to postpone increases for 60 days, and the proposed rate hike is by far the largest. and nurses patients and consumer advocates converged on the blue shield headquarters in san francisco demanding a stop to the big rate hike. a small business owner was among those addressing the crowd. she said her family of three will have to go without insurance rather than pay the higher premiums. >> amount we're paying and have been paying we