ford, general motors, or toyota? now the payoff. which is up more than 20% year to date. >>> welcome back. i'm seema mody. let's look at travel stocks on fire today. expedia, which owns hotwire and hotels.com is leading the pack with the strong quarterly report which is providing a lift to other travel online-related companies. ariba posted a strong quarterly profit. the revenue came in up 49% year over year. a strong report from ariba. scott, over to you. >> seema, thank you so much. let's go to brian shactman. brian? >> it's just on opening trade. it's up 6%. of course, it was halted. the fda approved a new erectile dysfunction drug call and you take it 30 minutes before trying to keep a straight face so they halted this and it's up 4.75%. we'll keep an eye on it if it spikes even more. >> that was a great straight face. >> i'lli be going now. >> see you. >> bye, brian. >> time now for a quick mark set stat check. let's start with the leading sectors, telecoms, consumer discretionaries and s&p technology. the nasdaq is higher by 20

when i see a new product that might be made by gm or ford or toyota that has content in it like that, i know that it has been tested to those guidelines and that it has passed. that it has met the guidelines based on my knowledge of how they test, and that they test according to the guidelines. we will have to see what the new guidelines are in what happens with those. what that would mean specifically is that it each of the principles and criteria that are in the alliance guidelines that would be some kind of verification procedure that is carried out with a certain number of subjects. if we used a test that would be conducted with subjects -- participants who are not employees who are normal drivers, who go through all the tests that would be performed on a new product. then the data is collected. they would watch a driving scene, they would perform the task. there i glance movements would be tracked and we would determine how long the tax was and whether or not they met the criteria. as well as everything else. the assumption that i may, now that i'm not a part of the automakers, i

partially to mostly sunny with upper 70's or early next week. >> the toyota sports desk.by your local tweeted dealers. moving you forward. -- your local toyota dealers. >> the caps keep moving on. >> when you think about what it took to get here, maybe this is the year they take on the stanley cup. they did not win the division title, but the beat the first seed rangers. they play the boston bruins, defending champions, thursday night. when you figure in a banged up goalie, you ask how can they do it? he stated today, but he will probably not start between the pipes at boston. >> it's a tough game already. do or die to make the playoffs so now it is the playoffs. he knows what it is about by being the bully down the stretch. >> thursday night, caps in boston. everyone is talking about the masters. its domestic, i want to show you these two shots. oosthazen -- a 4 iron. just like it has eyes. tracking. only 4 times has someone had a double eagle. that is a baseball player with two home runs in an inning. rare. how baoutabout bubba watson. this is like trying to hit the bal

the same thing as in your toyota creosote or another hybrid car. -- prius or another hybrid car. here inside we have the ibtv drive. this is important for landing of the elevator. also, acceleration and deceleration, if there is instability in a car, can be reduced. >> so we have taken a ride in an antique elevator. >> this was an elevator built in 1913. >> we have checked out current elevator technology. >> these were installed in 1972, outside observation elevators. >> it is not standard because there is no tape that runs it. but shane we have seen the future of the elevator technology. >> i am going to push the access key which will access the voice. >> this has precise generation of power, which is important for highly acrilan the landing of the elevator. >> what happens next week and not know but it will be exciting. thank you for showing us this interesting technology. >> >> this is holly lee knox. there are some proud pet owners in san francisco and they have brought all their pets here to strut their stuff. >> it's an annual event that we've had. this is our 18th year. we

it is a company that wasn't just competing with toyota or general motors. it was competing with his post. obviously as a lot of people in the shadows of ford world headquarters now come and is accompanied by the middle of the two cousins was really headed down the tubes. one of the things i discovered, you know, working on was just as serious the situation had become. but the summer of 2006, the board was actively looking at bankruptcy and party not the company, private equity firms circling around dearborn like soldiers, trained to pick up parts of ford. the family with the taking of private at one point. nothing seemed to be working. though ford had really tried to turn things around, but he just couldn't cut through this culture that was so entrenched in dearborn. so in july of 2006 at a pivotal board meeting which built the great to step aside and make room for someone else to take over as he said, which i talk about in the book is really a moving statement. i have a lot invested in this company, but the one thing i don't have invested is the eco. he st

so it was a company that wasn't just competing with toyota or general motors, it was competing with itself. and, obviously, as a lot of people here in the shadow of ford's world headquarters know, it was a company that by the middle of the 2000s was really headed down, down tubes. and one of the things i discovered, you know, working on this book was just how serious the situation had had become. i mean, you know, by the summer of 2006 the board was actively looking at bankruptcy, they were looking at parting out the company, there were private equity firms kind of circling around dearborn like vultures, you know, trying to pick off parts of ford. the family looked at taking it private at one point, and nothing seemed to be working. bill ford had really tried to turn things around, but he just couldn't cut through this culture that was so entrenched in dearborn. and be so in july of 2006 there was a pivotal board meeting in which bill agreed to step aside and make room for someone else to take over. and as he said which i talk about in the book -- which is really a moving statement -- he s

when toyota of america gets a car, it comes off the dock in san francisco or long beach, well, it's coming over at $30,000. it's then subject to 25% v.a.t. right there. and by the way, if toyota of america has a markup on it, the whole car is subject to that tax. you have the level playing field between a domestically produced carin a foreignen car. and the depreciation doesn't take care of that problem. think about our needs. we need simplify indication, we need a level playing field competitively. and we have to get rid of the multiple definition of income. i think, by the way, in fact, i was on a panel before the senate budget committee. and there were four of us. we hadn't compared notes. we were across the political spectrum. and the senate budget committee was asking us, what would we do. all four of us separately in answer to the question said the country is going to end up with a vfrl a.t. we were then lectured by the senators on how the senate had voted 93-3 to never ever consider a v.a.t. ever in its history which talks about the political problem. we are going to be boxed in a c

police say he may be driving a black or silver toyota corolla. ey found this boy this morning now. i believe that came across the wires on my computer about 20 minutes ago or so. so i believe that now they have found the little boy and he is back at the hospital and i believe that the father is now in custody. >> call it deja vu, a jet blue flight forced to make an emergency landing after another bird strike. it had just taken off from the west chester county airport when two canada geese flew into the windshield. >> plane started swerving immediately right after the two hit. so rocking the plane back and forth. and we knew something was going on. >> i'm going to die. i'm not going to see my family. i'm not going to get home. >> luckily, the plane did land safely and all 54 passengers were put on the next flight to west palm. this is the third flight grounded by a bird strike in the past week including air force 2, remember that? joe biden was on that one. president obama making a visit to late night with jimmy fallon and took a unique approach to

or storm on tuesday. in mild, dry weather resumes wednesday through friday. >> the toyota sports desk.rought to you by your local toyota dealer. moving you forward. >> the national's in cincinnati? >> tonight going for two in a row. >> the national's are seeing red. they're trying to extend the franchise best start. they are five-two with three wins in a row. what a night for baseball? these guys and is having fun. have been on the deal this afternoon taking batting practice doing fielding. with more is out for another six weeks, the need to find some power. brian zimmerman has not found it yet. brit mchenry is up the ball park. you get all the good assignments. >> he is the offensive leader right now with two home runs and 8 rbi's, a surprise given his traditional salute season starts. what is different this campaign? when the manager was asked, he said he was not struggling in this is what he had to say. >> every year i have said the same thing. it is what it is. for whatever reason, it can take a bit to get going. i'm not exactly where i want to be right now. i'm not complaining. i'

believe it or not buried under here some where is a toyota.e're told five people lived here including children. there's a report card on the fridge. >> this is one of the worse ones that i've come across so far. >> reporter: and the now relieved neighbors would agree. in antioch, ken pritchett. >>> several silican valley tech giants are under fire to creating a cloud of pollution. green peace says in a race to deliver cloud commuting which allowing users to save files wirelessly, some companies are polluting. >>> and welcome back, we've got a little bit of fog along the coast. a very spring like weather pattern. let's go out toward the delta 53 in concord right now. the winds are blowing something like this right here in that direction sort of west- southwesterly. these are the highs from today, highs tomorrow are going to come up a few more degrees. so we're going to see a nice little pattern. ending in the mid-80s as we get down the road later into the week. overnight lows tonight will be in the 40s, mid-40s and upper 40s. less cloud cover t

believe it or not buried under here some where is a toyota. told five people lived here including children. there's a report card on the fridge. >> this is one of the worse ones that i've come across so far. >> reporter: and the now relieved neighbors would agree. in antioch, ken pritchett. >>> several silican valley tech giants are under fire to creating a cloud of pollution. green peace says in a race to deliver cloud commuting which allowing users to save files wirelessly, some companies are polluting. >>> and welcome back, we've got a little bit of fog along the coast. a very spring like weather pattern. let's go out toward the delta 53 in concord right now. the winds are blowing something like this right here in that direction sort of west- southwesterly. these are the highs from today, highs tomorrow are going to come up a few more degrees. so we're going to see a nice little pattern. ending in the mid-80s as we get down the road later into the week. overnight lows tonight will be in the 40s, mid-40s and upper 40s. less cloud cover tonig

because carmike is such as toyota for example they're gaining over a percentage of points or not that's off the pace think it's best that margin of u.s. sell since two thousand and eight is not all bad news and i've been talking about the u.s. let's see how they finished up shop yesterday and it's probably no surprise then that it was a red finish for them as you can see the dow jones around half a percent down the nasdaq around a quarter percent in negative territory as i said the fed's latest interest rate meeting showed little need for more i said boy this is a disappointment to some investors that were hoping for a little more stimulus in the markets as you can see they were rather disappointed anyway let's go over to russia because we're going to be opening up in less than two hours ties with you how the markets finished up yesterday as you can see completely different color spectrum there. yes and the mice said it's not despite those losses being seen in the west and industries if we look at oil we'll see that it is indeed to. such a declining postsecondary now alter polls showing

or from the shore. this traffic is brought to you by your toyota dealer.est drive the all new reinvented camry. >>> at the top of the news this half hour, last night's end to the maryland legislative session didn't go the way everybody thought it would. that could lead to drastic cuts in the budget. good morning, monique. >> good morning everyone. after 90 days of negotiating, lawmakers were set to pass an important tax hike, but at the very last minute, the deal fell apart. >> reporter: it came down to the wire, maryland lawmakers thought they had a compromise in the state's highly disputed budget. but at midnight on tuesday, the legislative session adjourned without a key revenue plan being passed. that plan called for a tax hike on individuals making more than $100,000 a year and couples making more than $150,000. earlier in the evening, governor o'malley spoke about the importance of pushing the deal through. >> it'd be the product of a compromise, but one that protects our priorities of education, job creation and allows us to move forward as a, as a

or trapped. this issue is now open for public comment. toyota started installing its version of a brake override on several models in 2010 and is now standard in their new vehicles. >>> most parents would never leave home without their child safely buckled into a car seat, but installing them is not always easy and a new study finds some parents may have more struggles than others. a new study finds parents can struggle with the hardware used to secure child safety seats inside a vehicle. the insurance institute for highway safety and the university of michigan evaluated the anchors and tethers used to attach those safety seats in nearly 100 models. volunteers were also observed installing them. only 21 vehicles met the study's criteria for being easy to use. others experienced issues like these. >> this lower anchor is buried in between the seatbelt so that just finding the anchor is challenging and then being able to maneuver the hook to actually get it in there and connect it tightly is extremely difficult. it requires a lot of force. >> repo

when toyota of american gets a car, comes off the dog in seven cisco or long beach, coming over at $30,000, subject to 25% vat right there. by the way, toyota of america has embarked upon, the whole car is subject to the tax. it is a level playing field between a domestically produced car and a ford car. the depreciation doesn't take it of the problem. simplification, we need a level playing field, competitively, and we have to get rid of the multiple definition of income. i think, by the way, in fact i was on a panel before senate budget committee, and there were four of us, have not compared notes across the puck inspection, and senate budget committee was asking us what would we do. all four of us separately answer the question, said the country is going to end up with a vat. we were then lectured by the centered on how the senate has voted 93-3 to never ever consider a vat in its history, which talks about the political from. we are going to be boxed in the corner. we have a huge debt overhang, went to solve our budget from, et cetera. we are no longer at some point going to be able to

slim 20% chance of a sprinkle or shower and then dry weather and a warming trend through the 60's on friday. next week, and looks like it will stay sunny and dry. >> the toyota sports desk. brought to you by your local toyota dealers, moving it forward. >> we ought to get a little wager going. >> piece of cake. >> for the caps? >> they stated this morning at the triplex and they will leave for boston tomorrow to play the bruins in game 1 of the playoff series. today, a lot of eyes on the. up goalie. quite the could not even get his leg above the board today, so who knows when he will be back. >> i do not know the answer. >> he is still nursing that groin injury and spent time fielding questions. >> you find out the hard way. it hurts. i'm just managing it from my point of view. >> he is all but certain to be the starter in boston. his only hope is that he knew what he was in for. >> i have never played in the playoffs, so i'm not sure. >> he played predominately in hershey, but he has been more than impressive, especially down the stretch. >> i like how hard he competes at the net. anybody to compete that harm will compete as hard as they can in front of the

toyota, bmw, moving to mexico we might have an issue. but when lowering our costs on. >> for better regulation? >> they're sustaining their operations here. here not leaving. and audi already -- or volkswagen, which owns audi, has plants in mexico so you have economy to scale. it's not bad they're helping to stabilize mexico which means less cost to us whether on immigration control, drug war. >> tell that to the folks in tennessee who don't have jobs. >> back to mexico and -- you have about 48 killings per day in mexico yet businesses are willing to take that chance because it's more economically feasible there than here. is that a problem? >> yeah, it is a problem to tomorrow degree. but you can't stop it. you can't stop a company from going to asia, china, africa, despite the fact there's human rights violations or security problems or totalitarian government. if they can get cheap labor they go there to build cars. i hope it solves the problem. i think the problem is more systemic in mexico but we have to do something with mexico at least getting this company will supply 1,000 jobs. >>> mitt romney floating a plan to get rid of cherished mortgage tax deductions on certain ho

toyota dealer. >>> marty and don, back over to you guys. >> and thank you, a reminder this week you can win a brand new patio provided by or coffee with sponsor echo lock paving and stone, to enter go to wjz.com and click on contests and promotions, next week we will announce the winner here. while on the website check out the official rules for details. >> this morning's coffee with is with brian bankhart -- >> -- you -- [ applause ] >> -- that -- >> -- night -- >> -- that -- >> -- skill level. >> -- with a show like this it is high energy right from the get-go. it is something where i just have to be you know there for two and a half hours and i mean hopefully not there -- >> -- envious of what you can do, so -- >> -- high energy -- >> -- yeah -- >> -this, you have blown through a lot of calories, i mean you are really -- really doing a tremendous amount of cardio out there -- >> uh-huh -- >> -- mental high right before that show- >> -- oh, yeah -- >> -- athlete -- >> -- oh no, i usually can't eat after the show any way and after the show i can eat anything and by the end of the show i eat and burn it off. i usually eat an entire thin crust

toyota, not quite to expectations. we should point out most of these guys reporting their best march in three or four years. a couple stories. march auto sales, while they are strong, they are not quite as strong as many were hoping. in part because they're being driven by strong fleet and rental orders. dealers are saying they're seeing increased demand, not surprisingly, for small cars, fuel efficient models. two individual stories standing out, let's talk first about the chevy volt. last month 2,286 sold by general motors. best month ever. hyundai, no surprise. setting a monthly sales record again. this time for the month of march. as you take a look at shares of gm, ford, really all the automakers, i don't think we're going to see a huge movement, guys. in part because we knew these were going to be strong sales. but the story here, watch for sales estimates for the remainder of this year to be ratcheted higher. today and tomorrow at the new york auto show. guys, back to you. >> thanks, phil. appreciate it very much. >>> let's check in on interest rates right now. time for the bond report. that means it

toyota dealer, back over to you don. >> thank you, at the top of the news this half-hour a legend is being remembered, those who watched him ort did that remember dick clark. >> ladies and gentlemen, here is chubby checkers. >> long known as that he began his career on american bandstand in philadelphia in 1956, taking it national within a year and also famous for the new year's eve broadcast from times square. everybody who new clark remembers him foundly. >> his kindness was sort of legendary too, he is such a great guy and i think he is going to be missed. >> he had great dna and his inner good guyness made him eternally young. >> after suffering a stroke he died from a heart attack. dick clark 82 years old. >>> back here metro trains should be running smoothly once again this morning after a fire down on the rails in the baltimore county metro stop. kai jackson has more on the confusion that followed. >> now when we arrived on the scene firefighters were extinguishing a small fire on the tracks -- >> -- over the old court metro station in pikesville, baltimore county wednesday. the mta says a fire on the rails stopped tra

toyota dealer. back over to you marty and don. >> all right, there is two guys here who can attest to the following, for those of you who don't have kids, orery young kids, prom is a very big deal. >> yeah, it was. >> i don't disagree, same for my daughter and son and in many respects socially it is bigger than graduation. >> okay. >> what we are talking about here is making prom happen and ron take it away and let's have some fun with this one. >> yes, indeed, we are happy to be here, happy friday, everybody. good morning, ladies. >> good morning, don and marty -- >> hey, hey, hey -- >> -- jewel box here spa, frederick road catonsville, getting ready for tomorrow's second annual prom dress give away. yes. [ cheers ] >> this is a great community event. here is julie felder, the owner of the spa, jewel box spa, good to see you julie. >> good to see you too, ron. >> hey, let's talk about how you came up with this idea, it is such a great idea. >> well, basically i just realized that normally you only wear a prom gown one time -- >> time. >> -- saw the need after listening to some clients, just some friends and the economy was kind of low and

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out to the stadium or around the area keep in mind parking restrictions go in effect at 10:00 and closures go into effect at 1:00. this traffic report is brought to you by your toyota dealer. >>> back over to you. >> at the top of the news other than baseball this half-hour budget concerns leading to big changes inside the baltimore city fire department. that has many people in the city worried about their future. wjz and monique griego are live with the latest on this. good morning, monique. >> reporter: good morning, don. and good morning, after one. the city plans to disband three fire companies and relocate several others. and while the department says response times won't be affected some people just aren't buying that. >>> for every fire engine and every fire truck there is a company of about two dozen firefighters assigned to work them. but under a new plan three city fire companies, truck 10 on the west side, squad 11 on the far east side and truck 15 near patterson park will all be disbanded. those firefighters will be reassigned. the fire chief says this will not affect the department in emergencies. >> we are going to be there just as quick as we are tod

or had a long term loan. >>shepard: so we with should not just think there are no worries. >>guest: north does not need a long-range missile to strike a blow, only a toyota pickup grand circus parked with a income weapon in the back that is all it needs. >>shepard: while millions stab there, the new leader, kim jong-un is forking in his father's stood steps and tour the company and look at things. today kim jong-un was at a meat and fish for in pyongyang holding here, what we are told is a sausage. let me repeat this. here he is, holding what we are told is a sausage. we cannot independently confirm that. this is video from north korea state run television network. the quality is not so hot but his father, the late kim jong-il, was well-known for looking at things, here is a website full of pictures and here he is looking at filibuster, and he also tastes things from time to time, and he looked at the cookies and tasted them and here here is holding some bras. what is this obsession with looking at things? is this ... what is it? >>guest: kim jong-il, the founder of north korea, the grandfather of the country leader, the support among the north korean pu

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