sew moved his family to michigan and transferred to gm's orion plan the.he knew it, that plant shut down, too and glenndee was out of work for six months. >> i had to hope the leadership was making the right decision. >> reporter: one big decision, investing more than 500 million today's completely retool the orion plan to do something gm hasn't done in more than two decades, produce a subcompact car in the united states. >> a hatchback. fuel efficient vehicle. >> reporter: 1,500 orion employees are back building the chevrolet sonic set to hit showrooms this fall. >> it's an opportunity for to us show off that our manufacturing system can build anything. we can make it cheap, we can make it good. >> reporter: the plant was completely gutted and redesigned to save 500,000 square feet of floor situation, allowing suppliers to operate closer to the assembly line. >> think about going out and taking out everything except for the concrete floof ar and the r and starting over. that's what we did a year and a half ago. >> reporter: energy efficiencies will also h

so he moved his family to michigan and transferred to gm's orion plant.he knew its orion plant shut down too and he was out of work for six months. >> there was a lot of uncertainty at that point. so i decided to keep my fingers crossed and hope that the leadership was making the right decision. >> reporter: one big decision investing more than $500 million to completely retool the orion plant to do something that gm hasn't done in more than two decades, produce a subcompact car in the united states. >> chevlet sonic hatchback, sporty and aggressive design, not only on the exterior but also on the interior. very fuel-efficient vehicle. >> reporter: 1500 orion employees are back building the chevlet sonic set to hit showrooms this fall. >> it's an opportunity for us to show off that our manufacturing system can build anything. we can make it cheap, we can make it good. >> reporter: the plant was completely gutted and redesigned to save half a million square feet of floor space allowing suppliers to operate closer to the assembly line. >> think about going

so he moved his family to michigan and transferred to gm's orion plant.ut down too and he was out of work for six months. >>> there was a lot of uncertainty at that point. so i just had to keep my fingers crossed and hoped the leadership was making the right decision. >> one big decision, investing more than $500 million to completely retool the orion plant to do something gm hasn't done in more than two decades. produce a sub compact car in the united states. >> hatchback. sport i and aggressive design. on the exterior and interior. fuel efficient vehicle. >> 1500 orion employees are back building the chevrolet sonic set to hit show rooms this fall. >> it's an opportunity to show off that our manufacturing system can build everything, we can make it cheap and good. >> the plant was gutted and redesigned to save half a million square feet of floor space. allowing suppliers to operate closer to the assembly line. >> just think about going in and taking out everything except for the concrete floor and the roof and then just starting over. that's essentially

it will carry the orion capsule on missions to asteroids and possibly even mars. the 300-foot tall rocket will feature liquid oxygen and hydrogen propelled engines that are different from the solid rocket boosters. the system will cost about $3 billion a year over the next five years. the administrator called today's news a great day for nasa and for the nation. >> president obama has challenged us at nasa to be bold and to dream big and that's exactly what we do. while i was proud to fly on the space shuttle, tomorrow's explorers will dream of one day walking on mars. >> nasa says it wants a system ready for its first flight in 2017. >>> there's a big problem today on the california/mexico border. a section of the overhang on the united states side of the san ysidro crossing collapsed this morning. that's the main crossing from san diego. two or three vehicles were under the canopy at the secondary inspection point when a section about 50 by 50 feet came crashing down. one person was hurt and taken to a hospital. vehicles can still go south into mexico, but there

heavily jewish precinct in when it comes to jewish voters there is still uncertain >> i think people orion easy they want and know what the president feels in his gut many people do not get that feeling >> the president is expected to announce new taxes for his jobs plan >> time to look at our forecast after a gorgeous weekend in the bay area and if we can hold on to that excellent weather for one more day >> we will have a warm day ons store for us know fog oakland is breaking into the 80s free man will be in the '80s and livermore will be in the upper 90s. 58 degrees in san francisco right now we are 60s hot already in some areas. your afternoon highs while be end of the low 90s we will warm to 75 degrees in half moon bay. this is look of your seven day forecasting and we will have more hot weather continuing through the work week and a first day of fall on friday it will cool down foot just-in-time for the weekend and now traffic >> no hotspots to talk about pretty quiet on the freeways no complaints as you look at bay area traffic this is the approach to the bay bridge toll plaza. why

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s orion plant are seizing their opportunity, and hoping its gamble will pay off with jobs that last. >> i think it's pretty tough out there right now. i'med glad i have a job. >> reporter: brad glendy and his fellow workers have their whole futures riding on the new sonic. it rolls out to dealers in just a few weeks. >> i think everyone here is involved and wants to make sure this product is a top- quality car that our customer is going to enjoy driving. >> reporter: because your job depends on it. >> all our jobs depend on it, yes. >> osgood: just ahead, picture perfect. oosing advil. here's one story. i'm sean. i switched to advil 10 months ago. cyclists are a crazy bunch. when you're out there trying to push to your limits, you have some pain and it can be really vicious. i really like advil because it takes care of it all. neck, shoulder pain and definitely with cycling, lower back pain. i switched to advil and i've stuck with it. it works when i need it to. [ male announcer ] make the switch. take action. take advil. [ announcer ]nnouncer ] who could resist the call... of americ

their hopes are that this thing can stay in space with that orion lunar orbiter for about 6 to 900 days. that will give you a lot of time to go out there and explore new worlds. listen. >> the next chapter of the space exploration story is being written today. day i'm pleased to announce that nasa has selected the design of its new deep system that will take astronauts further into space than any nation has gone before and create jobs right here at home. >> reporter: you heard the jobs thing there, nasa is hoping to use the same people who did the apollo space missions, and the shuttles, to use and build that because of continuity, because of experience, but you have critics who are in private space industry saying that is a boondoggle. that's $35 billion, that's wasted. private industry could do it better and cheaper and kay bailey hutchinson and bill nelson the senators, are trying to keep jobs in their home states. nasa says it's watching every penny very closely, megyn. megyn: it has a lot of pennies to watch. thank you. a bizarre murder trial getting started in florida right now. a

orion might unnecessarily rigid or am i a necessarily seeing a bleak situation? -- or am i unnecessarlily seeing a bleak situation? is to enter at percent of gdp in has been for a couple of decades. -- 200% of gdp and have been for couple of decades. that is a real problem. as the cbo points out, if we keep this up, we will produce gdp but a bigger chunk of that will not be going to americans, but to foreign creditors. that is why our standard of living will be suppressed by this buildup of debt. i must say that hitting the tipping point -- that is not the end of the store. ireland hit the tipping point, but recent news reports indicate that they have taken good policy actions, cutting spending, and they are on the brink of recovery. they are -- they are in a much different situation in greece, even though both had mass of spikes of debt. ireland has taken the right policy courses and they are headed in the right direction. again, i do not think the biggest issue facing you is where the tipping point is. stopping the bleeding as soon as we can. >> i am almost out

and an orion capsule which they are working on would be on the top of this rocket.be, could be as big as the announcement of the shuttle program's creation or perhaps the announcement of humans going to the moon back, you know, when kennedy made his announcement. but we're going to have to wait and see. the money's there now. and nasa's hoping that this will be the beginning of a new era in space exploration. kyra? >> you know we'll be following it. you'll be on top of it for sure. john, thanks. >>> the victory -- a victory for the gop. a little-known republican wins a seat in congress and did it in a heavily democratic district. so is it a sign of things to come in 2012? our "political buzz" weighs in. >>> let's check the markets. dow jones industrials in negative territory. we had a two-day upswing. doesn't look so good today. ♪ [ male announcer ] each of these photos was taken by someone on the first morning of their retirement. it's the first of more than 6,000 sunrises the average retiree will see. ♪ as we're living longer than ever before, prudential's challen

however, the reason samuel clemonss came to the nevada territory was to follow his older c brother, orion clemons . served as the first and only secretary of the nevadala territory.my svi that position would later become secretaryce of state. a position which i held prior to my service in congress. of like the clemons brothers who sought greater opportunities, it is in a state like nevada where a son of a mechanic and have the opportunity to interact withr those who were responsible for governing the state. for instance, as a boy,ho delivered the newspaper to then governor michael callahan. for a time i went to sundaypu h school with then lieutenant governor harry reid sunset i was educated in the same public high school s. senator bob paul ask all taxol to. our current governor brian sandoval, someone who i used tor play organized basketball with. i want to thank senator laxalt for his report in senator reidar for being here today. and although not a nevadan i also want to thank senator mcconnell for being here ashe fm well. legisla my father's automotive shop was across the street from

. >> reporter: the sls will have a capsule on top, the orion multipurpose crew vehicle.ered by shuttle's main engines inside. >> it is a great day for america. it is a commitment that nasa, nasa is going to lead the pack. >> reporter: there has been so much discussion about whether retirement of the space shuttle meant ceding u.s. dominance in space. leaders say this proves the commitment to human space flight is as strong as ever. nasa is counting on commercial partners to come through with design and construction of another vehicle to ferry astronauts and cargo to the international space station. >> the long-term goal has to be what is out there that we haven't discovered yet? >> reporter: disisvery of the unknown is what fuels the desire to reach beyond the stars. >> well, you know, it sounds like a great idea. but they don't have a mandate to go anyplace yet. >> really, just destination. unknown. >> unknown at this point. the idea is to get the first unmanned test flight up there in 2017. >> plenty of time to think about it. >> a few years to decide where you want to

company in california called aero union, they terminated their contract that would have kept seven p-3 orionse air and right now, the federal government has only 11 tankers. >> why is the key? >> apparently, they didn't specify why they lifted the contract, however, apparently the federal government had a problem with the maintenance program. >> that's exactly what they say. here's the response from aero union's ceo. we were certified too fly all season but they just terminated us and threw 60 people out of work and left the country vulnerable to fires as you can see right now in texas. apparently, 10 years ago, they had 40 of these tankers operational. up and ready to go for these types of fire situations. now, with only 11, it's problematic. i mean, yesterday when we spoke to governor rick perry of texas, that fire was 0% contain. 0% and 1,000 homes had been destroyed. two people had died. >> and company says they are willing to have everybody get on four planes and fly to texas immediately. all they need is the nod from the federal government which at this point says no. >> start nodding.

orion might unnecessarily rigid or am i a necessarily seeing a bleak situation? -- or am i unnecessarlily seeing a bleak situation? is to enter at percent of gdp in has been for a couple of decades. -- 200% of gdp and have been for couple of decades. that is a real problem. as the cbo points out, if we keep this up, we will produce gdp but a bigger chunk of that will not be going to americans, but to foreign creditors. that is why our standard of living will be suppressed by this buildup of debt. i must say that hitting the tipping point -- that is not the end of the store. ireland hit the tipping point, but recent news reports indicate that they have taken good policy actions, cutting spending, and they are on the brink of recovery. they are -- they are in a much different situation in greece, even though both had mass of spikes of debt. ireland has taken the right policy courses and they are headed in the right direction. again, i do not think the biggest issue facing you is where the tipping point is. stopping the bleeding as soon as we can. >> i am almost out

we have been reducting -- reducing the savings on -- reducing the spending on the orion, providing transparency, increasing transportation, and handing responsibility to private sector partners so we can focus on deep space exploration. we are already building a space capsule to transport guests announce into deep space. now, we have selected a heavy- lift rocket to carry the crew and capsule into destinations donations ever gone before. our decision to go with a liquid-hydrogen, liquid-oxygen, launch vehicle system was based on the analysis to reduce costs, increase flexibility, and leverage u.s. leadership in this technology. the development flight will ticket vantage the existing posters and other hardware what companies compete -- and an -- advantage of existing boosters and other hardware while companies compete. will be on target to reach and astrid and even march. -- an times and even mars. we believe the request for the missions are at the appropriate levels, and the commission has made a long-term commitment. in addition to these two building blocks, we are investing in the technologie

in the orion multipurpose crew vehicle in 2012, we believe are at the appropriate levels and today the space station has made a commitment to these deep space vehicles. in addition to these two building blocks, we're investing in the technologies to allow humans to live and work in deep space which will allow us to reach destinations such as an asteroid and mars. and i really want to thank bipartisanship in the for getting us to this day. we, as i have said, will answer questions at 11:30, but it's my on this sexual abuse to you senator kay bailey hutchison for her comments. >> well, thank you. this is a day that we have been looking forward to. for a long time. i think it's no secret that we had theeped -- i had a meeting yesterday with general bolden. with jack lew, senator nelson, in which we really hunkered down, i think on the timetable going forward, because we do want to be on the same page, and i have the commitments now from everyone that is in the decision making process that i believe really are going forward now all as one with one goal, and that was important to me that th

however, the reason samuel clemens came to the nevada territory was to follow his older brother, orion clemens. the position he served in would later become secretary of state, a position which i held prior to my service in congress. like the clemens brothers who sought greater opportunities, it is in a state like nevada where a son of a mccannet can have the opportunity to interact with those who are responsible for governing the state. for instance, as a boy, i delivered the newspaper to then-governor michael callahan. for a time i went to sunday school with then-lieutenant governor harry reid's sons. i was educated in the same public high school as senator paul laxalt. our current governor, someone who i used to bray basketball with. i want to thank senator laxalt for his support and senator reid for being here today. and although not a nevadan, i also want to thank senator mcconnell for being here as well. my father's automotive shop was across the street from the nevada legislature so many of the legislators would come into my dad's business. i spent a lot of time there as a kid w