. >>> a plasma for under $10s. would you recorder one. many did that.ed a 52-inch sam sung plasma for 9.99 it took several hours to notice the error. during that time they he got a lot of orders. now the store says it will not honor the orders. some are hopping mad. the price is $1700. it is an all you can eat buffet. there are unlimited lights. travel must be between certain dates. it is good for all 56 of the destinations. it started service from bwi to boston next month. >> take the month off and see the world. >> 500 something dollars. >> we had some showers popping up. and a lot of activity. >> and there has been a lot of rain now it is extending to but ler. and some activity. >> and the area. to the north a continuing a few more hours some people. a good downpour this late at night. temperature-s wise, 76. ocean city 78. oakland at 65. it's available. 72 which is moisture. >> in the low to mid70s around the area. we got up to 88. down to the south. lots of rain. down through georgia and the gulf coast to the decent weather. possibility of getting

so the doctor helped pioneer a process to filter the antibodies from blood plasma making a transplant reality. >> wthink that with this procedure that we could perform thousands more transplants in this country. approximately 2,000 to 3,000 more transplants every year. >> reporter: without the procedure none of his seven patients could have received a new kidney. two weeks after their surgeries they gathered for the first time to meet their donors. elizabeth's kidney came from jordan. elizabeth joyner, jordan bro. [ applause ] >> linda's kidney went to olermi. >> thank you very much. >> reporter: and larry donated to daisha. >> this man is an angel. my angel. >> reporter: for seven people and seven more, the ultimate gift of life. tom costello, nbc news, washington. >>> we wanted to let you know there is a lot more on this story, on our website, nightly.msnbc.com. you will be able to see many of the donors and recipients live tomorrow morning on "today." >>> for now, for us, that's our broadcast for this tuesday night. thank you for being with us. i'm brian williams. we, of course, ho

they cannot be matched, so they went through a process called plasma foresis. it allows them to zerget -- >> now i have a chance for this new life that i have. it is like being reborn again. >> it was part of a historic seve way kidney exchange that took place last month at georgetown university and hospital and washington hospital center. today, nearly all the donors and recipients gathered. some of the meeting for the first time to talk about this revolutionary procedure. >> we were able to utilize donors that here to fore would not have been able to utilize >> the transplants took place over four days in july. larry got his wife into the swap to offering up his kidney to the exchange. >> i do not want to say to larry, who is my angel. >> his organ helped leisha, had to disease. they're enjoying their new found friendship and the 61-year-old's new lease on life. >> the gratitude is not enough. i can't say enough thank yous. i will keep him forever. i am so happy that he wanted to help somebody. >> all the donors and recipients are doing well. one was absent b

. >>> also, talking about deals, plasma tv for under a$10. then the sto o >>> a police chase in droypt wound up with a fiery dramatic crash this morning. take a look. it is all caught on video. police were chasing the pickup truck when it got into an intersection and caught by a minivan. the collision sent the truck crashing into a utility poll. it flipped and burst into flames, as you saw. the driver was killed. police say they chased the vehicle because it had been reported stolen. >>> did a brazilian host help boost ratings for his reality show by contracting for murder? those are the allegations he is facing. peter alexander has this story. >> reporter: for nearly 20 years, host wallace souza's crime fighting reality show was brazil's version of must see tv. led by his front man the show's crews were famously first on the scene. often before police. capturing exclusive and graphic video of violent crimes. sometimes as they happened. brazilian authorities say souza's constant stream of scoops wasn't the product of good reporting or good lu

but, we do compensate people for blood plasma. in fact, there's no shortage of blood plasma.y fluctuates each year, but we are the biggest exporter of blood plasma which is different from red blood cells. when you look at trucks that come around for blood donation, that is typically the red cross and is unpaid. sometimes it will give the movie tickets or something like that. but it's a gratuity. blood plasma is paid for. we are the biggest exporter of that. we will offer families funeral payments if they allow a medical school, for example, to take the body of their loved one and use it in the anatomy lab. we have to learn to dissect somewhere. we will pay for that burial. when the state of pennsylvania in 1994 passed a law signed by the governor to do just that, to give the families agreed to bequeath organs of their loved ones to be donated, to be operated on by anatomy students , they passed that law and i give them some much credit. but never implemented it. they were so afraid it ran afoul of the national organ transplant act. but we very cadavers' all the time that have

. -- plasma t v, private sauna. >> the popular web site twitter suffered a cyber-attacks. the co-founder severed -- was the victim of computer hackers. facebook had a similar attack on thursday morning. but what sites are running smoothly this afternoon. -- both websites are running smoothly this afternoon. >> absolutely great, outstanding way to end the work week. we are seeing a whole lot of nothing on hd doppler right now. high-pressure as extended its reach over the area. dewolff hold lot for a good part of the weekend. it will only allow for a warm front, though. enjoy today. very pleasant out there. though humidity, load dew points. 81 at ocean city. a. they a sea breeze later on. beautiful skies in the mountains of western maryland. high of 75 in the was the area. '84, '85 at best in the chesapeake bay region. our range would be anywhere from 80 to 85. 81 degrees on the shores of ocean city. serve temperatures got 69. that will be more elevated over the weekend. waves only one foot. water temperatures at chesapeake are milder, the low 80s right now. a record high is

. >> plasma foresis is a process similar to dialysis where the blood circulates outside and comes back. when it circulates through this filter, the antibodies that are such a problem are removed so that the patient can then receive a transplant. >> reporter: a domino of transplants over four days in july match up total strangers with patients in need. >> i was in the hospital, and i just shed tears. i can't explain it. i really can't. >> i've seen my sister come home from dialysis, just exhausted, you know, to the point where i've had to pick her up off the floor. >> reporter: dr. keith mellinson says it is helping save patients in communities where kidney disease is rampant and survival rates are low. >> in the washington metropolitan area, there are over 6,000 people who are on dialysis. the majority of those patients are african american. most of those patients have antibodies that make it very difficult for them to ever receive a transplant. >> i think that i love you. >> i love you too. >> so here is another look at that chart that they were talking about. again, where a friend ma

but now doctors are using a new process to actually filter the antibodies from blood plasma making transplantn option. >> we think that with this procedure that we could perform thousand more transplants in this country. approximately, 2,000, 3,000 more every year. >> in fact all sen patients received a kidney in the swap use this new procedure. for these 14 people, it was the ultimate gift exchange. >> you are helping to save many lives. >> here in d.c., there are about 6,000 people on dialysis. most are african-americans. doctors perform only 250 transplants each year. >>> i know it is august. i know it is warm. actually a nice evening out there. >> yeah, almost out there. >> glorious. >> yeah, something about an august moon. >> lovely night. >>somer time. out there. tonight. temperatures. folks taking it easy. yeah, got traffic. whatever. you are heading home. 79 degrees. our high temperature. 90 degrees. this summer. two 90-degree ds in a row. last summer, seven in a row. look at the high temperatures today. lot of 90s to our south. dallas, 98 degrees. right now feels like it is 89 degree

surgeons used a process called plasma exchange. during the process, machine separates antibodies that can cause organ rejection from a patient's blood. it virtually eliminates the possibility of rejection. >> the sacrifices that these people made i really believe will never be forgotten because this will forever change our fear of transplantation. >> of the 80,000 people on the kidney strand plant -- transplant list, 36% are african-americans and only 15% of living donor kidneys go to african-american patients. >>> in your health tonight, new research finds that a hormone produced by fat may help explain why we reach for food when we're not even hungry. dr. timothy johnson explains in tonight's medical minute. >> reporter: as any dieter will tell you, the desire to eat does not always stem from hunger. sometimes food just looks too delicious to pass up. a new study helps to explain how lepton, a hormone produced by fatty tissue in the body influences that motivation to eat. by delivering leptins to certain parts of the brain, resea

surgeons used a process called plasma exchange. during the process the machine separates antibodies from blood that can cause organ rejection. doctors say the process can also make it easier for african- americans to receive transplanted organs. some of the patients and donors met today for the first time. >> the sacrifices that these people made i really believe will never be forgotten because this will forever change our field, our field of transplantation. >> of the 80,000 people on the kidney transplant list, 36% are african-american but only 15% of living donor kidneys go to african-americans. >>> some bad news about your money tonight if you have a state pension. maryland's public pension fund has fallen by more than 20% over the past year. stocks and other investments held by the maryland state retirement and pension system hit a high of $40.9 billion in 2007 but it dropped to $28.5 billion as of june 30. the dip could force maryland to dedicate additional money to cover employee retirement costs. >>> now, some good news for

rejection, but now doctors are using a new process to actually filter those antibodies from blood plasma making transplant an option. >> we think with thi procedure we could perform thousands more transplants in this country. approximately two to 3,000 more could be done every year. >> reporter: in fact, all those who received a kidney in the swap could use this procedure. for these 14 people it was the ultimate gift exchange. >> you're helping to save many lives. >> reporter: eun yang, news 4. >> here in d.c. there are about 6,000 on alysis. doctors only perform about 250 transplant as year. >> that's a wonderful story. >>> when it comes to flying, you can't get there from here, at least on time. find out why many airlines are leaving late and showing up late too. >>> no reward for this teller who foiled thet the athe >>> it seems a lot of air travelers are not getting to their destinations on time this summer. delays at the nation's airports during the month of june were the worst since december. airlines had a combined on-time arrival rate of just over 76%. com air had the worst on-ti

you get a plasma screen tv there. there's also no ac, no towels, no electricity.is called the survivor package. it all costs just $19. so far 20 guests have taken the inn up on this deal. >>> an incredibkrecredible sigh thailand. the accident happened while the handlers were taking it to work. the animal struggled in the nfines of the small hole. rescue crews freed it with a bulldozer. luckily the animal wasn't harmed. you ow he had to be scared. imagine getting a text message threatening that if you don't forward it on, someone will be come to your home and kill you. now image ain't that message to coming to your child. it is happening more often than you might think. nbc's luann caan has our report. >> if you don't text this to 15 people, i will come with a knife and kill you tonit. it scared me. >> reporter: this 10-year-old is talking about the text message she receive order her cell phone and her mother says she hasn't been the same since. >> really been traumatizing for her. >> waiting at the bedside to slice him in his neck and his parents won find him floa

mass that exchange -- plasma exchange removes antibodies. the result was life-changing for both donor and recipient. for dominick and craig, it's a unique bond and the saturday of a new friendship. >> i've got to check on my organ every once in a while. >> reporter: doctors hope this particular type of kidney exchange will make it easier for recipients to find compatible donors. at georgetown university hospital, claudia coffey, fox 5 news. >> the washington d.c. area leads the nation in kidney disease. more than 700,000 local residents are affected. nearly 6,000 are on dialysis. >>> we are just getting in some video from fairfax county. a house fire on shropshire court in alexander, in the area of alexandria. >> inside the home snake, iguanas and scorpions. many of the snakes saved and brought outside. they are not out on the front lawn in containers -- i think they arout on the front lawn in containers, actually the point being they're in containers. we have a crew on the scene. we of course will bring you this complete story tonight at 5:

area got transplants from donors who match close enough to use plasma which lowers a person's antibodies to accept another person's organ. doctors hope the process can help address racial disparities that exist when doing kidney transplants. >>> day seven of redskins training camp. once again fans are flocking to ashburn to get a look at the team in person. >> today we're taking a look at the one player who can often be the hero or goat on any given sunday. dave ross joins us now. >> reporter: very true. it's a pressure-packed position, the kicking position because like you said, one kick the game could be won but the game could be lost. more often than not this guy wins them for the washington redskins. his name is shawn swiesham. -- suisham. how cold is this tub? >> 40 degrees. >> reporter: why is it necessary? tell us about the rigors of training camp. >> i kicked this morning. >> why do you laugh whether i say i kicked this morning -- when i say i kicked this morning. >> reporter: because of all the work this is what happens. >> you scoff at it but i'm sure you guys have seen the fil

my problem is these people will buy a big screen television in best buy, by plasma screen on credit, furniture on credit, we're not regulating retailers, not suggesting we regulate furniture stores. why are we doing this. >> first, remember who the uninsured are. more than 11 million of those uninsured people have nucleus of 60,000 dollars a year, they prefer to use the hospital emergency room. that clogs up services, jacks up costs for everyone else. we believe they and everyone else should be personally responsible by a package that focuses on outpatient care, primary care and not leave everybody else with those costs. >> for those guys earning $60,000 and don't get the new policy, what does your new law say they have to do? does it require them to have health care coverage? >> what we say, if you don't sign up at some point, you will be enrolled in a plan. i want to emphasize those are costs, i mentioned the hospital imagine room our society is already absorbing. the question is will we hold these bills down for everybody or continue subsidies in a different way. >> senator, can y

everybody can get a huge plasma. i'm not even really kidding. what do you think? >> sure, why stop there. anytime you allow the government to decide winners and loser, you're clearly going to have a disadvantaged group here. but more importantly, it's not ensend advising or growing the government. again, you're getting the government involved in poor execution, poor management of these programs and ultimately costing taxpayer as lot more money. >> i totally disagree. i mean, we're talking about a wildly successful program. we are talking about this is stimulating the economy, which is exactly what the stimulus was designed to do. we're talking about putting people to work. we're talking about -- >> how many people are we putting to work is this. >> we've got dealerships which are the backbone of the community. they are employing some of our local blue collar workers. they are putting people back to work this order to manage the ram in and of itself and to manage all of the consumers that are coming in. they have to beef up on staff. >> we all agree on getting empl

. >> it's plasma and platelets and fibrin which is created from a simple blood draw and made in the office in less than six minutes. >> reporter: dr. kim crosby of zura medical spa in charlotte, north carolina is one of a select few board-certified doctors in the u.s. who've been using the procedure, called cell fill, for the past few months. >> that's what we're going to try to augment today. >> reporter: after the patient's blood is drawn, a patented process developed by aesthetic factors separates the platelets and fibrin. the resulting product is injected into the treatment area. >> over the course of eight weeks they develop new collagen and growth of blood vessels and really use their own cells and their own tissues to reverse the gns of aging. >> reporter: here's the before and after of a 56-year-old patient. this one a 45-year-old not only hoping to reduce wrinkles but to avoid future signs of aging. >> the product should last at least 18 months, possibly longer. >> reporter: in addition to last long err-y doctors say there's no bruising, swelling, or lumping that's associated with

for this procedure, doctors are using a new process to actually filter those antibodies from blood plasmah this procedure we could perform thousands of more transplants in this country, approximately 2 or3,000 more transplants could be done every year. >> the kidney swap was performed over four days at georgetown university hospital and the washington hospital center. >>> hard to think about the flu in the middle of summer but that's exactly what health experts want people to do. they say with the potential of a swine flu outbreak this fall, people need to get ready now. what that means they suggest is talking to your kids about good hygiene and getting a seasonal flu vaccine as soon as possible. eun yang has our report. >> with no way of telling how seriously the virus will affect people and how quickly it will spread, they say early preparation is crucial. >> we don't know yet what we're going to have in the fall. once everyonetarts congregating again in schools, people are back at work, kids are in day care. we're just going to have to wait and see. >> reporter: cindy edwards with mont

. >> at some point in not too distant future, the hand held will be a little plasma tv in your pocket. do you leave there or apple lead there? >> a simple comparison is who wins in the battle between the alligator and the bear. it depends on the terrain. the nature of the terrain is shifting. >> the nature of the terrain is shifting. there's much more tonight on research in motion. and on four other very fascinating, very fast-growing companies in our special tonight at 9:00 p.m. maria, it is a no blackberry zone at 9:00 p.m. i don't want to get any stunt work from you. >> no blackberry zone. i will be there, ty, thanks so much. what an interesting piece to do to look at the best growing in such an environment. no recession there. that's for sure, tyler mattison, see you tonight. 9:00 p.m. eastern on cnbc. melissa lee is there with more on what's coming up tonight, "fast money" ten minutes away. >> we'll have the best plays for tomorrow. also, the trader training camps -- he's got a chalk board already. he'll get you in shape for the fall. the first on cnbc's interview, the first on g

not plasma, but fresh blood.hat gives you an idea what these specific marines are up against. >> it's a powerful image. nbc's jim maceda, thank you so much for your report. >>> what political story will make headlines in the next 24 hours? that's next on msnbc, the place for politics. into an incredibly strong, healthy cat. his coat is incredibly shiny and soft and very thick. everybody thinks he's the most handsome cat they've ever seen. [ woman announcing ] purina one for indoor cats... unlocks the brilliance of nature... with a natural fiber blend that helps minimize hairballs... and maintain a healthy weight. [ laurie ] he's a character. he brings so much laughter into this household. and he's the best-lookin' cat there is. [ announcer ] it's amazing what one can do. my daughter was with me. i took a bayer aspirin out of my purse anchewed it. my doctor said the bayer aspirin saved my life. please talk to your doctor about aspirin and your heart. i'm going to be grandma for a long time. the $100 cream. flabber

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did they test the plasma or the whole blood? was the blood or for drip properly? those are the kind of issues you can get into. normally in this type of situation, the police will take a couple of blood samples. martha: just imagine this scenario when you have a mother who is driving her own child and then her brother's three daughters. her son was also in the car. the little boy is the only one who survived. he is in critical condition at a hospital right now. these girls are gone. her daughter is also gone. you have a complication of these three other gentlemen, father and son, who you see right there. there was another gentleman traveling with them. i heard someone earlier saying, how can you even think about prosecuting anything in this, it is such a tragedy. this family feels like, we are totally innocent bystanders in this whole thing. we have wiped out a father and son. >> that pour 5-year-old child is living with a mother's legacy in this case. it is unimaginable. i used to be a prosecutor in that area. i know that some of the investigators were on the sce

the seven recipients could not be matched traditional so the underwent a procedure called plasma exchangeowed them to accept kidneys that were not an exact match. >> i now have a chance for this new life. it is like being reborn. >> i felt the urge to help. the procedures >> the procedures took place in d.c. >>> two people are being -- a recovering after being bid by copperhead snakes. a man was bitten by a copperhead on the hand. he told firefighters that he had bought a non-poisonous python but animal control officers said it was a copperhead. we will have another news update at 8:56. ♪ the queen of the nile oh, yeah ♪ ♪ oh, yeah i'm every woman ♪ >>> everybody here is abuzz. you know who that is, that magical voice. the one and only whitney houston. she's going to be launching our fall concert series. singing songs from her highly-anticipated new cd, "i look to you." everybody's going to mark their calendars for that. that's great. september 1st is the date. >> whitney's here. >>> good morning, once again. diane sawyer, chris cuomo and sam champion. and also coming up, the one and only

donors who matched close enough to ' s plasma to lower anti- bodies to accept another person's--- organs. >>> up next we'll update the day's stories. >>> paula abduhl quitting. how she broke the story coming up. (announcer) fact. the soft places we love could be home to thousands of bacteria. but, lysol disinfectant spray can help protect your family because it can also be used on soft surfaces. it kills 99.9% of bacteria, won't stain, and leaves your soft surfaces with a light, fresh scent. lysol. the #1 pediatrician recommended brand. disinfect to protect. look for money saving coupons for lysol products. only in this weekend's newspaper. >>> checking our top story this is morning. chaos at a health club. a man opened fire at an l.a. fitness jim in pittsburgh last night. witnesses say the man walked into an exercise class and turned off the lights and started firing. he hit three women and then killed himself. there are reports that his ex- girlfriend may have been one of the targeted. >>> euna ling and laura ling are on a flight home. yesterday bill clinton traveled to the communist n

organs to be rejected, so a new technique was used where the antibodies are filtered out of the blood plasma. there's a lot of hope that the organ transplants will be successful and this sort of procedure will help other people in the future. more on that next hour. >>> thank you, megan. the senate has decided to pump more cash into the wildly popular cash for clunkers program. the program allows car buyers to trade in currentars and get up to $4500 to a more fuel-efficient vehicle. some senators oppose the $2 billion extension needed to keep the program alive, but senate majority leader harry reid announced he is confident it will pass. >> cash for clunkers, we'll pass cash for clunkers. >> when will you do that? >> before we leave here. >> what are we going to do when the $2 billion runs snout are we going to spend another $5 billion? are we in the car business at the retail level forever? >> mitch mcconnell says his party won't block a vote and the matter will be completed. >>> happening today, president obama is headed to indiana where he'll announce a manufacturing grant to talk about h

some weather the plasma and screen tvs, cell phones, we see how they have changed over time.hey were very expensive at first. we commend the obama administration for the jump start they have given this technology. it has existed in the past. it is not out of the ordinary. third question, mountainous areas -- remember we have both a battery pack and an engine on board. so, when you need totax the car a bit, our motor power is 111 kilowatts. that is the equivalent of a 150-horsepower engine. it is designed to be an everyday car. host: not much time left. here are two questions, one by twitter. you have talked a lot about the advantages of city drivers. guest: one of the things really nice about the volt is that the recharge time is relatively modest. if you have a 240 volt outlet like your dryer, this is a less than 3-hour charge. general motors will do a great car. this is where we are hoping that plug-in ready communities will help out. others will help to support allowing people toplug in. we have a wonderful innovation, the electrical grid which is going through transformat

wednesday morning, best buy accidentally posted a 52-inch samsung plasma hdtv on its website for $9.99he right price. many people tried to get in on it, though. they listed the real price of a tv which was then $1800. best buy saying we're sorry and adding that they could not honor the wrong price. so they refunded the $10 plus shipping, etc., back to the customers who had already ordered it. many people had ordered multiple tvs. >> well, you know, sometimes the price is the price. but there's a little -- there's language on their website that says prices may be incorrect and we're not bound to honor the price we show here on the website. >> what a deal it would have been. >> what a deal. yeah. sometimes they have the blowout promotions. but not in this case. >>> so is the rehegs ovecession? some economists think it might be. jeff sax joins us to give his assessment of where the economy is and where it' headed. taking its rightful place in a long line of amazing performance machines. this is the new e-coupe. this is mercedes-benz. this is the new e-coupe. [ engine powers down ] gentlem

it needs to be loose enough where a consumer who has the ability to pay off a plasma television, rightn finance it, or a car. >> that's right. we have to be cautious because while we need that access to credit, remember, we're not done with the existing problem. the mortgage problem is yet to peak. credit card delinquencies are continuing to rise and probably will as the unemployment rises for the six, nine, 12 months. the cautionary note from our study is sdurmz are getting a handle, banks are getting a handle but we have a distance to go. >> the banks say it's not their fault consumers feel pinched. they are loaning money. it was the shadow banking system that has disappeared. that it's the shadow banking system that's gone but they are continuing to loan money. >> i think you'll have to see how that plays out. what we understand from the banks is they are beginning to open spigots. the shadow banking economy is harder to get a read on. >> to your point, 30 years ago the banks comprised 60% of all credit extended. now it's down to like 20%, 25%. >> in what quarter or maybe in what ye

friedman, i was wondering if you're aware of the use of the space station by franklin diaz to put his plasmaocket on that? and is that sometng you would endorse as part of the using the iss as a test bed for advanced propulsi that might be able to take us to mars. and secondly did the roadmap community look at using private space facilities such as the bigalow inflatable habitat, using that as a long duration test bed for, you know, long duration astronaut as part of your roadmap? >> well, certainly the answer about that i absolutely would endorse it. i think it's great and i've been down there and seen it. franklin and i kept in a lot of good touch about it. some of his ambitions -- his ambitions is just tremendous, and i think he's right on to the way that mars exploration will be conducted in the future. i'm really glad to see this space station demonstration and activity. i hope it hapns because it really will be very valuable in the step forward if that works or even if it doesn't, they're going to have to -- excuse me, build on that after that. as far as the use of bigalow and private

a central line, four units of blood and 80 units of plasma.h my husband and father were in iraq at the time. i had to send a red cross to my husband to let him know what was going on. he was unable to come home. to stay with me. they were so young that they didn't understand what was going on. there were several times that i didn't think i was going to make it, because of how sick i was. i remember on one day, i think it was the 28th, i had an allergic reaction to some pain medication i was given. i had an allergic reaction to some pain medication that i was given and i got intense chest pain and i remember blacking out and not really knowing what was going on and i honestly thought i was going to die right there at the hospital bed. my husband was in iraq. my father was in iraq. the kids were at home and i wouldn't be there with them. and with that, i was able to really focus on what the nurses were telling me. they gave me another medication to help with the reaction. from that incident, from the e-coli, i no longer eat any produce that i ca

some weather the plasma and screen tvs, cell phones, we see how they have changed over time. they were very expensive at first. we commend the obama administration for the jump start they have given this technology. it has existed in the past. it is not out of the ordinary. third question, mountainous areas -- remember we have both a battery pack and an engine on board. so, when you need totax the car a bit, our motor power is 111 kilowatts. that is the equivalent of a 150-horsepower engine. it is designed to be an everyday car. host: not much time left. here are two questions, one by twitter. you have talked a lot about the advantages of city drivers. guest: one of the things really nice about the volt is that the recharge time is relatively modest. if you have a 240 volt outlet like your dryer, this is a less than 3-hour charge. general motors will do a great car. this is where we are hoping that plug-in ready communities will help out. others will help to support allowing people toplug in. we have a wonderful innovation, the electrical grid which is going through transform

some weather the plasma and screen tvs, cell phones, we see how they have changed over time. they were very expensive at first. we commend the obama administration for the jump start they have given this technology. it has existed in the past. it is not out of the ordinary. third question, mountainous areas -- remember we have both a battery pack and an engine on board. so, when you need totax the car a bit, our motor power is 111 kilowatts. that is the equivalent of a 150-horsepower engine. it is designed to be an everyday car. host: not much time left. here are two questions, one by twitter. you have talked a lot about the advantages of city drivers. guest: one of the things really nice about the volt is that the recharge time is relatively dest. if you have a 240 volt outlet like your dryer, this is a less than 3-hour charge. general motors will do a great car. this is where we are hoping that plug-in ready communities will help out. others will help to support allowing people toplug in. we have a wonderful innovation, the electrical grid which is going through transformat

a central line, four units of blood and 80 units of plasma.both my husband and father were in iraq at the time. i had to send a red cross to my husband to let him know what was going on. he was unable to come home. i had the kids -- i was the only caretaker with him being gone so my mom took over that responsibility and set up childcare for them while she was at work. they came to see me at the hospital every day and didn't understand why i wasn't able to go home with them. why they couldn't stay with me. they were so young that they don't -- they didn't understand what was going on. there were several times that i didn't think i was going to make it because of how sick i was. i remember on one day i think it was the 28th, i had an allergic reaction to some pain medication that i was given and i got intense chest pain and i remember blacking out and not really knowing what was going on and i honestly thought i was going to die right there at the hospital bed. my husband was in iraq. my father was in iraq. the kids were at home and i wouldn't b