. >>> a birthday celebration takes a wrong turn for a pittsburgh steelers quarterback. a night out with friends ends with a woman accusing ben roethlisberger of sexual assault. a bus that crashed in arizona wasn't even supposed to be on the road. questions for the injured driver. you're watching hln on this first saturday in march. so glad you're with us. i'm susan hendricks. all of those stories ahead. but first, a major development out of detroit. stick close to the phone. that is the advice general motors giving owners of dealerships that are scheduled to be closed. the car company says it's in the process of recalling 661 dealers targeted to be closed in october to offer, then, their franchises back. last year, gm worked through bankruptcy, you may remember. as part of the process, the company notified 2,000 dealers that they would lose their franchise in october of this year. about 1100 of those filed for arbitration in an attempt to regain their licenses. we're learning more about the man who allegedly shot two police officers at the pentagon. the sheriff in calif

i have spoken to the steelers. i've spoken to art rooney directly about it. and at the appropriate time, i'll be meeting with ben. >> the quarterback's georgia lawyer says roethlisberger did nothing wrong. >>> attorneys suing toyota are calling it the smoking gun that proves the automaker knew about a sudden acceleration issue years ago. this could be damaging for toyota because it seems it's an about-face as to why some toyotas are out of control. toyota has insisted that what's sending the cars into overdrive is mechanical or that it has to do with pedals or floor mats. but we've got the document from nearly eight years ago in which toyota warned its dealers that there was a problem and that it was electronic. cnn's drew griffin got that memo. it's from lawyers who want to mount a major class action lawsuit against toyota. >> they could fix these problems easily, but it would cost them about $500 a car nationwide. if you have 6 million to 7 million cars, you add the numbers, it's close to $4 billn to $5 billion.

rothlessethlisberger has won twr bowls with the steelers. a toddler wandering around a drainage ditch just feet from traffic. this boy slipped through a hole at the day care fence. fortunately a driver saw the child, stopped him and took him back to the daycare. he's okay. but as you can imagine, his mother is still shaken up when she talks about this. >> as soon as she said she got out of the fence that's when, i mean, you can not help but go through the wh-ifs. i can't help but picture my baby -- i'm sorry. >> she says the daycare fired the two teachers who were supposed to be watching her child. >>> how about this idea for making fast food less appealing to the kids. lawmakers in santa clara county, california, voted unanimously to ban fast food restaurants from giving out toys with the kids meals. the president of the county board says it shouldn't stop there. >> the hope is if we're able to get it approved, that other cities in other jurisdictions, not only in santa clara county, but throughout california would then undertake similar or

. >> one of the stories in the news, that of ben roethlisberger, the pittsburgh steelers quarterbackw up for practice today after a couple of allegation by two women of not so good behavior. >> it's interesting as well that it seems to have been the team's decision he not turn up for the off-season workouts. they're saying he would have been a distraction there. of course these are not compulsory workouts but far be it from me to talk about anybody's weight but roethlisberger seems to carry off-season weight and a workout might not do harm. >> what about -- >> santonio holmes, who is the steelers best wide receiver now accused of an alleged incident in florida where he grabbed a woman and threw a drink in her face. more bad publicity for the steelers. >> also important to point out, neither of these players has been charged with anybody. >> shepard: no, they're accusation but not a single charge. jonathan, the chat continues. get to foxnews.com/shep. life often imitates art but usually it comes to sports and sports films. the other way around. the next story is an exception. the real

rooney said if it was summer time, the steelers may have to be thinking and doing something different, but at the moment, they're in a situation to let the investigation play out and then go from there. >>> well, the saints are raising ticket prices for next season. expect to pay about $10 more. i know what you're thinking, though, win the super bowl and then jack up prices. but wait, the team is quick to point out there's still only a handful of professional teams out there that offer cheap tickets. they offer 6,000 for $25. >>> we're in the middle of march madness, but a high school basketball player from michigan is getting national attentio for an impressive dunk. a senior from grand haven high school shatters a back board during a high school playoff game. they actually couldn't fixhe back board so they had to move the game five mis away. grand ven, they eventually won. th's sports, i'm joe carter. >>> one woman says she took her toyota in for recall work and that is when she says her trouble began. her story is just ahead right here on hln. >>> one woman says she had a problem w

ha i spoken to the steelers. i have spoken to art rooney directly about it.nd at the appropriate time, i'll be meeting with with ben. >> the quarterback's georgia lawyer says roethlisberger did nothing wrong. >>> new housing report helped the w post another round of gains today, making it ten wins the last seven session. felicia taylor is in new york. i know you've been watching this, felicia, so anyone who has a 401(k), go ahead and look at it today if you need a little lift. >> a little boost, exactly. stocks did finish the day higher, thank goodness. all of the major averages hitting 18-month highs following the better than expected front on the housing report. a pretty nice rally, ending at 10, 8888. the nasdaq and the s&p added three quarters of 1%. existing home sales did fall 6/10 of 1% in february. its the third straight month of decline, however, the dip is much smaller than predicted and a lot better than the 7% drop in january. >>> ken feinberg set executive compensation for insurance giant aig as well as gm and chrysler and her respective financia

pittsburgh steeler's quarterback ben roethlisberger is accused of assaulting a woman in georgia and sheating with police. he tells "usa today" she is going to be reinterviewed. the case is complicated with her having a blood alcohol level of more than .20% at the time of the incident. >>> alex rodriguez is meeting with -- want to know whether the doctor was distributing drugs to people in this country. joining me now, sports analyst, good to see you. is this more trouble or more of the same? >> more of is is same. in the past, he was hiding the fact that he had used steroids in this situation. not that's behind him and he hasn't stunk up the joint, the fact he's now a world series champion and has put that behind him, this is just one of those situations where we don't know whether the doctor had given him anything or not. i think it's much ado about nothing. >> at this point, team rs in spring training, prepping for the new baseball season. the continuing interviews, are they likely to affect a-rod adversely? >> not at all. he's paid $275 million to perform under extreme diress and he

. >>> investigators in georgia are no longer seeking dna evidence from pittsburgh steelers quarterback ben roethlisberger. roethlisberger's attorney says investigators withdrew their request a week ago, but gave no reason why. a 20-year-old woman claims she was sexually assaulted by the quarterback at a georgia nightclub earlier this month. he's not been charged. last year roethlisberger was accused of sexual assault in colorado, but he denies the allegation. >>> you go to the grocery store and hear what? casey and the sunshine band? how about this? >> how about this? hear how some people at this whole foods got a treat with their salad, a little bit of music. we'll tell you all about it. >>> when is the last time you heard $58, $98 for a round trip airfare? we'll talk about hot summer deals ahead. before you catch a plane, catch the weather. >> we'll try to catch some sun this morning. we start off with a partly cloudy sky. temperatures low 40s right now in baltimore. we expect to have increasing clouds, increasing temperatures and increased threat of more rain. we'll talk about all t

the steelers player has still not been charged, after a college student accused him of sexual assaultisberger's lawyer says he committed no crime, and police have withdrawn a request for a dna sample. >>> and sudden death isn't dead, but there will be a big change in the nfl's overtime rule for postseason games. starting next season, if a team wins the coin toss and then kicks a field goal the other team will get the ball. if they do tie with a field goal, the next team to score wins. but, should the team winning the toss immediately score a touchdown, then the game is over. >>> when we return we'll take another look at this morning's top stories. and delayed justice. arrest in the murders of five teenagers. more than 30 years ago. ♪ hey, do you guys want to make some easter eggs? girls: yeah! okay, ready? we are going to dip on three. all: one, two, three. dip. wow, that one's pretty. ( laughter ) i'm going to make mine for the easter bunny. yeah. it's the memories you make... dip in that one. that really stick. look at how beautiful. ♪ childhood is calling. ♪ ♪ [ female announcer ]

the games would be at the steelers heinz field and played on new year's day. >>> only maryland's justin maxwell is member of the organization but won't start closer to home. he was demoted after hitting 102 this spring. riggleman is expected to announce he starting rotation today. zimmerman smacked his sixth home run here in the 1stinning against the braves. thionates win 9-5. >>> and, desmond won the starting shot. he is hitting 295 # 8 this spring and has been spectacular in the field. it is $8 million utility player. that's a quick look at the morning sports. have a great monday, everybody. >>> if you haven't added up how much you spend eating out, stay tuned for the next "living $mart" report at 5:35. >>> plus, some people are scrambling to find shelter after county officials declare a local high-rise uninhabitable. >>> metro will conduct a daytime emergency drill exercise starting in a few hours. >>> here's angie. >>> we are traveling 50 westbound. you want to watch for patchy fog across the bay bridge to the district. we will have more road conditions and the weather with lynnette

the steelers star quarterback is accused of sexually assaulting a 20-year-old sledge student at a nightclubger's attorney said officials with drew the request weeks ago. neither officials nor the attorney would say why. in july a woman filed a lawsuit saying roethlisberger raped her at a hotel. he's not been charged in either of those cases. >>> oprah settles a deformation lawsuit. let's get the scoop from msnbc.com pop culture specialist courtney hazlett. oprah settled? >> yes. last week we reported the judge had just decided it was clear there was enough evidence for this deformation suit to go forward. to bring you up to speed if you didn't keep up with it then, this head mistress at oprah's school in africa said the remarks she made after she was dismissed were defamatory and that's why they were going to court. the two parties met without their lawyers. they are not going to discuss the agreement. >> face-to-face. >> face-to-face. oprah happened to be in africa at the school. no one is saying whether that's where she met with the head mistress. she's back at the school according to rep

the steelers' quarterback accused of sexually assaulting a 20-year-old girl.investigation reportedly says that they no longer need a dna sample from ben, what's happening with this case? so to get the facts we're bringing back the fabulous lisa guerrero. lisa, what's the latest on this? >> good to see both of you. you're looking awfully stealth and thin. so tell us how much weight you've lost the both of you and then give us the grand total for the group. >> well, i've lost 76 pounds in the program. >> i've lost 32. altogether we have lost 13 pounds. >> it hasn't been easy, has it? it's not easy at all. >> listen, representative or state senator carmichael, why did you do it? why did you decide to do this? well, i got involved because they were going to donate money to our local districts and i wanted to take the money back home fortunate children. in the midst of that i had blessed by being one of the largest losers of weight. it was a real opportunity to say that i cared about my community and in return somebody cared about me. >> what about you representati

. >> caller: boo-yah, jim, from steeler country.w what you feel is the real future of solar power. the federal government has issued mandates that will require reduction of at least 15% of energy consumption for federal facilities by 2010 and increase that number to 30% by 2015. do you see a future for solar or -- >> no, i do not. we are no longer able to subsidize, nor can spain which was using it a lot, nor can germany. a lot of the governments in this world are too cash constrained so they're not going to be able to support solar. solar will be good only when they lower the price to the point where it is economic. so i'm very negative on that group. >> don't buy. don't buy. >> all right. thanks to nancy, that -- not nancy pelosi. i'm talking about nancy mason for sending me this basket of whoopee cushions. i hope it got your attention so that now you can think about buying sandridge, which i think could be a real home run. stay with cramer. >> welcome to "mad money"! welcome to cramerica. i'm here to teach you. i'm here to entert

. >>> today we're learning more about the rape case against pittsburgh steelers quarterback ben roethlisbergerhe accusation said that roethlisberger was helped by friends who allegedly blocked the entrance to the restroom during the supposed attack. joining us in the msnbc newsroom is the public relations expert. welcome. to give our audience a little background on you, some of your past clients include mariah carey, kim cattrell and star jones. this is sort of ongoing and it isn't clear how this is going to go but this is a public relations nightmare for him would you agree? >> absolutely. this is a matter where he should have certainly gotten ahead of allegations rather than respond to charges. he should have been proactive and not reactive and i think we would have seen the league really support him, step in support of him rather than show their seemingly new low tolerance for bad behavior. >> how might he have done this given the news is coming out that it looks like his friends may have helped block the door? this is the second sexual allegation made against him within the past year. what

. ♪ >>> multiple published reports have georgia police dropping their dna requests of pittsburgh steelerser. the 20-year-old college student claims the nfl star assaulted her at a georgia nightclub. it's the second time in three years he's faced such an accusation. >>> in texas, this dashboard cam gives a front-row view to a crash involving a police officer. he says he tried to avoid impact, but -- boom, no such luck. the officer says he was pursuing a speeder and had his lights on when another car pulled in in front of hum. the patrolman and the driver had to go to the hospital. >>> businesses big and small are paying close attention to health care reform and what it means for their bottom line. starbucks is one company that wants to see the system changed. the coffee giant says it spends more on health care than it does on coffee beans. cnnmoney.com poppy harlow's in new york and tell us more about stars bucks and this connection. >> a lot of us drink the coffee. a lot of people say it's too expensive, but this is something that's admirable about star bucks. we went to seattle to sit do

still will not be charged, but police first said they were planning to take a dna sample from the steelersh post-gazette" reporting the georgia bureau of investigation has withdrawn that request. that according to roethlisberger's attorney. gbi officials were not available for comment. roethlisberger has been accused of sexually assaulting a college student, which his attorney denies. >>> a big rule change in the nfl will make the game even better. starting in this year's playoffs, if a team wins the coin toss and kicks a field goal, they no longer win. the other team will get a chance. if they kick a field goal, we go to sudden death. the vikings who missed the super bowl because of an overtime field goal by new orleans were one of four teams that voted against the rule. i don't understand that. >>> prosecutors want to send gilbert arenas to jail for three months after he pleaded guilty for taking guns into the locker room over a dispute over a card game. prosecutors say arenas tried to intimidate teammate javaris crittenton to keep quiet about the incident. his lawyers deny that and don'

they opened the door and there was the patient standing in full salute of jack murtha wearing a steeler's [laughter] jack loved that. jack loved that. jack was a man of great courage, recognized so by receiving the prestigious john f. kennedy profiles in courage award. he won that for the courage it took for him, a person committed to our national security, a person who loved every one of our men and women in uniform, the courage it took for him to speak out against the war in iraq. and in doing so he taught us very clearly to make the distinction between the war and the warrior. jack believed that our national strength certainly was measured in our military might and the morale and well-being of our troops but also that it was measured in the well-being of the american people. and so while others have acknowledged as many how well decorated he was, a war hero, a serviceman, he was also well recognized and decorated and received many awards for measuring the strength of our country again in the well-being of our country by people, by his leadership on investments in breast cancer, prostra

some brokerage-steelers became bank holding companies overnight. >> none of the original nine neededmoney within weeks of the original tarp infusion. the secretary of the treasury said you were financially healthy, and within weeks, you need another $20 billion. i just want to understand why citi is special. >> again, what i would say to you is that you are right, this was not a fundamental situation. it was not about the capital we had, not about the funding we had that time. with the stock price where it was, and by the way, a lot of that was driven by short sellers. the stock started going down, and when it gets to that point, perceptions become reality. that is exactly the reason why it was important for all of us to take that issue off the table. the package we got was one the federal reserve and all the regulators thought was the right package. >> so citi just had bad luck? >> how i don't mind being special, and i think we were in the sense that citi came into the market with assets on which we took a lot of losses. market dynamics were really important. >> i want to explore si

the outstanding steeler quarterback has a request for a d.n.a. sample.een dropped now. that according to his lawyer. investigators are looking into a claim by the 20-year-old georgia college student that roethlisberger assaulted her outside of a nightclub three weeks ago. all right. more of the news in the world of sports. jose canseco says he's been subpoenaed by a grand jury investigator investigating whether roger clemens lied to congress when he denied using performance enhancing drugs. canseco has been told to appear before the grand jury on april 8th. here's what canseco tweeted about. it's like the godfather, he said, just when i thought i was out, they drag me back in and now it begins again. in his book "juice" canseco wrote he had no knowledge of clemens using drugs, and they are illegal drugs and they are good buddies. one of jose's few good friends. >> meanwhile, repeal and replace. that's the new slogan coming from the republican party this morning. south carolina senator jim demint is a republican and is introducing a bill that would roll b

they opened the door and there was the patient standing in full salute of jack murtha wearing a steeler'sjersey. [laughter] jack loved that. jack loved that. jack was a man of great courage, recognized so by receiving the prestigious john f. kennedy profiles in courage award. he won that for the courage it took for him, a person committed to our national security, a person who loved every one of our men and women in uniform, the courage it took for him to speak out against the war in iraq. and in doing so he taught us very clearly to make the distinction between the war and the warrior. jack believed that our national strength certainly was measured in our military might and the morale and well-being of our troops but also that it was measured in the well-being of the american people. and so while others have acknowledged as many how well decorated he was, a war hero, a serviceman, he was also well recognized and decorated and received many awards for measuring the strength of our country again in the well-being of our country by people, by his leadership on investments in breast cancer,

they opened the door and there was the patient, standing in full salute of jack murtha wearing a steelers jersey. [laughter] jack loved that. jack loved that. jack was a man of great kurds recognize by receiving the prestigious john f. kennedy pro-files encourage award. he won that for the courage it took for him, a person committed to our national security, a person who loved everyone of our men and women in uniform, the courage it took for him to speak out against the war in iraq. in doing so, he taught us very clearly to make the distinction between war and the warrior. jack believed believe that our national strength certainly was measured in our military might and the morale and well-being of our troops but also that it was measured in the well-being of the american people, and so while others have acknowledged his many, how well decorated he was as a war hero and service man, he was also well recognized and decorated and received many awards for measuring the strength of our country again in the well-being of our country by air people, by his leadership on investments in breast canc

we have rashard mendenhall, who is a running back for the pittsburgh steelers.ed for the university of illinois. someone said he ran all over the university of iowa, but i do not know about that. we will get into that in the big 10. he was drafted 23rd overall in the 2008 nfl draft. he's been using his role model status to encourage children by being -- to encourage children to be physically active for 60 minutes every day. we look forward to hearing from him. we will start first with dr. hassink. all of your statements will be made a part of the record in their entirety. if you could summarize in five or seven minutes, we would appreciate it. >> good morning. i think you for the opportunity to testify before this committee. i am proud to represent the american academy of pediatrics. the rapid increase in the presence of childhood obesity is nothing short of alarming. by 2006, 30% of u.s. children are overweight and 15.5% were obese. obese children and adolescents are more likely to have cardiovascular disease risk factors such as high blood pressure, high chole