the iconic hippy van, the vw bus. for true ofirion ardos, nothing can beat the groove of the bus. >> this is the bus that i pulled out of my neighbour's yard. it's a 1966 passenger bus. >> i'm damian. i'm a documentary film producer living in misula. i directed a film called "the bus." i have a personal connection with the bus, and so it was - for me it was - it was reconciling my own feelings, figuring out why do i care about the car, and the history of the vehicle was remarkable. >> before world war ii. hitler contacted porsching to design a car that would be available to the masters. it was conceptionalized by ben and he came to the factory one day after the war and saw that factory workers rigged up the truck-looking vehicles where they took a beetle frame and made a flat bed out of it. that is no book. drew the sketch and two years later they were in production. the idea of creating this mini bus, a cargo mover, people mover helped to bring paste war germany on its feet. buses were imported in the yits by the time

[applause] >> the company also presented a futuristic take on the old vw bus called the vw bud-e with host of features like voice recognition. >> please open the passenger door. >> okay, the passenger door is opening. >> but there is no ignoring the elephant in the room, the vw polluting cheating candle whic scandal, vehicles implanted with software in effort to cheat the emissions testing. >> we're truly sorry. we're doing everything we can to make things right. >> the unveiling came just days after the u.s. justice department announced it was suing the german car make center civil court. the government alleges more than 600,000 vw diesel engine vehicles sold in the u.s. violated u.s. environmental laws and is seeking damages up to $37,000 per car. vw is fighting to regain consumer trust, and that won't happen overnight. >> if you look at how corporate crises are resolved, it takes billions of dollars. it takes years of time, and it takes eventually introducing new products that people are excited about. so you can't judge a patient mid surgery. >> dice told al jazeera the company wi

. >> the company also presented a futuristic take on the old vw bus. called the vw bud e. with a host of interactive features like voice recognition. >> open the passenger door. >> okay, the passenger door is opening. >> there was no ignoring the elephant in the room. the vw cheating scandal last year, which had vehicles cheating testing. >> we disappointed our customers and the american people, for which i'm truly sorry. we're doing everything that we can to make things right. >> reporter: the unveiling came just days after the u.s. justice department announced that it was suing the german car maker in court. the government alleges that more than 600,000vw vehicles sold in the u.s. violated u.s. environmental laws, and it is seeking damages of up to $37,000 per car. vw is fighting to regain consumer trust. and that won't happen overnight. >> if you look at how corporate crises are resolved, it takes billions of dollars, years of time, and it takes eventually introducing new products that people are excited about. so you can't judge a patient mid surgery. >> dice told alja

the cleanup after blizzard 2016. but first, here's stephen colbert. >> you just got thrown under the bus and it's a vw biodiesel. they're like, did we just run over ted cruz? let me back up and check. yup. there's ted. >> oh, my goodness. not much to say about that. >>> a british woman is facing an agonizing wait to find out whether or not her very clean lottery ticket is still valid. >> the daily mail reports 4- yard suzanne claims to be the winner of the $47 million u.k. lottery prize, the biggest jackpot in u.k. history. the problem is she washed her lottery ticket. the winning numbers are still visible but the barcode was rubbed off. the lottery will determine if the ticket is still eligible. they're going back to the store where she bought it to see if they can confirm that she was there. >> surveillance video. >> $47 million. wow. >>> time to see what our partners at cbs this morning are covering. >> joining us this morning norah o'donnell from new york. good morning. >> good morning to you, mike and andrea. we've got a tale of two cities. we're digging in to find out why it's taking d.c. a little longer t

vehicle unveiled as it is turning heads most like a shot of the but even in all in the conversion of their popular vw busalso claimed electric lock ruskin and pop top speed of 93 mi. an hour. >>james: if we're looking at the forecast for today. >>anny hong: mention for parts of 101 this morning you can see scattered light rain son of a los altos a light rain cupertino also could moderate weather following of you have a little bit of cells along the yellow and little bit more moderate allies most of its reliant it was chided by his way to the bay area there with few and far between out when the committee will be a lot easy getting into destination and then by this afternoon you might even see a little break of sun from the clouds will the discussions spotty showers are to the northland said red river city down to half a mile the main cause some fall immensely down just 11. >>anny hong: the drive and park the car disguised until finally a dry-on monday another system, to bring us more rent a little break the to sit on tuesday to next more significant rain could be the middle of next week on wednesday. >>ro

there it's going to stay until you walk on by ♪ >> after high school, i bought myself a '74 vw bus, drove it around thentry going to shows and going to communes. music has been a very central point of my life. music is like -- is like church. it talks to the soul. it fills you with such great energy. ♪ will you be alone with me >> one time as i was driving from florida for a reggae festival. my bus ended up breaking down in arizona. i'm a person that never really believed in coincidences. i think it was like fate calling me. i was looking through some of the local papers. they had an ad for a recording school to start classes for audio engineering. i knew that that was where i needed to be. once i had finished the course, i had gotten an internship at a studio in trinidad and tobago. i was really excited about it. we were preparing all the songs for carnival season. it almost didn't seem like work. it was more fun. i was getting into the belief system of rastafarianism. the basis of dreadlocks, it's like a natural connection. they're considered like antennas. you get your spiritual energy through them.

. >>> it is the largest car show in northern california and it opens today. i am still waiting for my 64 6421 window vw busl to come, a peek inside the silicon valley auto show. we will be right back. >>> chine halted trading once again today. investors were quickly selling off stock after the nation moved to be on devalue its currency against the us dollar. it is not surprising that is spooked investors in the united states. the dow jones was down nearly 400 points. the nasdaq lost 3% but analysts say that index is now in corrections territory. >>> the silicon valley auto show opens today . it is northern california's largest auto show. >> reporter: we are here at the silicon valley international auto show. if you are looking for a new car or you want to go in and dream of getting a new car this is the place for this is the weekend. going on from now until sunday. sean is here -- what is new this year? >> with cars the one thing that is happening right now is technology, technology, technology. if you look around you will have hundreds of cars with all of the latest in safety, technology, there is a lot.

. >> i have always wanted a vw bus mid to late '60s. >>> the oakland restaurant business is booming.t thursday it kicks off the city's restaurant week. let's head over to gasia and sal joined by an oakland chef now expanding their business. >> it's going to be twice as nice. thank you, mike. we have delicious food here next month you are opening up a ramen restaurant. the only kind of ramen many people know is this. >> yeah. >> this is not the kind of ramen you are making? >> no, no, no. >> tell me about the success of hopscotch. >> hopscotch has been around for three and a half years. and we're just in uptown oakland. that neighborhood in the last few years has really grown and expanded. so we're happy to be a part of it. and just kind of loving that neighborhood. i decided to open up a second restaurant in the same district. >> let's get cooking. >> chef, did you ever realize when you opened the restaurant three and a half years ago in oakland how busy and booming that uptown area would be? >> no, not really. i mean, we knew that all the signs were there. i have lived in oakland of

affordable fully thomas ford sedan of the king of the will to buy into cheating on emissions testing is expected to release a new politics been its class a vw busric chevy will with a be. a sneak peek at i like it hatchback crossover four-door the route to see through the dashboard looks sleek and futuristic get a run to the mouth of one charge of virtual reality augmented reality can turn the spotlight this year interested in the immersive world of vr. blend of real-world visual elements the augmented reality offers. the announced a half oculist rift a virtual reality headset finely be available to pre order this wednesday has a big deal regarded as the headset that will trailblazed the future of virtual reality. movies for grown ups. a-a-r-p making news today, giving their 50 plus audience in los angeles with what made the list. pam, here's a-a-r-p's 2015 winners list of movies for grownups! you gotta pick a winner and man i cant think of a better movie than this. the drama 'spotlight' which reveals how 'the boston globe' exposed the catholic church's cover up of clergy sexual abuse was named best movie of the year they knew and they let it h

the future, vw presenting a new emission free concept vehicle. what do you make of that? what kind of reception with that get? hans: i still secretly want an old vw busa concept car. , which isarge range impressive. we charging only takes, they say, 30 minutes to get an 80% charge. 6.0 seconds. it is a concept car, we will save it actually rolls off of the assembly line. it looks like a fun car. i can see that with the whole family driving across berlin. i can really see that happening. thank you very much. up next, we take it back to the markets and look ahead to the fed minutes. what clues might they give up of the central bank? we talk that next, plus big news in brent. brent crude drops. ♪ ofathan: good morning to all you in europe. 51 minutes into the session, stocks are lower. -- 15 minutes into the -- we get u.k. pmi, and then the fed december minutes from the pivotal meeting and the first --erest rate hike since 2000 2006. they're all part of the same story. a weaker chinese currency, lower crude price, and pressure looking to hike rates even more. cocktail, a heady isn't it? the move into the chinese currency also absolutely fascinating as w