it helped out the united auto workers. which is fine if you're united auto worker member. other workers we had to pay for it. it is not fair. neil: auto industry expert, scott, i think a lot of this is luck, like a movie house has a good run of surprising hits. that doesn't apply to 20th century fox. everything we do is a hit. you know what i'm saying? like sometimes you have a good run. ford is having a good run of vehicles that are getting good buzz, good sales but, how much of that is contingent whether it was rescued or not? >> i don't know. it is hard to say. if you look at ford sales, neil, one of the reasons they have sold so many focuses if even that is a word, because international. the chinese love ford cars. neil: you're right about that. you're right about that. >> all of sudden, do they like it neil, because they didn't get the bailout money? i don't know. your point is well-taken. if ford makes enough cars there is a chance they will make a string of them that are good like movies people like. yeah, i think the success is well-derived here -- we'll deserved h

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i think it'll be 16 unit auto year, meaning there should be a lot of auto loans.are seeing year over year, 12% increase in, you know, commercial loans, and that means that the commercial sector is moving better, and, of course, you know, if the fed continues to print money, if the japanese continue to do what they are doing so that money flows to the united states, and if the europeans, you know, throw their money to the united states, then, basically, you're driving the deposits in the system higher, and the banks make money on deposits. melissa: drilling down on more of the sectors, small business lending was weak. that makes me nervous about the economy driving the employment. did you see that and does that improve with the rest of the outlook you talk about? >> well, you know, i think that the dodd-frank act makes it much more difficult for banks to lend to small businesses, and i think, if you look at what's happened to small business lending since the dodd-frank act was passed in july of 2010, you'll see that, you know, big businesses have seen significant i

services committee the pursuit of nuclear weapons represents a clear, direct threat to the united states and its ally autos the government of iran declared three days of mourning in the aftermath of a strong earthquake there. 32 people have died in this quake that rattled southern iran. 100 people were taken to the hospital. you can see the rubble left behind. many lost water and electricity. the quake centered on the persian gulf. >> weather severe weather delayed tens of thousands from rockies to great lakes. airlines cancelled 500 flights that did get going had to be deiced before they can take off. tornadoes battered eastern colorado. you can see a funnel cloud there. winds ripped a wall from the side of a motorcycle dealership. and hail the size of golf balls covered roads in kansas. >> san jose has taken steps to curve its graffiti problem. you probably noticed taggers have taken over long stretches of the freeway. why this area isn't being addressed. >> it's an eye sore residents want to get rid of. in two years the city made progress in eliminating the graffiti problem. residents can use an app cal

autos, steels and electronics. they cited strong exports to the united states. officials also reported a rise in job offers in non-manufacturing industries, including medical and welfare sectors. on personal consumption they noted strong sales of expensive items at department stores. in looking ahead, many officials said hopes are groeing that the weaker again will boost corporate exports and the government's economic measures will help to boost domestic demand. >>> a historical buddhist ruin in afghanistan is on the verge of disappearing to make way for a mine. a senior afghan officials says the government will demolish the remains of an ancient settlement to extract copper at the site. he says mining will begin late next year or early 2015. the area will be developed by a chinese state-owned company. >> translator: this will increase investment from overseas. >> he is the department director at ministry of mines. he told nhk that archaeologists have to finish their excavations by june to vacate the site for drilling equipment. the ruins sit on one of the large

auto parts yard. i'm getting that sealed off. i got southeast units shutting down traffic. i'm going to send putruces and his partner with tilo to the hospital. can you describe the suspect? male black, green shirt, that's all i hear. the unit comes over. their unit's over and he's watching. he's eyeballing the guy. i hear him saying, "i got him, i got him. he's walking northbound on broadway." we're coming westbound on 84. i make a left turn and see suspect walking southbound. i'm over here by the yellow car. i see him pull out the gat and we start firing at him. did you fire? yeah. did tilo fire? yes. you know what? i don't know if tilo fired. how many did you fire? i fired like three rounds. i can't remember. where were you standing when you fired and where do you think your rounds hit? i was standing where that yellow car is. i take that back. i was between the camper and the yellow car. where do you think the rounds hit? i think they just went downrange. okay, one other question before we get into this. is the suspect hit? i don't know. i don't think so. he's been take

auto makers are recalling 41 models due to faulty air bags. the car makers filed a recall report with japan's recall men industry for about 730,000 units. they plan to recall nearly 2.2 million models sold abroad. they said the air bags could break apart and catch fire. they were supplied by takata of japan. the cars produced for recall were produced between march 2000 and 2004. sales hit a record high in march. japanese passenger cars regained a 15% share of the auto market for the first time in seven months, german makers have the largest share of japan's market along with south korean manufacturers. the chinese associate of auto makers said that new vehicle sales had risen up 13.2% from an earlier. the increase is due to economic recovery. march's sales came to ove oveover over 238,000 units. the japanese share glue grew 3.2%. >>> now another trade dispute japan has to worry about, gentleman fan has asked the tworld trade organization to set up a panel to investigate china's extra duty as on japanese stainless steel pipe imports. they say the practice violates two rules because there are no makers of similar products in china. the pi

auto deaths were sadly all the way -- about 10,000 ahead of gun deaths in the united states. insist there's nothing you can do. and every public safety expert -- well, i shouldn't say every, the vast majority understand, of course, if we had regulations, of course if we had limitations. we would have fewer deaths but you know, one side isn't interested in that apparently. >> stephanie: thank god you alert us to things we may have missed in right-wing world including bill o'reilly threatened columbia professor. better hope she doesn't run into me on the streets of new york. hashtag tough guy. nothing like threatening to punch a 70-year-old professor. >> this was a story that the "new york post" was pushing last week. they claimed there was a big scoop that this woman who is clearly a radical in prison for 22 years for a murder case, served her time. was paroled. the new york most pretended it was big news. she's at columbia university. she's been there for eight years. this is not news in any way shape or form but it got into the bloodstream and the right wing. they talk about

units a year. >> that's nice to end on an upbeat note. thank you, mike. so good to see you. mike jackson, ceo of auto nation. >>> and sticking with the theme of retail a little later in the program, we'll look at why walmart is one earnings report to watch when that sector reports. >>> meantime, united health care beat earnings estimates. it wasn't all positive. the company also said first quarter profits dropped because of lower government payments for its medicare services. the company warned that the sequester would pressure profits the rest of this year, and it did not issue specific guidance for 2014. united health care was off almost 4% to $59 and change followed by other insurers like humana, etna and wellpoint, all down at least 2% at the close. >>> dow blue chip verizon reported increased profits thanks to its booming wireless business and lower costs. verizon activated 4 million iphones during the quarter. shares hit a new all-time high today before dropping back to close at $50.91, up almost 3%. >>> pepsico also touched a new all-time high today as soft drink price increases helped boost p

america ranks as the year's best performing airline while united ranks last among the nation's 14 major carriers. >>> lowering monthly payments on an auto loan. some car lenders are doing it with a new 96-month option. that means you can stretch a loan out over eight years instead of the traditional five. lenders are doing it to boost new car sales. total interest paid, of course, will be far more than with a shorter loan. >> you need a new car by then so you'll be paying two car loans, the old one you don't have anymore and the new one. >> exactly. >>> a new list is out of the world's most valuable companies. in fifth place, walmart followed warren buffet's berkshire hathaway and google with apple coming in second and exxonmobil takes the top spot valued at more than $410 billion. their combined value is more than $1.5 trillion. >>> all right, golf lovers, all right here, the dream of attending this week's masters is getting so expensive. >> the lefty with the swing, there he goes. that's the righty with the swing. ticket badges are on the resale market. they are going for more than 7,000 bucks. the reason, tiger woods' re-emergence co

auto. he is housed in the close management unit, a high-security wing for inmates who have proven unmanageablen general population. recently his behavior has grown more erratic. >> i cut myself when i get lonely, depressed and get mad. it releases pain. when i see blood, it just give me a good relief. it's like smoking a cigarette. >> cruzado, who has been treated for bipolar disorder but is not currently classified as a mentally ill inmate, says prisons do not adequately treat people like him. >> people, you know, who have a serious mental disorder, you know, there should be somewhere for us. prison shouldn't be the solution, you know? this is not no rehabilitation. this is punishment to me, you know what i'm saying? this is not prison. it's supposed to be punishment, supposed to be rehabilitation. i didn't learn nothing from prison. i'm sorry to say that, i didn't learn nothing from prison. all i've learned from prison is to be more aggressive towards the officer, more violent, more disrespectful to law enforcement. that's all i've learned, you know? i learned how to curse more, you know wha

s.a.p., united airlines, pg&e, an insurance and finance company right in front there, law enforcement and auto dealership group. all are hiring, willing to look at your resume and speak with you. the u.s. chamber of commerce organized these fairs. there's been multiple fairs nationwide because they know how hard it is for some vets to find work. some have trouble selling their military skills to the civilian world, especially when it comes to the resume, translating military speak into something the outside world can understand. and the struggle is evident in the unemployment data. nationwide unemployment is at 7.6%. but for vets, it jumped to 10%. for those vets under 25 years of age, it's 30%. >> it's pretty hard. as much as i thought it was going to be easy to find a job being a vet, i've had plenty of trouble trying to find something. but there's a lot of help out there, like websites and stuff. i just heard about this this morning. so i wanted to take a chance and see if i can get anything going. >> i hear people talk about how it's hard to get work, hard to find a job. but if you're will

. >>> south korean auto maker hyundai and chi ya motors are recalling about 1.8 million vehicles in the united states. they have faulty brake light switches. it's bigger than the total number of cars they sold in the u.s. last year. company officials said on wednesday their recalling the elantra made between 2007 and 2013, and the santa fe made between 2007 and 2011. the optima, sorento, are also subject to recall. they say no serious accidents have been reported so far. south korean automakers are saying they had brisk sales, but they are now losing momentum. >>> bp is pulling out of the wind power business in the united states. they say they want to focus on oil and natural gas. they say the firm is selling it's holdings and withdrawing from wind energy in nine states. they estimate the value of the holdings at about $1.5 billion. but the firm began streamlining the business two years ago to manage the costs of a major oil spill in the gulf of mexico in 2010. the company also crew from wind generation. >> the future as an alternative energy resources is uncertain with the increasing use of s

headlines this week just keep dancing introducing the ninety seven month auto loan so the average price smacks of a car in the united states has gone to thirty one thousand dollars three thousand dollars in the past four years but the monthly payments for those loans to buy that car has gone down to four sixty why because interest rates have gone down but also because the maturity is extending over and over and further and further out into the distance so in the first quarter of two thousand and twelve the average term of a new car note stretched out to sixty five months the longest ever according to experian the company said that seventeen percent of all new car loans in the past quarter were between seventy three and eighty four months and there were even a few as long as ninety seven months four years ago only eleven percent of loans fell in this category so people are taking out car loans and years welcome to ford to offer a low low rates because the banks that offer those low rates are borrowing money on the wholesale market which comes from the global banking system including the i.m.f. and the e.u. and these

when you contrast europe with the united states, think of auto nation. okay?move a car in europe. they can't move one across the street. >> you're absolutely right. talk about a dichotomy. >> we are not one world. used cars going up, too? the country you can get, wells fargo largest auto loan company. you can get money for a car. it is tougher to get money. richard smith, i have this guy from realogy. a large real estate company. they're holding their value much more than you thought in the united states. >> morgan stanley is down 3%. talked about m and a, lack of activity saying it just reflects the ceo's lack of confidence with regards to earnings power. >> which is what you hear. those who are doing deals, it is interesting, are the likes of -- or at least proposing one -- john malone, guys who are in control, who see the advantages of cheap money and who are willing to take risk but if you're a ceo of a company with not that much on the line except your job, are you really going to take the risk when you have maybe a seven-year, ten-year ahead of you, mayb

existing home sales clocking in at an annual pace of about five million units, five and a half is considered healthy. prices 29% low, and auto are almost back to their prerecession time. >> shepard: there is break news now on fox news channel. legendary roger ebert has died. the word came from the "chicago sun times" newspaper. he had taken a leave of absence yesterday, was the report, on april 3rd. he announced he had cancer again and would be scaling back his movie reviews while undergoing radiation. 70 years old. said he would be take taking a leave of an sense. he had been battling cancer in this thyroid and salivary gland. he posted a lengthy essay on tuesday, and in it he says the latest cancer was discovered after a painful fracture that made it difficult for him to walk. he was hospitalized last year with a hip fracture. i'm reading all of this to you fromm sn entertainment, which had a background on this yesterday. he writes, he is not going away. instead, he says he'll write a select movie review when -- and leaving the rest of the work to a team of writers. that was yesterday. today we half just gotten word that r

>>> millions of owners of japanese autos around the world may be asked to have their cars checked or repaired. toyota, honda have filed a recall for about 730,000 unitsthey plan to recall nearly 2.2 million additional units sold abroad. the airbags for the front pass joer seats can break apart and catch fire. the cars subject to recall are between august 2000 and march 2004. >>> china has been limiting rare earth exports in recent years, and now they have asked a world panel to investigate extra duties on stainless steel pipe exports. they say the pack tractice viol the rules. they're used to boilers and power plants. they have been imposing the duties. japan went head to request a dispute panel half negotiations with china went nowhere. japanese officials say it will take nine to 12 months for the wto to come a decision. japanese officials asked for a panel last june over minerals. they took the move along with the united states and the european union. >>> competition to sell awe tra high definition investigations is heating up. now sony unveiled a 4k revolution. the new models come in two screen sizes, 55 and 65 inches. the price will be about $750

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immigrant families in the united state, no matter what the standards and i matter where they choose to live, rants at work, contribute to state and local revenues by paying property sales, auto gas, federal income taxes. in our county committees taxes pay for schools, roads and other government services. immigration status does not accept anyone from paying taxes. [speaking in spanish] [speaking in spanish] [cheers and applause] [speaking in spanish] the united states is a proud tradition of being a land founded and built by immigrants as our nation's first president, george washington said, in 1783, while addressing irish immigrant, the prison of america is open to receive not only the opulent and respectable stranger, that the oppressed and persecuted abominations and religion whom we shall welcome to a participation of all of our rate and privileges. [cheers and applause] [speaking in spanish] [speaking in spanish] [speaking in spanish] [speaking in spanish] [cheers and applause] >> now, i would like to introduce their sister in labor. the [speaking in spanish] not just a labor leader, but someone who was a mentor to me. i am proud today to welcome the executive vice pres

auto sales today. edmunds.com forecasts march to be the strongest month for car and truck sales in almost six years. sign again things are going in the right direction in the uniteding all this week on cnn and it gets right to "the point." one of the hot topics on last night's debut broadcast, devastating leg injury suffered by louisville guard kevin ware. jason taylor understands what ware's going through after watching a former nfl quarterback suffer a similar fate. >> joe theismann went through a very horrible situation, and thankfully medicine has changed nowadays where kevin ware has a better chance of coming back. joe had a very hard time talking about it. he didn't want to speak about it. i'm sure he's dealt with it and moved on from it. but it's, it's, it's, it's very hard to see it. we have to understand when you take the field whether it's the basketball field, the football court, whatever sport it is, you're taking a risk. >> and you can catch "the point" tonight at 10:00 p.m. eastern on cnn. the next hour of "starting point" you guys are going to talk to the former nfl quarterback joe theismann. >>> okay australian police looking for a purse snatcher

auto sales because four years ago, during the crisis, there was no financing availability. now it's unlimited. >> michael, last word here? >> no, listen, the financing is critical for vehicle sales. in the united states, about three-quarters of every unit sale is based on financing. so a lower percentage of that is going to be subprime. but no question that the downturn was largely triggered by the collapse in available financing for the industry. >> well, you can just see it all coming down. i love that when you can connect one story on the other, the credit boom and the strong auto sales we're seeing. thank you both, michael ward, brian will stay with us. we're going the take a quick break. but coming up, the u.s. government giving the health insurance sector a major shot in the arm. find out more. we'll be right back. zap technology. arrival. with hertz gold plus rewards, you skip the counters, the lines, and the paperwork. zap. it's our fastest and easiest way to get you into your car. it's just another way you'll be traveling at the speed of hertz. >>> welcome back. keep an eye on health care stocks today. bertha couples joins us from cnbc global headquarters with the latest. hey, bertha.

auto manufacturing plant. that's the impact of global connections. that's bank of america. >> you need to stay off the air. unitsstay off the air and make your way over there. >> copy that. >> i ohm want to hear from the 984. i only want to hear from them. >> here is what i need. the roads cleared. >> we're going to need more ambulances. >> multiple people down here, okay? i don't know what the cause is. stand by. >> have the bomb squad called immediately. immediately. >> we have another one at boyleton, we need to set autopsy perimeter to get people away from it. >> we're going to get the victims out, we're then going to conduct a sweep to make sure there are no other devices on the street. we will then get people out of the restaurants and bars. >> brian: good luck with that. those were the chaotic moments after the boston bombings. now everyone wants to know who did this and how many people were involved? fox news legal analyst peter johnson, jr. here with -- he's been following the development of the investigation of this story. they turned it over from the boston cops to the f.b.i what are we going to learn

auto theft case in southern california. >>> bay area developers are taking downsizing to a whole new level. san francisco is soon going to be the home to some of the smallest apartments in the unitedy just approved 375 micro units as small as 220 square feet. 13 could fit on a tennis court. but they are not cheap. rent is expected to start around $1500 a month. developers say the goal is to get triple duty out of every square inch. >> coming up at 9:00, let's check back in with rosemary. >> ok. partly cloudy skies around the bay area. mostly cloudy, just inside the bay. but i am begin fog see, again, it -- beginning to see again clear out of the way. most sunny skies this afternoon. temperatures trailing over parts of the north bay, santa rosa, napa, petaluma, upper 40s along the coastline. most of us in the 50s right now. getting into 10:00 or so the coasts will remain in the upper 40s with mostly cloudy conditions. around the bay, mid 50s, and inland, that green indicating low 60s by 10:00, and then for the lunch hour feeling pretty mild already inland at temperatures in the low 70s around the bay, i am thinking low 60s, and at the coast upper 50s to near 60 expected by lunchtim