this was part of the plans of you -- vw. it includes a heavy truck koran. vw believe the alliance can bring synergies there has been a ham radio to other issues. they need to create a commercial unit. our correspondent filed this report from the frankfurt stock exchange. >> concerned about the debt problems, these concerns weighed on the minds of investors. what is more, this will bring many publications of inflation data, and in china, an increase in interest rates is being expected. many reasons for investors to stay away from buying stocks. an exception was made by shares in a truck maker, where the mandatory takeover bid that volkswagen made helped their stocks to end the day on the upside. >> that was conrad in frankfurt. let's take a closer look at the market numbers. in frankfurt, the dax closed down 1%. the euro stoxx 50 index closed at 2902, down. and the dow industrials ended the session higher at 12 goslin 684, and on currency markets, the euro is trading at $1.4361. an insurance company is reporting losses, but it says that it should be in profi

a vw functionally. >> reporter: does that say we dismiss what is going on here?or is there some significance to what they're doing? >> i think moving zebras into the habitat that is probably a fine thing to do. they certainly are genetically close enough they could be an ecological equivalent. but if they are trying to make the claim they're restoring the exact species, i think that's falling short. >> reporter: scientist working on the prairie of south africa disagreed. and they're undeterred, convinced they'd have resurrected one breed of animal, could a woolly mammoth one day stomp around ur backyards? >> the science fiction nerd in me thinks this is interesting and fascinating. but the science nerd in me -- science nerd says that maybe this is something that isn't that feasible, and even if it is that feasible do we need to do it or should we do it? >> reporter: a modern day ice age? >> does this look like a petting zoo to you? >> reporter: maybe we are betting off leaving the woolly mammoths on ice. i'm jeremy hubbard in washington. >> i would love a pet din

. >> germany's vw has opened a new $1 billion assembly plant in the united states. the factory in chattanooga tenn. -- chattanooga, tenn. reuse manufacturing -- reduce manufacturing their after a several-decade hiatus. >> volkswagen wants to reposition itself in the u.s. as a local manufacturer. it was obvious the country's national anthem had to feature prominently at the new plan. it has adapted its sedan for u.s. drivers, making it bigger and cheaper than the u.s. model -- and then the eu model. >> we promised to bring a new first class for volkswagen to the states, a car made in america for america, a car with engineering for everyone, a true leader in technology and sustainability. >> books and has big plans for the u.s. it wants to triple sales there by 2018, which means 1 million cars per year. it is determined to get the things right to this time. 23 years ago, volkswagen lost billions when it had to close a plant in pennsylvania ave a faster-than-expected turnaround, they have announced plans to repay $7.5 billion in u.s. and canadian government loans from

. >> an original vw bus from the era of free love, flown in all of the way from california.he museum hopes things like this will help those who were not there to experience it firsthand, and that includes the president. >> i was just too young to experience this time period. >> alongside the exhibit from the 1960's were testaments to the sometimes bloody struggle for freedom. here is a tank which helped crushed -- crushed the uprising. an here, obstacle -- and here, an obstacle. this sculpture embodies the discussion over immigration changes in germany. it was created 30 years ago for a small town in western germany. it could not be called the foreigner but was given the name the traveler instead. what was once a taboo is not discussed openly. >> our country has become more colorful than we ever could have imagined. that still scarce a lot of people, but it does not need to if we handle it smartly. i believe that, given our recent history, we have to say that diversity makes us stronger. >> the new exposition is far from a one-sided luggage german history. rather, it is a lo

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and now we will take you over to the vw parkway on the northbound side. under the speed limit these yellow cars indicating that basically right now from riverdale as you head into laurel. now we have a commuter alert for you heading into the weekend. paving starting sunday night in the rossland section of arlington. get ready for a rough ride along wilson boulevard between route 110 north and oak street and along north arlington ridge road between 19th street north and wilson boulevard. that work is slated to run from 9 p.m. until 5 a.m. derek, back to you. >> thank you for the heads up. >>> let's talk about the weather. great outside today. showers moving in now. the question, what about the rest of our weekend? topper on the terrace checking the forecast. topper? fin >> we do have showers right now. even some thunderstorms. doppler radar. pretty good storm. very heavy rain. just crossing over from clarksburg now headed to the leightonsville area. hail possible crossing and approaching 70 crossing over 97. for us temperature wise not bad. upper 60s. high

i remember reading about vw, saying that they are going to put the money there.d, poppy, some of the companies that you rattled off that are hiring, there are some industries that are hiring as well. who are those folks? >> so many folks are out of work. we have millions of americans out of work. take a look at these industries. health care, 1 million jobs in health care. if you take out the postal service which is in dire straits, 779,000 jobs. education, 300,000 jobs added there. i would be remiss, we all use energy, they have done extremely well throughout the recession. and a lot of people start cutting back on what they are using. they are going to continue to. north dakota has a 3.6 unemployment rate and that's pretty much all due to the oil drilling that they have across there. it's really helping that state. >> 3.6? how about that. >> isn't that amazing? we're naturally over three times that. >> we don't support any terrorism or anything and we support america and we like america. >> a father and son are two of the people arrested by the fbi. so what is t

i think this is the worst of it on the vw parkway. up into laurel. then right up here on the northbound side of route 197. there is an accident with only one lane getting by. follow police directions. lesli, back to you. >> thank you. >>> hollywood is coming to virginia. the governor saying steven spielberg will shoot his film about abraham lincoln. daniel day lewis will play lincoln. >>> earlier today prince charles talked to students at georgetown university about environmentally friendly farming calling the rise in hunger obesity problems around the world. increasingly insane pictures. he also proposed less use of the chemical pesticides and artificial fertilizers and antibiotics so often used in our food. >> if we do not work within nature's system then nature will fail to be the durable continuously sustaining force she has always been. >> and prince charles wraps up his three-day visit tomorrow. >>> coming up after a lengthy court battle a blind educator gets the green light to go back to class. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] with amazing innovation,

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vw there, hyundai, mercedes.g billions there and hiring thousands of workers. >> when you look at best buy hiring 13,000 people, that's country wide, which means the jobs are really spread out, so maybe it's not that many. >> you know, it could be they are spread out, but what's interesting, when you look at what they're hiring, not just entry positions. managers, people to run their stores. i want to show you some sectors that we found by looking at 140 different sectors, not hit during the recession. health care, since the beginning of the recession, has added a million jobs. the federal government, if you take out census workers and postal workers, they have added 779,000 positions since december 2007. education, when you look at private educational services in some colleges, 300,000 positions and no surprise here, energy. coal and oil companies have done some major hiring and you know what that's done for north dakota, it has given north dakota about a 3.5% unemployment rate, the lowest in the country. thanks

look at all these red cars on the vw parkway right here. it all begins at route 50.r 16 miles all the way up to route 32. it is just that friday get away traffic. take you around town live right now. here is what if looks like planning to head northbound on i-70. now we will go to 95 which seems to be the worst of it in virginia. southbound side you've got it from route 7100 down to triangle. i'm going to say that's a 70- minute ride at 14 miles an hour. we also have a commuter alert for weekend metro riders. expect delays on the red, orange and blue lines starting at 9:30 p.m. tonight and continuing through sunday. crews will be performing track work and upgrading station platforms. many trains will be single tracking and terminating before the end of the line. so riders should expect trains to operate less frequently than usual. >>> also a heads up to everyone crossing the wilson bridge from virginia into maryland. the express lanes closed for most of the weekend and weather permitting the closure will happen tonight at 10 p.m. the two left lanes staying closed thr

so my vw of my work in the west virginia that is mostly mountainous, it's that i am holding on to the huge boulder with both hands and trying to push it up hill. is every d that i feel that. and i love the feeling. but i know if i take one hand off, high and the boulder disappear into the ether or the opposite of the ether. the gulch. that leads me to say, this is my opinion. but i really believe its. i've never seen any industry so cosmically successful. think you all have a great sense of assurances as you're sitting there, more so than usual. you have a great sense of assurance spearheaded of think you feel threatened by anything that is going on here. and i guess you don't have a reason to feel threatened because of the way that votes lined up in this present congress. but i yearned for one of you to see what average people are going through. is to figure out some way in your mind, what can i do as a very large and profitable company to make sure that that bad thing doesn't happeto that person, losing health insurance or losing a unemployment insurance. the endless number of thing