gm was the dominant one. ford was the more conservative but follow the footsteps the chrysler had a boom and bust history for decades. and i covered the merger with dimer bins in 1998 which was an extraordinary situation. that was the biggest merger in automotive history i think and maybe the biggest industrial merger of all time. looked to be a great marriage of sort of german luxury cars, german ingenuity with mass-market american trucks and minivans and suvs. it turned out to not be a marriage made in heaven. these companies didn't mesh but they didn't have enough in common. and chrysler found itself in a position where it's german owners actually look ahead into the future and saw chrysler as a drag on daimler and a threat to daimler. the chairman and ceo of daimlerchrysler realized very early on when he got a position in early 2006, that legacy costs and obligations and the paperthin profit margin to that chrysler head could turn into a real problem for daimler is the market turned. there's some uprising

so gm today does very well in china, yes? >> yes. >> rose: t buick a the cadillac. >> and the chevrolet is growing very rapidly in china, and the crews, the same crews that are number one selling car in the united states. >> rose: the ze. >> is ao a best seller in china. and requires more capacity. >> rose: china biggest auto market in the world. >> yes, by far. >> rose: by far. >> and the gap is growing. >> rose: because they are developing a bigger middle class that wants cars. >> and the whole prosperity moving inland from the coast. so i don't think it is going to be more than four or five more years, the chinese auto market is going to be 30 million a year and bigger than europe and the u.s. combined. >> rose: and how many of those will be sold by chinese auto companies? >> it is a good question, i don't think anybody knows right now, i think the bulk of them will be sold by western companies, that is, volkswagen, audi, gm, in conjunction with the chinese partner. but there are some of the chinese, native chinese compani

so gm today does very well in china, yes? >> yes. >> rose: t buick a the cadillac. >> and the chevrolet is growing very rapidly in china, and the crews, the same crews that are nuerne sling car in the united states. >> rose: the ze. >> is ao a best seller in china. and requires more capacity. >> rose: china biggest auto market in the world. >> yes, by far. >> rose: by far. >> and the gap is growing. >> rose: because they are developing a bigger middle class that wants cars. >> and the whole prosperity moving inland from the coast. so i don't think it is going to be more than four or five more years, the chinese auto market is going to be 30 million a year and bigger than europe and the u.s. combined. >> rose: and how many of those will be sold by chinese auto companies? it is a good question, i don't think anybody knows right now, i think the bulk of them will be sold by western companies, that is, volkswagen, audi, gm, in conjunction with the chinese partner. but there are some of the chinese, native chinese companies that a

is gm's business model going to be good in five years? >> charles. >> they did go through bankruptcy, just at taxpayer expense. they could have done on on their own. i love gm, love a the lot of their cars, i love the chevy volt as everyone knows. no, the dumbest car on the planet. but my point is that a lot of their stuff is great, but they could have done all this have in a regular filing, regular bankruptcy filing. it didn't happen and look what we're stuck with. go ahead, ben. >> well, we have a company here that is one of the basic companies notice united states of america. it employs hundreds of thousands, or close to that of workers and incredibly important part of our defense spending manufacturing establishment. we didn't buy it as taxpayers to speculate in the stocks. we bought it to prop up the american industrial establishment. a we were falling into a very-- >> and my point is-- >> very useful investment. >> my point is, we're in it, there's no need to get in a rush to get out of it. at least we're not majority shareholders a

you said 50/50 in the state that say, you know what, as much as -- and you were at gm a long time. when do you let the market go? >> i agree with you. i believe in the marketplace. there are times you look at government globally you will see the governors partner with business far more than they did invest in r & d. you talk about letting local suppliers across the country go. a lot of that work would have been done in japan or korea. the koreans -- >> the supply chains were pretty ingrained. i don't know that they switch. >> oh, i -- >> look at the supply chains after the china earthquake. i think the established parts makers would have found different areas to sell to. >> look what happened after japan. you couldn't get paint for some cars in this country because that's where the japanese are producing and the r & d. we don't need to debate it. >> you brought up occupy wall street and the tea party. in our nbc wall street journal poll one out of two people we survey identified with one of the movements. think they are more connected than people realize. one thinks they are gettin

as i understand it, gm shares down roughly about 9%. what's the big concern? where is this coming from? >> the big concern is the outlook from the company for the fourth quarter, weaker than expected, still are having problems turning a profit in europe. you combine that with the weak market overall and you have gm shares down trading in that $23 range, about $10 below the ipo price of $33. we're here in michigan not only for gm's earnings, but tonight you will have the gop debate that will be on cnbc. and part of the debate is going to be focusing on the economy here in michigan and in the midwest. and you can't talk about what's happening here in michigan without looking at the unemployment or the rate of employment by the detroit automakers and how it's changed over the last ten years. take a look at this. ten years ago there were about 213,000 people here in the state of michigan working for the big three. bottomed out in 2010 at about 106,000, it's come back a little bit this year to 110,000. and while that's encouraging, take a look at the overall unempl

. >> dan duquette takes over as the orioles' gm? n what is a long history of those trying to turn over a franchise that has now suffered its 14th straight losing season. >> reporter: dan duquette is a boston-area native with the red sox on his resume, but with orioles tradition on his mind. immediately, he referred to restoring the o's glory days and former ways, to improve the team in the present. >> those same fundamentals, good player development, of sound scouting, aggressive scouting, to build a team that orioles fans can be proud of. and i know that orioles fans are hungry for a competitive team. and so are we. >> we're very fortunate to have somebody like him with his background and experience and track record of success. in all levels of the needs we have as an organization, with the player developments in scouting and the leadership. >> reporter: the new gm gets showalter's endorsement. but the hiring of duquette does come with some concern. he's been away from the major leagues for nearly a decade, something he says will a

taxpayer had to buy gm out of bankruptcy and the romance of the road is as gone now. how do you talk about those glory days and not risking saying it will never be that good again. >> it allowed you to have something other thank black and allow you to finance a car. chevrolet was the car that, you know, the working americans drove for 100 years. >> reporter: which is why in the gm heritage center where they've lined up all these museum quality classic, the 1969 camaro 1970 el camino and 1935 suburban like an suv before there were suvth, it goes to the volt, the new electric car that you plug in and recharge at night. >> every month, every year we expect to have more interested buyers. >> reporter: with about 4,000 sold so far and a price tag that starts at $40,000 it's still not every manage's car. >> we know for the public it's tough to understand without very good education of what the reek is all about. >> reporter: but just maybe 100 years from now will a volt have the history in the place of chevrolet have. >> oh, there's no doubt. in museums around the world 100

bruce cunninghh new gm. it kicks off sports - &punlimiied right now. 3 3 the last 14 years have been a big box of bad news for the orioles...and their disgruntleddfan base...today, they charted yet another new course, officially introducing dan duquette aa an executive vice-president for baseball operations...or as it's more commonly known...the general ma. manager... duquette has been out of the game for almoss a decade, but had success as a gm in montreal and then boston... here in baltimore,,he'll work in tandem witt oriole manager buck showwlter, who was reportedly pettr angelos' first pick for tte job.. duquette ssys it'll be a good relationship.. pcross town....the ravens are observing the 4 hour rule...when they eturn to the practice ield tomorrow, the bii win over thh steelers will be officially inthe rearview wiidow...bbt they do know it's the division standings...m in 3 it's another tuesday night, and around heee that means another ediiion of our prepp playyr of the week award...now in it's 3rd dec

bruce cunninghh new gm. it kicks off sports - &punlimiied right now. 3 3 the last 14 years have been a big box of bad news for the orioles...and their disgruntleddfan base...today, they charted yet another new course, officially introducing dan duquette aa an executive vice-president for baseball operations...or as it's more commonly known...the general ma. manager... duquette has been out of the game for almoss a decade, but had success as a gm in montreal and then boston... here in baltimore,,he'll work in tandem witt oriole manager buck showwlter, who was reportedly pettr angelos' first pick for tte job.. duquette ssys it'll be a good relationship.. p, pcross town....the ravens are observing the 4 hour rule...when they eturn to the practice ield tomorrow, the bii win over thh steelers will be officially inthe rearview wiidow...bbt they do know it's the division standings...m in 3 it's another tuesday night, and around heee that means another ediiion of our prepp playyr of the week award...now in it's 3rd

would still need approval from gm. >> the arab league has called an emergency meeting to discuss the crackdown on protesters in syria. government forces continued their assault. this video from the internet purports to show fighting which has been -- fighting in a city that has been a hotbed of sids -- hot bed of dissent. we're joined by an analyst. last week the syrian government agreed to an arab league request to pull troops out of residential areas. this has not happened. what action can the arab league take about that? >> first of all, it has been quite an embarrassment for the arab league because it has put quite some effort into the issue, and now it is clear that the syrian government does not care about the deal. there will continue to put pressure on the syrian government to change its policies. bashar al-assad seems to believe that he can persuade his own population to still follow him, and indeed, a large part of the country do still side with him. they do not know what is really going on in the country, and he is playing on that. >> take a look at his strategy. what do y

he is the cousin of former o's gm. getting ball rolling on the college basketball season. loyola in being a against indiana of pens sane yeah. home lights fast break and eric finishes with two of the game high 2 # points and loy -- 22 points loyola get 83-71 win regular season starts a week from tomorrow at wake forest. and the terps plate exhibition tomorrow night in college park. more on the ravens-steelers matchup tomorrow. >> good deal. >> thank you. we will be righ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> lsu football fans break outing shoes for tickets saturday. the contest drew crazy costumes and crazier dance moves six finallest perform at women's basketball game. the winner is legoless. he is going to the game. you can watch the game here on wjz saturday night at 8 minus the costume. >>> yes. unless you like to wear it in which case you your living room. >>> you have to be lucky to wint lottery and one man got an he can tray helping of luck. robert -- extra helping of luck. robert thib thick dough is a million dollar richer. he was given a multiplier which took the winnings from 200,

gm maintains the car its safe. and has a post crash protocol which include, depowering the battery after a severe crash. it is too early to say whether the investigation will lead to a recall. some 5,000 cars have been sold. >>> now if you still drive a car that relies strictly on gas, some good news. gas prices are down here in the bay area as well as around the country. the dip in the past month. average u.s. gas price its 50 cents hyperthan ape year ago. but 11 cents loper than a month ago. what we are seeing around the bay area as well. gas in san jose went from $3.82 to $3.70. san francisco, gas from $3.92 to $3.81. oakland, $3.84 to $3.72. >> off tween screaming fits aren't the only side e fkts ffe watching twilight. the movie report lead giving some seizures. breaking dawn, part one, includes a scene, bella violent leap gives birth to her chide. there are reports the flashing of colors and bright lights have caused multiple viewers to suffer what is called foe foe sensitive epilepsy or seizures. this is not

gm said today the vehicle is safe. the company plans to contact owners of more than 5,000 volts sold in north america since last december to reassure them and offer them loaner vehicles. >>> could soon cost more to catch a cab in d.c. shawn yancy has your fox 5 top five. >> up first, brian, when a lunchbox staple is now in short supply, no. 5 a smaller peanut crop this year caused prices to rise on peanut butter. not only is it hard on families, it's also hard on food banks. they're worried they simply can't afford it because it is one of the most requested items because it has a long shelf life, good source of protein and kids like it. no. 4, health officials are worried about outbreaks of measles and whooping cough if kids are not properly vaccinated. a recent study found more than 5% of public school kindergartners are missing at least one vaccine that's legally required because their parents are opting out. no. 3, metro is gearing up for the snow with a brand-new snow plan. starting in 2013 it wants to buy more sno

gm says that the batteries were not handled properly. >>catherine: the first family is getting into the christmas spirit. michelle obama and her daughters were there to watch the right house tree be delivered. it will be on display in the white house picnic or full time--in the white house. >> now here are your temperatures for tonight. we have coastal and they fall. --fog. right now we see a lot of fifties out there. if you are handing them a cheap ticket jacket for your arms. and here is in the and fog tracker that we have set for midnight. this will push out into the east bay by 6:00 p.m. this will be mostly in the central valley area clear for the rest of the bay area. by lunchtime, we will see more clearing in the fog and still lingering in the valleys. by the afternoon we will have clear condition throughout the bay., we see some upper 60s in the south bay for places like mountain view, cupertino a 69 and 67 and low 60s out here in the east bay valleys. her bill, agreed with the up here them and let us take in the case seven day ar

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. >>> still ahead in this hour, gm has called it the car of the future. but why is chevy volt is now the focus of a major safety investigation. >>> you're watching news 4 today. >>> general motors' highly touted chevy volt is under investigation because of kshs about the car's battery. the national highway traffic safety administration says it is announcing an investigation into the lithium ion batteries to assess the risk of a fire after a crash. the move came after one battery pack caught fire after a crash test. gm says is volt does not present undue risks after a crash. >>> the clock is ticking for occupy protoasters to move out of their camp at los angeles city hall. city leaders announced the protesters have until 12:01 monday. the major i he's proud the protest has been peatful and nonviolent, but the demonstration is the no longer sustainable. protesters are not ready to leave. >> i don't want the be arrested and nobody here does. we've been -- we're so here and unified now as a family, i don't think we feel right leaving each other. >> both the c

example what do you think about how the obama administration interactive with a car companies with gm and chrysler to bail them out as we say in the colloquial? >> they help preserve the company's and transform them and go through the bankruptcy process and i think the was appropriate. but we now have a same approach should of been taken to the large banks. certain ones should have been taken over under the authority that the government has under the insurance corporation's authority basically and restructured and downsized. that sector is too big and it is not serving any useful purpose now which is a part of the reason we are still in the doldrums. >> what is your relationship to john kenneth galbraith? >> he was my father. >> how many of his ideas to you think they share? if he were around today what would he be saying about the current economic situation the u.s. faces? >> my father's great contribution was an analysis of the american corporation generally and its power in the economy. that power has been greatly weakened through a continuing crisis and my analysis has as its poin

gm is aware of the situation. tnchts clock is ticking for occupy protesters to move out of their camp at los angeles city hall. the leaders announced on friday that protesters have until monday at 12:01 a.m. to leave their camp. the mayor says he is proud that the protest has been peaceful and nonviolent, but that the demonstration is no longer sustainable. most protesters say they knew this day was coming. >> i don't want to be arrested and nobody here does. we've become such a -- we're so here and unified now as a family i don't think we feel right leaving each other. >> both the city and protesters have been negotiating to find a new location for the occupy movement to go. however, those talks broke down. said one, i think we're seeing these movements all across the country being cracked down on and i think it's just our time. >>> democrats and republicans are still pointing fingers over the failure of the congressional supercommittee. nbc's brian moore has the latest including how millions of americans will fe

dale sveum it appeared with boston and no job offer in fact they are widening their search and report gm jed hoyer deadly says mike maddux wrestling with family issues dragging on but not to chicago cubs detriment yet. >> obviously having a manager is important players may look at that having the right guy they can cite that to go to chicago but right now i do not feel like we are late in the process or anything urgent in that regard >> circus trip under way for the blackhawks came one of six away from the you see all of last chance for payback in vancouver against the canucks who roughed up the hawks in chicago 10 days ago, coaching 11 tie the game in the nfl nhl vancouver pressing the attack with corey crawford standing tall metal chances for either team in the first date are scoreless after one and then covert at college hoops notre dame victorious uic roosevelt and eastern defeated loyola, joe maddon and kirk gibson managers of the year and astros moved into american league and last night another northern illinois and nail biter tied with ball state from 34 into the crosswind for a 4

the orioles are getting closer to signing a gm. we have some news on that. plus, the game, check it out straight ahead. >> beautiful fall day today. the sun enhanced the colors of what are left of the leaves in the trees. our forecast is ahead. stick around. with clear skies now, it is >> it really is the end of an era today as obrycki's crab house closes for good. the family says they made the decision for quality of life reasons but they plan to open a smaller restaurant. you can still get your fix at the bar served inside the airport. obrycki's has been in business for the past 65 years. these women are helping with a special construction project in east baltimore. they left their restaurant to help habitat for humanity. about 75% of the work for the women build project is performed by women. they wear specially designed hard hats and tool belts. >> chilly day today, but the least we had plenty of sunshine, no storms nearby. you cannot see it on the radar, but there is a storm spinning out on the atlantic ocean. there is a storm out in the rocky mountains

the agency is checking to see if other gm cars are affected. >>> if you shop at michael's arts and crafts stores, this are recalling glass vase. it was sold at michaels from january 2008 to october of this year. for more information give them a call at 1-800-642-4235. >>> just when you thought black friday couldn't come any time sooner, now toys 'r us are opening up at 9:00 thursday evening. the toy store put out the black friday circular and walmart said it will hope at 10:00 on thanksgiving night. not everybody is happy about stores opening before black friday. several petitions against shopping on thanksgiving day has been started with one tracking 80,000 supporters. facebook has a page called boycott shopping on thanksgiving. in order to open they need the workers. one target worker said he will miss thanksgiving completely because he will be sleeping during the day to get ready for his 11:00 shift. >>> some showers out there this afternoon, making that evening commute tougher than it already is on a tuesday night. take a look, tracking a narrow band of showers from rockville to balti

so gm is saying that if you own a volt we will give you a rental. >>catherine: so they're going out of their way to accommodate those with this problem. thank you, we will see you tomorrow. >>jacqueline: the fog is selling into some areas. those areas will last until about 8:00 in the morning and that is when the wind will start to pick up. it will clear out the fall but the wind will stick with us to the noon hour, to 3:00 p.m. and all the way through tomorrow. temperatures will be in the '60s out there but it will feel a little cooler with the wind picking up. here's a look your fog tracker for tomorrow morning. >>jacqueline: we will see when a gust about 40 mi. per hour that is down the valley. we have down trees and power lines. here is a look your extended forecast. the fog for tomorrow morning is unclear out by the wind into the late morning hours. we will have sunny skies and temperatures may be a little cooler than the 60 that the tomorrow but it will certainly be nice into the weekend stay with us, we will be back after this. yep, we got yo

earnings this week will include macy's, gm and cisco wednesday. thursday, media giants disney and viacom. keep an eye on groupon which closed 31% above its ipo price friday. many say this could encourage other cups to pursue their own ipos. >>> finally, a cleaner at a german art museum who thought she was removing a stain has permanently damaged an abstract sculpture called when it starts dripping from the ceiling, valued at over $1 million. oops there. >>> coming up, which tebow showed up yesterday and david beckham is poised to add an american championship to his trophy case. >>> plus, big ben and the steelers came back, but could they hold it against the ravens? your early morning sports headlines are straight ahead. >>> once again, we're starting our workweek with active weather heading for the midwest. we have a lot of rain and maybe some snow. your forecast is coming up. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning. if you're just waking up, this is "early today." in sports, sunday was a day of thrilling finishes in the nfl, finishing up

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gm insi gm insists the cars are safe. >> the nba has reached a tentative agreement. the plan is to start a 66 game seen with christmas day triple header. the nba lockout has been going on for 149 days. president obama commented on the deal saying it's good and gave it a thumbs up. >>> nearly 300 deployed marines and sailors returned home to hawaii and waiting arms of children and spouses. all this thanksgiving holiday weekend. bases were filled with anticipation, joy and lots of excitement. the marines and sailors were coming home for the holidays from southern afghanistan. >> it's the best thing in the world. one thing that the department taught me was seven months away, the only thing that matters is your family and just coming back home to them. so, yeah, thankful for them. >>> and halfway around the world, in kuwait the beginnings of another homecoming this weekend for soldiers who have fought in iraq. cnn martin savidge reports. >> reporter: if the war in iraq has a finish line then camp virginia it is. the last six weeks as many as 350 vehicles a day have been

remember david. 30 or 40 years ago gm only now has 41,000 workers. >> job creation is what we need. union membership or anything else? >> we get job creation from originality and entrepreneurship and innovation . we'll get that with competitive industries and unions. if we had competition we wouldn't have destroidment uaw. >> and of course, then we could unionize silicon valley. twitter and facebook. should they join unions? please, you get entrepreneurship and that leads to jobs in areas where there are not restrictions and you can get someone to work. a 10 hour day. >> by the way, there are only two democrats in the national relations board that are ramming this thing through. the lone republican should resign and that way they will not have a forum. that is undemocratic methods and they need to block it. >> i mentioned the decline in union membership which is unprecedent back to levels before the union membership in the 1930s in spite of the fact that the unions have the best friend in the white house since fdr, president obama. >> yeah, workers don't want to join unions. they wo

with gm and chrysler to help -- to bail them out as we say in the colloquial? >> well, they helped preserve those companies and transformed them. they did go through a bankruptcy process, and i think that was appropriate. but we now have companies that otherwise would have folded up taking down with them vast networks of suppliers and they have a chance now to prove themselves in the marketplace. i think that's sensible, defensible practice. i don't agree that the same approach should have been taken to the large banks. they should have been -- certain ones should have been taken over under the authorities that the government has, under the deposit insurance corporation's authority basically and restructured and downsized. that sector is too big. it's not serving any useful purpose now which is part of the reason we're still in the doll drums. >> what's your relationship to john kenneth galbraith? >> he's my father. how many ideas do you think you shared? if he were around today -- >> quite a lot. >> if he were around today, what would he be saying about the cu

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