hertz has increased its buyout offer to $2.1 billion in cash and stock. the avis had the highest bid until today, but it's not known if avis will increase its price with the higher hertz offer. look at the new dollar thirfty stock chart. this new hertz offer values dollar at $71.85, based on tonight's closing prices. in september, dollar shareholders officially rejected hertz's previous offer, which was close to $50. we're well over that now. dollar stock is close to $80 per share, indicating the market thinks a higher offer will be coming. and stocks of the two bidders made smaller moves-- and in opposite directions. avis has been waiting for regulatory okay before moving ahead with its lower-priced offer. those shares keeping a fractional gain. research in motion stock keeps sinking, falling another 2% today. volume tripled on this drop. it takes rimm stock back to levels last seen in september. two analysts cut their price targets over worries ranging from losing market share in the smartphone market to even a potential rimm bid for technology patents

. >> hertz charges $9.29. avis almost $8. at dulles, hertz is not a better -- avis charges about $8. only these brothers from new zealand consider it a bargain. >> it still cheaper than $10 back in new zealand. >> if you returned it with an empty tank, you would owe more than $325. >> its like filling up your boat. >> while not everyone had a problem with it -- >> [unintelligible] >> i thought it was excessive. >> i will try thrifty next time. >> hertz says the increase is because of the convenience. they prefer customers prepay to avoid the extra charge. >>> regular unleaded has surpassed $5 a gallon at the notoriously high priced exxon station near the watergate. a gallon of regular unleaded is now $5.90. >> that's insane. -- $5.90. >>> up next, what prince charles said to georgetown university students during his stop in d.c. >> it took many years to appreciate what we did. >> the freedom riders celebrate a milesto ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] before he changed the world... tear down this wall. [ male announcer ] ...or led a

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this is that hertz rent-a-car. thrifty and dollar are charging as much as 8.99. >>> record flood worries are prompting the government to blast open a levee, and the result could eventually save some cities and towns. the concern is for the committees in the path of this water. the planned breach sacrificed 130,000 acres of farmland. local leaders are betting neighbors to evacuate. >> it is history. we do not like to have to be here when history is in the making. >> authorities urged thousands in missouri, kentucky, tennessee, and louisiana all to evacuate. >>> let's turn our attention to the weather in this neck of the woods. >> we could have been isolated sprinkle this afternoon. i will get into the details about why we are not in the clear. first, here is a time lapse. we have their rain early this morning, then noticed toward the final few frames, the skies clear out. the clouds are beginning to build back in with such cool air in place. the high sun angle pops the cumulus clouds. but it is impressive rainfall t

surprisingly, i think most of the kappa honors -- most of the cab company of hertz are texas driver's and they're acting like, very special people sitting home and getting more money from the drivers. they should start charging for that. they're offering the service to the customers. it costs them at least $400 a month. at least $5,000 a year. why should the taxi drivers pay for all of this? it should be paid by the cab companies, but the driver is working very hard. >> what ever you want to say about that, just above the executive director's report. electron of waybills could be useful to improve efficiency. of the question i and many other drivers have, what else will they be used for? if their purpose is also the track our meters, you're opening a very different can of worms because there many reasons why the meter does not accurately reflect the and come. if you have accepted a fair over the radio, you forget to turn it off after less fair. you may give a fair way, even. we're very concerned that your purpose here is to make available these waybills to the irs to they can squeeze

let's take hertz. hertz is trying to become the next zipcar. you say, well, zipcar is losing 95 cents a share in the first quarter. is now the time to jump in? probably not. look for a price, $18 or $19 a share and be patient. let it come to you. >> that's a good point. be patient. let the stock price come to you. is there a way to invest in startups using either an exchange-traded fund or a mutual fund. somebody else does the hard work for you. >> what there is, power share's private equity exchange. what that does, invest in a basket of private equity companies. what they do, they own a lot of companies that are private and will likely take them private. they own other companies that are privately traded. it's one way or the investor to get in there. this is up 23% and pays a 4.6% dividend on top of it. >> if you're dieing to invest in a company before it's a public company, that's your way to do it. >> that's your only way for the average investor. unless you're sitting on hundreds of millions of dollars, then you can call your broker. >> ma

dollar thrifty soared 13% after hertz rivaling with avis raised its offer to more than $2.2 billion. european markets fell on worries about greece after standard and poors down graded the nation's rating in to junk territory. china posted its biggest trade surplus in four months in april swinging from a first quarter deficit. regulators are investigating a fuel tank problem that could affect more than 2.7 million ford f-150 pickup trucks. and finally, tourists beware. despite assurances from officials, thousands of romans have left town after internet warnings of a devastating earthquake next wednesday rumored to have been forecast by a long dead seismologist. >>> well, a triple overtime nba thriller, and a strange item hits the ice in hockey. plus lebron and the heat put the celtics on the brink. your early morning sports headlines are straight ahead. >>> in weather, as the mississippi river continues to rise, we're also very hot and dry in the heartland. your forecast is coming up. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning. if you're just waking up, this is "early today." in

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a "usa today" survey shows hertz charged 9.29 a gallon for 13 locations near major airports including sfo. pay ahead of time for a tank of gas. the per gallon price is sometimes cheaper than local gas stations especially the ones that are right around the rental car companies. >> when you're stuck, you got to do it. >> oh, we have to find a gas station. six bucks. tough. >>> hey, if you are going to act up on a flight, do not go on hong kong airlines. >> that's right. the carrier is teaching its flight crews kung fu! and it should come in handy. the airline says it deals with about three drunk or disruptive passengers every week. one flight attendant reportedly says her martial arts training helped when she had to deal with a large passenger who may have been drunk. >> drink water. coffee. [ laughter ] >>> well, we talked about what a beautiful day it was, right? >> yeah. let's find out what's happening with our forecast. >> a gorgeous day yesterday and another beautiful day today. in fact, wednesday will be the warmest day of the week and one of the warmest days we have seen all spri

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usa today did a survey of auto rental gas prices at 13 major airports and found hertz was charging $9.29 a gallon. dollar and thrifty were charging $8.99. companies do say prices are fully disclosed so customers you have that option on whether or not you want to use the rental car company's gas when they ask you when you check in. it's an easy answer nowadays. >> you have to push the car to a gas station before yourself, you'll be a better job. >>> coming up, how to increase ncur chancesfi oianaf sud esanays mwhite yo bese eru live. e >>> okay, finally tonight, beauty, charm and culture, among the many reasons that make san francisco so special, but it's also a hot spot for opportunity. we knew this. >> yes, but now it's being confirmed. the global accounting and consulting firm pricewaterhouse cooper says san francisco is third in the world for financial opportunities. the company analyzed data from 26 of the world's leading cities and cited san francisco for the high level of education of its residents and its cultural vibrancy. new york ranked number one on the list, and toronto came

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i roll into hertz, and it's like, what do you want, a cadillac? no, i'm looking for a 12-passenger van. i drive it up to maine every summer. i do it every year. >> jimmy: you should get a band. is there musical talent in the family? like the partridge family. >> they kind of lost me. >> jimmy: are the kids interested in acting and performing, doing that sort of thing? >> my oldest daughter is 11, claims that she is. i think that's because she's at that age. we have the full nepotism kind of thing. we have three that's been on the show. >> jimmy: oh, really. what did they do? >> nothing any substantial. >> jimmy: did they have guns? they won't let kids go to the prom, they won't let them have gun, it's ridiculous. >> one of them, charlie's been on twice. he actually had lines. i show up to an old girlfriend and suddenly there's a 5-year-old kid that looks a lot like you. the producer said, we've seen your kid, do you think one of them would do it. i asked him, and he said, i don't want to do it. my daughter is like, i want to do it. and he goes, i

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hertz charges $9.29 a gallon at reagan national airport. enterprise has the cheapest refueling rate at $3.78 even below regular gasoline price. many veteran travelers are convinced rental companies are making a bundle at their expense. a strip club in clinton, maryland faces a gender discrimination lawsuit. the gazette says a woman is seeking an injunction to stop the mile high club from charging women a higher cover than men. they charged her $20 to get in while her husband was only charged $10. it seeks $200,000 in damages. the club has not responded. . >>> 5 krpb 57. the new rules which will make it difficult for some people to get credit cards. >>> also next at 6:00 a.m., breaking news. a home explosion rocks a neighborhood this morning. we're live on the scene gathering new details. >>> and we're tag a live look outside. right now 51 degrees. chilly, rainy, soggy start to your morning. cool today. tom will have your forecast and a look at traffic when we come back. stay with us. the kincaids live here. across the street, the padillas.

hertz was charging $9.29 a gallon. get this. it would cost you $325 to fill up a ford club wagon which has a 35 gallon fuel tank. whoa! remember to fill up! now in recent years, foodies have been embracing home cooking. think about the culinary trends, cupcakes, bacon, bacon cupcakes and now the latest craze is the humble grilled cheese. not so humble anymore, the "wall street journal" reports chefs are adding olives and bananas. there is even a grilled cheese invitational in foody. the winner there, a grilled cheese dessert made with marshmallow peeps. it sounds terrible but it won this big tasteoff. maybe eating is believing. i don't know. >> salt and salt. that makes stones me. >> we might have to do some further investigation into this. >> let's try the bacon cupcakes. >> ok. >> thanks, jess. >> some of d.c.'s top chefs and restaurants speaking of cooking, cook for charity last night. the event was called best main dish in d.c. it raised money for kids day and charity for older foster children. more than 300 people tasted an

take it from me-- with hertz, you'll always find your way. hertz-- at the airport, in your neighborhood or at hertz.com. >>> imagine falling three and a half minutes before crashing into the ocean, falling at 10,000 feet every minute. that's what happened to the people on air france flight 447, all 228 people on board were killed. zain verjee live in london. this preliminary investigation is out. what more can you tell us? >> basically, the headline from this report is that it was likely the pilot's decision in the matter in which he responded to the problems with speed on the aircraft that ultimately caused the crash. what happens is, when you are in the plane, for it to move forward, you have air that goes over the wing and then that's what gifts it the lift. whenever there is a stall situation, typically, the pilots are told to go down first, because that creates air again over the wing and it gives the plane speed. what happened, carol, in this air france flight is that the pilot went nose up. what that meant is that there was no air to g

because hertz is giving one away. along with other cool stuff. go to hertz.com for details. two of the most important are energy security and economic growth. north america actually has one of the largest oil reserves in the world. a large part of that is oil sands. this resource has the ability to create hundreds of thousands of jobs. at our kearl project in canada, we'll be able to produce these oil sands with the same emissions as many other oils and that's a huge breakthrough. that's good for our country's energy security and our economy. >>> controversy tonight involving mariah carey and her infant twins. nick cannon said the babies have not come home from the hospital but are already the targets of a shocking tabloid scam. this was a disturbing story today. when you were in the hospital and mar rinne was there that you got set up for some sort of tabloid sting. what was going on. >> more than one incident, actually. there's been photographers actually in the hospital posing as different people. real employees trying to get pictures of our kids which is really sad when

hertz is raising its offer for dollar rent a car. the new proposal worth about $225 billion. >>> chrysler says fiat could own 70% of the chrysler group by this time next year. the development in an s.e.c. filing chrysler says that would happen after it pays off its government loans and fiat may acquire the 9% stake in the company currently held by the u.s. government. fiat also announced last month it would pay $1.3 billion to increase its stake in chrysler. >>> and general motors plans to add 400 workers at an ohio assembly plant. gm says workers who had been laid off will be rehired but most of the jobs will be new hires. gm will also spend $260 million to upgrade the toledo plant that now builds transmissions for trucks and small cars. >>> time now 5:52. she cheated death at an elevator shaft. how a woman survived a bizarre crash in a hospital parking garage. >>> plus putting school teachers under arrest as we go on protest against education budget cuts head into a new day. >>> welcome back. a seattle woman lucky to be alive escap

hertz rent a car is charging $9 a gallon for those that drop off a car without a full tank. the service is offered as a convenience and consumers can avoid the fee if they fill up the tanks themselves. >>> drivers there are getting new speed cameras. they'll be arriving in the fall. eight of them will be installed in school zones and if you're caught driving 12 hours or more over the limit you'll get a $12 tick ticket. it was proposed by the police chief and county executives. they're concerned about children being hit in school zones. >>> a local couple is being praised tonight for returning a $20,000 ring they found. the diamond caught sadie sidotti's eye at this target parking lot in frederick. it was so big the couple thought it was a child's toy. when the jeweler told them what the ring was worth they returned it to the store. it turns out it belonged to a woman who was getting married in just a few weeks. the woman who lost the ring gave the couple a $300 ri waeward. that was nice. >> a study that ranks the best places in the world if you're going to be a mother and yo

the study says you can avoid a wi-fi traffic jam by buying a router that operates at 5 hig ga hertz as well as the crowd -- more crowded bans. >>> 8:0. in the coming weeks, walnut creek officials will be be discussing ten years worth of transportation projects for a major city thoroughfare. they are to improve traffic slow -- traffic flow and traffic. if you have ever gone up to the ignacio valley road, it's very heavy anyway. >> yeah. >> so they don't need any more construction. >>> 8:09 let's see what sal sees on the roads now. hey, sal? it's that again. >> that pesky microphone. >> he likes me to do the hand thing. >> that's right. >> there it is. >>> it's been pretty slow in some areas, but surprisingly it it has not been as bad as a winter day. i'm not sure why. the traffic is going to be okay. it may not be raining as part as it -- as hard as it was back in february and march -- february and march. it's take a look at the bay bridge toll plaza, that's improving, metering lights arecied on a little bit faster and some of the traffic has been clearing up. s had, the nimitz freeway

because hertz is giving one away. along with other cool stuff. go to hertz.com for details. >>> jack cafferty is here and has the cafferty file. >> to paraphrase benjamin frankl franklin, the only two things in life that are certain are death and taxes. of course, one has always been easier to calculate than the other until now perhaps. a spanish has develop ad blood test that it claims can give you a pretty good idea how long you will live. the test is called life length. can allegedly convert your life expectancy into numbers and will reportedly be available in britain later this year. all this according to the british up in the independent. it is a simple blood test that measures something on your chromosomes called telemirs which scientists say can help determine your biological age rather than chronological age. the shorter they are the closer you are to death. researchers say the test can provide valuable information including a person's risk of things like heart disease, alzheimer's and cancer. some scientists and medical ethicists have ra

with hertz, you'll always find your way. hertz. we're at the airport and in your neighborhood. the gas™ or the brake, which one are you ? go to hertz.com. >>> good morning, i'm kiran chetry. arnold schwarzenegger reportedly keeping a secret for more than a decade. the former california governor telling the "l.a. times" he fathered a child out of wedlock with a member of his household staff and says he did not tell his wife, maria shriver, until just a few months ago. >>> i'm christine romans. threats against the queen on the first official visit to ireland by a british monarch in 100 years. police already defusing one bomb on a bus on this "american morning." >>> and, good morning to you. it is tuesday, may 17th. my first visit on the couch at 8:00 since i was off. >> we ran through it yesterday. it worked out just fine. so everything is safe here, thanks. >> we are glad that you are with us this morning. we woke up to some shocking news. >> that is right. it is a shocking confession by the former governor of california. the "los angeles times" is reporting that arnold schwar

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ecosystem, we don't have enough -- we don't have enough buying power to be able to put in place a 700 mega hertz device that would roam within their band class. the reason this has not been a problem in the past is that in the p.c.s. spectrum, all devices worked across all band classes within each spectrum grouping. that's not the case here where at&t has their own proprietary band class and verizon has theirs and the 700 l.t.e. spectrum. >> are you calling for us to go back to the '90's where had you this complete interoperability? >> we had been calling for that for a couple years, we have been wanting the s.e.c. to act on that. we have a petition in front of them for i believe two years now, i believe, something close to that. that's something we would like to see interobject in the $700 mega hurts in all player spectrums just like it happened in cellular and like it happened in p.c.s. >> ok. in referring to this merger in your written testimony, you have said, quote, it must be stopped, close quote. and quote, the fate of this acquisition determines the course of this industry, close quote.