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was fiat chrysler just a bad actor when it comes to recalls? >> well, this is a good example of how not to do a recall. >> reporter: fiat chrysler says, "we accept the resulting consequences with renewed resolve" to improve how it handles recalls. as part of this record agreement, the car company may have to buy back more than 500,000 cars. david kerley, abc news, washington. >>> let's turn to politics now. donald trump, still ahead of the pack. his tough talk and brash manner clearly winning fans. the big question now, can it last? a new poll making it clear, a lot of people hope it does. here's devin dwyer. >> reporter: tonight, donald trump's tough talk appears to be doing the trick. 52% of republican voters in a new national poll hope the billionaire businessman stays in the race. this, despite outrage over his recent ridicule of immigrants and former p.o.w. john mccain. >> he is basically selling fear and prejudice. >> reporter: the test for trump -- can he sustain the surge? four years ago, it was texas governor rick perry leading the fie

slapping fiat chrysler with a 105 million dollar fine stemming from allegations that chrysler mishandled nearly two dozen recalls for more than 11 million potentially defective vehicles. >> there is no way to defend what fiat chrysler was doing. whether it is a matter of commission or omission, the reality is that consumers were not protected in this situation. autria: fiat chrysler says they except the consequences and promised to improve how they handle recalls. they will also offer buybacks for more than half a million vehicles. metro and elected officials are marking the silver line anniversary with a summit on transportation just now, just at noon. clouds are kicking off our autria: a little rain for the morning commute and a little rain for the evening commute. doug: it seems like that. that will be the story today. hot and humid. we will give you a fresh update from what we expect for the weather and the rest of the week and the upcoming weekend. autria: maybe kicking in red at 4:00. thank you for joining us. [dramatic music] ♪ ♪ >> yo! yo! yo, yo, yo! yo! [cheers and applause

was fiat chrysler just a bad actor when it comes to recalls? >> well, this is a good example of how not to do a recall. >> reporter: fiat chrysler says, "we accept the resulting consequences with renewed resolve" to improve how it handles recalls. as part of this record agreement, the car company may have to buy back more than a half million cars. david kerley abc news, washington. >>> let's turn to politics now. donald trump, still ahead of the pack. the big question now, can it last? a a new poll making it clear, a lot of people want it to. here's devin dwyer. >> reporter: tonight, donald trump's tough talk appears to be doing the trick. 52% of republican voters in a new national poll hope the billionaire businessman stays in the race. this, despite outrage over his recent ridicule of immigrants and former p.o.w. john mccain. >> he is basically selling fear and prejudice. >> reporter: the test for trump -- can he sustain the surge? four years ago, it was texas governor rick perry leading the field of gop candidates. a month later, businessman

. >> fiat chrysler paying more than 100 million of its handling of recalls. transportation secretary anthony fox will join us live. >>> the ceo of boyd gaming will discuss where he sees growth. >> today we have henry tao, steve grasso. should we be as concerned over what's taking place in china? >> i don't think the u.s. market should be concerned at all. in china only 15% of household assets are in the chinese market. people are not spending according to what they make in the chinese equity market. i don't think there will be any substantial impact on the u.s. earnings at all. >> do you buy that rick? >> not even a little. i don't disagree with his information. i do think there are many aspects to china unique to china. many have no problem when commodities were racing and copper was racing saying this represented global demand. maybe it was china's demand. i think that this reversal may not be exactly correlating. let's speak or let the market speak for themselves. the dollar index, bund and dax all hit the same levels in july. when i see the dow, it's not

fiat chrysler has agreed to pay a record fine and to make safety repairs to some 11 million vehicles. and tonight an abc news exclusive. the department of transportation reveals the details of the de and what led to that massive fine. david curly has details. >> reporter: the government had to go to the expense of these crash tests because chrysler fiat refused to share its data 11 million cars some jeeps, dodges, and chrysler cars still on the road with bad axles, ignition switches, electrical problems. fixes that didn't work, consumers note notified. inconsistent and inaccurate information given to the government and consumers. >> there's no way to defend what fiat/chrysler was doing and whether it's matter of co-mission or omission, the reality is consumers were not protected in the situation. >> reporter: in an exclusive interview secretary fox tells us he's slapping the biggest civil fine ever on a carmaker $70 million in cash. $20 million to fix the problems and if fiat/chrysler doesn't perform it could face another $15 million potentially a $105 million fine. were they just a b

what is it fiat chrysler failed to do? >> in the course of doing recalls, the recalls were basically ineffective so there were failures to notify dealers and consumers, there was fairly to inform -- failure to inform n.h.t.s.a. of various aspects of the recall and the recall was executed poorly so these fines are calibrated not only to punish fiat chrysler but we have remedial steps in place to improve performance going forward. >> woodruff: $105 million in penalties. it could have been higher. if you had levied 35 million on each of the 23 recalls it could have been 700 or 800 million. >> it's the significant, highest penalty n.h.t.s.a. has ever put in place in history and will be attention getting not only to fiat chrysler but also to the rest of the industry. our goal is to see the industry be proactive with safety and to ensure that when consumers get behind the wheel, they're able to move where they're going safely. >> woodruff: how significant is it, secretary foxx, that fiat is being ordered to take cars and trucks

we need to continue to work with the agency to sort of mutt us on the right path. >> fiat/chrysler's quality is being slammed, buyers don't seem to care. >> this year's sales are going faster than the industry overall the jeep brand, its sales are up 20% this year. nightly business report chicago. >>> still ahead, place your bets the very real money behind the growing business of fantasy sports. ♪ >>> more trouble for puerto rico the commonwealth just doesn't have enough cash to make an august first payment. the government looking to raise as much as $500 million by a financing deal backed by petroleum products. there's no longer a market to raise the 3 billion originally planned. >> congress's long august recess within reach, lawmakers have a number of issues to tackle before that break starts. on the agenda funding for the highway trust fund and reauthorization of the import export bank. ayman, why has this battle to reauthorize the import export bank really split republicans so dramatically on capitol hill? >> there are two factions at play here one is a group of republicans you

what fiat chrysler was doing. and whether it is a matter of comission or admission the reality is consumers were not protected. >> fine is biggest civil penalty ever goych car maker. fiat chrysler is accepting the konsence requests and vowing to improve thousand handles recalls. >> investigators are looking through journals that are reportedly revealing new chilling details about the gunman that killed two women inside a movie theaterner louisiana. john houseer rolled out his whole plan the time and date and movie. he visited other theaters before settling on the grand in lafayette. funerals for both women killed are scheduled for tomorrow and two of nine victims shot and injured are still in the hospital both in good condition. >>> tonight president obama is in either opiate second stop in his historic trip to africa earlier today he wrapped up visit to his father's homeland of kenya and president obama is expected to talk about human app rights and fighting terrorism during discussions with leaders in ethiopia t

. >>> now to the record-breaking penalty for fiat chrysler. and something else we rarely see. the automaker forced to buy back hundreds of thousands of cars and trucks on the road right now. here's david kerley with more tonight. >> it's hard work to be a tuna >> reporter: fiat chrysler says tonight -- >> built with honor. guts, glory, ram. >> reporter: that for nely 200,000 of its ram pickups, and other 2008 to 2012 vehicles out there, it might be forced to buy them back because of steering or axle problems. >> the buyback of the rams is going to be anything but smooth. i can foresee this two-month process is really going to stretch out. >> reporter: the buyback is part of the penalty for 23 previously mishandled recalls, covering 11 million vehicles. inconsistent, insufficient, and inaccurate information given to the government and consumers. >> there's no way to defend what fiat chrysler was doing. and whether it's a matter of commission or omission, the reality is that consumers were not protected in this situation. >> reporter: total possible fine, the biggest civil penal

could fiat chrysler be forced to buy back your vehicle? >>> and later in "the skinny," caitlyn jenner takes her transition to reality tv. her first episode last night and an unexpected message of encouragement from a family member. it's monday, july 27th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now" with t.j. holmes and reena ninan. >>> good morning, everyone. we begin with a sad end to a short life. bobbi kristina brown dead at 22 after spending most of her life in the shadow of her famous parents. the only child of whitney houston and bobby brown has passed away. >> bobbi kristina was an aspiring singer and actress, but after being found unresponsive in a bathtub, just like her mother, she never recovered. we get more now from wabc's sandy kenyon. >> reporter: bobbi kristina brown grew up as the daughter of two famous performers, bobby brown and whitney houston. her life often defined by theirs. ♪ see, i got my baby ♪ >> reporter: it couldn't have been easy being the only child of a legend. but in 2002, so many smiled when s

. >>> fiat chrysler getting a record $90 million fine from u.s. regulators for failing to act sufficiently following vehicle recalls. we'll see the automaker pay $70 million in cash. and $20 million on outreach. an additional $50 million will be paid if they fail to comply. >>> and ubs profit jumping 43% beating analysts' expectations. let's get the latest with carolin roth live in zurich. hey, carolin. >> good morning to you, seema. i'm just looking at shares of ubs, they're still down by roughly 1%. we're off the session lows off the 21 swiss franc handle. those numbers were released one day early, it was that newspaper report in a big newspaper yesterday which contained accurate information. and that's what prompted ubs to release those numbers one day early. a couple bright spots, private banking in line just slightly better than expected. we've got investment banking. surprisingly strong on the equity side. and actually the ceo of unc hedge telling us this morning that they actually benefitted from chinese equity trading in the second quarter

we've seen fiat chrysler shares trading in milan at about 2% down this morning. they're due to report thursday. it will be interesting to see if we get further update on what that financial toll could really look like. >> nancy, it was a rough week on wall street last week. what are investors watching this week coming up? >> it's another very busy week for earnings as you know. one of the big losers we saw initially reporting earnings is apple. taking center stage with the likes of twitter, reporting earnings and some concern with user growth. they haven't been able to maintain steady use. they're playing down expectations saying don't expect any large revenue increases. more positive story they're hoping for out of facebook. facebook really expecting to show improvement in ad revenues. google reporting last week and they've seen some favorable opportunities out of increase in ads. it could be the same story for facebook. real big story will be when the fed has its latest decision in a week on wednesday. we're trying to look for some indication of whether fed cha

it may be fiat chrysler today but experts worry about other cars as well. it's estimated 27 million cars worldwide are now connected to the internet. live in cherry hill, david henry, channel6 "action news"." rick. >> david, thank you. >>> overseas in turkey warplanes have struck isis targets across the border in syria. nearly 300 suspected terrorists were arrested. the turkey government says three jets used smart bombs to hit three isis targets. leaders say the decision to company out the operation was made during a security meeting yesterday after an isis militant opened fire on a turkish military outpost. >> secretary of state john kerry is defending the iran nuclear deal and he's taking his message on the road. well today during his talks with the foreign relations council in new york, kerry told members it's the only alternative to military action and must be tested if diplomacy is to suck keyed. if congress rejects the deal kerry warns iranian hard liners will speed ahead with the nuclear program and the international sanctions regime would collapse.

fiat chrysler said they accept the consequences and plan to hand all the recalls. they have offered to buy back half a million recalled vehicles and get them off the road. >> much more to come on "action news," luke spencer says one last goodbye to general hospital. we'll take a look at the iconic character's 40-plus years and his impact on tv. >>> hollywood celebrity going viral online, that's when "action news" comes right back. iran keeps their nuclear facilities. military sites can go uninspected. restrictions end after 10 years. then iran could build a nuclear weapon in two months. iran has violated 20 international agreements and is the leading state sponsor of terrorism. several wildfires rage out west one near napa valley wine country is 70% contained. but a fire burning in sierra national forest in central california is forcing the evacuation of campgrounds and residents have been warned to be ready to evacuate. that fire is 5% contained. >>> two women killed in the movie theater rampage in louisiana will be laid to rest. police released information about

fiat chrysler just a bad actor when it comes to recalls? >> well, this is a good example how not to do a recall. >> reporter: fiat chrysler says, "we accept the resulting consequences with renewed resolve to improve how it handles recalls." as part of this record agreement, the car company may have to buy back more than half a million cars. david kerley, abc news, washington. >> we don't hear that a lot. >> not at all. >> they might have to buy your vehicle back. that's -- i think it's their top selling vehicle, the ram, right? the dodge ram? >> it's a dodge. >> 500,000 of them possibly. >> ram pickup trucks. they might have to offer to buy back more than 50,000 of them. so --. i'm sorry, 500,000. >> there's been a lot of recalls. it's been the year of the recall. >> it's good to see the government stepping in. you hear about these deaths, exploding air bags. different vehicle issues. it's good to know there is somebody regulating and looking into it. >>> kudos to david kerley for that exclusive interview. he does such a great job in the tr

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scott: fiat chrysler will have to pay $105 million. joce sterman has the other steps they now have to take. joce: let's forget about the fine. we need to talk about the people who are impacted and own the cars. you guys. fiat chrysler may have to buy back hundreds of thousands of vehicles or give a chance to trade them in for market value. a move the fed says holds the company accountable after they didn't do enough to get the cars off the road in the first place. >> years after coming off the assembly line. fiat chrysler top-selling pickup the ram and the older jeeps could be brought back by the company to get them off the road. it's part of a huge settlement announced between the feds and the out toe maker. with the a -- and the auto maker. it's involving more than 11 million cars. >> this is a good example of how not to do a recall. >> vehicle safety laws have been broken with problem cars still on the road. 75 people have died in crash-related fires. >> no way to defend what fiat chrysler was doing. whether it's commission or omiss

. >>> fiat chrysler will pay a record $105 million for violating safety laws. federal regulators say the auto maker was too slow to tell customers about 23 recalls. chris van cleave has the numbers on the record penalty. >> on april 5th 2013, mada leno and sanchez barely escaped this fiery wreck. their 1994 jeep grand cherokee exploded on a languages freeway when it was -- los angeles freeway when it was rear ended. they suffered debilitating burns. the plastic caused it to fwhursz flames. >> it was defectsive. it made it very unsafe. very dangerous and that is what this recall is about. >> federal documents show at least 75 people have died in post crash fires because of the rear mounted fuel tanks. they issued a recall to install a trailer hitch from 1993 to 2004 jeep grand cherokee and jeep liberties but repair rates were slow, 17 months after the recall was announced only 3% of more than a million vehicles had been fixed. my clients got their notice eight months after they were burned. >> the national highway safety administration is fining them $105 millio

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. >>> and fiat chrysler issues a major safety recall to block its vehicles from hackers. it follows 100 million automobiles and follows the revelation that moving jeep vehicles can be controlled remotely. here's more on what may be the first of its kind recall for the industry. >> reporter: the video is startling. a driver losing control of his 2014 jeep cherokee while a hacker uses his computer to tell the vehicle what to do. it was a planned hacking exposing a flaw in the software of jeep infotainment systems. now chrysler is recalling 114 models built between 2014 and 2015. the owners will receive a usb device and can update their vehicle software without visiting a dealership. fiat chrysler says that aside from the hacking, there have been no cases of models being hacked remotely. one of the persons that exposed the jeep software flaw says the odds of the cars being hacked is still incredibly low. >> we've spent the last three years of our life doing this research and a year on the jeep alone. so it's not easy to do. i'm more afraid of someone textingtext ing and driv

fiat chrysler will have to buy back some cars that were defective. the company will also have to offer incentives to owners. you can read more about that fine and hear fiat's response on the nbc washington app and we will stay on top of that for tomorrow. >>> d.c. activates its heat emergency plan because the temperatures have snaked above 90 degrees and storm team4 meteorologist chuck bell says you better get used to it. >>> i'm darcy spencer live in fairfax county, where dozens of vehicles were you exercise. you choose the salad. occasionally. but staying well - physically, financially, emotionally - its hard on your own. so cigna's got your back and your knees, 24/7. cigna's there to answer your questions. or when you need some coaching. in sickness and in health, cigna's there, helping you to get well and stay well. that's having a partner, who's with you all the way. cigna. >>> dozen of cars found with spray paint all over them. police are trying to figure out where this paint came from. people in the overbrook area discovered the damage last ni

. >>> another big story we're following here, one of the world's biggest carmakers, fiat chrysler, is being ordered to make an offer to hundreds of thousands of customers to buy back their vehicles because of the dangers they pose on the road. nbc's tom costello reports. >> reporter: crash test video of a deadly defect. a jeep liberty's rear-mounted fuel tank rupturing on impact. but on the right no rupture after a jeep is fitted with a trailer hitch to protect the tank. consumer advocates estimate as many as 270 people died in fiery jeep crashes including a 4-year-old who died in this crash. today the government said fiat chrysler had acted far too slowly in ordering 23 recalls and fixing 11 million defective vehicles including the liberty and other models. >> have people been put at risk because of fiat chrysler's actions? >> we think so. we think this is a classic case where there is in some cases a remedy available that consumers don't know about. >> reporter: chrysler today hit with a record fine of up to $105 million and ordered to buy back half a million vehicles, including cer

the government says that's how many issues fiat chrysler mishandled. now the company has to pay up. who is getting money and who would get a new car on chrysler's dime? >>> the presidential campaign trail will soon arrive in pennsylvania. which of the 16 republican candidates will make a stop in philly tomorrow? >>> an historic move for the boy scouts of america. the organization is planning to lift its blanket ban on gay leaders. the boy scouts executive committee unanimously approved a resolution to end the ban earlier this month. it will become official policy if ratified by the organization's executive board later tonight. the move would allow scouting groups to select adult leaders no matter their sexual orientation. however, some groups will still be able to limit leadership jobs to heterosexuals. >>> to decision 2016. republican presidential candidate scott walker plans to make a campaign stop in philadelphia tomorrow. the wisconsin governor will head to passyunk avenue for some cheesesteaks at pat's and geno's. the latest polls show a lack of support for almost all the presi

shares of fiat chrysler since its ipo last fall. a lot of this is because of the euro and the benefit there in terms of manufacturing some of their vehicles specifically jeep vehicles in europe. those vehicles are sold here in the u.s. some of this is also because is celebrating gains in the auto industry. the hottest brand right now is fiat chrysler's jeep brand. sales here in the u.s. up 20%. folks, it's growing five times faster than the market overall in terms of sales and the jeep brand is expanding globally. we'll continue watching this hearing going on in washington. it is coming at an interesting time because that jeep brand, red-hot. there anticipate not a hotter brand out there right now in terms of the mass markets. >> jeep drivers look red-hot, don't they? they like driving around with the top down in the summer. stay with us phil. let's get more insight into fiat chrysler right now. the former president of chrysler, bob lutz former general chairman of general motors. bob, you should know a thing or two about this. is th

problems. >> there's no way to defend what fiat chrysler was doing. and whether it is a matter of comission or omission, the reality is that consumers were not protected in this situation. >> this is the biggest civil fine ever imposed on a carmaker. $70 million. as part of the agreement, the company may have to buy back more than 500,000 cars. >>> you'll soon be able to get your apple watch at best buy. that's the plan. the store will start selling the gadgets august 7th. 100 best buy stores will stock the apple watch at first but by the time the holiday season rolls around another 200 stores will carry the watch. >>> how much money do you plan on spending for back to school shopping this year? the national retail federation has released its annual back to school spending survey that says families are cutting back from last year. they found families with children in grades kindergarten through 12th plan to spend about $630. that's down from $669. the total projected spending for the back to school season and college shopping is expected to be a not t

fiat chrysler is being ordered to buyback hundreds of thousands of pickup trucks and suvs. and the company's being fined a record $105 million. we have more now from kris van cleave. >> reporter: this jeep grand cherokee caught fire on a california freeway in 2013 after a plastic gas tank ruptured following a collision. it was crashes like this that prompted a recall just two months later. but nhtsa says fiat chrysler was slow to notify consumers over 17 months just 3% of more than a million grand cherokee and liberty suvs were fix. transportation secretary anthony foxx. >> it is not a good business decision to try to skate the process or to the do the right thing on the front end. it's a better practice to do the right thing make the recalls work make them effective and move on. >> reporter: todd anderson's son skyler died when his 1998 jeep grand cherokee caught fire. anderson did not receive a recall notice until nearly a year later. >> there was no way had i known that there was this risk he would be driving that vehicle. >> reporter: the gas tank defect is linked to at

more on fiat chrysler, greece, oil, et cetera. see you at 5:00. meantime, "closing bell" starts right now get your power lunch @power lunch @cnbc.com. >>> welcome to "the closing bell." i'm kelly evans at the new york stock exchange. >> i'm bill griffeth. oil turned around, turned higher. i know one day does not a trend make. it's counterintuitive. it was initially selling off. it was selling off on the heels of that historic nuclear deal reached with iran but is now up 1%. we'll break down what is behind that move in a moment. >> not like we had great economic data here. playing tricks on investors another fake story about a twitter takeover causing a volatile move in the shares earlier today. we'll bring you the anatomy of a stock market hoax. >> yet another stock market hoax. micron shares soaring by

the brothers suffered debilitating burns and are suing fiat chrysler. their lawyer says a collision with the plastic gas tank caused it to burst into flames. >> the vehicle was defective. the placement of the gas tank made that vehicle very unsafe very dangerous, and that's what this recall is about. >> reporter: federal documents so at least 75 people have died in post-crash fires because of the rear-mounted fuel tanks. to fix it chrysler will install a trailer hitch for 1993 to 2004 jeep grand cherokees and 2004 to 2007 jeep liberties. repairs were slow. only 3% of a million vehicles had been fixed. >> my clients got their notice some eight months after they were burned. >> reporter: the national highway traffic safety administration is now fining fiat chrysler $105 million for mishandling this recall and 22 others involving more than 11 million vehicles. in a consent order issued the automaker agreed to get defective vehicles off the roads or repaired offering customers buy-backs and other financialin sent i'ves. fiat chrysler responded saying we acc

today the government said fiat chrysler had acted far too slowly in ordering 23 recalls and fixing 11 million defective vehicles including the liberty and other models. >> have people been put at risk because of fiat chrysler's actions? >> we think so. we think this is a classic case where there is in some cases a remedy available that consumers don't know about. >> reporter: chrysler today hit with a record fine of up to $105 million and ordered to buy back half a million vehicles including certain 2008 through 12 dodge suvs and the top-selling dodge ram pickup and provide cash to customers trading in or fixing those jeep grand cherokees and jeep liberty models. >> for many years manufacturers could get away with these kinds of things. we saw it with all manufacturers. chrysler's the next one on the block and they're paying the price for it now. >> reporter: the price could be high. hundreds of millions of dollars. in a statement the company says it agrees with the government's order and we also accept "the resulting consequences with renewed resolve, to improve our handling of recal

fiat chrysler issued a recall from 1993 to 2004 jeep grand cherokees and 2002 to 2007 jeep liberties but today it was hit with a $105 million fine for mishandling that recall and 22 others. >> my clients got their notice some eight months after they were burned. >> reporter: in this consent order, fiat chrysler agreed to get defective vehicles off the road or repaired, offering customers buybacks and other financial incentives. the company says we accept the resulting consequences with renewed resolve to improve our handling of recalls. but diplo believes this massive fine won't likely change the company's actions when it comes to safety. >> when it comes to jeeps the consumers are still getting the short end of the stick. even worse, if you continue to drive that jeep and you're in the wrong place at the wrong time, you may burn to death. >> skylar's father said he received a notice about the recall of his 1996 jeep grand cherokee after his son died. as part of the penalty fiat chrysler agreed to buy back nearly 600,000 ram and dodge vehicles after recalling them back in 2013, but n

fiat chrysler said more than 60% of the trucks have already been fixed. keith jones, nbc 10 news. >>> happening right now, profiling the promised zone. the neighborhood gets a close-up with the debut of a documentary. stories from the promise zone is a snapshot of life in mantua. community groups are screening the film at city hall right now. president obama tasked mantua to receive federal revitalization dollars in 2013. we asked an interview from the documentary if people in mantua felt the neighborhood was making progress. >> i think it's headed in the right direction. it was nice. i think it's getting better. >> teenagers created this documentary. >>> it's not the kind of welcome prospective penn state students expected today. a large section of plaster fell from an overhanging balcony in an auditorium this morning. about 500 future engineering students were inside when it fell. at least one person was treated at a nearby hospital for cuts on the head. >>> the u.s. navy and coast guard are stepping up their search efforts for two teenagers missing off

by the way, rich we had a statement from fiat chrysler about the recall. they say the company is unaware of any injuries related to software exploitation and fiat conducting this campaign out of an abundance of caution and they're a little bit sticking their handead in the sand. >> they're out front in this issue and i agree totally with john. you don't want the government. the federal government can't protect china from hacking the personnel records and now suddenly they're going to set the standards to protect people from hacking our cars? >> that's a good point, mike. >> well, i don't care what rich says. he's wrong. obama is going to announce any day now, david, there's going to be a computer car czar appointment at the white house. >> a car czar. why did i think we needed a car czar? of course! >> well, bruce, it is is it not, that some of these safety regulations, seat belts and airbags have saved lives, right? >> yeah, definitely. some of these companies are going to open themselves up to federal regulation if they don'tnovateinginnovating. some of

they estimate as many as 471,000 vehicles using fiat chrysler's system could be vulnerable. >> how concerned are you that hackers may go after our cars? >> unfortunately, i think we have to anticipate that they will. >> turn the fan on them. >> the hackers in the video told fiat chrysler what they did. they have a team focused on the issue. >>> cheers. it's harvest time in napa. why this year's grapes are ready early. >> if you have a consumer problem or question, give our hotline a call at 888-5-helps- u. volunteers are there right now. we'll be right back. now that there's foster farms simply raised, it's tougher than ever to be a foster farms chicken. but foster farms simply raised chicken is 100 percent natural with no antibiotics. well you're an herbalist. help us to be natural. will those herbs do it? those? one grows hair, the other increases energy. gasp! do i look natural herb man? can i call you herb man? i'm trying to look natural. call me natural. you look like a steve. can i call you steve? hi steve. i'm natural. say something. why aren't you guys saying anything? introducing ne

fiat chrysler was up by 8%, and toyota climbed 4%. also for the first time ever, fiat chrysler sold more cars at dealerships than ford did. and some jetblue passengers may be seeing red. the airline's policy of allowing one free checked bag ends on tuesday. that leaves southwest as the only airline to allow free bags. the move will add $200 million to jetblue's bottom line by 2017. >>> up next, we're "on the money." the idiot box may actually be smarter than you think. digital media was supposed to kill the television industry, but one journalist says it's actually been the other way around. >>> and later, there's a new way to get last-minute tickets for broadway shows at a discount. also, you won't have to wait in line with the crowd in times square. >>> >>> industries like print and music have been dying a slow death thanks to the digital revolution. but there is one medium that so far has escaped its wrath for the most part, and that is television. media expert michael wolff says don't expect it to happen any time soon. in his new

this is a video that led fiat chrysler to suddenly recall cars in the u.s. your vehicle someone takes it over remotely, nothing you can do you're in the driver's seat but not in control. this isn't a dream it's real. this jeep cherokee really is doing 70 miles an hour, the hackers miles away, are control it. suddenly they shut off the engine in the middle of a missouri interstate. with an 18-wheeler behind him driver andy greenberg starts to panic. greenberg's a writer for wired.com. charlie miller is a security researcher for twitter. >> we wanted to show cars are vulnerable connected to the internet and that makes them as vulnerable as your phone or your laptop. >> they got through the entertainment system. they have control of everything from the engine to the entertainment system and even the brakes. sending the car into the ditch. on capitol hill, senators ed marky and richard bloomenthal bloomenthal, fiat chrysler says the hacking is a crime is issuing a patch to help. >> i told them about this in october, they had nine months to figure out the best wa

vehÍculo que sabÍan eran un peligro en las carreteras. >>> la sanciÓn de automotriz fiat chrysler es la mÁs severa en la hristoed ray la compaÑÍa tiene pagar una multa de 105 millones de dÓlares por no cumplir apropiadamente con el proceso de reporte de defectos y no ejecutar correctamente 23 campaÑas de retiros del mercado. >>> hay que recordar que qu gre gran can titoed de autos entre los carros afectados los dodge todoterreno y los jeep cherokees. la compaÑÍa tiene que ofrecer el valor actual del carro y comprar los vehÍculos que califiquen. >>> ciertos de modelos de la camioneta como que maneja dagoberto nieto estÁ entre los carros que la compaÑÍa debe comprar. >>> si hay que cambiar, se cambia o arregla. >>> >>> tienen problemas con las suspensiÓn. fallas que pueden llevar a que el conductor pierda el control del vehÍculo >>> chrysler dice que acepta el acuerdo. con compromiso de retirar el mercado y restablecer la confianza que nuestros consumidores han depositado en nosotros. >>> lo mÁs importante que el consumidor pueda hacer inmediatamente, es ir al sitio de in

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it's finger lickin' good. >>> new developments involving a record fine against fiat chrysler. the company is being punished for failing to properly handling recalls and ordered to buy back hundreds of thousands of trucks and suvs. ktvu's tom vacar with more on this unusual move here. tom? >> reporter: it is sad because the dealers who had nothing to do with this will lose sales. that is unfortunate. mass buy backs are rare. for subjecting its customers to dangers fiat chrysler must twofer buy back a half million trucks and other vehicles. even with the depre-season that could cost $10 billion. once repaired they can resell them as used trucks and owners of a million jeeps will be able to trade them in at above market value because their fuel tanks are dangerous mounted behind the rearacle where a collision -- rear axle where a collision could start a fire. >> the biggest killer in the recall, 23 recalls, is the jeeps. if they are hit from behind in a rear impact that fuel stank likely to explode -- fuel tank is likely to explode. there have been at least 75 deaths due to this