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Lithium ion batteries. dan springer is keeping and eye on all of this. >> reporter: the battery issues with the 787 did not just sneak up on boeing. we are getting more doe tails. ten of the batteries were replaced on the dreamliner since last may half of them due to low voltage. the overall number of replaced batteries is much higher according to a source at the seattle times. they say 100 batteries had to be replaced but not awful them had suffered a failure. boeing would not confirm the numbe...

Dan spring better the news, hes live in seattle tonight. dan, aviation officials had to be concerned about these batteries a long time ago. >> absolutely. the faa had major concerns about boeings use of lithium ion batteries in the 787. they knew about the fire in 2006 at a lab in arizona. it was caused when a 60-pound lithium ion battery exploded during some testing. this company supplies the battery charger for the 787. the battery maker is made in japan and its the same type installed in the ...

Electrical system and how it interacts with the batteries. the the battery maker is a japanese company, and officials there say theyve been working if space satellites for years with no problems. bottom line, it doesnt look like a quick fix. >> this is not something that were expecting will be solved overnight. there is a lot of technical work and a lot of complex work to understand. >> reporter: on the pond airway withs takes the biggest hit, they had 24 dreamlines in service, and theyve been f...

Police arrested two teenagers. fox news now obtaining this video showing the local marines helping repair the home on tuesday. good for them. [applause]. a local business donating new furniture to the cause and this is great. the teens father, meantime, the of the perpetrators saying he would like the boys to help with the cleanup and good for him, too. ♪ thank you for showing us what the recovery dollars are doing in this a-13. a-23 is really the division of what we had in mind in the recover...

I have seen homicide scenes. i have never seen a shot like this. >> its a shock when something like that happens to slows to your home. >> nehemiah was home schooled. he typically wore army fatigues. was not allowed to play video games. he wrote im a fun loving guy who likes to make people happy. i might be shy but i open up once you get to know me. he could be tried shepard as an adult on multiple counts of murder. back to you. >> shepard: william la jeunesse in los angeles. american and japane...

>> brian: great interview, youll be joining me on radio. real quick, on what we were saying before and the problems with xm sirius, if youre upset that fox could be going away, tweet at sirius xm or go to their web site, www.siriusxm.com. see you tomorrow. bill: all right. good morning, everybody. new details just into fox news from the ntsb and this investigation into issues with one of the largest commercial planes you will find anywhere. the focus on the battery maker used in boeings dreamlin...

Vice president, nicholas majero, as his successor. >> if thats the answer to your medical problem -- >> going to cuba. >> -- oh, my lord. >> single-payer advocates on a roll today. "the boston globe," chinas largest auto manufacturer has the winning bid for a a123, a brumt battery maker based in the u.s. the company received $133 million in federal stimulus grngrnt grants before going under. republicans called the case a textbook example of wasted stimulus money. "usa today," controversy sur...

Maker and makes the batteries that was going into the car. it was a wild success first and value of the company went straight up. they are not selling electric cars and so the chinese bail them out and take them over. >> steve: chinese have a good nose for business. we have a lot of money well put it in there. especially with thents. >> thats the point, chin heaven get the patents that the battery maker come up with. and the chinese got it probably very cheap. obama administration borrowed money...

Now, well build a third line probably late this year. >> reporter: fast forward a year and a half now the company is bankrupt. it issued a statement reading in part, aggressive pricing actions from sign hes solar panel companies have made it very difficult for early stage start up companies like abound to scale in current market conditions. it says it supports enforcement of free trade with china but admits any such action is too late to help that company. bill: this company joins a growing list...

America. it received a 18.5 stimulus grant its bankrupt. a battery maker received stimulus and laid off workers at its michigan plant. the electric vehicle manufacturer received $529 million in stimulus loans, announced layoffs of 26 people from its delaware factory. they say its temporary and its being a prudent company at this point. bill: thank you, doug. patti ann: it was already the most devastating wildfire in colorado history and now this raging inferno has turned deadly, and its nowhere ...