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captioning sponsored by wpbt >> tom: good evening and thanks for joining us. the u.s. economy is growing, but slowly. susie, the official numbers on the first quarter were released today, showing the economy grew at an annual pace of just 2.2%. >> susie: tom, it might not be robust. but optimists note at least the u.s. is growing and has not followed europe economies there have almost screeched to a halt. looking at the numbers, the gross domestic product or g.d.p. of 2.2% in the first quarter was slower than most estimates. most of the growth came from a pick up in consumer spending...

captioning sponsored by wpbt >> tom: good evening and thanks for joining us. the u.s. economy is growing, but slowly. susie, the official numbers on the first quarter were released today, showing the economy grew at an annual pace of just 2.2%. >> susie: tom, it might not be robust. but optimists note at least the u.s. is growing and has not followed europe economies there have almost screeched to a halt. looking at the numbers, the gross domestic product or g.d.p. of 2.2% in the first quarter was slower than most estimates. most of the growth came from a pick up in consumer spending...

really witnessing an incredible story. i didn't know how it was going to end, but i knew that what was happening here in dearborn was either the death of an american icon or its resurrection. and while i was privately rooting for the latter, i was going to write the story either way. so as i followed the day-to-day events of the turn around of ford for the detroit news, i also in the back of my mind was writing this book. and in 2010 when it became clear that ford had turned the corner and saved itself and done it without taking a taxpayer bailout, i might add, i approached bill ford...

[applause] >> thank you all for coming in thank you for watching viewers at home. i just wanted to start out by talking a little bit about how the book came out. i've been covering ford motor company for the t-shirt news since 2005 and from the beginning when i started covering ford, i knew it's really witnessing an incredible story. i didn't know how it had become the venue is happening in dearborn was due to the death of an american icon or its resurrection and while i was privately rooting for the latter is going to read the story either way. as i follow the day-to-day events of t...

>> good morning. charles osgood is off today. i'm anthony mason and this is sunday morning. autumn is is an exciting time for detroit's big three, a season for rolling out their brand new cars to the acclaim of eager buyers. this autumn, however, the only u.s. auto maker with much to be excited about is ford which leads to an obvious question. could it be in the words of its old ad campaign that ford really does have a better idea? martha teichner will report our cover story. >> reporter: the famous ford blue oval. what do you think it's worth? in 2006 in order to stop a hemorrhage o...