volcano in iceland. it was the first flight since the u.n. imposed sanctions after saddam hussein s 1990 invasion of kuwait. ford expected to post a profit of more than a billion bucks when it releases earnings tomorrow. it would be the first time since 2005 that ford has posted four straight quarterly profits. researchers say ford deliveries have gone up 37% this year. in addition, redesigned models like the taurus have helped the company boost its market share to 17% and there were a couple of other problems going on with the other car industry. that s another reason why ford did that. that helps. the country s first cancer treatment vaccine may get government approval as early as this week. a seattle based biotech company is expected to get the green light from the f.d.a. to go to market with a treatment that s used as a patient s own immune system with the patient s own immune system to fight tumors. the new treatment avoids potentially painful cancer fighting approaches such
rescue of stranded passengers. tell us what the navy is up to. reporter: yeah. the navy is going to send three naval ships to rescue people including an aircraft carrier. now, these are going to take some time to get to their destinations to pick up the stranded brits, about 150,000 stranded on the continent. and it would be amazing to get home on an aircraft carrier especially if you have kids. it would be a once in a lifetime adventure. what a lot of people in britain are saying is they re a bit cynical about it, think it s politically motivated because there is an election going on right now and they think perhaps the prime minister has sent this as a grand gesture to say, look. we re coming to your rescue when, in fact, it might take quite a while for these ships to get there and by then the planes might be flying again. about a billion bucks lost for the airline industry as far as this. there s been some forecasts that another few days of this and they ll be looking for govern
no conflicts. ah, i see, allan. yeah, so the investors wow, okay. gotc gotcha. allan chernoff in new york for us. what a story. did you want to add something, allan? by the way, tony, those investors lost a billion bucks. the hedge fund betting against the housing market, made a billion. oh, nan. what a story. allan, appreciate it. billion dollars, that s real money. now to the volcanic eruption being felt around the world. 17,000 flights grounded. drifting ash from a volcano in ooigs iceland is to be blamed for it all. forced to shut down airports across much of europe. hundreds of thousands of passengers stranded for a secretary of defense day. i spoke with singer candy stain last hour. she s in london. every day they push it back. they say we can get you we re getting in the air tomorrow at 1:00. and then the next time you hear it, it s like, we just don t know when you ll get back up in
statement that would scare the bejesus out of you. i have to admit the oversight committee has a history of asking not only companies but individuals and any other entity to come and explain what you are doing and why you are saying this because we want to learn. neil: i take your word you want to learn. but i tell you, i read the letter and it is pretty damn threatening sounding to me like you dare question us and here is all the documents and stuff we want from you and if you don t provide it, it going to get ugly, you know. i have a copy of the each of the letters and we want documentation on how they came to the point and that is not unusual. neil: so what have they fine, what if they show you the documentation and here is how losing the credit costs them and here is how we came up with a billion bucks and if you can find another way we can save that billion we are all years.
same, 59%, 39% the american public is in favor of military commissions. meanwhile, senator ben nelson says this. he says i believe given the severe security risk associated with holding these trials in civilian court, the best course of action would be to use military commissions. that s the second time he s come out with something that sounds more republican. remember, he s one of those guys who got the sweetheart deal in the health care reform and the polls in his home state went gretchen, he got booed out of a pizza joint in nebraska. he did. that s why he turned around the month of january and said, ok, that cornhusker kickback, take it out of the bill. but it is remarkable that he and jim webb, the senator from virginia, also lindsay graham and john mccain all said that they signed this thing and said, we ve got to do this not in the criminal courts. we ve got to do it in military courts and what did he do? he quoted the mayor of new york city, michael bloomberg said look,