all right, that s good to know. what about the owners who have spent about a little more than $10,000 to breed this horse and now chrome wins the kentucky derby and the preakness. how unusual is that, just 10,000 bucks? it s a hollywood fairy tail is what it is. typically, these triple crown winners are born in the bluegrass state of kentucky with fancy bloodlines. this guy was born in the other side of the tracks. let s make no mistake about that. the fact he s run a derby, somewhat of a miracle. the fact he run the preakness, even more so. now if he wins it s the triple here with modest breeding as he is, it will go down as one of the great racing stories of all time. just perspectivewise, how much might an owner spend at this point try to get to where california chrome is? you know, if he wins, and i think even if he loses, i think this will give an incentive for maybe the owners to buy horses in the business.
year in the u.s., all of the u.s. automakers made and sold only 15.6 million cars. they have actually recalled more cars than were made all of last year. just perspectivewise, what does this mean financially for g.m.? well, up to now it has not been a huge hit on the stock. they announced an additional $300 million they will take in the next quarter to pay for the expenses around this. they have to bring all of these cars in and do a fix on the keys. that begins to really start to pile up. we re now over $2 billion worth of charges for g.m. against their balance sheet. not a good thing for general motors at all. jeff flock live in chicago with the breaking story. that you know. now to the developing crisis in iraq. islam i..ist insurgents have taken another iraqi city are their self-described march to baghdad. american military muscle is