good morning. i m diana perez. i m john muller. here are some of the top headlines we are following on world news now. the chinese government is angrily denying it ever spied on american companies. this is after five chinese military officers were indicted by the u.s. on charges of cybertheft. a major beef recall under way because of e. coli fears. the meat sent from a michigan plant only went to restaurants in michigan, ohio, missouri and massachusetts. so far 11 people have gotten sick. as early as today the nba could reject the request from donald sterling. he is seeking a three-month delay before the hearing that will address the comments that got him a lifetime ban from the league. a vote whether to force the him to sell the clippers will follow the hearing. albuquerque is suffering a plague of grasshoppers thanks to a mild, wet spring but other than devouring plants they are
it is story as old as humanity. i suppose. some people think why build when i can take. it is faster to take what you built than to build it myself. it is not fair and does great damage to our country s incentives for our people to try to develop good ideas. reporter: the chinese government calls the charges bogus but the fbi director says he has the evidence to prove it. if those five military officers ever leave china they better be looking over their shoulders. pierre thomas, abc news, new york. major beef recall underway because of possible e. coli contamination. 1.8 million pounds of meat from a michigan plant was only sent to restaurants but the government is not identifying which ones. this strain of e. coli is serious and can even be deadly. this is an infection that can be followed with an illness characterized by bleeding and kidney failure that can be fatal. the biggest threat is from hamburgers because they are
a song by the legendary band the clash is called i fought the law. and those who know it know the law won. the idea behind the story of a 19-year-old named colin anderson from michigan. he and friends were hanging out at the park and one was ticketed for skateboarding. his statements earned him a ticket for cursing. anderson decided to fight the ticket and he s already lost. he s paid 80 of the $200 and he has another ten days to pay the rest. oh, man. by the way, he says he s learned a lot from this episode. his friends and him still plan to hang out near that park. he probably not using the same language. if they are going to raise revenue by fining people who curse, my goodness. what s the language? you want me to read it. what he said is this is [ bleep ] [ bleep ] [ bleep ]
destroyed. back to the story we mentioned at the top of the show. police in chicago are hoping for a peaceful memorial day after a weekend filled with violence. four people were killed and more than two dozen injured this weekend as abc s alex perez reports. one victim shot is a 7-year-old girl. reporter: little deja smith was doing what she loves to do, playing with her friends on her bike outside her south side chicago home when she was caught in the middle of a drive-by shooting. doesn t make sense all this shooting, you know. every day. reporter: the shooting that injured deja was just one in an outbreak of violence across chicago this hot memorial day weekend. one person has died so far. at least 24 people were shot and injured between late saturday afternoon and early sunday morning. police believe most shootings were gang or drug related. and it s frustrating that you are here one minute talking. the next hour, you are dead from a single gunshot wound. reporter: desp
you can get 0% or 1.9% financing. reporter: on a typical weekend, this dealership sells 20 cars. this weekend, they are expecting to sell 70. it s halftime, america. reporter: detroit is mounting a big comeback. already chrysler has added 3,000 factory jobs to keep up with demand. gm, 4,300 jobs in four states. three years ago, manufacturing at this michigan plant was halted. by early this year, those workers told us all 2,200 of them were back. back at the dealership, we found joe and his wife phoebe buying not one car, but two. both american cars helping to create american jobs. where are you guys going to go now? we re going for a road trip. one car off the lot on the road to recovery. akiko fujita, abc news, new york. that s especially good news. a year ago we were just a few months out from the tsunami earthquake in japan. those car dealerships were having difficulties because of the shortage of parts because of all the damage in japan. you would know that. i go