Coasttocoast trip. We thought it was time to put a road trip together the mother of all road tests. Gerri are consumers ready to give up control of their cars . All that on the willis report where consumers are our business. The family of a 4yearold georgia boy has been awarded 150 million after a jury found chrysler guilty in his horrific death. Remington walden thats his picture right there. Riding in the back of the familys 199 9 Jeep Grand Cherokee when the car was involved in a rear end crash causing the fuel tank to leak and burst into flames. Joining me shaun cane and plaintiff attorney bob hilliard. Welcome to you both. Sean, im going to start with you im no engineer seems to me putting the gas tank near the rear axle not a great design. Tell me how you analyze this design . Good . Bad . Is it leading to accidents . Clearly putting a tank that close to the crush zone is a big problem and a known problem. Obviously go back to the pinto and before the pinto it was a bad idea. Fac
Coasttocoast trip. We thought it was time to put a road trip together the mother of all road tests. Gerri are consumers ready to give up control of their cars . All that on the willis report where consumers are our business. The family of a 4yearold georgia boy has been awarded 150 million after a jury found chrysler guilty in his horrific death. Remington walden thats his picture right there. Riding in the back of the familys 199 9 Jeep Grand Cherokee when the car was involved in a rear end crash causing the fuel tank to leak and burst into flames. Joining me shaun cane and plaintiff attorney bob hilliard. Welcome to you both. Sean, im going to start with you im no engineer seems to me putting the gas tank near the rear axle not a great design. Tell me how you analyze this design . Good . Bad . Is it leading to accidents . Clearly putting a tank that close to the crush zone is a big problem and a known problem. Obviously go back to the pinto and before the pinto it was a bad idea. Fac
Coasttocoast trip. We thought it was time to put a road trip together the mother of all road tests. Gerri are consumers ready to give up control of their cars . All that on the willis report where consumers are our business. The family of a 4yearold georgia boy has been awarded 150 million after a jury found chrysler guilty in his horrific death. Remington walden thats his picture right there. Riding in the back of the familys 199 9 Jeep Grand Cherokee when the car was involved in a rear end crash causing the fuel tank to leak and burst into flames. Joining me shaun cane and plaintiff attorney bob hilliard. Welcome to you both. Sean, im going to start with you im no engineer seems to me putting the gas tank near the rear axle not a great design. Tell me how you analyze this design . Good . Bad . Is it leading to accidents . Clearly putting a tank that close to the crush zone is a big problem and a known problem. Obviously go back to the pinto and before the pinto it was a bad idea. Fac
Americans are waiting to the last minute to file their taxes. Gerri everything you need to know in our users guide to taxes. Also an, consumer warning about debit cards and outrageous fees some are now charging. Consumer reports is here with a list of the best and worst supermarkets in america. All that and more coming up on the willis report, where consumers are our business. Gerri new questions tonight over the safety of older model Jeep Cherokee and jeep liberties. The new attention comes after 150 million judgment against chrysler and potentially lethal location of those fuel tanks. Fiat chrysler insist the jeeps fuel tank design is not defective. Former nhtsa administrator Joan Claybrook says it is. President emeritus of. Welcome back to the show. The design has been criticized for years. Is it safe . No, it is not safe. This vehicle should have the fuel tank relocated or replaced. Unfortunately the way it was designed by chrysler it is way to the rear of the vehicle, behind the a
Good friday morning. Im bazi kanani in for reena. And hello to you all. Im t. J. Holmes. The Holiday Weekend is kicking off with severe weather, unfortunately. Several places experiencing damaging winds and even tornadoes possibly. At least five states were issued a Tornado Warning overnight including missouri, ohio, nebraska, oklahoma, and we are just learning of a tornado on the ground in kansas. You can see that powerful line of storms there on the radar. Also take a look at some of the damage were seeing already. This is a home in afton, oklahoma. Just a pile of rubble really where that home once stood. Also in afton, powerful winds toppled two tractor trailers. It will linger throughout the day. Accuweathers Justin Povick has the details. Good morning, justin. T. J. And bazi, thanks and good morning. A very active afternoon once again today in terms of severe weather. Todays threat will be further south. A little further east over the western Tennessee Valley sevening from lexingt