nissan in tennessee. >> misnomer to say, exactly. and so, i think that the perceptions that have built up over many, many decades are hard to work through but we're certainly seeing the americans take, you know, the right step forward and the products are getting much better. and are certainly competitive, whether it is from ford, from gm, from chrysler. so, i'm betting for the domestics, and i think they will do well. adam: is ford takeing a hit because of its divorce from mazda? i mean the fusion used to be a mazda 626. now it is an all ford product. is that part of the problem? >> well, that, you know, i think that's something that happened a while ago. the engineers at ford are top-notch as well. so i wouldn't, i wouldn't hang that just on a mazda-related issue. the folks at ford did, you know, divest a number of their, their luxury brand a number of years ago in order to make the company that much stronger and more sustainable. and so, i think they, while they certainly have challenges, i'm not sure i would hang that just on a m

we're seeing really phenomenal sales from the nissan leaf, the ford lineup vehicles, which ford has an interesting strategy of having multiple drivetrains so you can get a gas car, hybrid, plug-in hybrid or pure electric which i think is a cool strategy. and tesla which i used to work at back in the day, is knocking it out of the park. they have the best vehicle out there and they're doing great with sales. ashley: forest, right. i imagine, if we could stop you there. we're getting word, tracy? tracy: president obama is letting everyone know that the 3:00 meeting with the bipartisan leadership will be postponed to allow leaders, senate time to continue progress. as we mentioned if you blink you will miss something. ashley: to your very point. tracy: they will continue working. when we have a time for the meeting we'll of course let you know. ashley: let's get back to forest if we can. forest, sorry about that. we just wanted to get the news in about the ongoing budget negotiations down in d.c. i was going to ask you, it seems to me that many people would love to recharge their vehicles

nissan is also developing a similar technology. they have got a permit to test in japan. gm. tells me today that they have been actually testing super cruz on public roadways for hundreds of miles. they had a real good success with it. so we'll see. gm obviously on the offensive. look at gm stock, obviously has done real well as of late. they really making big strides and they are the first really to trot something out and say, hey, reporters, come take a look at this stuff. as i said, cadillac srx, a pretty sexy car to start with. if you can look, ma, no hands, makes the cross-country drives we take all the time a lot more fun. adam: jeff, here in the city we call handleless driving taking the bus. that is concept that looks cool, got to tell you. >> across america a whole different concept but there you go. adam: see ya, jeff. "pawn stars" is not just a tv show. the number of pawn shops across america jumped 50% since 2007. lori: co-owner of and co-star of "pawn stars," rick harrison is next. ♪ [ male announcer need help keeping your digestive balance in sync? try align.