Auto makers return to Washington to ask for financial bailout

Mark Zandi, chief economist and cofounder of Moody's Economy.com testifies before the Senate Banking Housing and Urban Affairs committee about the state of the US automobile manufacturing industry on Capitol Hill in Washington on December 4, 2008. Chrysler, GM and Ford are asking Congress for billions of dollars to help the industry weather the current economic crises. (UPI Photo/Roger L. Wollenberg)