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Car to spin out. putting the car into neutral, youll be fine. >> we were confused here, he is pressing an ignition switch. is that what the prius has, its not a turnkey function? >> well, that particular year should ab push button. you just hold the button for five seconds or longer and the engine will shut off. if you listen further into the 911 call because i did listen to it many times myself, he said he was afraid of shutting the car off because of someone behind him hittingle and thats why ...

Netanyahu. we shall see. moving on, its deja vu all over again for toyota. another day and yet another acceleration problem in a prius. this time in harrison, new york. a 56-year-old driver lost control of her 2005 hybrid model for 100 feet before slamming into a stone wall. the woman was hospitalized with nonlife-threatening injuries. harrison police say theyve ruled out the floor mat as the cause. it was tied to the seat frame. and officials now have released the 911 tape containing the exch...

>> translator: well, i believe that the vehicles are made by the roadways in each locale. the conditions of the roadways are changing, and we have to pay attention to that constantly, so it is not that i am to say here that, yes, we will put the warning sign here and there, rather, we really have to become much more attentive in listening to the voices from the customers, and we want to provide something more convenient, easier to use, much better and higher technical capability, and we would li...

Warning sign here and there, rather, we really have to become much more attentive in listening to the voices from the customers, and we want to provide something more convenient, easier to use, much better and higher technical capability, and we would like to strive for that. >> larry: have you come up, mr. toyoda, with a solution to the acceleration problem? do we definitively know why those cars accelerated? >> translator: well, they are four sort of categories of the cars. as i said earlier, ...

Owners saying the fix for a sticky gas pedal is no fix, and telling the feds, more than a dozen, the vehicles are speeding up without control after repairs were completed and eric sean is checking in on this, live in our newsroom, what is the issue. eric: it is supposed to be the big fix and may not have worked in all cases. dealing with the sudden acceleration problem of some toyota models. now, the mags national highway traffic safety administration says it is investigating at test ten allegat...

Determined floor mats were causing the sudden acceleration problem. in a freedom of information act request they got few answers. >> nhtsa responded by saying they dont know how they did the rest. they dont know what they measured and have no test data. in other words, they had nothing other than a conclusion. >> reporter: the next question is why. claybrook says nhtsa has been considered understaffed and underfunded and the house committee reports says they appear underqualified to investigate ...

350 people killed alone in the coastal town of constitution. some of the deaths apparently caused at waves from a tsunami swept through the area. the countrys president saying the entire death toll from the magnitude 8.8e magglio quake stands at 708 and that number expected to go higher. secretary of state hillary clinton will arrive in santiago chile testimony. the week long tour expected to be dominated by the tour in chile and she is scheduled to make stops in guatamela, uruguay and costa r...

Capability and we would like to strive for that. >> larry: have you come up, mr. toyoda, with a solution to the acceleration problem? do we definitively know why those cars accelerated? >> translator: well, they are four sort of categories of the cars. as i said earlier, the electronic throttle controls failure is one, and the other one is the way in which the car is driven, and structural of the vehicle, for example, the relation or the location of the axle, pedal, axle and the brake pedal or t...

Solve the acceleration problem, customers could turn on the brand, and they could lose one-third of their customers. sorry is not going to be enough if the problem is not fixed. it is performance and not promise nas will fs that will t tide. allan chernoff. president obama and a group of lawmaker from both sides of the aisle are about to resume an unprecedented summit. they are discussing health care costs and regulation. cnn takes you back to live coverage right after this.

>> now what allen? can the brand be saved? >> they have to deliver. saying youre sorry, thats nice. but what american consumers want is performance, and thats what they expect from toyota. there is called grand finance, and they are saying if toyota does not fix the acceleration problem, the brand could lose one third. >> here is a broadcast exclusive. >> you apologized on behalf of toyota. one congresswoman didnt think that you showed enough remorse. how -- this is hard to put in words, maybe.