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Did toyota know, when did it know it, and has the company really pinpointed the problem causing vehicles to accelerate, the sudden acceleration problem. we will bring you akio toyodas testimony live, right here in the "cnn newsroom." you know, some portray tomorrows health care reform summit as an opportunity for compromise. others say it is nothing more than political theater. decide for yourself, cnn will have live coverage beginning at 10:00 a.m. eastern time recommend that is tomorrow morn...

Hes expected to be released from a washington hospital in the next day or two. nearly 450 passengers on a celebrity cruises ship have been sickened with a gastrointestinal illness. it departed charleston, south carolina a week ago, headed for the eastern caribbean and passengers began falling ill over the weekend. the cause, still unclear. torrential rain triggered a massive landslide on a tea plantation on indonesias main island of java. close to 30 homes were buried. rescue officials have foun...

This case actually began in ft. worth. it lasted 45 minutes, reaching speeds up to 100 miles an hour. the suspect was wanted for parole violations and faces multiple charges. >> he could have wished for toyota with an acceleration problem. it could have saved them. >> why did he think he can get away with that? >> i dont know, those high speed chases. cant get enough of the video, though. up next, firing teachers for failing the kids. one district is sending out pink slips for the entire high ...

Torrential rain triggered a massive landslide on indonesias main island of java. close to 0 hopes were burieburi. dozens of people are reported missing. a wild police chase in texas ended with the suspect actually leaping from his moving car and trying to escape on foot. he didnt get very far. it reached speeds up to 100 miles an hour. the suspect was wanted for parole violations and faces multiple charges. >> he could have blamed toyota for an acceleration problem. up next, firing teachers fo...

It was a fun day for the head of toyota usa today. james lentz had to appear in front of congress to be yelled at by men who dont do anything. he maintains the acceleration problem in many of his cars is a result of misplaced floormats and sticky gas pedals rather than the more serious electronic issues that congress wants them to look into. and in addition to removing floormats and replacing the accelerator mechanisms, toyota is now recommending that owners replace their wheel and tire mechanis...

Revenue, once the money is sprinkled around in real estate, and restaurants and all of the other things that you can spend billions of dollars on. bill: washington, too. martha: indeed. but it is for many, a bitter pill for taxpayers to swallow when they hear the numbers. bill: and watching new developments on the hill today, top executives for toyota, coming face-to-face with the lawmakers today. the house committee expected a grill toyota on the sudden acceleration problem and how the japanese...

Recently on this. here is an la times story from november, reported since 2001 their vehicles accelerated on their own. that didnt get picked up. there was a story "the new york times" gave, four paragraphs on the auto section saying that ntsa has publicly rebuked toyota accusing it of putting out inaccurate and misleading information about this acceleration problem. why didnt that set off more alarm bells in the press? >> i think it should have set off more alarm bells in the press. i think the...

Around. >> sure. >> with the sudden acceleration problem, have you figured out what the problem is? >> toyota has, the sticky accelerator pedal. >> yes, yes. >> and they have had their engineers work 24/7, came up with a repair. presented it to nhtsa. they have approved it, weve implemented it. we just need people to bring the vehicles to us so we can take care of it. >> and you really want people to do that. >> yes, we do. >> so what did you bring me here? you brought me the fix here? gears and...

Dont have a fix but theyre saying the cars are safe to drive. is that good advice from this car company? >> i dont think so. although these problems may not occur in only a small percentage of the cars, most of them may not have a problem at all, have or if youre going 30 miles an hour, thats 44 feet a second. if you have a fraction of a second delay, say, a half a second, thats 22 feet. that will get you out into an intersection when youre trying to stop at a stop sign. its a very dangerous con...

Theres other people i believe involved with this whole thing. but i think that if he were interrogated he would come clean and tell everything he knows. >> larry: did you want him charged with homicide or murder? >> i was looking for justice, and justice to me would be a murder charge. okay, here is what were working on for the next hour of "cnn newsroom" -- what you need to know about toyotas acceleration problem. experts warn of an electronic malfunction. and not just sticky gas pedals and...