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S that was engineered by her rival, tonya harding, and her husband -- then husband jeff good localy ago galooly. >> thank you very much, ann, with the breaking news. more breaking news in. it is about another possible problem with toyota vehicles. "washington post" is reporting that the transportation department is looking more than 80 complaints. it received from owners of the 2009 and 2010 toyota corollas about the vehicles steering. congressional investigators say that there is growing eviden...

Not closing the door. >>? say shes assembling a staff that would give the appearance of a campaign. is that what youre seeing? >> her aide essentially admitted that. that she does get advice domestic policy advice from others, and a political action committee in place. all clear indications that shes positioning herself, and shes got a great position, she can sit pretty and have this electronic bully pulpit with media deals and speaking engagements. shes in a very good position to just make mone...

Conference in japan this week, a toyota executive ruled out any software or electronic issue with the accelerator. >> translator: for the electronic control unit, we could not come across any case where we found that there was a misfunction in the control system. >> reporter: mckeown says toyotas recalls are disturbing in their limitations, because they dont apply to all makes and models that have allegedly experienced the acceleration problem like the 05 camry guadalupe alberto was driving. bas...

>> so do you think toyota is lying about this? >> i wouldnt go that far. we need to find out more information. they are trying to do the best they can. what we want to know, are they able to resolve the problem? because in they resolve one problem and we have a sudden, unintended acceleration problem that is one we cant ignore, and a drivers nightmare that your car takes offer and the brakes dont slow it down. >> they were saying one thing to your staff that is different than what they were sayi...

Years ago. that obviously was very bad, particularly for firestone. does toyota stand a chance here for a way forward as this continues to pile up on them? >> the key here in comparison to the firestone case is the extent of damages. the problem with the firestone cases is that when those tires were losing control, they were coming off the wheel, people were losing car, their cars were rolling over and people were having serious injuries or death. so far, with this acceleration problem, whether ...

Electronic components that are in these cars. >> reporter: toyota denies the electronics in its accelerators are faulty saying "we have found no evidence of a problem with our electronic throttle control system." >> man, theres a company with big problems. boy genius -- >> a real branding nightmare. the real problem is toyota had this extraordinary brand. right? this made gm in detroit looks like a joke. now you have this other issue. it just looks like they didnt address the problem head-on ear...

The company says that will fix the acceleration problem. he smoke beforepoke before committee today. >> my advice if you own one of these vehicles, stop driving it, take it to a toyota dealer, because they believe they have the fix for it. president obama tells fellow democrats weve got to finish the job on health care reform and other issues. he wrapped up a "q" and "a" session just last hour, days before he went before republican house makers. and our suzanne malveaux is standing by with h...

From bar bra starr. ten americans charged with child trafficking in haiti are expected to get a hearing this morning. the haitian government says they were trying to ferry 33 children out of the government. toyota denying any underlying electronic problems with the millions of cars recalled, claiming an investigation revealed no issues. the fix may arrive as early as today. toyota shipping a metal shim the size of a postage stamp that will fix the faulty acceleration problem. secretary rob...

Accidents, 911 calls, bad times. >> reporter: youre exactly right. this goes back years. but when you look at the recent history, lets take october. october is when toyota says that it first got the reports of this problem. they spent about the next 90 days looking in-depth at what the problem could be and finding a fix. then it was just two weeks ago almost exactly that they came out and they told us what the problem was and then just yesterday they came out publicly, the head of toyota u.s., t...

Acceleration problems with toyota vehicles that have now been recalled? >> im confident, and i tell you what, matt. i drive toyotas, my family members drive toyotas, and my neighbors and friends drive toyotas. i would not have them in products that are unsafe. >> how quickly can your company fix all of the vehicles that have been recalled? >> parts are shipping today. so i think by later on this week, well begin the process of notification to bring customers in. >> all right. that was moments ag...