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Were watching for you. >> reporter: president obama urging congress to pass a series of rebates for americans to make their homes more energy efficient saying this program will help americans save money on utility bills and create brand new jobs. well, the transportation department updating the number of deaths now linked to toyotasal problems, they say 52 are connected to the automakers acceleration problems. and no more mail on saturdays? well, the u.s. postal service requesting a five-day del...

Of toyotas sudden acceleration problems. >> i dont know if nhtsa turned a blind high because they didnt understand chips or the electronics. i know this. >> the u.s. sales fell 9% last month. it is global recall we are expected to put a big dent in the sales. ford said its sales surged 43% in february. ford topped gm in monthly sales for first time in more than 11 1/2-year span. gm sales rose more than 11% last month. that was less than half of what analysts actually expected there. new fighting...

Season five, american idol finalist, he survived this quake in chile, the 8.8, but now there are fears from his health because he has type one diabetes and so far his attempts to leave the disaster zone have not been successful. foxnews.com will be following that today. jon: on capitol hill a hearing is underway on toyotas safety problems, ray la hood and three toyota executives expected to testify today. its the third hearing on this issue in just the last week. meanwhile the government is upda...

Im patti ann browne. new announcement from president obama coming tomorrow on healthcare. the president told lawmakers today hes willing to work with four republican suggestions to draft comprehensive legislation in hopes to win bipartisan support. republican senator jim bunning of kentucky blocks a 30-day extension of unemployment benefits and notes the $10 billion jobs measure is not paid for. his party has been working with democrats to pass the legislation. the white house is considering a m...

Three people in that oldsmobile dead. prosecutors claim that the driver hit the gas, not the brake. the man now serving eight years in prison. hes always said he tried to stop but his brakes just didnt work. >> i took my foot from the gas to put on the brake and i stepped on the brake, but its not working. then i step -- pump again and its not working. so i try and at that time i yelled to my family that the brake is not working. i tried to do everything i could to try to stop the car, but i can...

Welcome back. even more trouble this morning involving a toyota vehicle. this -- take a look at this. this is the aftermath of a crash where a woman slammed her 2009 toyota corolla into a home in suburban atlanta yesterday. she claims the car accelerated out of control even though she pushed on the brake as hard as she could. the car finally stopped inside the home. thankfully no one was hurt. the driver suffered some cuts and bruises but nothing serious. toyota has reclaimed 8.5 million vehicle...

Last time dozened of homes were destroyed. a woman drives her car into a house and blames it on toyotas sudden acceleration problems. it happened in atlanta. the driver says it car sped out of control, even though she claims she pushed the brake as hard as she could. toyota recalled 8.5 million vehicles worldwide because of these problems. a man jailed is hoping to use a toyota defense to win his freedom. in 2006, his 1996 toyota camry raced up and plowed into the rear of a car stopped at the ...

Mats were causing sudden acceleration problems on toyota cars. but went center for auto safety asked for details about the test in a freedom of information act request, they got few answers. >> nhtsa responded to that by saying they had -- they dont know how they did the test. they dont know what they measure and they had no test data. in other words, they had nothing other than a conclusion. >> reporter: the next question is why. claybrook says nhtsa has long been considered severely understaff...

In the cars has not been identified at this time and further use of agency resources does not appear to be warranted. an auto safety expert says nhtsa also conducted a technical test in 2007 and concluded that floor mats were causing sudden acceleration problems on toyota cars. but when the center for auto safety asked for details about the test in a freedom of information act request, they got few answers. >> nhtsa responded to that by saying they had -- they dont know how they did the test. th...

State farm insurance company is now confirming that it first alerted the agency to problems with toyota cars in 2004. that very same year, 2004, the committee says nhtsa did its only study of electronic throttle control systems in toyota cars, a so-called preliminary evaluation. and then shut the evaluation down, announcing a defect trend in the cars has not been identified at this time and further use of agency resources does not appear to be warranted. an auto safety expert says nhtsa also con...