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This morning on "world news now," runaway toyotas. after millions of cars were recalled, the results of a federal safety study are in. >> investigators reveal what caused those sudden acceleration problems and what did not. its wednesday, february 9th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." good morning and thanks for being with us. im vinita nair. >> good morning. im rob nelson. abc news broke that sudden acceleration story about a year ago and experts from nasa have spent m...

His egyptian counterpart omar suleiman, pushing a detailed list of steps to be taken by the egyptian government, including the immediate lifting of emergency law that has been in place here for years. thats the law that essentially sanctions all the repression that these protesters are trying to lift. >> thanks, aaron katersky, reporting live from cairo. thanks again, aaron. the new republican leadership in the house miscalculated the level of support for the patriot act. they thought they cou...

Saying electronic acceleration problems cannot occur. transportation officials are considering changes requiring brake override systems, standard keyless ignition systems and event recorders like black boxes in planes for all passenger vehicles. so, while the report of rapid acceleration and does toyota have more problems with it than other companies? the study didnt say. rob and vinita? some incredible video here shot along a southern california freeway. an 83-year-old man was driving a picku...

Says glitches were not to blame for sudden reports of acceleration. well, italian premier silvio berlusconi is lashing out at prosecutors today who want him tried in a lurid sex scandal. he called the investigation disgusting and groundless. >> a judge will decide on whether to indict the 73-year-old then used his influence to cover it up. stephanie gosk is following the story from london. if this scandal were an american politician, let alone, i mean, this person probably wouldnt be in office...

Good morning from cnn london. >> and a very good afternoon from cnn hong kong. im andrew stevens and youre watching "world business today." joe our top stories this tuesday, february 8th, egypts workers are slowly getting back to business for the countrys currency is still falling. well explore how violence in the middle east has accelerated a trend in which investors are pulling out of emerging markets. >> and toyota says its net profits fell in the three nos from december isnt now the company ...

Toyotas electronics and software. the company recalled 8 million cars, trucks and suvs, and it blames driver error. the government connects 93 deaths to done acceleration. winter, back on the attack again today. a big snowstorm sliding out of the rockies into the plains. oklahoma could see a foot of fresh snow. dallas will get broadsided for the second time this month. when michael jacksons doctor goes on trial next month, youre actually going to be able to watch that on tv. a los angeles ju...

With ali velshi sundays at 3:00 and saturdays at 1:00 p.m. eastern. time to check the developments in our top stories. youre looking at a tape version of tahrir square where todays crowds are larger and louder than theyve been in days. protesters pledge no compromise until president hosni mubarak steps down. earlier one group broke off and marched on parliament. meantime, u.s. defense secretary robert gates speaking out on the conflict saying the egyptian military has acted with, quote, great re...

There is one person, according to the spokesperson, from this plant who has not been accounted for. but theres a caveat there. he said that that person was seen leaving the facility so hopefully he or she is fine. just simply not accounted for at the moment. he also did say one school in the area has been told to shelter in place, but there are no evacuations despite these massive black plumes of smoke. i imagine that is hundreds feet into the air from that plant. theyre working to stop the flow...

Charges. twitter messages were entered into evidence today. a ruling is expected later this week. a new study led by nasa blames mechanical issues not electronical for the toyota problems. after thousands of reports of unexpected acceleration, toyota recalled nearly 9 million call p cars in 2009 and 2010. and nfl commissioner roger goodell has apologized to ticket holding fans who were shut out of sundays super bowl. some temporary seating wasnt ready in time for the game so about 400 people...

Ruled out electronics as the probable cause of that throttle opening, causing that sudden acceleration, the cars to speed out of control. this is what toyota originally diagnosed as the probable cause, that is those large floor mats that were causing the gas pedal to stick and also a sticky accelerator pedal. that appears to be what did cause those cars to speed up uncontrollably. now, nasa engineers did have unrestricted access to a lot of toyotas computer code for that electronic throttle syst...