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It could go better or it could go worse. on top of that we want to add to our list a war with iran and all of those consequences, including something we were talking about a bad word, oil, but its going to cost a lot more if is there a war with iran and we will be paying $10 bucks a balance gallon. this is a prescription for a real acceleration of american decline in the world. ive been in china and everybody has been in china these days but what is so striking about china is the epitome of the ...

>> all right, mike ramsey, "wall street journal" reporting this morning that potentially now were learning that the electronics in toyotas are not to blame for sudden acceleration. it may be just people stepping on the gas. kiran? meanwhile, "minding your business" this morning, gps company tom-tom made a name for itself using celebrity voices in their navigational devices to guide you turn by turn. from michael kane to snoop dogg, even stuey, now you can download characters from "star wars." ...

Speculation there was a computer glitch causing the sudden acceleration, a lot of experts weighed in on that, that barring any other information coming out of toyota, it has to be such. why, im asking you, did toyota wait to release this data or allow nhtsa to look at the data that would have exonerated them, perhaps, a long time ago? >> well, i think it is important here that toyota has all along claimed that they -- that their evidence shows that there is no evidence of electronic throttle con...

The n.a.a.c.p.s claim that patriotic americans who stand up for the u.s.a. constitutional rights are somehow racist. and the charge that tea party americans judge people by their color of their skin is false, appalling, and is a regressive and diversionary tactic to change the subject at hand and newly elected n.a.a.c.p.s president responded to her saying, quote, we are not taking issue with the tea party itself, what we take issue with is this perpetual tol raps for racist statements by -- tole...

You can certainly say that the anti-immigration sentiment this utah is rising. shep? >> trace gallagher live in l.a. tonight. trace, thanks. a couple of states to the east now, a city council in nebraska has just okd a ban on people hiring or renting homes to illegal immigrants. voters approved this ban last month and now that the council signed off, it could take effect in a matter of weeks. the american civil liberties union has pledged to sue to stop it. such legal challenges have tied up sim...

>> camarillo, northwest of l.a., three wildfires are burning near homes sending up huge columns of smoke. theyre reaching right up to some peoples backyard. government investigators in toyota both finding driver error, not sudden acceleration may have caused dozens of accidents. the company says its investigation of nearly 2,000 cases found no problem with the throttle system in the toyotas. drivers who surged out of control might have hit the accelerator when they meant to hit the brakes. and t...

Drivers floored the gas pedal and instead of engaging the brakes and this findings do not clear toyota from other issues blamed for sudden acceleration and toyota, recalled 8 million vehicles for the sticky gas pedal that did not return to idle or get trapped under faulty floor mats. martha: health care now, there are new reports of a startling trend, really among doctors. a rocky start for the presidents health care overhaul. shrinking medicaid payments is forcing providers in texas to consider...

Dow jones industrials up about 107 points, s&p up 18.5 and the nasdaq up 45 points, thats up about 2%. new study from the department of transportation shows toyota vehicles were not always at fault in a string of accidents blamed on sudden acceleration. the wall street journal reports in some instances, drivers mistakenly stepped on the accelerator instead of the brakes. however the study does not clear toyota of sticky gas pedals or floor mats interfering with the accelerator. the consumer pr...

Then the car started up. absolutely. they put that in there. people said its silent. doesnt do anything. they put in it there as a way to remind people what its like. when youre driving the leaf, goes on sale this december. the first thing that stands out is instant acceleration. instant torque. theres no gears there and you have that immediate response as soon as you hit the accelerator and handles better than expect a compact car to handle. there are a couple of things to work on over time. th...

Can we make the transition in a way that keeps this expansion afloat. >> stock market volatility. what about job market volatility. they claim theyre up, dourngs no real consistency there. when do you think were going to see companies start hiring again with steady and upward movement? >> yeah, thats been the most disappointing thing in the last few weeks. the weekly claims numbers youre talking about, theyre now at the level they were at at the beginning of the year so there hasnt been a real s...