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Megyn: here is a quick look at stories we are watching for you. could hillary clinton be heading to the supreme court? she might be on the presidents short list to fill the seat of justice john paul stevens. state farm insurance asking toyota to restate for crashes related to the acceleration of its cars. its possible other companies could follow state farms lead. something to think about when you send in your tax return this week. thursday is the day, right? the 15th? i think so. anyway, someti...

Vehicles, can be recalled and to there is a problem you get it fixed for free, cold comfort if you spent tens of thousands for the vehicle. >> and the national transportation highway administration is busy. >> very busy. you cannot get through on the phone. >> i have not tried but i am glad you have. >> thank you. >> more fallout for toyota, the government says they are considering another fine against the exar maker, and it already faces a record $16 million penalty for taking too long to tell ...

>> five days before toyota announced a massive recall a u.s. based executive wrote in an internal e-mail the company needed to come clean about accelerator problems. the a.p. reportedly -- reporting irv miller of v.p. for public affairs saying we are not keeping our customers by keeping this quiet. they say there was no electronic cause of the unintended acceleration. >> meanwhile, lets accelerate to the weather map and find out whats going on. after a downright hot day yesterday, it is going to...

Underneath that seat, too. new developments on toyota, reports suggesting the company notified the european distribute tors about sticking -- distributors and sticky gas pedals weeks before telling the u.s. government and why would that be, if true and the fox business network, cheryl casony is working that sorry, and the information shows toyota hid the information from the u.s. on purpose? >> it potentially could show that, yes, they hid it from the u.s., and, they also mischaracterized the is...

Dont have more reforms, faster acceleration towards alternative energy is because nobody wants to mess with the coal industry. >> natural gas has been increasing in its deployment in replacing coal as a power source for electricity. its half as pollutive but costs twice as much. do you view these types of tragedies in the sago mine tragedy and others as creating any of the political courage necessary to pass, for instance, the s miner legislation or other costs of cheap coal? >> theres an old sa...

The fine. so it declined to say whether it will pay it or it will fight it, shep? >> shepard: all right, peter barnes in our d.c. newsroom tonight. thanks. general motors afound in plans at preventing unintended acceleration. g.m. reports it will install a new brake safety measure in all of its vehicles. this measure would reduce the threat of sticking gas pedals, according to the company, and it would happen by 2012. g.m. says it has not had the same gas pedal problems that toyota clearly has b...

Relatively modest homes require jumbo loans which are even harder to get. making a housing rebound a distant prospect. in los angeles, anita vogel, fox news. >> bret: stock were down today. dow lost 50 3/4. the s&p dropped under 4. the nasdaq gave back 12 3/4. a top toyota executive says u.s. sales have surged 40% this month. thanks to heavy discounts in the wake of massive recalls. toyota has been offering 0% financing, low priced leasing, and free maintenance. the auto maker has recalled 8 m...

Vehicles, hybrid gasolined ones and plug-in ones. the plug-in ones are going to get on the market this year. all-american vehicles. we dont know what the consumer demand is going to be. concerns about range of those all-electric vehicles. the price of those all electric vehicles or how easily or not so easily they will be maintained. all things well learn about because regulations start today and all auto industry in america and consumer demands that drive it are going to change. >> shepard: maj...

High prices mean even relatively modest homes require jumbo loans which are even harder to get. making a housing rebound a distant prospect. in los angeles, anita vogel, fox news. >> bret: stock were down today. dow lost 50 3/4. the s&p dropped under 4. the nasdaq gave back 12 3/4. a top toyota executive says u.s. sales have surged 40% this month. thanks to heavy discounts in the wake of massive recalls. toyota has been offering 0% financing, low priced leasing, and free maintenance. the auto ...

♪ so, no key. >> a little bit here and get some acceleration. this is all new technology. this is something that nobody has ever done before, and that many of our competitors said wouldnt be -- wouldnt be possible. and gm will never do it. >> reporter: will all of the volts this year be assembled in michigan? >> every volt for the foreseeable future will be built in michigan. >> reporter: why do that? it costs you more than assembling them in mexico or elsewhere? >> no, now with the weak dolla...