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By one or more of these recalls in the united states. the biggest recalls are for solutions our engineers have developed with regard to two specific mechanical causes of unintended acceleration. one involves all weather or inappropriate accessory floor mats that when loose or improperly fitted can entrap the accelerator pedal. the other concern, pedals that can over time grow sticky with wear in rare instances. the solutions we have developed for both these issues are effective and durable. with...

Could see toyota ceo akio toyoda on capitol hill any moment now facing the music. youve got some very angry lawmakers up there. this is him, arriving in his toyota, a good move there, to face these questions, and the cross-examination is expected to be brutal. dont forget a lot of these lawmakers arguably have a dog in this fight, and theyre going to go after this guy, and hes going to face them one on one, to answer questions about 34 deaths that are said to be linked to sudden unintended accel...

Employees convincing the government, floor mats is the problem, for sudden acceleration, which is absurd at best and you have all the complaints and toyota has three times more deaths with the unintended acceleration than any other manufacturer combined we have a problem and when you see 70% of the cars, have unintended acceleration are not listed on these recalls, im concerned and people are concerned and im getting tons of e-mails of people that are concerned and it has to be addressed and is ...

. three women lost their mother in an auto accident involving a camry in 2007. they say the car suddenly accelerated. it could not be stopped by its brakes. margie, the government says that it has records of 34 people who convenient killed in unexplained acceleration accidents is your mothers case on that list? >> yes, as we know it, it is. i didnt realize it was that high. but she is on that list. jon: what mapped? she was riding -- what happened? he was riding in her friends car? >> they had j...

Next a capitol hill appearance by toyotas president who testified to address his companys recent rash of safety issues. akio te akio toyoda underscored the commitment to repair the problems. >> my name is on every car. you have my personal commitment that toyota will work vigorously to restore the trust of our customers. thank you. >> japanese regulators are set to invest 38 reports of unintended acceleration. salon.com glenn greenwald, josh marshall. a fun day for us. nice to see both of you.

Vehicles? >> allow me to explain the situation a little bit. factors contributing to the unexpected acceleration i believe can be roughly classified into four categories. brac translation icat gore

Mika. >> weve got a lot. >> it looks like health care may be alive. weve got the summit tomorrow. democrats are moving quickly, trying to get 50 votes for reconciliation in the senate. nancy pelosi scrambling around in the house seeing if she can get 218. sam stein with "the huffington post" saying thats the real challenge. and the hearings on toyota. >> my gosh. it was riveting and troubling. no norah odonnell along for the red. >> pat buchanan is going to tell us about his experience at the ca...

Great interest these hearings and well continue to today, how do they feel about the fact that yesterday, jim lentz, the coo of the company wouldnt 100% guarantee the current fixes are going to work? >> reporter: thats right. you remember mr. dingell and mr. barton asked him those questions harshly, and the people here said, look, nothing is 100%, they were actually empathetic with him and they say they understand his response, its not a cop-out but you cannot guarantee anything 100%, but safety...

Can simultaneously reduce fuel when sensing that the brake that been pushed. isnt that correct? >> you are much better at talking than i am. i think i believe so. >> for all of us here who are concerned of course about fail safe and acceleration caused by electronics, i think -- im asking you, isnt it fair to say although electronics could at times be a problem and your people have not eliminated the that, the solution is in fact electronics in this case and thats whats going to give the higher ...

Acceleration, in 2007, there was a problem in the united states for which the floor mats were changed. there was a problem in japan with a different model but similar in floor pedal in which the toyota pedal itself was shortened. and now in the case of all these models, theres an electronic upgrade additionally to prevent an accident like we had in 2009. would that be the outcome today, including the electronics upgrade to advanced brake override, is that the type of learn from your mistake that...