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February 15, 2010
>> you dont want people to know. >> you really dont. >> i dont want everyone knowing who im e-mailing. the markets are closed today. thats why were talking about the buzz on google. >> stephanie, thank you. toyotas president apologizing personally to a prius customer at a dealership in tokyo this weekend. akio toyoda bowed several times to the owner. he said toyota -- can you imagine a ceo of one of the big financial companies doing anything like this? well, forget about the bowing. just apolo...
February 15, 2010
There are new report it is government has received about toyota alleging 34 deaths in toyota vehicles due to sudden acceleration over the last ten years. many of the complaints have been filed in the past three weeks but, again, new information coming about the number of deaths alleged in toyotas in the last ten years. one of the problem that is sparked the recall. we have major breaking news in the world of politics. indiana senator evan bayh,a democrat, announced at least incomes confirmed t...
February 15, 2010
Take responsibility for it. further, hes been reduced now to appearing at prius dealerships in tokyo and personally apologizing to customers. >> frank, i got handed a note the department of transportation is now confirming that the na national highway traffic safety administration received new complaints alleging 34 deaths in toyota vehicles due to sudden acceleration since may of 2000. and this is just coming in now. we expect, unfortunately, this to continue. >> well, whats happening now is th...
February 15, 2010
Jon: "happening now," take a look at the top box. we are waiting for a major announcement from indiana senator evan buy. the democrat set to announce his retirement. he says excessive partisanship played a role in his decision not to run again. in the middle box, the government says it received 13 more complaints of fatal accidents linked to sudden acceleration in toyotas, this after the automaker announced it huge recall. in the bottom box, word of an international arrest warrant for american c...
February 15, 2010
Has revealed its received new complaints alleging 34 more deaths in toyota vehicles due to sudden acceleration. some of the accidents go back ten years and the dot says its received many complaints in the last few weeks as the publicity surrounding the massive global recall has intensified. joining us chief business correspondent for business news and world report. a couple weeks ago i interviewed a man out of texas. his wife died in an accident. he blames toyota. he has sued. at the time no ide...
February 15, 2010
Marjah. one of the most aggressive assaults against the taliban since 2009. the transportation department revealed it has received new complaints alleging 34 more deaths in toyota vehicles due to sudden acceleration. some of the accidents go back 10 years. the do the has many complaints as publicity about the global recall has spread. midterm elections coming up. we may see some running on an anti-obama platform. according to a report out today, the obama white house is not discouraging the ...
February 14, 2010
Recently on this. here is an la times story from november, reported since 2001 their vehicles accelerated on their own. that didnt get picked up. there was a story "the new york times" gave, four paragraphs on the auto section saying that ntsa has publicly rebuked toyota accusing it of putting out inaccurate and misleading information about this acceleration problem. why didnt that set off more alarm bells in the press? >> i think it should have set off more alarm bells in the press. i think the...
February 14, 2010
Floor mat that got entangled in the accelerator pedal. >> i have in my hand a story you co-authored on the front page of "the times" saying toyota has a growing problem with recalls that is sullying its carefully honed image. that story didnt seem to be widely picked up, didnt resonate. maybe "the times" should have followed up more. you say the problem supp sided. >> the problem seemed to subside. we have data on their recalls worldwide. they actually dropped substantially. but there have alway...
February 14, 2010
Of blame to go around. turns out the japanese automaker with a sterling reputation has had its share of manufacturing defects in the past and federal regulators failed to crack down. some toyota owners have been in rebellion as they say the company ignored their repeated reports of problems involving both those brakes and the more serious issue of uncontrolled acceleration. >> the national highway traffic safety administration says it received some 2,000 complaints, and this is for the sudden ...
February 14, 2010
Toyotas taking new steps to restore confidence in its cars. yesterday the president of toyota motors went directly to customers who own those troubled cars. here he is at a dealership in tokyo where many people waited to have their brake pedals repaired. were waiting to see if toyotas president will visit dealerships here when he arrives in the u.s. next month. meanwhile, two lawsuits were filed in federal court friday alleging that deaths in nebraska and mississippi were caused by sudden accele...