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Uncontrollable acceleration killed two people in nebraska and mississippi. brian, back to you. >> brian: there was another recall on tacoma model trucks, rusting frames and toyotas got real problems right now. thank you. >> you bet. >> brian: olympic officials are make changing to the luge track after a death of a georgian deem member. the seven man delegation wore black arm bands, to honor their teammate who died during the training run. they found no indication the accident was caused by defic...

"consumer reports" recommendations when it comes to cars. is this permanent or temporary? >> what we have done for the models is when the manufacture is saying theyre not confident and selling them and putting a stop sell on them peer stopping the recommendation as well. after they put them back on sale were going to see what happens and play it by ear at that point. we dont have a plan to say immediately theyre going to take it off, were going to take it off. we want to see what the fix is and ...

Crack that would separate the joint. some of the repairs date back to 2004. were listing them on the screen for you. some of the recalls involve a surge in the accelerator. others have braking problems. they are contacting owners to come in for a fix. >> a house committee was supposed to have a hearing about gad pedals but the hearing got snowed out but its rescheduled for later this month. the company says its lost two billion in repairs and sales had and that is before the ruams. dozens of law...

Now, this is of course the latest in a series of recalls involving millions of toyota vehicles. caroline shively live in washington now will bring us more details on this, this is really troubling for toyota sas well as the owners. >> a mountain of lawsuits against toyota, the latest developments. two lawsuits filed friday claimed that uncontrol ab acceleration killed people in nebraska and mississippi. meanwhile, u.s. transportation secretary ray lahood says the u.s. government is going to hold...

Tell you what type shim to put in the vehicle. they come in different sizes. >> how long does it take to do this repair? >> id say 30 to 40 minutes. >> youve got another repair as well. >> yes, we do. >> for this sudden acceleration issue and thats with the floor mats. >> right. the acceleration pedal entrapment by the floor mat. if the mat comes under hinged from the retaining hooks, which are in your carpet, it can bunch up underneath the accelerator pedal. youll notice on this particular peda...

Sudden acceleration or unintended acceleration. that number could obviously increase, but thats fairly contained when youre looking at millions of vehicles out on the road. >> phil, youve got a couple of governors who have toyota plants in their states coming out saying they want to make sure whatever hearing happens with congress that toyota is "treated fairly," in their words. >> theres an economic interest here. those governors realize the jobs that are tied with toyota, they do not want to s...

Nine people had to go to the hospital. not life-threatening injuries. the cause of the accident, how could this happen? the bus driver ran a light. >> a red light, wow. a $1 cigarette tax could help fix health care and the economy according to the american cancer society. it says adding $1 per pack, you could raise more than $9 billion a year for states and save on long-term health care costs. a poll says most americans would support that. >> amazing what a buck can do. toyota says dealers s...

>> reporter: ben baileys law firm is suing toyota over the alleged wrongful death of a michigan woman whose 2005 toyota camry crashed after suddenly accelerating out of control. >> reporter: back in 2004 they were already talking about the throttle control system. >> right. >> reporter: so this isnt a new problem that toyota is investigating suddenly. >> right. >> reporter: they knew about it. >> yes. >> reporter: why didnt nhtsa look into it? rather than review the causes of sudden acceleration...

Negotiating a job with an entity that you were supposed to be regulating? >> not that im aware of. >> it raises questions of conflict of interest. >> reporter: joan claybrook was a long-time president of consumer advocacy group public citizen and before that ran nhtsa for years. >> there should not be a revolving door of people going from the government immediately to a company regulated by the agency. >> reporter: a year later when nhtsa decided to investigate complaints of sudden acceleration ...

Nhtsa for years. >> there should not be a revolving door of people going from the government immediately to a company regulated by the agency. >> reporter: a year later when nhtsa looked at complaints of sudden acceleration, officials sat across from their former colleague to discuss parameters. 20 days later nhtsa issued a memo excluding certain reported incidents. are you suggesting that, in fact, n toyota and a former nhtsa employee worked to narrow the scope of the investigation? >> thats ho...