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Soldiers better protection against concussions and traumatic brain injuries. in confrontational simulations researchers from the lawrence liver moore national lab one of the governments top research facilities tested several different kinds of foam padding systems found that the spongier pads that the army currently uses do work best in military situations. they also found adding just a little extra cushion, could reduce the force of an impact to the skull by 24%. >> when you look at the acceler...

Padding and prevent concussion and brain injury. one of the top research facility tested several kind of foam systems. the spongier pads do work best in military situations. but they found adding just a little bit more cushioning. just 1/8 inch more could reduce the force to the impact of the skull by 24%. >> when you look at accelerations that cause injury. a small increase in thickness can knock that down to the point to make it less severe and light injuries not happening at all. >> reporter:...

Toyota vehicles the government did not find any problems that would cause the runaway accelerations which triggered the recall of millions of cars but the same sort of black, bos used in airplanes found that some gas pedals were getting stuck. this finding fueling a push to put the data recorders in all cars. steve centanni live in washington. why is the federal government now recommending those mandatory data reporters go into the car that you drive, steve? >> reporter: well, jon, ultimately th...

Saptos says if he is not liberal enough for the democratic left, democrats will have a difficult time winning national elections. >> bret: more on this with the panel. thanks. minnesota republican congresswoman michele bachmann has until thursday to respond to inquiries from federal election officials about her campaign fundraising last year. they want itemized details for $6 million donations. bachmanns office says the high amount of individuals giving small donations is likely a factor. th...

The government says it was not an electrical problem that caused the sudden accelerations. what it means for toyota and customer confidence. plus the battle funding for abortions is front and center on capitol hill. in the next hour two separate hearings are taking place. and todays nation gut check. a texas school district wants to make learning arabic a requirement. it believes its the language of the future, but some parents say it could turn into a lesson on islam, and theyre not happy. [ ...

Joining me now is brent schaefer. hu fung le. his 1996 toyota camry was involved in a toyota accident. he also insisted his car suddenly sped out of control in the midst of toyotas sudden accelerations last year. he was grant add new trial and then the prosecutors decided not to retry him. brett is here right now. thank you so much for joining us. i know your client was looking at suing and other litigation. aisle get to that in skoonld. let me get to this report that says this was not an electr...

Government has done a ten-month investigation into those unintended accelerations in toyota vehicles. a variety of toyota models and found that theres no electronic cause for those unintended accelerations. that in fact, all of the evidence according to the scientists at both nasa and the national highway traffic safety administration suggest it was either the sticking accelerator pedal or the floor mat that was holding down these pedals that were responsible for virtually every single one of th...

Rollover risk during turns in this particular model of lexus, the 2010 model, not prior models. the 2010 model of the lexus gx-460. as far as we know, no reported accidents or concerns. the problem here is that when this company, consume mr rorlr they found unexpectedly that on these turns there was a real world rollover risk. four different engineers and test drivers took a look at this and went and got another vehicle. it was not an isolated incident. the electronic stability control system wa...

Countermeasures of it. >> thats an important point, because its not just toyota that has had problems with the sudden, unexpected accelerations. now, toyota says that theres nothing wrong with the electronics in its cars. but the national highway traffic safety administration is at least looking at emi as a possible cause of these unexpected accelerations. jane? jane: thats very interesting, brian wilson is in for -- is in birmingham for us. thanks. jon: brand new polls about what americans are ...

Side of the road. youre going to hear the engine rev really loudly, but most cars have a rev limiter, meaning it wont cause damage to the car. it will make a lot of noise, but you want to pull over to the side of the road even though that engine is gunning. thats where youre going to be safe. >> well, sikes also said he stepped on the brake, this is his quote, very hard right as it accelerated out of control. does the amount of pressure matter here, or can it happen when youre just kind of drivi...