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Accelerator issue, that prompted major recall that seems to be going on and on and on and now another half million vehicles, are subject to yet another recall. were finding out. bill: and, a dramatic political maneuver by floridas governor charlie crist in the works, could he think of changing political parties? are you receiving a payout from a legal settlement or annuity over 10 or even 20 years? call imperial structured settlements. the experts at imperial can convert your long-term payout in...

Tomnate the local water supply, so the town has taken action, sun city there be -- will be made a place vultures wont stay away for, theyre using air horns and propane, canons and pyrotechnics to scare them away. martha: why are they there in the first place? its like "the birds". creepy, isnt it? bill: theyre not pretty, either. martha: no, no, they look exactly like theyre supposed to look. vultures. all right, lets move on, shall we, and talk about something else, the troubled automaker toy...

Federal bailouts. bonus payments very controversial at this company. some college students will soon be getting a break from uncle sam thanks to a new tax credit of up to $2500. the new american opportunity tax credit is an increase over a previous college tax deduction. 40% of the credit is refundable. thats it from cnbc. were first in business worldwide. david? back to you. >> thank you very much. toyota usa is at the microphone now addressing the complaint last week about a toyota that we...

Lasted a couple of months from august to october of 2007. and they determined it was because of the floor mat issue and then, later, they had some floor mat recalls on some lexus models. >> thats right. >> so now, lawmakers are also wondering did they do enough and we also know that tomorrow, there is going to be a house committee aever oversight hearing. >> good. >> and that is going to -- that hearing is going to talk about the accelerator issue. they want to know, representative daryl isa sen...

Jonathan hunt is live in new york. the transportation secretary, ray lahood, got up in the middle of this. >> just what toyota needed on the top of the prius brake pedal problems and millions of cars recalled over the accelerator issue. now the transportation secretary, ray lahood, on the hill giving stark advice to anyone who owns one of the effected toyotas. >> my advice is if anybody owns one of these vehicles, stop driving it. take it to a toyota dealer because they believe they have the fix...

Anything else you want to say on that? >> yes. its a quote, but its referring to a point in time that was maybe one month ago, two months ago when it might have been related to the real problem of the recall. and now it probably isnt. unless somebody is telling horrible lies. but right then, you would think, oh, my gosh, anybody who has got an accelerator issue, if the top three people in toyota or their legal department heard about this, theyd say we want to go, oh, 3450i gosh, we have to look ...