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Recalled 8 million vehicles last time, theyll recall vehicles again. they bounced back from the last issue. like i said, the stock -- im sorry, the sales were up 10 percent for the quarter, after we heard about the accelerator problem. jon: they were cutting a lot of discount. sue: the number one ought automaker in the world, it sells more than gm, any other cars on the planet. they need a recall, theyll fix the problem and move on. jon: if youve got a grand jury involved, though, that suggests ...

1780? peuld with -- filled with salt water? you foe tkpweurs. martha: i will go first. bill: so toyota is facing new legal troubles, facing a subpoena from a federal grand jury in new york, demanding documents related to faulty steering and front wheel parts. toyota says the subpoena did not affect all vehicle models and the car makers has recalled 8 million vehicles since october and paid the record $16 million fine for the slow response to the accelerator problem. martha: all right. this from ...

From inside toyota. you really get a sense of what was going on, the conversations that were being had, but in january tota was scrambling to figure out the best way to deal with this major accelerator problem and in an e-mail obtained by the associated press, one of the top executives warned that the company needs to, quote, come clean about the sticking pedals and the executive saying toyota was not protecting customers by keeping quiet about this. in the e-mail by recently retired vice presid...

Some new details coming to light about toyotas timeline in dealing with its acceleration issues. those details are coming from toyotas own internal documents. deb feyerick has been looking through some of them. some people saying that theres something of a smoking gun in there. deb? >> well, do you know what it is, its e-mails, and its e-mails that really show the thinking of toyota officials, not only here in the u.s., but in toyota in japan. pretty strong words coming from inside toyota, the c...

Warnings now from a former toyota executive just days before the company recalled millions of vehicles, you know, for those sticky accelerators. cnns deborah feyerick live. tell us about the internal memo you got. >> well, its becoming apparently clear that toyota executives were scrambling to figure out the best way to deal with this huge accelerator problem and how best to tell the public. now, in an e-mail obtained from the associated press, one of the companys top public relations executives...

>> he thought he was doing a good thing for his kids. jonathan hunt in the studio. thank you. more people tonight saying toyotas fix needs a fix. the associated press says about 20 people report having their toyota vehicles speeding up on their own even after the owners took the car in for repairs. of course, toyota has been working on recalled vehicles for weeks now. trying to fix accelerator problems that have caused cars to speed up, even when the driver takes their foot off the gas pedal. st...

Nancy. parole agents were monitoring him but failed to discover. garrido and his wife are charged with capturing dugard in 1991. starting off as a protest party over tuition hikes, but at some point turned into something more like a riot. with 200 students in the street setting fires and vandalizing the campus, police arrested 14 people. a man from minnesota is asking to be released from prison asap. he says recent revelations by toyota prove he did nothing wrong in the crash of a toyota cam...

Well, were going to do the right science. and if its -- toyota likes it, great. if toyota doesnt like it, unfortunately, theyre going to have to deal with the consequences. >> reporter: exponent says they stand absolutely by not only their record but by their employees and say when this is all said and done, they will find out exactly what happened with this accelerator problem in toyota vehicles. but jessica, you can bet that somebody else may just find out something different and they will end...

Employees and say when this is all said and done, they will find out exactly what happened with this accelerator problem in toyota vehicles. buts very jesica, you cannet beth that somebody else may just find out something different and they will end up battling it out in court. >> absolutely. thank you, ted, for that report. well, unlike mr. i do yesterday dark ray la hood is not a brand name. he is the secretary of transportation and today, he, too, was on the hot seat for what the safety wat...

And we are going to look at their report, im sure, and tear it apart. >> that is the frustrating part of it all. thats whats wrong with our system in that you can have ph.d.s on either side coming to dramatically different conclusions, and lo and behold, the conclusions marry the clients that are paying them. >> from a company perspective that does this work and does it well, we are going to do the right science. and if its -- toyota likes it, great if they dont, unfortunately, they will have to...