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Accelerators have prompted toyota recall more than 6 million vehicles in the u.s. alone. this week, a woman in indiana crashed her lexus into a pole after she says she couldnt get the car to stop, lexus of course is made by toyota and this particular model was part of the auto makers recall. the driver says she tried to put the car in neutral, stop the engine, slam on the brakes, but nothing worked until she hit the light pole and were told she ended up with a broken right leg as well as cuts an...

Driveway at what is being described as an uncelebrated unsafe speed. there are no brake marks or evidence that the driver could hit the brake or tried to hit the brake. he was airlifted to mission hospital. he is now in critical condition. we have no idea whether this is related to the myriad of problems associated with accelerators in a variety of models of toyota vehicles. and so we are kind of keeping an eye on this. but obviously everybody is higher vigilant and concerned about it. the victi...

But the director defending the agency. he says previous toyota complaints did not stand out compared to other automakers. he says the agency investigated complaints about the camry during the bush administration but did not find the defect since. since last fall toyota has recalled millions of cars to fix sticky accelerators. they have been linked to more than 50 deaths. toyotas problems on the highway may lead to the courthouse and a flood of lawsuits. i want to get right to the class action su...

One thing our government is supposed to do is keep us safe. countless government agencies full of countless bureaucrats busy enforcing countless rules, countless regulation while spending countless billions of dollars. how did the geniuses at the national highway traffic safety administration, that would be nhtsa for short, not notice that toyota was making cars with accelerators that race wildly out of control? joe johns reports. >> reporter: toyota is on the hot seat this week in washington, b...

Too fast at the expense of safety and quality. congress has questions about the massive recall for sticky accelerators and bad floor mats. more than 8 million cars have been recalled. what did toyota know and when? thats what we all want to know. it is not just about the automaker. they also want to know why the government agency in charge of our safety dropped the ball. if day one was any indication, it should get interesting. heres the crux of the whole thing. are toyotas safe to drive? chec...

Figuring out or revealing whether or not there are electronic issues involved with these accelerators because there have been a lot of crashes that have occurred with the accelerator slammed to the floor and no floor mat in the vehicle. >> joan, youve talked to me a number of times way before this turned into what it is now, and you called it. you not only went after toyota and how they kept many things under the table, shall we say, but youre pretty upset with our government and nhtsa for not d...

Fixing the accelerators that make your car move when you dont want it to? stay with us.

Velshi, who follows this program at 1:00 p.m. eastern time. good to see you. whats at stake here for this company and mr. toyoda as he testifies today? >> the smaller matter is the cost of repairing those cars. while thats billions of dollars, the reality is thats not important. toyotas reputation is built on reliability and the fact people dont buy them to be flashy, they buy them because theyre safe and the company is reliable. the delays in responding to this, you just heard that, thats what ...

We talked about ray lahood. i misspomisspoke, he had a brea. hes coming back and we dont know for how long. should u.s. safety officials relax in following this? >> how i wish we could sue the government when they cause us harm. unfortunately, the same government that takes our taxes and regulates our private behavior has made it nearly impossible to sue them when they dont enforce their own laws and they dont do their own job. lahood, and all the people that work for him, some well intentioned ...

But manslaughter. and she snapped emotionally and got to a point -- martha: no premeditation or intention of killing her husband. >> that is manslaughter. martha: do you think that is what will happen. >> most likely, i dont see a jury letting her off with the cover-up factors that are... martha: sad story, started out as a promising young couple and promising medal athlete ending up being killed in his own backyard by his wife, at a appears, joe, good to see you, thank you very much. bill: in a...