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Steve: it is a super bowl for car lovers and happening today in detroit. ainsley: we are getting a sneak peek at the north american auto show. brian: mike is already there. he is the auto expert. he joins us with the coolest trends this year. mike caudill, take it away. >> good morning, guys, i have got to tell you day two of the media preview north american auto show in detroit. im really excited about this vehicle right here. talk about taking the bull by the horn. its the all new ford explore...

Adopted -- allowed to adopt two of them. not legally, just in playing in the jungle. >> next the bad. more workers are calling in sick when they actually have a clean bill of health. a new survey from career builder finding in the past year, 38% of employees pretended that they were sick. that is up from 28% last year. and finally the ugly. seahawks fullback derek coleman is suspended after a hit and run arrest in washington state. he is accused of rear ending another car, causing it to roll o...

>> it came out! >> what a brave little boy. behind the wheel, a florida father who decided to pull his sons tooth out by using that string and his chevy camaro. the 8-year-olds head barely moved as that tooth was yanked out of his head. oh, my. elizabeth, your kids are older? >> i usually dont advocate a lot coming from the tooth fairy. that kid might have earned extra cash. >> i wonder how long until child services show up. >> they were just pulling a tooth. >> theyre running the plates right n...

>> thank you. rental cars dont come cheap, but they should and they can. "consumer reports" auto expert, john is here to tell us how to stop overpaying and getting ripped off for rental cars for the coming holiday and all the holidays. lets get in the car and do it. you tell us point by point. johns got five different points in which you can save money on the july 4th weekend. lets start with point number one. the first point is turn down the extras. >> you dont want to pay for a gps because you...

But what does it all mean, and how much does it cost to count all of us? and toyota questioning the story of a man who said his prius was out of control, now our own government says it does not have an answer either to this: bill: well, in the minutes our auto expert has a whole different take on what may have happened a week ago today. (announcer) its one of the st mid size sports sedans in the world if its not there arover 50 international awards wed better give back.

Better shots. one hit him in the head behind the ear, the other in the shoulder. the head shot proved to be fatal. >> bill girtz, washington times, hes will be working that beat for a quarter century. time flies. >> sure does. >> thank you. all the best. airplanes have that and apparently do cars. what investigations learned about toyotas so called black boxes and why the findings could explain the acceleration problems. but it now seems toyotas secretive about these black boxes. why all the s...

Computer crash could have catastrophic consequences, as it did here. >> were going 120, mission gorge, were in trouble, theres no brake. were approaching interstate -- whoa! >> hello? megyn: just awful. so how can you keep your car from winding up in this position? lauren fixx is car coach and auto expert. lauren, this is so scare question -- scary, our entire cars are basically run by computer now, so whether you have toyota or another brand youve got a car that relies on a computer and the que...

One of these vehicles, stop driving it, take it to the toyota dealer because they believe they have the fix for it. >> okay. so meanwhile u.s. officials are now looking into whether electronics are to blame for unexpected accelerations. toyota insists the problem is limited to floor mats and sticking pedals. dealerships are about to start installing reinforcing rods on millions of recalled vehicles and ill talk to an auto expert in just a little bit. hell tell us exactly what is going on, how ca...

Toyota insists the problem is limited to floor mats and sticking pedals. dealerships are about to start installing reinforcing rods on millions of recalled vehicles. ill talk to an auto expert at the half hour to hear what we really need to do to solve all of these problems. but first, cnns brian todd joins us. brian was inside of the room where the secretary was speaking. brian, tell us exactly what happened. this is strong words from the transportation secretary. >> reporter: they were stron...

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