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Cars, including jeep liberty and dodge rams due to a brake problem. new signs of hope, engineers will begin work on a new an ambitious plan to completely contain the gushing oil well once and for all. lets go live to venice, louisiana and ann thompson with a good saturday morning. what is this new plan? >> reporter: good morning, alex, it is a complicated procedure that is going to start today. and we will watch, well pay very close attention to whats happening 5,000 feet under the sea because...

Liberty and dodge rams. its all due to a brake problem. the partys heating up in miami. lebron james was given a heroes welcome. he was lowered in by a forklift along with dwyane wade and chris bosh, this in front of 13,000 screaming fans. talk about a spectacle. all three men signed their six-year contract with the miami heat right before that event. the very versatile nbc stephanie goss joins me live in new york. were all used to seeing stephanie out globe trotting somewhere in front of riot...

For potential brake problem. odyssey minivans and element small truck model years 2007 and 2008 may have defective brake pedals that could make stopping the vehicle much harder. its just the late nest a series of auto recalls including more than 8 million toyotas flagged for potential accelerator problems. but toyota is by no means first automaker to deal with this issue. thats triggering accusations government regulators are asleep at the wheel. brian todd has been investigating. pretty eye ope...

Mechanically and electronically impossible, and, welcome back, what is your theory, ellen, what do you think happened. >> it is hard to make conclusive answers and we can make statements and i hear the definitely doubts, we dont know a couple of things that have not been addressed and first off, as i have been working in the brake sti since the early 80s and the 70s and, first thing i want to know as a brake expert is, did someone look at the brakes the last time he brought in the for service an...

Car to spin out. putting the car into neutral, youll be fine. >> we were confused here, he is pressing an ignition switch. is that what the prius has, its not a turnkey function? >> well, that particular year should ab push button. you just hold the button for five seconds or longer and the engine will shut off. if you listen further into the 911 call because i did listen to it many times myself, he said he was afraid of shutting the car off because of someone behind him hittingle and thats why ...

Anything. it stayed right where it was. he got up on the side. told me what to do. and i was standing on the pedal. standing on the brake pedal. looking out the window at him. and he said, push the emergency brake, too. i laid on both of them. and it finally started slowing down right then, it was down to, like, 55. it had been at 94, i know that. >> now, the driver had taken his car in to the toyota dealership. its a 2008 camry, excuse me, and there was a problem with the camry, with the floor ...

Investigation of this alleged steering problem with the corolla. its the 2009-2010 model. they believe it has to do with electronic steering. its more than 100 complaints. the department of transportation has something like 150 complaints of the car actually veering to the left unintentionally, unexpectedly catching drivers by surprise. so thats going to be the focus of the investigation. >> shepard: you know, its interesting that the car company is announcing an investigation before any recall....

The s&p 500 gave back 9.5. the nasdaq dropped 15. a japanese news agency is reporting toyota plans to recall 100,000 prius hybrids here in the u.s. and about 200,000 elsewhere over that brake problem we have told you about. the report says toyota will notify the u.s. and japanese governments tuesday. the company spokeswoman says no decision has been made. toyota has already had to recall 7 million vehicles worldwide for other problems. president obama wants to talk about health care reform again...

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Going on for a monday morning. our cnn crews are in place to bring you all the details. meetologist reynolds wolf in the thick of things in zan drvirgin >> reporter: more snow coming up right up the road. more on that in a few minutes. >> does the age of the mother affect a childs chances of developing autism? you bet it does. more on that at the top of the hour. >> the toyota story that is ongoing. were going to have the latest on toyotas troubles. also, if youre a prius owner, listen up. toyot...