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General motors says if you have a particular van, stop driving it now. the car maker is recalling 5,000 chevrolet express and gmc savanna passenger vans. theres some issue with the alternator of these particular vans. the engine could actually catch fire. so, again, these vans, you need to be on the lookout. 5,000 chevrolet gmc savanna passenger van. so far no issues, no accidents to be reports with the vans. hopes dimming for 46 missing south korean sailors. 58 were rescued on friday night sh...

A look at our top stories right now. president obama flew to afghanistan today for a surprise visit with u.s. troops. mr. obama also met with afghan president hamid karzai. obama pledged americas partnership with the war torn nation would continue. he also invited hamid karzai to join haaspy tayty in washington. barbara bush is spending the weekend in a texas hospital. the former first lady is said to be undergoing routine medical tests. the spokeswoman for the former first lady said mrs. bush...

Including at least 80 children. human rights released numbers from a previously unreported rampage in the democratic republican of congo. the lords resistance army, an infamous armed group there is said to have carried out the attacks in the villages for more than four days in december. cnn cannot independently con frm this report. general motors says if you have one of these vans stop driving it now. the car maker is recalling 5,000 chevrolet express and gmc savanna passenger and car go model...

Get those billions from the government for services. >> josh, thank you. >> youve got it. >> time for a look at our top stories. pope benedict is marking the start of the holy week. it will end next sunday with easter celebrations. >> we have butler in west virginia, in your bracket in the final four. >> sure, we did. the underdog this tournament has been interesting. we had two of the four that made it to the final four, west virginia beat kentucky, mighty kentucky. finally, they start looking ...

Not bad but the meeting wasnt great. >> it wasnt a break through meeting? >> netanyahu came with a list of things that he was willing to do and it wasnt a bad list as far as the u.s. was concerned. they just dont know if they trust him to follow through with it once he gets home and thats what this morning is about. there is some hope that a process, at least, will be announced before he leaves the country. >> well get into more of all of this in a few minutes. of course, moving on to other dome...

The switch to no. may have a cushion there shes playing with. >> interesting to see how the white house is trying to build momentum, sensibility this is going to happen. well see how it goes. >> im not saying they have it in the bag at this point. its clear theyre feeling better about it today than they did at this time last week. >> check in on saturday and see how they feel. thank you. toyota is challenging a california mans claim that his prius sped out of control. ahead, the carmakers figh...

Reform. he is already pushed back postponed his planned overseas trip by three days in order to to be here for negotiations, arm twisting and he hopes a victory lap. >> thanks, kate. investigators are raising doubt about a california mans claim that his toyota prius accelerated while he was jumping on the brakes. they examined the car and neither can recreate the problem. the car maker called a news conference this morning to discuss the case. harry reids wife is home from the hospital, 69-y...

May have been in the past and so theyre a little more pessimistic about our future in a global economy. >> okay. i think probably the fact you have an african-american president in the white house is a good sign for many minorities. thank you very much. >> could be. >> appreciate it. sarah palins dad is giving advice to ters who are a long way from alaska, of course. well tell you why hes getting involved in a high-profile race. and plenty of toyota horror stories, but was one mans chilling ...

Checks. by a vote of 6 -36 the senate has passed a bill providing more money for people out of work longer than six months the legislation will help unemployed pay for health insurance and extents tax breaks for businesses. house and senate members will meet to discuss the impact on the deficit. federal investigators looking into a crash involving a toyota prius in a new york city suburb. the driver saying the car accelerated and hit a stonewall tuesday day the driver was not injured. toyota wan...

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