that didn t stop two-thirds of them from giving the maximum shock available, 400 volts. most people will in fact act in this horrendous way and press the shock levers they think are delivering very dangerous if not lethal electric shocks to another person. the moral there is not that people are brutal or sadistic individuals, the lesson is really that in certain circumstances, in the right situation, the average typical well-adjusted person will act in these horrendous ways. reporter: one added element in the french game showcase, contestants had to sign a contract agreeing to obey orders, for them there was no turning back. randi kaye, cnn, new york. so why would an average person be willing to inflict so much obvious pain on another human being. it sort of boggles the mind. f i m with dr. drew pinsky. i remember this experiment they had done in yale back in the 60s where people were
it sort of boggles the mind. i remember this experiment they had done at yale back in the 60s where people were administering electric shock. doing it in front of a studio audience is a whole other influence of pressure. pressure, that s right. it s an interesting thing to think about. what would make humans two that. and it s a game show and an audience. it s bizarre, isn t it? in 24 case, it s sort of a mob mentality, or a group mentality. where you lose yourself to the group. if we were attack by a lion in this room and thought as a whole, we re probably more likely to survive. the fact is, when we re in certain social situations, we affect one another very deeply in social situations. it also has an adverse potential, which is, we can lose our own sense of compass, we lose our sense of value, we lose our sense of where we are and
engine, what connects them is not some sort of a wire. not some sort of connector. software now. what connects them in the electronics, so if those weren t working it could cause the car to accelerate and toyota has mobilized a team. they are going to look in to this car specifically. they ve sent technicians out? absolutely. and that s what s so interesting about it. a lot of people did complain about this, because toyota dealerships were not aware of the problem, they didn t know how to check to see what it might be. now at least they have a car that they know for sure apparently was part of this problem. so, at least they can kind of analyze it and see if, in fact, there s any information in those black boxes. deb, thank you very much. deb feyerick in new york. we re not done with this topic yet, however, what you want to know, by the way, how to fix it if it happens to you. can you imagine being in your car and the brakes aren t slowing the car down, and it s accelerati
1:00 p.m. and sundays at 2:00 p.m. i want to go to brooke anderson who has new information on the extortion of david letterman. john hauled dllderman is exp to plead guilty in 45 minutes or so in a manhattan court to attempted extortion. he has obviously struck some sort of plea deal, because it will carry reportedly six months behind bars and may be able to get out with good behavior a little bit earlier. also be responsible for probation in 4 1/2 years, and hallderman originally pleaded not guilty. he had been facing a whopper of a charge of attempted grand larceny, and that would have carried that would have meant he could have been locked up for 15 years if he had been convicted of that. just to refresh your memory if you have forgotten, hallderman
often under civil unions such as new jersey or domestic partner such as california. sultan, tell me what the momentum is, every time there s a ruling of some sort or the cost overturned something or we have a vote like in maine, one side or the other claims victory and says things are about to change. where is the momentum? is it voters overturning gay rights that courts approve? is it legislators saying it s okay? what s going on? that s a great question. i think we see day after day after day, more people aroundco couples should be treated with the same rights as other couples. the craziness and the patchwork that we have going on with domestic and civil unions and partnerships, the interesting thing about that when the same-sex couples travel outside of their home state, if they re married, that marriage is recognized in other places that rec nigz same-sex marriages, if you travel to state like