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Back to mid-february. martha: toyota sales, despite all their problems, are booming. theyve had recalls, theyve had safety issues, they have had fines, and the japanese cars are still selling apparently like hot cakes. phil keating joins us from miami, trying to figure this out. phil, it is remarkable, it seems like everybody day youre hearing about another recall from this company. they just had a really strong month, right? >> reporter: yeah, february actually for toyota was one of its worst m...

Los angeles. sign of respect and mourning for miners killed in big branch mine. governor asking for this day. he hopes workers will spend it reviewing safety issues. people still being pulled from the rubble in china. a little girl pulled out 12 hours after rescue teams searched with their bear hands for students. a powerful earthquake killed nearly 600 people. thousands of homeless. the 6.9 magnitude quake hit wednesday. piles of cinder block are everywhere in the streets. lots of travel ...

Too many mines are not doing enough to protect workers safety. hes saying the federal government is going to get involved immediately. theyre going to be getting inspectors in the coming days into those mines that have safety issues. the president also saying that while tougher laws have been passed, its now time for them to go back and focus on enforcing those laws and closing loopholes. the president specifically calling out massey as well where this explosion occurred last week, saying that m...

News. >> toyota says a partial review of complaints about unintended acceleration in cars that were supposedly fixed has not turned up any answers. it says there is no evidence of electronic throttle system failure or faulty repair work. meanwhile a house committee is asking the automaker for more documents on safety issues. unemployment stayed at 9.7% in february. what does that say about the economy? and whatever happened to the presidents pivot from health care to jobs. the fox all stars join...

Toyotas safety issues. toyota telling lawmakers the automaker is putting safety first now. >> meanwhile, two high school classmates of admitted terrorist zazi indicted for trying to help him blow up trains in new york city. the men entered not guilty pleas, not surprising, in court yesterday. they are facing charges of conspiracy and providing material support to al-qaida. the men are accused of planning attacks modeled after the 2005 bombings in london on july 7, 2007, that killed 52 people. >>...

President sought, will that be enough? >> it will be enough, wolf. if we dont have the right expertise, we can always go outside and contract for that, but we do have a lot of expert career people in nhtsa that are addressing these safety issues. >> there is a lot of complaints that nhtsa which is to oversee all of the safety issues is too close to the automobile industry. do you buy that? >> not at all, wolf. our number one priority is safety. that is what people wake up and really do every day...

They are in a recess, ten-minute break. then were expected to hear from the president of toyota, akio toyoda. his grandfather started the company and now he is here in the united states from japan defending the companys reputation and explaining and taking responsibility for this massive recall. so a ten-minute recess in the subcommittee hearing regarding toyotas safety issues. we are expecting the president of the company akio toyoda and we will bring you his testimony as soon as it starts. i...

Demanding documents showing how toyota dealt with safety issues. theyre tried to declare a recall and notify the government within five days after discovering that a safety defect exists. meanwhile, the company will stop production at assembly plants in texas and kentucky while it deals with the recalls to prevent inventory from building up on dealers. the navy is joining in the effort to save a climber who fell 1, 00 feet into the mount st. helens volcano. officials hope a navy helicopter wil...

Heard from these guys. its similar to when your computer crashes. the fix is you simply reboot it camp. he net really find out what went wrong. the problem for toyota is you cant reboat a car in motion. >> no kidding. drew griffin with us tonight. fascinating stuff, thank you. for all the latest news on the toyota recall, on the safety issues go to cnn.com/toyota. coming prosecutors of mastermind of 9/11 terror attacks and president obama is weighing in and where this trial will take place sti...

By the way, this marks the 130th launch of shuttle program, the first one back in 1981. the obama administration yesterday to make clear what happens with americas space program next. one thing we do know, the white houses budget put the axe to any funds to americas return to the moon later this decade. well, phil keating was there at the early morning launch, hes live and the sun is up at kennedy space center. phil, any issues of concern pop up post-launch? >> reporter: no, this nasa mission ma...