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Evidence to support the charns. she is the ninth member of the group to be released. they claim they were taking children to new homes outside of the earthquake-ravaged haiti and the groups leader is expected to be released soon. >> frightening moments for hayn owner of a prius. the vehicle sped up to 94 miles per hour on the highway with the pedal stuck. officers spoke to the motorist on a loud speaker and managed to slowly bring the car to a stop. the driver went to a toyota dealer after the m...

With pilots over the radio. >> jet blue 57 contact new york departure. >> jet blue 57. thank you. good day. >> thats the next generation of air traffic controller going here. >> day before, the girls 8-year-old twin brother was also talking with pilots. >> jet blue 171, contact departure. >> departure, jet blue 171, awesome job. >> the controller and his supervisor have both been suspended. meantime, opinion mixed on whether this incident is no big deal or a major safety problem. im joined by fo...

>> toyota employed in 2009 more than 30 federal lobbyists. and who are these lobbyists? well, some of them are former members of congress, former high-ranking congressional staffers. its like a sports team. you want to get the best players to play on your team so you can win at the end of the day. >> reporter: in other words, they go directly from setting policy about companies into lobbying for them. theyre coveted because of their contacts and access to former colleagues. in their new jobs the...

The production lines will be just as aggressive in dealing with safety problem that say occur after delivery. >> reporter: so there are going to be some substantive questions here. what did toyota know, when did it know it and are these cars safe above all. that is what these lawmakers want to know. but, kyra, youve seen and ive seen that these congressional hearings are almost like a contact sport. there are going to be pointed questions, some that certainly might offend mr. toyoda, might reall...

Hearing and, an auto industry expert feels otherwise, and good morning to both of you, and is toyota -- >> good morning, bill. bill: what do you think about that? >> it has to be humiliating, to be dragged before congress, before -- for your failings, and congress is the house of failings and they havent accomplished anything and we are in the worst shape we have ever been as a nation, in my lifetime and we have unresolved wars and piling up national debt, and we have an economic crisis, that co...

Fixed by the end of today. one of them is roberts toyota. robert didnt feel anything wrong with his car but you got this letter from toyota. tell me why youre here. >> i got this in the mail and they told me to bring the car in for the gas pedal. i made an appointment last week for at that, no problem. the car done, the car right over there. >> reporter: what does this make you feel about toyota? are you still confident in the company? >> yeah, sure. as long as i dont have any more problem with ...

Insulating the lexus brands. it is put in the cross hairs alongside toyota and that is what they are fighting to a void. >> now, the president of the company comes out and makes this apology and says we are going to take a closer look at it but does not say what they will do about the safety problem. they are starting to repair the accelerators and asked people if you have the floor mats in the models affected, there is eight total, get them out and dont put them back. on the brakes on the prius...

Country, which we have to do, we have to close what i call the opportunity gap and get great, great talent into communities that need that help and those students that need that support. very, very important for us to do. >> nothing is more important than educating the nations young kids and not so young kids at the same time. mr. secretary, thanks very much for coming in. good luck. >> thanks so much for having me. take care now, wolf. to our viewers, youre in "the situation room." happening ...

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