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Birmingham, alabama. hey, brian. >> hey, trace. we are at a wrecking yard where law firms store cars that have involved in litigation. this particular car was involved in a fatal accident just three years ago. and you follow oklahoma. its one of those cases you have been hearing about where a toyota suddenly and unexpectedly sped away. >> she didnt deserve to die like that. >> reverend milton allen remembers arriving on the scene moments after 2005 camry veertd off highway 169 high rate of speed...

Allen comforted the critically injured passenger, barbara swartz. >> she talked about how she kept yelling at her friend to slow down and try to get it to stop, and her friend kept telling her it wont stop, when wont stop. >> swartz later died of her injuries. her family believes the fatal crash was caused by a flaw in the throttle system. a lawsuit is pending. >> we dont know exactly where that camry started to malfunction. the wreck was down that way, the par passed through here and as they pa...

Scene moments after an 05 camry veered off u.s. highway 69 at a high rate of speed, allen comforted the critically injured passenger, 70-year-old barbara swartz. >> she talked about how she kept telling at her friend to slow down and tried to get it to stop and her friend kept telling her it wont stop, it wont stop. >> swartz later died of her injuries, her family believes the fatal crash was caused by a flaw in the throttle system. a lawsuit is pending. >> we dont know exactly where that camra ...

>> translator: and of that, the electronic throttle control system is designed based upon the concept of safety first, and therefore, whenever there is any abnormality or anomaly there in the system, the fuel supplied to the system is cut off. even under a very vigorous testing conducted internally or by nhtsa, no problem and malfunction was identified and therefore im absolutely confident that there is no problem with the design of the ebs system. [ speaking foreign language ]

Toyota, how they managed these recall issues. very shortly, the ceo, the worldwide ceo, of toyota from japan will be in front of congress. well be monitoring that very closely for you as well. but for now, i just want to go back for a moment to eric schmidt, hes the ceo of google, joining me from new york. as part of our commitment to you, we said we would shine a very bright light on what many people think of as government e being broken. i jumped into a conversation, weve had a great convers...

Anything new. >> you have a system at google. ive been to your workplaces, they are created for creativity and sort of values the worker that way. can we make government, can we make the big operations in to something -- i dont mean you have to have lounges and cooked food all the time. but what i mean is, can we make government in to the sort of environment that does provide an incentive to do things differently and not lose your job for coming up with an idea without losing your job? the nine ...

Today. lawmakers grilling the president of toyota tomorrow. dealers have been installing new parts on millions of recalled vehicles. still today on the hill, expert witnesses cast doubts on those repairs, doubt that drew griffin first exposed weeks ago, and hes keeping them honest tonight. >> reporter: he is toyotas top salesman in the u.s., and james lentz in testimony and under questioning stuck to the pitch. toyotas unintended acceleration problems are not electronic problems. >> we design ou...

This is remarkable. >> of course. >> christine, what do you think of the ideas? >> i love the ideas where you can see the transparency or see the results easier in your local responses and how your local government is doing, and i think that thats pretty interesting as well, because its interesting to you. >> roland made that comment many times, your local services are what affects you most seriously in many cases. >> and most directly in many cases, thats right. but he also points out thats whe...

They use our vehicles. under my leadership, i would like to reaffirm a value of placing safety and quality highest on the list of priorities that we have held firmly from the time we are founded. i will also strive to devise a system in which we can surely execute what we value. third, i would like to discuss how we plan to manage quality control as we go forward. up to now, any decision on conducting recalls have been made by the customer quality engineer division at toyota motor corporation in...

The headline from todays congressional hearing is frightening. toyota doesnt really know what is wrong with its cars or how to fix them. but there have been strong suspicions that the problem causing some cars to speed out of control is a problem with electronics. now, for weeks toyota has denied this. drew griffin right now has our special investigation. take a look. >> reporter: he is toyotas top salesman in the u.s., and james lentz in testimony and under questioning stuck to the pitch. toyot...