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Provocation by moscow to intervene, to protect its fellow russian co-nationalists. so there is still a lot of possibility for this to get much more deadly. >> thank you so much, richard engel right there in eastern ukraine. and in a major settlement between the justice department and toyota, announced today the world's largest auto maker has agreed to pay more than $1 billion for its mishandling of sudden acceleration complaints. since 2009 this has been an issue, toyota has recalled more than 11 million toyota and lexus calls for the acceleration problem. after a four-year investigation, at...

Administration, says the agency is contacting the car owners to find out what's happening and to make sure toyota is, in fact, doing everything possible to make those vehicles safer. so far the government has received a limited number of acceleration complaints from the toyota owners whose floor mats or gas pedals have been fixed. toyota recalled more than 8 million vehicles. the governors across the nation will be listening to what the president has to say and in a little more than an hour. the health bill will have a major impact on their state's bottom line. for instance, take ohio owe. l...

Deborah feyerick, cnn, new york. as for the alleged conflict of interest, under federal law employees interviewing for jobs outside the government are not supposed to engaming in any business between the current agency and the potential employer. once that person leaves government, as long as they're not in the executive or legislative bramplnchs, that no longer applies. the toyota hearings have a lot of people asking just how safe is my car. poppy harlow is in new york to break it down for us. poppy, how does toyota compare to other car makers with regard to safety. >> reporter: it's a gr...

Easily and cheaply fixable. but four leading experts in car safety and automotive recalls tells cnn that toyota's explanations do not make sense. >> even today, toyota says it can't be the electronic controls, but if you take the floor mats out, if the gas pedal doesn't stick, what's left? it's the electronic controls. >> i would say unequivocally toyota's explanations do not account for the sheer unintended acceleration complaints we've examined. >> reporter: why? this automotive safety group that has been tracking for years now says follow the data. some, yes, are floor mats. some may be a s...

Acceleration complaints we've examined. >> reporter: why? this automotive safety group that has been tracking for years now says follow the data. some, yes, are floor mats. some may be a stuck pedal. but that's the problem. the record shows just some of the problems explained. >> there are a series of patterns emerging that cannot be explained. >> reporter: rhonda smith is one of those eunexplained incidents, telling congress her runaway toyota lexus didn't have a stuck gs pedestri gas pedal or floor mat. >> i put it in all available gears including neutral. but then i put it in reverse and pl...