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Determined floor mats were causing the sudden acceleration problem. in a freedom of information act request they got few answers. >> nhtsa responded by saying they don't know how they did the rest. they don't know what they measured and have no test data. in other words, they had nothing other than a conclusion. >> reporter: the next question is why. claybrook says nhtsa has been considered understaffed and underfunded and the house committee reports says they appear underqualified to investigate safety on cars that had electronics rivaling the cockpit of the fighter jet. but the agency and to...

350 people killed alone in the coastal town of constitution. some of the deaths apparently caused at waves from a tsunami swept through the area. the country's president saying the entire death toll from the magnitude 8.8e magglio quake stands at 708 and that number expected to go higher. secretary of state hillary clinton will arrive in santiago chile testimony. the week long tour expected to be dominated by the tour in chile and she is scheduled to make stops in guatamela, uruguay and costa rica. >> why should we believe that things going to get better? >> you weren't aware of the fact tha...

Capability and we would like to strive for that. >> larry: have you come up, mr. toyoda, with a solution to the acceleration problem? do we definitively know why those cars accelerated? >> translator: well, they are four sort of categories of the cars. as i said earlier, the electronic throttle control's failure is one, and the other one is the way in which the car is driven, and structural of the vehicle, for example, the relation or the location of the axle, pedal, axle and the brake pedal or there may have been the problems with the parts and components, so i would say roughly those four ca...

Solve the acceleration problem, customers could turn on the brand, and they could lose one-third of their customers. sorry is not going to be enough if the problem is not fixed. it is performance and not promise nas will fs that will t tide. allan chernoff. president obama and a group of lawmaker from both sides of the aisle are about to resume an unprecedented summit. they are discussing health care costs and regulation. cnn takes you back to live coverage right after this.

>> now what allen? can the brand be saved? >> they have to deliver. saying you're sorry, that's nice. but what american consumers want is performance, and that's what they expect from toyota. there is called grand finance, and they are saying if toyota does not fix the acceleration problem, the brand could lose one third. >> here is a broadcast exclusive. >> you apologized on behalf of toyota. one congresswoman didn't think that you showed enough remorse. how -- this is hard to put in words, maybe.