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>> shepard: troubles continue to mount for toyota. today the district attorney in orange county, california filed a lawsuit against the japanese automaker, accusing it of knowingly selling hundreds of thousands of cars with acceleration problems. the suit says they knew it the company is already facing 90 class action lawsuits relating to the safety defects. meanwhile a toyota executive says he is mist find by that run away prius in california earlier this week. the driver dialed 9112 from the freeway to report his car was speeding out of control. a police cruiser eventually drove in front of ...

Because of these acceleration problems, the brake issues in the prius hybrid as well. at least 89 class action lawsuits filed against this japanese auto giant. can you get inside toyota's head, corporate mentality, why they didn't come forward sooner? >> you hit the big question and part of what the california lawsuit is about, toyota comes to the black box, information when an incident happens, how fast the car was going, even to the point whether they had their seatbelt buckled or knonot. i think in retrospect, they might have come forward with this information ahead of time. this is kind of...

The detour route. in the middle box, first lady michelle obama is set to visit mexico city next month. and on the wait a moment, prosecutors in orange county, california, say they'll file a suit against toyota over the ongoing acceleration problems. the da says the company, quote, endangers the public through sale of defective vehicles and deceptive business practice. jon: a hunt is on for a pack of killers that attacked this woman. 32-year-old candace berner. she's a special education teacher in alaska. police say her killers apparently not human. her body was found severely mauled, and all i...

Safety. >> senator kaufman, thank you for your time. >> thank you. >> you are living the dream of every senate staffer to get promoted into one of the big chairs and have a vote there. all of us former senate staffers watching you do this are very proud how this has turned out. >> thank you very much. that is the only pressure. i have all the staff people i have to live up to. it keeps me going, lawrence. >> that's right. coming up, were government regulators asleep at the wheel in protecting drivers from the acceleration problems with toyotas? also ahead -- keith will be ahead with advice...

Megyn: new trouble today for toyota, a lawsuit filed moments ago by the orange county, california district attorney against toyota motor sales, usa. this of course follows the massive recall linked to acceleration problems in toyotas' vehicles, the issue may be linked to a number of crashes and perhaps as many as 52 deaths. we just don't know the numbers right now. d.a. tony ricaucus says the auto maker continues to an danger the public with de -- defective vehicles and deceptive business practices. take a listen. >> i feel it's the duty of the orange county district attorney's office to pro...