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Makes people act improperly in cold conditions and but theme roads. toyota says it's a software problem fixed in less than an owner. owners in the united states should get letters next week. toyota also issuing a recall for some of the latest generation camrys after reports that model is prone to brake fluid leaks. this raises the number of cars recalled by toyota to 8 1/2 million. by the way, because of the snowstorm, lawmakers on capitol hill canceled the toyota hearing set for tomorrow. it's later in the month. part of the investigation, new documents that show government regulators were in...

I mean, it's going to make us stronger as a company. >> all right. ali, you heard her say the word quality. that is the message this company is sending home. it's all about quality. the big question is will they relate that to the consumers. >> toyota's u.s. president did something as well that was interesting over the weekend. getting involved with digg, the social networking site, tell me a little bit about that. >> if we ever questioned how important social networking is to big companies we know now. the head of u.s. sales is using digg.com to take your questions. so far 1300 plus people ha...

Being recalled in japan. they are now looking at lexus, at the lexus hybrid. also over brake problems. with me now, the car coach, lauren fix. she's also author of "lauren fix's guide to loving your car." lauren, again, these are initial reports coming out of japan. what do you make of what we're hearing? >> i think that this is very interesting. i think initially that they sat on their hands when it came to acceleration problems and now they're listening to every single consumer complaint and i think once this starts, people come out of woodwork, you know how that happens. people who have pro...

>> breaking -- what's that? breaking minutes ago, the family of a woman killed in her toyota camry filed a lawsuit in los angeles. she's asking the automaker to expand for models not equipped with the brake override system. when the car allows the brakes to override the accelerator. not all toyota cars have that. the woman in this case died when the gas pedal in the camry got stuck, causing the car to speed out of control on a residential street. she was in a 2006 camry, not included on the recall. so lots of news on toyota. those acceleration problems are big news after the death of a calif...

This morning. toyota now admitting there's a potential safety issue with its top-selling hybrid, the prius. the automaker confirming a design flaw with the braking system was discovered and corrected late last month. there are new questions about millions of other toyotas that have been recalled. many safety experts believe an electrical problem and not sticky gas pedals are causing sudden acceleration problems. a senior intelligence official says a top taliban operative is believed to have been killed by an american missile in pakistan. a government official telling the associated press the...