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Motion for a preliminary injunction, demanding toyota recall all vehicle models allegedly affected. and also install a brake override system that would stop a car that's accelerating out of control. >> while everybody tries to figure this out, including toyota, i presume, we need a system so that these sudden accelerations do not become deadly accidents, and that's what the brake override system does. >> reporter: a system that possibly could have saved the life of guadalupe alberto. >> once in a while when i'm -- if i come by this, just to say a prayer or just to come and look and remember th...

Driving it, take it to the toyota dealer, because they believe they have the fix for it. >> reporter: but soon after his appearance before a house subcommittee, lahood put on the brakes saying he misspoke and instead told owners to drive immediately to a dealer. >> if you have one of these vehicles, if you're in doubt, take it to the dealership today. >> reporter: those toyota dealers are now frustrated. they have customers afraid to drive their cars. >> got people fearful. but in the end, i believe toyota did the right thing. >> reporter: toyota's problems are growing. it's recalled more than...

One of these vehicles, stop driving it, take it to the toyota dealer because they believe they have the fix for it. >> okay. so meanwhile u.s. officials are now looking into whether electronics are to blame for unexpected accelerations. toyota insists the problem is limited to floor mats and sticking pedals. dealerships are about to start installing reinforcing rods on millions of recalled vehicles and i'll talk to an auto expert in just a little bit. he'll tell us exactly what is going on, how can this problem be solved should you be concerned about it. i also want you to send me your thought...

>> president barack obama today in washington. senate democrats he's speaking in front of, much the same way as he spoke to those house republicans in baltimore last week. the president has been out and about and visible over the last couple of weeks trying to drum up his agenda, at least some support behind it. we'll talk to someone who's inside the room in just a minute, our senior congressional correspondent dana bash will join us. hello, i'm don lemon in for tony harris today. we're going to begin with something just into cnn. transportation secretary ray la hood says if you own one of the...

>> basically it's -- seems to be an occupational hazard of being successful in the auto business, which led to the bankruptcy of general motors and chrysler last year, which is what i describe in "crash course." toyota has had years of unrivalled success and have tried to get too big too fast over the past decade. they always had a process, never try to build a new product in a new factory with a new workforce, too many variables. they got way from that in their effort to overcome gm. for example, in texas, they started building a new, full-sized pickup in a brand new factory and a new workfor...