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Thought you told it to go to infinity. it accelerates smoothly and only happened on freeways using the cruise control. it's very difficult to explain. it's not expected so it's scary. i showed my wife how to do it and she caused it to happen and it was scary for her but only the first time. >> has toyota explained to you -- has toyota explained what the problem is? >> oh, that's the problem. well, i did report it to a local dealer but like i said, they didn't escalate it up to some high level safety guy at toyota. you would think with all these accelerator problems, whether mats or sticky acce...

Intersection. we're approaching the intersection. >> okay, and you don't -- >> we're approaching the intersection. hold on. >> pray, pray. >> hello? >> david lee from the fox business network is here on more with what toyota is expected to do with the eek sitter -- accelerator problems. >> wee just got off the conference call that toyota executives are bringing the media, a few facts, toyota saying it will work 24 hours a day, seven days a week to fix this problem and if you have a toyota, by this weekend they say you is bring it to your dealer to get it fixed. as far as getting in line or get...

As we get more information. >> gregg: stories making headlines at this hour. american regulators clearing toyota's fix for their sticky accelerator problems, according to the company. a selective spacer or shim as it is known will be used to fix the faulty gas pedal. and russian police are breaking up a massive protest, several hundred anti-kremlin demonstrators filling up a central square in moscow. they were denouncing the policies of the russian president, dmitry medvedev and his predecessor, vladimir putin, at least 100 people detained and reports today the white house is looking into othe...

Specifics but gm approved it anyway. >> there will be tough questions for the representative from the ntsb. an agency that was extremely tough on toyota for its accelerator problems but apparently blew it on these gm switches. >> mike emanuel, live on capitol hill where the hearing is joan. what about the victims and their family members? what can they expect to get here in the way of justice? phillip is an attorney. it's not going to be easy for them. >> i think what you're going to see is gm, which fumbled this ignition switch issue, is going to go into overdrive, pardon the pun, trying to r...

America today. in massachusetts, workers inside a coffee shop received quite a jolt when a minivan came crashing through the front entrance. fortunately, business was slow at the time of the crash. so no one was injured. the driver of the toyota said the gas pedal became stuck. her claim makes this another accident caused by toyota accelerator problems. in washington, d.c., a malfunctioning escalator led to a dangerous domino effect. dozens of people tumbled over each other after the subway escalator suddenly sped up. several people were injured. investigators believe the brake system failur...