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And so on. also criminal penalties. if there were criminal penalties that would allow the executives to be put in jail if they covered up an issue, then i think you would see a very different outcome in many of these investigations. >> let me also ask you, if i read this to be true, the last time regulations said accelerators were updated, which was, of course, the source of this 8 million vehicle recall, the last time they were updated was more than 30 years ago? >> right. 1973 that standard was issued. and it doesn't even deal with electronic issues. >> so how is that possible, and, again, w...

Take out the driver's side floor mat to prevent gas pedal jamming. in october toyota recalled about 3.8 million vehicles because of the floor mat issue and even expanded that about a month later. then in january, recalling 2.3 million other vehicles because of a different problem causing accelerators to stick and stopped production of eight different models here in the u.s. now, yesterday came reports of brake problems with the popular prius. we're going to try and make sense of all this this morning for you. liz mcdonald from fox business is here to talk the business side of it and our auto e...

Electronic components that are in these cars. >> reporter: toyota denies the electronics in its accelerators are faulty saying "we have found no evidence of a problem with our electronic throttle control system." >> man, there's a company with big problems. boy genius -- >> a real branding nightmare. the real problem is toyota had this extraordinary brand. right? this made gm in detroit looks like a joke. now you have this other issue. it just looks like they didn't address the problem head-on early enough. you have both the acceleration problem, now the brake problem, now the prius problem. t...

>> start your over again. i intend to call mr. toyota and talk to him about this issue. our concern about it. i intend do that in next couple of days. we are considering civil penalties. >> there is the transportation secretary, ray lahood. he said people should stop driving their recalled toyotas. now coming out to clarify saying he's not suggesting people should stop driving them altogether but instead should drive them right to their toyota dealerships to have those sticky accelerators replaced. toyota says it has the if i can. we will be keeping our eye on that and consequences for toyota....

Hidden under ore cloak while in h line at a security checkpoint for shiite pilgrims. the father of a man charged in the alleged terrorist bomb plot in new york city has been indicted for conspiracy to obstruct justice. the father accused of destroying chemicals and other evidence in the investigation of his son, nauj bull sauzsy. toyota promising repair parts for its 2.3 million recalled vehicles in the u.s. should arrive at dealers this week. the sticky accelerators will be fitted with a steel reinforcement bar. the car maker's president spoke out for the first time today about this recal...