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Politics of terror and speaking out again. what is he saying? >> he did an op-ed in "usa today" this morning and this is what it said in part. he said terrorists are not 100-feet tall nor do they have the fear they seek to instill and he said absurd that american counterterrorism forces couldn't deal with these people. betty, back to you. >> jeanne meserve, thank you so much. top stories for the second time in less less than a week, toyota issuing a global recall. overnight they announced more than 1,000 new hybrids have a braking problem. a 40-minute repair will fix the glitch in the antilo...

The problems until now. it sounds as though the company is trying to get ahead and stop reacting and getting in front of it. but there are two important takeaways. one, if you have one with of these cars, you're looking at time delays and going to your dealer to get it fixed. you're still asking questions in the morning, is this the braking problem i'm having, is this part of the problem or something else? the second question you have, the second takeaway, is if you're out looking for a car, if you're a potential toyota customer, all you're hearing is braking problems, two words you never want...

But toyota is not the only manufacturer feeling the heat of the recalls. brian wilson is on this for us. let's talk about how these problems continue to mount for toyota today. >> you almost feel sorry for them, don't you? one thing after another. now they have a braking problem on the popular prius and the lexus h250h, this will add another 150,000 toyota vehicles to the previous u.s. recalls. by the way, congress wants to know if the national highway safety transportation administration moved quickly enough to allay concerns about toyota. state farm insurance said it alerted ntsa in 2007 to ...

Firm. >> what do you think they should do about this braking problem that a lot of speculation they could call a recall for a few hundred thousand cars? >> i think they're going to have to, whether it's called a recall or technical service bulletin, which is something less severe, but basically there is an issue it seems with the older priuss, priuss sold before january of this year, and they know the fix. so they need to get it out in front of the consumers. >> do you still recommend buying a toyota? >> i met with our editors a week ago, and i asked that question. they were pretty clear in ou...

>> reporter: i love my prius except for this braking problem. here is what happens. sometimes when youp are driving slowly over an uneven surface or slippery road and you hit a grate or a pothole, you step on the brake, and they won't respond for a moment. it is as if the brakes are not getting traction with the ground and you just slip, which obviously can be really scary. the brakes respond just fine when you are moving at a high speed or if somebody were to jump in front of the car, i am sure it would stop, but it is a problem at slow speeds over those really bumpy surfaces. i have been cal...