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Driver error -- i realize people make mistakes under pressure. everybody dos. stay that. state the facts. if they don't realize that -- release that that odd because they made moves to throw toyota on the coals while other car manufacturers, also making recalls, never was mentioned in the press. every car manufacturer as issues but toyota took a beating on this one. >> neil: fair and balanced. they're not glomming on to it. lauren, thank you very much. good seeing you. >> thank you. >> now to the washington scandal ready to derail democrats. the house ethics committee charging maxine waters fo...

National highway transportation safety association said you know what, that may have been driver error, so it may be, you know, they're sticking perhaps but maybe they're sticking because the floor mats are in the way. they find of said toyota is off the hook on that, at least to a certain extent, they paid 16 million buck, a small penalty. by the way, that's the maximum they were allowed to pay, they paid the full amount. we are wondering what the stock will do. we'll show you what's going on. $90 a share before the unintended acceleration, afterwards in february, $77 a share. we expect that'...

Pedals screwing up, not all, but many, dagen, what do you make of that. >> i'm not above going i told you so, i told you so, i told you so. ben stein said it, you were cautious and i even thought that at least-- >> you were the only one that said it with a southern accent. >> so people didn't believe me because i was talking with a southern accent, but all along there had to be some element of driver error and this report does not completely exonerate toyota. nevertheless, let it be a warning to the people in washington that they better shut up and do something because the hearings don't do an...

Conclude in many of those cases driver error was to blame. mike ramsey is one of the "wall street journal" reporters who broke this story. he joins us from southfield, michigan. mike, why don't you just summarize what exactly your report is saying. because you are not saying all of them, you're just talking about these ones that are not attributed to stuck gas pedals or floor mats stuck to the accelerator. right? >> right. the important thing here is that a couple weeks ago, the department of transportation said that they continue to have no evidence that electronic throttle control is to blam...

>> major league baseball paid its respects prior to the all-staff game in anaheim. >> in his memory, please join us for a moment of silence. >> derek jeter there. the yankees say steinbrenner's funeral will be private but there is likely to be a public memorial for the boss. toyota is facing more than 100 lawsuits from customers who say their cars accelerated out of control. a new report says government tests can't find a mechanical problem and that says it is suggesting driver error instead. so is toyota off the hook? [ fe] when business travel leaves you drained, re-charge with free high-s...