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Movement in the carmakers today. as toyota takes its lumps for continued problems they keep announcing. gregg: it gets worse day after day, and keeps on coming for toyota. the automaker announced more recalls, this time braking issues, forcing the recall of about 400,000 toyota and lexus hybrid vehicles, worldwide. and while toyota may be feeling the heat. it is hard the only company forced to recall its vehicles, brian wilson is live in washington with more, sounds like the problems continue to mount for toyota this morning. >> reporter: let's recap here, first it was rusting truck frames and...

Mcshain, talk to us about the amount of this all -- this recall. >> reporter: it looks like there's going to be 300,000 cars recalled. we're awaiting the official announcement which we expect tomorrow but the reports out of japanese news agencies today suggest it will be somewhere around 300,000. i think it's very important for peep watching to rcials this is completely separate from the other recall, which is eight different models and the brakes, obviously, a big issue for toyota, and you add it to what they were already going through and the last thing the company needs. jenna: you have the...

Announce yet another recall. cnn money.com's poppy harlow joining me from new york. poppy, we've been talking floor mat issues, sticky accelerators, now problems with the prius. what is the deal? >> we are on to the brakes in the prius. this is something, brook, we've been hearing about since last week. we want to give you the latest if you're a prius owner. here's what you need to know. you may hear from toyota early this week according to a number of different news reports they may issue a recall for the 2010 hybrid prius. the company not confirms that at this point. of course, it's pretty l...

After a rough railroad grade. >> the accelerator did not stick the floor mat did not get under it it accelerated away from me and i was panic stricken. >> they blame it on gas pedals stuck between the floor mat. she says hers stayed in place. >> you can see there are spikes all over this mat. hooks were not broken they were working. >> what about the pedal getting stuck in a downward position. >> it was never stuck it would always where it would have returned when i put my car on the pedal. >> you believe it accelerated by itself. >> i do believe that. something happened when i jarred the car ...

Hour. >> it should enly accelerated after a rough railroad grade. >> the accelerator did not stick the floor mat did not get under it it accelerated away from me and i was panic stricken. >> they blame it on gas pedals stuck between the floor mat. she says hers stayed in place. >> you can see there are spikes all over this mat. hooks were not broken they were working. >> what about the pedal getting stuck in a downward position. >> it was never stuck it would always where it would have returned when i put my car on the pedal. >> you believe it accelerated by itself. >> i do believe that. somet...