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>> shepard: 20 inches of snow on the way for the capital. james, thank you. couple important stories from the auto industry. toyota is deciding whether to recall the top-selling prius hybrids because of braking problems. remember accelerator problems recently forced toyota to recall millions of other vehicles and now the company has this new prius problem. toyota reports the issue comes when people drive over bumpy or slippery surfaces and the vehicle pauses as it switches from regular braking systems to the electric brakes. the automaker says the new software correct the problem. still not a ...

To slow the vehicle, an generates electricity, which is fed back to the battery. press harder and the hydraulic brakes the wheels take over like a normal car. it's this transition between the two that's the problem here, software controls that is correct there's also an antilock braking system involved, and in some situations, it's apparently getting confused. bill: let me understand this now. when i hit the accelerator, the brake comes on or i'm hitting the brake and the accelerator comes on or i'm hitting the brake, option c and it's not braking and doing what it's supposed to do? >> you let...

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...

>> that's right, bill. toyota was down about 6 percent in trading, it's hitting a 10-month low, around $73, the company out saying the recall could cost it $2 billion, and that could sink it into the red. as i noted, it's at a 10-month low. basically what we're seeing with toyota's stock, it's seeing about $30 billion in market share wiped out due to the recall. the u.s. congress is saying there are 19 crash deaths that may be linked to the accelerator problems, and now the prius problem is also putting heavy pressure on the stock. so -- bill: liz, i just want to play what happened with ray la...

You very much. bill: and company. martha: okay. he wants to see the dancing girls. bill: i'll stay tuned for that. they're coming. new developments for those that drive a toyota, it's been a bumpy 24 hours for that carmaker now facing problems with its popular prius. we're now hearing about design problems with the hybrid's antilock brake system and toyota says it corrected the problem for prius models sold since late january but the company still trying to figure out how to inform prius owners. meanwhile u.s. transportation secretary ray la hood made news yesterday, sending the stock into a...