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The transportation department now wants to know if this company issued its three recalls in a timely manner. that comes as we get word that toyota's president has agreed to testify in front of congress, brian wilson, live in washington with more on this. brian, what do we know? >> reporter: you know, megyn, if you're an automaker and you get a request from the government saying we want your documents, it's never a good things and that's exactly what the national highway traffic safety administration, also known as ntsa, is now saying to toyota, it's using statutory authority to seek documents ...

>> shepard: the feds are demanding documents from toyota on when and how they learned of safety problems in the vehicles. this as the company temporarily stops production at a couple u.s. plants, expecting dropoffs in sales. the u.s. is the automaker's largest and usually most proveable market but the company took a hit after recalling 8 1/2 million vehicles with three problems. brian wilson is live in washington. what's the government looking for with the document request? >> the government want to know what toyota knew and when and here's the thing. by law, a carmaker is required to notify t...

Recalling toyota tacomas for a safety defect from 2008 to 2010. now let's take you back to "hardball." welcome back to "hardball." pentagon officials say u.s. and afghan forces have launched a major offensive again the taliban's strong hold of marjaw. more on the front. mick, thanks. what's going on today in afghanistan? >> reporter: you know, chris, this is the largest military operation launched against the taliban in the entire afghanistan war. 25,000 to 30,000 u.s., nato and afghan forces are advancing tonight on the taliban strong hold of marja, and throughout the hellmond province in s...

That lead to fatalities. take a listen. >> if the recall relates to a safety defect that matches a severe accident, a collision-accident that was played up big in the media, then that recall is well-known to the public. otherwise, the recall is pretty much kept quiet. >> so, shep, if a car company is cooperating with a recall, government doesn't push too hard to publicize it. >> shepard: still the government or congress in this case is planning an investigation. what contact exactly might that involve? >> congress is going to probe whether the national highway safety administration also known ...

F 150 may have premature air bag deployment problem, though there has been no recall on that yet. why don't you hear more about these other recalls and investigations? >> if the recall relates to a safety defect that matches a severe accident, a collision-accident that was played up big in the media, then that recall is well-known to the public. otherwise, the recall is pretty much kept quiet. >> and if the car company seems willing to do the right thing, nhtsa often does not go out of its way to publicize the recall. congress is getting into the game, scheduling hearings to probe whether the ...