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Evidence to support the charns. she is the ninth member of the group to be released. they claim they were taking children to new homes outside of the earthquake-ravaged haiti and the group's leader is expected to be released soon. >> frightening moments for hayn owner of a prius. the vehicle sped up to 94 miles per hour on the highway with the pedal stuck. officers spoke to the motorist on a loud speaker and managed to slowly bring the car to a stop. the driver went to a toyota dealer after the massive safety problem was revealed but was told his car was not on the recall list. now back to gre...

With pilots over the radio. >> jet blue 57 contact new york departure. >> jet blue 57. thank you. good day. >> that's the next generation of air traffic controller going here. >> day before, the girl's 8-year-old twin brother was also talking with pilots. >> jet blue 171, contact departure. >> departure, jet blue 171, awesome job. >> the controller and his supervisor have both been suspended. meantime, opinion mixed on whether this incident is no big deal or a major safety problem. i'm joined by former faa attorney george novak. the faa has taken a stand saying it's unacceptable. can we talk r...

>> toyota employed in 2009 more than 30 federal lobbyists. and who are these lobbyists? well, some of them are former members of congress, former high-ranking congressional staffers. it's like a sports team. you want to get the best players to play on your team so you can win at the end of the day. >> reporter: in other words, they go directly from setting policy about companies into lobbying for them. they're coveted because of their contacts and access to former colleagues. in their new jobs they try to influence government policy for toyota. in fact, some have reportedly been defending the ...

The production lines will be just as aggressive in dealing with safety problem that say occur after delivery. >> reporter: so there are going to be some substantive questions here. what did toyota know, when did it know it and are these cars safe above all. that is what these lawmakers want to know. but, kyra, you've seen and i've seen that these congressional hearings are almost like a contact sport. there are going to be pointed questions, some that certainly might offend mr. toyoda, might really offend sort of the japanese sensibility where they don't face these kinds of questions and this ...

Hearing and, an auto industry expert feels otherwise, and good morning to both of you, and is toyota -- >> good morning, bill. bill: what do you think about that? >> it has to be humiliating, to be dragged before congress, before -- for your failings, and congress is the house of failings and they haven't accomplished anything and we are in the worst shape we have ever been as a nation, in my lifetime and we have unresolved wars and piling up national debt, and we have an economic crisis, that continues, and this is how they are spending their time, beating up on toyota. this is a very small p...