japanese air bag manufacturer takata acknowledging a defect with its air bags one that government safety experts say could cause them to explode with too much force, sending shrapnel flying into drivers and passengers. tonight the government is nearly doubling the size of an earlier recall. our tom costello is working that story for us tonight. he has important information now. >> reporter: the size of the recall is stunning. nearly 34 million vehicles nationwide now involved. 11 different automakers. roughly one out of every four cars on the road. after five months of insisting its air bag deflators are not defective, the takata corporation now admits that's not true. >> takata has agreed to declare that air bag inflaters are deflecting. it is recalling these inflaters and these recalls are nationwide. >> reporter: the government says five people in the u.s. have been killed by defective air bags including 1-year-old ashley parham who died after a minor fender bender when the air bag exploded. >> i got there wfr seconds and watched an 18-year-old girl who had her whole life in front of

many of its air bags are faulty.ear here police who are investigating some of these accidents said they thought the victims had been stabbed not in a car accident because those air bags exploded with such force. >> the details of some of these minor accidents that turned either very severe as far as the injuries or deadly in some cases, it is just horrifying to think of christine. because for many drivers, you, me when you hear that your vehicle is equipped with air bags you assume that is a safety feature that will save your life in a crash. not take your life as is the case now, with at least five deaths in the united states. including a father who was hit by shrapnel from an exploding air bag and bled to death in front of his 17-year-old son. so yes, the fact that takata headquartered here in tokyo, a major air bag manufacturer with its products in tens of millions of cars around the world, the fact that this company is taking financial responsibility legal responsibility saying that yes, their air bags are defect

if they should disable their air bags in the interim.hank you for that will. >>> happening now in iraq isis launching small attacks in the city east of ramadi. ramadi of course fell into isis hands over the weekend. the iraqi government sending shiite militia fighters into anbar province. also sunni dominated. and also to arm sunni tribesmen. those in ramadi said the government has failed to keep its promises to send enough support and weapons. cnn's jomana karacheh with the report now. >> reporter: east of ramadi between the cities of ramadi and fallujah. this at the same time that they're saying they are prepping and amassing their forces and members of the popular mobile units, the pmus primarily made up of shia militias with some finders but no time lines have been set. one thing for certain, is this going to be a very complex operation. anbar is unlike other area where is they're managed to regain control of cities like tikrit for example, from isis within a month. the landscape, the sectarian dynamics are going to play a huge role

every time you replace the air bags, you have to reset the air bags.hat's a couple of things important to consumers. one of the things important of these 34 million vehicles. you have one in four vehicles. mike is with the collision specialist. he was telling me in a lot of vehicles, you have up to eight air bags. you were going to show me really quick where the air bags are located in this particular lincoln. >> both side curtain air bags. seat air bags. and it has the two front air bags. the dash and the steering wheel. some of them have bolster ones. this one is not equipped with them. >> you were also telling me earlier, it will not only take years, but it takes at least a day for the replacement of the air bags if it will be passenger and driver's side. >> yes, it will take a day. >> how many hours is that? >> an eight-hour day. >> we should let our viewers know here, liz, they will not be paying for this. the dealerships will be paying for this. it will take so long. unfortunately, liz, people like mike maybe getting phone calls from dealerships

history. >> the problem, defective air bags, the government revealed bad air bags could be in nearly4 million vehicles. mitch blacher has been looking into today's development. >> the government's known about the defective air bags for a while. why weren't these millions of cars included in the recall? >> today for the first time the air bag maker admitted that it made the defective product the company is the takat corporation,corporation a corporation. >> the recall reaches around the world. six dent deaths and more than 100 injuries are blamed on the defective air bags. honda, toyota and nissan have recalled 36 million cars worldwide because of defective takata made air bags. they had been fighting regulate regulators over claims their air bags randomly exploded sending shrapnel into a driver's face and body. they decided to cooperate. >> to save lives, defects must be repaired. >> they're sorting out two major issues. first, which makes and models have the defective air bag. second, how to replace all of them quickly. >> how long is this going to take? nobody knows that yet. there

about it short of park you can car and waiting for parts availability. >> reporter: tacetta said new air bags will be available but the wait could be long because of a shortages of reflame bags and it could take years to replace the units. people living in humid states first because the company believes the problem is cause bid moisture leaking into the sealed canister. the ntsb told car owners to regularly check the safercar.gov web site for updates but since the announcement yesterday no new information is available. many are wondering whether they should drive their cars or disable the air bags. jake fisher with consumer reports. >> this is a small occurrence. tens of thousands of these vehicles have saved lives. >> reporter: takata says it's tested 230,000 air bags and 265 ruptured. none of the auto experts remedies abling air bags, they're still more likely to save your life than take it. >> pelley: jake, thank you. while we wait for the manufacturers to identify all to have the models being recalled, we do have a list of what we know so far and you will find it on our web site cbs.com.

. >>> well, 34 million cars recalled because of dangerous air bags.ing bay area dealerships saying they need an appointment asap. christin ayers is right now along auto row in oakland tonight. christin? >> reporter: it is about one in seven cars on the road that have been recalled. many of them hondasful it is causing major backlogs of dealerships like this one and all over the country. rick sam is one of the lucky ones. he got the air bag on his honda crv replaced after three weeks of driving in fear. air bags on several makes can deploy violently sending shrapnel flying into drivers faces. five people have already died. tonight in oakland, the phone calls from concerned drivers won't stop. >> a thousand easy. we have ordered over probably two or three thousand air bags at this point that are still on back order. >> reporter: stacks of air bag order forms fill desks. >> we could have a whole department devoted just to the air bag recall at this point. >> reporter: one san francisco dealership told us they have added seven extra people to handle the c

we begin with the faulty air bags of millions of cars.tory across the country leading to the biggest auto recall ever. >> we don't get to say that a whole lot, the biggest anything ever. this is the case. air bags designed to save lives capable of blowing up like a bomb blamed for at least five deaths, more than 100 injuries. after much resistance, the manufacturer has now finally agreed to recall twice as many cars as before. david kerley on the story for us. >> one, fire. >> some have called them an ied in your car. those potentially lethal explosive air bags, the recall nearly doubling to 34 million cars. >> but up until now, takata has refused to acknowledge that their air bags are defective. that changes today. >> the inflater casing can shatter sometimes sending shrapnel through the bag and into drivers and passengers. at least five americans have died. >> when i seen the blood, i thought i was going to die. >> cory is one of the many injured by his air bag. could it have been more? takata has been testing those inflaters. we are le

about it short of parking your car and waiting for parts availability. >> reporter: takata said new air bags will eventually be available but the wait could be long because of a shortages of replacement bags and it could take years to replace all the defective units. so who's getting priority? people living in humid states first because the company believes the problem is causes by moisture leaking into the sealed canister. the national highway the national highway traffic safety administration told car owners to regularly check the safercar.gov web site for updates but since the announcement yesterday no new information is available. many are wondering whether they should drive their cars or disable the air bags. jake fisher is the director of auto testing at "consumer reports." >> this is a small occurrence. tens of thousands of these vehicles have saved lives. >> reporter: takata says it's tested 31,000 air bags and 265 have ruptured. none of the auto experts spoke with today recommend disabling air bags, scott, they're still more likely to save your life than take it. >> pelley: jeff, th

we were about to test the air bag they were riding around w.first setoff a real air bag. now the air bag that was in the lar so that car. if. >> shrapnel fun. would have had a faceful of plastic. >> we have a piece of the air bag cover over here. sf probably 40 feet from the actual explosion of the air bag. >> immanuel this being in the driver face of car? >> david muir reporting. hack >> david muir reporting. hacker claims he's invented a device to print on 3d printer that cap crack a combination lock in less than 30 second. the points of resistance as it turns the lock dial. hacker blog has the details on how it all works and anyone can down load the instruction. something to think about when buying a combination lock. >> united airlines launch the reward program for anyone who condition find bug in soft wear on the web site. he praerms can find vulnerability and bug bounty program comes after the government warned about the security of software used on in-flight systems. >> 0researchers now say that regular exercise has as much of an effect on prolonging life as giving

a traffic jam at the car dealership as worried drivers try to get potentially deadly air bags replaced. and talking the battle to extremists. how the u.s. is prepping to take the fight to the pound takens on horseback. >> this is captioning funded by cbs and ford "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> good evening, scott's off tonight, i'm jeff glor. we begin with the dangerous at times dead leweather to close this holiday weekend. texas and oklahoma dry for so long, have been ravaged by floodwaters. at least four people died 12 are missing, more than 1200 homes have been damaged or destroyed. along the southeast coast the danger is rip currents. lifeguards have rescued hundreds from the water. and today one notable waterspout in fort lauderdale. mark straussman has more on that. >> underwater tornado. >> beach-goers with smart phones recorded this frightening moment of a waterspout that made landfall. >> it pushed an inflatable bounce house end over end on fort lauderdale beach and tossed it 20 feet in the air. >> three children were hurt one seriously. up and down florida's atlanti

>>> an unprecedented recall more than 30 million cars and trucks with potentially deadly air bags. >>> the defect that is prompting the largest single recall in u.s. history. industrial espionage, six chinese nationals indicted for stealing trade secrets from u.s. tech countries, fear the case could increase tensions between washington and beijing. the battle for ramadi. iraqi soldiers gearing up in an effort to retake the city captured by i.s.i.l. iraqi and sunni fighters could work together to make it happen >>> facing the media. after a month of sidestepping reporters, hillary clinton answers questions on everything from money to emails. >>> good evening, i'm antonio mora this is al jazeera america. we begin with the biggest product recalls. 30 million cars and trucks could contain takata air backs. bags. florida resident was blinded in one eye, when his air bag exploded sending a shard of medal. sending it into his face. >> it sounded like a shotgun. my rite side went black. pitch-black. >> reporter: stories like these, and public pressure convinced auto makers to recall the airba

first, which makes and models have the defective air bag. second, how to replace all of them quickly. >> how long is this going to take? nobody knows that yet. there's no question it could be some years. >> car makers are supposed to alert drivers if their car is affected and fix the defective air bag for free. >> gloria young isn't happy with her options. >> what am i supposed to do? take the car in and turn around and buy another car? what am i supposed to do. >> she says she's glad the government is taking action. >> never know if it's going to work. hit or miss. literally. >> the secretary of transportation said they aren't taking chances. >> that's why we're doing what we're doing today. >> now, because there are so many air bags to replace and so much information to get to the public, the national highway safety administration is doubling the size of its office of defects and investigations. it could be years before all of those defective air bags are replaced. >>> well because this affects so many the government has created a website

. >> reporter: japan air bag maker takata and u.s.artment of transportation announced the recall tuesday. 34 million vehicles and nearly a dozen of the world's biggest auto makers are affect. >> i think there is probably a lot less of them that will fail but they are preventing any accidents in the future. >> reporter: takata is not certain but believes high humidity causes the faulty air bags which have killed five people ape injured dozens in the u.s. >> there should not be panic but you should certainly take caution, make sure your vehicle is or isn't part of that vehicle and take necessary steps. >> reporter: the the automobile dealers association of greater philadelphia says it will be likely a few more days before people can check to see if their cars are part of the largest recall ever. owners can enter their vehicle identification numbers or vin on safer cars dot gov but repairs can take weeks months or years. >> there will be a backlog with these parts were this many vehicles being affect. is there one major manufacturer that

japanese air bag manufacturer takata warning there's a defect with their air bags. it could send shrapnel into drivers and passengers. tonight the government is nearly doubling the size of an earlier recall tom costello is working that story for us tonight. he has important information now. >>> the size of the recall is stunning. nearly 34 million vehicles nationwide involved. roughly one out of every four cars on the road. the takata corporation now admits it's not true. >> takata has agreed to declare that air bag inflaters are defective. it's recalling these inflaters and these recalls are nationwide. >> five people in the u.s. have been killed by defective air bags including an 18-year-old who died after the air bag exploded. >> i got there within seconds and watched an 18-year-old girl literally die in front of me inside that vehicle. >> reporter: others like brandy brewer lost an eye. >> it makes me angry. angry that this is an ongoing problem, and it's still going on now. this is something that should have been fixed years ago. >> the defective air bags are m

. >>> millions of defective air bags now have to be fixed. tonight, we see how local repair shops are handling a very heavy load and what drivers need to do to make sure their car is safe. >>> plus bird flu worries. the steps pennsylvania is taking to keep the destructive disease out of the state. >>> and traffic trouble at the jersey shore. why this bridge to cause problems for people hitting the road this memorial day weekend. >>> this is nbc 10 news. >> it is very dangerous. >> drivers have a lot to worry about after learning about the largest auto recall in u.s. history. today, repair shops are being flooded with calls. >> millions of dangerous air bags need to be replaced. nbc 10's randy gyllenhaal spoke with mechanics in our area. they're warning drivers that the fixes aren't going to happen overnight? >> might take a while because the issue here is a small metal component. it is found inside of the air bag of a number of vehicles. it is about the size of your fist. what the feds say can happen is that component can explode, sending shr

me air bags don't do that. i said that is in the right and that is in the okay. >> air bail inflaters we expect did in the work correctly. and, we believe that they have been responsible for at least five deaths, in the united states. but up until new takata a has refused to acknowledge that their air bags are defective. that changes today. >> reporter: this recall involves 33.8 million takata a maid air bags. here's what happens. when a vehicle is involved in an accident the chemical that inflates the air bags can explode with too much force. that can blow apart the metal inflater canister end ising shrapnel flying toward the driver and passengers. officials have not yet determined what caused the deflaters to explode but 17 million vehicles have been recalled to f

air bag manufacturer takata admitted its air bags can explode, blowing shrapnel into your car. the government says the problem is responsible for five deaths. takata recalled nearly 34 million air bags in cars across the country. that means it's about one out of every four cars here in this country. you can go to this web site that you can see there, safer.com to see if your car is affected. meanwhile, nbc's tom costello breaks down what to do step by step. >> reporter: to find out if your car is on the expanded recall list locate your vehicle identification number underneath your wipers. then go to safercar.gov go to "search for recalls" then "recalls by vin." type in the vin number and whatever recalls are affecting your car, including the air bag recall should pop up. >> with if your car is affected it could be months before you can get it fixed. takata says it doesn't have the resources to make tens of millions of new air bags to put in those cars. some car companies like honda are turning to other companies for replacement parts. investigators also say the current replacem

rks kata has refused to acknowledge that their air bags are defective. that changes today. >> reporter: the recall affecting 11 different car makers that sell in the u.s. japanese manufacturer takata has been testing the infaters pulled from cars with alarming results. nearly 1 out of every 100 fractured into shrapnel when ruptured. the defect has killed at least five americans and injured so many others. >> when i seen the blood, i thought i was going to die. >> reporter: this morning, car dealers are getting another round of calls from concerned customers. >> i wanted to make a call about the the recall. >> reporter: and a wait. >> you have kids. you don't know what will happen. >> reporter: it is such a large recall, it could take up to two years to get the air bags replaced. go to safer car.gov and type in your vehicle identification number to see if your car is involved. >>> mcmchillary clinton addressing the private e-mail issue. she's urging the state department to release the documents as soon as possible. >> i have said publicly i'm repeating it

these air bags are made in mexico. those are the knee air bags.azing they have up to eight air bags. this is an all-day job. if you are getting the air bags changed out, expect the car to be at the dealership at least a day or two. experts say it will take years, years for all of these vehicles to be repaired. it's an incredible problem. >> thank you, cheryl. that is safecar.gov. what do you do if you own or lease one of the 34 million recalled vehicles? what do people do? >> for starters you can do what is suggested. go back to your dealership and get them replaced. the problem is it's going to take months and months for there to be enough replacement parts to do that. you are driving around a vehicle with components that could kill you even though they are supposed to save your life. if something were to happen you'll have a lawsuit against takata and perhaps your vehicle manufacturer. what's the fate of takata? are they going to survive this financially and see any money to get from them? >> 34 million people. >> i think it's going to be more t

doubling to 34 million cars. >> but up until now, thatakata has refused to acknowledge that their air bags are defective. that changes today. >> reporter: the inflator casing can shatter sometimes sending shrapnel through the bag and into drivers and passengers. at least five americans have died. >> when i seen the blood i thought i was going to die. >> reporter: corey burdick is of the many drivers injured by his airbag. and could it have been even more? takata has been testing those bag inflators already pulled from cars and tonight, we are learning that nearly 1 out of 100 tested ruptured. the japanese maker takata -- mr. shimisu, can you tell us why you are not expanding the recall recall? -- had resisted a broader recall. >> i am going to have ask you to step off the property. >> okay, no problem. >> reporter: but tonight the takata ceo says, "we are pleased to have reached this agreement." 11 different car makers that sell in the u.s. are now part of this recall. and what about the replacements that have been going into recalled cars? federal regulators would only say they are safer.

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takata is nearly doubling the size of its already massive he recall of air bags.t six deaths have been tied to the air bags not working properly, sometimes exploding. here is "action news" reporter kenneth moat town it's a massive and historic recall defective air bags that could explode and send shrapnel toward the driver and passenger in millions of vehicles. >> that's kind of scary. very scary. i don't know what air bags are made of but i know whatever it is it isn't good if it's not working properly. >> reporter: takata and the u.s. department of transportation announced the national recall tuesday. 34 million vehicles and nearly a dozen of the world's biggest automakers are affected. >> i think there's probably a lot less of them that are going to fail but they're just preventing any accidents in the future. >> reporter: takata is not certain but beliefs high humidity causes the faulty air bags which have killed five people and injured dozens in the u.s. >> there shouldn't be panic but you should certainly take caution, make sure that your vehicle is or isn't

. >>> japanese air bag maker at center of the huge recall is adding more air bags to the list. takata was under pressure from u.s. safety regulators to add nearly 19 million more air bags to its recall. six deaths are linked to the defective air bags. >>> meanwhile jim kenney is the democratic candidate for mayor of fill arc he will face republican melissa murray bailey in november. we will have all of the results for you on cbs philly to the come. >>> son of the vice-president, gentlemen biden is in the washington area hospital for an undisclosed illness. forty-six year-old beau biden has had health problems in the recent past. we wish him well. we will be thanks for the ride around norfolk! and i just wanted to say geico is proud to have served the military for over 75 years! roger that. captain's waiting to give you a tour of the wisconsin now. could've parked a little bit closer... it's gonna be dark by the time i get there. geico. proudly serving the military for over 75 years. >>> hard to believe but tonight is david letterman's last night hosting the the late show at the

his lawyer says the air bag should have protected him. >> myself, the air bag exploded and sent a 3 1/2 inch piece of steel into his face, taking out one of his eyes. now he's horribly disfigured, unfortunately. >> the air bag manufacturer is the japanese company takata, one of the biggest in the world the for months, takata has tried to limit the recall saying the accidents occur only in areas with very high humidity. the government, unsatisfied with such claims, pounded takata with more than $1 million in fines. >> up until now, takata has refused to acknowledge that their air bags are defective. that changes today. >> the most serious accident so far have involved hondas, but the recall involves fords, chryslers, mazdas, bmws, in all, 11 manufacturers and parts suppliers so far and the recall process could be a long one. >> the big question is how long is this going to take? nobody knows that yet. there is no question, it could be some years. >> the manufacturer issued a statement saying it remains committed to consumer safety, but like the government, it does not yet know why the

fake air bags. he sold $1.7 million. calling himself air bag pros.gators reached out to them. >> we found later the guy who sold us the driver's side air bag sold us a bum bag. >> reporter: we offered to tow the larsons' car to a dealer to have their air bag replaced with an authorized air bag. we're about to test their air bag. first they set off a real air bag. then the one in the larsons' car. >> two, one. >> wow. >> shrapnel. you would have had a face full of plastic. >> we have a piece of the air bag cover over here. this is probably about 40 feet from the actual explosion of the air bag. can you imagine this being in the driver's space of a car. >> just unbelievable. you saw the ebay seal, top seller. tonight, they'll show the counterfeit crest toothpaste with anti-freeze in it. counterfeit mac makeup. some of it hiding in plain sight. check this out. you believe she's selling counterfeit prescription medication from here. >> correct. >> reporter: we're off. >> if we see a lady wearing a striped shirt with gray pants. she's right in front of us

her takata air bag exploded. piece of shrapnel ended up in her chest. >> i had a hole in my chest clear enough to see the bone at the bottom. everybody kept telling me air bags don't do that. the problem is these ones are and that's not right and that' >> it's fair to say this is probably the most complex consumer safety recall in us history. >> reporter: the recall involves 33.8 million takata made air bags. when a vehicle is involved in an accident the chemical that inflates the air bags can explode with too much force. when that happens it blows apart a metal inn nader canister and shrapnel is sent flying towards the driver and passengers. >> the air bag inflaters we suspected did not work correct correctly. and we believe they have been responsible for at least five deaths in the united states. but up until now takata has refused to acknowledge that their air bags are defective. that changes today. >> reporter: federal safety officials and the auto industry still haven't determined what's causing takata's inn

recall in history. >> reporter: recall involves 33.8 million takata a maid air bags. when a vehicle is involved in the accident the chemical that inflates the a air bags can explode, with too much force. when that happens, it blows apart a metal inflater canister and shrapnel is sent flying toward the driver and passengers. >> air bag inflaters we suspect did not work correctly. and, we believe that they have been responsible for at least five deaths, in the united states. but up until now takata has refused to acknowledge that their air bags are defective. that changes today. >> reporter: federal safety officials and the auto industry, still haven't determined what is causing takata's inflate tours explode. 17 million vehicles had already been recalled, to fix the the problem. this expansion of the recall effects some of the most popular vehicles on the road. >> this recall involves 11 auto manufacturers, and many different parts suppliers, not just takata, and roughly double the number of vehicles built in the you had every year. >> reporter: now recall notices will

the company says that its air bags can explode and sent shrapnel flying. at least six deaths and more than 100 injuries are blamed for these defective air bag inflaters. consumer reporter jim donovan will have much more on this recall coming up on "eyewitness news" at 6:00. >>> taking a look outside it is warm, team i out there but a cool down is on the way. meteorologist kathy orr is here with her first forecast. >> wind of change are already occurring out here on the the sky deck, jessica, we have a few thunder showers popping up on storm scan three. a head of that big change. take a look right now you can see the cell, eastern chester county, and northern new castle county. this is moving toward the the east, and it does have some hail reported with it, right around hockessin delaware. it is moving east at the 20 miles an hour and heavier cell will be in wilmington very shortly. it will cross over the delaware and into south jersey. so by 5:10 the heavy rain will be in wilmington, upper chichester by 5:24. chester by 5:37 and woolwich by 5:48. very heav

me air bags don't do that. i said that is in the right and that is in the okay. >> air bail inflaters we expect did in the work correctly. and, we believe that they have been responsible for at least five deaths, in the united states. but up until new takata a has refused to acknowledge that their air bags are defective. that changes today. >> reporter: this recall involves 33.8 million takata a maid air bags. here's what happens. when a vehicle is involved in an accident the chemical that inflates the air bags can explode with too much force. that can blow apart the metal inflater canister end ising shrapnel flying toward the driver and passengers. officials have not yet determined what caused the deflaters to explode but 17 million vehicles have been recalled to fix the problem. now this expanded recall impacts the most popular vehicles on the road. >> this recall involves 11 auto manufacturers many different parts suppliers, in the just takata and roughly double number of of vehicles built in the you had eve

its already huge recall of the defective air bags. ey added 18 millionaire bags after pressure from u.s. regulators they are responsible for six deaths and injured worldwide. >>> we have been talking about this for a week now david letterman's last show is tonight right here on cbs 36789 dave says that, unless it is rain out then it will be part of the labor day double header. dave has hosted for decade and hosted a late night talk show for 33 years. our nicole brewer is live up in manhattan outside ed sullivan theater a live report coming up at 5:00 tonight. >> won't be long now. >>> 4:50. lets check business news, the national movement to raise the minimum raise just got a big win. >> jill wagner joins us from the insuring stock exchange, jill, tell us more. >> reporter: good morning ukee and erika. los angeles is now largest u.s. city to raise its minimum wage to $15 an hour. so a jump from $9 to $15 by 2020, this is a huge win for the national movement of workers who have been calling for better pay and better working conditions, b

the problem is with takata made air bag inflaters. the feds blame the faulty air bags for five deaths across the country. the air bags have been known to explode and send shrapnel into a driver's face and body. until today, takata refused to cooperate with american regulators. the company said the air bags were only having problems in areas with high humidity. the department of transportation has fined takata more than 1 million. the national highway traffic safety administration is spearheading the massive effort to replace every defective air bag in american cars. >> we intend to make sure that at the end of this process there is a safe air bag in every vehicle. safe not just for a little while while but safe for as long as these vehicles are on the road. >> the biggest problem with this is the scale. already been trouble getting enough replacement parts to fix these defective bags. honda, toyota and nissan have recalled more than 11 million cars on their own because of the defective air bags. if you're affected your car maker will

air bags declared defective. why it could take you years to have the problem fixed if you're on the list. >>> sloppy sendoff. david letterman gets a messy hug from his last guest bill murray. >> you're looking good dave. >> i think i have some goo here. >> as the late night legend prepares to officially sign off

air bags that explode, like a bomb some say, in your car. the auto makers involved and what consumers need to know. >>> and fit first lady, michelle obama showing off her workout routine with a serious message. >>> well, a good wednesday morning to you. breaking overnight, the latest round of extreme weather hitting the plains. >> heavy rain, hail, dozens of tornadoes to report. this al happened over the past 4 hours. there have been at least 27 reports of tornadoes 20 of them in texas alone. like the one you're seeing caught on camera here. this is in mineral wells, texas. left behind miles of destruction. one man injured at a hotel near austin. >> elsewhere in texas, torrential rains triggered flash floods. and the region not out of the woods yet. the dangerous weather remaining relentless. this powerful tornado touching down in mineral wells, texas, just west of dallas. >> oh, yeah, look at it now. >> reporter: residents, including this little boy, in awe, as the only nos twister forms. this morning, the damage is being called extensive.

the problem here is that yes, the air bags work.with such force that shards of metal can hit the driver and other occupants in the car. let's show you a video of these air bags deploying. they've been trying to figure out why it's happening. they think it may be associated with hot, humid climates. this is part of a nationwide recall. this has been an ongoing feud between the government and takata the company that makes the air bag. >> today i announced that takata has agreed to declare that air bag inflaters are defective. it is recalling these inflaters and this recall is nationwide. >> now here's the problem, you got this one manufacturer of air bags that now needs to make millions and millions more of them. you have all the manufacturers that have to install them. this is going to take a long time to deal with. it may take years. to find out whether your car is affected. get your vehicle identification number and go to the website. this is a website administered by the federal government. i logged on to it to see if my car was a

the japanese made takata air bags are blamed for six deaths. other drivers have lost eyes and have smaller cuts. this new agreement expands the scope. >> up until now takata has refused to acknowledge their air bags are defective. >> i can imagine if i ever got into an accident. >> reporter: antonio, a ford driver is wondering if he'll be impacted be the faulty deployments have been worse in extremely humid climates. it may take several years to recall every car. >> reporter: while her car wasn't listed yesterday the feds say drivers should keep checking as data is updated in the coming weeks. >> you'll be waiting to see if you get a notice? >> i'll be waiting. >> reporter: it will be up to the federal regulators to organize and prioritize this lengthy replacement process. if you'd like to get a look at the federal database and search your own vin you can do it through a link on our website, nbc10.com. >>> vice president joe biden son's is in the hospital tonight. the former attorney general of delaware is being treated at walter reed national

need to have the potentially deadly air bags replaces after it was determined air bag inflaters couldetal shards. at least six deaths have been tied to the defect. part of the problem is it will take a long time to produce new air bags and find all the vehicles impacted. >>> google has fixed an embarrassing problem. apparently if you searched for racist key words on google maps it would bring up things like the white house. the company apologized saying google maps was returning inappropriate results it should not be returning. >> wow. >>> mike nicco is ahead with our forecast. >> also ahead, he said he'd be back. how you can blow stuff up. arnold schwarzenegger and the cause it benefits. >> and how a group of cal researchers hopes this robot will one day be able to help you around the house. ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> welcome back. a small hiccup for the warriors this morning as they were getting red i do head to texas and game three in the western conference finals. abc 7 news was there as the team boarded their flight to houston. but moments later there were mechanical problems and everyone had to

his lawyer says the air bag should have protected him. >> instead the air bag exsploeded and sent a 3.5ece of steel in his face taking out one of his eyes. >> the japanese company takata one of the biggest in the world. for months takata has been trying to limit the recall saying the accidents occur only in areas with very high humidity. the government unsatisfied with claims pounded takata with more than a million dollars in fines. >> up until now takata has refused to acknowledge that their air bags are defective. that changes today. >> the most serious accidents so far have involved hondas but the recall involved vofs fords chryslers, pmws, 11 manufacturers and parts suppliers so far. >> the big question is how long is this going to take. nobody knows that. pit could be some years. >> the manufacturer issued a statement saying it remains committed to consumer safety but like the government it does not yet know why the air bags are exploding. although takata has devoted tremendous resources to these efforts with some of the leading researchers in this field worldwide, it is clear that