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katie. >> couric: bill whitaker in port-au-prince tonight. thank you. back in this country, more problems for toyota. and for people who own their cars. the federal government is now looking into the 2010 prius. it's received 124 complaints about problems with the antilock brakes that may have led to four crashes. here's national correspondent dean reynolds. >> reporter: already trying to correct millions of malfunctio malfunctioning accelerators, toyota today admitted the 2010 version of its popular hybrid, the prius, won't always stop when you want it to. the transportation department quickly opened yet another investigation of the embattled car maker. >> it's the brick on brick, bad news upon bad news that just kills your reputation. >> reporter: stephen weiss has has. ed four toyotas because of its stellar reputation but his new prius has shaken his faith. you step on the brake and ... it feels like nothing happens.re: o heart-racing occasions, his prius ran stop signs, even though he was stepping on the brake. he and others say foul weather and bum
katie. >> couric: bill whitaker in port-au-prince tonight. thank you. back in this country, more problems for toyota. and for people who own their cars. the federal government is now looking into the 2010 prius. it's received 124 complaints about problems with the antilock brakes that may have led to four crashes. here's national correspondent dean reynolds. >> reporter: already trying to correct millions of malfunctio malfunctioning accelerators, toyota today admitted the 2010...
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correspondent bill whitaker reports. >> reporter: arriving for their court hearing, the ten americans appeared optimistic, their bags packed and ready to go. >> do you think you're going home? >> released, yeah. >>. >> reporter: but after two hours before the judge, the group surrounded by police pushed its way through a crush of cameras back to waiting vehicles and back to jail. they were charged with felony kidnapping of minors and criminal association, says their haitian taurn. the ten ban tis most from idaho have been in jail since they were arrested trying to cross the border with 2 3 3 haitian children friday night. a cbs news employee says group leader laura silsby told the judge we were trying to do what's best for the children when the judge asked didn't you know you were kriting a crime, silsby quietly answered we are innocent. but there are serious questions about silsby's motives. the 40-year-old business woman who convinced fellow members of the central valley baptist church to follow her dream of an orphanage in haiti has a troubling financial history. she's been the sub
correspondent bill whitaker reports. >> reporter: arriving for their court hearing, the ten americans appeared optimistic, their bags packed and ready to go. >> do you think you're going home? >> released, yeah. >>. >> reporter: but after two hours before the judge, the group surrounded by police pushed its way through a crush of cameras back to waiting vehicles and back to jail. they were charged with felony kidnapping of minors and criminal association, says...
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>> couric: bill whitaker reporting from port-au-prince, haiti, tonight. in pakistan today, three american soldiers were killed and two others wounded by a roadside bomb in the northwest part of the country near the afghan border. the taliban claimed responsibility for the attack which also killed three pakistani girls at a nearby school. the americans were in pakistan to train a paramilitary force. lara logan, our chief foreign affairs correspondent, is in washington tonight and, lara, this is not the first time american soldiers have been killed in pakistan. >> reporter: that's right, katie. in fact, since 9/11, 12 american servicemen have died in pakistan. but these are the first special operations soldiers who were part of the security cooperation agreement between the u.s. and pakistan who have actually been killed in what was really a devastating attack. the scenes, the images from the scene are quiteatc and they show the rubble and the devastation and also some of the wounded. there were three young pakistani girls killed and a pakistani soldier. th
>> couric: bill whitaker reporting from port-au-prince, haiti, tonight. in pakistan today, three american soldiers were killed and two others wounded by a roadside bomb in the northwest part of the country near the afghan border. the taliban claimed responsibility for the attack which also killed three pakistani girls at a nearby school. the americans were in pakistan to train a paramilitary force. lara logan, our chief foreign affairs correspondent, is in washington tonight and, lara,...
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bill whitaker has the story. >> reporter: an emotional father, walter kay anythikeonig the announcementncouver's 1,000 acre stanley park hurst morning. they broke into teams. after two hour, one team called koenig with the news. >> we've been looking for some clue, and they phoned us saying that they found andrew's body. >> reporter: andrew koenig was best known for his role as richard boner in the sitcom growing pains. his father waller played chekov in the star trek series. he had a history of depression anded a given away most of his belongings before leaving for vancouver on february 4th. >> he had good ranlg sale for several week and whatever he didn't sell, he put out to give away. >> reporter: in closing, walter koeni xwchlt reached out to others who may be suffering as his son had. >> if you can learn anything from this, it's that there are people out there who really care. you may not think so, and ultimately it may not be enough, but there are people who really, really care and before you take that final -- make that final decision, check it out again. >> reporter: bill whitak
bill whitaker has the story. >> reporter: an emotional father, walter kay anythikeonig the announcementncouver's 1,000 acre stanley park hurst morning. they broke into teams. after two hour, one team called koenig with the news. >> we've been looking for some clue, and they phoned us saying that they found andrew's body. >> reporter: andrew koenig was best known for his role as richard boner in the sitcom growing pains. his father waller played chekov in the star trek series....
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all signs point to the party pressing ahead to pass the bill before easter break and using the r word, reconciliation. >> here now is mark whitakers, yesterday, i guess maybe we were naive, i think some of us expected more actual negotiation. it was purely a debate, wasn't it? >> there was a lot of posturing. on the other hand, it actually got at a fundamental difference between the two parties. and that is the democrats believe in comprehensive health care reform. they think it is a moral issue. they also think it is an economic issue, that basically you need to get everybody into the pool in order to bring the cost down. the republicans simply don't believe in it. so the question is, if that's the case, and this is where we were going to end up, where did we spend the last year trying to reach a bipartisan compromise, fundamentally, philosophically, they are at such an impasse. >> speaking of talking points, i think we notice thed it seemed they were talking past each other and both parties came armed with their message. let's go first to the republicans and see if you can pick up what their main message was yesterday. >> this
all signs point to the party pressing ahead to pass the bill before easter break and using the r word, reconciliation. >> here now is mark whitakers, yesterday, i guess maybe we were naive, i think some of us expected more actual negotiation. it was purely a debate, wasn't it? >> there was a lot of posturing. on the other hand, it actually got at a fundamental difference between the two parties. and that is the democrats believe in comprehensive health care reform. they think it is...