let me ask you, honda best quarter in 1 1/2 years. honda raising its outlook. to what extent do you think honda can benefit from toyota's problems? >> the current program has just been limited to toyota. so that why are you people going away from toyota? they prefer and still prefer to stick to the japanese carmakers. so that is why honda can get a benefit from the toyota. >> matsumoto, we know toyota is reporting tomorrow. obviously, the numbers won't reflect the control. how wleek of a number do you expect to see from toyota? >> actually, i don't believe toyota is going to lower its full year earnings forecast. we think that some improvement for that last quarter result so that i think that by keeping in the current earnings guidance, toyota will be able to have additional costs associated with the recall. so financially speaking, i think the recall will not affect toyota so far. >> matsumoto-san, we believe many of the parts manufacturers are beneficiaries of china upgrading and moving to higher quality manufacturing over time. but in the short to medium ter

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assistant vice president vicki poponi says honda will be emphasizing both with the rollout of the new odyssey mini van this fall. >> we're sorry that toyota is having these issues. we wouldn't wish those on anyone, but we still have a good product lineup, and if people would like to look at hondas, we'd be happy to host them. >> reporter: still, toyota buyers have traditionally been a loyal group. the automotive website edmunds.com tracks customer purchase intent. it says interest in toyota fell off after the recall for sticky gas pedals, but has been improving. still senior analyst jessica caldwell thinks toyota needs to be concerned about its reputation. >> there are people who are scared, and what they're going through is bad. and i think a lot of people, when the word safety recalls pop up, they may never return. >> reporter: toyota is repairing about 50,000 gas pedals a day and repairs should begin next week on prius brakes. carter says the company is doing all it can for its customers and may consider special incentives down the road. >> we're back in business and we'll look at

in response, honda is raising its sales outlook. they saw a number is rising 2%. an executive vice president said that honda is earnings rose 2%, and at the same time, it is a word about the problem that this could have on japanese cars in general. a warning for mobile phone users. cyber crooks are offering applications for smart phones and instead of giving you access to banks, draw your data from your phone. google had to remove the -a cern number of applications because of the suspicious activity. >> things are looking good as far as the road to go. we had a few inches of snow, but things are clearing out. high pressure start to build in. right now, just a few thin clouds out there, as well as some sunshine. we will probably be in the 40's before it is all over. this system is now well offshore and out of our neck of the woods. how much did we get? it varies, but between 2 inches and 4 inches. with those temperatures in the 40's as the afternoon progresses, we will be seeing all lot of melting. but something else is on the way, too. that could be a mixed bag of

you will see that chrysler is now smaller than honda. the two korean auto makers, they are bigger than chrysler. it can survive, but it is going to have to be a combination of the strength of chrysler-jeep which is certainly a strong brand name, and the innovation of the gatt. i am not sure that can coexist at the moment. it could be a multi-year process. i think in five years we will know whether this has worked for not. thanks. someone over there. >> down here. >> hi. >> hi, miche. thank you so much for coming. >> my pleasure. >> i am an international student from china. in china for our auto industry actually there is a government regulation that foreign companies cannot injure our market unless less they sign. do you think that might be a possible solution to solve the problem you mentioned about foreign investment? >> that is a very interesting problem. that is a big surprise to a lot of people. the original ventures in the united states were joint ventures. gm and toyota in california. that is just about to close. there was a ford-

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. >> sreenivasan: honda is the latest japanese automaker to announce a large recall.he company today added 437,000 vehicles to a global recall for air bags that can deploy with too much force. affected models included 2001 and 2002 accord sedans, civic compacts, odyssey minivans and crvs and some 2002 acura tl sedans. honda has now recalled nearly one million vehicles for the air bag problem since 2008. the federal reserve now has plans for ending its huge economic stimulus efforts by raising interest rates. chairman ben bernanke outlined the effort in written testimony for a congressional committee. bernanke said the economy still needs an easy money policy for now, but he added: "at some point the federal reserve will need to tighten financial conditions." the talk of higher rates kept wall street at bay. the dow jones industrial average lost 20 points to close at 10,038. the nasdaq fell three points to close below 2,148. thousands of workers in greece staged a national strike today, protesting a government plan to freeze salaries and cut bonuses. the 24-hour strike

this chevy traverse has better mileage than honda pilot. the all-new chevy equinox has better mileage than honda cr-v. and chevy malibu has better mileage than accord. however, honda does make something that we just can't compete with. it's self propelled. chevy. compare us to anyone and may the best car win. garlique's clinically tested ingredient maintains healthy cholesterol naturally. eat right. exercise. garlique. >>> welcome back to the "cnn newsroom." we've got new video coming in. there you go, during the commercial break we saw this just seconds ago. the president there at andrews air force base as he just boarded air force base one. he is heading to new hampshire this hour to talk to a small business there. he's also going to be holding a town hall meeting as well. but these pictures coming to us, again, from andrews air force base as the president is doing a little traveling today, talking about the economy. let's get the latest on all of this with stephanie elam who joins us now live from new york. he's got a lot on his plate to

congressman mike honda. >> good morning. thank you, governor. i think it is safe to say that no other job in congress is as difficult as the speaker. speaker pelosi. no one shows more responsibility to shape the debate and policy. no one can say that. no one else so devotedly listens and brings together the demands for the large diverse and opinionated democratic caucus. they so strongly advocate for all of us. and someone who strongly advocates for all of us with the administration and the senate. the no one spends more time campaigning than speaker pelosi. i know that because when i was campaigning, every time she called me, she said she was going down the stairs of the plane. i got a lot of those. then it is no surprise that historians, pundits, friends, colleagues, opponents consider nancy pelosi the most powerful speaker in history. [applause] it is because of her leadership and dedication to getting things done for the american people, the legislative accomplishments of the 111th congress are extraordinary. think about it. president obama'

let's give a big round to mike honda. thank you to our d.n.c. governor tim kaine, a fighter for our country. a great leader. aren't we proud of the leader? alice, we go back over 30 years. lottie, same thing. we have some history here. donna came along later, but her years are serious years. thank you to all here and i want to acknowledge the california delegation. [cheers and applause] >> especially our dean, dean of our delegation. and one of the newest parch pants, my granddaughter isabela, here with her mother. i want to acknowledge that a member of our california d.n.c. delegation is going to be the speaker of the california assembly. aren't we proud of that. i want to acknowledge some of my colleagues from the congress are here from california and beyond. debee wasserman schultz, our vice chair. we are so proud of her. congresswoman barbara lee, the chair of the congressional black caucus, unyielding candidate for social justice. maxine is here, also a fighter for economic justice and together and other members as well and c.b.c., working

this chevy traverse has better mileage than honda pilot. chevy equinox has better mileage than honda cr-v. and chevy malibu has better mileage than accord. however, honda does make something that we just can't compete with. it's self propelled. chevy. compare us to anyone and may the best car win. >>> you're on pandora, ladies and gentlemen. respect that fact. every second of every day. if there is a hell, you might want to go there for some r & r, after a tour on pandora. >> looking back to the most news of the morning, the cast and crew of the top-grossing movie in history has been spending a little bit of time with our -- with the troops and with other folks as well. >> sigourney weaver and others spent time with troops in bahrain. >> you don't have to be overseas to get up close and personal with the crew of "avatar." just tune in to larry king live tomorrow night, right here on cnn. >> "avatar" expected to be a major player in this year's oscar awards. we'll find out in just about an hour. live, 8:00 this morning, eastern time. the yea

honda. is essentially when honda was ready to build in the united states they went to ohio and said we've like to play a motorcycle plant and the state gave $5 million in investment predestines then they built two car plants and a technical center and employs 25,000 people as the biggest manufacturing employer in the state of ohio. kentucky would say it is a fantastic idea, a georgetown kentucky is a small town outside of lexington. i was there when toyota broke the ground. there was one mcdonald's and one traffic light. i don't know if you know, the scene where it is a wonderful life they show him the life. >> guest: have had but the town is lit up and there is traffic and lights come without is with georgia and kentucky looks like no. people complain about the traffic but a lot of people are glad that jobs are there. where it has not worked as well would be san antonio because such rio day planned down there had trouble getting to full capacity. it is one of the plans that had to be idled

than a comparable honda civic. this chevy traverse has better mileage than honda pilot.he all-new chevy equinox has better mileage than honda cr-v. and chevy malibu has better mileage than accord. however, honda does make something that we just can't compete with. it's self propelled. chevy. compare us to anyone and may the best car win. >>> okay. major story we are following right now. if you felt angry and betrayed about how wall street acted before, during and after the biggest financial crisis in history. fraud charges have been laid against america's largest bank and the ceo at the time of the crisis as well as the former chief financial officer. the charges say that bank of america executives including former ceo kenneth lewis deliberately misled shareholders and the u.s. government in order to secure bonuses and get bailout money for the bank. let's go straight to new york. allan chernoff is working on on this, and our senior correspondent and he has been following this not just today, but since it started in 2008. what have we got here? >> well, ali, very aggress

of course, the car dealer wanted us to go with their own financing through honda. problem either way. i just couldn't believe how easy it was because everybody has been talking about how tight things are, but at the same time it seems like we had no problem. host: let's go to market on independent line. caller: heart goes out to people who are struggling to get loans and such, and i agree with the caller earlier -- i think the institution needs to check your finances out, but we purchased a house with a very large bank that we had for 20 years and we had no debt, and our credit score was 839, and 819 between us. we shopped around and went back to the original bank and they said, ok. they said we might not meet appraisal, it was $200,000 over what we needed of the attorney said we have to keep on it because they dragged their feet, phone calls all the time. the processor has this, so and so has this. towards the end, the attorney called me and said, give no, i have been told not to the title search because they don't like some of the things in the house. i am going,

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this chevy traverse has better mileage than honda pilot. the all-new chevy equinox has better mileage than honda cr-v. and chevy malibu has better mileage than accord. however, honda does make something that we just can't compete with. it's self propelled. chevy. compare us to anyone and may the best car win. >>> many people don't know this. brian williams and i have know each other for a long time. we went to high school together. we played football together. i was hurt at the time, so it was not -- anyway, we were also lab partners for quite some time. and we had a lot of fun and trough story, we actually went to the prom together. so --. >> i knew they were friends. i didn't know they went back that far. jon stewart in drag. >>> let's look at the morning papers if we could. "the new york times" a call to topple policy for gays. robert gates and mike mullen back the repeal of don't ask, don't tell. >>> "wall street journal" toyota troubles deepen. the department of transportation is considering a civil penalty against the automaker, and m

this chevy traverse has better mileage than honda pilot. all-new chevy equinox has better mileage than honda cr-v. and chevy malibu has better mileage than accord. however, honda does make something that we just can't compete with. it's self propelled. chevy. compare us to anyone and may the best car win. just because i spent less on it? nope! (announcer) the exact same brands sold in pet specialty stores. at walmart's unbeatable price. save money. live better. walmart. hey! announcer: you don't drive every time you smoke. yet you smoke every time you drive. driving and smoking don't have to go together. re-learn life without cigarettes, free, at becomeanex.org. a new way to think about quitting. >>> all right. welcome back to "morning joe." just after 6:30 on the east coast. >> mika, you know, the snowstorms are coming. it looks beautiful right now in the city. but a huge winter storm this weekend. >> we need to monitor that. >> you have to take kate and jack to the park. >> that will be fun. take the girls sledding. >>> job story, global

the next one is nissan and honda. >> we have to leave it there. thank you for joining us. obviously, those hearings were very charged today. back to you. >>> for three months, nigeria's president has spent too sick to rule and has been receiving medical treatment and saudi arabia. now surprise, he has returned home. nigerian officials say he needs time to recuperate, so the vice president jonathan will lead the country for now. >> a secret, silent homecoming in the small hours of the morning. government advisers say nigeria's missing president was on this airplane. yet it has still not been seen -- yet, he has still not been seen in public. the president's health has always been closely watched. it for nigerians, seeing him again with their own eyes will be critical. he and his circle have suffered a massive loss of trust and credibility while he was gone. tensions bubbled into near panic amid fears of a coup, and it was clear that the power vacuum needed to be filled. it was this man, vice president jonathan, who assumed office behind an extraordinary vote in parliament.

next is honda and nissan. >> we have to leave it there. thank you for joining us for the japanese view in washington. back to you in london. >> thank you to you both. a turkish court has formally charged and imprisoned at seven senior turkish military officers. they include four admiral, an army general, and two staff kernels. quite a shopping list. they are accused of trying to overthrow the government. there has long been tension with the military-that secular establishment. we have reports from is and kabul. -- we have a report from istanbul. >> senior military officials locked up like common criminals. many people had never seen anything like this. there has never been this many in jail for plotting against the government. what is happening now at this courthouse amounts to the most serious challenge to the military's authority ended kennedy this country has ever seen. the government and the judiciary wants you pushed these charges -- want to push these charges. >> for decades, they have been untouchable. a victorian of beads, reservin

[laughter] >> let's hear it again for mike honda. a great champion for the middle class as he is vice chair of the dnc. thank you to our great dnc chair tim kaine, governor tim kaine, a lifelong fighter for fairness in our country. a great leader. aren't we proud of our chair. [applause] >> alistar, we go back 30 years. don't say that. lonnie, same thing. we have some history. donna came along later. her years are serious years. but thank you to all of you who are here. and i particularly want to acknowledge something i'm very proud of. the california delegation. [applause] >> especially our dean roz wiman. my newest participants, isabella, my granddaughter with her mother. i want to say a member of our delegation of the dnc delegation is now going to be the speaker of the california assembly, john perez. aren't we proud of that. [applause] >> i especially want to acknowledge some of the my colleagues of congress from california and beyond. debbie wasserman schultz our vice chair and the leader of the congress, we're so proud of debb

. >> smaller cars like toyotas and honda civics, smaller cars that are front-wheel drive. once get to a point where it hits the snow mounds, it's not going to move further. >> reporter: elana judge was forced to drive into the area for work. she is staying at a hotel tonight. >> driving is horrible. i have a small little car. i was pushed all over the street. i got stuck in the snow and spun around six times. it's difficult to travel. >> until it melts and this snow is down to the concrete, don't even try to come out. it's still going to be treacherous out here. >> looks bad. if it feels like we've gotten more snow than the rest of the nation, it's because we have. so far this year, we've gotten about 55 inches of snow here in washington. that is a foot more snow than madison, wisconsin. 13 more inches than denver, colorado. and 35 more inches than hartford, connecticut. buffalo, new york, is ahead of us, if you think of it that way. people have seen 62 inches of snow so far this year. >> no surprise, is it, bob? >> our snowfall we had so far is 1/2 the average snowfall fo

. >>> and we have another recall to tell you about, this one from honda. the company is adding over 430,000 vehicles to its 15-month-old worldwide recall due to faulty air bags. most of those vehicles are here in the u.s. the recall affects some models of 2001 and 2002 money deaccord, civic, odyssey and crv. >>> the president and first lady hosted a long list of performers last night at the white house to celebrate the civil rights movement. it was part of the obamas' observance of black history month and part of a workshop for high school students. an "a" list group of singers were there performing, providing a soundtrack to recall an unforgettable time in american history. ♪ only love can conquer hate ♪ >>> part of this storm system is hitting the northeast this morning hit milwaukee yesterday. at least 9 inches of snow there. even more along the shores of lake michigan. gusty winds today will make matters worse. again, that storm headed to the northeast. as we come live here to new york's central park where you can see the snow is falling. it's supposed

honda says it will replace the drivers side air bag because they can deploy with too much and pressure. >>> the bad economy is claiming high-profile victim. the ritz carlton is shutting down in lake las vegas resort in may. the first time any ritz has been closed down. the highly-rated hold is less than 0 miles from the vegas strip. that's your money scope report. >>> welcome back. a winter storm warning but that will change to a blizzard warning as we go through the morning hours. wanted to show you some imagery across the area. it's been a while since we had to take a look at weather across the region in this impending weather situation. first off on our widespread weather net this is glen burnie and we're going to do a time lapse you can see the visibility off on the horizon and starting to lose it a little bit as we hit daylight. the intensity of the precipitation and the turnover from the freezing rain to sleet to snow is starting to take place. maybe not a pure snow but once you go pure snow the flakes actually spread out and that actually reduces the visibility as something we'r

were talking about what kind of conditions should you oppose on the deal so that consumers aren't honda and our competitors aren't harmed or that comcast be combined with nbc with too much market power and that was an interesting thing because as she said congress doesn't have to approve the deal would, but is upset about it they can put pressure on the fcc and the justice department to do a little more and were tried to stolid or killed altogether so that was an interesting part. basically it was down party lines with republicans say there's not that any competitive issues because comcast and nbc don't compete in each other's markets, democrats say this could really lead to higher prices for consumers and thus could really hurt comcast competitors trying to get programming or seized from comcast. >> host: two of the lawmakers who did show up, energy commerce chairman henry waxman and the ranking member of the telecommunications subcommittee, cliff stearns, republican of florida, had an exchange regarding the proposed merger. here it is. >> comcast as all this note is the largest video

versus a hyundai or a honda. think the domestic companies will get some marginal sales from toyota's problems. but i don't think the answer to fixing g.m. is to destroy toyota. 107,000 jobs they have in the u.s. and i think the obama administration just wouldn't try anything like that. because it would -- gwen: backfire. >> on any number of levels. gwen: thank you, david. and once again, welcome. >> thank you. gwen: thank you all very much. opera indeed. we have to go now. but the conversation will continue online. be sure to check out our "washington week" webcast extra. everything we didn't get to here and it's good. plus your questions and answers. you can find us at washingtonweek@pbs.org and you can also read my new blog "gwen's take." and keep up with daily developments on the pbs "newshour" and we'll see you around the table again next week on "washington week." good night. join the "washington week" conversation online. email your questions for the webcast extra to washingtonweek online@pbs.org. >> corpor

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mike honda, a member of congress from california. i will bring congressman honda back in a second.ir of the new hampshire party. [applause] donna brazil with voter participation. [applause] she was waiting 8 new orleans saints have. -- she was waving a saints hat. is andy here? our secretary is here. she can deal with 24 inches of snow. our national finance chair is here somewhere. glad to have you. [applause] we are in a great place this morning to have the speaker come and visit. i went to bring up congressman honda in a second to introduce her because they work so closely together, but before i do let me say a few words before the end speaker comes up here. i do not know if there has been a time when congress has been doing such heavy lifts on such important issues under her leadership. many see the president put out tough challenges, not the small ones but this challenging economy, job news with unemployment rate down to 9.8% which is moving in the right direction. a long way to go, but that is good. as the president has tried to promote these changes we need to make, the house

honda. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for three minutes. mr. honda: thank you, and i want to thank the chairman for this opportunity and for those who are in this debate. i think this is what congress is all about, where we talk about very substantive issues and this is one of those most important issues because it affects our relationship with other countries, other states and other indigenous people and in this case, indigenous people who are considered sovereign entities. and this what we are trying to accomplish for the native hawaiians in hawaii. this is not about race. i think when we use race in other things, it muddies up the issues and i think our colleagues, congressman cole, explains it very clearly. and that as a teacher and i'm not a lawyer, i may not understand all the laws and all the terminology of the law, how he explains it is very clear. and i think the people of this country understands clear talk and when they hear clear talk, they understand, when we talk about justice and equality and recognizing indigenous people, it bec

also mike honda.the new budget preserves social security and medicare, preserves jobs, and it does it in a fiscally sound way to reduce the deficit. by contrast, the republican budget provides tax breaks for the wealthy, it ends medicare as we know it, and privatize social security. here they go again, rehashing the same failed bush policies. i want to takeyou to take that . they presented it earlier this week, it privatizes social security, turns medicare into a voucher program. it is important that the word get out and we need you to spread the word. imagine what would have happened if we had let america's retirement security when they wanted to privatize social secure the last time at the risk of the recklessness of wall street. because if you and i think you for your effort to save a social security in 2006, not only save social security, it elected a democratic majority to the congress of the united states. [applause] urged on by president truman and his definition, strongly led by president obam

. -- hyundai or a honda.ment does have a clear financial incentive to see general motors duwel, but tokyo has 36,000 direct employees in the u.s., 170,000 people in dealerships. would they seek to damage the company just to help them out a little bit? it seems far-fetched. host: mark, independent line? all right, woodstock, new york. robert, republican line. caller: i wanted to comment that i purchased a toyota camry and five years later i bought the same model two ye. they were remarkably different, which always struck me. 2007 had a more uneven performance. eventually also encountered major problems with it the gas pedal and the car taking off. basically a life-threatening situation. host: you were personally in a life-threatening situation? caller: the strange part is that it occurred within a few months of purchasing the 2007 camry. i had decided that i would be exceedingly cautious, but for the next four months the problem never occurred again. it is an inexplicable situation. i recently took a car to to

honda says the resultser driven by cost cuts. although as we know, they're ailing from benefits of toyota, as well. >> why are we -- because we saw it on cnbc? it's a high profile marketing race. >> it's a penny stock. we've mentioned it twice. >> let's get our national weather forecast this morning. scott williams is here with what we can look forward to in the coming days. a little bit of snow on the ground up here in the northeast, scott. >> yeah. a little bit of snow and that's about it. this storm system continues to move out to sea here. new york city, flurries lingering. boston all the way around the cape cod area, seeing some of the snow. but it continues to exit the northeast. but we could see a nor'easter potentially in the northeast by the upcoming weekend. san antonio, heavy rain for you. corp. yupus christy, as well. this will continue to move into the houston area as the day progresses. let's expand the view and look across the nation at some of the areas that we're watching, as well. you can see lingering snow show

that's four straight years that honda earned top marks.ighest domestic marks and chrysler got the lowest grades. one thing we should point out a lot of people say say toyota but the ceo's name is toyoda. here's the way the legend goes. seems to be the correct thing. when you write the tame toyoda with a d, it takes ten strokes of a brush to write the japanese characters. a couple of hash marks. toyota only takes eight. eight is a lucky number in many asian cultures. somewhere along the lines toyoda changed to toyota. >> the logo was streamlined when they were doing this little thing for marketing that's what they did. >> so the legend goes. 23 minutes after the hour. stay with us. >>> welcome back to "the most news in the morning." the u.s. may be more than $12 trillion in the red. but it's moving forward this morning on plans for a new $1 billion, yes $1 billion embassy in london. it's quite fancy. it will sit along the river and protected by a manmade moat. a waste of money? u.s. officials say the cost is needed to ensure the building's

are they going straight to honda and others?ds.com we see consumers like you might follow a stock. we can see the press release come and what purchasers are doing. we look at purchase intent, behaviors they are exhibiting, they are very close to going a dealership. and consideration, more of a shopping, what vehicles are they considering in the shopping processed. toyota, needless to say, took a nasty hit initially when they went offline. but as far as the shopping process, people that aren't ready to pull the trigger just yet, they've actually held relatively steady? >> in terms of intent. >> they took a little bit of hit because the cars aren't available for sale. as far as consideration, somebody that might be looking 90 days out, they've held relatively steady. >> why would that be? >> my contention is people were considering buying camry or considering buying a corolla and might be visiting the areas of the site strictly from a reference standpoint, let's compare this, i need to buy something else. >> right. how bad is it f

honda. why? because people buy hondas and toyotas.t now they're not going to go to the toyota dealers. they're going to go to honda. you want the real deal, you go buy what nobody loves right now, the toyota. but most people are going to go for the safety and security of buying the honda. last thing -- what's so important to me in this is that toyota provides a lesson to all of us. when you mess up, fess up. they instead covered up. and look at the consequences to their reputation. >> get more great consumer advice from clark howard every saturday and sunday at noon and 4:00 p.m. eastern right here on hln news and views. he'll help you save more, spend less, and avoid getting ripped off. >>> i'm a.j. hammer. this is a "showbiz tonight" news break exclusively on hln. this is the buzz. james ar ther ray, the self-help expert seen on oprah and featured in "the secret" faces charges in the deniaths of thre people. ray attorney says the deaths were an accident and not a criminal act. >>> tiger's new tale. a woman who claims she had an inti

authorities want you to look out for a silver late model honda accord with extensive front end damage. >>> a tragic story where a man was drug under a minivan for two miles. carol humphries was hit by a vehicle as he tried to cross centerville road in manassas monday night. the car that hit him stopped, but humphries was struck by the minivan while he was on the ground. the driver of the man is 40- year-old ellen marie, he is charged with felony hit-and- run. humphries died on his way to the hospital. >>> the connector today to get a look at why construction is behind schedule. snow has made the ground too wet for paving and dirt moving work. the project manager say they will add crews and lengthen work days in order to open the first seven mile segment of the toll road on time this coming fall. the national park service has a big cleanup job on its hands. a large tree toppled. it went down by the paddle boats. fortunately, no one was injured. >>> still to come, new developments at this hour, a case of the student who refused it stand for the pledge of allegiance. >> spring break coul

honda accord and toyota camry stand behind their powertrain for up to 60,000 miles.ehind theirs for up to 100,000 miles. which makes it pretty clear whose standing out front. a consumers digest "best buy" two years running. chevy malibu. compare it to anyone and may the best car win. now, get a low mileage lease on this 2010 malibu for around $199 a month for 39 months. call for details. see your local chevy dealer. >>> my name is pam. i'm 48 years old. my husband lance is in prison serving life without parole. >> pam booker married her husband lance just weeks before he was imprisoned for first-degree murder. >> lance booker got a fair trial and he's in prison for the rest of his life. >> i didn't kill anybody and they know i didn't. >> now what passes for married life consists of six conjugal visits a year. >> i just whisper to myself, hey, baby, i'm here. >> but how long can pam fight for her husband and their family? >> oh, baby. >> the very thought that he may die in prison is unbearable. >> larry: pam, your husband says he's innocent. let's take a look at him t

chrysler and honda both saw single digit drops in sales. in part because of the gas pedal problem that forced it to halt sales of some of the most popular models. >>> aig about to hand out another $100 million if bonuses. the "washington post" says employees in the financial products division who agreed to a 1to 0% cut will get their checks today one month ahead of schedule. that is the same branch the insurance giant that came close to destroying aig. the company saws the bonuses are required contractually. >>> one thing that is going up after the recession is the number of women in the work force. they are exerting more influence on the workplaces and their wallets. melanie alnwick explains. >> reporter: they're culling it the sheconomy. more women are taking charge of the family financial health and they are working to make the most of their new found power. we've come a long way from the rare woman who worked outside the home. today, women are on the verge of outnumbering men in the work force. >> way allot of people that are bei laid o

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nissan up 16% p chrysler and honda saw single digit drops.ota is down 16% after it was forced to halt sales of the most popular models. aig apparently ready to hand out $100 million in bonuses. the washington post says employees in the financial products division who agreed to a 10 to 20% cut will get their checks tomorrow a month ahead of schedule. that's the same branch of the insurance giant that came close to destroying aig. the company says the bonuses are contractually required. >>> one thing going up after the recession, the number of women in the workforce and they're exerting more influence on their workplace. melanie alnwick explains. >> reporter: they're calling it the cheeconomy. more women are taking charge of their financial health and working to make the most of their new found power. we've come a long way from the rare woman who worked outside the home. today women are on the verge of out numbering men in the workforce. >> with a lot of people that are being laid off women are going back into working, or they're being the enti

this is a honda pilot. and this is the chevy traverse. it has more cargo space than pilot. including the most space behind the third row. and traverse beats honda on highway gas mileage too. more fuel efficient and 30% more room. maybe traverse can carry that stuff too. the chevy traverse. amer. compare us to anyone and . >>> a lot of you will remember that colgan air crash. it was actually continental express flight 3407 that crashed near buffalo right about a year ago, killing 50 people. well, we're starting to get answers as to what exactly happened, and the ntsb placing the blame squarely on the pilot, again, you'll remember 49 people were on board that plane that were killed. one person on the ground was killed. but we have been hearing -- been hearing the past couple days about exactly what happened this. meetings by ntsb, and they're saying that the pilot and copilot could have actually prevented this crash from happening. here's one of the quotes they're using. they say, "the crew did not perform in a way consistent with the training they received." they're saying t

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cts also manufactures pedals for companies nissan and honda. the feds are said to be concerned about whether those automakers might have serious problems as well. but cts insists the issues are limited. this issue is limited to toyota. that aside, there is word tonight that the toyota's troubles could be expanding to more vehicles. the feds say about 100 people have filed complaints about toyota's prius, the most popular hybrid in america. the problem is apparently with the vehicle's brakes. and whatever the issue is, we're told it caused some crashes. "the fox report" chief correspondent jonathan hunt is with us now. what is happening here. >> toyota's problems are multiplying, that's the basic answer, shep. but they have this problem now that is being reported with the brake pedals on the prius. and apparently the failure of those brake pedals to function properly has caused several accidents, including at least one head-on collision. now, toyota will only say right now that it is investigating what it calls this, quote, reported phenomenon.

honda accord and toyota camry stand behind their powertrain for up to 60,000 miles. chevy malibu stands behind theirs for up to 100,000 miles. which makes it pretty clear whose standing out front. a consumers digest "best buy" two years running. chevy malibu. compare it to anyone and may the best car win. now, get a low mileage lease on this 2010 malibu for around $199 a month for 39 months. call for details. see your local chevy dealer. >>> and dr. paul song, the radiation oncologist and a member of physicians for a national health program. how do you think that went today, ben? >> i thought it was a very impressive show. i thought it was a show of civility, intelligence. i though the points of view were put across. what i think was sort of kept away, in addition to the points that the two doctors before us just made was, basically at the end of the day if there's going to be a health plan it's going to involve higher-income people paying money to lower-income people. i think that is sort of being sugar coated. we have, i think, have to wrap our minds around the fac

and ford and some of the makers, honda and hyundai-- be able to pick up, really gain, now that they're posting the same sort of quality reliability and entering the green space taking toyota on directly. they could be the real winners. >> brown: paul sizen stein and rebecca lindland, thank you both very much. >> thanks, jeff. >> thank you. >> lehrer: and to haiti, where ten american missionaries were charged with child kidnapping today. they were arrested last week as they tried to cross into the dominican republic with 33 children. exactly how the prosecution will proceed isn't clear. but one thing is-- haiti's judicial system, and its government, are still in ruins. that's the focus of ray suarez's report tonight. >> reporter: the collapsed cupola of haiti's presidential palace stands as a symbol of the magnitude of damage wrought on this country and its government. >> come on in. >> suarez: before the earthquake, haiti's tourism minister, patrick delatour, spent his days worrying about bringing cruise ships and foreign investment to his island nation. but, like millions of other hai