we are confident that the airbag takata is -- including recalled units are safe. we have confidence in the integrity in their origin in their current manufacturing processes. we believe properly manufactured and installed airbag where purchasing today are designed to save lives for the expected life of all -- for each instance of an airbag is terrible and unacceptable to takata and it's also important to remember that takata airbags continue to deploy as they were designed. airbags are helping to save lives and prevent injuries on the road every day. as we move forward we will cooperate with automakers and government leaders and take whatever actions at the time to be in the public interest and those will advance the goal of safety for the driving public. finally as the committee is aware english is not my native language. i will do my best to answer questions in english but i may asification and i may need assistance from the interpreter here from time to time for help in understanding the committee's questions. thank you mr. chairman. >> of course he will have th

like many automotive makers honda looks to takata for the supply of airbag components because takatawas an internationally recognized safety system supplier. as the manufacturer of the complete vehicle, we relied on takata for its expertise in the specific area of technology. we supplied our performance requirements, and takata designed to those criteria. beginning with 2001 takata began to supply honda with a new generation of airbag components. by 2,004 we had sold several million vehicles with these airbags. it was then, in 2004, when we learned of an airbag inflator rupture in one of our vehicles, and we reported that. this remained the only airbag inflator rupture we were aware of until three years later. since 2,007 we have been involved in the safety investigation of takata airbag inflator's. takata identified specific manufacturing issues as the primary factor, starting with the recall in november 2,008 and with every subsequent recall we gather component parts from the timeframe that corresponded to the manufacturing issues and provided those to takata for further investigat

like many auto makers, honda looked to takata for the supply of airbag components because takata was an internationally recognized safety systems supplier. as the manufacturer of the complete vehicle, we relied on takata for its expertise in this specific area of technology. we provided our performance requirements and takata designed the airbag component to those criteria. beginning with the 2001 model year, takata began to supply a new generation of components. by 2004 we had sold several millions vehicles equip with these airbags. it with a then in 2004 when we learned of an airbag inflater rupture in one of our vehicles and reported that to ntsa. this remained the only airbag inflater rupture we were aware of until three years later. since 2007 we have been involved in a safety investigation of takata airbag inflaters. takata identified specific manufacturing issues as the primary factors of the rupture events. starting with the recall in november, 2008, and with every subsequent recall, we gathered component parts from a time period that corresponded to the manufacturing issues

national highway traffic safety administration, at least five than 100d more injuries are linked to takata airbag defects. on thursday representatives from japanese auto supplier and auto makers honda and chrysler airbaged about the defects and the recall process. the hearing is 2 hours and 45 minutes. it begins with testimony from a victim of the airbag defect.

national highway traffic safety administration, at least five than 100d more injuries are linked to takata airbag defects. on thursday representatives from japanese auto supplier and

at the current rate production by takata of 300,000 airbags a month, there is no way that there will be -- available so i ask you will you cooperate in an accelerated replacement process so that competitors of takata will be called upon to supply those products? to each of you mr. schostek and mr. kunselman. >> obviously i mentioned again that we have enough addition to our customers. accelerating the production of parts and giving -- getting this process done quicker. >> so that would be yes. mr. schostek we you take nontakata parts to replace those airbags? >> senator we want to get these car sticks in the safety of our customers is the top priority. all options are on the table. >> i'm going to ask mr. to do so but i hope you will cooperate. when i say the system failed, we are here because delay, nondisclosure as well as potential perception and concealment. in fact both of your companies entered into settlements that were lit up really and purposefully concealed in court orders. damien fernandez in florida, actually par him the first in 2006 in oklahoma city in 2009 jennifer grif

of all the makes and models that @avv been orlando with takata airbags. let me tell you it's a ton. >> yeah. gerri: larry, before you go, one of my bbg questions about, this how much control doee nhtsa which is the -- federal regulator, nntional highway traffic safety administration.% how much do they control do they have over this? takata is a not an american company. they're a japanese country. >> they have a lot of control..3 government is mandated safety measure. they're there because of the government. they have a lot of control. you notice all recalls. the problem there are some recalls that people are immune to them. @hat's why -- gerri: true. their cars taken care of for the -@airbag recall. they're closed off to the. gerri: larry, thanks for coming great to talk to you. anytime. gerri: when we come back, another bailout in the works for yet another solar company? we'll have the latest on that. >>> and next, an inside job by insiders. we'll look at a new report showing how ceos are end favor ann making money doing it. ♪ how can power consption chi

is it necessary to pull every car that has a takata airbag back to the dealers? t is a question that is really being examined here because no one can say for sure how long takata has known about these problems. the nhtsa acting director stopped short of just saying that takata has a bad record of little nhtsa know the problems that it has and it faces. so how can you really trust this company, and how do you know when it was installing bad airbags when it first began to puck up on it and when -- pick up on it and when it started making corrections opposite? we learned today really the first airbag rupture was reported in 2004. but up until now all the focus has been on cars that have been 2008 or older. today we learned, well, now it goes back to vehicles in 2004. so what stops it from going back even further than that? i raised again the gm ignition switch. they started out with cars in one year and then continued to expand and expand, and this is kind of the same scenario we have happening here. liz: jackie, was any light shed during this hearing about the cause

they started getting wind of this several years ago about the takata airbag. got first indications in 2004. by 2008 they knew it was a big problem. delay, cover-up, secrecy. that is why the southern district of new york, the u.s. attorneys opened a criminal investigation in this. and why there is a hearing coming up tomorrow in the senate. cheryl: that senateng exactly. we should say it is wonderful to have you here, ralph. you were way ahead of this. wrote an op-ed in "usa today" november 1th. you said nhtsa needs to end its criminally negligent relationship with auto companies. only congressional action fueled by outrage of aggrieved families can change the deadly status quo. you mentioned senate hearing tomorrow. will we finally see that happen in washington? >> there is good legislation proposed in the senate and house to strengthen nhtsa. to increase antiquated penalties. to have more investigators. so that these problems don't occur. it is terribly tragic irony, isn't it? a device designed to save lives, which has saved lives, airbags was defectively man

lives become a device that is taking lives. >> lawmakers and other experts say that when the takata airbagsend shrapnel through the bag and into the driver but so far takata is unwilling to expand the recall, and they want to know how long they knew internally about the problem before they released the recall. >> federal regulators are also testifying today saying their data does not support a national recall. reporting live in washington, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. >>> students and volunteers came together in philadelphia's nice town neighborhood to transform homes, the philadelphia charter school teamed up with building material companies to install siding, fencing and railing at the homes under construction. it's all part of a revitalization project. and the students held a food drive at the construction site. >>> police in delaware announced that they are putting up a reward for information into the shootding of a state trooper. >>> and a new warning for parents that use baby monitors and david murphy has your exclusive accuweather forecast. >>> the delaware state troopers a

from your stroller getting recalled to your recalled airbag, the japanese government is ordering takata to investigate what went wrong. the defective airbags killed at least six and injured over 100 people. one of those injured is 26-year-old cory. cory was blinded in one eye. this is the picture here, when a piece of metal shot out of takata airbag from his 2001 civic. with more on this, rich newsome. thanks for coming on the show tonight. before we talk about cory, i have to say the japanese government will launch an investigation. meantime people could get hurt? isn't it time takata recalled these airbags? >> you know it has been a moving target since back in 2009 when this, what they call rolling recall started. the thing they have been trying to get their arms around it. they have recalled a lot of these. senator nelson's hearings talked about yesterday, it is a still debate which one of these need to be recalled so yes. gerri: i want to talk about your client, cory, has two children. of the six months ago, it wasn't even a horrible car accident, was it? it was a fender bender and

takata believes the airbags are more likely to explode in higher humidity. >> why not recall the vehiclesn every state. >> money. >> reporter: david friedman said takata has indicated they will not comply. >> takata's initial response is an unwillingness to moveed for, and, frankly, that is one of the reasons we're talking to all of you today because i believe that everyone needs to understand that takata needs to act. >> reporter: all of this in advance of a senate hearing on thursday. representatives from takata, honda, and chrysler will testify, along with stephanie erdman, who nearly died when her airbag exploded. >> every day, even when i look? the mirror, i can still feel that piece inside me i have no idea to this day how i kept my eye. it was a miracle. >> reporter: n.h.t.s.a. says its demand for a national recall was spurred in part by an air bag explosion in north carolina this month. that happened outside the original recall zone. scott, one big question that remains here is what are they replacing these old air bags with? the new air bags also contain omonium nitrate which is

the national recall would cover recalls with takata airbags made before 2008 by ford, honda, chryslerzda and bmw. the acting head of the national highway traffic safety administration said takata has indicated it will not comply. >> takata's initial response is an unwillingness to move forward. that is one of the reasons why we're talking to all of you today because i believe that everyone needs to understand that takata needs to act. >> reporter: in a statement late tuesday night, takata said it would agree to a larger recall if its investigation with the u.s. government finds a safety risk but says right now a regional recall is appropriate. the company says it is concerned that a national recall under these circumstances could poe stepsly divert replacement air -- potentially divert replacement airbags from where they're needed putting lives at risk. danielle nottingham, cbs news. >> a senate panel will be holding a hearing thursday. >> and representatives from takata and automakers and a victim all plan to testify. >>> at 9:30 this morning, debate about the national football leagu

that woman says it was a takata airbag that killed her sister. e car she was in does not appear on the airbag maker's recall list. consumer reporter erika gonzales he to tell us why. erika? >> reporte yeah, vance. that's because takata's recall was initially proposed only for regions where it's hot and humid. but just this week, the national highway traff safety administ demand for a nationwi recall of those takata air bags. expanding beyd just the hot and humid regions. today on the hill, takata did express remorse, saying it is deeply sorry, but did not agree to expand the recall. the potential defects have been linked to at least four deaths, and dozens of injuries, includg the death of charlene, kim's sister, who you heard from earlier. charlene was a passenger in a subaru, and suffered a traumatic >> the doctors kept asking us, what had hit her in the head. something had to have hit her hard enough to cause such significt damage. >> it's not only kim and her family that have never waived wavered in th belief that that air bag caused her siste

takata airbags have been blamed for at least five deaths.s morning toyota recalled an additional 40,000 vehicles in japan linked to the faulty airings. >>> whole food markets are recalling pumpkin pies sold in four southern states. the vegan pies contain walnuts that are not listed and could pose a risk for those with nut allergies. they were sold in arkansas, louisiana, oklahoma, and texas. >>> and on wall street the markets are closed for thanksgiving. the dow rose on wednesday to a new record high. the s&p 500 was up 5, also a new high. the nasdaq gained 29 points. >> straight ahead your thursday morning weather. >>> and in sports, tyson chandler gets revenge against his former team. people with type 2 diabetes come from all walks of life. if you have high blood sugar, ask your doctor about farxiga. it's a different kind of medicine that works by removing some sugar from your body. along with diet and exercise, farxiga helps lower blood sugar in adults with type 2 diabetes. with one pill a day, farxiga helps lower your a1c. and, although

airbag maker takata apologized for deaths caused by its devices with shrapnel inside that essentially in accidents and the automakers who installed those airbags also testified that they could have done more to warn people about the problem once they became aware of it. you could have one of these air ba bags in your car right now. the devices were designed to save lives. instead, they killed five people and there could be more injuries. it looked as though victims had been shot or stabbed. in one case, police were so sure that someone had attacked the driver before an accident that officers produced a person of interest in their investigation. it turns out, of course, it was a thing, an object of interest that was responsible. rene marsh is kcnn's government regulation correspondent. tense moments today. >> it was. they talked about whether they caught the deadly trend fast enough and, of course, for the manufacturer of the airbags, these very faulty airbags. >> we now have a new problem. a live hand grenade in front of a driver and a passenger. >> reporter: for nearly three hours, s

. >> this recall involves airbags made by japanese manufacturer takata. karen travers has more on this impact. >> it is news that could affect millions of drivers. the federal government said it wants a nationwide recall of airbags made by takata. that is because when the airbag [indiscernible] sharpnelhey can send through the bag -- shrapnel through the bag. >> up until now, there was a limited recall, focused on hot, humid parts of the u.s. the moisture may be to blame for changing the chemicals in making the explosions were powerful, and fragmenting the metal canisters. but then there was an august incident in north carolina. now the government says takata needs to replace all of the affected driver-side airbags across the nation. takata says it is committed to addressing all safety issues promptly, but claims their tests outside humid areas have not shown problems. the company also said it is concerned that a national recall could potentially diverse replacing airbags from where they are needing -- needed. the government is unclear exactly how many veh

. >> these airbags are made by the takata corporation. llion cars in this havery with these airbags been recalled. the government is demanding more be recalled. nader made's, ralph a name for himself by drawing attention to car safety. bookdecades ago, his "unsafe at any speed" was a revelation to many. ralph is on the phone. you have been focused on automobile safety for so long, relative to everything you have seen, how big a deal is this takata airbag problem? >> cars and vans and trucks are much safer now than they were in 1966. this is a great safety device. air bags have saved a lot of -type, but this takata airbag, using a compound called ammonium nitrate, which is very cheap, is now presenting a threat. in 20 million cars, at least. they have been stonewalling this for too long, and they are in deeper and deeper trouble, along with more and more motorists. takata knew about this in 2004. it knew more and more about it as the years progressed. has been stonewalling the department of transportation on the recall. it now has to recall

nation's top auto safety officials urging a nationwide recall of all takata airbags, all of them. onal highway traffic safety administration pointing to a specific incident in north carolina. nhtsa says they will begin a process with both takata and automakers to force them to recall all affected vehicles. the nation's top auto safety officials are urging a nationwide recall of all takata airbags. we'll bring you every detail. more details on the north carolina case as well. >>> on to health care, a major break through preventing heart attacks. a new trial find that cholesterol drug zetia reduces strokes and heart attacks. we have the author of the a new book, dr. kevin campbell. i out you. you're taking zetia but you're not paid. >> i have no financial relationship. i take zetia and statin together and reduced my cholesterol. it works different way than statins. decreases absorption of cholesterol in the gut. statins stop production in the liver. gerri: totally different kind ever impact on the body. which do you prefer? which do you think is better? why do you think zetia is bett

he said the authority will ask other manufacturers to provide parts to repair faulty takata airbags. he indicated this will be necessary to carry out a nationwide recall requested by the administration. he said people at takata hasn't provided all the information about the problem. >>> in other news, people at japanese companies pay a corporate tax rate that's among the highest in the developed world. they hand over about 35% of their earnings. government officials want to lower the rate to between 20% and 30% over the next few years. they have drawn up plans to finance a reduction in the tax by more than 2.5 percentage points over three years starting next april. under current rules, even big companies that are in the red have to pay the tax. the government hopes to impose the levy on a wider range of companies to help finance a corporate tax cut of 1.5%. officials will also review a special tax break for large companies carrying losses and increased taxes on dividends from shares. but some in the government and ruling parties want to go further. lawmakers will resume discussions on

as we reported in this space yesterday federal regulators are push for a recall of takata airbags across the country which would affect millions and millions of cars and trucks on the roads here in the united states. today a united states air force lieutenant testified in front of the same panel and she said last year an airbag in her car exploded sending metal fragments into her face, leaving her blind in one eye. >> since that day i've endured multiple surgeries and therapies. i have more to go still. my vision will never be the same. i will never be the same. >> the lieutenant requested that a committee do everything in its power to make sure that every vehicle with a defective airbag is made safe. gerri willjerrgerri willis is j. how did this company respond to these victims? >> we got an apology from the head of global quality. here's what he said. >> we are deeply sorry about each of the reported instances in which a takata airbag has not performed as designed and the driver or passenger have suffered personal injuries or death. our sincerist condolences to these victims and famili

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honda's move comes after allegations that the airbag maker takata knew that the airbags were potentiallyerous to drivers and knew about this ten years ago. again, the allegation that the company did not fix that problem. according to "the new york times," takata executives, instead, deleted the test results and ordered that they be shipped to vehicle assembly plants all around the world in it is report "new york times" says the flawed airbags have led to four people dying and 139 people hurt. our rene marsh is tracking this story for us. that is just a lot of really heavy, heavy allegations. what are the americans saying about this? >> reporter: ashleigh, gross allegations of a cover-up by a major airbag manufacturer. now we know that richard blum men tha two senators are saying that the company must be accountable for the horrific injuries that the wrongdoing caused. i spoke with people who say that they were injured when an exploding takata airbag exploded shrapnel. they are amending the lawsuits to reflect language that includes a coverup. ntsa had this to say. any information that ma

. >>> safety regulators are calling on auto makers to issue a nation wide recall of those takata airbags. it's based on new information surrounding an incident in north carolina and expands the original recall that had been regional t. head of the national highway traffic administration says if takata and car makers fail to work with the agencies, it will make them do so. the chief of quality is scheduled to appear in front of a senate panel thursday. >>> here's a report that might infuriate a lot of taxpayers. seven of the largest corporations in the u.s. paid more money to their ceo, over $17 million on average than they paid uncle sam in federal taxes last year. all of that is according to a new study by two think tanks. they say the seven companies took in more than $74 billion in combined pre-tax profits, actually came out ahead on their taxles by nearly $2 billion. the companies are falling, ford, chevron, citigroup, verizon, general motors, which has already disputed the report. global entrepreneurship. it is a world wide campaign designed to inspire the next generation of entrepr

there's safety experts saying maybe we don't want to be disabling airbags. takatait's making about 300,000 replacement airbag inflaters every month, but that's not enough for millions and millions of recalls. so that means there will be cars on the road without enough replacements to fix them, even if your car is recalled. it's a very tricky situation. we have -- we're going hear from the takata executive, something we haven't really heard. they've mostly by writing and corresponding with the media and the american public in press releases, in written statements. they will say they are sorry and they'll talk about what they're going to do to try to speed up this process. >> so let's say that they run out of replacement parts and you can't get your airbag in your car fixed, what do you do? >> i don't know, do you not have somebody ride in the front passenger? do you park the car until you get it figured out? do you just risk it? that's what is so interesting to me. the idea that you have something that we know could be very dangerous, but the system can't fix it qui

a substantial portion of those cars being recalled are related to takata airbags.ced back to the same defect that honda recall cars for a couple weeks ago. honda found some problematic .ssues at a plant in georgia that plant is now closed. that caused a fatal accident in malaysia this summer, that was the fifth death that we are aware of that has been caused by these ta kata airbags. about57,000 models, 40,000 of those are in japan. ,one are in the u.s. market where is substantial amount of the recalls are occurring related to takata airbags. nissan and suzuki also made recalls yesterday. what were those problems? biggere were much recalls in terms of number of cars affected. but they were much less serious problems. you had with suzuki about 350,000 cars that are going to be repaired because of brackets that may make it difficult for drivers to adjust the position of their seats. you had nissan recalling about 250,000 cars to repair fuel pumps. those two defects, much less serious in scope, but substantially more cars being called back. number of carshe being call

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. >>> nissan is recalling more than 52,000 vehicles that are equipped with defective takata airbags. airbags can explode with too much force in a crash, spraying metal shrapnel. the recall affects older models of the nissan pathfinder, sentra and several infinity models. >>> retailers and restaurants are rolling out the freebees for veterans day. vets can get free haircuts on tuesday at great clips, applebee's, chili's and california pizza kitchen are offering free meals to vets and active military members, while golden corral has a free buffet dinner. starbucks is handing out a free tall brewed cup of coffee, while vets can use the health club at 24-hour fitness all day tuesday. not enough salutes for the vets out there. back to you guys. >> absolutely right. hampton pearson with cnbc. thanks. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert weather. >> we've got a cold one this morning. the temperatures have been falling. we're in the 30s right now with clear skies. and the clear skies, they'll remain. we'll see a lot of sunshine during the day, so don't expect the temperatures to stay cold. right

men inouh same year, in alabama, theirst ruut of a takata airbag, tt is occur recall.e20, thest there's problem.hey know s we know this is super serious problem. in fact, when one of the death was invtigated inhis thoug thahat somebody had been stabbed. that is how serioushi is. debe for our viewers, if you will, what ppen with these airbags,he they deploy in the wrong way. > weel, you knowbags are, they can be very helpful device, they can be very harmful. they're vy powerful. you have to remember n an acdent, talkinggwell under less than aecond they have to inflate bag that is many times the size of aun. and then, also, cat that humanad then, auallyeflate at the sam time. so there's a lot goingn in sht amount of time. they use very powerful iggiter and explosives to achieve that. > a almost le a gunot, right? itllhappens as quickly a gunsh. >> absolutel gerri: we have 17 million "totol recalls" of tse things. and t real problem is, that takata can't mmke eugh new airbags tout inight kds off airbags in these cars. so we're sort of stuck between a ro and ahrd place. what wouldou advise

gerri: more troubles for the airbag maker takata continues. ey are under investigation for defective airbags linked to five deaths. federal grand jury has subpoenaed takata's u.s. unit to produce documents on defects. those airbags are found to shoot out shrapnel after deploying in a crash. in addition to the grand jury the senate is likely to hold a hearing next week with testimony from takata executives n a meeting with financial analysts, takata says it is not adding production lines to make replacements but making constant improvements to the chemical compound use in its inflators, that is what caused trouble. since 2008, 17 million cars equipped with takata airbags have been recalled with 11 million in the u.s. all five deaths were in honda vehicles. a driver in malaysia died in airbag linked accident. it is recalling 170,000 fit subcompacts. >>> coming up, day four of our users guide to holiday shopping with a look at the best tech gifts under 200 bucks. >>> next college costs continue to skyrocket. could there be relief in sight? results

at the live desk, i'm chris airbag maker, takata, face-to- with lawmakers over the recalled airbags that spray shrapnel upon impact. >> reporte deeply sorry. that's what a senior vice prest for takata told the commerce committee today. takata showing remorse, but still not giving in to a national recall. the millions of takata air bags being recalled, and if the governme has its way, millions more will follow. but today in washington, it wasn't about numbers. but a family, that of charlene cough much. >> the air bag is what killed my sister. she says her 24-year-old sister charlene was living in phoenix, arizona, 11 years ago when she was a passenger in a horrible accident. e died from severe head trauma. >> the doctors kept asking us, what had hit her in the head. something had to have hit her hard enough to cause significant damage. takata airbags are unde fire, because experts say they can spray shrapnel upon impact. today, a senior vice president r takata told the commerce committee, there is no need for a national recall like the one the national highway traffic safety administratio

. >> in the midst of that nationwide recall of takata airbags, congress is hearing a safety discussion over millions of cars here in america. kai? airbags is aa ticking time bomb. of letting the ntsb this situation spiral out of control. there was testimony on capitol hill today. the national highway traffic and safety information board were , whiching the recall originally only included areas that were warm, but now it is nationwide. blinded by one of the airbags, shared one of her horrifying situations. that day, i have endured multiple surgeries and therapies. i have more to go still. my vision will never be the same. i will never be the same. each are very sorry about hasvidual and family that been affected by the airbags. we are sorry for the driver, the passengers, or the victims who have suffered injury or death. >> the recall, according to the president of the company, should focus on other cars. multiple car companies have recalled millions of cars because of these airbags. of that information regarding these airbags, it has left some car owners wondering what to do next. >> w

shannon: executives from japanese airbag supplier takata testifying before a senate committee right now about deaths linked to defective airbags in millions of cars. the government new push for a nationwide recall. leland individual is live in washington keeping an eye on the hearing. hello, leland. >> reporter: the hearing is emotional and getting pretty heated. the one senator says the airbags are equivalent after ticking time bomb in millions of cars. the hearing on capitol hill has been going on about an hour. it includes senators and victims from airbags holding pictures of those injured. the problem could affect roughly 14 million vehicles. takata makes airbag inflators. reports indicate more than 100 injuries and multiple deaths of stuff exploding out from the airbags. that includes rusty metal shards from the very devices supposed to save people's lives. "the new york times" led a lot of reporting on this accused takata of not only making faulty inflators but conducting secret tests and covering up results of the just today a new report indicates it all comes down to money. taka

airbag cloth and embedded into my right eye and cheek. i was instantly blinded on my right side. i felt gushing blood running down my neck. i was terrified. >> u.s. safety regulators say takata should recall airbags nationwide after incidents in california and north carolina, but company officials say, again, tests have not revealed any problems outside a high-humidity zones. >>> a growing danger in the skies around new york. three near misses in the last four days. drones coming way too close to commercial jetliners landing at jfk airport. shortly after 8:00 sunday night, a virgin atlantic 747 was preparing to land when a pilot first spotted an unmanned drone flying near them at 3,000 feet. one minute later, a close call for the pilot of a delta 737 as he said the drone flew just over the plane's left wing. and yesterday afternoon, it happened again. this time a jetblue crew spotting a drone during its final approach. >> could get sucked into a jet engine, the kind of damage that would be done by a bird, it could amplified by the metal parts. >> we're going to have to educate the public. i hope, i pray that that education doesn't require a terrible tragedy. >> police sent u

federal investigation today, regulators want to know if the company failed to report cases of takata airbagsnies are required to issue quarterly reports any incident with injuries. >>> now they are penalizing workers that refuse screenings for issues such as blood pressure. two honeywell workers files a lawsuit trying to stop the testing. they could be fined up to $4,000 then case could define how far the case could go, and shift costs to employees based on their behavior. >>> just 30 minutes of exercise a day could make you a smarter person. now they tell me. a new study shows how much physical activity could boost the brain function and improve memory and motor skills. >>> students, faculty and staff at la salle university rolled up their sleeves for a good cause today. "action news" was there as they donated life saving blood. this happens all day until 6:30 tonight at olney. >>> cereal and protein bars may be good on the go, but which are the healthy of the. diet detours sort it out for you today at 5:00. >> i'm health reporter, ali gorman, cereal bars and protein bars are convenient but

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the airbags are made by a japanese company named takata. the move comes amid disturbing allegations that takata knew a decade ago its airbags were potentially lethal to drivers and passengers. instead of fixing the problem the executives hud their own test results and ordered those faulty units to be shipped to car assembly plants around the world and put in the cars a lot of people are driving today. it is all reported in the "new york times" this morning, takata air bags are found in almost all brands of cars resulting in the recall of nearly 8 million vehicles by the ten different carmakers due to faulty airbags. at issue are incidents of the airbags sending metal fragments hurling toward passengers. the exploding air bags are responsible for four days. rene marsh is astunning, incredibly disturbing report in "the times" this morning. they got the information from the two former takata employees involved in the secret tests of these air bags done on nights, on weekends, they were allegedly deletes the information. what do we know? >> acc

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