team usa knows tomorrow canada seeks redemption. tomorrow the u.s. men's team will have a chance to take home theold for the hockey since the 1980 miracle on ice. they have to get through the home favorites who has returned to dominating form since team usa upset them. sidney crosby going for a gold with team canada. since they fell to team usa, team canada outscored opponents 18-7. last night they had to hang on with a late-surging slovakia but canada won 3-2. u.s. hockey coach ron wilson knows this will be a tough pass. yesterday they crushed finland 6-1. jamie langenbrunner knows they have to approach it like any other game. >> we are going to take it one game at a time and try to get better every other game. we've done that. it will be tough game on sunday. we are focused to get that opportunity. >> we all come together as a group and have the opportunity to win this hockey game. it will be awesome. >> ryan malone there, a fan favorite for team usa. what is interesting, team usa, ryan miller is the goaltender for the buffalo sabres, the first team

he had to be the mvp of team usa in order for usa to have any kind of chance at a medal. we're in the gold medal game and ryan miller has been that guy but they are young, they are energetic. they have a lot of speed but they're going against a team that they beat a week ago and that revenge game is a very, very tough game to get over. it's going to be interesting to see how they handle it. >> martin broedeur is in goal. >> there's been a lot of different quirks going on with team canada because they didn't play as well as they thought in the beginning of the tournament. they put luongo in and they have been winning. >> when we started the olympics would you have seen the usa as an underdog in this sport? is there the potential for an upset if the usa wins? >> oh, absolutely. it would be a monumental upset. not 1980 upset but here we are on canadian soil and there's no question that a younger team, it is the youngest team in the olympics, if they beat canada it would be, it would be monumental. there would be a lot of people running for the border on the canadian side, th

olympic action from what was a very eventful day 13 of competition, including a surprise medal for team usa in short track speed skating after the south korean team, which came in first, was disqualified. we're going to tell you what happened there. >>> also ahead, there is a very big event tonight here in vancouver, hockey, women's hockey, canada versus the u.s. for the gold medal. a lot of people are going to be watching that, and we're going to show you the story of a true hockey mom. it's jenny potter, a four-time olympian and mother of two on the u.s. team. she's going to tell us how she's managed the balancing act. >>> and it is happy hour somewhere, and -- yeah! >> don't say anything. >> did i say anything? >> no, you didn't. >> i did not. >> no. >> anyway, it's happy hour somewhere. we're going to sample two very unusual drinks, and popular drinks, right here in vancouver. >> yum. but first, ann has a wrap-up of the latest olympic activity. >> i do. as we all know, it's day 14 of these olympic games, and on wednesday, there were some very familiar faces competing for team usa with m

team usa against team canada. it should be exciting. joe carter has more. >> must-see tv, the rematch everyone wants to see. this time the stakes have been raised. winner takes the gold. usa beat up on finland. many expected a tough matchup. but instead, team usa crushed finland. scoring six goals in the first 13 minutes. >> we wanted to come out and have a good start. we had a really good start. and i was walking with timo contin we thought it was going to be a tight game. but fortunately for us, it wasn't. >>> it wasn't so easy for team canada, they almost blew a three-goal lead against slovakia. it wasn't a pretty win, but canada did hold on, setting up sunday's dream matchup against team usa, game-time 3:15 eastern. gatorade is the latest sponsor to say bye-bye for tiger woods. woods took home around $20 million a year endorsing the sports drink. gatorade did say they will continue their partnership with the tiger woods foundation. that's a look at sports, i'm joe carter. >>> we have an update on a story we've been following closely

very decisive for team usa. >> right from the start, doc, pretty simple. net presence. 're talking with al michaels in the pregame. this is all about opportunity now. for this american team. you've done what you tried to accomplish. give yourself a chance to play for gold in vancouver, and they have done that. >> probably the last game for teemu selanne and an olympic uniform. what a wonderful performer he has been to watch, and very productive for his nation, and so proud to be able to represent his country. and we still get to see him in the nhl. and that's the best news of all. >> lots of class there. from teemu selanne. and outstanding goaltending again by ryan miller and tim thomas, coming up to clean up. it's going to be a long, long 40 plus hours for these guys skating off the ice here. anticipation on sunday here in vancouver. going for the gold, doc! >> it should be a lot of fun then, and in the process they think. malone, kane, kane and stastny, they won 6-1. al michaels? >> thank you, doc. with jeremy roenick, mike mulberry mul milbury. there are your brackets

gold medal game. >> team usa is the surprise cinderella story. aunbeaten throughout the winter games against team canada. a squad loaded with nhl stars. team usa beat team canada last week but this time a gold medal is at stake. >> we came here with a focus on winning a gold medal and, you know, we've given ourselves an opportunity at that now. >> when we came here you look at every team and everieme out there has all-stars on it, super stars and then you have our team, a lot of young guys and just guys who go out and work hard every shift. >> well, the winter games opened with heavy hearts after a georgian luger death. an alpine skier will be the only athlete representing her country of chile in tonight's closing ceremonies, but she did learn friends and family are safe. >>> bode miller going for olympic history saturday but came up short after missing a gate seven seconds into his final slalom run. he walks away from vancouver with three medals in five events. >>> we head into the final day of the 2010 winter games, the united states guaranteed

team usa set to break recds here in vancouver as some old rivalries heat up. >>> at risk, a warning tonight about a popular diabetes medication, what suld you do if you use it? >>> big ship do. dozens of students stranded in rough waters after their ship capsized. tonight their amazing rescue. >>> and wild ride. it's the newest sport at these olympics, like nothing else we've ever seen on snow. olympics, like nothing else we've ever seen on snow. "nightly news" begins now. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> reporting tonight from the olympic winter games in vancouver. >>> good evening. a major news story is emerging from these olympic winter games, and that story is the performance of team usa. not all that much was made of their chances during the run-up to these games, beyond a few individual athletes. but they have all been working so hard coming into vancouver. tonight, it shows. they may leave vancouver with a record number of medals. here's the medal count so far. the u.s. with 21 and that puts them atop the leaderboard at these games. lester holt is covering this all d

see if team usa stays in contention for its first gold medal hopes.♪ hey bets, can i borrow a quarter? sure, still not dry? trng to shrink them. i lost weight and now some clothes are too big. how d you do it? simple stuff. eating right and i switched to whole grain. whole grain... [ female announcer ] pele who more whole grai tend to have a healthier body weight. multigrain cheerios has who gins and 110 calories per serving. more grains. less you. make the switch. get $5 in coupons. >> the u.s. hockey team has not won a gold medal since in 1980. in vancouver, team usa men's hockey are a couple of wins away from a gold medal with a win over switzerland. the score is tied. the goal is waved off. time runs out by a 10th of a second. into the third period. the u.s. has a 10-0 lead over switzerland. usa advances to the semifinals on friday with a win over switzerland. in canada, the match. canada put it away. rick nash with the goal. and scorn for the sake of statistics in the second period. and simon cho finished second in his qualifying heat last night

before this year's team usa, before the 1980 "miracle on ice," there were these guys. and guts and glory. the moments that defined these olympic games and the tenacious athletes that made them happen. "nightly news" begins now. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> good evening, and back east tonight, everybody is saying the same thing, this is the kind of winter it seems like we used to have. the kind of winter we now rarely see. tonight in the northeast, it's in the grips of a huge swirling, relentless storm. some incredible amounts of snowfall, traffic nightmares and life has been disrupted dangerously so for a lot of people. by one estimate, there are 1 million americans without power over a several-state area. over a thousand flights canceled. in the thick of it, hundreds of people were stranded on one stretch of new york highway overnight. central park in new york, an all-time february record getting just under 21 inches of snow. we all have it covered tonight beginning with nbc's rehema ellis. >> reporter: good evening, brian this latest nor'easter w

team usa skiers know they have big personalities.epth and insurance and they were ready to rock. >> led by bode miller, lindsey vonn and jaulia mancuso. they brought new records. bode's was good enough for a hat trick, medal of each. bronze, silver and gold. vonn captured a pair of medals including the downhill before failing to finish in other events. breaking up along the way. her long time teammate and rifle julia mancuso beat the games with two silvers as an encore to torino gold. andrew ranked 41st and stunned the first with a bronze if his olympic debut. nordic has been around for a long as the games themselves. this courageous band of brothers snapped that streak. >> the united states has never been here. >> earning an historic silver as a team. he got a silver as an individual and finishes and two in the individual events. how did the americans achieve such staggering success in many invested in the teams, including a state-of-the-art training center? utah open just last spring. >> it takes a goal to get a gold. that's a fact

he's the lead for team usa.d are you embracing sort of this -- this idea that folks, you know, like us, we get into curling once every four years, how can you get us into curling once every four weeks? >> well, you know, the sport kind of lends itself to tv, i think. much like golf, it is a good thing to lay on the couch and watch for a while and i think with the drama that our team had over the past couple of weeks here, i think we have gotten a lot of people more interested and certainly are facebooks and e-mail and twitter accounts have been overflowed with a bunch of messages from people like yourself, chuck. >> people seem to be totally mesmerized. "the new york times" has a front page story how wall street has become fascinated by this. for the uninitiated who look at these pictures and see guys with brooms and this -- i guess you call it a rock, what are you doing? explain what the strategy is. explain what makes this game so interesting to you. >> well, what a lot of people don't know is that, you know,

firmly the team was called usa one. steve holcombe and his crew called the sled the night train.de the mountain like it was riding on rockets. they claimed a bobsled medal for the first time since an american team won in st. mar ritz in 1948. tomorrow the last event, marquee matchup, u.s.nd canada face each other in the men's hockey final. whatever the outcome, the united states is assured of leaving vancouver on top of the medal count. for team canada the nation's hockey pride is, of course, on the line. elsewhere today, speedskater chad hedrick and his u.s. teammate took a silver in the team pursuit. for chad hedrick it was a big moment. he leaves vancouver with two olympic medals. he now has, craig, five medals in five different events. what an achievement. >> how about it. phil rogers in vancouver. thank you so much. see you tomorrow. >>> up next in sports, highlights from a thriller in blacksburg plus the hoyas run in the red hot irish at the verizon center. >>> whether you are a hokies' fan or terps' fan, doesn't matter. heck of a game. >> virginia tech was 14-0 at home. ho

they blanked team usa 2-0. 30 minutes after the win the canadian team skated on the ice with cigars andrs. the ioc says it will negligent that. >>> a record-breaking night in women's figure skating. south korea won the gold. japan won silver while canada got the bronze. >>> so here's the latest medal count. team usa is in the lead with 32 medals. >>> there's one non-stop spectator sport that's the rage at the olympics, pin trading. we see the action on the street in vancouver. >> it is an addiction. do you have any pins? >> i had 300 with me right now. >> never count them. >> changes daily. >> reporter: it's the rarely discussed, secret underbelly of the olympic games. >> want to trade? >> if you are in town, you can't ignore the pins or the pin traders. >> so many people get involved with this as they do going to watch the sports. it is a way for people -- can't go up to everybody just start talking. >> pin trading unofficially began between athletes of different countries and then the companies. >> a lot of sponsors will give out pins for nothing. >> reporter: and the networks started

on the slopes a first for team usa, the men's nordic combined team won the united states first ever silverat event. bode miller continues his medal quest but finished -- failed to finish in the giant slalom. and a big heartbreak in the men's speed skating 10,000 meter race. dutch skater was disqualified after his coach mistakenly told him to change lanes on his way to an apparent gold. and coming up today usa golden girl lindsey vonn hits the slopes. she's actually featured on this week's "sports illustrated" along with alpine skiers bode miller, andrew weibrecht and julia mancuso. a preview and more on the success of the usa's alpine ski team. chris jansing in vancouver. chris, what's the latest? >> reporter: hi. can you see the gray skies behind me? it's really raining here and it's raining, unfortunately, at whistler. i want to talk to picabo street, medalist, gold medalist, may i say. what will happen at whistler? >> well, they're actually getting what's called sleet right now which is half rain/half snow and the word is it's about an inch an hour, so there is a race for time up there

team usa was down 2-1. the game was tied and sent into overtime. unfortunately, crosby score the winning goal for canada. the final was 3-2. canada gets the gold and a mayor could take some the silver. the maryland and lady terps to: -- took on of tough florida team this afternoon. here comes fsu, a kristen honey cut. the seminoles take a 50-point lead at halftime. florida state pulled away. maryland of false, the final score 94-figure one. -- 94-51. now we have a one. game. three seconds left with the clock winding down. for some unknown reason, he passed itnd the time runs out. 113-110. what was he thinking? first quarter action, the interception. now in the second quarter, the wizard's trill the worst team in basketball. there are evaluating college talent. mike shanahan made headlines this week. it would not commit to campbell as a starting quarterback. the media asked about clinton fortis, and how important it would be for him to be here for a workout. >> let's not talk about clinton. let's talk about everybody in the washington redskins. let'

the head coach of team usa who brought them to the brink of gold has a little experience playing in high pressure olympic hockey games. 30 years ago this week, mark johnson scored two goals in the united states' shocking 4-3 win over the soviet union. perhaps you heard about that game. i sat down with johnson ahead of tonight's big match-up with canada. >> everybody's been looking forward to this game. united states, canada, clearly the two best teams in the world. how did you prevent yourself and your team from looking past sweden and everybody else in this tournament? >> it's one day at a time. it's an old cliche, but you really have to do it in the olympics because it's such a short term. any any given day, especially with the goaltenders, really a lot of teams can beat you. what's our next game, what do we have to to to win our next game and don't talk about anything past that. >> you have to like the way your team has played in this tournament, though. the combined score just blows your mind. giving up only two goals, i guess it is, over the tournament. you have to be beyond happy w

and team usa versus switzerland. in the first two periods, the goalies ruled.ther side. then in the third, zack pa recity kicked it into gear scoring first on a power play and again with seconds to go to an empty net. the u.s. wins 2-0 and moves to the semifinals friday against finland. >>> so let's take a look at the medal count after wednesday's olympic action. the u.s. leads with 28 total medals followed by germany and norway. but host canada is moving up. canadians took four medals yesterday, including a gold. >>> when we return, we'll take another look at this morning's top stories. and power players. a glimpse at the future of energy technology. ,,,,,,,, >>> on the "cbs morning news," here's look at today's weather. a mix of heavy rain, sleet and snow will be spreading over the mid atlantic states and northeast. it will last right through the night and in tory. and it will be cool but dry across the deep south. here's another look at this morning's top stories. executives at seaworld in orlando can't explain why a giant killer whale grabbed an experienced

and team usa versus switzerland. in the first two periods, the goalies ruled.ther side. then in the third, zack pa recity kicked it into gear scoring first on a power play and again with seconds to go to an empty net. the u.s. wins 2-0 and moves to the semifinals friday against finland. >>> so let's take a look at the medal count after wednesday's olympic action. the u.s. leads with 28 total medals followed by germany and norway. but host canada is moving up. canadians took four medals yesterday, including a gold. >>> when we return, we'll take another look at this morning's top stories. and power players. a glimpse at the future of energy technology. being a teenager is a whole new game. and it isn't child's play. oh! there are more things that can take you down, take you out of the game. things that might seem like the way out... can just get you in deeper. while fears can seem to multiply... fear of harm... of failure... of bad relationships... of saying "no." because now more than ever... if you feel you're losing, you're not alone. but together, we can tak

with just two more days to go, team usa leads with 32 overall, including eight gold medals. germany, 26, norway, 19. today, lindsey vonn will hit the slopes for one last attempt to add to her vancouver hardware. chris jansing is in vancouver. what do you have? >> reporter: thanks very much. we are talking about the alpine team, one of the big stories. >> hi. >> it's a mess up at whistler. >> it is a mess. the weather is horrible. snowing, sleeting, fog in and out. they have a good prep on the course. they do injecting where they put water into the snow and try to almost make a skating rink out of it on the line that goes down the course. the problem is the temperatures are so warm, they are having a hard time getting the ice set up. good deterioration is going on. >> factoring that in, how do you like lindsey vonn's chances? >> she's gone out in the slalom this morning. she's finished with her olympic experience. she's done. she's not disappointed. she came in here professing five medals so the pressure she had on herself superseded anybody else's. when you risk what you ris

team usa has the most medals with 28.ermany 24. >> [ bleep ] 120 years at best. [ bleep ], [ bleep ] everybody. it's a bunch [ bleep ]. >> the most foul mouth in baseball. his boss is not happy. ozzie has a twitter page and his gm, not pleased. he's been tweeting in spanish. it's been 15 days since i have had a drink. >> peta is lampooning tiger woods. wait until you see the billboard. >> oh. what's it got to do with tiger woods. >> exactly. >> peta. i'm just asking. who doesn't need to get out of bed on time, right? you can sign up for a free wake up call from me. dial 888-robin-hln. it's going to be me on the phone waking you up monday through friday. you can leave a message for us as well. we might play it on the air. >>> "american idol." a man remindsed the judges of a piece of frud? >>> if you live in the northeast, get ready for more heavy snow and strong winds. another storm is headed there on top of yesterday's storm. 150,00 people lost power yesterday. oh, what's going to happen today? bob is going to be here in

. >>> on tuesday, the team usa won its first ever in the nordic combined thanks to the usa men's teamon a silver. >> he literally jumped over the cone right here and goes to the inner. he should have been on the outer lane. >> that's speed indicator sven kramer who goes from sure gold to being disqualified after his coach mistakenly tells him to switch lanes. >>> chris jansen is in vancouver for more. chris, you were in the ice rink for women's figure skating. we saw the tears on tape. it was just incredible. >> and there were a lot of tears in the eyes of the 11,000 people inside the stadium. joni rochette, courage. her father was in the audience. she skated nearly flawlessly. she came in with a score that put her in third place, a personal best. and you just have to imagine what was going through her mind at the end of it. she broke down in tears. she skated over to her coach and she threw her arms around him. i have seldom been at a sporting event where there was that much emotional and obviously, everyone behind her waving flags, cheering her on. as for the leader, who is the sout

. >> a great day to be a hockey fan as team usa scores six goals on route to a victory against finland to advance on sunday. president obama already on route to finland to apologize. greg? >>namini, that's finish knish for my name is rita. >> i don't believe you, greg. >> neither did the authorities. now to our guests. they are lucid, they are lighthearted and they are lishs. -- luscious. enough about biker gangs. and she is so stunning cops use her instead of a taser. with us, kimberly gilfoil, the former prosecutor and the host of cops and cases on fox news .com. she is so hot she gives rugs kimberly gilfoil burn. it is good to know kimberly. and mary smith, delightful political anna list and who said who said .com commentator. she is so sharp she often throws herself at dart boards. interesting. and he is the robert to. >>> frit and the acid to my trip and the kung fu to my grip. it is my repulsive sidekick bill shultz. in hawaii he is a choking hazard. and he is damn smart for a bleeding heart. next to me is john devore. if he were a trashcan people would bang him in my driveway. a

magazine has a special olympics issue including a profile of alpine skier lindsey vonn, one of the team usah. sports reporter recently vi visited vonn at her home. >> i usually come 20 minutes before i have to run and i'll go through the course, you know, 10, 15 times in my mind before i get into the starting gate. when i'm in the starting gate -- >> and here a preview of this week's magazine. i had a chance to look at the magazine. it's riveting to read. tell us that lindsey has suffered a lot. she suffered a lot for this career. tell us about it. >> she's an atypical story, i think. people don't realize how much sacrifice it takes to become an elite athlete. it was dramatic from the beginning. her mother almost died giving birth to lindsey. a lot of ups and downs and crashes and injuries, twists and turns. it's not been as easy a road as it looks and that makes it very compelling. >> there's so much anticipation about her winning a record number of gold medals. there was the same sort of anticipation with bode miller in 2006. i understand that lindsey bristled when you brought that up. >>

of course, but for team usa of course, but the9 olympics and sports in tes of promotion of our jointernational goals. we are grateful to our friends in canada for hosting this great event. with that. yes. >> can i ask you about bill burns going to syria? can you put that in some context? is he the highest-level official to go in some time, and why now? does it have to do with the ambassador choice or -- >> well, it doesn't have to do with the ambassador per se; it has to do with what a return of the ambassador to syriab. represents, which is further steps in terms of our bilateral relations. ñwhile there, i think he'll reflect on a number of issues in terms of regional issues obviously, what how syria continues to view the situation with respect to the middle east peace. but obviously, it reflects our growing interest in working constructively with syria and the leaders of that country. yeah. >> can i ask you about the statement you put out yesterday on tony blair? you said that he would be intensifying his partnership, i think was the term you used, with george mitchell, to deal wi

. >>> now on to the winter olympics where team usa is still piling up the medals. the u.s. now has 32 total, including eight gold. determine any is second with 26. norway has 19. and canada right behind with 17 total medals. jeff glor is in vancouver and joins us thousand. >> reporter: it was the lady's figure skating finals last night, a record setting night, also a very emotional one. in a seemingly flawless routine, south core reand he's kim yu-na left no doubt she is the best in the world. >> one of the greatest olympic performances i have ever seen. >> reporter: in the ladies' program, kim earned 228 points, shattering her own personal record by 18. japan's got the silver. meanwhile the emotional story of skating, canada's joep any rochette gave another memorable performance. just four days after her mother's sudden death and with her grieving father watching from the stands. >> i've never seen such a super human amount of courage, determination. >> reporter: rochette earned a place on the podium. the bronze medal. american nagasu, just 16 years old, finished fourth. a

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the usa women's hockey team storybook run crashed this evening on the ice at canada hockey place in frontthousands of screaming mapleless-waving fans. it see. ed the canadian net was bulletproof. goalie swatting away everything america's best could offer. 28 shots on goal. the canadian women have not lost at the olympics since 1998 and their victory was seen as a bold defense of this nation's deeply-rooted hockey tradition. and speedy peterson brought his five twists and three somersaults to the aerials on cyprus mountain today. there was a wager on the usa women's hockey game today between the white house and the prime minister's office. now it looks as if the white house is going to pay up. you will see robert gibbs, according to plan, wearing a canadian jersey at his next briefing. >> thank you, phil rogers, in vancouver. let's go to bob and get more details about this windy weather and when tngs are going to settle down finally. >> you can hear the weather outside tonight. as a matter of fact, spots like gaithersburg, the wind is 50 miles per hour after an early evening where it was o

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team's last gold in hockey. americans lost in 2002. >> usa, number one, baby! >> that's what it means! >> reporter: here in vancouver, the u.s. team has already beaten canada once. canada has since changed goaltenders. the american team young and hungry, led by star goaltender ryan miller, says they're ready. >> you have to beat the best to be the best. we're happy with that. that's once-in-a-life time opportunity where you play canada in canada for the gold. >> 93 miles per hour. steve holcomb has raced for gold! >> reporter: meantime, a huge win for the american four-man bobsledding team their first gold since 1948. the american pilot and the night train beat the german crew. holcomb tried to retire a few years ago because of an eye disorder. his ds appearing vision was 2500. e underwent a rare corrective surgery. his vision now 20/20. >> steve holcomb and the night train. >> reporter: what's so cool to learn about him. he has been piloting the team for years nearly blind. he had rare surgery. funding to help him out with that. now he has 20/20 vision. he said it's the first time he's

fans tonight, we're looking forward to the start of the winter olympics and will be rooting for team usas, house syria continues to view -- how syria views the middle east. yes? >> about the statement put out on tony blair yesterday, you said he would be intensifying his partnership to deal with negotiations and political negotiations. what does that mean? what will he be doing that he had not been doing? will george mitchell of doing something different? >> for example, we continue to work jointly on how to increase the capacity of palestinian institutions. we work on how we can continue the growth and expansion of the palestinian economy and recognize that these have the ability to support the efforts on getting the parties into negotiations. it is making sure we are working as closely together as possible so that on the economic front, the political front, and with negotiations we are doing everything we can to advance palestinian interests as a way of encouraging them to continue to prepare for a point in the future where we hope there will be a valuable -- a viable palestinian state

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tareq and michaele salahi pose at a usa polo event in australia. tareq is captain of the teamoing out on town. do you have directions to the prime minister's residence? viewer winner, linda, her caption, salahis arriving in melbourne, clear evidence that a major breakdown in australian airport security was occurred. i like that she's posing just like she did the way people pose in those photos, sort of unnatural stance. >> very awkward, right? the other thing, too, i guess there's not a lot of cardio involved. clearly her favorite color is red. >> apparently so. she knows where the camera is. join the live chat at ac 360.com. >>> welcome to the tea party. the grassroots movement has grown up holding its first national convention. spread far and fast over the last year. over the next two nights we'll bring you the raw politics. >>> saying good-bye is never easy. no matter how cuddly and cute, every butter stick has to grow up. the pandas are leaving. i'll tell you why. rethinking what pain reliever you should be taking? fact: for over 25 years... in test after test, advil has b

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operating officer of toyota sales usa, toyota is taking decisive steps to restore the trust of the tens of millions of americans who purchase and drive our vehicles. our 172 team and dealers across north america are making extraordinary efforts to complete our kurncurrent recall quickly and convenient as possible. we have rigorously tested our solutions and are confident that with these repairs, the toyota vehicle will remain among the safest on the road today. we also are going further by installing advance brake override systems in all of our new north american vehicles before the end of 2010, and in an expanded range of existing models as a customer confidence measure and taking comprehensive steps to ensure strict quality control and increased responsiveness to our customers and regulators in the future. as you have heard, mr. toyoda is leading a top to bottom review of our global quality control processes and will seek input from independent safety experts to ensure that our processes meet or exceed industry standards. as head of toyota north american operation, i will be closely involved in this review, working with a new chief quality control officer fo

operating officer of toyota sales usa, toyota is taking decisive steps to restore the trust of the tens of millions of americans who purchase and drive our vehicles. our 172 teamrs across north america are making extraordinary efforts to complete our kurncurrent recall quickly and convenient as possible. we have rigorously tested our solutions and are confident that with these repairs, the toyota vehicle will remain among the safest on the road today. we also are going further by installing advance brake override systems in all of our new north american vehicles before the end of 2010, and in an expanded range of existing models as a customer confidence measure and taking comprehensive steps to ensure strict quality control and increased responsiveness to our customers and regulators in the future. as you have heard, mr. toyoda is leading a top to bottom review of our global quality control processes and will seek input from independent safety experts to ensure that our processes meet or exceed industry standards. as head of toyota north american operation, i will be closely involved in this review, working with a new chief quality control officer for north am

operating officer of toyota sales usa, toyota is taking decisive steps to restore the trust of the tens of millions of americans who purchase and drive our vehicles. our 172 teamrth america are making extraordinary efforts to complete our kurncurrent recall quickly and convenient as possible. we have rigorously tested our solutions and are confident that with these repairs, the toyota vehicle will remain among the safest on the road today. we also are going further by installing advance brake override systems in all of our new north american vehicles before the end of 2010, and in an expanded range of existing models as a customer confidence measure and taking comprehensive steps to ensure strict quality control and increased responsiveness to our customers and regulators in the future. as you have heard, mr. toyoda is leading a top to bottom review of our global quality control processes and will seek input from independent safety experts to ensure that our processes meet or exceed industry standards. as head of toyota north american operation, i will be closely involved in this review, working with a new chief quality control officer for north america. i wil