it includes toyota fiat and honda, who had already issued recalls, but the repairs haven't stopped the problems. the recalls are not related to those faulty takata air bags but there's an overlap of about 1 million vehicles who are impacted by both issues. >> and finally tonight, virtual reality, facebook got into it so did google. it's not just the big companies that are investing in this new technology. many startups specialize in it too. the question for them is will big money from venture capital firms continue to fo josh lipton has the story now from silicon valley. >> reporter: there's nothing that simulated about the excitement surrounding virtual reality. tech giants are moving hard and fast into this technology which allows users to experience totally immerseive 360-degree simulated environment. facebook for example, spent $2 billion last march to buy ouculusvr. google already shipped 500,000 vr products. it's not just tech titans that are dedicating time and money to this technology. a number of startups are also now specializing in virtual reality and some venture capitalist

federal safety regulators say toyota fiat honested yashgs and chrysler will recall vehicles due to airbag defects. they've issued three earlier recalls due to the problem. >>> lululemon falling on news that its founder chip wilson is leaving the company as board. he announceed in a statement in a he plans to focus on a new clothing company started by his wife and his son. in 2014 he stepped down as chairman but he had remained a board member. ty, back to you. >> all right, sue. it's been a volatile time for u.s. investors for this year so far. the s&p 500 down about 3% in 2015, but europe going gang busters. the german dax up about 10%. so is europe the place to be right now? we'll tell you which ptf's to watch. plus, the hunt for yield. a half a trillion dollar worth of advice from one of the top performing bond fund managers in the country. all that and more when we return. more power lunch after this. financial noise financial noise financial noise financial noise >> welcome back to power lunch. check out shares of lear corporation after better than expected profits back on friday. tod

airbag to push it down so it would be less likely to cover the windshield and you could see gerri: toyota or fiatnd the beats boson for people who want to know more about this go to the website to get the makes and models if you know, if your car is involved. but the toccata story goes on. what is the latest turn in that story? >> to compass said it will not doing a separate recall from the manufacturers themselves but they are trying to manufacture as rapidly as possible so the air bags don't suddenly blew up to send shards of metal into your face which is the most serious defect of the safety system argue. so i think the nhtsa ought to test the replacement systems before they are made available to the public to make sure their operating properly. with an inadvertent action ration with those nine different models this is the second time there has been a recall. someone did not test them properly before they made them available to the public. gerri: when will nhtsa step but to do its job? isn't that who we should look up to? >> the agency has gotten much better. reacting positively to all the cri

some of the two million cars recalled today by toyota, honda and fiat-chrysler had been recalled earlier. but even after the fix, airbags in the vehicles can deploy prematurely. the recall affects cars manufactured in the early 2000s. for a list of vehicles being recalled, visit www.pbs.org/newshour. a new study found that more than 533,000 americans got organ transplants during the quarter century ending in 2012 and that, on average, the operations extended the lives of recipients by four years. but even more people on wait lists for new organs died without ever being operated on. researchers say there is still a critical shortage of donors. for the first time, the food and drug administration has approved a drug to treat binge eating. the drug, called vyvanse, has been on market since 2007, but it was only approved to treat a.d.h.d., attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder. in two studies, the drug reportedly decreased binge- eating episodes from an average of five days a week to a single day. nearly three million american adults are said to be binge eaters. by definition, that means

toyota fiat chrysler and honda. i don't know toyota with the dads. we love dads. >> it wasn't just toyota. >> there was another one. >> the dove -- appealing to your dad in stink when you're watching the super bowl. >> every dad is watching the game. >> it's captive audience. >> have a little, you know do something -- subtlety. >> yeah. >> anyway. >> i will admit i teared up during one of the commercials. >> are you kidding me? i teared up because they were so unoriginal. i teared up when the horses protected that little puppy. i was hoping they would -- peta don't kill me. >> the girls loved that. it was their favorite ad. it was advertising beer and they can't drink. >> did you tear up with lindsay lohan? >> i liked that one a lot. she looked a little puffy. >> i wasn't sure it was her. >> i liked that. and i like walter white. anyway. the deadline -- man. we can't help it. the water cooler is here. the deadline to make a claim and the gm recall case passed. and the wall street journal reports that the victim's fund got a late rush of applicants. t

many factors involved include toyota, honda, and fiat chrysler. it is now nearly 10% below previous forecasts. it has also been hit hard by the air recall. >> there is no slowdown. it may start to affect us in the future. so far we haven't seen any direct impact. costsl safety management have increased by over $400 million. >> 2015 is starting out to be a tough year for australian prime minister tony have it. last week he was ridiculed for giving the top honor to the queen's husband prince phillips. his liberal party was trounced in elections in queensland. live from sydney. they are calling it a wipeout. being blamedbbott for a state election result? >> there are a couple of reasons, the first is timing. it came only a week after tony decisionde that is our to give a knighthood to prince philip. didn't make a he single appearance in queens land during the state election campaign. even more telling was the size of that defeat. if we go back to the previous queensland direct -- queensland election, it was just seven seats out of and a time -- out o

fiat 500 faded. flat, too, for the toyota prius. what's selling? well, just the opposite, as you might guess. cadillac escalade up this month 136%. the mustang with that big engine in it, 124%. the chevy traverse, another suv, up 89%, and the jeep cherokee up 44%. jeep had another incredible month. liz, i'll tell ya, i can't wait to hear what warren buffett has to say -- liz: well, people thought he was nuts. why are you going into general motors when they have millions of recalls, huge question marks over their heads about things like victim compensation funds? that's precisely when he goes into companies. >> reporter: smart, smart, smart. i'm looking forward to it. liz: okay. yeah, set the dvr everybody, warren buffett tomorrow, 3 p.m. eastern, his first interview of 2015. big exclusive. with positive numbers out for autos in january, does that mean it's pedal to the metal for sales this year? what could make that stall just as the herd is saying, yeah, we're going to do 17 million sales? well, let's get to somebody who knows better than anything, right? the world's largest auto retailers j

. >> i just know the fiat chrysler side, a terrific stock i don't think is done going higher. i don't think toyota is done going higher. let's take another call, vernon who may be from vernon california. vernon in california. >> caller: boo-yah, jim! >> uh-huh. >> caller: jim, tell me a little bit about ma mastercard keep it sell it. >> ma looks like it's -- this stock could take out 90. you know what? there it goes. i think mastercard is on fire here. i've got to tell you i don't think it stops at 90. that business is very very strong and that company is very well run. by the let's go to calvin in my home state of new jersey. calvin! >> caller: jim, how are you? >> i'm all right. how about you? >> caller: oh, i am excellent. i'm a little cold. i'm only 22 minutes away from you. a path ride downtown newark new jersey. my question to you is this. i bought an international bank stock around $9.12 a share. the stock has taken a hit because they cut the dividend the symbol is san. >> the problem there is they've got this american, their stress test being applied that people don't like. this has been a