At last count, there were more than 135 million cars on the roads of america. Well, today, the government announced that one out of four is being recalled because of potentially deadly airbags. Thats nearly 34 million vehicles, the largest auto recall in u. S. History. The airbags are blamed for five deaths and more than 100 injuries were made by japans takata corporation. Heres jeff glor. Up until now, takata has refused to acknowledge that their airbags are defective. That changes today. Reporter after months of prodding, transportation secretary anthony foxx said takata finally gave in, agreeing to this recordsetting recall. The national Highway Traffic Safety Administration believes that moisture from humidity leaks into the airbags inflater, changing the properties of the chemical used to inflate the bags. When this happens, the explosive force can rupture the metal casing, sending shrapnel flying through the vehicle. Why this is happening officially is still not clear. Takata still has not identified the root cause of the defect, but we cannot let that delay our actions that were taking today. I get more anxiety than anything is when anybody stops. Reporter three years ago Angelina Sujata was driving a 2001 honda civic, when she was involved in a crash at just 25 miles per hour. Her takata airbag exploded. One piece of shrapnel from inside the airbag flew out the windshield. The other ripped into her body. I had a hole in my chest, clear enough to see the bone at the bottom. Reporter the problem back then no one believed her. Everybody kept telling me airbags dont do that. The problem is these ones are, and thats not right and thats not okay. Reporter kevin dean is now her attorney. This is the absolute worst Automotive Products liability defect weve ever seen. Reporter ever. Ever. Reporter it is a problem that takata and honda have known about since at least 2008 when honda issued its first recall for 4,000 takata airbags. At the time, the companies blamed it on manufacturing problems. Additional recalls followed. Eventually, expanding to 11 manufacturers, but mostly for humid regions. Dean is suing takata and honda on behalf of his clients. He hired forensic engineer Bill Williams to try to discover a cause. Three, two, one. Reporter dean and williams have been documenting their testing, and so far of the 100 airbags theyve tested, three have ruptured. They took these slowmotion videos capturing some of those failures. You can see shrapnel flying in a drivers direction. If youre sitting in one of these vehicles and the airbag goes off, you dont know what youre going to get. It could be safe. It could be essentially a grenade. Exactly. Reporter today, n. H. T. S. A. Said it could be days before they know all the vehicles affected. Takata said today, we are pleased to have reached this agreement with n. H. T. S. A. , and said it presents a clear path forward to restoring trust and safety, even though as we mentioned they still dont know the root cause. Scott, n. H. T. S. A. Believes drivers can still use these impacted vehicles but once the official list is out, they should get those vehicles fixed as soon as possible. Pelley jeff, thanks very much. That list that jeff just mentioned is still being compiled by the government, but for a list of the vehicles that we already know are being recalled and what to do if you own one, you can go to our web site, cbsnews. Com. At least five American Cities have mishandled Critical Evidence in rape investigations, according to a new report out today. In those cities, more than 9,000 evidence kits have languished untested. We have more now from anna werner. Reporter in 1998, brenda tracy reported to police in oregon that she was gang raped by four football players. At a hospital, nurses gathered evidence for a rape kit. I assumed that, like any other crime, police get evidence and they keep it and they process it. Reporter the men were arrested based on tracys identification, but she says she was intimidated and dropped the charges. Years later, she reconsidered, but discovered her rape kit had never been tested and in fact, had been destroyed. It was devastating because i did everything right. I went and i got a rape kit right away. And i told the police what happened to me. Reporter new data gathered by the Joyful Heart Foundation a nonprofit that works on National Sexual assault issues shows there are many cities wheres thousands of rape kits remain untested. More than 1,000 in charlotte and kansas city, missouri. Nearly 2,000 in jacksonville and portland. And almost 3,000 in san diego. Ilsa knecht is with the foundation. I have worked with a lot of rape survivors whose kits have gone untested, and they suffer through a lot of shame. They feel that the criminal Justice System has let them down, that nobody cares about what happened to them, that their experience was not important. Reporter in the last five years, cbs news has reported on several cities where rape kits sat untested. In one of those cities cleveland, once the kits were analyzed, they revealed 225 men who were potentially linked to multiple rapes. Brenda tracy is now working on legislation in oregon. They deserve to have their evidence processed and tested, and the d. N. A. Needs to be put in the database if there is d. N. A. Reporter now, the Police Departments provided us a variety of reasons for not testing these kits, including lack of Financial Resources and the fact that some victims did not want to prosecute. All say they are committed to clearing any backlogs, but scott, Portland Police say they are now seek 2 million to 3 million from the department of justice for testing every single kit. Pelley and to be clear brenda tracys rape kit was destroyed before the statute of limitations had run out on her case. Reporter thats correct. Pelley anna werner, thank you. Important story. Today, a federal judge ordered the state department to begin releasing the emails of former secretary of state hillary clinton. Nancy cordes caught up with the democratic candidate for president in iowa. I want those emails out. Reporter in her first press encounter in nearly a month, clinton urged the state department to move up its timeline after the agency warned that sifting through the voluminous collection of 55,000 pages would take until january the start of an election year. Nobody has a bigger interest in getting them released than i do. Reporter clinton held on to the emails for more than two years after she left the state department, storing them on a home server until republicans investigating the benghazi attacks demanded them. Today, u. S. District judge Rudolph Contreras ordered the state to start releasing the emails on a rolling basis. Clinton had been avoiding questions about other emails she deleted. You cant script your way to the presidency. Reporter but criticism from her rivals was getting louder. Businesswoman carly fiorina. I have answered a total of 372 ontherecord questions. Hillary clinton has answered eight since april 12. Reporter so today, at a bike shop in cedar falls, clinton strolled over to our cameras. Your opponents say that the foreign donations and the private emails are examples of the clintons having one set of rules for themselves and another set of rules for everyone else. I am so proud of the foundation. Im proud of the work that it has done and it is doing. It attracted donations from people, organizations from around the world, and ill let the American People make their own judgments about that. Reporter clinton answered about five questions, then headed off to a local bookstore and a cafe. Her campaign argues she has been taking questions all along scott just from voters, not journalists. Pelley 17 months to election day. Thank you very much, nancy. An oil pipeline has burst today in Santa Barbara county, california. There is a sheen of oil about four miles wide just off a state beach. Some of the oil has begun washing ashore, as you can see. The coast guard is on the scene. Were told that the pipe has been shut off. Today, the mother of an american reporter who vanished in syria 1,000 days ago says that she believes hes alive. And Clarissa Ward met her in lebanon. Reporter for more than two and a half years, debra tice has been searching for her kidnapped son. 33yearold austin tice previously served as a captain in the marine corps and studied law before heading to syria as a freelance journalist. Do you think the u. S. Government knows whos holding him . I think they think they know. But they arent sharing with us, you know, because were the parents. Reporter so you do feel that information has been withheld from you . Oh, absolutely. Yes. I mean, weve even been told that we. They cant share information with us because we are a security risk. Reporter tice disappeared outside damascus in 2012, where he was covering rebel fighting against the syrian army. This march, the u. S. Government said it had begun periodic direct communication with the Syrian Regime about tices case. Whats been your reaction to how the u. S. Has handled its hostages being held overseas . I think the more appropriate question is how they have not handled it, because look at the tragic ends six times over. Reporter six american hostages have been killed in the past nine months, while other westerners have been freed. One of the cornerstones of u. S. Hostage policy has been its refusal to allow payment of ransoms. It just is heartbreaking disbelief because especially with them. They were held with others, and those others, except for the british, are free. Thats the strongest indication that freedom was an option for them. Reporter last month, Administration Officials indicated that they would no longer seek to threaten families with prosecution who do try to pay ransom. But so far, scott, no ransom has been requested for austin. Pelley Clarissa Ward with the interview in beirut tonight. Clarissa, thank you. In britain, more than 200 officers swooped in today and arrested nine suspects in a daring Jewelry Theft that embarrassed the police. Mark phillips has more on this. Reporter as heists go, it was major league, an access hole drilled through two feet of concrete wall in londons diamond district. An elevator disabled so the thieves could climb down the shaft to the basement vault as they worked over two days of the easter weekend. And millions of dollars of loot diamonds, other jewelry, who knows what else gone. No one is sure how much because the content of the deposit boxes was only known to the owners. Scotland yard had put out cctv images of the gang at work, but the police were under intense criticism for not responding to the alarm in the first place and for not making any visible progress on the case in the six weeks since, until now, said Scotland Yard commander peter spindler. At times, we have been portrayed as if wed acted like keystone cops, but i want to reassure you that, in the finest traditions of Scotland Yard, these detectives have done their utmost to bring justice for the victims of this callous crime. Reporter no ones been charged yet, but police say theyve recovered at least some of what was stolen. The suspects sound like something out of a one last caper for old times sake movie. Craig turner of the yards flying squad. Theyre all aged between 48 and 75 years of age. 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[music] jackies heart attack didnt come with a warning. Today her doctor has her on a bayer aspirin regimen to help reduce the risk of another one. If youve had a heart attack be sure to talk to your doctor before you begin an aspirin regimen. Pelley no city has a rhythm like new york. Some of it provided by the rumble of the subway. Today, musicians flocked to Grand Central terminal for a chance to harmonize with the a train. And heres jim axelrod. Reporter for as much joy as new york citys street musicians bring their listeners. Its amazing, really amazing. Reporter . They are not always welcome. Everybody that walks by us wants to be like, hey, theres those bums again, you know. Because were not bums. Were street musicians. Reporter which is why today the Sunnyside Social Club is among the 60plus acts auditioning to earn the official approval of the new york city subway system. applause what do you think they could be looking for . Us. Thats what theyre looking for. Reporter only a third of these performers will get the thumbsup giving them access to the most lucrative spots in subway stations, as well as something to show the cops to make clear theyre good to go. Henry prince is a judge. You can imagine that people are going to come and hear you and immediately relax and be transported out of the subway. So they think theyre somewhere else before the train comes. Maybe miss the subway. Reporter prince, a subway musician himself, understands the power of subway performers to cut through the rush hour stress and lend a little lift to the daily commute. Someone once who was deaf wrote a letter to me and said, you know, i cant hear, but the people around me looked so happy when you were playing that i had to give you some money. Reporter those selected today will join the 350 other new yorkers sanctioned to provide the backbeat of the new york city subways. Once we get the permit and were playing at these big cavernous station if we get the permit. When we get the permit. No concert tickets before theyre hatched, man. Reporter he knows just how hard it is to earn the designation, not just the best musicians in new york but under. Jim axelrod, cbs news, new york. Pelley and tomorrow, cbs this morning is going to take us to the very top of new york as charlie, norah, and gayle broadcast from the 102nd floor Observation Deck of the new 1 world trade center. And thats the cbs evening news for tonight. For all of us at cbs news all around the world, good night. Captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by Media Access Group at wgbh access. Wgbh. Org your realtime captioner is linda marie macdonald. Now at 6 00, hopes for a new raiders stadium in oakland appear to be fading away. Tonight, some new signs that the team is looking to los angeles. Good evening, im ken bastida. Im veronica de la cruz. It is looking more and more like the deck is stacked against the raiders staying in oakland. Kpix 5s Mike Sugerman on the two things that happened today that set the stage for a move to l. A. Carson is a Crime Reporter raiders family rallied outside the nfl owners meetings. Inside bigwigs talked of rules changes. Outside they wanted to make an extra point to raider owner mark davis. [ indiscernible ] stay in oakland. In l. A. He is going to be a team. Here in oakland he is the team. Reporter looks to be third and wrong forayeders fans having been sacked twice in the past 48 hours. First Carmen Policy is hired to lobby for an l. A. Stadium in carson and a land deal is closer to completion. So it was a surprise to some to hear this today. How many times can i tell you that were trying to stay in oakland . Reporter raiders owner mark davis doesnt see an inconsistency. You hired Carmen Policy. Im working in oakland right now and trying to get something done in oakland. Well see what happens. And we have a parallel path going on in los angeles. 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