coming up tonight, a new development in the investigation of the ft. hood shootings. a senate committee in the obama administration. ewe ll tell you why. reporter: the two most senior leaders of al qaeda in iraq were killed in a joint u.s.-iraqi operation north of baghdad. the men were reportedly hiding in a safe house. u.s. and iraqi officials are calling their death a major blow to the militant group. toyota has agreed to pay a record $16.4 million fine to settle claims that it hid a gas pedal defect from federal highway safety regulators, but the company denies it did anything wrong. separately today, toyota said it will recall more than 9,000 of its 2010 lexus gx sport 460 suv. what do you think? is this an actual iphone prototype or is it a scam? the tech website that posted
we ll tell you why in a moment. first, a 360 news and views bulletin. the two most senior leaders of al qaeda in iraq were killed in a joint u.s./iraqi operation north of baghdad. the men were reportedly hiding in a safe house. u.s. and iraqi officials are calling their death a major blow to the militant group. toyota has agreed to pay a record $16.4 million fine to settle claims that it hid a gas pedal defect from federal highway safety regulators, but the company denies it did anything wrong. separately today, toyota said it will recall more than 9,000 of its 2010 lexus gx-460 suvs. for possible rollover problems. take a look at this. what do you think? is this an actual iphone prototype or is it a scam? the tech website that posted these photos is not saying how it got a hold of this device. but over the weekend, another website said someone found this
they say there is no such thing as bad publicity, take toyota for example. despite the recall scandal the automaker s sales are still strong and now toyota is recalling the luxury brand lexus gx 460 suv. and consumer reports say the model is prone to rollover accidents and investigators are asking now, questions about the gas pedal of a toyota avalon involved in a fury crash, sunday. so far more than 40 deaths have been linked to the defective gas pedals in various models. and phil keating has more from our miami bureau and i guess, just yesterday, toyota paid the record fine, right, phil? reporter: right, jon, $16.4 million, the largest fine ever imposed by the u.s. government, against an automaker and that for concealing the recall involving the sticking gas pedal issue. and that impacted 8 million recalled vehicles, worldwide. now, the latest recall involves
deborah feyerick is monitoring other top stories coming into the situation room right now. what are you working on? suzanne, toyota is taking the hit, all the while denying it broke the law. the automaker decided not to fight, but instead pay a $16.4 million government fine for failing to quickly report problems involving defective gas pedals. that is the largest penalty against a automaker in had u.s. history. toyota r recalled more than 2 million vehicles in january, but the government says the company was aware of their problem pedals months earlier. toyota says it wants to avoid a costly court battle. and a suicide bombing killed at least 22 people in pakistan. it happened in the northwest city near the afghan border. the apparent target? police say officers who were
with our good friend richard quest from cnn international. they are under pressure because they stand to lose so much money, millions of dollars from disruption of flights to europe, which may keep richard quest in the building for a little longer. forgive me. i went right to the business at top. didn t say hello. how you doing? good to see you stephanie. good to see you. you are doing a great job on bottom line on the weekend. we look forward to seeing you on that show. thank you. we will check in with you again. good to see you. ats record fine that toyota says it will not fight. they will assign the appropriate paperwork accepting the government s $16.4 million fine for failing to promptly notify the government of its sticky pedal problem. a senior department official adds the agreement does not release the automaker from any potential criminal or civil liability related to the defect. toyota will have 30 days to pay that fine. well, it s caused all kinds