want america to stay and have not yet given up the fight in marjah. atia abawi, cnn, marjah, afghanistan. more possible trouble for toyota this morning as the u.s. government tightens the screws. the company held another news conference in tokyo overnight announcing it is investigating a possible problem with the corolla s power steering and a recall is not out of the question. this comes at the top of 8 1/2 million cars that have been recalled already. toyota s president says the company will cooperate with washington but he will not be coming to the united states to answer any questions himself. now to the president s plan to build the first nuclear reactors in a generation. he announced more than $8 billion in federal loan guarantees to help pay for the construction. but are americans ready to embrace nuclear power again? cnn s brian todd tells us, there is a debate heating up over where to store all that nuclear waste. reporter: some 70,000 metric
shepard: the feds are demanding documents from toyota on when and how they learned of safety problems in the vehicles. this as the company temporarily stops production at a couple u.s. plants, expecting dropoffs in sales. the u.s. is the automaker s largest and usually most proveable market but the company took a hit after recalling 8 1/2 million vehicles with three problems. brian wilson is live in washington. what s the government looking for with the document request? the government want to know what toyota knew and when and here s the thing. by law, a carmaker is required to notify the national highway safety administration within five days after it determines a safety defect.
70,000 cars on their lots that need to be fixed. toyota has recalled 8 1/2 million vehicles since november. another fox news alert. you re looking live at the international space station where the shuttle endeavour is docked. two astronauts are getting ready for their first space walk. they re going to install this new room. i d like to see the new digs. do we know what this is? they re going to install an observation deck and engineers are trying to figure out if a cracked thermal tile and protruding ceramic ring need to be fixed before they come back home. the man whose story was made famous by tom hanks in the movie charlie wilson s war has passed away. former texas congressman charlie wilson passed away yesterday. the man known as good time charlie worked to bring millions of dollars in weapons to afghan rebels. the preliminary cause of death is pulmonary cardiac arrest. he represented east texas in congress. he was 76 years old.
their release. they were accused of trying to take dozens of kids out of the country. they were facing kidnapping charges. were trying to get 33 children to an orphanage they were trying to set up in the dominican republic. the missionaries originally from he idaho. lawmakers want toyota s president to testify about the recalls. the house committee wants to hear from the president on february 24. but there are reports that mr. toyota now won t come to the u.s. until early march. and toyota dealerships are working around the clock to try and fix those sticky gas pedals. dealers say they ve seen 70,000 cars so far on their lots that need to be fixed. they have recalled 8 1/2 million vehicles since november. officials are about to give the crew of the space shuttle endeavor the green light to go to sleep now. later tonight the crew will then take a space walk at the international space station to install a new room, an observation deck.
makes people act improperly in cold conditions and but theme roads. toyota says it s a software problem fixed in less than an owner. owners in the united states should get letters next week. toyota also issuing a recall for some of the latest generation camrys after reports that model is prone to brake fluid leaks. this raises the number of cars recalled by toyota to 8 1/2 million. by the way, because of the snowstorm, lawmakers on capitol hill canceled the toyota hearing set for tomorrow. it s later in the month. part of the investigation, new documents that show government regulators were in fact warned about acceleration problems with toyota models as early as 2008. but they said because of resources issues, they did nothing about it. toyota isn t the only company in trouble. 40 others issued recalls in the past december. but many go unnumbers are noticed because the feds don t