at nasa at electromagnetic interference one of the problems with sudden a sudden acceleration problem is these electroning throttle systems toyota has. now going to look at whether solar nears stuff that sometimes interfears and with communication tv s cell phones in orbit. look to e sif impact on the software that runs the electronic propulsion system in your toyota. and it s not just nasa the national academies of science are going to be looking at the potential for electromagnetic interference in all electronic throttle systems throughout the automotive industry. two studies going on national academy of sciences will take 15 months do theirs toyota-nasa study is going to be complete by the end of the summer. megyn: why is this0 so hard to figure out? why do we need nasa? reporter: it s a great question. they haven t been able to pinpoint a problem to the accelerator anyone can replicate. if they could find the problem and then replicate it they would know they have the problem.
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east. we re live at the white house. prestigious universities accepting youtube videos as part of the application process, is that an effective way to gauge potential? we begin this morning with health care. can you join the trfrgs on the a.m. fix blog. cnn.com/am fix. a burning question toyota cannot seem to escape. it it an electronic problem causing the cars to come out of control? it could cost toyota billions of dollars to recall every vehicle. deb has been looking into it for a number of weeks. it s quite a challenge get together bottom of the acceleration problem. this is the engine control module we ll talk about this in just a minute. a team of electronic experts are
shows the sudden acceleration problem has been around far longer than the company would like to admit and past repairs had nothing to do with sticky gas pedals. drew griffin reports. reporter: this is the document from august 2002, nearly eight years ago. toyota had a sudden acceleration problem and that according to toyota s own service bulletin, the problem was electronic. if you look at this document, it says electronics. it says the fix is reprogramming the computer. it doesn t say anything about formats. the document is called a technical sfervice bulletin and given to cnn by a group of attorneys seeking a nationwide class action lawsuit against toyota. we brought the document to clarence ditlow who heads the nonprofit center for auto safety. the document, not previously made public, is an indication toyota knew much earlier about an electronic connection to
days ago. you should be in the 60s, this is what it looked like two days ago. not just a dusting of snow, several inches. he said, a lot of the flowers in his yard were blooming until they were covered in white. the winter that doesn t want to go away. at least for the deep south, ths is the last we are going to see of this until next year. john, kiran? we will write thank you notes for that, i m sure. it s a rather precarious limb you have crawled out on there, rob. that s what we do. it s called job security. this morning s top story just minutes away, including president obama expected to sign health care into law this morning. the fight still isn t over. at ten minutes past the hour, new evidence that toyota knew they had an acceleration problem almost a decade ago and the government may have been in on the secret. at 20 minutes past the hour, google now turning its back on china. you could say it is the other