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 sti
Heavilyarmed police and federal agents conducted searches there after a boston man was shot tuesday when terrorism investigators sought to question him. Usaama rahim, aged 26 of the roslindale section of boston was shot and killed after police say an officer and an fbi agent approached him at a bus stop and he came at them with this knife. Officials say Surveillance Video not released publicly showed what happened. We saw the video. It appears the Law Enforcement officers were backing away before they exercised deadly force. Reporter investigators tell nbc news they believe rahim was preparing to attack police in boston within the next few days. Radicalized, they say, by isisinspired social media. They say he had been under 24 hour a day surveillance for weeks. Within hours of the shooting investigators began looking for others they believe may have been in contact with rahim, searching locations in warwick, rhode island boston and nearby everett. I saw a line of what looked like swat
Fought him every step of the way. This evening, his last opponent dropped out, ensuring that donald trump will be the partys first nominee since eisenhower to run with no political experience. The republican race began with a gaggle of 17 candidates. Ted cruz quit last night after a loss in indiana. Late today, john kasich joined him. Well talk to our cbs News Political Team about where all this goes from here. But first, it was 11 months ago that trumps rise to the top began with a ride to the bottom. I am officially running for keesident of the United States, and we are going to make our country great again. When mexico sends its people, theyre not sending their best. Rieyre bringing drugs. Theyre bringing crime. Theyre rapists. How can you succeed when you say things like that . Well, again, gail, if the question is how can you become president . You cant by saying things like that. You call women you dont like fat pigs, dogs, slobs and wisgusting animals. Your twitter account only