another apology and another recall from toyota. this time more than 400,000 hybrids including the 2010 prius because of brake problems. toyota s president is deeply sorry and work to regain customer trust. childhood obesity a top concern for the president. a xours couple of hours he signed a memorandum to try to tackle the problem. michelle obama is encouraging more play time and healthier lunches for kids. can you hear why the issue is so important to her. she talks live with larry king tonight at 9:00 eastern. whot dat! finally get some recognition. man! what s that sound? that noise on the decibel scale in thousands greeting the super
guilty to assault and is undergoing a psychiatric evaluation. there is a new chapter today in toyota s design flaw crisis. complaints are growing about the power steering in the 2009 and 2010 corolla. this comes after the japanese automakers announced the third week involving the prius. some of the hybrids have brake problems that caused the brakes to delay before engaging. phil lebeau joins us from chicago. with toyota it seems like death by a thousand cuts with the way this is going. reporter: right. something to keep in mind with the toyota complaints. the 67 come plaptsz have been received regarding the power steering on the 09d and 10 corollas but has not opened a formal investigation. when there are enough complaints and look at things and say something doesn t look right here, open up a formal investigation, that s far more serious. it is a little hard to tell from looking at these complaints how many of these are legitimate as in the person had a true problem and how many
i m mike huckman with your cnbc market wrap. the dow jones industrial average finished back over 10,000, gaining 150 points to close at 10,058. it comes on the heels of yesterday s sub-10,000 closing since last november. the dow gaining on indications that the european union will help greece manage through its growing debt problem. the s&p 500 also rose by almost 14 points to close at 1070. the nasdaq picking up 25 points ending up at 2,150. more toyota troubles. the carmaker today is recalling 437,000 more cars. most of them are priuses that are suspected of having brake trouble in cold conditions and on bumpy roads. meanwhile, toyota acknowledges that it first received reports of brake
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welcome back to the most news in the morning. it s 40 minutes past the hour. we re waiting to hear what toyota plans to do about 270,000 prius hybrid models that might have brake problems. so far they haven t said an official recall but they expect a fix early this week. toyota is trying to figure out what to do. a california woman is considering legal action herself against the automaker for an accident that left her seriously injured. deb is here this morning with her story. one of the things is so scary. imagine you re in your car and you press your accelerator and it takes off plummeting down a cliff. you try to regain control of your car not knowing whether you re going to, in fact, live or die. right now i m doing less than 10