juarez mexico hits closer to home. an american couple shot and killed over the weekend. all three had ties to the u.s. consulate in juarez. the mayor tells cnn the americans were targeted. new questions surrounding last week s runapriway prius account. the story got national attention. owner jim sikes said he stomped the brakes to no avail. the car hit speeds of 98 miles per hour. toyota technicians and federal investigators say they cannot replicate the conditions casting doubt on what really happened. maybe what was happening was not that his engine was overpowering the brakes but his brakes were incapable of overpowering anything. it is possible that he s a liar. it is also possible that he misunderstood what was happening with his car. sikes said he s sticking to the story. actor charlie sheen has a
nation s financial system. dodd says besides laying down more stringent rules for institutions and great er protections for consumers the biggest aim is to prevent firms from getting so big that their failure would threaten the entire financial system. we ll take a closer look at that bill in our next hour. so have you ever found yourself staring into the face of skeptical mechanic as you try to explain the latest mystery affliction to your car? of course that problem always disappears once you re at the garage, right? well, that s the latest chapter in the runaway prius drama. both toyota and government technicians couldn t duplicate the alleged case of a sudden acceleration. the latest now from cnn s susan cant yoty. reporter: a draft congressional memo seems to take some steam out of jim sikes self-described wild ride in his 2008 prius. it even had 911 and the california highway patrol running to his rescue. the gas pedal felt kind of weird and it just went all the way to fast.
anniversary. it s the beginning of it all. there would probably be no kyraphillips.com if it weren t for a day like today. the anniversary of the first dot-com domain name. exactly 25 years ago that symbolic dot-com appeared on the internet. it was slow going taking two years for the first 100 sites to appear online but since then the internet has grown to more than 80 million dot-com names and we did check and their website probably points out the fact that they are the first dot-com to ever be listed. wow. we should have imagine if we would have come up with that idea. we wouldn t be working. reporter: we would have very different lives right now, kyra. we d be dot-coming all over the world, wouldn t we? reporter: we d be docking our yacht off the greek isles. well, it s not just the nation s health care system facing reform. chairman chris dodd is expected to release a draft bill outlining an overhaul of the
21, a sobering thought for kenzie s family. to put him away as a child and have is him be out at 21 is absurd. but we re not the judge. reporter: i have lost my daughter and my grandson. death is final. ain t nothing going to bring her back or him. justice needs to be served. love you, baby. chris brown is so committed to defending jordan he s lost his job and has gone through all of his finances. supporters started a website to help him raise money. the houks not pleased. when they heard about this they told me that the focus should be less on jordan s age and more on the crimes that were committed. wow. so what s happening with the most current court proceeding? right. the last hearing was actually on
congressional staff it does not appear to be feasibly possible both electronically and me k mechanically that his gas pedal was stuck to the floor and he was slamming on the brake at the same time. what does this mean for jim sikes is this. it is possible that he s a liar. it is also possible he simply misunderstood what was happening with his car. reporter: sikes says he s sticking to his story and adds his lawyer will have more to say about this later today. susan candiotti, cnn, new york. so what does toyota have to say? a news conference is scheduled at 3:30 p.m. eastern. we will carry it live. for all the latest news on toyota s problems, the investigation and the carmaker s recovery efforts, had there are special website, cnn.com/toyota. one of the world s most popular soccer stars won t be on the pitch at the show place. why david beckham s out of the world cup. if it s not