And is your dog a genius . Theres a way to find out. Nightly news begins right now. Ening, we start tonight good ings we start tonight with the biggest project recall in american history. It affects tens of millions of cars on the road with a potentially deadly defect. Involving something designed to save lives. Japanese air bag manufacturer takata acknowledging a defect with their air bags. They could explode with too much force, sending shrapnel flying into drivers and passengers. Tonight the government is nearly doubling the size of an earlier recall. Our tom costello is working that story for us tonight. He has Important Information now. The size of the recall is stunning. Nearly 34 million vehicles nationwide now involved. 11 different automakers one out of every four cars on the road. After five months of insisting its air bag deflateors are not defective, its not true. Takata has agreed to declare that air bag inflaters are deflecting. These recalls are nationwide. Reporter five
Turns out theres a way to find out. Nightly news begins right now. From nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this the nbc nightly news. Reporting tonight, lester holt. Good evening. We start tonight with the biggest product recall in american history. It affects tens of millions of cars on the road with a potentially deadly defect. Ironically involving something designed to save lives. Japanese air bag manufacturer takata acknowledging a defect with its air bags one that government Safety Experts say could cause them to explode with too much force, sending shrapnel flying into drivers and passengers. Tonight the government is nearly doubling the size of an earlier recall. Our tom costello is working that story for us tonight. He has Important Information now. Reporter the size of the recall is stunning. Nearly 34 million vehicles nationwide now involved. 11 different automakers. Roughly one out of every four cars on the road. After five months of insisting its air bag deflators are