drug, it may take a while. obesity experts will get them first to dole out to patients. word tonight about a possible defect that could cause certain suvs to speed out of control. there are reports of more than a dozen crashes and one death linked to this issue. more than 700,000 ford escapes and mazda tributes are now under review, all from the years 2001 to 2004. safety regulators say a throttle control problem may cause unintended acceleration. ford used to own part of mazda and manufactured both of those suvs. it s promised to cooperate fully with the investigation. a warning tonight about people who might try to cash in on the worst drought to hit the u.s. in more than 50 years. the white house said help is on the way for farmers, but in the meantime, shoppers could become victims. plus the u.s. and our alies teaming up for the world s biggest war games on the water and fox news is right up in the middle of it.
among the models effected the most popular car in america toyota camry. so far 161 owners have reported fires and handful of people have been injured. at first the feds were investigating only 2007 camrys and rav-4 suvs. but now they have expanded it they are including some 2008 and 2009 camrys. as well as some yaris models and all 2008 highlander hybrid suvs. investigators say all the vehicles use the same power window switch. it can overheat and cause a fire. safety regulators say they are investigating similar incidents with chevy trailblazers and other g.m. models. if you have questions, contact the dealership. star diver tandem parachute failed to open. now we know the skydiver s wife talked him into it. this happened on friday about 70 miles north of our studios in new york city. we re told the father of three went skydiving as part of a
earthquakes, believe it or not. federal safety regulators expanding their regulation into reports of the jeep wrangler fires. they earlier only focused on the chrysler vehicles made in 2010. now they want information on all wrangler jeeps made since 2012. the government says reports of 23 fires, four injuries and houses damaged. here we go again. disturb being now signs we may be heading down the same dangerous path that led to the financial meltdown. some of the nation s largest lenders are trolling for sub prime borrowers. often credit cards and auto loans. should alarm bells be going off. we are joined by ms. greenberg. nice to see you. thank you for having me. what s the problem? the banks are going back out on the road to sell credit cards to people who have bad credit? that s right. we ve seen a pretty aggressive courtship again between the banks and borrowers who have
infringements. $25 billion settlement over alleged foreclosure abuses by five of the largest mortgage lenders has been inked in federal court. pacific gas and electric will pay san bruno $70 million in restitution for a pipeline explosion that killed eight people and destroyed 38 homes back in 2010. federal safety regulators are investigating sticky accelerators in as many as 1.9 million ford taurus and mercury sable sedans. world trade organization upheld its ruling that boeing received unlawful subsidies which hurt europe s airbus bottom line. and a 24-year-old barista from hong kong scooped up the title and 2,500 bucks at the latte art championship in new york.
i m john fortt with your market wrap. the dow closed off 89 points. the s&p shed 9. the nasdaq was down 23. worries about greece s bailout snapped a five-week winning streak. one stock bucking the trend is linkedin. company s profits were better than expected. a rough day for toyota after safety regulators looked into complaints about door fires in some models. that s itรง from cnbc. now back to hardball. welcome back to hardball. we re lucky to have the hardball strategists join us tonight. the culture war and issues that