or gets worse. i know symbicort won t replace a rescue inhaler. within 15 minutes symbicort starts to improve my lung function and begins to treat my symptoms. that makes symbicort a good choice for me. you have choices. ask your doctor if symbicort is right for you. (announcer) if you cannot afford your medication, astrazeneca may be able to help. okay. story we ve been covering very closely for you is the three recalls on ford cars. i want to go to poppy harlow who has been covering this, she s with cnnmoney.com. poppy, you got new suggests that maybe the hit to toyota is not as serious reputationally in terms of sales as we thought it is. it is exactly right. let s take a look where we stand, you have hundreds of thousands of sticky gas pedals, and prius fix still on the way. no word on that, but what we did this morning we talked to the
behind its safety crisis. take a look. reporter: it was a hastily called news conference, an apology at 9:00 friday night near tokyo. the president of toyota, akio toyota, saying he s sorry for the global recall, but declaring believe me, toyota s cars are safe. on the company s website, a clear explanation for the sudden acceleration problems, stuck floor mats, sticky gas pedals, and a fix. it s all mechanical, the company says, and it s solved. but is it? i would say unequivocal that toyota s explanations do not account for the share of unintended acceleration complaints that we ve examined. reporter: cnn talked with four leading experts in the field of sudden acceleration, car safety and automotive recalls. sdit toyota s statements these experts conclude something very difficult. toyota does not know what is causing the sudden acceleration in its cars, and therefore,
okay. troubling fears about a massive toyota recall, right now dealers are busy installing a fix for millions of cars with potential acceleration problems, but according to some engineers cnn talked to, the fix may not fix anything. here s cnn s special investigation s unit correspondent, drew griffin. reporter: it was a hastily-called news conference, an apology at 9:00 at night near tokyo. the president of toyota, akio toyoda, saying he s sorry for the global recall, but saying, believe me, toyota s cars are safe. on the company s website, a clear explanation for the sudden acceleration problems, stuck floor mats, sticky gas pedals, and a fix. it s all mechanical, the company says, and it s solved. but is it? i would say unequivocally that toyota s explanations do not account for the the share
that problem that so far they say that solution doesn t exist. it was a hastily called news conference and apology at 9:00 friday night near tokyo. the president of toyota, akio toyoda, saying he s sorry but, believe me, toyota s cars are safe. on the company s web site, a clear explanation for the sudden acceleration problems, stuck floor mats, sticky gas pedals, and a fix. it s all mechanical, the company says, and it s solved. but is it? i would say unequivocally that toyota s explanations do not account for the share of unintended acceleration complaints that we ve examined. reporter: cnn talked with four leading experts in the field of sudden acceleration. car safety and automotive recalls. despite toyota s statements, these experts independently conclude something very different.
nuclear program is for peaceful purposes but have ignored five united nations security council resolutions to freeze its enrichment program. take a look at what happened while you were sleeping. two, one, zero. booster ignitions and liftoff of shuttle endeavour. the space shuttle now on its way to the international space station. the crew is bringing a new room and an observation deck to the international space station. it blasted into orbit just after 4:00 a.m. eastern time. this is the last night launch for nasa. it only has four other shuttle launches planned all in daylight hours. another toyota recall could come today. reports say this time the company will announce recalls for 300,000 of its prius hybrids in the u.s. and japan. it s not clear if it will be a voluntary or a mandatory recall. this, of course, follows the recent recall of eight million cars around the world because of those sticky gas pedals.