(announcer) perdue. extra inspections. extraordinary chicken. good morning. breaking news. a new problem for toyota. the company admits there are brake problems with some of their popular prius hybrids. they say they have fixed the problem on brand new models, but what about the ones already on the road? shark attack. a kite boarder killed after being swarmed by sharks off the southern coast of florida. this morning, information on the area s first fatal attack in years. and the $104 million man. that is the astonishing record price this sculpture just fetched at auction. and the race is on to identify the anonymous bidder today, thursday, february 4th, 2010. captions paid for by nbc-universal television and welcome to today on this thursday morning. i m meredith vieira. and i m matt lauer. think you re having a bad month? try working at toyota. they ve got another design problem even as that company is already trying to deal with these accelerator issues, on so