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For Toyota, How Bad Will It Get?
With sales of Toyota vehicles already on the decline, new safety questions are being raised today. We look at the latest claims, how Toyota has responded over the years and what it will take to restore a tarnished corporate image. Also, Senate Democrats and Obama do a Q&A, and in Iran, an anniversary, a space program and the prospect of international sanctions.
By Warren Olney • • 1h 0m ListenWith sales of Toyota vehicles already on the decline, new safety questions are being raised today. We look at the latest claims, how Toyota has responded over the years and what it will take to restore a tarnished corporate image. Also, Senate Democrats and Obama do a televised Q&A, and Iran launches animals into space and prepares for an anniversary as the US pushes for international sanctions.
Banner image: Executive Vice President of Toyota Motor Shinichi Sasaki explains about its accelerator pedal during a press conference at the headquarters in Nagoya, central Japan, on February 2, 2010. Photo: Toru Yamanaka/AFP/Getty Images
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3 storiesSenate Democrats and Obama Do Q&A
For more than an hour today, live on cable TV, President Obama took tough questions from Democratic Senators with electoral problems at home. Asked about the deficit, Obama responded to Indiana's Evan Bayh that we enjoyed our last balanced budget "under a Democratic president who made some hard decisions."
Read the story8 minToyota's Total Recall
After reported links to 19 deaths and many injuries, Toyota recalled almost 8 million cars for safety problems with floor mats and sticky accelerators . The owners of models that are subject to recall are waiting for notices to take their cars in for repair.
Read the story36 minIran Launches a Satellite Rocket
On week before the 30th anniversary of its Islamic Revolution, Iran has fired a rocket loaded with animals into space, and President Ahmadinejad says, "Iranian scientists are capable of capturing the skies."
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