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By the s.e.c. i think those are the things that we have to look for. consumer product safety. >> senator kaufman, thank you for your time. >> thank you. >> senator, i just have to add, you are living the dream of every senate staffer to get promoted into one of the big chairs and have a vote there. all of us former senate staffers watching do you it are very proud of how this has turned out. >> i want to thank you very much. that is the only pressure. i have all the staff people i have to live up to. it keeps me going, lawrence. >> that's right. thanks, senator. >> sure. coming up, were gove...

. those are the things we have to look for in consumer product safety. >> thank you very much for your time tonight. senator, i just have to add, you are living the dream of every 7 cents staffer to get in one of the big chances. >> i want to thank you very much. that's the only pressure on me. i have all those wonderful stappeople that i have to live up. coming up, were government regulators asleep at the wheel in protecting drivers with the acceleration problems with toyotas? also ahead, chief will be back with advice on why life panel discussions aren't enough. you need to have a living w...

Of the national highway transportation safety administration is expected to face some tough questions about his agency's handling of toyota's sudden acceleration problems. in prepared testimony released, administrator says his agency may require brake override systems on all cars to fix the problem of uncontrollable slayings. top over sight and government reform committee, investigating nhtsa and toyota for this problem. >> now you know why they call it nhtsa, because those letters are too hard to read off. >> you can pass the test putting out the acronym. they say cars accelerated. people s...

Toyota has recalled more than eight million vehicles since january, including some prius models, but the company said the priuses might have breaking issues, not acceleration problems. karen stitlow, the executive director of auto safely is joining us from washington. good to see you. this driver says there is a problem that needs to be corrected. is this right? does this mean the recall perhaps need to be expanded as a result of this latest incident? >> there's several issues here. first of all, the recalls are proving to be ineffective because there's at least 60 consumers that have gone in ...

The possibility of electronic defects that could cause sudden inintended acceleration. this because some people have had their recalled cars repaired and still have sudden acceleration problems. congress wants to get to the bottom of it and find out what's going on. >> shepard: lawmakers are raising other issues too, right? >> well, right. they want more information on a brake override system that toyota says is going to put on some of those recalled cars that have been having problems. according to today toyota, that system would -- gas and brake pedal are hit exactly the same time. congress ...