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Nationwide should pump the brakes on those efforts. >> 5 miles an hour can be the difference in someone dying in a crash versus being able to walk away from a crash. >> reporter: the insurance institute for highway safety says 2021 crash testing found even small speed increases can raise a driver's risk of severe injury or death. >> the benefit would be, you know, to get places faster but at what cost >> reporter: in north dakota, the governor vetoed a bill that would have raised the speed limit on some highways to 80 miles per hour. >> increasing the maximum speed limit on interstate highways...

There’s a proposal to update the rating program, but some advocates are concerned the proposal doesn't address the existing gender gap in car safety testing.

Global NCAP and the Automobile Association of South Africa (AA) launched on Thursday a new round of #SaferCarsForAfrica crash test results with the support of the FIA Foundation and Bloomberg Philanthropies

Do you know a date jeb bush might announce? >> i think the time frame for a lot of us is june july. it's interesting jeb bush has not announced. everyone expects he's going to end up running. he's heading up a super pack that allows him to raise unlimited sums of money. you can no longer do that when you officially become a candidate. he wants to drag out this process as long as possible. >> mark murphy great to see you. >> thanks. when we come back if you drive a mid size suv, you don't want to miss the latest round of crash testing. and next, we'll tell you about this coming up. a rare...

An hour. henry was involved in every aspect from the design to the construction to yes, the testing. or crash testing. and he had first built an 80 foot mock-up in texas earlier this year. the rafts launching into orbit again and again. but there are human crash test dummies and henry is their chief. as challenging as the ride is, so was the construction. like a classic lego set with pieces that had to fit with laser like perfection. it didn't always happen. how much over budget and how late? >> we were way over budget. >> reporter: so one more person about to get his water slide face on yet a...