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Welcome back. we are waiting for the start of a house hearing. the head of the national highway transportation safety administration, david strictland will testify today disputing criticism that the regulators in charge of overseeing toyota and other automakers may have dropped the ball regarding complaints of runaway toyota vehicles. so david strictland, the head of the national highway traffic safety administration will testify disputing the criticism that his agency may have dropped the ball when it came to complaints about toyota vehicles. we'll keep an eye and ear on that. and the as a ...

Safety problems? when exactly did they know it? lawmakers are demanding answers in a hearing scheduled to get under way at the top of the hour. brianna keeler on capitol hill. let's talk about today's hearings and how they are different from last week. ray lahood, head of transportation wanted to do it for nitza, and now all of a sudden they will testify this week? >> reporter: the reason we will hear from the national highway safety administration, this watchdog, this oversight agency of toyota and other car agencies, they don't have a choice. david strictland is the head, and roy lahood want...

Interviews with the top leaders. are you going to try to open up nhtsa, so it is more transparent to the american public? >> of course. if there are opportunities for us to do that with our friends in the media, we will always take those opportunities. >> it is the -- the new head of nhtsa, david strickland has been on the job for six weeks, and why has it taken the obama administration so long to get someone in charge over there? >> well, we had a very good acting administrator prior to david coming on. david has the experience to run the organization, and, you know, wolf, we have career peop...

People who want to drive cars and have them safe. safety is our number one priority. >> reporter: transportation secretary ray lahood testified today and not the nhtsa president david strictland, because he has been on the job for 16 weeks, and before that, only an acting director. >> we will ask ray lahood about that, because that interview will have a lot of questions with the transportation thank you, mary. my interview with the transportation secretary when we come back. when you want a bank that travels with you. with you when you're ready for the next move. [ male announcer ] now that we...