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Car expert who came out and said there is an electromagnetic interference from lines with toyota's electrical system. the problem is people driving past lines, the systems go haywire in their toyota cars. do you have any information on that? >> i sat in the hearing yesterday and i listened to the engineer give his testimony about being able to override the alert system. as the questions came out, he manipulated the system. that was what the congressman asking his questions -- that system got ma nip late. the company -- the system has got manipulated. but that's not real world examples when you...

Fresh look in to the general issue of electromagnetic interference in the auto industry as a whole, not just related to toyota. >> all right. a little back-and-forth here -- >> yeah. >> -- between us here. toyota's taking a pretty firm position, you know, locking in on what they think -- >> right, right. >> -- the company thinks the problem is right now. and then you're talking to these analysts, these scientists, these experts, who are saying it could be a range of issues here. >> across the world we're talking to them. we saw a couple of them, but we talked to these guys across the globe. th...

Don't -- they don't have a high level of confidence in what toyota has said. and part of that is, you know, the issue of, okay, first it's the floor mats, then it's the sticking pedals and people are hearing a lot about electronic interference. >> yes. >> so, i think that people aren't for sure that what toyota says is true, and probably the way they've handled this is playing a part in that. but acceleration, sudden acceleration, isn't an entirely new problem. other automakers have experienced problems with this before. and it's a complicated issue. i mean, cars are very complicated, mechanic...

Electromagnetic interference. >> right, right. >> and, yet, that's just one of the theories being -- >> right. >> -- floated as a potential problem here among the group that you talked to. >> right. exactly. exactly. yeah, interesting enough, toyota is now opening the doors in to that realm of possibility. >> can you imagine? >> the problem is, look at your car. it's got a computer board, all these moving parts, all these things interact. it may not be one little part in an electronic board, but it may be a bunch of parts working all at one time to make this happen. how do you test for that? >...

That. up next, today's top ten in the 2010. which governors are ripe for the picking? plus, another big blow in illinois politics. this is the democrat running for lieutenant governor. >> i assure you, i promise you, i never touched the woman, i never tried to cut her throat, i never did anything like that. >> well, there you go. >> oh, was that a campaign slogan or -- >> i didn't cut her throat. wow. >> well, we'll delve into that. but first, thanks to the toyota recall, detroit speak has become washington speak today. today's glossary word, "electronic throttles." turns out toyota uses a...