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and sent us the latest. well, apec has started here and it's really a huge moment for the city of san francisco. it's the biggest summit to be held here since the united nations charter was signed here in 1916. and this is really a huge economic summit. you're talking about more than 50% of all of the world's trade belongs to the 21 nations who'll be attending here this week. and we're talking about 40% of the world's population, by the way. so it's a big economic conference. but by far the biggest ticket item here is the meeting betweenjoe biden, president biden, and his counterpart...

Bring your car to a halt. are your officers trained in that at all? >> well, our officers are aware of that, and i haven't spoken to mr. sykes regarding that particular series, and i don't know whether or not he went through that. however, i will tell you that, you know, we're very fortunate and happy that it came to an end where it did, because he was approaching a pretty treacherous part of the roadway, which was a 6 percent decline in the roadway, with several curves, and we needed to get that car stopped before we hit that roadway. bill: job well done, thank you for your time, best to the ...

Spend thousands upon thousands of dollars to buy an automobile. and they have a right to expect to be safe. and to that end, yesterday there was some very telling testimony before the commerce committee. i know you were there and heard about it. where the president of toyota sales usa when asked about the mat issue, whether it's the sticky pedal or the mat problem, whether recalls in regard to those issues would solve the problem, he was not sure. are you familiar? >> yes, sir. i was there and i heard his testimony. >> and, you know, as i sat here and i listened to you and you talked about -- ...

Basically dying because of the mat issue. when i looked down at those list, i'm wondering, though, somebody -- from my observation from a distance, that could have the reputation of toyota actually been a contributing factor in how this process was handled? some may not know but toyota -- ranked top second only to mercedes and porsche for satisfaction, reputation. i guess if you drive a porsche you darned well better be happy with the vehicle. is it possible that in this process, the great reputation of the dependasxwilt safety toyota created over the last 30 years created prejudice -- against