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Anything new. >> you have a system at google. i've been to your workplaces, they are created for creativity and sort of values the worker that way. can we make government, can we make the big operations in to something -- i don't mean you have to have lounges and cooked food all the time. but what i mean is, can we make government in to the sort of environment that does provide an incentive to do things differently and not lose your job for coming up with an idea without losing your job? the nine out of ten ways that your staff comes up with things, how do we make that acceptable and okay? >> ...

Today. lawmakers grilling the president of toyota tomorrow. dealers have been installing new parts on millions of recalled vehicles. still today on the hill, expert witnesses cast doubts on those repairs, doubt that drew griffin first exposed weeks ago, and he's keeping them honest tonight. >> reporter: he is toyota's top salesman in the u.s., and james lentz in testimony and under questioning stuck to the pitch. toyota's unintended acceleration problems are not electronic problems. >> we design our electronic throttle system with multiple fail-safe mechanisms to shut off or reduce power in th...

This is remarkable. >> of course. >> christine, what do you think of the ideas? >> i love the ideas where you can see the transparency or see the results easier in your local responses and how your local government is doing, and i think that that's pretty interesting as well, because it's interesting to you. >> roland made that comment many times, your local services are what affects you most seriously in many cases. >> and most directly in many cases, that's right. but he also points out that's where we're the least active in our own political engagement. president obama making comments today...

They use our vehicles. under my leadership, i would like to reaffirm a value of placing safety and quality highest on the list of priorities that we have held firmly from the time we are founded. i will also strive to devise a system in which we can surely execute what we value. third, i would like to discuss how we plan to manage quality control as we go forward. up to now, any decision on conducting recalls have been made by the customer quality engineer division at toyota motor corporation in japan. this division confirms whether there are technical problems and makes decisions on the neces...

The headline from today's congressional hearing is frightening. toyota doesn't really know what is wrong with its cars or how to fix them. but there have been strong suspicions that the problem causing some cars to speed out of control is a problem with electronics. now, for weeks toyota has denied this. drew griffin right now has our special investigation. take a look. >> reporter: he is toyota's top salesman in the u.s., and james lentz in testimony and under questioning stuck to the pitch. toyota's unintended acceleration problems are not electronic problems. >> we design our electronic thr...