mr. toyoda. i hope everything turns around. you very much for being with us. >> translator: thank you. >> thank you very much, larry. >> larry: akio toyoda, president and ceo, toyota motor company. thanks for watching. time now for the latest news on cnn. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

mr. toyoda. i hope everything turns around.nk you very much for being with us. >> translator: thank you. >> thank you very much, larry. >> larry: akio toyoda, president and ceo, toyota motor company. thanks for watching. time now for the latest news on time now for the latest news on cnn. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com new anti-aging eye roller. reduces puffiness immediately -- and also helps with lines and wrinkles. not surgery. this is our way to do your eyes. new regenerist anti-aging eye roller. i want a product with the best decongestant. my choice is clear: claritin-d. (announcer) nothing works stronger, faster, or longer to relieve your worst allergy symptoms, including congestion, without drowsiness. get claritin-d at the pharmacy counter. live claritin clear.

mr. toyoda that. when they have good expert people, professional people in north america making recommendations and then they don't listen to them, their business model is broken. i think mr. toyoda got that message. >> sreenivasan: 52 deaths are now linked to sudden acceleration in toyotas. the company has recalled about six million vehicles in the u.s. since last september. but today, a "new york times" analysis showed cars that were not recalled-- toyota camrys built before 2007-- have a comparable number of speed control issues. for the record, toyota is a newshour underwriter. toyota saw its sales fall 9% last month, due mostly to the recalls. in contrast, general motors, ford and chrysler reported increases, despite snowstorms that hurt business in the northeast and midwest. ford outsold g.m. for the first time in a decade, with sales up 43%. sales at general motors rose by more than 11%, and chrysler edged up slightly, by half a percent. g.m. announced a recall of its own today. the action invo

mr. toyoda at that. they have good, expert, professional people in north america making recommendations and they do not listen to them, their business model is broken. i think mr. toyota got that message, not only from me, but from others. i think you will see some changes in the way that they do business. >> thank you. >> i am also told that mr. medford and his team were treated dismissively. actually, they used stronger language than that. so these are not common experiences. senator wicker, i call on you. >> thank you very much. senator boxer is under a time schedule, so i promise to be brief. let me ask you, mr. secretary, about these two studies, the exponent study commission in 2009 by toyota, and the study done by professor gilbert of southern illinois university. as i understand it, exponent is an organization is that is widely known in this field, concerning analyses of defects. nhtsa has used them in the past. they conducted an analysis of the electronic throttle system. toyota received a repor

mr. toyoda at that. model is broken. i think mr. toyota got that message, not only from me, but from others. i think you will see some changes in the way that they do business. >> thank you. >> i am also told that mr. medford and his team were treated dismissively. actually, they used stronger language than that. so these are not common experiences. senator wicker, i call on you. >> thank you very much. senator boxer is under a time schedule, so i promise to be brief. let me ask you, mr. secretary, about these two studies, the exponent study commission in 2009 by toyota, and the study done by professor gilbert of southern illinois university. as i understand it, exponent is an organization is that is widely known in this field, concerning analyses of defects. nhtsa has used them in the past. they conducted an analysis of the electronic throttle system. toyota received a report confirming their contention that the defense cannot be caused by the etc system because there are fail-safes that prevent it. i wa

mr. toyoda that. have good expert, professional people in north america making recommendations and they do not listen to them, their business model is broken. i think mr. toyota got that message, not only for me, but from others. i think you'll see some changes in the way they do business. >> thank you. >> i also told mr. bedford and his team that went there were treated dismissively. they were actually using stronger language than that. . senator wicker, i call on you. >> thank you very much. senator boxer is under a time schedule, so i promise to be brief. let me ask you, mr. secretary, about these two studies, the exponent study commission in 2009 by toyota, and the study 2009 by toyota, and the study done by professor gilbert of southern illinois university. as i understand it, exponent is an organization is that is widely known in this field, concerning analyses of defects. nhtsa has used them in the past. they conducted an analysis of the electronic throttle system. toyota received a report conf

mr. toyoda's second for an appearance following last week's appearance in washington.tied for first. toyota is once again #3 on the list. >> today, part 2 of a hearing on a construction contracts in afghanistan. the u.s. agency for international kohlman talk about interagency coordination and a proposed new government oversight agency to reduce waste and fraud. that is live at 9:30 a.m. eastern on c-span2. today, house majority leader steny hoyer, talks about the recently created bipartisan fiscal commission, charged with reducing the federal deficit. that is live here on c-span at 1:00 p.m. >> which four presidents lived past 90 years old. john adams, herbert hoover, ronald reagan, and gerald ford. find these in c-span is newly updated book "who is buried in grant's tomb?" >> it is a new biography of each of these presidents and you can tell a lot about people by the end of their lives. >> now available at your favorite bookseller, or give a 25% discount at the publisher's web site publicaffairs knows based books.com. host: dr. cecil wilson is the incoming president o

executive vice presidents, members of the board directly under the president, akio toyoda, two of them are on our panel today. mr. sasaki and mr. ushiamata. and that's why i think there is some, you feel, or we feel, we both feel some frustration in trying to communicate our effort to get to the bottom of some of our questions. it's the -- it's the question of accountability. who is accountable. who makes decisions? many questions have come back that we are doing recalls as if that were a problem solver. and it is not necessarily a problem solver. we will get back to you on that. that is not a direct answer. i think there is more knowledge at the table than has disclosed itself. i don't say that rudely. i just say that in perhaps a typical american/japanese inability to communicate as effectively as we should on a particularly important issue both to us in terms of safety and you in terms of safety and some loss of confidence in your product. but you know, all the way, since senator nelson said this, since at least 2002, a long time ago, thousands of toyota and lexus owners in the united states have complained t

mr. toyoda at that. they have good, expert, professional people in north america making recommendations and they do not listen to them, their business model is broken. i think mr. toyota got that message, not only from me, but from others. i think you will see some changes in the way that they do business. >> thank you. >> i am also told that mr. medford and his team were treated dismissively. actually, they used stronger language than that. so these are not common experiences. senator wicker, i call on you. >> thank you very much. senator boxer is under a time schedule, so i promise to be brief. let me ask you, mr. secretary, about these two studies, the exponent study commission in 2009 by toyota, and the study done by professor gilbert of southern illinois university. as i understand it, exponent is an organization is that is widely known in this field, concerning analyses of defects. nhtsa has used them in the past. they conducted an analysis of the electronic throttle system. toyota received a report