in a few moments, ford motor company vice president susan cischke. then coda auto ceo phil murtaugh. then david zuchowski. >>> every weekend, american history tv. 48 hours of people and events telling the american story. get our schedules and see past programs at our web sites. join in the conversations on the social media sites. >>> susan cischke, who is a group vice president for ford motor company. miss cischke, thanks for being with us here on "the washington journal." how would you describe the fiscal health of ford right now? >> we will have the earnings out tomorrow. in general, i think we are doing quite well. we are very proud of the accomplishments we had and we have gotten an exciting line up showing many of the new cars here today at the washington d.c. auto show. >> which car are you highlighting the most out there? >> we are talking about our whole fuel efficient line up. one of the key messages we have is to show people they really have the power of choice at ford. they can choose a lot of different vehicles with different power trains

host: next call from new york city for susan cischke.ler: ford makes a great corporate i just bought a brand new ford -- makes a great car. i just bought a new ford escape. my next car will be a mustang. hopefully when we get a new president, i can afford to buy one. i just want to tell you that ford -- keep making them great cars. i used to buy gm. ever since they took the government bailout money, i went to ford. i love my ford. guest: thank you very much. that was terrific. host: susan cischke, we are looking at some of the cars you have on display at the auto show, such as the ford fusion. we looked at a focus. we saw the mustangs a little bit earlier. a caller talked about the percentage that's made in the u.s. and the percentage that is made internationally. our most cars just international production anymore -- are most cars just international production anymore? guest: we have global vehicles that may have been designed in a different part of the world and build in many other places in the world. we have quite a bit of production

. >> susan cischke, group vice president of ford. thank you for being on "the washington journal" and taking calls from the viewers. >> we have more from the washington auto show here on c-span3. in a few moments, coda auto ceo, phil murtaugh. then executive vice president david zuchowski. then mark reuss. >> at the d.c. auto show. a truck by boise state university. it stands out in the appearance, but the green speed auto club. what is different about the truck? >> the world's fastest vegetable powered vehicle. >> why did you invent it? >> we doid not invent it. we ran with the existing technology. >> is this the cooking oil you can pick up in the store? >> sure is. >> tell us a bit about how this truck was designed. this is patrick johnson. >> we took a stock 1998 s-10. we swapped all the components out to build a land speed racing vehicle. we added the second fuel tank which we heat up prior to a run. >> how did you make vegetable oil able to run the truck? >> the diesel motor does not require modifications. we have to bring it up

journal," live from the washington auto show, our guests are ford motor company's vice president, susan cischkei u.s.a. executive vice president david zuchowski and mark reuss, president of g.m. north america. "washington journal" is live every day on c-span at 7:00 a.m. eastern. senate democratic leaders are calling on republicans to join them in implementing the president's call to restore economic fairness for the middle class in last -- last night's state of the union address. senate democrats say they'll push for comprehensive tax reform this year. their remarks are 0 minutes. >> when the president fin herbed his speech, i leaned over to senator durbin and said, as seriously as i could, i really enjoyed the speech. i think it was a speech that was a clear call for us to come together and restore fairness to the country. too many families in nevada and across the country wake up every morning wondering why the opportunities for them and their children are so scarce. and then they look at the top 1% and find out that they have a tax rate that is lower than what they pay. no wonder the buffet