dr. rosekind's assessment? >> well, i think, you know, as i said in my testimony we supported legislation which removed the cap on civil penalties, we supported criminal penalties. i mean, i think that you had gm, takata and vw feeling that they could ignore the law and produce cars that were faced with these defects and pretty much just faced a fine that's a slap on the wrist. it's contributing to the problem. and i think that while, you know, i support what nhtsa's doing in trying to accelerate the consumers repairing their vehicles, i mean, i think that we need a tough cop on the beat. and i think that, you know, we need nhtsa -- a lot of the issues we finally got technical service bulletins published. there's still an issue with that agency on transparency. i just heard from one of my board members, center for auto safety, that's still trying to get documents out of them. it is still a very difficult and cumbersome process for consumers to get that information. and i will tell you if you look back on those

dr. rosekind. the massive ongoing recalls of that cat that airbags -- takata airbags has remained a problem. add of yesterday, more than 85 million can be recalled unless takata can prove they're safe. dr. rosekind, questions about takata inflaters are endless. for example, consumers want to know how we can get accurate information to better understand which inflaters are going into what cars. and recently nhtsa stated that if a car company cannot meet the requirement to require a sufficient supply of remedy parts, the company should continue its, quote, like-for-like, unquote, program replacing older, defective airbags with newer, identical bags. so my questions are these: does that mean that the company will be putting a potentially defective airbag into a car with the hope that it is better just because it's newer? and is the consumer told this important information at the time that the airbag is replaced? >> so i need to begin by making sure everybody understands. since their inception, 42,000

dr. rosekind, for coming forth and answering our questions. and you're welcome to ask questions as well. but just wanted to thank you for all the work that you do and please if you would translate that to all of the good workers that you are surrounded with. my first question has to be speaking of workers and the people you're able to surround yourself with, do you have as many people in your organization that you would need to address all the issues that you recognize you somebody addressing or getting in front of? >> no. >> i had a funny feeling that would be the answer. >> but if you'll let me, i will just say -- >> please. >> well, thank you. because this committee and the fast act is helping us get there. so office of defective designations, which we've talked so much about, has the potential now for us to hire 57 new people and address that issue. so thank you so much because that's a huge difference for us. >> 57 new people. i'm glad we were able to make sure. congress has the power of the purse. so that's up to us to give you their bud

dr. rosekind mentioned, there has never been a market cyber attack just yet. but we know it is coming. we are the first industry to get ahead of the curve to establish this before an event occurs. >> anything to add? >> i will ask another question. should cyber vulnerabilities in vehicle be approached differently than traditional safety defects found in motor vehicles? >> it is an important question. when it is a vulnerability a defect and not a defect. this is something the agency is reviewing and a conversation we are having within the auto motive associations. it does speak to why it is important we extend the cybersecurity best practices framework we announced and build out the cyber best practices. it is critical we design cybersecurity and think about it and act on it throughout the design process, throughout the manufacturing process and ownership process. >> should dealing with cyber issues be treated within the recall system like safety defects? should cyber issues be treated similarly or a separate way to deal with that? >> i think the short answer is it depends on the circum

dr. mark rosekind had to say about that. within the next decade? >> absolutely. it's already here. i think what the question is going to be is, how soon could we get is safely on our streets. >> reporter: the other question, can carmakers be held liable when there's a crash? >> i think there needs to be a -- a strong showing that people are standing behind their products and so i'm not sure exactly what that would look like but i think that people in this space need to convince the public that technology is market-ready. >> reporter: in 2014, more than 32,000 people died in car crashes, most because of human error. nhtsa wants to use safety technology to get the number down to 0. at stanford university, kiet do, kpix 5. >>> campaign 2016, this afternoon texas senator ted cruz is expected to announce that he has chosen former hp ceo carly fiorina as his running mate. donald trump and hillary clinton are cementing their status as front-runners for their party's presidential nominations. as craig boswell reports, they are now eyeing each other for a possible general election matchup.