mr. kennedy: yes, sir. senator blumenthal: at what point did takata begin to add that? mr. kennedy: 2007, 2008. senator blumenthal: the reason it added that was to reduce the effects of moisture in making the ammonium nitrate more unstable? mr. kennedy: there were a number of changes that were made. there was a number of design changes that were made in the x series inflators in that time frame. the propellant formulation was changed. a number of the other components were updated. it's part of what in japan they call it continuous improvement work. constantly looking at ways to improve the parts. in those parts on the passenger side we were able to shrink the size of the inflator by 10 millimeters which saved weight and space in the vehicle. it helped meet cafe requirements and helped our customers meet their goals of weight reduction and performance improvements. senator blumenthal: continuous improvement? your term? mr. kennedy: yes, sir. senator blumenthal: in japanese sounds like au of minimum for a eup

mr. kennedy. mr. kunselman. mr. kunselman: thank you. chairman thune, ranking member nelson, members of the committee. thank you for the opportunity to appear today and provide an update on this important matter. my name is scott kunselman and i'm the senior vice president, head of vehicle safety and regulatory compliance at f.c.a. u.s., l.l.c., formerly known as chrysler. we have a mission re-we emigration with passion. as you know f.c.a.'s involvement with takata air bags is extensive, proactive and ongoing. today's automobiles are among the most sophisticated and complex consumer goods on the market. auto manufacturers are more committed than ever to developing advanced safety technologies to reduce fatalities and injuries resulting from motor vehicle crashes. on a daily basis, we work to design, engineer and manufacture vehicles to withstand a myriad of operating conditions. promoting and ensuring vehicle safety is a responsibility shared by automakers, suppliers, government and even consumers. f.c.a. looks forward to continuing this

mr. kennedy: i would think -- would four weeks? >> two weeks? mr. kennedy: yes, sir. >> my view is takata is every bit as responsible for the eight deaths found so far as g.m. is for the 117 deaths and counting. mr. blumenthal: the number eight is still as of today the compensation fund that you should establish in my opinion is likely to disclose additional deaths that resulted from this defective product. would you agree? mr. kennedy: i think it is -- i would agree it is probably likely as many of these parts are still in the field. senator blumenthal: let me show you one of those parts. this is a takata inflator that caused the explosion in this airbag that caused the holes, it didn't shred the airbag, but the shards that came through the airbag caused by the explosion, you can see the result of that explosion, piercing this metal, and you can see where the chards emanated. could well have caused the kinds of deaths that we have seen eight times so far demonstrated eight times so far, correct? mr. kennedy: yes, sir. i just want to repeat how deepl

mr. kennedy: yes. all of these inflator's that are involved in these issues we are talking about how ammonium nitrate without desiccant. mr. burgess: are you still manufacturing ammonium nitrate without? mr. kennedy: the few platforms we are not transitioned out of yet but we are working to transition as quickly as possible. mr. burgess: i'm sorry. you go out and buy a brand-new car and it could have one of these instruments in it? mr. kennedy it could have an ammonium nitrate -based inflator that does not have it. that's correct. mr. burgess: is there any obligation to warn the consumer that they are buying something that may be problematic? mr. kennedy: the recalls that are in process at this time are for certain time frames, certain vehicles, certain technologies. those would not be involved in a brand-new vehicle at this time. that is why we are continuing as part of the consent order to test outside of the boundaries of what is involved in the recall to really understand what the total scope is. mr

mr. kennedy, primarily going to ask you, but mr. kelly, if you have information, because of your independent testing role, please feel free to add. is -- mr. kennedy, is takata the only airbag manufacturer that uses sodium nitrate into its airbags? >> it is ammonia nitrate, sir. i believe we are the only one that uses it as a main propellants. there are other manufacturers that use it as a supplemental propellant. >> is there any other airbag other than those manufactured by takata that has been -- experienced this energetic disruption, i think you called it, mr. kelly? >> i can't really speak to recalls for the other suppliers, chairman burgess. i really don't know the answer to that. >> it's just that we've had -- this is the second hearing that i've been involved in on this issue, and ammonium nitrate keeps coming up. it is a pretty powerful compound and it just begs the question, is there a linear relationship between the ammonium nitrate used as an inflator and these accidents that are happening. >> well, the studies that we've

mr. kennedy just a couple of questions i know i freely admit can you tell us those changes you've made in particular, the transmitted bulb moving from the or rather staying at the mcdonald's i think the bulb at the cork store is that impacting the fiscalness for improving the transit times along the corridor or a cosmetic change in the location. >> i'll say the bulb in front of of the mid block the move to the mcdonald's i don't think it will be a big deal we had we're in front of the mid block and typically like to be at the intersection that's a t intersection they'll why we're move down the block for more room looking at the data how often two buses show up it is not a - >> the best of both worlds keeping the merchants happy and the only other question about the transit shelters i can understand the concerns especially on hate street the 3 sided shelters is that the only types of shelter we can use or have the ability to modify the shelters for different environments. >> we're working on a design we call the info panel and especially, if you will take one side of shelter as the next bu

mrs. kennedy with doing for that building? mr. seale: mrs. kennedy and the president himself repackage the whole white house idea, the entire neighborhood, a new way of thinking about it. everybody was interested in it but they formalized it and took its story and worked it and furnished the house to evoke that historical story. and in so doing, the american people saw it better than they had ever seen it. more clearly. one of the supports for the interior work was a guidebook which she wrote and wanted to do. to show how popular she was, it sold one million copies almost immediately. it was the first product of the white house historical association. then the idea spread to the grounds, and lafayette park is a long shadow of the president and mrs. kennedy -- they did not want high rise buildings that were already planned. there were big, white, marble, high rise buildings to be here . it simply got stopped right before his death. they left a mark of history and public identity on the house. ms. swain: it is interesting to note 56,000 people w

mr. kennedy for your great work in reaching out to the merchants and coming up with it feel like a compromise i certainly hope we will be monitoring the impacts of this and number of different perspectives so that if we don't get the kind of gains i hope we do get we might revisit this as some point in the future to make sure we maximize our efficiency it will backfire we won't get the kind of ridership we need on transit and people will continue to drive and everyone suffers in that respect so thank you for your tenacious it doing everything we can and about the street lights i really or the yeah the street lights i think this is a valuable thing for us to pursue as a city i don't know as a transportation agency were the best body i know that it effects ridership in some capacity it makes people feel safer when it is lit at night i feel as though there are other mechanisms to get the infrastructure funded that are beyond the purview of this agency and encourage you to speak within the city family to find ways of infrastructure finance districts or business about w business improvements distr

mr. kennedy to our point it is possible that construction on the twrit improvements wouldn't start until the funding is in place it doesn't sound like but i don't want to delay the transmitted for the tens of thousand of riders any longer i'm confident that the pedestrian scale lighting is in the works and director reiskin will continue to work with the other agencies and groups but i'd like to about go ahead and approve that leave the timing of the construction up to our agency working with the other agencies i mean, i'll make a motion to approve. >> second. >> i'll second. >> i'd like to make an amendment i've supportive but maybe add language that from the project - when we're were ready to move forward we'll see where the lights are i don't want that train to leave the station i want to support the project but at the same time you know i'd like to be able to apply leverage to other city agencies because they have a prioritization model they must look at when they determine those projects and the fact we're moving forward and have the policy should make a difference i want to say wher

mr. kennedy, i will primarily ask you. mr. kelly, you have information because of your independent testing role. please feel free. is takata the only airbag manufacture that uses sodium nitrate in its airbags? >> it is ammonium nitrate. >> nitrate. mr. kennedy i believe we are the : only one that uses it as a main propellant. there are there are other manufacturers that use it as a supplemental propellant. mr. burgess: is there any other airbag other than those manufactured by takata that has experienced this energetic disruption? mr. kennedy i cannot really : speak to recalls for the other suppliers, chairman. i really don't know the answer to that. mr. burgess: it is just that we have had -- the 2nd hearing i have been involved in this issue. ammonium nitrate just keeps coming up. a pretty powerful compound. and it just begs the question, is there a linear relationship between ammonium nitrate used as an inflator and these accidents that are happening? mr. kennedy: the studies that we have done and the research that we have

mr. kennedy to our point it is possible that construction

mr. shane kennedy b will give us the highlights of those action. >> thank you shawn good afternoon, directors and thank you so as mr. haley said i'm shawn kennedy the project manager and mta i'm here to talk about some of the changes to the 7 proposal so back in november this board protectiveed projects along the hates street corridors but to make sure some of the stakeholders along the corridor work with them i'm here to walk through the issues and list of items coming out of that discussion so first off there are transportation issues and across the entire city not only on hate but pedestrian safety and to transit reliability moving forward is the program that sfmta is working on among the major corridors to address the policy goals and all the projects you've protected in november and the ones we've discussions are developed to have those needs and issues a quick reminder on hate street obviously there's a lot of issue on hate not only transportation related obviously with the transportation issues at the municipal transportation agency didn't want to walk through the 4 main bullet with th

mr. kennedy. mr. kunselman. mr. kunselman: thank you. chairman thune, ranking member nelson, members of the committee. thank you for the opportunity to appear today and provide an update on this important matter. my name is scott kunselman and i'm the senior vice president, head of vehicle safety and regulatory compliance at f.c.a. u.s., l.l.c. formerly known as chrysler. we have a mission re-we emigration with passion. as you know f.c.a.'s involvement with takata air bags is extensive, proactive and ongoing. today's automobiles are among the most sophisticated and complex consumer goods on the market. auto manufacturers are more committed than ever to developing advanced safety technologies to reduce fatalities and injuries resulting from motor vehicle crashes. on a daily basis, we work to design, engineer and manufacture vehicles to withstand a myriad of operating conditions. promoting and ensuring vehicle safety is a responsibility shared by automakers suppliers, government and even consumers. f.c.a. looks forward to continuing this c

mr. kennedy. mr. kunselman. >> thank you. chairman thune rarnging member nelson, members of the committee, thank you for the opportunity to appear today and provide an update on this important matter. my name is scott kunsel man senior vice president of fca, formerly chrysler. i lead a mission we embrace with passion. as you know, fca's involvement with takata air bags is extensive and ongoing. today's automobiles are among the most sophisticated and complex consumer goods on the market. auto manufacturers are more committed to develop advanced safety technologies to reduce fattalalityies and injuries resulting from motor vehicle crashes. on a daily basis we work to design engineer and manufacture vehicles to withstand a myriad of pralgt conditions. promoting and ensuring vehicle safety is a responsibility shared by automakers, suppliers, government and even consumers. fca looks forward to continuing this collective engage wment takata and nhtsa to help address this critical situation related to air bag inflaters. fca has rem

as ever with charles kennedy he was a man of his word. mr. speaker, charles kennedy was also a man of great principle and great intellect. at the heart of his political views was a deep commitment to social justice. a passionate belief in europe as we bring people together but most outspoken contribution in recent years was the principles that he took against the iraq war. looking back it is easy to forget just what a standard that was, taking abuse from the major parties on both sides of the house and adopting a position that wasn't even supported by the previous leader of his own party. but do there was something about the deeply respectful way in which he would conduct an argument. he didn't believe in making enemies out of opponents, and he didn't as he put waste time just rubbishing everybody else. he made friends even with those who disagreed with them. i think i was one of the reasons why he was so light and so widely supported. in taking on the personal challenges he faced. i had the privilege of getting to know him a little bit when i

mr. kennedy. mr. kunselman. >> thank you for the opportunity to appear today and provide an update on this important matter. i'm the senior vice president head of vehicle safety and regulatory compliance. i lead a mission we embrace with passion. as you know, fca's involvement with takata air bags is extensive and ongoing. today's automobiles among the most complex on the consumer market. auto manufacturers are committed to reduce injuries resulting from motor vehicle xss. we work to design engineer and manufacture vehicles to withstand a myriad of operating conditions. promoting and ensuring safety is shared by automakers, suppliers, government and consumers. fca looks forward to this collective engagement with takata and nhtsa. fca has remained actively engaged since i spoke with this committee last november. much has transpired edd since that time. through multiple campaign recall expansions, fca is now in the process of recalling 4.8 million inflators in approximately 4.5 million vehicles across t

mr. kennedy. yield back it mr. chairman. >> mr. bainwol may be allowed to enter. >> i appreciate that, mr. chairman. i say this not as as a letter or an engineer or someone who negotiates these contracts, but the specs that are let out when a contract like this is negotiated relate to performance specifications and do not relate to the fundamental notion that the product should be safe. this is about the for-profit deployment come in terms of which cars is going to be a properly fitted for but as an understanding that the provider will provide a product that complies with it. part of that is making sure that they controlled explosion is a controlled explosion. >> thank you, mr. chairman. >> the chair thanks chair thanks the gentleman become thanks mr. bainwol. mr. guthrie is recognized for five minutes. >> thank you very much. transport i will direct this to you as well. i guess understanding is it really don't know the root cause, they really don't know if the product that failed was manufactured to specification. a test might hav

mr. kennedy, politics would be held in much higher esteem than it is today. >> mr. clark. >> mr. speaker grateful for the opportunity to make a brief addition to the tribute already paid to the party leaders which i wholly agree. i, too, remember charlie kennedy arriving in the house of commons in 1983 making a startling impression. he was very young. he was a student. he looked like a schoolboy. and rapidly people realized that in addition to all these rather striking attributes, he combined it with being intelligent articulate, self-confident, and capable of addressing the house in a very, very fluent and eloquent way with that joking relaxed charm, which was his very distinctive style which i don't recall anybody else achieving in the way that he did. he rapidly became because he was such an unexpected but unique figure very prominent, not just in parparliament, but nationally, and he looked as though he would have been destined for a brilliant gnarl career apart from the limited expectations of the social democrats and liberal party which he then associated himself. well, he d

mr. kennedy. your mr. kennedy. your recognized for five minutes for helping statement. >> chairman, ranking member distinguished members of the subcommittee i am honored to be here on behalf of takata and our employees throughout the united states for takata safety is the core of who we are and what we do. we are proud of the takata airbags that have saved thousands of lives and prevented serious injuries and hundreds of thousands of accidents. it is unacceptable to us for even one of our products to fail to perform. we deeply regret each instance in which someone has been injured or killed. we are committed to doing everything in our power to address the safety concerns raised by airbag ruptures. ruptures. our chairman has made that commitment personally to administrator rose kind. let me tell you what we are doing. after months of testing and extensive analysis we have agreed to take brought actions in conjunction with automakers to respond to your concerns and those of the public. we have recommended dramaticall

mr. kennedy primarily going to ask you but mr. kelly you have information because of your independent testing will please feel free to add. is takata the only airbag manufacturer that uses sodium nitrate and its airbags? >> it is ammonium nitrate, sir. >> i believe we are the only one that uses it as a main propellant. there are other manufacturers that use it as a supplemental propellant. it has experienced this disruption or as you called it? >> i can't speak to the other suppliers. i really don't know the answer to that. >> the second hearing i've been involved in on this issue and ammonium nitrate just keeps coming up. it's a pretty powerful compound and it just begs the question is there a relationship between the ammonium nitrate used as an inflator of these accidents are happening? >> the study is that we have done and the research that we have from the leading experts in the world seemed seem to indicate that it's certainly a factor in the ruptures. there are many other factors. i think you heard mr. kelly talk about some

mr. elwood: yes, that's correct. justice kennedy: would you accept anything less than that in this case? mr. elwood: i think the closest thing is that he knew that a reasonable person -- justice kennedy: you can say no. mr. elwood: i disagree. justice kennedy: he intentionally makes a statement. mr. elwood: he makes a statement. he says these words. and a reasonable person viewing the words would view it as a threat. and that's why -- justice scalia: then it seems to me that you isn't accept anything lesser than the instruction that we first agreed upon as your preferred position. mr. elwood: again, it's my understanding that the government is not accepting the idea that if he knew that a reasonable person would be placed in fear, he would be guilty. my understanding is you're saying if he knew the words he said and also a reasonable person would view those as a threat, he is guilty. it as just marshal said in the rogers' case, negligent -- jusice scalia: the government's brief? mr. elwood: that's right. a general requirement allows

mr. kennedy, i understand you are against the legalization of marijuana why?i had a mood disorder and i'm also in recovery because i'm also an addict. and with another drug being commercialized, one that actually has the for-profit motive of hooking new consumers, they are going it target teenagers. they are going it make their money off of people like myself who are addicts. and i just don't think this is the kind of thing that makes my stronger family stronger. >> pro-pot people say it's not addictive harmless, less harmful than alcohol and unfair to have alcohol legal and pot not. and you say? >> i say two wrongs don't make a right. and the marijuana today is in beverage form. it's in candy form. can you eat it now, i was asthmatic so i didn't go down the route of marijuana. but if it were available to me today i could have eaten it like they can out in colorado, it would have been a totally different game. this is a scary thing. people think this is smoking couple joints every other weekend. this is a whole new commercial industry and that should tighten p

mr. shane kennedy b will give us the highlights of those action. >> thank you shawn good afternoon, directors and thank you so as mr. haley said i'm shawn kennedy the project manager and mta i'm here to talk about some of the changes to the 7 proposal so back in november this board protectiveed projects along the hates street corridors but to make sure some of the stakeholders along the corridor work with them i'm here to walk through the issues and list of items coming out

mr. kennedy. mr. kunselman. >> chairman thune ranking member nelson and members of the committee thank you for the opportunity to appear today and provide an update on this important matter. my name is scott kunselman and i'm the senior vice president had a vehicle safety and regulatory compliance at formerly chrysler. i lead an organization with a mission of safeguarding our customers, emission we embrace with passion. as you know our involvement with takata airbags is extensive proactive and ongoing. today's automobiles are among the most sophisticated and complex consumer goods on the market. .. and consumers. we look forward to continuing this collective engagement with takata and nhtsa to address the critical situation related to the inflators. we've remained actively engaged since i spoke with the committee last november. much has transpired since that time through multiple campaign expansions and based on the information from both takata and nhtsa they are on the process of recalling 4.8 millio

as ever with charles kennedy he was a man of his word. mr. speaker, charles kennedy was also a man of great principle and great intellect. at the heart of his political views was a deep commitment to social justice. a passionate belief in europe as we bring people together but most outspoken contribution in recent years years was the principles that he took against the iraq war. looking back it is easy to forget just what a standard that was, taking abuse from the major parties on both sides of the house and adopting a position that wasn't even supported by the previous leader of his own party. but do there was something about the deeply respectful way in which he would conduct an argument. he didn't believe in making enemies out of opponents, and he didn't as he put waste time just rubbishing everybody else. he made friends even with those who disagreed with them. i think i was one of the reasons why he was so light and so widely supported. in taking on the personal challenges he faced. i had the privilege of getting to know him a little bit

mrs. kennedy, this must bring back many memories. this cringe making.ou just blurt things out because you're uncomfortable. nixon would do this all the time. he was terrible at smalltalk, he like to be alone. people used to say that he was always writing on yellow pads. he didn't have any best friends. the secret service would sit on the boat with them and listen no conversation. he was depressed and this high living center, a friend of jack kennedy from florida, a democrat , brought him to florida to cheer them up and have a guys weekend out on the boat. nixon was really not good at either of those things. at first, he thought who is this guy, he's no fun, but a can sip was established. there was a vulnerability and a sincerity. he understood that what nixon needed was companionship without talk. brian: he was here in 1992 for his book, "seize the moment." we had some clips from that just to get you to reflect on what you see in this. there is one where he talks about how he sizes of people. >> i am not one of those who believes in the psychiatric exam

kennedy achieved many things. the opposition to the war in iraq will prove to be his distinction. >> mr. tim ferrin. >> mr. speaker, i was selected to this house in may 2005 with charles kennedy as my leader. he was meant in the weeks running up to the election to pay visits u.s. he had a very good excuse to miss the appointment. i remember a time the immense pride we folks in charles is a leadership and the pride he felt in becoming a father. in the weeks that went past the election everything counts and i'm quite sure he helped contribute to the capturing after 96 years of tory rule. as the months went by and there's a good number of us, i didn't get the phone call. there is shadowing junior and junior shadow ministry. i got a phone call probably in september from charles and he said i'm sorry about giving you a job. would you like to be -- [inaudible] an entire natural fit it was the only time i ever felt forgotten by charles beard the year before that, and a year younger than charles at his passing. i lost my mother. i remember seeing him and he knew exactly about the situation and he had immense compas

mrs. kennedy, "this must bring back terrible memories for you." this is cringe-making, and nixon would do that kind of thing all the time. we all do. i do this at cocktail parties. you just blurt things out because you're uncomfortable. but nixon would do this all the time. he was terrible at small talk, he liked to be alone. people used to say that he was always writing on yellow pads. his yellow pad was his best friend. he didn't have any best friends. bebe rebozo, maybe. but when they were together, they would not talk. the secret service would sit on the boat with them and listen in florida, no conversation. brian: do you remember how he met bebe rebozo? evan: he was down in the dumps in 1951 or so, depressed -- he was subject to depression -- and this high-living senator, george smathers, a friend of jack kennedy from florida, a democrat, to cheer him up, brought him to florida to cheer him up and have a guys weekend out on the boat. drinking and girl-chasing out on the boat. nixon was really not good at either of those things. at first, rebo

mrs. kennedy was very successful in changing, she did some beautiful changes.so we sort of school the staff before so they can let the first lady know these are your forces that you can change, but the blue room is not going to become the green room at the red room will stay the same. the state dining room will not change. the east room will not change. the paintings will not change. the only paintings on the state for the change are maybe the position of the president's. that's about it but nothing else will change on those two floors. >> it is kind of a down abbey deal anyway. there's a to base the floors of the white house that is actually a basement mezzanine kitchen with establishing out and there was a shelter in the '60s and '70s for the staff all love and she wore this elaborate hat who cooked for the staffer i think that dynamic is not actually that far set to conduct it seems like there is a hierarchy among the staff the unit achieve osha at the top in the near maybe i don't know someone new would maybe throw in a housekeeping job or something like th

mr. kennedy: thank you mr. speaker. mr. speaker, according to a report i read recently serious mental health problems are declining among our children and that is very good news. but the sim report found that over half of severely troubled youth get absolutely no help at all. it's a glaring gap in our system that must be addressed today. far too often the only thing standing in the way of treatment and negative stigma associated with this disease. the stigma of treatment and medication. the stigma of anger and instability. the stigma of fear of the disease itself. at a time when there are 10 times more people with mental illness in jail than state funded psychiatric beds, we are not doing our job to help our loved ones wage the silent battle. last month, during mental health awareness month, we recognized and thanked organizations like the massachusetts association for behavior for critical work to fill the gaps in our system and wipe away the stigmas that deter so many from pursuing treatment. thank you, mr. speaker. i yie

mr. kennedy, your company filed for a patent in 2006 that in effect demonstrated the knowledge of moisture's effect on ammonium nitrate, correct? >> i am not involved in the path of our insulators insulators, senator. if you give me more information i may be able to comment. >> i will give you information available to all which is that your company explained that moisture could seep into the inflator and might cause the propellant to become more unstable. i have said that numerous times. filed for a times. filed for a patent in 2006 the demonstrated it was aware of the problem in that year we have addressed that in our designs manufacturing process. >> are you familiar with the chemical nun's desk can't? >> yes, i am aware. >> at what time did takata begin to add desiccant? >> it was in the timeframe you mentioned, 2007 until 2008. >> and 2008. >> and the reason was to reduce the effect of moisture in making the ammonium nitrate more unstable. >> there were a number of changes made to my number of design changes that were made in that time. the propellant formulation was changed. desiccant w

mr. john kennedy. may i ask you -- so i don't look too naive, a tough question right off the bat?whether i'm democrat or republican? >> people recognize television was now the medium that mattered. it wasn't before 1960 and it was every day after 1960 in those presidential debates. >> try to find a western. >> all right. >> once everyone had a tv set in their living room and advertisers had fully gotten a grip on how effective this is a way to sell products, the definition of what you were doing was to create entertainment that would appeal to as many people as possible. >> beaver. eat your brussel sprouts. >> i can't. my stomach's filled up to my throat. >> no excuses. >> "leave it to beaver" was something that a lot of families understood. it's the first show that was ever shot from the perspective of a child. >> beaver. >> most people have had a lot of the experiences that the beaver or wally has had and everyone in their life has an eddie haskell. >> wally, some dumb kid fell in the soup. good evening, mr. cleaver. some poor unfortunate child is trapped up there. >> everyone h

justice kennedy: suppose the legislature propose the referendum. mr. clement: i don't think that would make a difference in my own view. justice kennedy: that is a case where the legislature would make the decision. clement: that is not the situation we are dealing with here. they couldn't get it back. justice kennedy: it is not completely remote because the legislature in our zone a test in arizona can seek to overturn what the commission does by putting its own referendum before the voters saying, please voters, change this proposal -- change this redistricting plan. i suppose the legislature can do that. it has the power to submit a referendum or initiative -- i guess a referendum to the arizona -- mr. clement: i think they have the power to do an initiative. i don't think they have the power to do a referendum. one of the ironies is the other side i should talk about the power of the people. but the maps are not subject to override. i think all the legislature could do is what any citizen could do, which is to propose an alternative map by initiativ

mrs. kennedy, this must bring back many memories for you. ah! just painful. the time. he was very awkward. sometimes he couldn't speak at all. he would just kind of twirl his hands. i think we can all relate to that. what's harder to relate to is how that person won the greatest -- one of the greatest landslides in history. >> it is extraordinary how that happened. in one chapter, you write about what led the president to order a break-in at the brookings institution to steal back the pentagon papers. you write, there is something puzzling about these repeated outbursts. the pentagon papers may have seemed like a crisis to nixon but a manufactured crisis. what did this tell you about his personality? something that was manufactured? >> he was haunted. he thought he had enemies everywhere. the cliche even paranoids have enemies. nixon did have enemies. the east coast establishment, media establishment, which i used to be a part was out to get him. they really were. the kennedys were out to get him. he wasn't wrong about that. but he way overreacted. he took hi

mr. kevin kennedy. >> reporter: today a takata executive acknowledged the problems and apologized in testimonybefore a congressional hearing on the issue. >> it is unacceptable to us for even one of our products to fail to perform as intended. we deeply regret each instance in which someone has been injured or killed. >> reporter: takata stopped making the airbag inflator responsible for the problems and has promised to replace them in vehicles already on the road. >> people need to look up their v.i.n. number now now if it they have a recall to get a replacement inflator they need to do. your dealer should tell you if they have a fix long-term or interim remedy. >> reporter: a fix that because of the size and scope of the recall could take some time. jay gray nbc 10 news. >> for more coverage be sure to watch "nbc nightly news" tonight at 6:30 on nbc 10. >>> flooded out homeowners in texas are meeting with the feds right now to figure out how they'll afford to repair their house, a total of 31 people died across the state as a result of the severe weather. seven of the victims lived in the ho

mr. kennedy to dallas. and so i guess it should not have been so surprising when the three towns came on the pa system. there was a pause you know and then this totally broken voice of our principal saying the president has been shot. and i remember these does he looks of surprise on the faces of my classmates. there was a story in one of the magazines is in the dallas school children laugh when they are the news. and i think there is truth to that. but i remember these kind of busy smiles. can you believe it's sort of smiles. this awkwardness of adolescence. and later have myself advertise hypnotized to see if i laugh because i wasn't sure. i just the shock being so great. i later determined to my satisfaction that i have not laughed. i remember after that being from dallas was like you were regular mated to a mass murderer somehow. you know we had -- if we were driving out of state and had an instance where you know guy filling the car with gas looked in florida and looked into our car in the three kids i

mr. waxman: this may not be the only one. justice kennedy: since 1913, many states wanted to have direct election of the senators. not one state displaced the legislature. it took the 17th amendment to do that. mr. waxman: that's correct. justice kennedy: that history works very much against you. the term "legislature" is not in the constitution. the senators shall be chosen by the legislature. there was no suggestion that this could be displaced. mr. waxman: justice kennedy, there is no question that this court has explained repeatedly first in smith versus hawk which distinguished hildebrand and the legislative power addressed in article section 1 from the election of senators in article 1 section 3 and again in smiley that made clear that, just as this court reiterated last week in yates, that it may depend on the function that the term is serving. justice kennedy: you are saying that the legislature in the now repealed section, choosing senators, means something different than what it means in the following section. mr. waxman: as this c

justice kennedy: i thought you did not need to consider cost of the first step? mr. smith: no, the categories are at the first step. it is at the second step -- justice kennedy: but you did not take that second step? mr. smith: they did. that was done through a notice and comment process -- justice kennedy: are you saying that was done based on cost? mr. smith: what was feasible with the different technologies. justice scalia: how much money did that save? did we know how much would be reduced by that calculation? mr. smith: i do not have that calculus. it is important to recognize something like 90% -- 90% of the capital cost has now already been spent. industry has not experienced the upheavals that are being described. the idea that the result was somehow ludicrous or outlandishly expensive is belied by the fact that the industry is -- justice scalia: nobody is going to jail. is that it? it had to be done. mr. smith: the $4.6 million benefit as being a comparator is wrong on so many levels. that was one single -- justice scalia: a nine million dollar justice kenned