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 to an operating temperature to 180 degrees. >> now patrick johnson, you said set records and you said land speed. is this a racing truck? >> it is racing as far as reaching a top speed over a l

phil murtaugh is ceo of coda automotive. he joins us from the convention center where the washington auto show is kicking off today. it's policy day, it opens to the public and open all weekend here in washington, d.c. coda automotive is the website. mr. murtaugh, thank you for your time. >> peter, thank you. >>> more auto executives still ahead here on c-span 3. in a couple of minutes hyundai u.s. executive vice president david zuchowski. then mark reuss, president of gm north america. after that, we go to the state department for a town hall meeting with secretary of state hillary clinton. and later, a discussion on unemployment among veterans from the wars in iraq and afghanistan. >> one of the folks here at the d.c. auto show is the diesel technology forum to talk about the world of diesel and alan schaffer is their executive director. you're in a bunch of cars that run on gasoline. why the discussion with diesel? >> well, diesel is great story today. it's a technology now that's widely available. more than half of all s

his name is phil murtaugh.will talk about what they hoped to produce and put into production shortly. the president spoke about the auto industry in the state of the union address on tuesday. >> the day i took office our automotive industry was on the verge of collapse. some even said we should let it die. with 1 million jobs at stake, i refused to let that happen. in exchange for help, we demanded responsibility. we got workers and automakers to settle their differences. we got the industry to retool and restructure. today general motors is back on top as the world's number one automaker. [cheers and applause] chrysler has grown faster in the u.s. than any major car company. ford is investing billions in u.s. plants and factories. together the entire industry added nearly 160,000 jobs. we bet on american workers. we bet on american ingenuity. and tonight the american auto industry is back. so my message is simple. it is time to stop rewarding businesses that ship jobs overseas and start rewarding companies tha

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 and be able to give fuel economy

we speak to susan cischeke and phil murtaugh. "washington journal" every day 7:00 a.m. eastern. >> president obama spoke at aid manufacturing plant in iowa. he said the economy in is a improving. >> thank you! hello, iowa! hello, cedar rapids! all right. thank you. thank you, everybody. please have a seat. it is great to be back in iowa, although it is a little colder here than it was in washington. i want to thank jeff for the introduction. it's good to see your governor, governor branstad, and mayor corbett. outstanding members of the congressional delegation. all kinds of good friends. in fact, this whole row here, if i start introducing them, it will make my speech twice as long, but i love these guys. and it is wonderful to be back here in iowa. i know there's been a lot of excitement here over the past couple of months. it kind of made me nostalgic. i used to have a lot of fun here in iowa. i remember a great backyard barbecue out in marion way back in 2007. good burgers. i did not have as much gray hair back then. but when i think about all the days i spent in io