since the last summit, nhtsa has published our distraction plan.t going to go into full details of the plan. it's available on distraction.gov. we've got a couple of stake holder outreach meetings and i'm seeing a lot of faces of people who participated in that. the goal is to eliminate distractions. it combines three types of approaches, data, vehicle, and behavioral approaches, it's what we call a pragmatic approach. initiative one is about data. we do believe we do need more data. we have some data but we don't have all the answers to all the questions. there's still questions around hands free versus hand held or integrated. there's questions around cognitive distractions. we feel we need to get that data. there's questions about how to measure the distractability or distraction potential of certain devices. those things we want to work on. that leads us to initiative two, which is about publishing guidelines for human-machine interfaces for the driver. i'll come back to that in more detail. initiative three is an initiative we call keeping dri

the nhtsa has many complaints about the straps holding the tank rusting and falling to the ground, especially in road salt regions like greater baltimore. at this point there is no recall. several people have asked me about a strange and alarming e-mail they received that appears to be from the federal government. if you steve this e-mail don't click on it and don't respond. it is the latest phishing scam. the e-mail claims the electronic federal tax payment system has rejected your last tax payment but it's really phishing for personal information and can infect your computer. >>> you know $200 plane ticket can turn into a $300 plane ticket once you add baggage and other fares. a group of people have set up a day as mad as hell day, they're asking for signatures on an online petition. they want airlines to disclose all fees up front before booking a ticket. they hope they will have several thousand signatures to present to the government. for more of my reports go to web page abc2news.com, click on the money tab upset so you don't waste your money. i'm john matarese. . >>> picture perfect da

nhtsa has helped establish nets more than 20 years ago and they are driven by the idea as their chairmant that corporate cell phone policies are essential pieces of employee safety equipment. from october 4 through october 8, 2010, nets will hold their annual drive safely workweek during which they'll remind businesses about the importance of safe drive. -- driving. i'm also pleased to announce some exciting news. in advance of this summit, d.o.t. joined with nets to survey american businesses about distracted driving policies. companies and corporations covering approximately 10.5 million workers across the country have already adopted such policies. and we help persuade 550 additional companies and organizations coveringñ 1.5 million more employees to adopt similar measures during the last year. this is not a bad step towards our goal. every employer in america discouraging workers from driving while talking or texting, every employer should be discouraging workers from driving while talking or texting. from other private sector friends, whether in the wireless industry, the insurance

>> nhtsa gingrich -- newt gingrich is one of the smartest man i have ever met. not to i would foot putt as my commanding general. i think you can make judgments about people's character based on what their life says, not on what they say. hold me accountable based on what my actions have been, not what my words are. when i way to washington in 1995, the goal was to downsize the cost and affected the congress. the first thing we got into was expanding the committees so that you could hide from bill clinton rather dented to oversight for the country. the answer to him was political and not policy. i want a leader who wants the best for every american in the long term and is willing to sacrifice themselves and the criticism that comes with that by doing the best thing at every turn. not the thing to make a political party look better. somebody that will make the work -- the country work better for us all in the long term. [applause] >> [unintelligible] >> i think the second amendment is very safe. one is so infuriating the i can hardly stand it. if you have had hea