strickland. >> mr. strickland, let me say something to you. >> absolutely. >> there's a difference between the two of us, you were appointed, i was elected, mr. ackerson is going to be here soon. you're going to get a flavor of when i go home and have town hall meetings what it's like. as much as it seems like an easy thing, people ask questions trying to get temperature heart of the problem. i do want, again, this is not done to attack you personality. this is not about anybody's personality. this is about performance. this is a standard we have to be held to, both you and i, to the american public. as we go forward, i hope we're understand thanksgiving. most cars are 12 volt, 300 volt, 12 volt. i have trained in this because the concern was always about safety. you know what our guys do, some of the essential tools, i brought some gloves today. okay? first thing you've goton is this cloth gruff when you're going to disconnect or unhook the battery. okay? next thing you've got to do, this keeps moistur

administrator strickland, i'm going have a series of questions. i would ask that your answers be brief and, of course, true. >> yes, sir. >> now the fire occurred on june 6th. and as my colleague points out, it wasn't until november that ntsa's follow up testing confirmed that this was not an isolated incident. it does seem like a long time. what we need to know, administrator strickland, is whether there was a valid reason for so much time to pass. so the first question is, what was ntsa doing between june and november that required such a long internal investigation? >> thank you for the question, ranking member. in june, once fire was discovered, after the fact, some time over the weekend, and we were notified, we had absolutely no notion of what the source of the fire was. there was three other vehicles around it. it could have been arson. it could have been one of the other vehicles. it could have been a number of factors. so we had to go out, figure out what happened on the scene, higher fire investigators and folks like that. and then we be

[applause] >> thank you, mayor rawlings and mayor strickland. thank you as well for the thorough presentation. to all of you, thank you so much. it's a pleasure to be here. i went to letter direct or come forward. i'm going to let you run the sides so i asked her to. we all know a little something about that, don't we? is a pleasure to participate in this forum. on a topic that i think quite frankly is timely as the president and our secretary of

strickland, thank you very much for being here. >> thank you. nice seeing you again. >> nice seeing you, too. we've had other conversations about other issues. but today i'd like to talk about -- and the ranking member brought it up -- trust, based on integrity or based on confidence. i'm concerned with your role and nhtsa's role. this is the battery, how one handles that and treats that, that really is kind of the essence of what we're talking about for safety. i think we should all take this opportunity. we learn from mistakes. we learn from shortcomings. we look at situations that we debate like the way they worked out, and we figure out what we did wrong and we move on. so i think that's what a hearing like this is about. i guess my question to you is were the automobile safety engineers aware of the dangers posed by the lithium ion battery? >> at what point, madam manager? >> after the crash occurred on the 12th, may 12th, when the car sat after the crash. >> i understand, thank you. thank you, vice chairman, for clarifying that. we, the ca

for example, when governor of a state, as governor strickland knows you, lead trade delegations.ertain trade delegations. the experience that governor romney cited is also important. we need to keep in mind when talking about records, when talking about lying to the american people, you know, governor romney had hit it on the head, that president obama made a bunch of promises, a bunch of speeches where he said he would do something, he wasn't able to fulfill it and now talking about a second term to get those things done and takes a big problem for him. >> is the governor, former governor of massachusetts, making a mistake trying to go after president obama on foreign policy as opposed to highlighting failures in the economy? >> i think so. i mean, president obama led the effort to kill osama bin laden. our greatest enemy. he was instrumental in the effort to get rid of the leader of libya who had killed our citizens. he has a very, very stellar foreign policy report. he is a strong supporter of israel. he has improved our standing in the eyes of people around the world. and so

strickland is more forth coming to day than he was when he last appeared brus. i also look forward to the testimony of mr. ackerson. and with that, i now yield to my friend and colleague and ranking member from ohio. >> mr. chairman, thank you very much for holding this hearing. and i always appreciate the opportunity to work with you. today we, again, welcome david strickland, the administrator of the national highway safety administration before our subcommittee. at two recent hearings, we heard testimony from department of transportation officials. first on regulations proposed by the department related to standards for vehicle fuel efficiency. and then on the number of hours truck drivers can work between mandatory rest periods. at those hearings, the majority criticized the department of transportation for considering stricter regulations claiming they were harmful to business and the economy. today by contrast, the question is whether the department of transportation was strict enough in the regulatory oversight of one product, the chevy volt electric vehi

strickland administrator of nits and i hope mr. shirk its mark for coming today than when he last appeared before us. i also look at the -- look for to the testimony of -- mr. chairman thank you very much for holding this hearing, and i always appreciate the opportunity to work with you. today we again welcome david strickland administrator of the national highway safety administration before our subcommittee. at two other recent hearings a subcommittee heard testimony from the department of transportation officials. first-time regulations proposed by the department related to standards for vehicle fuel efficiency and then truck drivers can work between mandatory rest periods. at those hearings the majority criticized the department of transportation for considering stricter regulations claiming they were harmful to business and the economy. today by contrast the question is whether the department of transportation was strict enough in his regulatory oversight of one product the chevy volt electric vehicle by general motors. the ti

south caton avenue at strickland. and parkville, we're dealing with a water main break. could definitely cause some icy conditions. as far as our drive times go, on the outer loop from 83 to 95. 54 miles per hour average. and 11 minutes to get through. let's now take a live look. as you can see, everything seems to be moving very well. there's a live look at spaghetti junction. this traffic report is brought to you by subway. introducing the new hot pastrami melt. it's flavor packed. pickles, bubbly cheese to satisfy the biggest appetite. only at subway, eat fresh. back to you. >> thank you, kristy. >>> in today's healthwatch, the american cancer society says cancer rates and deaths are down again this year. medical treatments and screening are saving lives over the years. but some cancers are still on the rise. >> reporter: 68-year-old enrique knew something was wrong. he had pain every time he ate. >> it started to radiate to my shoulder. >> reporter: a cat scan revealed bad news. he had pancreatic cancer, one of several cancers on the rise, according to a new report f

strickland is in new hampshire to support mitt romney's campaign. he said it's much different than california. >> in california we have 15 second commercials and here it's more retail. mitt romney may need help going into the primaries and they are looking for second and third place. >>> democrats are also heading to the polls and there are 13 known candidates on the ballot. president barack obama is considered a shoe in but it is his consideration to prepare in november. >> we are focused on putting together and implementing the largest grassroots campaign in presidential history. >> now the challenge is to get democrats to the polls with no competition for president barack obama. he expects 7 5,000 democrats to turn out compared to 250,000 on the republican side. >>> new jersey governor chris christie fired a mitt romney rally and here is how they accused christie and mitt romney of killing jobs... he went on to talk about his record on job creation in new jersey. stay tuned to www.ktvu.com for complete coverage of our new hampshire primary. we wi

[applause] >> thank you, mayor rawlings and mayor strickland. thank you as well for the thorough presentation. to all of you, thank you so much. it's a pleasure to be here. i went to letter direct or come forward. i'm going to let you run the sides so i asked her to. we all know a little something about that, don't we? is a pleasure to participate in this forum. on a topic that i think quite frankly is timely as the president and our secretary of labor, held as the lease has pointed out and as the president has talked about for the past two, it is about creating jobs. and you know, i am excited to be here to talk about ways we are using sick or strategies to stimulate the economy and growth and provide job opportunities for current and future workers. and denver, we consider workforce development to be an integral part of economic development, our overall strategy. we are very aware of the fact that when choosing a site to relocate and expand the company, businesses first consider of course the quality of the skilled workforce there locally. wor

we look forward to your presentation, marilyn strickland, thank you.applause] >> thank you very much, mayor rawlings. so, i'm going to do a case study, and like the mayor of dallas, i have brought a profession with me and i've to rc, issues with multi-contest -- multi-care health systems which is one of our partners but whenever i'm asked to presentation, which the desired outcome? there are a few things we want to come. we want to make the case for workforce training, especially if we have funding. we want to dispel the myth that government and business can't work together. government is not the enemy. we want to share best practices. that does two things professionals that you can move people of the wage progression latter, because as communities we want to make sure that our workers make as much money as possible. they spend more money, the country before to the tax system. we're able to provide system. and, finally, an example of a program that also serves some of are more vulnerable citizens. so as we talk about the economy we are often focused on

. >> reporter: california state senator tony strickland is here to support the romney campaign by talkingto voters one by one. >> in california it's more of a media driven campaign with a 30 second or 15 second commercials on the radio, tv, direct mail. here it's more retail. they want to hear eye to eye. >> reporter: mitt romney is enjoying a healthy lead in the polls along likely new hampshire voters. the race is seen as one for second or third place with ron paul leading that pack. huntsman is gaining momentum. as tuesday approaching, many voters remain undecided, expectations in the granite state are often offendous. >> you sound like you still don't know what you're going to do. >> not yet. still a little undecided. >> reporter: newt gingrich will have a busy day tomorrow along with the other candidates. rick perry and santorum spent the day in south carolina. santorum returns to new hampshire tomorrow. in new hampshire, ken pritchett, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> as ken mentioned the two no show candidates are getting a head start on the south carolina caucus. rick santorumm brought his

during a calmer moment administrator strickland said he would drive a volt and would drive his mom aroundvolt too. martha: all right. well that is interesting. we'll see how his mom feels about that. at the heart of all this, peter, question of whether or not the administration made some attempt to make the volt look good, to help gm look good regardless about questions they had whether or not it was safe. >> administrator strickland said his agency absolutely did not do that. he said explicitly gm does not get a pass because they are taxpayer subsidized. martha: thank you very much. peter doocy in d.c.. >> by the numbers on gm. reporting net income of $7.1 billion in the first three quarters of 2011. expected to add to the number when it reports full-year results about a month from now. the automaker selling nine million cars and trucks around the world. a million more than number two toyota. a leaner gm doing all of this. the auto giant reducing the u.s. workforce by 31,000 workers over the past three years. 28 minutes past the hour. martha: really busy on tuesday night. you know why? b

. >> reporter: romney's rally had a california tie, tony strickland. >> in california it's a media driven campaign with the 15 second commercials on the radio and tv, direct mail. here it's more retail. they want to hear eye to eye. >> reporter: mitt romney has a commanding lead in polls of likely voters in new hampshire. ron paul who we caught up with in meredith a strong second, in many of those same poll. >> i'm not very good at answering questions about that about strategy because i keep thinking i do the same thing over and over again. >> reporter: in new hampshire there are many undecided votes, it takes more than a hell to sway voters. >>> you sound like you don't know what you will do? >> not yet. >> reporter: a university poll done yesterday shows the gingrich in the single digits. 15% of the voters in that poll -- so they could soften a big win by romney or could make that battle for a second place finish a -- a finish that someone could hang their hand on. they will make it a strong battle. ktvu channel 2news. >> mean tile both rick perry and rick santorum are not spending any

joining us now is former ohio governor, ted strickland and gop strategist, trey harden.year to '08 when president obama and senator mccain had higher ratings, isn't there just something about these two men or is this a referendum on politicians and politics in general? >> well, thomas, i think that people's expectations of politics, politicians, elected officials, washington, beltway politics, has certainly gone down on a daily basis. i'm not sure this is really a popularity contest. barack obama is a dynamic campaigner. showed that in 2008. but i think voters are beyond that right now. i think they're focus is about the economy. and who's going to get this country back on track. >> governor, as president obama gears up for this tough contest, he has a lower job approval rating than past presidents. higher though than only president clinton. is there enough time left for the president to turn this one around? >> absolutely. and the fact is that the president is working to create jobs. he's putting forth policies and programs and the republicans are saying no. and that's

as well as larry strickland is head of commerce, and several others. we have a very good team over there. my number one concern is not what is going on at the radio conference. it is what is going to happen with another acronym later this year in dubai in december. there is a growing organized effort by china and russia to have the i.t.t. be an international regulator of international internet governans. until now, it has been run by multistate model. which is engineers acting if their own capacity. representatives from governments, user groups. a lot of the diverse issues, as well as some governments getting together to try to figure out how should the internet work, setting technical standards for instance administering the domain names the dot-coms and dot-orgs. now there is a new level of naming. for enough money you can have dot-clyburn, for example. [laughter] but there is a big concern. that would hurt the developing world. i think industrialized countries would opt out, but then you would end up with a bifurcated internet, and how is that going

i'm joined by former governor ted strickland, anne kornblut and robert trainham for the comcast network showing mitt romney, ron paul basically neb and neck with rick santorum at third. in the final two days of polling, rick santorum moves past paul with 21% n your estimation does santorum this a legitimate shot of winning iowa? >> i think he does. this shows the republican base is dissatisfied with all the candidates. mitt romney appears to be the leader. but giving a fairly small percentage of the vote, it's scattered among all the candidates. none of the republican candidates have yet to solidify their support among the republican base. that's because they're all deeply flawed and no candidate has emerged that i think has the capacity to take on president obama and win. >> robert, how does this change the dynamic in the republican race if your former boss, rick santorum wins in iowa? >> it could change things for others. there's no question about it. i remind you, thomas, mike huckabee won the iowa caucuses in 2008 and he did not become the republican nominee. it's too early to tell.