these. until they do, we re going to continue to see these deaths from toyota unintended acceleration. you know, if only 0.1 of 1% of the 32 million vehicles actually exhibit this malfunction, that s still 32,000 vehicles out on our roadways right now that could potentially kill someone. now, i ve heard people on the news say that you re more likely to be struck by lightning or hit by a school bus than you are to have a runaway acceleration event in your toyota. but the point is, if you end up killing other people in your toyota, how are you going to live with yourself. you have definitely done your homework. as you are listening to the hearings today, and i know you re paying close attention, what is it that you want to hear from akio toyoda? and could there be something said that would somehow give you justice, hope, encouragement,
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deborah feyerick, cnn, new york. as for the alleged conflict of interest, under federal law employees interviewing for jobs outside the government are not supposed to engaming in any business between the current agency and the potential employer. once that person leaves government, as long as they re not in the executive or legislative bramplnchs, that no longer applies. the toyota hearings have a lot of people asking just how safe is my car. poppy harlow is in new york to break it down for us. poppy, how does toyota compare to other car makers with regard to safety. reporter: it s a great question. everyone is looking at the safety of their own car right now, whether it s a toyota or not. the big focus here about the toyotas and on capitol hill in the hearing today is the unintended acceleration. so what we did is we dug through the numbers from edmunds.com that tracks all of these automakers to look at the complaints to the national highway traffic safety administration or nhts
this here is what we call the hot seat. this is where akio toyoda will address these members of congress, where he s going to answer certainly some tough questions. first up, though, it s going to be the secretary of transportation, ray lahood. both of them will have pretty tough questions. up here, this is where the chairman of this committee is going to start these proceedings. we ve actually gotten some of his opening remarks. he says nits shtsa failed the taxpayers and toyota failed their customers. if the camry and prius were airplanes, they would be grounded. so you re going to get some tough talk from lawmakers but you re also going to see they want answers and they want some promises. listen to what the ranking republican on this committee said he wants to hear. what do you want to hear from akio toyoda? i want to hear, one, a commitment to change, a commitment that toyota allows