the hearing starts at 11:00 eastern. before then we ll talk to a man who says his wife was almost killed by their toyota and their car wasn t even part of the recall. will it be now? is it a case of big brother spying on pilots? the government says no but a lot of pilots don t feel that way. here s the deal. usa today is reporting that the national transportation board is making a big push to use so-called black box recordings to routinely monitor pilots conversations in cockpits. they want to make sure pilots are focusing on their jobs, but the pilots union is pretty outraged and says it is way too intrusive. tim geithner. we re used to seeing the treasury secretary testify on capitol hill. he ll do that next hour when a house committee grills him about the 2011 budget. but check this out he s featured in a fashion magazine spread. there s geithner profiled in next month s issue of vogue which has already hit news stands. he s described as angry about the financial meltdown
sanjay, don t go away. i know you re working on another important story for us. we ll get back to sanjay in a few moments. another important stalwart, bob dole. he s recovering from knee surgery and a bout with pneumonia. the presidential candidate says he s making great strides, thanks his doctors at the walter reed army medical center. the 58-year-old dole retired back in 2006. he now consults with a national consulting firm. one woman s gripping story at a house panel hearing on toyota s problems. she described how her toyota-built lexus zoomed out of control back in 2006. what happened to her is enough to cause chills. i put the car into all available gears, including neutral, but then i put it in reverse and it remains in
what he s going to say today. he has to do a few things for this to come off as successful. of course he has to apologize, which he has done. we are expecting he will say this is part of the testimony we ve obtained he will say they pursued growth at the expense of safety. how well is that going to come off? that is the question. there s a lot of unknowns, even as the situation is trying to be controlled here, kyra. there s a lot of cultural aspects to take into account here. brianna keilar live from the hill, we ll be following with you of course all morning and throughout the afternoon. thanks. you ll be able to actually see toyoda s testimony live here on cnn. we re told the hearing will start at 11:00 a.m. eastern time but we have much more for you before then, including this story of another victim whose car was not even part of toyota s recall. also, how is japan reacting to american attacks on this iconic company? stay with us for more on that. toyota isn t the only
deliberate deception on both the part of toyota and nhtsa and it s led to dozens of deaths. and i know you ve done your homework and you ve got the stacks and stacks of paperwork to prove it. do you finally feel like somebody is going to hear your case now and have you heard from anybody since this has all come about? oh, yes, i ve heard from a lot of people. but the bottom line is that toyota needs to retrofit all drive by wire vehicles that they have sold since 2002, this is approximately 32 million vehicles, with the brake override system that they re talking about installing on all of their new vehicles. that was the oversight that they made when they went to this new technology of drive by wire instead of having mechanical parts that connected your gas pedal to your engine. and they need to retrofit all of
taxpayer. lisa sylvester, cnn, washington. we ll show you signs of broken government all week. tomorrow on american morning, a plan to fix the trade deficit. can the u.s. compete with chief foreign labor? tonight on campbell brown we look at the impact on the departments. later, contribution disconnects? lawmakers get money from toyota and now sit in judgment of the automaker. ac 360. a split second, a life in balance. a traffic cop, an icy interstate, an out-of-control vehicle and a life-changing exit strategy. n the aisle. choose any car? you cannot be serious! okay. seriously, you choose. go national. go like a pro.