My questions on the safety bill i introduced with the Ranking Member and congresswoman capps. The companion legislation pass td senate with bipartisan support as part of the senates highway bill, and is supported by the rental car industry. Many of them are here today. Consumer organizations and General Motors and honda and others. It would ensure that rental Car Companies fix recalled vehicles in their fleets before renting or selling them. So let me ask you, mr. Administrator, thank you for coming today, come to opponents of the legislation said rental Car Companies should be allowed to rent or sell unrepaired, defective, recalled cars, unless the manufacturer has specifically issued a, do not drive warning. Is there any federal standard for when a do not drive warning must be issued . Thank you for pointing that out because that do not drive issiis issued by the manufacturer, not nhtsa. Theyre determining whether or not the criteria would be to allow that to occur on a rental or use
Automotive space . What form of guidance are you currently giving . Have you laid that out, and what do you intend to do . Because we all know you cant be technology specific, if you will. Youre going to have to umbrella this. Speak for just a moment before we run out of time. Speak to that. I can just very quickly tell you, some of those are already clearly outlined. Things like the electronic data recorders that exist. There are privacy concerns there. They, for example, dont collect anything about the drivers. Those already have fairly clear its more communications issue. I think what were now talking about is a lot of new areas that we are just understanding. Because our cars are computers. Youve highlighted something important. Its going to require increased collaboration between our agenesis for us to be able to apply our expertise, so we make sure we protect people. When there are malicious attempts to go after the data, we have ways to keep people protected. I appreciate that.
For five minutes. Ms. Mithal, let me ask you to clarify. You mentioned there would be one of your start with security business initiatives in austin, texas. Is thats correct . Thats correct. Whats the date you gave for that . November 5th. I wanted to repeat that because although my Congressional District is a little north of austin it obviously will Effect People in my state. Dr. Rosekind, thank you for being here. Thank you for always being very generous with your time and very forthcoming whenever they are questions. Thank you for opening up the doors of the national Highway Traffic Safety Administration to come and visit with you and see the good work that you and the men and women employed there the good work that youre doing. I have a copy of the Inspector Generals report. This was issued in june of this year. Can you take just a moment and go through which recommendations have been implemented . Certainly. Just as context, ill be clear that one of the things we did was actually
With the man on the run. Kcci 8 news. Eric also this half hour, a new gym program in urbandale is teaching students all about including others and building new friendships. Well tell you how it works and what students think about it so far, coming up. A pretty cool program. Thanks for waking up with kcci 8 news this morning. Im eric hanson. Elizabeth and im elizabeth klinge. A little preview of winter this morning. It will not stick around too long. Metinka you might have to warm the car up for a few minutes, 35 in des moines. The frosty is temperatures so far this season and the wind has settled down, not a factor today. A great afternoon, headed for 56 degrees with a slight chance for a few showers overnight and into early saturday. Dealing with patchy fog this morning. In ottumwa, visited just give yourself extra time. Rain gives out saturday morning giving way to a beautiful weekend, highs in the 50s and 60s. Next week, 70s with the next chance of rain by the end of the week. Eric
Lets take a live look from washington, d. C. Pope francis will arrive on capitol hill this morning the first pope to address a joint session of congress. Weijia jang has a preview. Reporter pope francis will take his message to a divided capitol hill today in the first ever papal address before a joint meeting of congress. I hope to offer words of encouragement to those called to guide the nations political future. Reporter while the vatican has kept a tight lid on what he will say, the holy father is expected to talk about immigration. A hot button issue he urged bishops to fight during his first full day in washington, d. C. Fiveyearold sophie cruz handed a letter to pope francis wednesday hoping francis delivers her plea to lawmakers today. Our immigrants like my dad feed this country. They deserve to live with dignity. Reporter on wednesday, francis made an unplanned visit to the Little Sisters of the poor, a religious order suing the federal government over the Birth Control manda