Be in the mess were in right now. Thank you. Host ralphs comments from north carolina. Twitter australia is losing its own Auto Industry. Projections show 2016 will be the end of. . Hat do we know guest the Australian Government has been giving subsidies to the companies to keep them in and gmia and with ford announcing they are going to withdraw production, it goes to the idea that auto production has been part of national pride. There are other intangibles beyond the direct jobs created. The country has been trying to keep production, but it is not like it will be successful. T from boring file clerk why can we not just invent Something Better than the conventional car. This is old technology. Can you talk about new technology you will look for this week . The car, the engine, is basically the same technology that was introduced 150 years ago. It has certainly gotten lighter, and we are going further. Fuelcell vehicles, those running on Hydrogen Fuel cells, we will see that, plug in
Remarks from David Strickland the former administrator of the national highway Traffic Safety administration. Good afternoon everybody. I hope youre enjoying the first day of ces although it is the official first day. I will be the moderator for todays panel. But before we start the brief introductions and the full discussion we have some opening remarks and i want to introduce the next speaker. He has been riding shotgun over this for four years now. Its been a very interesting four years and a revolution was going on in the automobile industry. Id like you to please welcome David Strickland. [applause] thank you so much and wow this is a superstar panel. I may stay longer to learn something here. As a number of you maybe aware i will be stepping down from my post at nhtsa as administrator and a couple of weeks but i wanted to share a couple of perspectives quickly. Ive been told five minutes and i will keep 25. We first began our work during my tenure on distraction starting really i
Tour because ces has become effectively the fourth major auto show, and Dave Schapiro and the team realized that there is a convergence. With convergence, there are possibilities, opportunities, and also great risks. So, i have valedictory, if you will, in terms of where we are and what we have seen, and where we will go, i am incredibly happy to see that so many partners are not talking to each other, which was not the case are now talking to each other, which was not the case that long ago. You have handheld manufacturers and automakers and system lab form providers, the windows, and the ioss of the world are now in Strategic Partnerships in figuring out ways forward. [phone rings] speaking of which i wish i had planned that, but i really did not. [laughter] that is all good things. But i will tell you that from the part of the agency nhtsa, as a safety regular, and there are other regulatory bodies that will be a part of this space and partnership with nhtsa, the federal trade commi
Yesterdays a snowstorm dumped a half foot of snow and left frigid temperatures in the east and here in the nations capital, despite those temperatures being in the teens of today, thousands of abortion opponents are expected to march and brave the weather in the annual march for life rally held on the anniversary date of the supreme escort the supreme courts roe v wade decision legalizing abortion. Your unceasing, we will have live coverage of the march here at noon eastern. You can place your comment on our Facebook Page and send us a tweet, cspanchat. Afternoon, health and Human Services secretary Kathleen Sebelius talks about the implementation of the Health Care Law. She will be speaking at the conference of mayors winter meeting at 2 30 p. M. Eastern. On our companion network, c continue thewe live coverage of the state of the state address, bringing you california governor jerry brown live at noon eastern again on c span2. I would like to add a personal word with regard to an gre
A common complaint is nobody cares. This is what happens in oakland. But in this shooting on telegraph avenue yesterday it was everyday people who came to the victims rescue. That is the oakland that people who live and work there want us to know about. Juliet has more on that, an exclusive extra view with one of the people shot who saw firsthand people helping others. Juliet . Reporter and patrick did not just get shot and wait for help. He got up and ran to the rescue of three other shooting victims. He says you know what . Other people did just the same. Jumps off of the bike and turns and just starts shooting. Blink of an eye. Reporter patrick was shot in the lower leg. His coworkers, hairstylists from bad boy salon and a Good Samaritan always shot. Three or four more shots after that. Then they were down. And the guy was gone. It all started as a car break in. Neighbors getting chased and recovering a salons employee covered purse. 10 minutes later he comes back. She runs out behi