staying with us is adam levitt, one of the lawyers involved in a class action against general motorsr the faulty key system. i want to read you a little from msnbc.com. there's additional documents that show a gm engineer actually approved ignition switch changes. this internal document which was obtained by nbc news shows that a general motors engineer signed off on a change to ignition switches in cars that have now been recalled, even though he testified last year he was not aware of the change and didn't remember approving the change. how extensive do you think the duplicity, i guess you could call it, has been among general motors representatives, people who have been charged with giving information to capitol hill and to regulators about the state of these cars? >> i think what i've seen so far has been a very carefully worded, carefully staged practice of the new ceo, ms. barra, fall on her sword as often as possible but also very carefully saying what people were and were not aware of. i think that what we'll find, and i think that the engineer's previous testimony and subseq

adam levitt there and we reached out to gm and got the following response, we don't comment on pendinghe complaint in due course. our focus right now is on getting the vehicles fixed as quickly as we can, minimizing the inconvenience to the cars and also to ensure that something like this never happens again. >>> when we come back mary barra will begin testimony on the hill for the second day. we'll talk to the second biggest dealer in the u.s., michael jackson. and ralph nader will join us live to weigh in on gm as well. >>> in the meantime the dow is about 11 points from an all-time closing high. we'll be right back. i'm randy, and i quit smoking with chantix. as a police officer, i've helped many people in the last 23 years, but i needed help in quitting smoking. [ male announcer ] along with support, chantix varenicline is proven to help people quit smoking. chantix reduced the urge for me to smoke. it actually caught me by surprise. [ male announcer ] some people had changes in behavior, thinking, or mood, hostility, agitation, depressed mood, and suicidal thoughts or actions whil

levitt out on bloomberg news. look for that to really -- as a really smart article. getting rate to top headlines. here is adam. >> unemployment in the euro area held at 11.9% in february, slightly lower than forecast. the jobless rate there he rate we. a record high of 13%. labor market strengthened. sales of condos jumped 35% in the first quarter, the busiest artillery year since 2007. the average price rose to more than 972 dollars. way, a 38% -- 38% of the sales were at or above the asking price, more than twice the number at year ago. finally, the tallest ferris wheel in the world has opened. topped out at 550 feet. short-lived asbe roles areaping planned for dubai in staten island. what do you think the name of the ferris wheel in vegas is? highroller. get it? >> what is with the ferris wheel competition between cities? >> this is just such an uber competitive world. you have to get your kids into the right school so they get into the right college so they get the right job and then they will be happy and on and on it goes. have to have a bigger ferris wheel. rambunctiousis when you go to bed at 8:00? >>