yet, a comparable ignition cylinder was put on chevy cobalts and other cars starting in 2004. a service bulletin was issued to dealers in 2005, saying a heavy key ring or jarring can turn the engine awrveg which disables the airbags. n.h.t.s.a. had access to that but no recalls were ordered. clarence ditloclarence ditlow re consumer watch dog group center for auto safety. >> there's been a complete failure of the recall system, both on the part of general motors and the federal government, and we absolutely have to fix that. >> reporter: today, ditlow sent this letter to the national highway traffic safety administration, or n.h.t.s.a., and enclosed this chart. it shows the number of deaths when airbags did not deploy in saturn ions and chevy cobalts between 2003 and 2012. as many as 47 in 2010. ditlow says based on this chart, the only way nitta could not see a defect trend is if it closed the eyes. >> the airbag is the last line the eyes. >> the airbag is the last line of defense heartburn relief that neutralizes acid on contact. and goes to work in seconds. ♪ tum, tum tum t

yet, a comparable ignition cylinder was put on chevy cobalts and other cars starting in 2004. a service bulletin was issued to dealers in 2005, saying a heavy key ring or jarring can turn the engine off, which disables the airbags. nhtsa had access to that but no recalls were ordered. clarence ditlow runs the consumer watch dog group, the center for auto safety. >> there's been a complete failure of the recall system, both on the part of general motors and the federal government, and we absolutely have to fix that. center sent a letter to nhtsa and enclosed this chart that shows the number of deaths when air bags did not deploy in saturn ions and chevy cobalts between 2003 and 2012, as many as 12 in 2010, ditlow says based on this chart the only way nhtsa could not see a defect trend is if it closed its eyes. >> the air bag is the last line of defense in a crash and it should never fail. >> gm so far has acknowledged 12 fatalities linked to the defect including we now learned this chevy cobalt accident which killed a 13-year-old girl and her grandmother in pennsylvania in 2009

. >> gm and the federal government knew there was something wrong with chevy cobalts and they didn't take back the cars and warn the public. after 13 deaths later the gm recall is the inside story. >> hello, i'm ray suarez. general motors has issued a recall of more than 1.5 million older compact dollars. this news go much further than the occasional design flaw that shows up. in the particular case of the chevy cobalt, reports came in a decade ago of a car that would shut down in the middle of a drive with occasionally disastrous results. general meters knew. and for some reason the cars were not recalled until last month. that meanings drawings, e-mails, they want to know what the company knew and when. they want n to know why this recall took a decade to happen. >> reporter: the national highway traffic administration may have known as early as 2007 about a faulty ignition problem in over 1 million general motors cars. that's according to the head joan claybrook, who has asked for a broken as it investigates gm. and gm may have known about the malfunction in 201 2004 but didt orde

three teenaged girls in a chevy cobalt slammed into a tree after their ignition allegedly switched off, locking up the steering. the air bags never deployed. 18-year-old natasha wagel and 15-year-old amy rademaker died. but lawsuits claim gm knew of the ignition problem two years earlier, yet never ordered a recall. >> these were our children. and they just act like they don't matter. they may not have mattered to gm but they mattered to us. >> reporter: those wisconsin teens among 13 people who died in accidents involving gm cars that were only recalled last month, including the chevy cobalt, saturn sky and pontiac solstice. now, the investigators are demanding an internal investigation. why did it take ten years to demand a recall? the names of personnel involved, how many complaints, accidents injuries and fatalities have there been, and how many lawsuits? it was only last december that gm paid off a $49 billion taxpayer bailout. >> took billions of dollars in taxpayers' money which could have been spent for doing a recall, and yet they didn't do it. >> reporter: in 2005, gm even is

models from 2003, to 2007, including the chevy cobalt, pontiac sole cities and ion. the problem was with the ignition, shutting down the car and its safety system, including the air bag. gm says a heavy key chain or rough roads can cause the problem. gm has known of complaints for over a decade. but it wasn't until last month that they issued the recall. now, abc news has learned there's a criminal investigation already under way by the fbi and justice department, focusing on what gm told regulators and when. and what, if anything, gm omitted. in the meantime, general motors offering anyone with a recalled car a free loaner and $500 to buy or lease a new gm vehicle. rebecca jarvis, abc news, new york. >>> and up next, right here, tonight, a family breakthrough moment for an autistic boy. how a mother and father learned to communicate by becoming the animated movie creatures he loves. and what this means for other families, tonight, when we're back in two minutes. your hepatitis c.forget 's slow moving, you tell urself. i have time. after all there may be no symptoms

at this deposition last june asked gary altman the former program engineering manager for the chevy cobalt, why. >> it made a business decision not to fix this problem, and five months later sold her a vehicle with the problem in it. >> object to form. argumentative. lack of foundation. >> you can answer. >> that is what happened, yes. >> reporter: altman, who is still with gm, went on to say the reason gm decided not to make the key fix in 2005 was that the change could not 100% fix the problem. altman also said he did not agree that the car was unsafe. >> the car could still be maneuvered to the side of the road. >> reporter: we found altman at his home outside of detroit. you mentioned something about a business decision and that you were the one that rejected it. >> i'm not going to comment on that. >> reporter: and asked him to clarify his testimony. why did it take so long for these recalls to happen? >> i can't answer that question. >> reporter: a high level executive told me gm is deeply troubled with some decisions that were made. >> one single death is enough to make a recall. >>

this chevy cobalt killed a 17-year-old girl and her grandmother.r-old boy was paralyzed from the waist down. we did get a response from nhtsa about that letter. quote, the data available to nhtsa at that time did not contain sufficient evidence of a possible safety defect trend, they said. new information provided by gm has promised nhtsa to launch a progressive investigation. jeff glor, cbs news, new york. >>> straight ahead on "moneywatch," a price is coming ♪ [ female announcer ] now your best accessory can be your smile. with colgate® optic white toothpaste. unlike the leading whitening toothpaste colgate® optic white goes beyond surface stains to deeply whiten teeth. it whitens over three shades. that's more than the leading express whitening strip. so the only accessory you need to look fabulous is your smile. colgate® optic white whitens more than the leading express whitening strips. and try the new collection for whiter teeth in one day! and try the.new collection colorburst matte and lacquer balms try our delicious new fresh mex bowls wit

gm issued its first recall of more than 600,000 chevy cobalts in year on february 7th.ater, it expanded that recall by nearly 750,000 vehicles to include the ion and several other compact models. in its filing, gm says engineers for the ignition switch as far back as 2004, but the company decided not to adopt it as it would have taken too long and have cost too much. the ignition switch was redesigned for newer models. now, gm's updated filing comes amid mounting pressure from lawmakers in washington and regulators about why it took so long to respond and recall those affected cars. on wednesday, neither mccastle said she would hold hearings on a panel that overseas consumer product safety. that comes after a house committee launched a problem on monday and called for hearings leading up to the recall. reports say the justice department is conduct a criminal probe of gm's disclosures to regulators about those faulty switches. checking gm shares this morning, they are off by about 0.4%. the interesting thing, ross, is because of gm's restructuring, and because this began

his daughter, brook, just 29 had crashed her 2005 chevy cobalt into another car.trol. >> even though i knew she was gone i reached over and kissed her forehead and whispered in her ear. i know she heard me. i whispered in her ear, brook, i will vindicate your death. >> reporter: gm has recalled 2.4 million cars because of problems with the ignitions including the 2005 chevy cobalt that brook was driving. the cars have a faulty ignition switch. the switch can switch to accessory which cuts power to the engine and causes vehicles to lose power steering. that is what investigators say happened in brook's accident. >> beyond the review. >> reporter: in a statement that only reopened the pain the new ceo of general motors admits the company knew about the problem years before his daughter died. >> something went wrong with our process in this instance and terrible things happened. >> reporter: cnn has learned general motors is facing a criminal investigation into the handling of the deadly defect. the company admits 13 people have been killed but gm president mary barr

on behalf of the family of brooke a 29-year-old who died on her birthday in 2010 when her '05 chevy cobalt crashed. >> her ignition shut off turning off the system and antilock brakes. >> she hydroplaned and was hit in the side by another car. >> this is the type of car key at issue. gm says in the recall that weight like a heavy dangling key chain can cause it to move. see that large opening in they proposed redesigning the key to replace this slot with a hole. gm says the design was initially approved but later canceled. instead, the company ordered these inserts for any customer who came in to a dealership complaining of an ignition problem. only 474 inserts were handed out. lawyers at this deposition last year asked gary altman, the former program engineering manager for chevy cobalt why? >> it made a business decision not to fix this problem and five months later sold her a vehicle with the problem, didn't it? >> object to form, argumentative. lack of foundation. >> you can answer. >> that is what happened, yes. >> altman, who is still with gm, went on to say that the reason gm decide

in the particular case of the chevy cobalt, reports came in a decade ago of a car that would shut down in the middle of a drive with occasionally disastrous results. general meters knew. and for some reason the cars were not recalled until last month. that meanings drawings, e-mails , they want to know what the company knew and when. they want n to know why this recall took a decade to happen. >> reporter: the national highway traffic administration may have known as early as 2007 about a faulty ignition problem in over 1 million general motors cars. that's according to the head joan claybrook, who has asked for a broken as it investigates gm. and gm may have known about the malfunction in 201 2004 but didt order a recall until last month. it includes various versions of the cobalt, the pontiac g 5 and solstice and the is a tur saturn ion and skies. with the cars engine, electronics and airbags could switch off involuntarily when the key jiggles. in 2005 conducting three special crash investigation noose why gm's new airbag airbags were not deploying, and there were six complaints logg

debbie and mark bailer are worried about their daughter rachel who drives a chevy cobalt. >> we had boughtthe car because we thought it was a safe car for her. >> it seems like they are unprepared for this recall. they've known about this issue with the car for years. they should have the parts stalked and ostocked and on the. >> reporter: they will be getting lertsdz that parts are available so they can schedule a rare. richard bleu blumenthal says ths not enough. >> i wouldn't let my children behind the wheel of one of these cars. i urge everyone and anyone who owns it to have the ignition switch replaced or whatever is necessary but not to drive it in the meantime. >> reporter: new report on auto sales is due out this tuesday. it might be the best indicator of how consumers really feel about the brand. vinita nair, cbs news new york. >> glor: the search for flight 370 in the new area spotted more debris today but none that can de finnively be linked to the boeing 777. holly williams in perth, australia has the latest on the search and anguish of families who traveled from china to malay

the recall now includes all model years of the chevy cobalt, the chevy hhr, the pontiac g 5, the pontiac solstice and the saturn ion and sky. ty? >>> sue, a big win for tesla, the electric carmaker striking a deal with new york governor andrew cuomo that will let tesla keep its existing stores in the state. ceo ilan musk has been battling a few other states that have challenged its direct to consumer tesla sales model. separately, federal safety regulators ended an investigation into its model s sedan following some recent car fires caused by road debris, puncturing the lithium battery. the company says it will add an additional metal shield to the undercarriages of all new and previously purchased model s cars to stop foreign objects from damaging those batteries. >>> and finally this evening, a peek into what the future of wall street might look like as some young millennial investors met at the university of dayton's rise conference discussing their investment strategies. and dominic chu was there. >> reporter: once a year, some of the brightest young investors in the country and arou

gm recalled all model years of the chevy cobalt, solstice and chevy ion and sky. it's over a faulty ignition switch that can shut off the car without warning causing the cars to crash. there's been 22 accidents so far and so far gm has recalled more than 1 million vehicles because of this problem. lawmakers are expected to grill the ceo on what the automaker knew about the problem, when they knew it and why it took so long to order a recall. >>> tomorrow in a federal courtroom here in san jose we have round three of apple versus samsung. the cupertino company is suing claiming engineers copied five of apple's patents n.2012 samsung lost round one and was found guilty and had to pay $900 million. the ruling sunday appeal. last week a judge ruled apple did not infringe on samsung's data communication patents. jury selection for the latest trial is expected to begin tomorrow. >>> well, last call for a 50-year-old movie theater in san jose. the owners of century 21 will show a final movie tonight at 7:00, and it's a sold out blast from the past, "raiders of the lost a

chevy hhrs, chevy cobalts, ones recalled earlier because of the ignition problems. and ions and don't pack g 6s. some -- pontiac g 6s, because previously been recalled and work had been done. they say now, the jeff boyar the new head of safety for gm said we did not go far enough. we did not do enough is the exact quote. some of these were recalled previously. if you have got one of the cars, we'll put up a complete list, exhaustive list, later. even if i had been repaired before it may have to go back in. gm on it i suppose. liz: jeff flock, thank you very much. david? david: thank you, jeff. if you're looking for a "no-spin zone" in a corporation usually have to turn to the cfo. a solid cfo may be criticized for holding back a visionary ceo but he could be praised of warning investors if a company is spending more than what is coming in. a lot of investors look closely at deloitte's quarterly cfo survey run by our next guest, sandy cockrell. we had you for the last quarter. we really enjoyed that. it's a bellwether what is happening with the economy. >> yeah. davi

the center for auto safety did ansis of crashes and accidents involving the chevy cobalt and saturn ion over the last ten years. according to the center for auto safety, there were 303 deaths linked to accidents where the air bag did not deploy. and again it's with just two recalled models. the center for auto safety says that general motors and ntsa, national highway traffic safety commission should have seen the pattern and issued a recall investigation. we reached out to this commission. it says three separate crash investigation, of those models where the gm air bags were not deployed turned up inconclusive results. it points out some of the factors involving these accidents need to be considered when somebody looks at the data as a whole. still clarence ditna who runs the center for auto safety says gm and ntsa should have done more. >> if they had done that when this database was being built in the 2003, 4, 5 model years what they would have found was an increasing incidence of front seat occupant deaths where the air bag didn't deploy, and no one asked the question why are these

as of friday, the recall expanded to more than 800 thousand chevy cobalt models. also on friday-- gm said its halting sales of certain chevrolet cruze models. the cars include 20-13 and 20- 14 models with a one-point-four liter engine. the automaker says its not a recall and shied away from explaining the cease in sales. the bp oil spill in lake michigan is worst than first reported. bp now says 39 barrels of crude oil leaked into the lake last monday. the previous estimate was 18. the leak is linked to bp's relatively new distillation unit built in whiting indiana to process more heavy canadian oil from the tar sands of alberta. lawmakers in illinois want agressive action from bp to prevent additional spill. drug companies may be in for a billion dollar settlement deal. the u-s wants more than a billion dollars from drug companies for paying for patent delays. the federal trade commission alleges drug makers paid for patent delays. the ftc claims it was costsly to consumers because it took longer for less expensive generics to get on the market. brand-name drug c

and the vehicles include the chevy cobalt and hhr, the pontiac g5 and solstice and the saturn ion and sky. unlike the older vehicles, no deaths have officially been linked to these models. the problem, gm says, is those ignition switches could have been repaired with faulty parts. but gm says it does not know which cars got those faulty parts. so out of an abundance of caution, ceo mabara says this recall is being expanded. this comes on the same day they told retailers to stop selling the 2013 and '14 models of the chevy cruz. you can bet the ceo mary bara will be asked about those questions when she testifies before congress next week. brian? >> anne thompson in new york with us tonight, anne, thanks. >>> still ahead with us on this friday evening, big trouble at the movies. a changing american tradition. now heaters are thinking outside the box to get the audience back inside. >>> and later, the incredible moment of a woman captured on camera as a woman hears for the very first time in her life. >>> the movie "noah" is the big opener this weekend. "the new york times" says it's occ

last month, gm recalled 1 preponderate 6 million vehicles, including chevy cobalt and chevy ions. >> in a statement, toy that in north america has said this is the first step in putting this unfortunate chapter bind us. we remain extremely grateful to our customers who continued to stand by toyota. we remain confident that we will take our speedometers to them seriously. >>> set free after he confessed to stabbing a table boy to death. the evidence that convinced the prosecutor to drop the charges. >> she was not violating the law at that time. >> bay area homeowners who have been conserving waters now being asked to save even more. how realistic is that? >> and a surprise discovery brings a construction project to a grinding halt. what we've dug up about the findings and their significance. >>> construction worker was stopped after a burial ground was discovered by crews. they discovered the site in pleasantton along the 680 corridor. mike meebak went to the site and says this isn't the first time an indian burial site has been discovered in the area. >> reporter: we found ramona ga

switches in the chevy cobalt and others were bumped into accessory mode while the cars were moving whichhe engine and disable power steering, brakes and air bags leading to dozens of crashes and 13 deaths. now that memo says gm knew about the issue as early did. delphi told investigators last week that gm have improve d sine 2005. gm engineers discussed separate action but didn't take action because they believed they would take too long and cost too much. now we also have a company under fire to order a recall. regulators received hundreds of complaints over the past decade and in 2005 they ordered an investigation where the girl died in the chevy cobalt when the air bags didn't fly. and back in 2007 he proposed a deeper look at the issue saying there was a pattern of so-called non-reported deployment. but gm said it didn't see a trend. the conclusion that they also came to that later in the year and decided a more formal investigation. i ram sakting as david friedman who will also testify at this week's eatings. hearings. prior to 2009, that was part of its exit from bankruptcy. produc

chevy cobalts, saturns, it is chevy, i can't read that word. oh, i'm trying to read a full screen we don't have tonight but we're describing all of the makes and models that this company had including the pontiac solstice, the saturn sky that were recalled. the numbers doubled recently and let me read the comment from alan beatty, who is the gm north america president. he says the process employed to examine this phenomenon was not as robust as it should been. we will take unflinching look what happened and apply lessons learned here to improve going forward. is that cold come forth though for the families of those 13 people who were killed? >> absolutely not. and there probably are more than 13 people who have been killed because of this defect. gerri: wow. >> it is one of the biggest failures of the recall system in this country ever. >> what should happen from here? what should gm do? what should the government do? should mary barra have some kind of roll in this? >> when you have the first public apology by a general motors officer since th

reporter: that's how he describes what happened to his daughter brook when the ignition in her 2005 chevy cobalt shut off and locked her brakes. >> it was her birthday. i thought this is her birthday. this can't happen. >> reporter: this led gm to recall 6 million vehicles. now 303 people died between 2003 and 2012 after their airbag it's failed to deploy on two of the models that were recalled in february. the new findings suggests the faulty ignition switch which seized the engine would render the airbags useless. a company that analyzes vehicle safety data comes after gm admitted this week that it had received the first sign of problems with the ignition switch back in 2001 waiting more than a decade to order a recall. that disclosure has reportedly spawned a criminal investigation by a justice department who wants to know what gm officials new and perhaps morley when they knew it. congress wants answers, too, like why the national highway administration or ntsa did not open the investigation sooner after hundreds of complaints. >> was there key information missing request these complaints? w

. >> gm and the federal government knew there was something wrong with chevy cobalts and they didn'te back the cars and warn the public. after 13 deaths later the gm recall is the inside story. >> hello, i'm ray

she was driving a 2005 chevy cobalt, one of the models that has been since recalled by general motors. i'm so sorry for your loss. tell us what you think of this recall and what it means to you. >> if you are talking about the latest developments, it's so hard to keep track. at the beginning of the week it was they knew since 2004. now it's since 2001. >> leo, do you believe this caused your daughter's death? >> yes, i do. there were so many issues with this vehicle. when we first bought the vehicle, my wife had driven it. the vehicle would be baulking on her. >> do you want me to tell? >> yes, your experience. >> i had taken the car from a restaurant where myself, my husband and another couple had been, and i took the woman who was part of the other couple in the car to stop at my house for something - i don't remember what now. on the way it was bucking and it was just hesitating and acting very strange. i was not familiar with the car, because i had just got it, and it was used. so i took it to the gas station, and they said maybe i needed to put a better grade of gas in it. it sti

their daughter kelly was killed in 2010 and driving a 2005 chevy cobalt.elcome. >> thank you. >> and i'm so sorry for your loss. tell me what you think about the recall and what it means to you. >> if you are talking about the latest developments, it is so hard to keep track. at the beginning of the week they knew since 2004, now all of a sudden they know since 2001. so what is a person supposed to believe and if they do send us any kind of information from the black box, is it accurate? is it believable? i have no faith. leo, do you believe this caused your daughter's death? >> yes, i do. so many issues with this vehicle and when we first bought the vehicle, mary can speak better about it, she was driving it and the vehicle was bucking on her. >> do you want me to tell it? i had taken the car from a restaurant where myself and my husband and another couple had been and i took the woman that was part of the other couple in the car to stop at my house for something, i don't remember what now, and on the way it was bucking and it was just hesitating and acti

. >> reporter: as someone who spends 90 tpheupbs in her car every day, she needs her 2006 chevy cobaltto get here where she is going safely is is. but problems with the ignition that caused some cars to suddenly turn off has the manufacturer calling that safety into question. >> i was so excited that they have a cobalt. that's the car i've been looking at for years. i'm definitely getting this. this is my first new car and everything. now i'm really upset, disappointed and very angry that, you know, i was let down. >> g.m. is recalling more than 4 million cars, including samantha's. and recently admitted it knew of the faulty tphegz signals as early as 2004. marry barra is already accepting responsibility for not acting sooner. >> something went wrong with our process in this substance and terrible things happened. we have apologized. but that is just one step in the journey to resolve this. >> after a bail skwrourbgts g.m. has been struggle to go shed its image as a money that needed seeding from itself. since then, it has been able to regain as an automaker of reliable cars, even win

according to edmund.com this was the top car shopping website, if you want to sell a 2005 chevy cobalts is one of the recalled motors, the dealer retail price is still $3,876. this has not changed so far as a result of recalls and investigation. this is 2.5% today but up more often 20% over the past year. joining us in a fox business exclusive, seth berkowitz, president and chief product officer. you are finding right now than those cars, the saturn models in the resale market were to appear they would still be getting relatively the same prices they were before the scandal. >> these are old cars, 2005, 2007. retail prices are in the $3,000 range, we don't expect significant movement. liz: the dark cloud, it would cause death? >> it would be broader. certainly in the short term. it would be the department of justice or criminal investigation. southern district of new york, there will be an overhang for a while. with toyota recall, overturned in the past. liz: we were talking in a commercial break in the 90s with the ford explorer turning over and people were dying, for eventually dealt

general motors doesn't run the risk of having a consumer hear about a chevie cobalt and going into aealer shp and seeing a new version. they are insulated from that. >> in the coming months or year, should we expect to see incentives from general motors to try to get people in the showroom now. >> i acknowledge after all of this blows over, you'll see an emphasis similar to what toyota did, in putting into place safety measures, warranties, things that come as no cost to the conassumer. saying we were at fault, and we are doing everything we can, so when you by the vehicles, you don't have to worry. >> david undercoffler is the autowriter for the "the los angeles times," and we are glad to have you here tonight to talk about this. >> to ukraine - the west is threatening more sanctions on russia in retaliation for the annexation of crimea. europe's dependens on energy puts limits on what the west can do. >> a lot can change your in three decades. then again, a lot stays the same. when president regan took office the united states and soviet union were nuclear super powers. popular unr

these are cars, chevy cobalt, from mid 2000, a number of other cars involved year, 1.3 million recalls, see if your car is affected here, the federal regulators also say if you are one of the affected cars basically take all the stuff you have on your key chain of your key chain, legally the key in the ignition and as soon as the flyers are ready to go with the upgraded our these cars are not production any more contact your gm dealer and bring it in as soon as possible. there will be a hearing on this says congressional investigators still working out all the details and now requesting all documentation from federal regulators and gm and that is due by march 25th. cheryl: stock is falling 4% at the moment. we should tell people recalls happen all the time but what it looks like, there was the prevention issued here and cars, safe ones were allowed to remain on the road, what congress needs to look into and what is hitting the stock so much today. overall the markets aren't helping, they are all in the red with only the safe haven consumer staples sector in the green. what is weighing

chevy cobalt. pontiac g5. we have a full screen to tell you cars we're talking about. if you own one of these things you need to get to the dealer pronto and ask for this thing to get fixed. i'm sorry, alan, another commentary we had this afternoon from a consumer activist, ralph nader, saying there has been a cover-up here. there needs to be an investigation. do you think there has been a cover-up? >> the preliminary information certainly seems to suggest that general motors should have recalled the car a lot earlier. now why they didn't and who the individuals were who were involved remains to be seen. the national highway traffic safety administration recently sent a very detailed special order to general motors with 107 items on it. essentially saying, what did you know and when did you know it and who were the individual involved? so i think the agency will make a very good effort to get to the bottom of this. gerri: that's interesting. now you worked for nhtsa. this kind of thing, how far up does it go? is this something that the ceo knows about, the board knows

their daughter kelly was tragically killed in 2010 when her chevy cobalt suffered what the family believeswitch failure while she was driving. welcome to the program. we are so sorry for your loss. >> thank you. >> and we'd first like to know general motors in the statement referenced the 31 injuries, the 13 deaths. do you know whether your daughter was one of the 13? have you gotten any confirmation from the company or the government here? >> no, we have not. >> and that would be because when you filed the complaint, there was some question about whether it had it do with the car suddenly stopping while she was driving down the highway or not. can you briefly tell us what happened and whether this recall you think could have prevented your daughter's death? >> oh, i definitely believe that had the recall been when the first accident happened in 2014, kelly's -- our kelly's accident was in 2010, january of 2010. she never would have been driving that car. >> and you have written -- >> we never would have purchased the vehicle. >> you say you never would have purchased the chevy cobalt had

the safety concerns, these ignition concerns back ten years ago right before they launched the chevy cobalt is at the center of this recall and decided to launch it anyway. now they have a new ceo who just took the reins and they're first taking these measures to fix the problem ten years later. >> mary barra will be testifying before congress this week, tuesday and wednesday. what do you think we're going to expect to hear from her? she's just too much on the job, which doesn't mean anything, but she's got to take this on. >> exactly. but she did have other roles at gm prior to her taking on the role of ceo. we've seen these congressional hearings and a lot of it is political theater. but it is interesting to see how she will address these concerns, especially why the company took ten years to take action and largely surrounding ignition controls where the car turns to off and that impacts air bag, braking and steering. >> i want to talk to you a little bit more about the replacement ignition parts on the way. but let me pop up on the screen the list of the new gm recalls regarding pick up

investigators have linked the ignitions on chevy cobalt and other models to more than a dozen deaths. the ignition keys can fall out and stall the car's engine. the company's ceo is set testify before a house of representatives panel tomorrow and a senate panel on wednesday. lawmakers say they plan to ask why gm didn't do something, anything, sooner, when the company's own documents show they knew full well about this problem as early as 2001. gm has recalled more than 2.5 million cars because of faulty switches. >> the white house called the later north korean action dangerous and provocative. the north and the south trading artillery fire as thousands of u.s. troops old war games in that region. it is a tense situation between the koreans. we'll get to that. the latest on the missing jet. and the rest of your day's news. i'm shepard smith in new york. glad to have you in. your mom could do anything. even turn night into day. now she could use a hand, comfort keepers provides a variety of in-home services while truly connecting. comfort keepers. keeping the comforts of home. call com

by 2004, chevy cobalts. 2005 service bulletins issued to dealers, not customers. 1.6 million cars recalled but didn't happen until 2014. you mentioned delphi as the maker of the alternate switch. they say it will cost 2 bucks to five bucks to put in new replacement switches. who out there is doing the kinds of due diligence, the kinds of comparisons to say, 12 deaths or two to five bucks to replace this ignition switch in all of these cars? >> well you have to go back and look at that timeline and see when gm was taken over by the federal government. during that timeline, they were losing money like crazy. and, gm was involved with the government and so, somehow, somewhere in the mix, this did not get fixed and it should have been fixed. there is definite negligence involved here, not just from consumer inconvenience and god forbid the deaths and all accidents we may or may not know b there will be more stuff coming out as people go back and investigate cases. a lot of it was covered up one way or the other. we may never know whose fault it is specifically but the bottom line is, if this g

. >> the whole question on the chevy cobalt, what did they know and when did they know it?nquiry but the house subcommittee submitted for data. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> glad to see you on a monday. that does it for us for this edition of "andrea mitchell reports." follow the show online and on facebook and on twitter. my friend ronan farrow has a look at what's next on "ronan farrow daily." >> great coverage of auto recalls there. so important. >> thank you. >> all right, please stay with us because ahead on "ronan farrow daily," we have a lot to go over. it's the midnight hour for the health care deadline. we'll look at whether the website will stay awake until then. as the gop looks forward to 2016, we hit the vegas strip with chris christie and the rest of the republican mottley crew. we'll have the call to action on racial inequality in american schools. stay with us. >> i'm meteorologist bill caka s karins, it's a see you later march type day. we could care less if you leave or not. it's blizzard conditions in the northern plains and rainy, cloudy conditio

trucks and 2004, gm became aware of an accident with chevy cobalt. , but closeds opened with no action 2005, newfield report of engines losing power. a service bulletin was issued to dealers in place customers complain singers a potential for the driver to inadvertently turn off the ignition. the concern is more likely to occur if the driver is short and has a large and/or heavy keychain. no recall issued. 2007, gm engineer began investigating new incidents of airbags not applying or discovered -- were discovered. 2010, discontinuing production of the cobalt. >> you i want to read from "the new york times" about consumer complaints about the digitally dangerous shutdowns and six gm models. they were submitted to the national highway traffic safety administration of the rate of about 2 per month since 2003. "the times" reports -- ralph nader, talk about this sequence. as the sequence reflects unwillingness of the secretary of transportation and the chief of the auto safety agency to really pay attention to auto defects, not just gm, but -- this likely would not have the auto safety agen

family got their recall notice months after their daughter, 21-year-old kelly, died in a 2005 chevy cobalto retrieve the car's data recorder from a scrapyard. they analyzed the contents but shared only basic technical data leaving the rice helpless. >> there was no summary of what they found. they said, if you feel their a problem here with the vehicle, you prove it. >> reporter: only now, 13 confirmed deaths later and potentially many, many more is the company finally admitting it messed up. >> something went wrong with our process, in this instance, and terrible things happened. >> twice a day, gordon hair drives by this spot, this tree. >> that's our tree. >> reporter: and he will always wonder why, how and potentially who was responsible for the death of his son. drew griffin, cnn, charlottesville, virginia. >> some of the families of crash victims will be on the hill, including the ruddys, to try to pressure gm about which vehicles are involved in the defect. there will be a house committee tomorrow held. >>> we just received prepared remarks for that trial that say, i cannot tell you

became apparent to general motors we believe as early as 2004 with the launch of the cobalt, the chevy cobalt. they were aware there was an ignition issue. you mentioned nhtsa looking into two cases soon after 2004. any idea where the ball got dropped? was it lobbying from general motors? was it their precarious financial position and willingness of congress to give them a pass perhaps? >> we don't know. and in fact the new ceo of general motors, mary barra, announced she is doing an internal probe to try to figure this out. but also in the 100 questions submitted to general motors by the department of transportation they wanted to know the names of the engineers that were involved at each stage along the way in 2004, in 2005, in 2007. each step where the company knew something or learned something. they wanted to know the name of the engineer because clear to me, anyway, that what they're preparing for is a major penalty under the law. and they want to know what did general motors know and when did it mow it. that could even lead to a criminal penalty. adam: that is the case. how does the de

. >> caller: i have a 2007 chevy cobalt. i've been driving it for years. i have good luck with it. i keep that from my car. never had it stalled on me. so, you know, i just got my thing from gm for recall. so, i called them and as soon as the part comes in i'll take it in, have it repaired but as far as i'm concerned i never had trouble with my ignition at all. >> host: donna, did the notice come in email or come in the mail? how were you notified? >> caller: i got it in a letter. >> host: what specifically did it state? >> caller: it stated about the ignition. >> host: did you buy it new or buy it used? >> caller: i bought it used. i keep that for my cars, okay? one time i stopped it and couldn't get the keys out of it. so i took it to my, my son has a car lot. and his service and it was a shifter, instead of the ignition. but my car never stalled on me, never. >> host: donna, thanks for the call from york, pennsylvania. jeff bennett. >> guest: donna, i would still say, some of these cobalts haven't stalled. again it's not happening across a vast majority of these. it is just very

. >>> most of the cars involved in the recall are 2,005 to 2007 chevy cobalt sedans and 2,003 to 2,007ling almost 900,000 minivans that could catch fire. the recall is for the odyssey van sold from 2,005 to 2010. they have a fuel pump part that could crack and increase the risk of fire. honda said there are no reports of fires or problems. and the company is offering interim repairs with permanent ones that are expected by the summer. >>> good year is unveiling the blimp. you can be the owner for the day. it is 246-foot long. longer than the predecessor and hold up to 12 people instead of seven. new computers are inside and now it needs a name and the they want the person to decide. the winning name will get the blimp for the day. runners up will get new tires. >>> million dollars house catches fire on the block. and the pictures taken by a neighbor on his cellphone. >>> long time coming. honoring the brave. from president obama to service members who fought in world war ii. >>> another nice day in store and cooler for some as we wake up with patchy fog and low clouds along the coast a

. >> reporter: gm already called 1.6 million cars from model years 2003 to 2007 including the chevy cobaltpontiac solstice. in those recalls the problem was with the ignition which could turn off unexpectedly, shting down the car and its safety system, including the air bag. but gm knew about the possibility of the flaw nearly a decade ago and decided not to fix it. >> they had no answers for us. they had no apology to us. they didn't say anything. >> reporter: now gm has a brand new ceo, mary barra. two months into the investigation, she's conducting a review of gm's handling of the ignition problem. >> this is a culturewide corporate problem. i think mary barra wants to make up for mistakes of the past but she's got a lot to make up for. >> reporter: not long ago we spoke to her on her first day. everybody talks about general motors having a huge change in the environment, a huge change in the overall culture, but what does that mean? what is the company and what was the company? >> we cut the amount of people involved in the products by 20% of the leadership and said, look, chief engine

mary barra was asked just last week by reporters is it save to drive the chevy cobalt and other recalled vehicles? she said it is. to that question whether or not it's safe to drive the cobalt, she said if you have just the ring with the key, it is safe to drive the cobalt. the technical team has done extensive analysis for me to be able to make that claim and when they came back and reported that to me, my question was, quote, would you let your wife drive that car, and they said yes. let's bring in bob hilliard who's an attorney out of corpus christi. he joins us from san antonio. he filed that request for the federal injunction for a park it now motion or alert the issue by general motors. thanks for joining us. how dangerous do you believe it is for people to still be driving these gm vehicles that have been recalled? >> i believe it to be extremely dangerous. not for just the people driving the vehicles, but for those driving the around the vehicles. the danger with these cobalts is that if you hit a pothole or like in the east where they are salting roads because of all the snowsto

one of the families she apologized too was the victim of a crash of a chevy cobalt.now of in 2005 in maryland. the girl that died, 11 years old. she, i should point out was not wearing a seatbelt. was legally drunk at the time. and was going 69 miles-an-hour in 25 miles-an-hour zone. despite that airbags did not deploy and gm settled the case. no word on the terms. i want to quickly showdavid meny czar at gm he is a guy named jeff boyer. he is a 58 years old. has been with gm, believe it or not since 1974. i was in high school back then. so, he has been there a long time. the question of course goes to, what did know and when did he know it. since he worked at safety in gm where was he? that is another question unanswered. lastly i take you to the stock. this is the answer that gm has had, positive answer all along. i just want to put up dashes the stock up again. another percent 1/2, despite this news today. and the three months, if you look at gm since this recall was announced the stock for gm is down 3%. ford in that same amount of time is down 13%. toyota is dow

talking about 2005 to 2007 chevy cobalts, 2007, point back g5 compacts, other can cars of that natureou have one of these recalled cars, take everything off the initial key that drives the car of the just leave that in there. don't put key chains on your actual key. that could cause your engine to stall out. as soons soon as parts are ordered get to the dealership and get your car fixed. david: wow. liz: thank you, rich edson. we should check on general motors stock, while up 25% in the last year it got hit today by nearly two dollars. president obama in new york city today. he made a quick stop, at the gap on third avenue and 42nd street. he stopped by to show support for gap's decision to increase wages for u.s. based employees. you're looking at a picture of his visit there. the president bought crew necks for his daughters and a workout shirt for the first lady. david: we knew what he bought. i didn't know we now 6 knew that. all right. we have a lot more to come here. don't turn away. gerri willis is next. opportunities aren't always obvious. sometimes they just drop in. cme grou