the pre-recession g.m. it's pre-bailout g.m. the pre-bankruptcy g.m. this is the new g.m. even though many of its leaders have worked there for a long time, what is the new culture at general motors. >> you have a company that is used to being the largest company in the united states. it no longer is, but it is still the largest u.s. automaker. it is still in detroit, which is like the pentagon in washington, or hollywood in california. they are very proud of their company and as general motors goes, so should go the rest of the auto industry. but the problem is the rest of the world has changed. they have gone from half of the car market to 18% of the car market. they have to fight for every sale they get. the treasury shrank them. you have the old attitude of general motors bumping up against the new reality of the car market and american marketplace in general. >> will this do it? i looked back at toyota when it had its issue with the brake peddles, and toyota is back. when you think of toyota, you think of a good car, not of that. and then ford had bigger problems and

of g.m. cars. and in belgium, the screen on the right. secretary of state john kerry set to hold a news conference in a moment. we'll begin with the situation involving g.m. 2.6 million cars with a faulty ignition switch blamed for a dozen deaths. congress wants to know what g.m. knew and when it knew it. today connecticut senator richard bloomen fold taking to the steps of the capitol expressing concerns. >> concealment can kill. gm made a business decision to hide a defect. not only to avoid repairing it, but to conceal it. it concealed it not only from its customers, and from many of its employees, it concealed it from the united states government. >> we have a team of reporters covering the story. bisi onile-ere is in detroit. david shuster is with me in the studio. we'll begin with libby casey on capitol hill in washington. what is the latest? what are we hearing that g.m., c.e.o. mary barra, will say before congress. >> we saw the written remarks. she'll apologise that g.m. found out ab

it is clear that g.m. is only concerned with their bottom line and not the safety of our loved ones. >> mary barra announced last month she will personally direct the recall. it's her first major test as leader of the company that went through bankruptcy restructuring in 2009. >> when the ignition slips into that auxiliary position, the airbags don't function properly. >> those are the questions that i want to answer, it has taken way too long, we'll make changes and we will hold people accountable. >> general motors is not alone in this story. the national traffic and highway administration is the government organization that oversea see recalls. >> the indicate at a was not sufficient to warrant a formal investigation. what does this mean? it means that ntsa was concerned and engaged on this issue. this was a difficult case where tools and expertise over the last decade have resulted in 1,299 recalls including 35 recalls on airbag non-deployments. these tools have served us well and we'll continue to rel

g.m. a car defect that should have been fixed disclosed and remedied before these deaths occurred. i want to thank the families of the victims of these directive cars for coming forward and being at that hearing yesterday and sharing their stories with me and others. they are doing a great public service through their courage and strength. i want to also thank mary bauer, the c.e.o. of g.m., as i said to her then and i'm going to repeat now, i admire her fortitude and her service in coming forward to face the questions of our committee and be the face of general motors and the issues that confront us now in car safety. i admire her career at g.m., an engineer who has risen through the ranks, a second-generation employee at an iconic, great american manufacturing company. i've long admired that company and the products that it has produced that have enriched the lives of so many americans over the years. and my hope is that this hearing and this process will be a turning point for the compa

g.m. knew it was wrong. g.m. hid it during their bankruptcy proceedings. g.m. is liable for these young deaths. i urge congress to take immediate action and pass strong legislation with tough penalties so the cover-ups stop. needless death and injuries, especially when an inexpensive and easy fix was available, should not be the cost of doing business. the preventable deaths of natasha and amy will not be forgotten. stop the corporate cover-ups. congress should act now and pass legislation to stop. natasha and amy will not be forgotten and we must protect other families from these type f tragedies. >> these kind of statements are so hard for the victims of this terrible tragedy. i would like to very quickly first thank advocates which has been a stallworth in helping the victims get here and organize the press conference and in writing some of the materials so i'm quickly going to read the names of everybody and will you hold up your pictures when i do? you can do it all along. cara rose of white plains, maryland, ronald rose of white plains, maryland, jim rose

because g.m. has said that not only does the ignition switch need to be repaired, but also the ignition lock. so the question is, can it get the ignition lock as well as the ignition switches for these 2.6 million cars, maybe more, as quickly as it says it's going to do? it already has missed the promised date of last week. and the question that i'm asking, and i'm calling on mary barra, i've written her today, to answer is, when will these parts really be delivered? she says as soon as possible. but right now these cars are on the road and they imperil not only the divers -- drivers, g.m.'s customers, but also others on the road who may be in danger when these cars lose control. remember, when they lose control they lose the power steering, the power brakes and the air bags as well as the car just in effect, the engine stopping. >> well, right now, senator, we have bloomberg's matt miller. he attended mary barra's speech today before the automobile association dealers auto motive forum and matt h

g.m.'s c.e.o. faces questions over deadly defects; allegations the cia hid facts about it's harsh interrogation program; the push for quality pre-school programs; a look inside syria's civil war; plus, new hurdles to a mideast peace deal. >> ifill: general motors c.e.o. mary barra appeared before a congressional committee today for the first time to answer some of the many questions about a series of major recalls. she faced a grilling at times. one congressman even told her, "we don't trust the company right now." >> between 2003 and 2014, gm learned hundreds of reports of ignition switch problems through customer complaints, warranty claims, lawsuits, press coverage, field reports, and even more internal investigations. >> with all that information available, why did it take so long to issue the recall? >> ifill: senior lawmakers from both parties made clear, they want answers. at issue: why g.m. took so long, years, to fix vehicles with faulty ignition switches. they're now linked to air

g.m. these ignition switches were known to be defective as recallly as 2001, year after year there were reliable and material facts that indicated to g.m. you had to responsibility to fix these vehicles and yet you took no action to repair them, to recall them, to inform consumers. and the fix was not a major, costly one. $2 per vehicle, easily done. and yet in 2005-2006, g.m. made a business decision that the price was too hierks th high, ts too long, and it continued to provide those vehicles for sale to consumers. and then it deceived the united states government. i've already spoken on the floor about section 612 of the agreement that g.m. signed that indicated there were no material adverse facts at the time that it was bailed out, 2009, as part of a reorganization. that deception is bad enough. but what happened as a result of that reorganization was a shield from liability, a form of immunity against legal accountability that was granted only because g.m. failed to disclose to the u

g.m. is just g.m.he just needs to come ahead of this and make sure that she's transparent. >> the new g.m. is a reference to post bankruptcy g.m., and there have been discussions coming up about compensation and the legal settlements that will ensue. ultimately, do you think this comes down to how much g.m. is willing to compensate the victims' families from a p.r. perspective? >> that's earn a part of it. i think the move with kenneth feinberg was an important one and sends a powerful message, the other part is going to be about, you know, who is going to be accountable. once this investigation is over, who's heads are going to be rolling and who's going to be fired for this. i think it's really important that the buck stops with her and that she sends a powerful message that she's going to clean house and put safety first. she has already announced that there's a new head of safety. >> not only is she the first female c.e.o. of the first automakers, she has a deep background. do you think this is a n

old g.m., new g.m. what they know is that g.m. is making cars and they want to buy a car. you think back to other past recalls from manufacturers or maybe even g.m. where it seemed like something terrible was happening at the time and they didn't lose market share? that's a question investors want to know. are they going to lose sales because of this. >> what we saw most recently and the most recent thing that is kind of like this and actually i think it was more devastating to the brand and the company was the toyota situation with the so-called unintended acceleration. that had to do with vehicles currently in the marketplace and at the same time it had an immediate effect but toyota has bounced back very strongly from that position of just three years ago. i think this will get in the rearview mirror of most consumers very, very quickly. >> jack, we're going to leave it there. thanks for your time. we appreciate it. >> my pleasure. >> i think those are excellent points in terms of the cars are not on the market right now and the other issue with toyota was much more dev

g.m. so long to fix cars in spite of red flags. >> the short time ago the president announced more than 7 million people have signed up for the online exchanges. he also said the controversial law is not going anywhere. we're at the white house. randall, the president spoke passionately about the healthcare law, which he described as a success. >> reporter: richelle, it is a red-letter day for the president and democrats who all supported and fought hard to get the affordable care act passed and acted. we could hear the cheers on the north lawn and the president and vice president joe biden came out to speak. the presidentry counting the difficulties to the website and delayed enrollment, and he spoke of the republican opponents who tried to stop the law and repeal it, and even took it to the supreme court. in the end the president said this is an important moment for america and a big step forward. >> this law is helping millions of americans. in the coming years it will help millions mor

of g.m. testified to explain why the company waited a decade to recall cars that it knew were dangerous. g.m. is in mary barra's dna. she is the daughter of a g.m. factory worker and has worked for the car maker since she was an 18-year-old intern. but as jeff glor tells us, she tried to distance herself today from the actions of previous management. from the actions of previous management. >> do you swear that the testimony you are about to give...? >> reporter: shortly after mary barra took the oath, congresswoman diana degette displayed a g.m. ignition switch and said it would have cost the company 57 cents to fix it. >> g.m. knew about this problem in 2001. they were warned again and again over the next decade, but they did nothing. >> reporter: committee members repeatedly referred to g.m.'s own documents, saying in 2005, engineers decided fixing the problem was not an acceptable business case. >> when g.m. concluded that the tooling cost and price pieces are too high, what does that mea

the new g.m. is it responsible. >> we'll make the best decisions for our customers, relating we have legal obligations and responsibilities as well as moral obligations. >> it was not just the g.m. c.e.o. under pressure. they ask why the national high ways traffic safety administration not act sooner. >> what was the problem did g.m. not report the problems or n.h.t.s.a. not able to rectify the problem? >> the team sifted through the information and wasn't able to see a trend tore defect. >> the senate will take a turn on wednesday, digging into what the federal government and g.m. knew about the problems. >> the families of some killed in the crashes were in washington. they want to make sure the human toll of the problem is not forgotten. as affordable care act reports, the relatives of the 13 deaths want law make tors hold g.m. -- lawmakers to hold g.m. accountable. >> standing in solidarity the parents of some of the children killed express anger and sadness while holding photos of loved ones

approved the switch even though it did not meet g.m. specifications. 2004, g.m. engineering inquiry was opened. it was closed one year later, march 2005. a g.m. report said fixes would take too long and cost too much. none of the solutions represents an acceptable business case. four months later, july 29th, 2005, the first death linked to the defect, a 16-year-old killed in a chevy cobalt in maryland. ber rose was terri battista's daughter. >> it is just horrific that money is put over human lives, it's not right and they need be to held accountable. >> reporter: g.m. has admitted the ignition switch on more than 2 million vehicles may suddenly move to the off or accessory position, shutting off the engine, disabled power steering, power brakes, the seat belts and the air bags. the national highway traffic safety administration or nhtsa noticed a trend in consumer complaints in 2007 but never investigated further. the first recall by g.m. didn't come until february of this year, 13 years after the problem was discovered. tomorrow, the acting head of nhtsa will t

g.m.'s deadly defect. jeff glor is there as senats accused the carwaker of a cover-up. >> i, for the life of me, can't understand why he still has his job. >> pelley: a huge earthquake in the ring of fire. vincente arenas has the latest on the casualties and damage in chili. and elaine quijano in boston, an ocean of blue, a sea of tears for fire lieutenant edward walsh, husband, father, hero. >> he was destined to do great things, and he did. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. this is our western edition. tonight, the president says he is heartbroken. the secretary of defense calls it a terrible tragedy. at least four people are dead, many others wounded, after a soldier opened fire at fort hood, texas, late today. the gunman is among the dead. it is the second mass shooting by a soldier at the huge army post in less than five years. in chicago, a short time ago, president obama had this reaction: >> obviously, this reopens the pain of wha

. >> was g.m. worth saving with taxpayer money? john said on facebook, i don't trust g.m. to make safe cars. waiting over ten years. another tweet, why is g.m. taking more heat than any other

. >> g.m. c.e.o. mary barra also spoke to the press following her testimony for about 10 minutes. >> hey, folks, we're going to spend a couple minutes, mary is going to open up with a few brief comments and we'll take some quick questions and then head out. mary, go ahead. >> as we deal with this, we know there's been a the lot of lives lost and impacted by this situation. we want to reiterate general motors is sorry when we say that. we say that on behalf of the company on the many women and women of intelligence general motors as well as myself. we're doing everything we can to make sure we provide the greatest support to our customers as it relates to communicating to them. we have a dedicated website and we put more than 100 people in our customer call center to answer their questions. we've communicated broadly that the vehicle is safe to drive based on our engineering testing if you have the key or the ring, and also if someone is uncomfortable with the vehicle, we're providing loners or rental

g.m. ceo mary barra who continued to frustrate lawmakers looking for new information about g.m.'s ignition switch failures. but barra explained she couldn't provide answers until g.m. finishes its own investigation of the problem which has spawned widespread litigation. >> what litigation began after that deposition? >> that is part of the investigation. >> so you don't know whether or not anything happened after that investigation. >> i don't have the complete facts to share with you today. >> reporter: the defects in the ignition systems on chevy cobalts and other models caused cars to turn off while drivers were on the road. that's led to at least 13 deaths and a recall of 2.6 million cars. again today, barra apologized for g. mchl's handling the issue. >> today's g.m. will do the right thing. this begins with my sincere apologies to everyone who's been affected by this recall, especially to the families and friends of those who lost lives or were injured. i'm deeply sorry, and the men

but g.m. still accepted and it put it on cars for years and years even though layer and layers of management and different layers different teams knew about it. >> founder of automotive aspects thank you so much. a deadly ebola outbreak in west africa, more than 70 people in new guinea have died from the virus. news reports say it has spread. they have closed their borders al jazeera has more. >> one of the most deadly diseases is spreading across -- makes it more serious nan any previous epidemic. doctors without borders has dealt with. >> we are facing an epidemic of an extent that's never been seen. >> it is the particularly dangerous strain that's been detected in new guinea. >> we are facin facing thet aggressive deal. >> doctors without borders has sent more than 40 tons of equipment. including doctors news and water and sanitation experts. but there are novak seens or medicines to treat it. all doctors can do is try to boost the immune system. it is crucial now to stop the virus from sp

of g.m.ry barra. >> good morning, welcome to al jazeera america, i'm del walters. >> i'm stephanie sy. >> the russian ban hurting one countries wine industry. >> first, the temperatures across the country today, here's our meteorologist nicole mitchell. >> some milder air up and down the east coast, ms. section of the country, that same system that brought the snowstorm has dropped temperatures in a few places. you add temperatures a lot of places to the teens and 20s to the winds i mentioned was blowing the snow and you get wind chills that feel like minus five in bismarck and temperatures through the day, remember in minneapolis we were around 60 degrees, today is 40, today chicago starts to nudge down and you can see ahead of this, still a lot of warm air, memphis at 78 degrees. as we get into the day tomorrow, chicago drops about those 10 degrees. a lot of the cooler air doesn't quite make it to the east coast or not in full force and a lot of people have been enjoying the more spring lik

right now, g.m.is saying, take all of the extra stuff off your key chain, use your key and these cars are safe to drive. they are fixing them as well. clearly, from the families here, that is not enough. i think the question is going to be, what did g.m. know when, what did regulators know when and what kind of liability is this company going to face? >> the national highway transportation administration did an act on implementing a recall and they are going to be hauled out to be facing tough questions as well. poppy harlow, thank you so much for that. apologies and getting out and talking to these people but you can't replace their loved ones. these are 13 families that are forever changed. >> how could they know and not do anything? >> easy question to ask, hard to answer. >> high waves, high swells, brutal wind and brutal chop. that's a nice day. the ocean isn't making it easy for flight 370 search crews. we are going to take you out to see command next. in 1953. d ia afghanistan, in 2009. orbiti

and if this was all part of the old g.m. the g.m. that proceeded it's bankruptcy, or the new g.m. which is what barra has been calling it, a company that she said is now dedicated to consumer culture. a lot of congressmen were asking, well, what kind of culture did the old g.m. conduct? and i think that is the gist of the kind of testimony and scrutiny that g.m. will be undergoing right now, not to mention the various legal lawsuits against them. >> many thanks. >> chile's government has lifted a tsunami warning. six people from called in the 8.2 magazine any taught earthquake which struck off the coast close to the border with. peru. nearly a million people were evacuated. our latin america editor has now more from the santiago air base from where aid is being distributed. >> reporter: the chilean president and her cabinet members are exploring the north part of the country. after spending freezing temperatures overnight, people who were forced to evacuate are now coming back. some whose nerves are shattered over the aftershocks. most power and water supplies are being restored s

do you know if g.m. ever used this cost-benefit analysis in history? >> as we go through the complete timeline it will demonstrate that it's completely unacceptable-- >> i didn't ask you that. do you know if g.m. ever used this cost-benefit analysis in its history. >> not for a safety item, it would be unacceptable. >> barra has been with g.m. for 33 years but insists she did not know about the cobalt issue before coming to g.m. >> as woman to woman i'm disappointed because of the status quo. >> reporter: why g.m. changed the defective part in late 2006 or early 2007, but did not tell anyone or change the part as serial number. >> we need to know if you believe the company acted in the best interest of the consumers who bought your car and the taxpayers who bailed you out. >> first of all, i agree that, i apologize. >> i think its pretty much that convrertrble that it knew and hid it from citizens of the united states. >> richelle, g.m.'s own internal investigation should be done in the next 20 to 30 day

g.m. has to fix yet another problem with millions of recalled vehicles. and two engineers have been suspended. jeff glor with the latest. the u.s. has spent over a billion dollars stockpiling tamiflu. now, dr. jon lapook tells us a new study questions whether it works. what drove a student to go on a stabbing rampage? vinita nair on the search for clues. >> reporter: did he have any history of mental illness? >> pelley: a tech breath sends the market tumbling. anthony mason on the sell-off. and ben tracy on cbs' choice to succeed david letterman. >> dave, it's actually me. >> oh! captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. > pelley: good evening. this is our western edition. it got worse today for general motors and the owners of more than 2.5 million recalled calls. there is something wrong with them, and it's potentially dangerous. once again, it involves the ignition system. fixing this new problem will cost g.m. $1.3 billion. the car maker said today i

g.m. ceo mary barra facing a second day of tough pressure on capitol hill testifying go g.m.'s ignition switch problem, the problem being blamed for 13 deaths. >>> and the u.s. supreme court lifting a key ban on campaign finance laws. it means that donors face fewer limits of how much they can give to parties and committees. and some say it will be easier for the wealthy to sway elections. brazil is gearing up for the world cup. one charity is trying to gear up on soccer fever and address a problem. we have reports from rio. >> the football is underway in rio as argentina battles tanzania, two of the teams competing in the street child world cup. teams from 19 countries are taking part organized by a british charity. these children are growing up in poverty and have spent time living on the streets. now they've been reunited with parents, and they are attending school. earlier the boys and girls visited rio's modern stadium where that other world cup final will be held. ali, 14, is from pakistan. >> now implying a role as an ambassador to those children who are just like me. >

today, released documents show not only did g.m. know their switch was bad; they knew the airbags didn't work, and they could have fixed it. in october 2012, a message from lead switch engineer ray digiorgio, "if we replace switches on all the model years, the piece price would be about $10 per switch based on 1.5 million units total." g.m. estimated fixing the problem would have cost $15 million a year and a half ago. they waited until this february to warn drivers and issue a recall. recall for this quarter have cost 1.3 billion. congressman tim murphy heads the house investigation. >> this inexpensive car is probably going to be the most expensive car that g.m. ever made. >> reporter: at house and senate hearings last week, g.m. c.e.o. mary barra said she never knew about the defect until she took her job last january. >> as soon as we understood this issue, a recall was made. we acted without hesitation. >> reporter: this document showed this e-mail was addressed to barra in 2011 about a government investigation into steering is

. >>> g.m. c.e.o. talks of dealing with recalls in the future while being grilled on capitol hill and a bigger and faster thrill for your buck. here is america's money. >>> good morning, the new general motors c.e.o. mary barra runs to capitol hill today for a second day telling lawmakers her new g.m. is different from the old g.m. and even those recalls did not hold back the american auto industry with g.m. up 4 percent and chrysler up 13 percent. shoppers taking advantage of low rates. >> starbucks is bringing back cake slices by popular demand. the slices will now be more expensive. >>> expect bigger and better and fast are rides at theme parks including sixing ins in new jersey with the tallest drop ride in the world lifting rider 41 stories in the air and they plummet back to earth at 90 miles per hour. that is america's money. >>> the selfie boston red sox star staged a photo when president obama when the red sox visited the white house. a spokesman said that the company has a relationship with t

the new g.m., is it responsible? >> we'll make the best decisions for our customers, representing that we have legal obligations and responsibilities, as well as moral obligations. >> it was not just the g.m. c.e.o. congress asks why the national safety management administration failed to acknowledge what is the problem, did g.m. not report the information that the law required or was nhtsa unable to sort through the information it had to find the problem? >> the team worked hard to understand what was happening and wasn't able to see a significant enough trend tore clear enough defect. >> the questions condition wednesday, when the senate takes a turn, digging into the federal government, ngn, what they knew about the problems. >> now, the family of some of those killed in the general motors crashes were in washington d.c. they want to make sure the human toll of the problem is not forgotten. affordable care act is here with that part of the story. >> this is about people. the families have been dealing and the resu

that's something g.m.k from us. >> when i use the word cover-up, can you you tell me why you believe that? >> how does a company that has known about this for so long still pretend not to? why are we having an investigation? i'm just amazed at this. a new g.m. everybody is still there. are you kidding me. no one has been held accountable. i would like to see that. i would like to see criminal charges to be honest. i really would. >> these investigations going on in congress and one in washington. they are asking maybe the same questions you are. i don't think they are soming from the same place you are. >> definitely not. we hope that maybe you can find a little bit more comfort and provide comfort to some of the other 13 victims. renee, phil, thanks so much for being here. our condolences. we know this is going to take some time to heal. >> thanks for having us. >>> ahead at this hour, a new section of the indian ocean is being searched in the search for flight 370. question is, are authorities grasping a

toyota is a primary example of why g.m. will rebound. we have not seen it hit g.m.tock price, so you're seeing a lot of things that are going on right now. in a few years it will probably be under the rug. >> justin, good to talk to you. now tomorrow on this program i'll bring you my interview with christine la guard, the led of the international monetary fund. we'll discuss how the crisis in ukraine will hit europe's grow growth. yes, i want you to watch even though many people reach for the remote when they hear the word imf. here's why this matters. imf works to promote economic stability across the world. that's exactly what the world was robbed of six years ago le leading to the greatest crisis since the great depression. the depressio in the decades that followed imf jumped from crisis to crisis lending money to countries in can trouble often in return for painful economic reforms. today the imf have 188 members. th another reason why the you should care about what the imf does and how it spends it's money. that's our show for today. i'm ali velshi in washingt

. >> answers are demanded from g.m. on the deadly switch problem. >> the winner of the $425 million jackpot finally >>> covering santa rosa, berkeley, san jose and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. >> with construction of san francisco's central subway well underway, transportation officials are considering taking the metro line along 19th underground coming from downtown under the tunnel at saint francis tunnel and crosses at 19th where it passes by san francisco state. muni officials are looking at a $1 million study to make that part of the subway to improve pedestrian safety. >> the malaysian prime minister is in australia to witness operations of the search for malaysia airlines flight 370 searching the waters off the indian ocean. the battery on the black box recorder could run out next week. the plane with 239 vanished march 8. the national police chief of malaysia warned the investigation into what happened may take a long-term and may never determine the cause of the tragedy. >>> general motors c.e.o., mary

mary barra insisted the new g.m. could do the rite thing. lawmakers were not necessarily buying it. >> the subcommittee will come to order. >> angry and sceptical senators confronted mary barra about why the company did not act sooner, accusing g.m. of a culture condoning a cover up. >> we don't know how many crashed because of the cover up. we know many died. >> melbourning cas kill said -- mccaskill said the company swept it away for many weeks, that the ignition stopped, and brakes and airbags failed to act. >> we know the difference between this switch was the difference between life and death. do you know the other difference? the other thing we now know? that it would only cost $2 to repair. >> senators challenged general motors suggesting they put profits over people, deciding it was more cost effective to settle lawsuits than fix the parts on millions of vehicles. >> do you know if g.m. used this cost benefit. >> the documents shared, if they are true, will demonstrate that it's completely unacceptable. >> i didn't ask you that. i sa

g.m.fter they recalled millions of cars and looked at the companies new earnings report, that is next, and all week we have been telling you about how frequency trading. today we focus on why it hasn't been regulated or investigated. general motors is starting to feel the impact of recalling millions of its vehicles. we have learned today that its profits dropped more than 85% subpoena in detroit, with more, is g.m. based on those numbers in some real trouble here? >> tony, despite it's issues people are still buying g.m. vehicles. in fact, the company said that they are seeing the same amount of customers as they did last year. as you mentioned the recalls have definitely impacted g.m.'s bottom line. and the auto maker will take a $1.3 million charge, to fix these recalled vehicles and it has also dropped their profit down by over 80%. i had the opportunity to speak with an analyst here in detroit. and he says that the auto maker isn't all that bad off, despite today's earnings. >> when y

and a g.m. ignition switch is tied to more than a dozen deaths. >> the supreme court today effectively wiped out restrictions on most federal campaign finance limits. it is seen as a winning for free speech, but critics say it will drown out th the little guy in elections. >> until today american individual had a limit on the total amount of money they could go donate each election cycle. that limit is now gone. it's a ruling that means the spigot in american politics will become even wider. americans will be able to donate as much as they want. previously individuals were limited to giving these groups a total of $74,600. when it comes to supporting candidates for president and for congress while individual donations are still capped at $2,600 per campaign u give that amount to as many candidates as you want. the previous $48,600 limit has been eliminated. john roberts leading the conservative majority highlighting freedom of speech saying money and politics at a time may have seen repugnant to

you'll need to call your favourite g.m. service tech. they should have rental cars. g.m. is providing them free of charge, which is an important thing to add. >> okay. >> the part is around $2, some say $0.57. i think it's about $2 and the installation is a couple of hours, bus because they have o disassemble the steering column. they'll never get 100% of vehicles, because some people are not aware, believe it or not, despite the press, some are saying, "really, i didn't know about that." if you purchase one of these vehicles as a used car, have it checked. >> so i have the letter, i need to make an appointment. i can't roll in, i'm thinking that's what i'd like to do, i'd like to roll in and get it fixed. g.m. is providing a rental car for me for the time and vehicle i'm without a vehicle, right? >> that's correct. keep in mind it's not - there should be no fees to you either for the rental car or for this replacement part which is a recall. recalls are no charge. what i suggest is you get on the internet put in the year, make and model and see if there's other recalls y

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car said the g.m. recall represents once again how dishonest and greedy many if not most us corporations have become and the whole notion of corporate responsibility been thrown out the window and it's been replaced with a mentality that profits. many corporations are willing to do just about anything to protect their profits and the bottom line even if that means accepting that a few people might die as a result whether in a car crash an oil rig explosion or a suicide after all is foreclosed on and even worse they know that nothing will happen by way of punishment sure g.m. might face a fine or two and have to sell a couple lawsuits but at the end of the day those are just the cost of doing business and piling on the profits in many cases they're even all or partly tax deductible you and i end up paying for. those fines and lawsuit settlements are built into the risks that american corporations are willing to take but it's time for that to change and to put accountability back into the game it's time

i can say that g.m.accept responsibility. in terms of the testimony, we are going to hear from the general motors ceo today. we do have some of the prepared testimony. she will say, i cannot tell you why it took years for a safety defect to be announced. i can tell you that we will find out. the bottom line, lawmakers on this how committee want to know why general motors knew about this problem as early as 2004 and did not come forward with that information until a decade later. also, facing tough questions from lawmakers today will be the acting director of nhtsa, the government agency that is tasked with protecting people on the road. that hearing kicking off in just about three hours time. >> the national transportation safety board who is supposed to protect us from things like this, correct? something went wrong there. maybe we will find some answers later this afternoon. poppy harlow reporting live from capitol hill. >>> the deadline for sign up of obama care is coming. jim acosta at the white hous

mary barra insisted the new g.m. will do the right thing.awmakers were not necessarily buying it. >> the subcommittee will come to order. >> angry and skeptical senators confronted mary barra, c.e.o., about why the company did not act sooner, accusing g.m. of a culture condones a cover up. >> we don't know how many crashed because of the cover up. we know many died. >> the company swept the defect under the rudd, said mccaskill. ignition switches on the chevy cobalt can turn off, leaving drivers without engine power, brakes, steering or air bags. >> we know the difference between this switch and one that would - was the difference between life and death. do you know the other difference? the other things that we now know, that it would only cost $2 to repair. >> senators challenged general motors, suggesting they put profits over people. deciding it was more cost effective to settle lawsuits than fix the pardon millions of vehicles. >> do you know if g.m. used this kind of quest benefit analysis in its history? >> the documents shown to me y

of g.m. testified in front of congress as to why it took her company so long to recall millions of vehicles tuesday showdown between g.m. and federal regulators focused on who is to blame for certain car defects that have been linked to thirteen deaths now monday g.m. recalled another one point five million vehicles worldwide in order to fix steering system problems and more than doubled its estimate to the hits that its first quarter results will take from these recalls now at seven hundred fifty million dollars worth of recalls now at the center of tuesday's congressional hearing was the recall of two point six million vehicles linked to the ignition defects defects that are said to be behind thirteen behavior deaths of course. now is who is to blame for the nearly decade long delay between the recalls that began back in february when g.m. engineers first found the problems with the ignition ignition switch which might have been as far back as two thousand and three in the car that they wer

but for them, g.m.'s promise to do the right thing is too little too late.el flurry, bbc news, washington. >> we will be bringing you coverage here on bbc news later in the day. stay with us for that. >>> for the past few months on "bbc world", we have been asking what does freedom mean to you? we are reporting on how free you actually feel. the results of our poll from 17 countries around the world might surprise you. it was carried out between december last year and february this year. it asked do people's perception of freedom correspondent with how free they really are? we have a look at the findings. >> reporter: freedom has never been a simple nation. but what does it mean in our modern digital age? internet and social media mean we can communicate more freely than ever. but we are also under more surveillance from the government. our poll began by asking people about freedom and the internet. more than two-thirds of those we questioned told us internet means they have greater freedom. more than half also told us they thought it was an unsafe place to