g.m. c.e.o. mary barra apologized and said the company accepts responsibility for its mistakes. she announced that the company will start a compensation program for those hurt or lost a family member. the move to spare top executives from blame ma drawn sharp criticism. we go to detroit. is this going to help g.m., make any difference to their public perception? >> what's very interesting is that g.m. c.e.o. mary barra described this report at very troubling, saying it reveals a pattern of incompetency as well as neglect that ultimately put customer safety on the line. as a result, 15 people have been fired within the company, and five people have been disciplined. now, this ignition switch defect, it has been linked to more than a dozen deaths and multiple crashes and the automakers today said they are setting up a compensation program for victims. mary barra addressed over 100 employees, and there appeared to be an overall theme right now that is that they are going to do whatever they can to do right by

g.m. c.e.o. mary barra will speak to employees first, then reporters. maurice. >> dubois: jeff glor in detroit. there is breaking news tonight from los angeles. donald sterling's lawyer says sterling has agreed to sell the clippers and will drop his lawsuit against the n.b.a. the league banned sterling for life over racist comments he made. former microsoft c.e.o. steve ballmer has agreed to buy the team for $2 billion. president obama is in brussels tonight for meetings with the g7. earlier today in warsaw, he marked the 25th anniversary of the end of communist rule in poland. he tried to reassure ukraine that the u.s. will work to prevent russia's influence from spreading again. bill plante is traveling with the president. >> after investing so much blood and treasure to bring europe together, how can we allow the dark tactics of the 20th century to define this new century? >> reporter: the president said russia's annexation of crimea in march was the work of a corrupt regime, and he called ukrainians today's heirs of the polish solidarity movement wh

g.m. c.e.o. mary barraed tough questions on capitol hill over how her company handled the ignition switch defect now linked to at least 13 deaths. barra sought to reassure lawmakers. >> i want this terrible experience permanently etched in our collective memories. this is not another business challenge, the is a tragic problem that never should have happened and it must never happen again. >> ifill: attorney anton valukas, who led the independent investigation for g.m., also appeared before the house subcommittee. >> the story of the cobalt is a story of individual and organizational failures that have led to devastating consequences. throughout the decade it took general motors to recall the cobalt there was, a lack of accountability, a lack of urgency and extraordinarily a failure of the company personnel charged with safety issues to understand how this car was manufactured and the interplay between the switch and the other aspects of the automobile. >> ifill: valukas said g.m. long characterized the ign

g.m.'s c.e.o. mary barrato be back testifying before congress. >> reporter: she can expect to be grilled for why g.m. took more than a decade to issue those recall orders on the cobalt. >> pelley: jim, thanks very much. and we have posted a lis of all of the millions of vehicles that g.m. is recalling on cbsnews.com. severe storms are in the forecast tomorrow in parts of nebrask akansas, and iowa. central texas got hit yesterday. have a look and a listen. that's hail pounding a plane recorded by morgan palmer, a meteorologist at our seattle affiliate kiro. but he was in abilene, texas, visiting family. the plane was damaged, and the flight was canceled. still ahead tonight, steve hartman "on the road." but up next, whooping cough has become an epidemic in one state. any other way. 't but your erectile dysfunction - it could be a question of blood flow. cialis tadalafil for daily use helps you be ready anytime the moment's right. you can be more confident in your ability to be ready. and the same cialis is the

g.m.'s new c.e.o. mary barra could hardly be worse. >> that is not the way we do business in today's g.m., she returns wednesday to explain to congress what g.m. is doing to fix a deadly defect and the company's tarnished brand. >> the defect can shut the car and air bag down when it hits a burch in the road, such as a pothole or train track. that can be a dangerous place to stop. >> an internal investigation bay former federal attorney in chicago found g.m. rife with internal dysfunction. it's not clear that is stopping buyers from streaming to g.m. lots. >> in may, the car sales were actually the highest they've ever been since 2008 for g.m. cars. >> with the latest recall, g.m. has spent more than $2 billion in recalls this year alone. it's a long road to recovery ahead. aljazeera, chicago. >> here's a recap of the troubled g.m. has faced with its ignition switches for over a decade. it started in february, 2002. a g.m. engineer approved the part even though the supplier warned it did not meet safety expectati

g.m. c.e.o. mary barra definitely in the hot seat. when it comes to the issues the automakers is facing, it's safe to say it is just the beginning. >> there is now a federal investigation that is underway. what are we hearing about that? >> well, one thing we did hear yesterday is that the national highway traffic safety administration, a watchdog group, they're not exactly off the hook. they conducted their own investigation, which led to a $35 million fine for general motors, but one lawmaker made it very clear that the delayed recall is the fault of both g.m. and nhtsa. >> a hybrid pension plan for employees in detroit, the overhaul was negotiated with retirees and unions. it will affect current and new employees under the retirement system and police and fire retirement system beginning july 1. all employees will contribute 4% of their weekly based salary. police and firefighters will contribute 6% of their pay toward the cost of benefits. all police and firefighters will contribute 8%. >> a third convict died by lethal injection

g.m. employees around the world, c.e.o. mary barra said today there was no conspiracy, just incompetence and neglect. >> this report is extremely thorough, brutally tough, and deeply troubling. >> reporter: the investigation conducted by an attorney who does have a long relationship with g.m. found the company discovered there were problems with ignition switches as early as 1999. documents show engineers refer to it as the "switch from hell," which caused cars to inadvertently shut off. the defective switches still went into six models including the saturn ion, later the chevy cobalt. the first deaths linked to the ion was in 2003 and 2004. as employees searched for answers, the report says the engineers made a basic mistake-- they did not know how their own vehicles had been designed. that meant they did not realize the airbags would not deploy when the switch failed. the report talks frequently of "the g.m. nod." when a meeting is held to discuss a problem, a solution is agreed upon, and then no one does anything. they found no evi

c.e.o. mary barra says has been done at g.m. to keep drivers safer down the road. >>> a big game changer for one nfl team >> right now in san francisco, pg&e is giving the first public workshop on the substation shooting incident. in april, 17 san franciscos -- in san francisco, 17 transformers were knocked out, and through necessity have shielding and againsting for certain equipment. pg&e spokesman says the shooting shifted focus from keeping people out of the substations to protecting the exterior. >> the suspected mastermind of the attack on americans in benghazi two years ago is being interrogated on a naval ship in the mediterranean this morning. ahmed abu khattala will be brought to the united states for trial. >>> developing news...president obama called top congressional leaders to the white house this afternoon to talk about how to respond to the collapsing security situation in iraq. militants marching toward baghdad attacked the largest oil refineries 130 miles north of the capital. the attack went on all night long.

g.m. and it's c.e.o. mary barra have also announced other recalls this year, now covering 28 million cars. >> brown: we dig into the questions surrounding this settlement fund with its administrator, ken feinberg. welcome back to the show. >> thank you. >> brown: one obvious difference from past instances you've been involved with, these are old case, right, with little physical evidence left? >> yes. >> brown: so how do you resolve them? >> that's challenge. a good portion of the automobiles are long gone. there may still be black box data from the e.d.r., from the computer in the car, but police reports, insurance reports, warranty and maintenance reports, photographs of the accident very important. some of these cases have been litigated. let's look at the trial testimony or the depositions that were taken. we will work with every claimant to try and maximize the likelihood that we'll look at all the evidence. >> brown: to what level of certainty will you require? >> we will require that the ignition switch be fo

mary barra faces more grilling on capitol hill. faulty ignition switches have been blamed for several deaths and led to g.m.'s recall. we are in detroit with more of what is ahead. >> g.m. c.e.o. tyson barrie will be in the hot -- mary barra will be in the hot suit. anton val uk us, former u.s. attorney, who let the g.m. investigation will testify. the hearing will be held by the house sub committee on oversight and investigation. barra and other will open on the internal report in relation to the ignition switch. 13 deaths and multiple actions are listened. g.m.'s report, a culture of dysfunction and lack of accountability involved 350 interviews and 41 million documents. in the end 15 employees were fired. in total, g.m. called back over 16 million vehicles worldwide this year. that's a record. so far the company has been fined over 35 million and it's spending millions to fix the vehicles. in april g.m. asked a u.s. bankruptcy court to shield it saying today's gm is not the same cap as the one in 2009 to it's not responsible for the old g.m.'s mistakes. it's angered many families of the accident victims who feel they are trying to avoid payouts. >> in the meantime, earlier

g.m. executives have gone on the record saying she did not know of the delay. mary barra has said something went terribly wrong inside g.m. >> tesla motors c.e.o.charging his leadership battery telling shareholders he will stay on as c.e.o. of the palo alto-based electric carmaker for four or five more years. he wanted to oversee mass market production of the third generation car that sells for $35,000 half the cost of current model. >>> google, yahoo, facebook and other internet companies are trying to shield online communication from government spies and other snoops. google account other companies are automatically encrypting all e-mail but that doesn't ensure confidentiality unless your mail provider also adopts the technology. google says 65 percent of the emergencies sent by gmail users are encrypted so those providers are using the technology. incoming gmail messages are less secure with only 50 percent encrypted. google is teaming up with a fashion designer to create fashionable flames for google glass. the collection includes five new frames and eight new shades for the computer ranging from multicolored wrap around to librarian sheik

mary barr -- barra, the c.e.o. of g.m. answering questions from the press.ad over to brussels where president obama is speaking alongside the u.k. prime minister, david cameron. >> theirs is the legacy that our two nations and our great alliance continued to unfold. i'm grateful to have a fine partner in david in making that happen. thank you, david. >> thank you. good afternoon. i'm delighted to be here with you today, barack. as we stand together in europe on the 70th anniversary of the d-day landings, we should remind the world of the strength and steadfastness of the bond between united kingdom and united states. 70 years ago as you just said, our countries stood like two rocks on freedom and democracy in the face of nazi tyranny. 70 years ago tonight thousands of young british and american soldiers with their canadian and free french counterparts were prepared to cross the channel in the greatest liberation force that the world has ever known. those young men were united in purpose, to restore democracy and freedom to continental europe, to free by forc

c.e.o. mary barra laid out the much anticipated report by former federal prosecutor anton valukas. she told g.mployees in warren, michigan, the findings are, "brutally tough and deeply troubling." >> repeatedly, individuals failed to disclose critical pieces of information that could have fundamentally changed the lives of those impacted by the faulty ignition switch. >> woodruff: that long-running ignition switch defect, going back to 2002, is now linked to at least 13 deaths, and federal officials say the number may rise. since february, g.m. has recalled 2.6 million older cars because of the problem, which caused engines to stall, air bags to fail and power steering and brakes to malfunction. barra acknowledged the auto maker faces public outrage that it took so long to act. >> this recall issue isn't merely an engineering, or a manufacturing, or a legal problem. it represents a fundamental failure to meet the basic needs of these customers. >> reporter: the c.e.o. announced 15 employees found to have acted inappropriately have been fired. more than half were in senior or executive roles. at

c.e.o. mary barra described the results into a defect check. there were more than 350 interviews, 41,000 documents. it concludes, there's no evidence g.m. conspired to cover up the facts. however, there was a history of the misjudgments, a broken workplace culture riddled with failures. as a result the automaker fired 15 employees, and five others had been disciplined. >> i can tell you this report is thorough, brutally tough, and deeply troubling. for those of us who have dedicated our lives to this company, it's enormously painful to see the short comings laid out. as i read the report i was saddened and disturbed. >> some of the troubling conclusions revealed that some of the companies knew that ignition switches in saturn ions and other small cars had the participation to shut off and disable air bags, power steering and other features. it took g.m. over a decade to issue a recall. so far 13 death and multiple accidents have been linked to the defect. barra, who claims she and other top executives were not made aware of the problem until december last year says the company will compensate crash victims and their families. >> i'm gui

c.e.o. mary barra held a town hall meeting this morning to address the company's recall scandal. she revealed the findings of an investigation of the mistakes g.m. made over the past decade and 15 people have been fired. for more we bring in matt miller. what were the most important things we heard from mary barra this morning? >> there were the facts, one you just mentioned, the 15 people -- maybe not fired but no longer with the company. she wouldn't confirm in the q and a section after when our tim higgins asked her if those employees were fired, if they were retired, if they even received buyout packages. she said that was a personal issue between the employees and the companies. she gave us a few other facts as well. saying that five people were still with the company but eceived disciplinary measures. said that ken fineberg's fund he's going to administer the results of that. will start to roll out in the next couple weeks. we'll start to find out what's happening as far as victim compensation. it may be more than just the 13 deaths that g.m. has linked specifically to the ignition problem. she and mark royce both made very clear as well

g.m. investigation found a culture where no one in the company took responsibility. >> a pattern of incompetence and neglect, that's how general motors c.e.o. mary barra describes the results of an internal investigation into its faulty ignition switch defect. the report conducted by outside attorney involved more than 350 interviews and 41 million documents. it concludes there's no evidence g.m. conspired to cover up the facts, however, there was a history of misjudgments, a broken workplace culture, riddled with failures. as a result, the automakers has fired 15 employees, five others have been disciplined. >> as i read the report, i was deeply saddened and disturbed. >> some of the troubling conclusions reveal some in the company knew in 2001 that ignition switches had the potential to suddenly shut off and disable airbags, power steering, and other features. it took g.m. over a decade to issue a recall. so far, 13 deaths and multiple accidents have been linked to the defect. barra, who claims she and other top executives weren't made aware of the problem until december of last year says the company will compensate crash victims and their families.