the ignition switch. and that discovery was not a result of gm's own investigative work but raised in the course of a lawsuit brought by the family of a young woman who died behind the wheel of a cobalt. how was this discovered? an investigator for the families took two ignition switches apart and compared them. something gm failed to do over seven years of investigations. ms. barra, you sought this internal investigation and you have publicly acknowledged how troubling its findings are. your company has cooperated with this committee investigation and i thank you for that. you have taken corrective action by changing procedures and trying to remove road blocks to make sure safety concerns come to light. based on this report, though, there are no easy fixes for the kind of systemic kultsureal breakdowns and fundamental misunderstandings that permitted gm engineers not to suspect a safety problem when cobalts were stalling due to a faulty switch. the possibility these problems are pervasive and cultural de

the ignition switch. and that discovery was not a result of gm's own investigative work but raised in the course of a lawsuit brought by the family of a young woman who died behind the wheel of a cobalt. how was this discovered? an investigator for the family simply took two ignition switches apart and compared them. something gm failed to do during over seven years of investigations into the mystery of cobalt airbag nondeployment. ms. barra, you sought this internal investigation of the ignition switch recall and you have publicly acknowledged how troubling its findings are. your company has cooperated with this committee investigation, and i thank you for that. you have taken corrective action by changing procedures and trying to remove roadblocks to make sure safety concerns come to light. base ed on this report, though, there are no easy fixes for the kind of systemic cultural breakdowns and fundamental misunderstoodings that permitted gm engineers not to suspect a safety problem when cobalts were sta

was that for the ignition issue? was recalled? i keep hearing 16 million, but i know there are others. >> of the specific ignition switch cylinder -- it is a kit we put together. the total number of vehicles produced globally was over 2.6 million. we know not all of those are still in service today. we have built kits to service the population. we are already over 400,000. we will be over by october 4. >> you have been vocal about the effort to change corporate culture, and you described as a cost culture. describe some of the problems you saw with the corporate culture in your report? and theut the gm nods gm salute. what do these referred to? -- refer to? >> let me be specific without using those phrases. you have a situation where it took a plaintiff's lawyer to do the simple thing of comparing two switches -- one from 2006, 1 from 2009 -- if i'm that gm had manufactured two separate switches. no one goes back to revisit previously made decisions. if it is a decision we have made, we do not revisit it, look to see if there is s

it is similar to the cobalt ignition switch. buicks, chevy and cadillac ignition moves out of the run if the key has too much weight on it calling the vehicle to turn off and stall. it goes back to the vehicles from 2000. it doesn't tell us if gm made discovery during lawsuits that prevented the truth from coming out. i want to delve deeper into that and see if that occurred. a harder question for you ms. barra to solve is why this happened. we know engineers approved a cost that didn't meet your concerns -- why? when complaints were raised about the cobalt ignition switch why wasn't it diagnosed as a safety problem? is this something less specific but more difficult to address? a culture that doesn't accept responsibility or responsibility of problems. there was little to no evidence this troubled anyone. this is poor information sharing and silos and a failure to properly document change orders. we have known for year we had an airbag situation that is not working and why wasn't it asked what will be do about this. thank you f

appear before you again today on the ignition switch issue. before i proceed with my brief d remarks, i want to again express my sympathies to the families that lost loved ones and those who suffered physical injury. s i am ever mindful that we have a special responsibility to them and to those families and the e best way to fulfill that responsibility is to fix the problem by putting in place the needed changes to prevent this from ever happening again. when i was here 11 weeks ago, i told you how we intended to ha proceed with this matter. w i promised we would conduct a sd comprehensive and transparent investigation into the causes ot the ignition switch problem. i promised we would share the findings of mr. valukas' report with congress, our regulators, ntsa, and the courts. i promised we would hold people accountable and make substantiar and rapid changes in our approach to recalls. finally, i promised we would roe engage ken feinberg to develop a just and timely program for and compensating families who lost g loved ones and those who su

>> were you aware of the discussions about the feel of the ignition switch? >> yes. >> in the last 30 seconds, you mentioned that there was an adversarial feeling regarding -- between nhtsa and gm. who have you concluded whether -- who is responsible for the adversarial relationship? >> no, i have not. but i just noted from the documents, and this is not from testimony, more from the documents just the tone of the documents, and that's maybe an incorrect way to assume something. but that from the tone of the documents, it suggested that there was some nature of adversarial activity here. >> one quick last question. there were many times looking through the documents that under the tread act, gm should have provided notice to nhtsa. is this adversarial relationship between the two impact their decision not to provide that notice? >> no. let me -- when i say no, let me sm explain what i did and someone else can make that judgment. we went back through all of disclosures, the tread act disclosures to look to see whether something was or was not disclosed. and at

the original ignition, then the replacement ignition. the windshield wipers would quit working on my friend's saturn for no reason. i will never buy atnother gm vehicle. howard, what are you driving? >> caller: a ford now. i drove a 2002 suburban. >> okay. >> caller: i'm from flint, miff. my parents worked for general motors, i worked for general motors. . everybody i know worked for general motors. with my suburban i went through two rear ends and a transmission. i will never drive another general motors car. i was told that it was a dealership problem. i couldn't get any satisfaction because it was a dealer problem as opposed to a if gm problem. very disappointing. >> here is a tweet from jennifer. i drive a gm traverse that stalls. no one knows why. no recall yet. let's go to homeland, california, from june. >> caller: hello. >> you're on. go ahead. >> caller: how are you? >> doing fine. thank you. >> caller: my name is june. i used to drive a gm car in the '70s. i never had a problem with it. >> on the this issue, let's focus on the

and inadvertently the ignition turns to the accessory position. if they, who just got their drivers license three months ago, i would think their initial reaction would be to try to turn the car back on. start the car back again, although, it's in drive. and it's not in neutral. would the car start back up? >> well, first of all, if they were driving the vehicle and they had just the key and the ring, this condition shouldn't happen. >> but if it did happen. let's assume it did happen. >> okay. so then you've got to put the car -- restart the car -- i guess -- >> i think the answer is -- you would have to put it in neutral. >> put it in neutral. >> and that would be pretty hard of a 16-year-old inexperienced driver to even think of with an 18-wheeler bearing down on them. as i listen and at the hearing that you were at several weeks ago, general motors has got to have the best engineers in the wor world. whether they're electrical engineers, mechanical engineers, maybe both. how in the world would they not know when the vehicle, because of the low

it's a separate ignition problem with a different set of vehicles. representative fred upton of michigan read an e-mail from a g.m. worker whose 2006 impala stalled when the key fell out. >> quote, i think this is a serious safety problem especially if the switch is on multiple programs. i'm thinking big recall. i don't like to imagine a customer driving with their kids in the backseat and hitting a pothole in rush hour traffic. when was the recall in the '06 impala announced? >> i believe that was-- >> two days ago. monday. >> mary barra was named ceo of general motors in january. she lethe the company five years after it emerged from bankruptcy. as barra navigated the ignition switch recalls and attempts to change the culture at the company, news from the production line is good. g.m. sold more cars and trucks last month than any may in the last seven years. >> what we know now in the decision making of a manufacturer, the victims of those decisions and saving the brand all considerations with the livelihoods of hundreds of thousands of americans h

the company knew for over a decade with problems with faulty ignition switches in some vehicles but did not alert the public. those problems have been linked to over a dozen deaths and tonight, the ceo says she is taking action within the company. our report tonight from nbc's tom costello. >> reporter: it was a contrite ceo mary barra who today revealed the deeply troubling findings from former u.s. attorney. >> what he found in this situation was a pattern of incompetence and neglect. >> reporter: incompetence and neglect that likely contributed to the death of a 25-year-old. >> she was so full of life looking forward to what was happening next for her. >> reporter: a nursing student, seidy was killed four years ago when her chevy cobalt in nashville, one of 13 deaths and 54 crashes gm acknowledges but both the government and consumer advocates say the number could be far higher. >> just looking at the early warning reports on deaths and injuries filed by general motors on these vehicles, there has to be at least 500 deaths and injuries associated with the ignition switch defect. >> r

that's what a massive investigation by general motors says led to the delayed ignition switch recall. >>> the million-dollar retirement question, will a seven-figure nest egg be enough? all that and more tonight on "nightly business report" for thursday, june 5th. >>> good evening, everyone. you can thank mario draghi for today's stock market records. investors bought up stocks after european central bank president mario draghi announced early this morning a batch of stimulus measures to boost europe's economy and to encourage banks to lend more in the eurozone. that led to market rallies here on wall street and all around the globe. the dow rose almost 100 points, closing at a fresh record of 16,836. the nasdaq gained 45 points, and the s&p 500 added 12.5 points to the new record of 1940. jeff cutmore is in frankfurt, germany, and has more on those moves by draghi. >> reporter: what we saw today was classic draghi at the ecb. a little bit of jam today and a lot of jam tomorrow. so let's talk about the details today. the key moves were in the interest rates. that ultimately now sees a

this all started, the ignition pushbutton ignition started with how to lack 19, actually 1908, was cadillacnd back in the day there was a handcrank start on the cadillac and a kickback and killed him and henry lee said to his staff back then echoes of mary barra, perhaps, the cadillac car will quilt no mormon if we can help it. he essentially commission people to try to find a new way of starting vehicles. gerri: let me ask you a couple questions. i'm full of questions tonight about this. what it sounds like to me is these cars are really fixed. i mean, sure it may apply to lots of different producers and manufacturers out there, but the cars aren't fixed. we are doing things in changing the keys in some cases and the ignition switch, but if you today we could still have problems out there. reporter: i would urge anyone who has ignition key to get in their car and fool around with it, see if it turns-- if it easily turns the car off. we are talking about the detent of a switch which essentially means how much torque it takes to turn it. you don't have too much so you can get the car started

on capitol hill to answer questions about faulty ignition switches and the recall of 2.6 million cars, g m's ceo mary barra maintained her company is changing. >> this is not another business challenge. this is a tragic problem that should never have happened and must never happen again. >> reporter: for barra, there were few moments where she was on the hot seat but time and again they are skeptical she can remark the corporate culture, to focus first on safety. >> why the foot dragging? is this typical of g m's investigation sbointo a product concern and how do you intend to change this? >> we have it the way we're working through recalls today. we change that process. it's expedited and the most senior levels of the company are involved and i don't want to do recalls, we'll do what is right for customers and demonstrating it today. >> reporter: gm says 13 people were killed in 54 ceaccidents. while the auto maker is creating a program to compensate victims, friends and families say gm as a whole should face criminal charges for the recall scandal. >> i was convicted of a felony whe

internal report at general motors describes a pattern of incompetence and neglect that led to deadly ignition switch problems. c.e.o. mary barra has fired 15 employees, but denied a larger cover-up. good evening, i'm judy woodruff. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. also ahead this thursday, new details emerge about army sgt. bowe berghdal. how he came to be in captivity and how he was rescued. as president obama said he "absolutely makes no apologies" for the deal that got berghdal back. >> woodruff: plus, the transformation of new orleans public schools into the nation's first all-charter system. administrators point to a brighter future, but others fear some students may be left behind. >> you know, you can find people who think what has happened is the greatest thing to occur in the history of urban education and people who think it's the worst thing. i think people, most people who are being honest will admit it's someplace in the middle >> woodruff: those are just some of the stories we're covering on tonight's "pbs newshour." >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ♪ ♪ m

it couldn't have been the ignition switch. now, i haven't seen a claim yet eligible in trying to work my way through potential claims. i've seen many claims where the airbag did not deploy or we don't know whether the airbag deployed. fine be, -- fine, eligible. if we know the airbag deployed, the power's on. there may have been a horrible accident, but it's not the ignition switch. so it must be an eligible vehicle with non-airbag deployment or uncertainty as to whether the air pga deployed -- airbag deployed, and those are the major eligibility prerequisites to filing a claim. but again, nondeployment, eligible vehicle, driver, passengers, pedestrians, occupants of other vehicles, file the claim. we will evaluate claim. and we will evaluate it quickly. individuals have suffered terribly in this whole experience deserve prompt treatment of their claim, and we will do that. think individual claimant who lost a loved one or any individual claimant who suffered a catastrophic injury defined in the protocol, i'll be glad to meet

they are family says it was the result of a faulty ignition switch on her 2005 chevy cobalt. they settled initial claims against the company but asked to reopen the case, saying gm hid evidence from them. >> they're playing with numbers, that they don't count brooke's death, and she's dead because of that ignition switch. >> are you willing to settle this time? >> no. settlement is off the table. >> reporter: any amount of money? >> right. >> it's not about the money. >> so, general motors denies the allegation that it hid evidence. the investigation is expected to exonerate the current ceo, mary barra, who has repeatedly said she had no knowledge of the faulty switches until she took the top job earlier this year. she did hold several senior jobs before this top job, so the fact that it exonerates here is of importance. >> and her entire career has been spent at general motors. >> yes. >> so, a lot of the attention has been on mary barra. this recall came just a month into her tenure as the ceo.

we have been focusing on the gm ignition scandal, we expect reports the company this week. what day we will get it? jeff: we don't know the exact day. we thought gm sales will finally be impacted by this, and of course they weren't. the former u.s. attorney here in chicago hired by gm to put a report together. we expected as early as this week. we really expected soon. that is when we will know in terms of impact on sales. gerri: thank you for being with us today, good to see you. it is your time in the show and we talk about what you are interested in, we read your interest, your e-mails and your tweets but first what you are treating me about your poll question. have the airlines ever lost your luggage? all of the family luggage never arrived to our vacation. sounds familiar. and only take carry-on. that is good. and yes, we remove it. i had no clothes to wear the first day of high school. all my lost luggage. if it happens it should be dramatic and that is dramatic. jim posts i bugged them for three weeks, no results, so i filed a claim with proof of the value for most i

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contributory, this program is about general motors and ignition switches. we have no interest in evaluating any alleged contributory negligence on the part of the driver. it is totally irrelevant. we have no interest. gerri: so fascinating press conference there. joining us tonight to help explain it all, two attorneys, bob hilliard in chicago and robin greenwald right here in new york. they both represent the families of people who were killed or injured while driving some of these defect tiff gm cars. i'm going to start with bob. we've had you on many times. you talked about your clients. you talked about gm pretty much at length. my question for you tonight is, will you recommend that your clients take the deal that feinberg is discussing? >> good afternoon, gerri. we don't know what the deal is yet. i will recommend that they participate in the plan because there is no downside. at the end of the day, ken feinberg will make an award f that award is unreasonable or not fair, then they can walk away at that point. there is no such thing as too much inform

evidence of ignition switch failure may not still be available. >> pelley: jeff, thanks very much. we called this a crisis and so far gm has issued 54 recalls involving more than 25 million vehicles and defects linked to 16 deaths. we have a list of all the recalled cars on our web site cbsnews.com. in the largest case of its kind today, early this evening france's flagship bank pleaded guilty to u.s. criminal charges and agreed to pay nearly $9 billion in forfeitures and fines. bnp paribas admitted that it was secretly doing business with sudan, cuba and iran in violation of american trade sanctions. the transactions were run through the bank's new york offices. attorney general eric holder said bnp paribas went to elaborate lengths to cover its tracks and deceive u.s. authorities. late today the bank said it deeply regrets the misconduct. >> three bodies were discovered today in israel, and appear to be those of three israeli teenagers kidnapped a little over two weeks ago. they were actually found in the occupied west bank after a massive search by israeli forces and holly willi

it's now known the ignition switch on her cobalt was defective.e car's data recorder provided by their attorney shows the switch was in the accessory position at the time of the crash, shutting the engine off and disabling the air bags, power steering and antilock brakes. >> we bleaelieve the evidence i overwhelming the defects in this key system resulted in her death. >> reporter: gm would not comment. the defect led gm to recall 2.6 million cars. but before the recall, the melons settled their case with gm for an undisclosed amount. now they're fighting an uphill legal battle to reopen it. >> they thought they had the truth when they settled their case. we now know they had some of the truth but not all of the truth. >> reporter: in a new lawsuit, the meltons allege that gm hid key documents from them and say a gm engineer lied in a sworn deposition. >> the designer release engineer for the ignition switch in the '05 cobalt? >> yes, i was. >> reporter: the meltons attorney gave cnn part of the deposition, who denied aproing any changes to the ig

he used fuse wire and other household items to construct some type of delayed ignition device.idence shows that bryant picked up his wife and they drove to a restaurant 20 miles away for dinner. they left at 6:41, then went to a 7:00 movie. around 7:30, the device bryant set in ann haynes's home started the fire, while he and his wife were in the movie theater surrounded by witnesses. despite his well-laid plans, michael made one huge mistake. while walking out of the theater, his friend called to tell him that the haynes' mobile home was destroyed in a fire. >> are you serious? >> michael reacted inappropriately. given the fact the caller said nothing about ann having been involved in the fire, let alone killed. the fire didn't eliminate everything. as in most arsons, it actually created more evidence than it destroyed. >> essentially, she is killed over $25,000. >> in october of 2002, michael bryant went on trial for malice, murder, arson and burglary. >> in this case, it was premeditated. it was planned. it was schemed, he took the day off work and he planned this murder. >>

the company says 13 deaths were caused by the faulty ignition switch but acknowledges that number couldrow. one georgia couple says their daughter's death was caused by the defect. that family pledging to keep fighting. >> the pattern of incompetence and neglect. >> reporter: gm's ceo admitting the auto giant's failures n. short we misdiagnosed the problem from the very beginning. >> reporter: but those words aren't enough to the parents of brooke melton, who died driving a 2005 chevy cobalt on her 29th birthday. >> i kept thinking that this is not possible. it's her birthday. it can't -- this can't have happened that she died. >> when i touched her hand it was cold. i knew in my heart and gut there was something wrong with the car. that it wasn't her fault. >> reporter: it was here that goode state pa prol says brooke molten's 2005 chevrolet cobalt hydroplaned on a rainy evening four years ago. the car spun out and was struck by another vehicle and dropped 15 feet into this creek. the accident report says melton was driving too fast for roadway conditions, causing her to lose control o

>> reporter: well, the latest round has to deal with the ignition switches again.this ignition switch is knocked in -- out of the run position it could prevent the air bags and other features from operating. and this is something that's been linked to 13 deaths in multiple crashes. i want to show you which vehicles are involved in the latest recall campaign by general motors, buick lacrosse, chevy immaterial pal a cadillac deville. cadillac dts. buick los angeles certain, the buick regularral ls and gs and chevy monte carlo. what's interesting in the previous recalls most of these vehicles have been pretty old. you can see that a lot of these vehicles are newer generation vehicles. g.m. has only fixed about 7% of the vehicles, so they still have a long ways to go and i just learned a short time ago that the automaker is expected to start processes victims claims by august. del. >> from a rather windy detroit today. thank you very much. >>> coming up on al jazerra america. our series on gun control takes you around the world, we are going to go to a european country

the ignition related parts. and yet the number is the same.that kind of a comparison that he figures a change was made without the proper notification. >> absolutely. he did what gm engineers could not do. he dug down and would not stop until he got to the root of the problem. and when he come forward with the problem, it was obvious what the problem was and now if we are finding out almost on a daily basis more stuff comes to light where we find out that they knew more than they ever told us. >> come monday, ken feinberg, the attorney, very skilled individual, bright guy in charge of compensation in these cases, is going to make some valuation determinations public. you're not participating in that process as i understand it. please explain. >> that's correct, michael. we have open litigation with general motors right now, and we are not part of the gm dictated compensation. >> we still want information, michael. we still want to know the truth. so we don't want to stop with being part of that compensation plan. >> mrs. melton, what is it you

general motors calls back another eight million cars related to the faulty ignition switches and says it will take a massive charge in the second quarter. this on the same day it outlines compensation for victims. >>> decision day. the supreme court hands down rulings on two important issues for business. unions and health care. >>> taking stock. investors close the books on the month, quarter and the first half with the s & p 500 notching the second best quarter gain since 2009. we have all that and more tonight. it's "nightly business report" for monday, june 30th. first half of the year is already over. good evening, everybody. i'm in tofor tyler mathisen aga. >> we begin tonight with general motors and its widening safety crisis. the automaker stunned consumers and investors today announcing another huge recall and this one involves more fatalities. gm is recalling over eight million vehicles, all in the u.s., after defective parts linked to another three crash-related fatalities. now this brings the total number of recalls to 28 million vehicles worldwide. just for this year. now

it's due to a ignition switch defect linked to deaths.hey don't seem to be able to get away from this recall issue. >> these air bags could fail to deploy if the ignition switch in the vehicle is not out of the run position. so far the defect is being linked to a number of accidents in which some people have gotten hurt. there are some similarities to this recall, when you compare it to the recall that was launched back in february. so far over 16 million vehicles worldwide, general motors vehicles have been recalled. that is a record. the ceo is expected to return to capitol hill for more questioning about this initial recall, and she'll be joined by the attorney who lead the investigation into this matter. >> you mentioned some of these earlier recalls with the ignition switches of these vehicles. are they related? are there stark differences in these recalls? >> they are noticing -- they are not putting them together. they are saying they are separate incidents, but they do have some same -- similarities. if the ignition switch is not

it could not have been the ignition switch.i have not seen a claim yet eligible, working my way through potential claims -- i have seen many claims where the airbag did not do ploy or we don't know that it deployed, fine, eligible. if we know the airbag deployed the power is on, may have been a horrible accident but it's not the ignition switch. it must be an eligible vehicle with non-airbag deployment or uncertainty as to whether it deployed and those are the major eligibility to requisites --prerequisites to filing a claim. non-deployment, eligible vehicle, driver, passengers, pedestrians, occupants of other vehicles -- file a claim. we will evaluate the claim. we will evaluate it quickly. individuals who have suffered terribly during this whole experience deserve prompt treatment of their claim. we will do that. any individual claimant who lost a loved one or any individual claimant who suffered a catastrophic injury defined in the protocol, i will be glad to meet him privately confidentially and chat with them privately abo

. >>> the federal government is investigating reports of defective ignition switches in over a million chrysler minivans and suvs. the defective switches may affect the deployment of air bags. the affected vehicles are the dodge journey, grand caravan, and chrysler town & country manufactured between 2008 and 2010 and the jeep commander and jeep grand cherokee. >>> the chrysler investigation is part of an expanding look into air bag and ignition issues across the u.s. auto industry. gm has issued more than 40 recalls this year alone and yesterday's gm's ceo faced some tough questions on capitol hill. jericka duncan reports. >> reporter: general motors' ceo mary barra did her best to persuade lawmakers that gm is changing its ways. >> it's difficult to announce so many recalls but it's absolutely the right thing to do. >> reporter: she says there is no longer a culture of keeping quiet about known problems. the company has recalled about 20 million vehicles worldwide this year. >> i think most important the work we're doing and the actions we're taking with the additional recalls demons

gm says they will pay all claims related to ignition switch flaws. to our viewers here in the united states and to those of you joining from around the world, welcome, we have full coverage of the stories making headlines today. payill reportedly play -- all claims from the deadly ignition switch flaws. michael mckeon covers argentina, on the brink of another default. we begin with megan hughes and the u.s. supreme court's decision on contraceptive coverage under obamacare. what is the fallout? >> the big which are here, the decision extends the religious look right granted to toividuals in 1990 three corporations. this particular case, very controversial, ringing rally errors are him pro-life and pro-choice camps to the steps of the court today. of course it was the pro-life groups who had reasons to cheer. a big hit to obama supporters womenguably a big hit to employees at companies who want all of their contraceptive options covered. companies can choose to opt out of the birth-control coverage of worker health plans. justice alito said that for-p

this defect, this ignition switch defect, is linked to more than a dozen deaths, and multiple crashes, and they're going to establish a compensation program for those victims. mary barra spoke to over 100 employees and talked to them for 15 minutes. she said that the company is going to work hard to do right by the people harmed. and they were going to make sure that it doesn't happen again. >> in addition, the investigators found no evidence that any employee made a tradeoff between safety and cost. the pattern in this case is much more complex and nuanced. what he found was a pattern of management deficiency and misjudgement, often based on incomplete data that were passed off at the time and business as usual. >> so gm ceo, mary bar a. disclosing the report. and it could go into effect sometime later this summer. back to you. >> bisi, does this report clear gm and answer all of the questions, or is there more to come? >> well, just to give you some insight, last month, general moats, they're investigating, looking into the recall, the ignition switch, and congress is looking into t

he also says the 13 deaths attributed to ignition switch problems could have been avoid.xt guests are beth and ken milton. their daughter brook's death four years ago and the investigation that fold is credited with forcing gm to acknowledge those faulty ignition switches. how surprising is it for the 2005 you to sit and to hear that in 2002 a gentleman with ultimately 36 years of gm experience under his belt, an individual who ran the so-called quality audit warned the entire board of these defective automobiles? >> well, michael, we're always very grateful when any employee of the general motors corporation stands tall and comes forward with the truth. and this also shines light on the fact that gm, as a corporate culture wantonly ignored safety issues even when warned by their own employees. >> this was something that he said which was brett taking and i would like to play a brief tape and have you respond to that if you would. >> if that had been corrected in '90 if we had done a thorough check of our all procedures and found how safety defects were getting through, n

that news came on a day when general motors' troubled record on ignition switches was the focus of aond round of congressional hearings. >> for those of us who have dedicated our lives to this company, it is enormously painful to have our shortcomings laid out so vividly. >> ifill: for the first time since the release of a critical internal investigation, g.m. c.e.o. mary barra faced 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 accounta

gm says 13 deaths have been caused by the faulty ignition switches, but there could be more.eorgia couple believes their daughter's death was caused by this defect. before the recall, they settled with gm, but now they're trying to take the auto giant to court over that, claiming they were deceived. here's poppy harlow. >> the pattern of incompetence and neglect. >> reporter: gm's ceo mary barra admitting the auto giant's failures. >> in short, we misdiagnosed the problem from the very beginning. >> reporter: those words aren't enough to the parents of brooke melton. >> i kept thinking, this is not possible. it's her birthday. it can't -- this can't have happened that she died. >> when i touched her hand it was cold. i knew -- i knew in my hand and gut there was something wrong with the car. that it wasn't her fault. >> reporter: it was here that georgia state patrol says brooke melton's 2005 chevrolet cobalt hydroplaned on a rainy evening four years ago. the car spun out and was struck by another vehicle. then dropped 15 feet into this creek. the accident report says melton

they take another 3.5 million cars off the road for faulty ignition switches.e're going to be bringing you the latest uk inflation data and uk sales data. while we're waiting for that to come out, we're going to introduce david owen. we're hearing that the data is out, david. so before you take a breath this week, i'll introduce this data. we've got core cpi at 1.7 year on year. let's see where that's come out. we haven't actually got that data out right now. as we look at the rpi data, plus 0.1% on the market. that's 2.4% plus on the year. slightly higher at 0.2% on the month. so a touch weaker on the rpi reading right now. we're still waiting for the cpi numbers right now. actually, they're just coming through. so uk may cpi minus 0.1% month on month. plus 1.5% year on year. of course, it was forecast at 1.7% year on year. that's the lowest since october 2007. the core cpi unchanged month on month. 1.6% year on year right now. and if we take a look at the oil goods number, plus the year on year services at 2.2% year on year, too. interesting, david. so reintr

was it an ignition switch defect in a car where it could have been? speculative effort. oreven if you were texting drunk driving or were injured in some way, you are still eligible to file a claim. that leads me to wonder who and what is excluded here. >> what is excluded is contributory negligence. as you point out, drunk driving, texting, speeding is irrelevant. you are still eligible. bankruptcy will not be a bar to a claim. andbankruptcy of gm, argument could be made that before the date of the bankruptcy, you would be ineligible. bankruptcy will not be a barrier to any claim. if people settle their claims years ago not knowing about the ignition switch and agreed not to litigate, rip up the release, come into the program, that that release is not a barrier. as you find out the total amount made available to the claimant. this program is purely voluntary. get a freee in, preview of how your claim will be treated and then, only then make a decision whether you want to participate or not. >> this does not take into account punitive damage. talk to u

-- a key ignition problem. the engineer that designed these switches and also designed the switches on the 6 million cars recalled earlier this year, he has since been fired. with this latest expense, the automaker has been forced to increase the charge it will take in the current quarter. now, $700 million. that's up from $400 million previously. for a full list of the cars affected in the latest recall, go to our website. >>> a real set back for argentina, and it has nothing to do with the world cup soccer tournament. the u.s. supreme court rejected argentina's appeal. the ruling means argentina has to pay back more than a billion dollars to creditors and the news sent argentine stocks down about 10%. today alone. but over the past year, the index has more than doubled. >>> ali babb about a, which is getting ready to sell stock in the u.s. later this summer, offered potential investors some new details about itself. an updated filing, ahead of this ipo. the chinese internet retailer released sales figures for