nbc's kelly o'donnell. excellent example of oversight working the way i think most people think it should. thank you very much. >>> as we watch mary barra actually filing into that committee hearing room, you can see also the members are getting seated and so we are going to keep following this and watching it. when we do start to see those statements happen, we will bring it to you. right now i'd like to bring in florida senator bill nelson. senator, you said on the senate side which will be having a hearing of its own tomorrow in one of the subcommittees under your committee, let's talk about what americans should understand about this. in your understanding just how long has general motors known about this problem? >> well over a decade. kelly o'donnell just summed it up. that's one of the best summaries in about two and a half minutes. and what she explained is absolutely inexcusable. it's an outrage that a corporate culture would end up sacrificing at least 12 lives that we know of because an ignition

nbc news capitol hill correspondent kelly o'donnell starts us off. kelly, how is the gm's ceo testimony being received? >> well, it's early going and it's already getting pretty tense. what you find is there are pointed questions from members of the committee in both parties wanting answers, and mary barra is saying that her company, gm, is doing an internal review. so there are some limitations in answers that she can provide. she also said she didn't review all of the documents given to the committee because that number is about 200,000 pages. she did outline steps that the company is taking. in addition to this internal review, which they promised to act on, the recall, repairs and so forth are kicking off next week. she explained some of the consumer angles to that. talked about a compensation fund for victims. and she promises to be responsive as more information comes forward. now, as you know, she is new to this job and henry waxman, democrat of california who is the ranking member on this full committee, acknowledged that there was apparently

nbc's kelly o'donnell has more. >> reporter: the fallout is building. posted online, revealed the married congressman embracing a married staffer. >> i have had a conversation with him. and, you know, he's got decisions that he has to make. do you solemnly swear that you will support and defend the constitution? >> reporter: it's only been five months since he was sworn in after a special election where he touted his christian family values. >> here in this house that kelly and i worked to instill the values of faith, value and country in our children. >> reporter: he'd generated buzz when "duck dynasty" star willie robertson was his state of the union guest. but now that his not-so-secret kiss has gone viral, mcalister responded -- there's no doubt i've fallen short and i'm asking for forgiveness. thursday louisiana's governor bobby jindal said mcalister must go. he says he wants privacy to work on his issues with his family. the best way to get privacy and work on putting his family back together is to resign from congress. and a blistering rebuke fro

nbc's kelly o'donnell starts us off from the white house and, kelly, this trip seems to be really focused more on reassuring jittery allies that be really any large policy pronouncement. >> this was supposed to have happened last october, but if you remember well, had that government shutdown that crippled washington and it was decided then it wasn't an appropriate time for the president to travel half a world away. these trips are massive in the planning. everything that's involved both for the host countries and certainly the whole apparatus of the presidency, so rescheduling it is not an easy thing to do. these are key allies for countries in asia that do have at times very tense relationships with china at a time when the u.s. is always trying to recalibrate its own at times difficult and complicated relationship with china. so the stop that the president is making begins in japan. he will also be in the philippines and malaysia and south korea, and there is a lot to talk about. the president can certainly have interactions with china itself at some of the big summits, but these are i

this is kelly o'donnell asking ted cruz if he was in new hampshire to test the 2016 war you ares. listen. >> what i'm doing is thanking and encurrentlying grassroots activists. new hampshire has a wonderful tradition. its citizens take the democratic process seriously. they take their responsibility as voters seriously. they take vetting candidates seriously. >> he's in new hampshire. so his real answer was, yes, i'm running for president. otherwise why would i p be here? >> he was here to thank the grassroots activists. >> can you imagine somebody saying i hate the grassroots activists. at this stage of the campaign you have candidates recovering new hampshire, south carolina, that kind of thing. they will be spending time there. >> how do you make a ted cruz, a rand paul. how do you make them into viable national candidates with widespread appeal to the middle of the voting spectrum in this country. >>. >> we were talking earlier. if he ends up being the republican nominee. he's not cookie cutter. he goes behind the appeal to old white guys. he appeals to a segment of the youth

ted cruz speaking to kelly o'donnell. watch. >> kathleen sebelius' resignation is the latest indication of what a disaster obamacare is. obamacare is the most disastrous, the most damaging piece of legislation in modern times, and i believe she resigned because senate democrats are scared. >> you know, if you go along and you learn more and more and more about obamacare, it forces us to make a choice. live free or logon. right? live free or logon. and guess what? guess what? in new hampshire, guess what we choose, we choose freedom. >> this is why people love politics. how long did you take it come up with that line. this is the political question, right? this is not about actuarial science. it's who is going to win the fight over whether obamacare is a good thing or bad thing. government run amok or helping people. >> actuarial will play into that because it affects what the premiums will be. wellpoint said we're going to ask for double digit premium increases in 2015. >> but the government could try to intervene on that

nbc's kelly o'donnell joins us now with more. survive in washington, and the louisiana congressman, still new to his job, is finding that out. after his hometown paper posted the video online. now republicans are saying, it's time to go. the fallout is building. after this lingering kiss caught on security camera video and posted online revealed the married congressman embracing a married staffer. >> i have had a conversation with him. and he's got decisions that he has to make. do you solemnly swear that you will support and defend the constitution -- >> reporter: it's only been five months since louisiana republican vance mcallister was sworn in after a special election where he touted his christian family values. >> it's here in this house that we work to instill the values of faith, family and country in our five children. >> reporter: mcallister had already generated buzz when "duck dynasty star" willie robertson was his state of the union guest. but now that his not so secret kiss has gone viral, mcallister responded. "there