that's something for ken fineberg and mary berra to keep in mind as they decide what is fair and whatnot. all right. it's a busy week for me and this show, but it's always a opportunity for you. on wednesday i'm going to washington where the world bank and the international monetary fund will put issues at the forefront. i'll be speaking with the world bank president. and i would like you to tweet me questions for him. you can watch my interview with dr. kim on "real money" at its regular time. that's our show for today. i'm ali velshi. thanks for joining us. ♪ >>> hi i'm lisa fletcher, and you are in the stream. diabetes is growing twice as fast in the u.s. as western europe with some 80 million at risk, we discuss the sharp rise in one of the leading causes of death, and the solution many doctors say is surprisingly simple. ♪ >>> my co-host and digital producer, wajahat ali is here bringing in all of your live feedback throughout the show. today is world health day, so we're dedicg

that's something for ken fineberg and mary berra to keep in mind as they decide what is fair and whatnot. all right. it's a busy week for me and this show, but it's always a opportunity for you. on wednesday i'm going to washington where the world bank and the international monetary fund will put issues at the forefront. i'll be speaking with the world bank president. and i would like you to tweet me questions for him. you can watch my interview with dr. kim on "real money" at its regular time. that's our show for today. i'm ali velshi. thanks for joining us. ♪ ... ♪ >>> sending a robot to the depths of the indian ocean. the latest tactic in the race to find malaysian air lights flight 370. >> i had to come and knock on peoples doors to get them to evacuate their cars before it took them under. >> a severe storm in the south. two young lives swept away. >>> a historic day. two equal pay executive orders sitting on president obama's desk just waiting

here she went out, she's been accountable, she's been apologetic and it looks like in hiring ken finebergrse, the great mediator of victims' suffering with monetary damages and the old pay czar. he's like the solomon of the modern world, a national treasure, for them to bring him on board is very encouraging. >> this week on equal payday the president sign an executive order prohibiting federal workers from being punished for talking about their compensation. what do you think about a more open and trusting conversation about what people are paid for? is this a good thing or a bad thing? >> there's a huge sensitivity there. we constantly see somewhere depending on whose research it was and what occupations we're looking gap a pay gap of 70%, 80% of men versus women in terms of persistent issue. as we see, i don't know, 8% or so women in top leadership ranks and 14% or more in -- having been perhaps more women on the board, we're seeing improvement in women's representation but slow improvement. however, what we really don't see is closing of that pay gap. and people haven't wanted to disc

. >> reporter: at the hearing, barra announced that 9/11 victim compensation czar ken fineberg is going to take on a similar role here for gm. she's not done yet. tomorrow she's going to face a senate committee as well. a eamon javers in washington. >> brian, how did mary barra do in your view? did she answer the question that is you wanted to hear? >> i think ms. barra did as well as can be expected. she's new to the job, she wasn't ceo when this all took place. i found her to be humble, apologetic. she did not speculate as to what the real answers can be. i think they're in search mode as to what the answers really are. this is very early in the process. it's not surprising congress wanted to see her so quickly. but i think to her credit she did not go so far as to make any statements that down the road could come back to haunt her. >> in some cases she didn't answer the congressmen and women's questions, did she, brian? >> no, i don't think she did. and i think that could be expected. as she said, there was a 200,000-page data dump that she and her team are working through right now

bringing in ken fineberg. he has a new book out. she's a step ahead of us here in anticipating what might be a proper adjudication of damages -- >> i think that's the point. >> last word, larry? >> i think that's the point. you have a story that is untold and there's a ton of uncertainty in it. you have a panel here that wants certainty. all she can do is draw credibility and attention to herself, say i'm going to fix it. i care. we're going to make changes. >> right. remember though, it's not just the panel that wants certainty. this is about the customer. it's about gm's image oto buyer. is this a step forward? >> trust is something that comes with personal experience with a person or a product. it doesn't come through rhetoric. so, you know, you listen to a lot of the rhetoric. you hear everyone loved this word transparency, yet the very same people who promull gate transparency would never survive it and barra when questioned and i think correctly didn't say she was going to give over absolutely everything that is found in an in

. >> barra announced that gm has hired ken fineberg who handled compensation for victims, to look atto take, but gm has not yet committed to establishing a compensation fund, saying they would announce the 30 to 60 days, but the hiring of feinberg -- some lawmakers are asking why the agency declined to investigate after reports that the air bags in the cobalt failed to deploy in a series of these accidents. >> nhtsa panel decided there wasn't a trend here, and decided not to investigate despite the number of complaints of fatal crashes and the warranty claims -- >> the cobalt did not stand out. it was a little above average, but several vehicles that were significantly higher. there were some vehicles -- >> i understand. but twice employees of nhtsa raised a red flag on this. it wasn't just once r once. >> in 2006, 18-year-old natasha weigel and her friend, amy rademacher were killed. the car lost power steering and braking. the air bags could not deploy. and the cobalt slammed into a telephone pole box and two trees. doug weigel, natasha's father, is a plaintiff in a lawsuit against