ceo ma lally leaves after turning around that company. his number two mark fields will replace him.was put in charge of changing ford's corporate culture. mulally will leave with a $300 million nestegg for turning things around. gm was in court to ask a bankruptcy judge to stem off lawsuits, those stem from egg in addition switches that killed 13 people. gm is hoping it is protected from liability after filing for bankruptcy in 2009. a senior writer is the authority on the auto industry around here in the newsroom. i want to talk to our car guy about car guys. our richard quest sat down with mulally. he's the guy that said the most important decision ford ever made was not to take bailout money. >> we decided to actually testify on behalf of our competitors that were bankrupt and we did that, with i is strange in itself, we did that because of the importance of the industry to the u.s. economy, but also the u.s. economy and the world economy. we knew if they went into free fall, we could have taken the united states into a depression. >> general motors became government motors. this