volkswagen and we see that martin winterkorn potentially new that they had installed these defective devices. where does this story go from now? does this complicate volkswagen's ability to clean it up with regulators? >> we will see. we know for sure that winter rn was told september 4. there is a possibility he may have known in 2004. it is hard to predict how regulators will react. hans: the question was really, did he read the memo? his inbox is pretty full. did he read his email? guy: i have a couple questions. emissionsk to the scandal, again, how does this read back into them as well? do they get an extra kilometer every time we have a problem?

volkswagen admitted former ceo martin winterkorn was sent e-mail in 20 detailing how some vehicles wereproducing 35 more times nitrogen oxide emissions than allowed. company says there is no evidence winter quarter -- wint erkorn saw the message. it took almost another year before the company admitted to u.s. regulators that it had used so-called "defeat devices" in its diesel devices to allow vehicles to pass industry tests. it is not just both writing -- just volkswagen's image that has been hurt. some analysts suggest the initial -- eventual figure needed could be more than double the current amount. fell, at leastts partly due to the emissions scandal. the impact has spread to other carmakers. >> there is, without any doubt, a tendency to moderate developments in diesel, because we realize there is an issue of trust, which was created because of all these incidents. : volkswagen postponed the release of its financial results last month. it accounts for almost 1/4 of the european car market. markus: the u.k. car industry remaining initain the european union. 2/3 of the members in the

martin winterkorn... resigned last september due to the scandal. ohio state troopers turned to technology to find an escaped jail inmate. sandusky county's sheriff released this video from the drone as deputies caught up with nicholas maldonado. he got away while inmates were outside for recreational time. it's the first time deputies used the drone to find an escapee. maldonado is accused of assaulting a police officer... resisting arrest.. and tampering with evidence. thinks he was intentionally targeted by theives... upset with a *big* campaign ad... ad...a giant replica baseball cap... similar to the one that donald trump wears... used to sit in front of joe oliveri's hair salon in southern california.but surveillance video shows the cap being stolen by a group of theives wearing hoodies.olivieri says the big cap cost two-thousand dollars. i hope they find out who did it. make an example of them. i mean there's just no purpose to it. i don't know what they attempted to accomplish by doing it but it's... very disappointing."> disappointing.">pol

when we take a broader look at volkswagen and we see that martin winterkorn potentially new that theylled these defective devices. where does this story go from now? does this complicate volkswagen's ability to clean it up with regulators? >> we will see. we know for sure that winter rn was told september 4. there is a possibility he may have known in 2004. it is hard to predict how regulators will react. hans: the question was really, did he read the memo? his inbox is pretty full. did he read his email? guy: i have a couple questions. emissionsk to the scandal, again, how does this read back into them as well? do they get an extra kilometer every time we have a problem? how exactly does this work? across, is of read think what investors will be looking for is margins. we already have the mercedes results and they reported a healthy 9.8% return on sales. bmw is coming up later in march. we will see whether audi can come close to matching the results that mercedes gave us. we'll see. hans: naomi, thank you very much. we have seen mercedes be a bit of an outlier, especially in china. w

this comes about six months after the global head of volkswagen, martin winterkorn, also resigned. the justice department has sued german automaker volkswagen after accusing it of installing devices in its vehicles to skirt u.s. emissions regulations u.s. regulators say volkswagen vehicles were emitting up to 40 times more pollution than u.s. standards allow. in news from europe, macedonia has announced it is closing its border with greece, only one day after slovenia announced it was also closing its borders to refugees fleeing violence in the middle east and north africa. croatia and serbia have said they, too, will block refugees from entering their countries. the series of border crackdowns effectively seals off the balkan route refugees have been using to reach northern european countries, such as germany. german chancellor angela merkel has condemned the border crackdowns. venezuela says it is recalling its top diplomat to the united states following the white house's decision to extended an executive order imposing sanctions on top venezuelan officials. the executive order a