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 hanging on the outcome. g.m. is our focus on this edition of inside story. joining us for that conversation alan cam, former senior enforcement attorney at national highway traffic organization. and laura christian whose daughter died in a car from g.m. did you hear anything today that you thought, finally more truth is coming out? >> absolutely not. i really didn't expect to hear much today. i read the report. and again it was an internal report. i'm looking forward to seeing what doj has to say about it. >> do you un

listen to mary barra this morning. of a you are aware potential problem affecting safety or quality and do not speak up, you are part of the problem, and that is not acceptable. if you see a problem that you don't think is being handled properly, elevate it to your supervisor. if you still don't believe it's being handled properly, contact me directly. i want an environment at gm where the customer is at the center of every action and decision we make. after all, we exist to serve their needs, not ours. switch issue has been linked to at least 13 deaths. mary barra has said time and aain she feels almost personal responsibility for that and because it cost the company a lot of money already and general motors said recall costs will rise in the second half as these continue. they have already recalled 14 mean -- million vehicle so far. >> what does the report conclude about what she said in the past, that she was previously unaware of the faulty switch? >> it appears to clear not only mary barra but other key members of

is mary barra herself doing the gm salute?f product development and responsibility for quality. how is it possible? and i get that they had this weird culture where the top executives weren't allowed to know about recalls finish that's the stupidest thing i've ever heard in my life, but it was just for the lawyers, obviously. >> yeah. basically kept them in a shell there. she's saying that's just how it was, and it's not going to be that way moving ahead. she's told every employee with the company, they can contact her directly. it'll be interesting to see the mechanism they put together to make that possible. the information in the future is crowd sourced whether you want it to be or not, and if gm doesn't start doing something like this on their own, it's going to be more trouble for them down the road. liz: jeff, did you hear mary barra remark if you have concerns within the company, call me directly? did he provide her -- >> reporter: call me directly. -- liz: -- e-mail address? >> reporter: she didn't, although they're do

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.

let's talk about mary barra for a minute. has mary barra done enough to help gm drive on here? >> i think she's done enough when you look at wall street and the average consumer, even though there's all the this outrage about the recall. i mean, let's be honest, i think the congressional hearings, it's a bit of a dog and pony show. >> no? here, in washington? >> i know in washington, the circus and the capitol, big surprise there. i think barra's been acting tougher in her presenting as lately. she's taking accountability. the problem, though, is, because she was a gm insider she was there when all the problems are going on, it's going to be very difficult for her to escape the criticism. but as you point out, it hasn't really impacted sales yet. it hasn't really impacted the value, resell value of the limited cars recalled. and this could change the game. and actually force carmakers to really get serious about recalls. >> last titan, paul, and the titan is not you. it's janet yellen. wall street loved her messages. the job market is and it's different for janet yellen. >> a l

coming up, mary barra is on capitol hill.awmakers are asking why it took gm so long to do anything about the faulty ignition switch that ultimately resulted in the death of at least 13 people. ♪ >> kwik breaking news out of the nfl. it is out of the patent office. they have canceled a trademark of the washington redskins name. they say it is disparaging of native americans. it does not mean they have to change their name, but it may raise the pressure on dan snyder. we are back in two. ♪ >> live from bloomberg headquarters in new york, this is "market makers," with erik schatzker and stephanie ruhle. you are watching "market makers." i am erik schatzker. who is this guy? he is not stephanie ruhle. he is mark yusko. stephanie is on assignment. -- it is great to have you here. he is my guest host for the hour. we are going back to washington. opening statements are underway for general panel motors. they are asking about the failure to recall cars with faulty ignition switches. matt miller is there. ofy barra is in the midst he

and that's basically what mary barra said today. barra has to do is really show that this is a new general motors. she needs to address the fixes in specifics. she needs to go beyond just, you know, there was incompetence. you can review the report. had had i been advising them, i would have got everything out all at once. yes, it's going to be damaging to general motors. but it will also show transparency because today's consumer compared to the previous recalls wants transparency when a company is caught in trouble, as general motors has. and today, we didn't see that transparency. remember, the report now is public. but it was released by federal investigators. not by general motors. that, to me, was a mistake in crisis communications. >> david and phil, thank you very much for joining us. microsoft getting a big upgrade today. so should you own this stock? we'll be talking numbers on it ahead. >>> later on, how one hockey fan got iced in a major stubhub flub. stick around. greenline do for you?fidey just take a closer look. it w

it was wrong according to mary barra.ormer culture of general motors before bankruptcy and her mission was to change that. she was very forceful about it. >> but they weren't fired at the time because the culture was acceptable. if you're trying to change a culture you don't fire low-level individuals who simply were complying with an acceptable culture. you go to the head of the company and you make the change starting from the head going down. >> bob, where are you on the line that is in the sand, the june 2009 bankruptcy, presumably a blot of this predates that which is a problem for you in attempting to soon and where are we on kenneth feinberg and his decision about voluntary compensation of your clients. >> he put out a statement saying the program will be ready by august 1st. he's going to be spending the next few weeks figuring out how to doll out any compensation to the victims. >> well, the lawsuits i have filed, general motors' attorneys have asserted bankruptcy, come into court and said these victims cannot re

feinberg and it mary barra have to keep in mind. these are real people the loss is a direct result of gm and they have rights to a trial by jury if the conversation is not appropriate to. cheryl: jeff flock wanted to add something. >> but i don't want to speak for the company but they bush argues some of these cases some of the drivers were speeding, not wearing seat belts or over the legal limit with alcohol and i am guessing that will have day mitigating impact. but my suspicion is it would >> every single person deserves a right to survive. in a collision. doesn't matter if you have alcohol in your system if it could have saved you so you can live and to have family and children. the penalty is not death it is not to be killed because you hit the dash board way in your air bag does not apply. even though there may be some specific cases where individuals had carelessness they had a right to expect the car they were driving would function properly and would save their lives everybody deserves another day or another chance. cheryl:

mary barra testified before a congressional panel today.hey took note of whistleblowers first reported in bloomberg is this week. >> there is a story today in bloomberg businessweek about a whistleblower who apparently tried to bring these problems to the attention of the company and lost his job as a result. >> the previously referenced article by bloomberg notes that cortland kelly, who worked on the cavalier had to continue doing that even with threatening whistleblower references. >> tim higgins of bloomberg news cho the article. he joins us now from washington, d.c. give us a little background on the story. it has to do with whistleblowers, but also with a culture at g.m. >> antone to lucas -- anton the lucas looked into why it took so long to recall the cobalt, more than a decade. he said that the culture was one of a slow moving -- and it really did not address issues in an expedited fashion. a lone engineer, according to him, was able to approve a part that did not meet specifications, and then later fix it improperly, and change th

as for mary barra's explanation for what went wrong, she says it in blunt terms. here she is. >> valukas found in this situation was a pattern of incompetence and neglect. repeatedly, individuals failed to disclose critical pieces of information that could have fundamentally changed the lives of those impacted by the faulty ignition switch. from start to finish, the cobalt saga was riddled with failure, which led to tragic results. what valukas found was a pattern of deficiencies and miss judgments often based on incomplete day that that were passed off at the time as business as usual. >> take a look at shares of general motors year to date. down almost 11%. it was actually up premarket. we want to show you what the stock did once the markets opened and mary barra was giving her explanation of the investigation. stock is now down more than 1%. bottom line is this, carl. they basically look at this case and this three-month investigation says it was incompetent si and nemgs and nobody stepped up when they should have to say there's something wrong with this igniti

gm ceo mary barra getting grilled by lawmakers.ten-year delay in a recall. what's to come out of these hearings so far, anything? >> reporter: good morning. actually, mary barra, the ceo gave her prepared remarks, followed by the u.s. attorney who did the internal investigation. the questioning has been going on by lawmakers kicked off about five minutes or so. jumping in, diving in, grilling her. i want you to take a listen to some of the remark we got this morning from gm's ceo. >> the report as you know is extremely thorough, brutally tough and deeply troubling. it paints a picture of an organization that failed to handle a complex safety issue in a responsible way. i was deeply saddened and disturbed as i read the report. for those of us who have dedicated our lives to this company, it is enormously painful to have our shortcomings laid out so vividly. >> reporter: and now barra has been insisting for months since this recall happened and again on the hill today that this is a new general motors that she is leading. the company

tell us in your own words your reaction to mary barra's comments today? >> i was deeply affected by her comments. as i listened to her and i think about it now, i cry. she -- word that stood out for me initially were that her comment that the goal was to focus on honor, integrity and safety. and i, i cried when i heard her say that because i bought the car because i thought it was a company that had integrity, that had -- and did care about the safety of the people who, who purchased the car. i was deeply saddened because i realized that was in fact the not case. the level of inhumanity was just unconscionable to me. i, i'm so, still trying to process it. it has been difficult. gerri: i'm sure it has been difficult. your daughter died in 2009. >> yes. gerri: and it has taken 11 areas for the company to come to term with this, even admit the problem. what should happen now, in your view? >> in my understanding, well, i think that they need to be accountable and i, what i heard today is that they intend to be but i didn't hear that they, their intention was

mary barra didn't do that. mary barra was there for the exclusive interview with general motors approach to the very serious safety problems that have been ongoing and date back to the time when, dairy say it, a male was ceo of the company. >> those of us who do work on live tv, matt lauer more celebrated than me, we make a mistake and wish we could take it back. shouldn't he have said, you know what, i blew it, i'm sorry. >> yeah. that's absolutely the approach. we are all humans. our feet are made of clay and live tv is fraught with peril and sometimes we goof. if matt had simply said, man, that was a dumb question. that was a boneheaded question or simply, gosh, i didn't phrase that the way i wish i had, i'm sorry, i think people would have moved on. >> i'm sorry. you almost never go wrong with i'm sorry. >> i'm sorry is a pretty good thing. spouses should remember that to say to the hubby or wife. i'm sorry is a couple of good words to keep in your back pocket. >> thank you so much for joining us. >> thank

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. >>> gm ceo mary barra facing tough questions about the defect that led to 50 crashes and 13 deaths. gm is said to have known about the default for 13 years but first talked about it this year. >> lawmakers asked very pointed questions whether the ceo mary barra can change the culture and they're skeptical about the true story, why it took more than a decade to recognize this vehicle defect that led to 50 crashes and 13 deaths. >> why the foot dragging? is this typical of g.m.'s investigation of product concern? how do you plan to change this? >> we're working through recall today. we've expedited it and the most senior levels are involved in it. while i don't want to do recalls we're going to do what is right for our customers and we're demonstrating it today. >> reporter: barra has outlined changes including a new top safety officer and engineers. but these are folks who worked for the old g.m. so are you changing the culture? testifying, the lead attorney on the internal g.m. investigation into this problem. he painted a corporation with a culture of secrecy and meetings where no

and mary barra set to testify in a few moments.on that and something else that came across breaking news to tell you about involving the washington redskins. nfl's washington redskins and the trademark. the u.s. patented trademark office announced it is cancelled the six trademarks for the name of the football team. i want to bring in pete williams. first of all, practically what does this all mean? i'm reading here they refer to it -- >> let me explain it. i think the quickest way is get straightforward explay neigh. what it means that the trademark registration is cancelled. it's not protected. the redskins can use it. but they can't sue anybody if somebody else uses their trademark. so as a practical matter, immediately it changes nothing. secondly, it's the second time it's happened. the redskins can appeal. the last time they appealed federal government struck it down and said there wasn't enough evidence. this time the trademark war tried to build more evidence. it's going to be appealed. it's another black mark for the redsk

what actions did mary barra take?porter: those two words you reiterated stood out to me, carol, a pattern of incompetence and neglect at that giant automaker for 11 years. she said that never once did the fact that this ignition switch was deadly reach the highest levels of the company. she took action. she said they have dismissed 15 people at general motors that are tied to this ignition switch defect and the inability of this company or the unwillingness of this company to come forward, they have been let go because of, quote, either misconduct, incompetence or simply because they didn't do enough. they knew something was wrong and they didn't do anything about it. it cost lives. also, the company has taken disciplinary action against five other people. she also said numerous times that the company will do the right thing for victims. and the question remains, we have not heard yet what that means, how much money is this company going to set aside to pay victims that died and were injured in these crashes. but agai

what were the most important things we heard from mary barra this morning? >> there were the facts, one you just mentioned, the 15 people -- maybe not fired but no longer with the company. she wouldn't confirm in the q and a section after when our tim higgins asked her if those employees were fired, if they were retired, if they even received buyout packages. she said that was a personal issue between the employees and the companies. she gave us a few other facts as well. saying that five people were still with the company but eceived disciplinary measures. said that ken fineberg's fund he's going to administer the results of that. will start to roll out in the next couple weeks. we'll start to find out what's happening as far as victim compensation. it may be more than just the 13 deaths that g.m. has linked specifically to the ignition problem. she and mark royce both made very clear as well as dan, who sat there, taking questions from reporters, that they will want to compensate anybody that ken fineberg feels necessary to compensate. any families that ha

-- and take a look at mary barra.ad a press conference before the meeting, and she made the point that the dealerships like this one behind me, the business is good out there. no meaningful impact to sales. she says, you know, despite all of this gm is in solid shape. take a ook at the other headlines. she got a vote of confidence from the board today. also the chairman of the gm board saying, quote, we could not be prouder of the job that mary barra has done. they reelected the entire board with at least 87% of the vote for every member. anybody who thought maybe they were going to withhold some votes, didn't happen. mary barra says no more firings are in the offing, they've alreadied 15 people, and she said that the recall binge they've had -- my word, not hers -- coming to an end at the end of this month. so good news all around. you mentioned the protesters, and i would say it was a very -- of all the protests i've seen in my life, this was a very respectful remembrance of the people that have been killed in this.

one of those parents told me he believes gm ceo mary barra is sincere when she says she wants to changethe company. >> i got a chance to meet mary personally when she was doing her meeting with the congressional hearings out in washington. it appears that she is trying to make things happen, which is good. it is good for all purposes, whether it is you know, to make sure that the cars are safer on the road. but we have to make sure that things like this don't happen to someone else. >> the annual meeting had little impact on the shares of general motors which by the way are down about 10% this year. at the gm annual meeting in detroit, michigan. phil lebeau, "nightly business report." >>> and two encouraging reports about the job market, first, small business owners are feeling optimistic. the latest survey by the national association of independent business shows that as of last month, more owners are hiring new employees and paying them more wages, more seeing business improving and paying costs. >>> and the labor department reports that the number of advertised job openings soared to

i'm not sure mary barra is all that thrilled that she was cleared.roblem is one that runs throughout the whole company and her responsibility is to change the response to safety issues and, you know, they put these steps in place. >> these changes or these critical steps the company has taken in the wake of this internal investigation, how critical is it to add a v.p. of safety? >> well, it's important that person suppose lead has more authority over the issue of safety. you know, some people will say why wasn't this done years ago? >> right. >> but, you know -- >> because that is the assumption that you're looking at this huge organization, safety is always supposed to be first. why would it it take this long to have someone in place to oversee that? >> well, she said that the report found no conspiracy and found no tradeoff where safety and quality were jeopardized at the, you know, in favor of cost, but the reality was these cars were stalling for more than a decade and they did not see that as a safety issue. >> what's the next step here, greg? n

>> now the testimony of gm's ceo mary barra and the attorney who conducted the investigation. the hearing is just under three hours.

how do you think mary barra is doing?get into the meat of this, not an easy job, she seems to be standing up and taking the heat. >> she really, is she started this job in january, so she is not very much a tenured ceo by any stretch of the imagination, but i think she's handling this with a lot of honesty, brutally honest about the shortcomings of general motors which is tough to do as ceo and life long employee of the company. it's a tough situation she's in. ashley: so what kind of damage is done to gm's reputation? >> well, i think everyone at this point has heard of the general motors recalls, and i think that, you know, a lot of people know what's going on. i think in terms of what's happening to sales, sales are still doing relatively well. they had a great may. it looks like a lot of people that had the older model recalled vehicles are trading them in and buying new general motors vehicles. that says a lot of people for the brand. there may be pr issues but the bottom line is they're selling cars and they're doin

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: ♪ ♪ moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> charles schwab, pr

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mary barra will keep her job, but 15 other g.m. employees have been fired and five others disciplined. g.m. said it will set up a compensation fund for crash victims, and it pledged to make institutional changes in the corporation. jeff glor has our report. >> let me be clear-- this should have never happened. it is unacceptable. >> reporter: in a speech streamed to g.m. employees around the world, c.e.o. mary barra said today there was no conspiracy, just incompetence and neglect. >> this report is extremely thorough, brutally tough, and deeply troubling. >> reporter: the investigation conducted by an attorney who does have a long relationship with g.m. found the company discovered there were problems with ignition switches as early as 1999. documents show engineers refer to it as the "switch from hell," which caused cars to inadvertently shut off. the defective switches still went into six models including the saturn ion, later the chevy cobalt. the first deaths linked to the ion was in 2003 and 2004. as employees searched for an

mary barra speaking to employees and then reporters saying it pained her to have to share this reportyone. you would think this is something they want to put behind them but mary barra said no she doesn't want to forget how badly they screwed up. >> i hate sharing this with you just as much as you hate hearing it. but i want you to hear it. and i, in fact, i want you to remember it. i want you to never forget it. i never want to put this behind us. i want to keep this painful experience permanently in our collective memories. >> reporter: mary barra as probably as contrite and as forceful as she has been thus far saying we screwed this up and also just one little tidbit out of this report, something called the gm nod. this is a real window into the gm culture. gm had a way of kind of having a meeting and everybody would agree to do something and everybody would leave the meeting and not do it. he said essentially although everybody had responsibility to fix this problem with the ignition switches, nobody actually did it. a lot of people pretty contrite at gm headquarters here today, n

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general motors ceo marie barra was back on capitol hill challenged about the company's ignition switch. here's a little bit of what she had to say. >> i will not rest until these problems are resolved. as i told our employees, i'm not afraid of the truth and not going to accept business as usual at gm. david: ralph nader says he knows the truth, he believes it was a massive 13-year institutional cover-up at gm. joining us now, ralph nader consumer advocate and author of a terrific new book, unstoppable, the emerging left-right alliance to dismantle the corporate statement more about that later on, ralph, when we have you next time. first on gm, what specific evidence do you have that there was a 13-year institutional cover-up? >> cover-up means they don't disclose key information under the government, under the law that would save people's lives and prevent crashes. she's already said it's incompetence, neglect, irresponsible, you don't have to have someone in a smoke-filled room saying let's make this a cover-up. the whole internal bureaucracy of gm colluded by escaping responsibility

gm's mary barra was asked whether she can be good at both. lau. e -- lauer in the hot seat. would he ask the same question to a man? >>> hello, everyone, i'm john berman. >> and i'm michaela pereira. happy friday. those stories much more qoes at this hour. we want to begin with new evidence in the case of a georgia toddler who died when his father left him in a sweltering suv. disturbing searches on his computer, including a search how long it takes an animal to die in a car. >> he is charged with murder outside of that jail in atlanta. what are you learning more about this investigation? >> reporter: we're awaiting the release of several of the initial search warrants as part of this investigation. that will tell us more about what police expected to find and what they were searching for, but let's talk about those searches that police found allegedly on harris's computer. a source with knowledge of the investigation tells hln's nancy grace that police found searches of dead animals and hot cars on harris's computer. now, we have to add two caveats here. we do not know if h

mary barra will be returning to capitol hill tomorrow.umers are not avoiding gm. domestic sales rose 13% in may 285,000. best levels of the they have seen in five years. >> this is the news on the pre-new ceo. for other reasons -- it is international and it has chinese and european growth. in europe you have a long runway for them to grow with a good balance sheet and 3.5% dividend yield, which gives you support on the stop. for instance, fienberg looking at the victims compensation fund. >> there is a short-term overhang on whether they will penetrate the shields and see if the bankruptcy defense can hold on. gm overtime is going to look forward and that is what investors are looking at. what is the future for this company? the past has issues but what is the future value of that cash flow? >> why gm? >> we like ford, gm is cheaper and has a better upside. ford, you still have 11.4 11.4 years old. >> the average american car. people are still going to buy cars. look at it globally and they will capture a lot of share. >> thank you, manag

a man who worked closely with ceo mary barra herself.e have the vice-chair of the house energy and commerce committee that uncovered evidence with us here tonight, congresswoman marcia blackburn, republican of tennessee, joins me right now. thanks for coming on the show. i have to tell you, that the information you made public last night a bombshell, really. talking about doug parks, currently the vice president of product programs for gm, knowing years ago, nearly a decade ago there was a problem with these ignition switches. tell us of his relationship with mary barra. how close are they? >> well it seems they are fairly close. he is one of her principle advisors and part of the leadership team. what we heard from miss berra, a couple times before us, she has assemihe willed a leadership team. their senior leadership team. it advises her and, we were under the impression no one on that team knew or had known about this. so we're very disappointed that it indeed looks like there was. gerri, one of the things that troubles us the most, k

is in mary barra's blood. her start more than 30 years ago working the assembly line. just six months ago, the mother of two became the first female ceo in the auto giant's history. she was immediately thrust into the hot seat. handling a series of massive, high-profile recalls on millions of vehicles for defects going back more than a decade. the airbag problems that have put a halt to the sale of the new chevy cruze are just the latest. barra addressed her employees earlier this month. >> we failed these customers, and we must face up to it and we must learn from it. >> reporter: an internal investigation cleared barra and other senior managers of covering up problems that are being blamed for more than a dozen deaths. >> general motors has a culture of secrecy and of avoiding responsibility, and mary barra apparently did not know about this terrible safety defect, but she should have known. >> reporter: the bottom line clearly shows mary barra as ceo has the pedal to the metal. gm's sales in may skyrocketed

mary barra faces for grilling, facing questions about recalled cars. faulty ignition switches lead to death and the recall of 16 million vehicles. bisi onile-ere is in detroilt. >> reporter: mary barra is in the hot seat, but a former ceo will testify. the hear which is scheduled will be held by the house sub committee. bar rrk a and lucas answer questions on ignition switches. 13 deaths and multiple accidents are linked to the defect. g.m.'s report involved 350 interviews and 41mlion documents. 15 employees were fired. in total g.m. called back 15 million vehicles this year - a record. >> the company has been fined 35 million. in april g m asked a bankruptcy court to shield it from legal liabilities the. they said it's in the the same company as the one that went bankrupt, so it's not responsible for the old mistakes. it angers many families who feel they are trying to avoid payouts. >> a judge will decide it claims can be filed. g.m. earlier said they will offer settlement to those whose loved ones were killed or hurt. the testimony will be an import

. >>> mary barra is back on capitol hill this morning. for that and the rest of the news before the bell, let's check in with jackie deangelis live at cnbc world headquarters. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. well, futures are higher this morning after stocks rose for a third straight day. despite hotter than expected inflation data that came out and also a weak housing starts report. the focus today likely on the federal reserve. wrapping up a two-day meeting, fed not expected to make major policy moves but may offer fresh forecasts on the economy and could signal when interest rates will start to rise. the dow rising 27 points finishing at 16808. nasdaq up 16 to 4337. >>> mary barra of gm on capitol hill testifying before the commerce committee. gm will start compensating victim of the ignition switch recall by august 1st. ken feinberg overseeing the fund will have full authority to establish the criteria for eligibility there. >>> and amazon expected to unveil the smartphone today. jeff bezos presiding over a mystery event at t

tyson barrie will be in the hot -- mary barra will be in the hot suit. anton val uk us, former u.s. attorney, who let the g.m. investigation will testify. the hearing will be held by the house sub committee on oversight and investigation. barra and other will open on the internal report in relation to the ignition switch. 13 deaths and multiple actions are listened. g.m.'s report, a culture of dysfunction and lack of accountability involved 350 interviews and 41 million documents. in the end 15 employees were fired. in total, g.m. called back over 16 million vehicles worldwide this year. that's a record. so far the company has been fined over 35 million and it's spending millions to fix the vehicles. in april g.m. asked a u.s. bankruptcy court to shield it saying today's gm is not the same cap as the one in 2009 to it's not responsible for the old g.m.'s mistakes. it's angered many families of the accident victims who feel they are trying to avoid payouts. >> in the meantime, earlier this month the company announced it will offer settlements to those who loved ones were killed or hur

ceo mary barra will talk to employees and dealers at 9:00 a.m. eastern.he media at 9:30 and analysts this afternoon. "the wall street journal" says the report will conclude there was no concerted cover-up but managers working in isolation failed to make connections and act on evidence. >>> sprint will reportedly pay about $40 a share in cash and stock for t-mobile u.s., or more than $32 billion. reports say deutsche telekom would keep a 15% to 25% stake in the newly combined company. softbank is the majority owner of sprint, ceo son has been wanting to buy t-mobile to better compete with at&t. sprint, t-mobile and deutsche telekom are trading like this. deutsche telekom higher by around 1% in normal trading, sprint up 6.62% and t-mobile u.s. up 5.14%. >>> the ceos of both companies are expected to testify, that is at&t and directv. it must be approved by antitrust regulators and the fcc. congress has no sway in the decision process. at&t and frankfurt up just modestly by 0.5%. directv almost flat in frankfurt trading. >>> still to come on the show, anothe

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 this. so good. m's troubles are not over yet. >> thanks, bisi. it was ambitious and audicious. d-day in france ended with a massive parachute drop. >

[applause] >> that was mary barra.etailing some of the findings of this report by an independent attorney counsel. some of the headlines that have come out to include -- confirming there are 15 people who are no longer with general motors after this report. there are five who will face further disciplinary action. also, she says she did not know about the issue of these vehicles, of the ignition switches, prior to the recall that we have seen. to more on the reaction this, matt miller has been listening in. has, ed niedermayer, who been very critical of how gm and mary barra have handled this. matt, let's get to you first. at this point, as unbelievable as it seemed at first, it is clear that she did not know about this, or she did not know in full detail of how bad it was or how long the problem had been festering. watchingveryone who is internally and externally now feels a little bit bad for her because she has been thrust into this situation. maybe others knew about it and said let's get out of here and put her in

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 when gm was the true crim