and you're saying milliken didn't know about that?im right now. >> settlements below $5 million were the way it was set up. didn't have to come to the top lawyer who is himself. it was under his, you know, oversight that this happened, but they were quick to say it was the responsibility of the lower ranking lawyers, five of whom were among the 15 gm employees dismissed over the scandal. so i think the senators are on point when they say how can someone who oversees the organization not be responsible. on the other hand, ceo mary barra said she believes this is the guy who's going to help fix the mess and she stood behind him. gerri: wow, i have to tell you he looked like a deer in the headlights in that first thought. joe, thanks for coming on. appreciate your time. >> you bet. gerri: we're going to switch gears now. earlier in the show we talked about swimming dangers, right? now we want to focus on another summer danger, every year about 40 children die because they were left in a hot car, and automobile can turn from a transportat

mary barra defended milliken. >> we are significantly on the way to make changes.to do that i need a good team. mike milliken is a man of high integrity. >> federal authorities imposed a maximum fine. senators are imposing five years prison time for executive that heidi effects. they would be protected from prosecution if they notify regulators. >> attorney kenneth fineberg said there is no cap, but restrictions imposed on who qualifies for reimbursement. >> senator mckass deltha called for a second hearing rewarding the g.m. recalls. >> 45 years ago today, a man walked on the moon for the very first time. kneel armstrong took those historic steps as the world watched. the two would spend a day there gathering rocks and conducting experiments. kneel armstrong died two years ago. michael collins stayed in orbit during the mission and he is still alive. in a 2009 interview, said he was very worried for armstrong and collins' safety. he went on to work for the state department. he also served as an executive at the national air and space museum and the smithsonian. >>

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and one man who's going to face touch questioning here, which is gm's general counselor, michael milliken. he said he wishes he knew about the problem earlier, that those will likely face some tough questioning from the chair of this committee, senator claire mccaskill. >> i do not understand how the general counsel for a litigation department that had this massive failure of responsibility, how he would be allowed to continue in that important leadership role in this company. >> so michael milliken will be facing some tough questions. we'll be watching that hearing here from the live desk. >>> and we're following the developing situation in the middle east right now. the cease-fire between israel and gaza has expired. for five hours today both sides agreed to stop air strikes and rocket launches as a humanitarian effort. however, during the cease-fire, gaza reportedly fired three mortar shells and one rocket at israel. the last rocket fire came just before 10:00 a.m. when the cease-fire ended. israel didn't return fire at gaza. during the cease-fire, people in bza crowded markets and to

milliken will you recommend to ms. barra that gm join me and others including the former prosecutor and calling on the governor of texas to pardon ms. anderson? >> i will recommend to miss up to the general motors corporate with any governmental agency that's taking a look at the circumstances behind that conviction and what needs to be done with it. >> ms. barra will you recommend to the governor of texas that he pardon ms. anderson? >> we will provide information to support that decision but i don't think it's him, it's not something that's appropriate for me to do. >> with all due respect and i'm sympathetic to what you are trying to do in changing the culture at gm and i cannot say enough good things about your workers and about the company, but i think that answer really is unworthy of gm and i hope you'll think more about it. this is a young woman whose life has really been changed as a result of a perversion of the justice process as a result of gm knowing and concealing that she was innocent. gm allowed an inno

. >>: some pretty the writer of the bay were not tracking it had spots allotted milliken that any day care. will start this report by looking at the bridge. will the the bay bridge to the west where the wall with the delicious if see how light the traffic is here had to get stuck the island. the leader let's have been activated for attended 50 minutes now also the west are ride is starting to back up here at the bay crystal plaza best ever so slight a backup as you did see really is for the middle of the slot. were problem free across the span of just 11 minutes drive time. it is enriched mr. revell bursar's go back upstairs again for the golden gate bridge and the water was so far ride is still easy trip not only from read but through more red to ottawa and south from. >>: investigators are the seed of a deadly car accident they crashed into a tree. >>: you see there were to look at the card that was involved in the crash the driver hitter treat their the center be the roadway. it now reads under investigation. settles a police tell the driver that was heading south of at the bouleva

michael milliken, gm's lead lawyer, is testifying, as well as the ceo of delphi, the switch manufacturervalukas, the former secretary who led gm's investigation and ken feinberg, the man tasked with deciding compensation for victims and their families. >> gm has agreed and has delegated to me full authority. once i make a final determination as to eligibility and dollar amount, gm has to accept it, under the protocol. there are no appeals. gm can't question it. they've got to pay it. >> reporter: barra apologized for the company's failure and says the company stands by its pledge to compensate victims. >> i'm incredibly proud, it's the right thing to do and shows the focus for the customer. >> for the families left behind no amount of money brings their loved ones back. >> i still dream of my beautiful daughter as if she's alive. >> it took the lives of a lot of people needlessly and i don't want them to forget. >> a lot of the family members will be at the hearing today. also for the first time, the top lawyer at gm is going to testify. he's been at the company throughout this, and you

milliken, g.m.'general counsel, whose legal staff fought ignition lawsuits for years despite knowing company engineers and investigators were aware of safety issues and related accidents. g.m. hired an outside law firm to review litigation practices in the wake of the delayed recall of 2.6 million vehicles with defective ignition switches. thank you. >> that former actress who sent letters raced with ricin to president obama has been sentenced to 18 years in prison. the 36-year-old pleaded guilty in december. she admitted sending the letters to the president and former new york city mayor michael bloomberg. she blamed those mailings on her estranged husband. >> another disturbing find by researchers at a federal laboratory, scientists discovered 300 vials of contagious virus us and bacteria, including dengue fever. it is the same lab where forget that violation of small pox were found last month. >> the a.t.f. is putting more man power on the streets of chicago to reduce violence. the attorney genera

milliken. >> senator mccaskill, ranking member heller and members of the committee. before i begin i want to say to shows who lost loved ones and those who were injured, i am deeply sorry. i know we as a company, and i personally, have a responsibility to make sure this never happens again. i am the general counsel or general motors company. i've worked for gm for 37 years. prior to that it was an assistant u.s. attorney and before that it clerked for the honorable vincent brennan of the court of appeals. the investigation revealed the failures behind the ignition switch re-call, including failures -- when miss bar r today before the committee on april 2, up number of you raised serious and important questions about the performance of the legal staff. and our responsibility in this tragedy. as general counsel, i'm ultimately responsible for the legal affairs of the company. and i'm here today to answer your questions. i first learned about the ignition switch defect in february of this year. i immediately took action. i wish i'd known about it earlier because i know

how in the aftermath of this report, however the world in the aftermath of this report did michael milliken keep his job? understand how the general counsel for a litigation department that had this massive of responsibility, how he would be allowed to continue in that important leadership role in this company. and the questions i asked today will be surrounding what he knew and why he did not know it and what kind of direction did he give a legal department that would allow them to do nothing in the face of the evidence they were confronting over by people who were trying to get the attention of general motors about the fatal defect in the product they were selling. senator heller? >> chairman mccaskill, thank you. i would like to thank the witnesses here today for both , and also think chairman mccaskill for the second hearing on general motors. today based on the finding of the report, this is in fact one of the darkest chapters in the history of general motors. an ignition switch was approved although it failed to meet gm's own standard specifications for torque resistance. the ignition

it is in -- and milliken acted. i was in the syrian refugee camp in turkey has about a year ago. it i remember asking myself the question, when i see lebanese are not really that wealthy and the have refugees equivalent to one-quarter of the population that they have to do double shifts. as you the number of refugees in jordan having to deal with the number of refugees. and have -- they have been driven by violence. i saw those countries dealing with this massive influx of refugees. one quarter of the population. i found myself asking myself how of the united states would deal with refugees. i wonder if we would deal with it in the same way as lebanon or turkey which is kind of what we're seeing, refugees driven by violence that is connected to the united states. so we have a connection. we have an obligation to try to be creative in solving it. i echo the comments made before i arrived about how disappointing it is to season : billing funding in recent years. 100 million. the president's original budget proposed hundred million and 800 million for the detention of folks of the b

milliken, is if the ceo had said on the record this report is factual, why did they refuse to stipulate to the report as factual in bankruptcy court? >> senator boxer -- excuse me senator mccaskill, i'm not aware of our position on that in bankruptcy court but i can tell you that is associated with probably attorney/client issues that are present in that proceeding and on that basis, they've probably taken that position. but i'm not familiar with the situation you're talking about in bankruptcy court on that issue. >> who would be? that's obviously an important legal decision that has been made by your company, and you're the lawyer in charge. this is obviously -- i don't know that you can have any more high profile litigation than the bankruptcy proceedings right now as to what did and didn't happen as it refers to representations made. if you don't know, who would know? >> senator, i'm familiar with that particular piece of litigation, and i have been working with lawyers to argue on the claims that need to be made and deal with the loss claims on that part of the litigation. >> you u

so the milliken institute just convened a panel discussion on this that was extremely insightful.if you build it, will they pay? because now we have to worry about what do we do with this innovation? can we afford it in the larger health care system? so i think there's an exciting opportunity here to close the is circle a bit -- the circle a bit. if we can prevent disease, then, please, let's prevent it. and, boy, do we have a lot of prevention work that needs to happen. if we need cures, let's figure out that part of the system and get the funding so that we can do it. but, boy, do we have to pay attention to that other end too which is how are we valuing this innovation, and how are we as a society going to sort of be able to take in what's coming through? i will say that in years past, you know, jonathan and his work and, you know, much of the work that's being presented here, when we were all at meetings on innovation, the big bugaboo that you always heard, the bogeyman, the fda. oh, fda's responsible for all the problems. not true, obviously, and not what you hear now. i e-ma

how in the aftermath of this report, how in the world in the aftermath of this report did michael milliken keep his job? i do not understand how the general counsel for a litigation department that had this massive failure of responsibility, how he would be allowed to continue in that important leadership role in this company. and the questions i ask today will be surrounding what he knew and why he didn't know it and what kind of direction did he give a legal department that would allow them to do nothing in the face of the evidence they were confronting over years of litigation by people who were trying to get the attention of general motors about the fatal defect in the product they were selling. .. due to these sailors the ignition switch would slip from ron to accessory with little more than any hitting the key or the car driving over a bump. cars power shot up while it was being driven. racecars my entire life. i'll tell you. even for the most expensive drivers, there's nothing more terrifying than a loss of power while moving at high speeds. i can only imagine the sheer terror of th

mike milliken is a man of incredibly high integrity. he has tremendous global experience as it relates to the legal profession. he's the person i need on this team. he had a system in place. unfortunately in this instance it wasn't brought to his attention, frankly by people that brought many other issues forward. he's a man of high integrity -- >> this wasn't a system in place, your lawyers telling you you're subject to punitive damages didn't get to your desk? how that is not incompetent? how can you have a sister in place that you or at least lucy clark dougherty has a way of telling you, we have our lawyers telling us four different times within a couple of years something you hadn't even talked about recalling punitive dans? how do you have a system in place that doesn't account for that? >> we had very senior lawyers who had this information and didn't bring it forward who are no longer with this company. >> deborah novak van der hoff is still with the company and she had the knowledge. >> as we went through the details of the luc

milliken, is if the ceo had said on the record this report is factual, why did they refuse to stipulate to the