that's leaving sherri sharky still searching for answers. >> i'm frigighting for my famil and my son. reporter: the big question now is liability, especially financial liability for the victims' families. because gm went through bankruptcy in 2009 technically they don't legally have to pay out for civil penalties, pay out those fines. criminally, though, they could be held accountable despite the bankruptcy they appointed ken feinberg who oversaw the compensation funds after the bp oil spill. >>> thank you very much. >>> the death toll in washington state is rising. 27 people are now reported dead after that devastating landslide more than a week ago. 22 people are missing as search teams dig through the mud of the mounds of mud. >> reporter: good evening, wolf much we got a chance to go into the landslide zone today to ground zero. it was our first up close look at the devastation tlarks couple of miles up the roadway here. i was struck by what you couldn't see. you look around and so much of the devastation is now below what's become the new surface of land there, so that and the fa