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They have a long way to go just to do the repairs. obviously, she fired 15 people. we dont know all of their identities yet and i believe theres also a new committee thats been formed to look at risk assessment. im not sure exactly how that works with the new safety organization, and thats what theyve done. >> all right, greg, thank you so much for your time and we greatly appreciate that and well see what continues with gm. the arch dicis is forcing teachers to sign a so-called morality claus...

Incompetence. others were released because they simply didnt do enough. they didnt take responsibility. they didnt act with a sense of urgency. >> the investigation paid for by gm was led by former u.s. attorney anton velasquez whose firm has previously represented the company. the main goal was to get to the bottom of why exactly it took gm more than ten years to recall 2.6 million small cars there. lets now bring in our guests. joining us is greg gardner who covers the auto industry for the de...

okay? that was not the person who was released here. he was not in that type of dire situation. >> nbc news chief white house correspondent chuck todd is traveling with the president and joins us live from brussel. the president said a whipped-up controversy out of washington. it is true that republicans and politico notes and others and we have it here, do whatever it takes, whatever is necessary to get bowe bergdahl out of afghanistan and some of those republicans deleting tweets say...

Is among those killed in an accident blamed on the faulty ignition switch problem. this morning on the "today" show, her mother said she got no satisfaction from barras testimony yesterday. >> she was scripted. no answers. no answers were given. its a coverup, total coverup, its obvious. the fact that everyone from gm is still there, to me, is amazing. >> those sentiments were echoed by the father of 18-year-old natasha weigle, who was killed in a crash in 2006. >> very scripted. i dont think sh...

Why they were made or werent made, and changing the design of the ignition switch. and we also want to know more about the responsibility and the scope of authority of kenneth feinberg, the man that they said is appointed to possibly set up a fund or some other option to compensate the victims. >> all right, greg, thank you very much for your time. we greatly appreciate it. well continue to keep an ear an bring you information as it comes in. moments from now, president obama is said to leave ...

The bottom line is, these clips of mary barra, the new face of gm, are being played nationally right now, but does not settle well with the victims families, doesnt settle well, obviously, with some members of the senate and, most importantly, with those family members. >> yeah. bar barras toughest task is to credibly distinguish the new gm from the old gm. bankruptcy saved the company, wiped out billions in debt, got concessions from the uaw. it did not eliminate all the vehicles built before 2...

Thank you so much for joining us again. i want to play for our audience an exchange that happened only a few minutes ago between committee chair claire mccaskill and mary barra just a short time ago. i think we have it, lets play it for our audience. >> what i want to know is, what investigation began after that deposition? >> that is part of the investigation -- >> so you dont know whether or not anything happened after that investigation? >> i dont have the complete facts to share with you tod...

decades-old supreme court opinion that money is speech and you cant limit how much an individual person can spend. he said if the first amendment can abide by flag burning nazi parades and protests at military funerals, it can abide by people spending as much money as they want to support the candidates of their choices. theres a real division here in the supreme court over what is the kind of corruption that these limits were intended to avoid. the courts majority said that theres no ...

but, of course, none of this has been confirmed. nbcs tom costello has been covering every angle of this story, joins us now. okay, tom, lets talk about the manual controls, that the flight path was made using that. how does that work? take us inside something like that. >> all right, sources are confirming to us, to nbc news, that whoever was flying the plane used the onboard computer systems to help make the turn, the u-turn back, and to bank right up the straight of mallika. that ma...

things to really heat up. >> particularly across the west. the fountains in l.a. are expecting more visitors today in the scorching and even life-threatening temperatures. a heat alert is in place there until monday. and in las vegas, this weekend promises to be one of the hottest ever recorded. and in denver, the baking temperatures have officials issuing warnings all over the place. abcs clayton sandell is there, sweating it out. >> reporter: the air here in denver is pushing 100 deg...