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Fundamentally changed the lives of those impacted by the faulty ignition switch. >> reporter: 15 gm employees, including senior executives, fired. five others disciplined and evidence the ignition problems were flagged as early as 1999. the engineer, who designed it, called it the switch from hell. but the investigation found no evidence of a cover-up and cleared barra of any wrongdoing. a point shes stood by since the beginning. >> you claim that never once did this ever cross your desk in the ...

Bankruptcy. as the new company. you know, the new gm. so will they be held financially or legally accountable for the ignition problems that occurred under the old gm. and joining us to sort this out is john seidenberg and john paul an attorney. and is it fair that this little do-dad could have caused the death of a loved one and you cant sue because it is a new company. >> that is it. the new company looks a whole lot like the old one. but in bankruptcy court you never use it to escape liabilit...

Lawyers representing vims estimates injured as a result of gms faulty ignition problems filed their own motion asking the judge to dismiss part of the restructuring agreement. they claimed old gm committed bankruptcy fraud because it knew it had a problem and failed to disclose it. gm says it has taken responsible for its actions and will keep doing so. it has recalled 2.6 million vehicles so far this year. unrelated to the recalls is the new potential problem. the national highway traffic safet...

Signal that is available publically and as a fee recording the program you want to watch. the broadcast networks say this is a scheme that allows them to get around copy right law. oral arguments in an hour and they will probably decide this one in the summer. >> this is a fascinating case to watch. general motors seeking protection against the lawsuits regarding the ignition problems saying they are not responsible for the cars sold with the old gm in 2009. they emerged after the $50 billion ...

Neighbors of sandy hook elementary school gunman adam lanza want his newtown, connecticut, home torn down. lanza killed his mother in that house and then killed 20 children and 6 staffers at the school. some say they would like a memorial or park in place of that house. new developments this morning in the flight 370 investigation. all passengers and crew have been cleared of suspicion. there is still no sign of the missing boeing 777 and no word on what happened to it. time is, however, runni...

Good morning. im diana perez. >> im john muller. here are some of the top headlines we are following on "world news now." another mass shooting at ft. hood, texas. an off-duty officer shooting three then himself. leaving at least 16 others wounded. we will have more from investigators live in just a moment. residents of newton, connecticut, want to tear down the house where the school shooter adam lanza lived. it is also where he started his shooting spree with his mother. shaken by a powerf...

>> they and the american public were failed by a corporate culture that chose to conceal rather than disclose. >> reporter: senate committee grilling mary barra zeroing in on internal gm documents showing an engineer replaced some of the faulty ignitions in 2006 and lied about it in a deposition. >> this is criminal deception. >> it is not an appropriate practice to do. >> reporter: barra said no one at gm had been fired over the ignition fall yours and declined to answer specific questions unti...

Red sox will visit president obama at the white house this hour. if rumors hold, it could be quite the patriotic affair. jonny gomes, one of the sox stars, purchased blazers, check them out, one for each of his teammates in advance of the traditional white house visit, and according to the tweet from the official boston red sox account, there could be one of these custom blazers bestowed upon the president. color, stars and stripes, size, 40 long, so i suppose the question becomes, will he actua...

Gm had two separate plans to fix ignition switch defect but cancelled both before doing anything about the problem. barras hearing will focus on the 2.6 million small cars with ignition problems linked to 13 deaths. mcdonald is giving away free coffee until april 12. americans drink -- it could end up in billions served. apple and samsung head back to court for the next round of pat tent trial involving newer devices like the iphone 5 and galaxy 3. the real battle because the android softwar...

But as i already mentioned, the state of ukraine and ukrainian people will execute its duty and defend our country. >> meanwhile, more tough talk about russia coming from the former ukraine prime minister. she said sewed vladimir putin is enemy number one for ukraine. she said that at the kickoff for her run for the presidency. finally a toppling of the pro-moscow government here. new presidential elections are planned for may. derailing this move towards democracy could be another motivation be...