Ignition Switch Defect News Today

Work yesterday morning and brokenhearted at what i saw congress doing. A member of congress who listened in on a phone call from the president of the United States and in his way tried to express that opinion, he was a brave man, fallen hero, he knew what he was getting into because he enlisted. He was where he wanted to be, exactly where he wanted to be, exactly the people he wanted to be with when his life was taken, that was the message. Kellys own son robert was killed fighting for the us in...

Bays and bring down a plane. a recent test shows lithium batteries in laptops can overheat from pressure and catch fire in less then a minute especially near certain products that contain aerosol. since 2006 pilot have been killed by in-flight fires that were caused or made worse by igniting batteries. general motors paying a big time for the ignition switch defect leading to 100 death. here with the latest on that. >> reporter: this comes three years after general motors recalled 5 million cars...

Settle a federal investigation on why it failed to recall faulty ignition switches. the gm financial payments exceed 1.5 billion for the ignition switch defect. it killed 120 and injured 275 more. that is according to the lawyers. >> new reaction on moscow military build up in syria russia an a loy of bashar al- assad increased the presence just as assads regime loses ground to rebel forces. >> why is the white house talking to russia at this time? >> reporter: they want clarity from the kremlin...

And millions more for an ignition switch defect that so far has been tied to 38 deaths, with that number expected to rise. and it came out that gm knew about the defect years earlier, while anderson was pleading guilty, but didnt tell her. after our first report, a judge agreed to hear her appeal. now her conviction has been overturned. her record cleared. >> do you feel free now? >> i do. i feel like a bigerate weight has been lifted off me. >> reporter: after a decade of agony, candace anderso...

Tonight a 360 follow we are happy to bring you. oh candace racked with guilt for the past decade believing she was responsible for her boyfriends death in 2004. he was killed when her car crashed into a tree. miss anderson ended up pleading guilty to criminal negligent homicide making her a convicted felon. this year though, gm recalled miss andersons car and millions more for an ignition switch defect so far tied to 38 deaths with the number expected to rise. it came out that gm knew about the...

Seven years. as far as wall street sees it, youre right, shares are up 7% since the recall was announced in february because what investors are doing is betting the worst is over for the company. look at gm, its already said its taking a $1.2 billion charge for the recalls in the second quarter. thats on top of a $1.3 billion charge it took in the first quarter, so theres a certain end to this, at least as shareholders see this. also, youve got a third part of this. youve got gm out there trying...

Today. the ignition switch defect is tied to at least 13 deaths and investigators say probably more. angry senators are focusing not just on barra, but other executives at gm as well. >> how in the world in the aftermath of this report, did michael millikin 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? >> the company has b...

Hopefully you know we dont see any accidents related to the ignition switch defect happen any time soon again. >> we hope not. thanks to both of you. lets talk a little history, shall we? i can remember that day clear as day. watching television with my dad and he was recording this awesome event off the television screen which served as a camcorder in those days, one of the big film cameras. i had to do it because it was history. >> thats one small step for man. one giant leap for mankind. >>...

Compensation leader and he said its not up to me to decide what cars are included. you have plaintiff lawyers and victims families mad their loved ones died or injured in cars they think because of an ignition switch defect and theyre not included in the plan. why is that? general motors is saying look, we included all the cars that were under extenuating circumstances. it had this exact defect that someone at gm knew about over ten years ago and didnt tell higher ups apparently about but theyre...

Because they have come under fire for not disclosing a deadly defect for more than a decade. this ignition switch is a really big deal. take a look at the latest cars they are recalling because of the ignition switch defect. chevy malibu, intrigue, alero, grand am, cadillac, grand prix, this is going to cost them another $500 million, but they do not want to be accused of not telling the public about a defect. it cost them a billion dollars and 13 lives. >> they offered to pay those who