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Missouri by, both by lethal injections which have been put on hold since a botched execution back in april. gm chief mary bar rah is back on capitol hill to testify about the faulty ignition switch. gm knew of the problem for over a decade before issuing a recall in february. the automaker recalled some 20 million vehicles in 2014 alone. dramatic crash caught on cameras -- on a kansas highway. >> holy [ bleep ]? >> end over end, suv going up and over in the air. the person shooting the video n...

Good morning. im rina n good morning. im reena ninan. >> im devin dwyer. here are some of the top headlines were following on "world news now." people in nebraska, nebraska town of pilger, are struggling to put their lives back together after gifting raked over by powerful twin tornados. 75% of the town was shredded to pieces and two people were killed. gm ceo mary barra heads to capitol hill today. shell be answering questions stemming from a gm ordered report about its mishandled recall ...

>> thank you. >> ashleigh, this internal investigation found that a number of executives at gm would go into meetings and nod they would do something to make a change and then nothing would happen. thats what theyre talking about. 15 people were laid off as a result of this. you can hear lawmakers saying more change needs to happen. this, as families who lost loved ones in crashes they believe were called because of this defective ignition switch were on the hill as well. they want accountabilit...

Ignition switch. what if youre standing on the street corner and you get hit by a car that was one of those that had the defect? you you can see how this starts to snowball and deciding who gets compensated and then how much is going to be a big part of the equation. >> tom costello on the story, thank you so much. >> you bet. its a very busy day here in washington for former congresswoman gabby giffords. she received the highest honor for community service. next hour shell take part in a pane...

Position. appointed by a guy of jeff boyer to. it created the internal council that will review all kinds of safety issues. they have essentially fired or let go of 15 employees that were involved in the ignition switch crisis 5 to 10 years ago. they have taken a lot of actions, of course, you mentioned, i mean, the 325-page report by antwon -- an attorney will testify today that was scathing and tore apart gms culture. and mary barra held a town hall meeting urging employees to take it seriousl...

They have doubled the amount of safety investigators. and as you know, the number of recalls that gm has made since this major ignition switch recall if february has been massive. what they are doing now is recalling pretty much everything but the kitchen sink that may have a tiny problem so they can never be pointed at again and saying you didnt recall soon enough and it caused -- it costs lives. were going to head over the hill after this and be life for you later in the air there for what mar...

The taxes you pay on the fuel you put in your vehicles. del cat chris murphy and republican bob corker have a plan to raise the taxes on gasoline and diesel by 12 crepts a gallon over the next two years. theyre trying to boost the fund that pays for highway programs set to go broke in august. on capitol hill, just two days after gm announced its latest massive recall. on the search for answers about a problem that just will not go away. >> reporter: with pictures of 13 dead posted in the heari...

Barra. she goes before congress to face criticism of gm ordered reports about its mishandled recall of millions of small cars. specifically lawmakers are expected to ask about what she knew about ignition switch problems when she was gms development chief. one more note from the automotive world. reports say volvo is planning to start importing chinese-made vehicles to the u.s. next year. its believed the vehicles will be volvos s60l, a version of the mid sized sedan. volvo is not confirming s...

Hampered, were told, by low tide. for the first time in seven weeks lethal injections have been used to put inmates to death in our country. overnight georgia executed convicted rapist and murderer marcus wellens and minutes later missouri put together john winfield, a convicted murderer. the procedure has been put on hold in many states after a botched execution back in april. this morning general motors chief mary bar rah heads back to capital, lawmakers expected to grill her on an internal ...

Battle ahead for the plaintiffs in this case. the team says it will appeal, jake, and the appeals process could take years, as we said. in fact, the last case took 17 years. >> 17? >> and nothing is going change as far as the redskins trademark until the appeals process is over and something else thats interesting about this as we talked about is this could have the opposite effect from what these native american groups want to accomplish here because this means the redskins will have a harder t...