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>> reporter: the valukas report. >> an employee who hides or doesnt share information a cover-up? >> the individual knows, for instance, the information is a safety information and understands that and deliberately decides to conceal that, thats a cover-up, yes. >> reporter: gm, instead, termed the ignition switch with power brakes air bags all in motion, after coming undone and restarting it. >> that would be hard for a 16-year-old driver to even think of with an 18-wheeler bearing down on them...

Snchts here we go again. general motors dealing with yet another round of recalls. this time more than 3 million cars are affected. it deals with an ignition switch defect in which a key chain with extra weight can turn off the car if you submit something like a pothole. the company has recalled more than 20 million vehicles worldwide. christine romans is here. it sounds like a broken record. >> its a different ignition switch altogether, a heavy key chain if you good over a pothole, could cause...

For about 3.4 million cars on several models made between 2000 and 2014. if the keys are carrying too much weight, they may cause ignition switch problems to move out of the run position. g.m. says owners should remove everything from their key chain and drive only with the key in the ignition. so far there are reports of eight crashes and six injuries. dozens of people showing off their best rob ford impression. take a look at this. ♪ ♪ if they try ♪ to make ♪ me go to rehab ♪ its l...

The ignition switch. theyre only going to fix the keys to the car, okay. what theyre going to do is fill in the slots in the head of the key. thats the plan. we got this confirmed by gm itself. thats the only fix that will be made. theyre telling folks out there, if you own up with of thighs make these makes and models we just showed, take everything off the key chain because it is the weight on the key chain that is creating the problem. >> one in five cars on the road is a gm vehicle. i unders...

Switch problem the company first identified in february. tom closet tell low joins us with the new details. tom? >> same problem but different cars. it will replace the keys to 3.1 million cars in the tous keep them shutting down the ignition, steering, brakes, and air bra brakes. lead to the recall of 2.6 million vehicles in february. the new recall involves another 3.1 million cars in the u.s., most of them older models. gm said it needs to urgently rework the keys. here is the problem. the ca...

Side to this as well as why the sunnis are joining isis and why the military in iraq is in such disarray. well get to that discussion later this morning because it goes to the accountability of u.s. political decisions but that was not your problem, rick francona. thanks so much for the perspective this morning. this is just one of the stories were going to follow us a start your new day. theres other beg headlines for that. lets go to that. >> so true. new headlines. new details emerging on gen...

Former gitmo detainee. cops say the guy sent volunteers to fight in syria and also to iraq to fight with the group isis that weve been telling you about. that former detainee, a spanish national, spent four years at guantanamo bay after he was captured in afghanistan in 2001. he was allegedly caught there fighting with the taliban. a lot of us put a whole bunch of keys on our key chain and makes it really heavy. there is now a recall by general motors for ignition key problems that are caused ...

>> reporter: to the parents of natasha weigel, are you saying that might change? >> again, we dont know. right now the information we have indicates the number of 13. >> they died in the same car. she just as gone as amy. >> reporter: both families have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against gm. the company tells cnn it is taking steps to treat these victims and their families with compassion, decency, and fairness. we made serious mistakes in the past, and as a result, were making significant c...

General motors announcing four more recalls including half a million camaros for a problem similar to the flawed ignition switch in cobalts. that has been tied to at least 13 deaths. but what exactly counts as part of that tally? poppy harlow has that story. >> reporter: natasha weigel loved hockey, hoodies and poetry. >> she would make me laugh. and we would dance around and sing. >> reporter: she was just 18. >> we walked down the aisle to her funeral. an unfinished life. god needed a goalie. ...

>> reporter: investigators say the 2005 chevy cobalt amy and natasha were passengers in veered off the road here, then hit a telephone box before striking two trees. amy died later that night in the hospital. natasha held on for 11 days before dying. the driver miraculously survived, but with severe injuries. no one in the car was wearing a seat belt, and the driver only had a learners permit. investigators cant say exactly what caused the crash, but say the key was found in the accessory positi...