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Larger investigations. so in terms of this being a really critical moment for her, she is trying to kind of hit all of the important notes. the contrition, her personal apology, concern for the families and then also expressing a willingness to move forward and find answers. that will not satisfy people who believe much more should have been done a lot sooner. mary barra, who is new to the job but has spent a career at gm, may have some responsibility in that as well, so she is an interesting pe...

Perspective, performance as well. >> is that switch acceptable? >> im sorry? >> is the switch acceptable? >> what timeframe, im sorry? >> at the beginning. it didnt meet specs of gm. is that what you would consider acceptable? >> as we clearly know today its not. >> in 2006 gm changed its ignition switch and put in a new spring to increase the torque. am i correct? >> i didnt hear the last part, im sorry? >> gm switch supplier put a new spring in to address the torque. is that correct? >> there ...

A public apology for a recall that one massachusetts lawmaker calls, and im quoting here, a decade late and dozens of lives and injuries short. 13 deaths, 12 in the u.s., one in canada linked to this problem that affects some 2.6 million gm cars. certain year chevy cobalts, pontiac g5s, saturn ions are at risk of shutdown because of this faulty ignition switch that can just totally turn the car off. mary barra, the ceo just took the top yob about two months ago. and this could be, in a matter of...

Good afternoon, everyone, its tuesday, april 1st. the sins of the george w. bush administration have come back to haunt the war on terror as a blockbuster senate report accuses the cia of deliberately misleading the country about its interrogation tactics, including the use of what the bush administration called enhanced interrogation techniques but which were known by many more by the name torture. well bring you more later in the show. first, its april fools day but the grilling that general m...

An abuse of power, judge napolitano weighs in after the break. >> we are waiting for the ceo of general motors. will they get the answers they and all americans deserve? . $2. thats how little the ignition switch could have cost to repair. it is too much for general motors. [ male announcer ] when fixed income experts... ♪ ...work with equity experts... who work with regional experts... thats when expertise happens. mfs. because there is no expertise without collaboration. -hit the beach in fl...

Androgel 1.62%. youre watching live coverage from capitol hill where house energy and commerce committee ranking member henry waxman is delivering his opening statement in todays hearing over the gm safety recalls. we expect to hear from gms ceo mary barra and we will bring that to you live. staying with us is adam levitt, one of the lawyers involved in a class action against general motors over the faulty key system. i want to read you a little from msnbc.com. theres additional documents that...

Made, the ones that had the faulty ignition switch. she said it came to light under her watch, a new watch, but she still claims complete responsibility for this. she understands there will be civil and legal responsibilities and shes determined to set new standards. she announced a new safety person employed by gm. ken feinberg, you know that name investigations into 9/11 and boston bombing. he will lead some sort of investigation here. time to bring in charles payne from the fox business netwo...

Search and recovery operation is probably the most challenging one i have ever seen. >> that comes as a new report this morning is out about poor coordination and how it hampered the search effort last week. in addition, malaysian authorities today released a full transcript of the final words from the cockpit. they said, "good night malaysian 370." this is a standard call, it had been reported for a long time it was said "all right, good night." now lets take you to that press conference. the...

Steering problems, coming just before americas largest automaker testifies before congress about its handling of that other recall, involving the ignition switch that took gm more than a decade to make and cost at least 13 people their lives. >> its too late for our daughter and the other victims, but theres still people out there driving this vehicle who should not be driving it. >> reporter: gm has now recalled 2.6 million cars because their ignition switches could turn off unexpectedly, shutt...

When we have answers, we will be fully transparent with you, with our regulators, and with our customers. >> theres been a fair amount of "i dont know" since chev is the new ceo and says they turned over 200,000 pages of documents to the housite committee and she had not reviewed the information. >> i was lisping to the questions -- listening to the questions. lawmakers sound angry. >> they want to know why it took general motors so long to act on this information, that the switches in the autom...