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Dana bash has the story. >> lining the back wall of the hearing room, pictures of 13 people believed to have died because of a defect in a gm ignition switch, a problem that disabled air bags. their family members got a public apology from gms new ceo mary barra. >> the families and friends who lost their lives or were injured, i am deeply sorry. >> but those looking for answers didnt get many. >> we dont know why they didnt replace the switch on the old cars as well as the new cars. >> i dont k...

Uck vo: stanng by your word, thats what matters the mo bill oreilly is next. but, first, get ready to speed read your way through the news. breaking news from capitol hill just moments ago, congress sending president obama a bill to aid ukraine and sanction russia for its annexation of crimea. the bill provides 1 billion in loan guarantees to ukraine. the bill passed with bipartisan support. sad news, the death toll now rising to 28 in washington state mud slides. 22 people still missing. now,...

When you really start to lose market share. >> do you think -- recalls are nothing new. do you think this has the chance of having a long term damage on the gm brand on marys time there? >> i think the jury hes still out about that. i think this testimony at 2:00 is going to be very important. your point about the ignition switch that a calculated decision was made to take a risk, i think that is going to have a brand impact. i think mary barra has handled the situation very well. shes setting a...

Criminal investigation concerning the handling of a faulty ignition switch that would suddenly turn the cars power off, cutting off airbags, power steering, and power brakes. more than 2 million gm cars with the problem have been recalled. but as cnns drew griffin reports, they will not say which vehicles are involved in the deadly defects, not even the families of the victims. >> reporter: gordons son was just shy of his 21st birthday heading home on this road four years ago when in an unexplai...

Million cars because of problems with the ignitions including the 2005 chevy cobalt that brook was driving. the cars have a faulty ignition switch. the switch can switch to accessory which cuts power to the engine and causes vehicles to lose power steering. that is what investigators say happened in brooks accident. >> beyond the review. >> reporter: in a statement that only reopened the pain the new ceo of general motors admits the company knew about the problem years before his daughter died. ...

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...

She has apologized to the families who lost loved ones in these crashes but again there is justice department probe into this. there are going to be, there will abu nammi of lawsuits which already started. and it also remains to be seen because general motors went bankrupt, it was rescued by the federal government back in 2009. that the liabilities were shifted away from the new company in this bankruptcy but if general motors willingly hid this information from the bankruptcy court about the ig...

It is now a quarter before the top of the hour on this monday morning. weve got headlines for you. the house energy and commerce committee found general motors tpouts about fixing -- thought about fixing an ignition switch twice nearly ten years ago but didnt because of time and cost. g.m. recalled 2.3 million cars due to the defect linked to 13 deaths. 16,000 model s cars recalled. the company willç install shields to reduce the cause of fire in the tesla. >> californias high speed bullet pro...

Cobalt, pontiac g-5, is the urn ion and the sky. thats are the cars involved. >> these are not just the recalls. these have led to deaths. >> at least 13 deaths. >> if you have one of these cars, what do you need to know? >> the original part of the recall has already received a letter in the mail. april 7th is when were told theyre going to be fixing these cars because they had to make the ignition switch. the switch could be jostled or bumped in an accident and it would switch from the run to ...

Few hours and expected to arrive by thursday. australias prime minister says it doesnt matter how long it takes or how much it costs, they will keep searching. our coverage of the flight 370 will continue. first weve got other new developments on an important story for millions who drive gm cars we want to bring to you right now. general motors chief executive mary berra will testify tuesday before u.s. congress about the automakers faulty ignition switch recall. that recall covers 2.2 million v...