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Area entirely again. and if thats the case, fining this jet might never happen. well get to that just minutes from now. first, general motors engineer signing off on changing faulty ignition switch now died to a series of deadly crashes. and even though the change did not meet company standards, thats according to documents from house democrats investigating the switches. officials say a year ago the same gm engineer testified the company did not approve the change. investigators have linked t...

Searchers are focusing special attention to personal belongings, photo, wallets, toys, momentum of life in this mountainside and those who lived it before the earth came crashing down to. every object cleaned and processed to be returned to the loved ones. >> returned to the family members if found, its really important to reunite family members, is a really important piece of this effort. >> reporter: officials say a small debris of the debris field, it is slow going and efforts are likely to c...

And heard the stories coming out on the nightly news, for example, families who want justice here. what can mary barra say today to answer some of these key questions? >> well, i think what shes going to say today, and you covered it to some degree, shes going to apologize. shes already done that a number of times and since february, the company has acted quickly to get a handle on this situation. mary barras gotten pretty high marks for how theyve reacted since february, but, of course, as you ...

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Suddenly turn off the engine and airbag system while the car was driving. as early as 2004, gm knew of at least one incident where this happened. an engineer found that something as simple as a weighted key chain could cause the cobalt to lose power. solutions to fix the flaw were rejected by gm after consideration of the lead time required cost and effectiveness of each of these solutions. in 2005, a gm engineer proposed a redesign to fix the flaw. those plans were scrapped. instead, gm sent ou...

>> the ignition switch was actually in the accessory position which in effect turned the airbags off. even back in 2005, i saw indications that gm was aware that this problem was occurring. >> in april of 2007, regulators were notified by an investigator that roses crash was linked to the faulty ignition. they did not open an investigation. and by the end of 2007, general motors was aware of four crashes related to their faulty ignition. they gathered the black boxes from the cars, but it wasnt ...

What temperature is th-- compan this? >> general motors issued recalls. this after the ignition switch recall that is causing a federal investigation. this is the 2009 and 13 models and cadillacs akayed yeas and traverse and saturn outlook. it is a long list of cars. dyson is recalling 1 million fan heaters because of a fire risk ment the heater may have a short circuit problem. no injuries have been reported but the devices are sold in more than 65 countries. apples operating system might drain...

Faulty ignition switch back in 2005, but didnt tell owners that it was available. all this after nbc obtained and reviewed hundreds of pages of court documents and video depositions. now according to those, some gm officials made a business decision not to spend money on a par official fix. they now acknowledge the problems are linked to 12 deaths. the there are more problems for the automaker. an independent consumer watchdog group says federal research shows more than 300 bags deployed after t...

Gm has only linked 12 deaths to a faulty ignition switch. anthony fox says the government may have acted sooner if they had not waited for problems with the ignition switches. >> the question we are asking is whether there was a timeliness issue with gms bringing to our attention the issues regarding this ignition switch. it is our belief had we known that there was an issue, that might have changed the outcome of the initial is crash investigations. >> documents are showing gm was aware for the...

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