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What is the worst outbreak in a decade. parents in some communities are being warned by authorities to keep their children inside at dusk until the first frost. there is still much more ahead on "world news tonight" this tuesday. the real estate agent attacked during an open house. the realtor shoved to the ground, screaming for her life, police are now searching for her alleged attacker. also this evening, the deadly house explosion. two people killed inside. the debris scattered. clothes c...

Settlements, but general motors going to have to pay $120 million to 49 states and the district of columbia to resolve allegations that general motors didnt disclose the safety defect in a timely manner causing these deaths. the states say general motors new this in 2004 but we didnt hear about this. >> i heard this before the diet soda makes you fat but people are suing over that. >> these are several federal lawsuits this past monday, separate lawsuits against the largest sodamakers, pepsi and...

Were left injured after a safety defect. abby: cheryl casone fox business with all of the details to keep your children safe. good morning, cheryl. cheryl: unfortunately there has been injuries, britax, sometimes you can take the stroller apart, the ones that come with the car seat are the problem here. children fallen out. 33 incidents, they are now looking to issue a repair kit. if you own the strollers that you can fix that has something to do with the latch, the click and go technology that ...

Stand pass. >> which would be the incredible timing of it all when you think about where we are in this presidential cycle. >> well the next shot may be christmas. that might be the gift we get at the end of the year. >> ron, well see what appears at 2:00 eastern time. thank you so much. coming up as well, theres a lot of talk about the winners and losers from last nights debate. but will we start to see candidates drop out? nbc senior political editor mark murray looks at the calendar when we...

Again. tv cameras capturing the terrifying moments a reporter covering a shooting almost becomes the victim of one. he was interviewing a woman outside a store in west virginia when gun fire rang out. >> were going to start off the hardest question -- >> [ bleep ] >> was there a shooting? >> yes. >> the two quickly running for cover behind a car. >> when i heard the first shot, my whole body got stiff. it was when i got behind the car that i realized how close it was because you could hear tha...

Shrapnel through the bag and into people. >> i thought i was going to die. >> reporter: the federal review comes after nhtsa first got the numbers wrong on monday saying 4.7 million bags needed to be replaced. the next day, it was nearly 8 million bags. a total of 20 million bags should be replaced. on abcs "this week," senator blumenthal said nhtsa needs to be more aggressive. >> the relationship has to be confrontational, not collegial. >> reporter: still, families are confused. eileen says sh...

Thats the message we took back to detroit. >> so, with whom did you share this information and what was their response? >> well, i would say, michael, before 1997 when it became, to the point where we couldnt continue like this any more any time we came up with a safety defect we took it back to detroit and it would be taken care of immediately. we never ran into resistance. we never ran into anything but people doing the right thing. we would trace cars down. get the once that got away. bring t...

Of and that needed to be addressed immediately. and thats what we -- that is the message we took back to detroit. >> so with whom did you share this information and what was their response? >> well, i would say, michael, before 1997, when it became to the point where we couldnt continue like this anymore, any time we had come up with a safety defect we would take it back to detroit and it would be taken care of immediately. and we never ran into resistance. we never ran into anything but people ...

This recall happened and again on the hill today that this is a new general motors that she is leading. the company will never again not tell the public about a safety defect that turns out to be deadly. insisting on that. one of key questions coming from a lawmaker saying you have been at the company for 33 years, you may be the new ceo but youve been within gm for 33 years how can the culture of this company can change when so many people have been there for so long. weve heard the u.s. attorn...

>> reporter: this is her second appearance before a congressional committee. second grilling. there will be three questions asked. mary barra is supposed to answer them. why the delay in fixing the safety defect. answer, engineers thought it was a consumer convenience issue, not a safety issue. there was a delay of many years there, a fatal delay. question two, why the delay in compensating victims. easy answer, general motors wants to limit its liability. it knows it has to shell out billions a...