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This is Al Jazeera America live from new york city. Im randall pinkston. House republicans taking up the fight today over who replaces john boehner as speaker of the house. Kevin mccarthy was the hef va favorite, but he has surprisingly dropped out. A group of conservatives are now saying it will back florida congressman Daniel Webster instead. Michael shure joins us from capitol hill. Michael this announcement that mccarthy is pulling out, a big surprise. What happened . Reporter randall you ha...

They were going to have good fuel economy. They were going to have good Engine Performance. Can you guarantee that any fix you make to the vehicles doesnt affect fuel economy or fuel performance are both . At this time if we correct the knox the emission standards, the customer will get the mpg. Thats my current understanding of whether the full performance of the car, this is something they said in germany, maybe top speed that might be one or two Miles Per Hour might be missing but this is of ...

About before. In may of 2014, independent researchers published a report that identity higher than expected emissions which prompted investigations by the ep epa. When did vw first become aware of this researche. End of april, when it was published. I got it in may, i got information about this. What steps did vw take to evaluate the conclusions of the research at that time. First of all, to acknowledge that emission violations or higher emissions are not legal. Secondly, the engineering departm...

Get bought back or fixed after a certain number of months . We certainly will be encouraging consumers to i understand that. Youll get the word out as best you can. Thats right. But i dont anticipate epa going after individuals. But it is a possibility . I dont think that is a possibility. Let me tell you one of my concerns is, and doesnt have anything to do with you all, its a restore rhetorical quest yesterday we had an epa official in and the cap and trade scheme which they kept resisting cal...

Could members of the media please move out of our way so we can begin the hearing . Mr. Horn, you can sit in that chair. Thank you. Thank you and good morning. We now convene this hearing of the oversight and investigation subcommittee on volkswagen emissions cheating allegations, initial questions. Let me start off by saying my first car was a volkswagen. It was a 76 beetle. I learned a lot about cars. I could take that thing apart continued to work. I did all the maintenance myself because vol...

And inserted control systems. And we know that during normal road use, the controls were reduced. And the car for producing up to 40 times more nitrogen oxide standards. Owed by we know half a million cars in the u. S. Might be affected by this. Mr. Horn, im glad you came to testify here. While we know all of the things i just talked about, theres a lot more things we do not know. And we need answers for them. For example, volkswagen has not revealed how the device affects the engine. White was ...

They dont have answers about when or how their car will be fixed or what kind of car they will be left with. Earlier this week i visited a volkswagen dealership in denver. I saw the control and equipment on the vehicles firsthand. These cards account from us 25 of the sales at that particular dealership, and a significant percent of sales in colorado and across the country. Now because they cannot sell them, these cards are sitting on the lot. Say, it isrman, you a small percentage of cars on th...

Thats a great question and it can get you the answer now. Was something done . I hope you can provide that to the committee. Im certain the record will be open. If i can just confirm some of the information weve received. Volkswagen initiated a voluntary recall in december of 2014 that was intended in part to address the issue of excess of noncommission was that correct . Could you repeat the question . Volkswagen initiated a voluntary recall in december of 2014 . Thats correct. You had volkswag...

The decision to charge was made based on the statements of the child and from what i was told the children are very credible and are able to relay what happened to them. My client claims that he is innocent of these charges. Reporter philip lawer is the doctors defense attorney and is hopeful prospective jurors will listen to both sides. Were looking forward to our day in court. Our hope is that notwithstanding the type of charge this is, that everybody will keep an open mind. Reporter prosecuto...