Of thousands of pickup trucks and suvs. And the companys being fined a record 105 million. We have more now from kris van cleave. Reporter this Jeep Grand Cherokee caught fire on a california freeway in 2013 after a plastic gas tank ruptured following a collision. It was crashes like this that prompted a recall just two months later. But nhtsa says Fiat Chrysler was slow to notify consumers over 17 months just 3 of more than a million grand cherokee and liberty suvs were fix. Transportation secretary anthony foxx. It is not a Good Business decision to try to skate the process or to the do the right thing on the front end. Its a better practice to do the right thing make the recalls work make them effective and move on. Reporter todd andersons son skyler died when his 1998 Jeep Grand Cherokee caught fire. Anderson did not receive a recall notice until nearly a year later. There was no way had i known that there was this risk he would be driving that vehicle. Reporter the gas tank defect
Ordered to buyback hundreds of thousands of pickup trucks and suvs. And the companys being fined a record 105 million. We have more now from kris van cleave. Reporter this Jeep Grand Cherokee caught fire on a california freeway in 2013 after a plastic gas tank ruptured following a collision. It was crashes like this that prompted a recall just two months later. But nhtsa says Fiat Chrysler was slow to notify consumers over 17 months just 3 of more than a million grand cherokee and liberty suvs were f transportation secretary anthony foxx. It is not a Good Business decision to try to skate the process or to the do the right thing on the front end. Its a better practice to do the right thing make the recalls work make them effective and move on. Reporter todd andersons son skyler died when his 1998 Jeep Grand Cherokee caught fire. Anderson did not receive a recall notice until nearly a year later. There was no way had i known that there was this risk he would be driving that vehicle. Rep
Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by and the william and flora hewlett foundation, helping people build immeasurably better lives. And with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Ifill nato ambassadors convened a rare emergency meeting today in brussels on the Islamic State threat in turkey, after a string of attacks. Representatives from 28 nations gathered at nato headquarters for the special session, at turkeys request. Afterward, the alliances secretarygeneral spoke to reporters. All allies stand in solidarity with turkey. We strongly condemn the terrorist attacks. We express our condolences to the turkish government and to the families of the victims in suruc and other attacks against police and military officers. Ifill at the same time, turkey faced more violence from kurdish militants. A turkish soldier was sh
Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by and the william and flora hewlett foundation, helping people build immeasurably better lives. And with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Ifill nato ambassadors convened a rare emergency meeting today in brussels on the Islamic State threat in turkey, after a string of attacks. Representatives from 28 nations gathered at nato headquarters for the special session, at turkeys request. Afterward, the alliances secretarygeneral spoke to reporters. All allies stand in solidarity with turkey. We strongly condemn the terrorist attacks. We express our condolences to the turkish government and to the families of the victims in suruc and other attacks against police and military officers. Ifill at the same time, turkey faced more violence from kurdish militants. A turkish soldier was sh
Fiat chrysler is being ordered to buyback hundreds of thousands of pickup trucks and suvs. And the companys being fined a record 105 million. We have more now from kris van cleave. Reporter this Jeep Grand Cherokee caught fire on a california freeway in 2013 after its plastic gas tank ruptured following a collision. It was crashes like this that prompted a recall just two months later. But nhtsa says Fiat Chrysler was slow to notify consumers, over 17 months, just 3 of more than a million grand cherokee and liberty suvs were fixed. Transportation secretary anthony foxx. It is not a Good Business decision to try to skirt the process or to the do the right thing on the front end. Its a better practice to do the right thing, make the recalls work, make them effective and move on. Reporter todd andersons son skyler died when his 1998 Jeep Grand Cherokee caught fire. Anderson did not receive a recall notice until nearly a year later. There was no way, had i known that there was this risk he