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Lawmakers are asking why the agency declined to investigate after reports that the air bags in the cobalt failed to deploy in a series of these accidents. >> nhtsa panel decided there wasn't a trend here, and decided not to investigate despite the number of complaints of fatal crashes and the warranty claims -- >> the cobalt did not stand out. it was a little above average, but several vehicles that were significantly higher. there were some vehicles -- >> i understand. but twice employees of nhtsa raised a red flag on this. it wasn't just once r once. >> in 2006, 18-year-old natasha weigel an...

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Undermanned, they don't have the power they need. you think they need to be more embedded with the car companies -- >> you have to give them teeth. if you want to blame nhtsa, then you give nhtsa the weapons to go after the car company. you don't blame them afterwards when they never had the weapons. >> mr. weigel, tell me about natasha. >> she's pretty free-spirited kid. she played hockeys since she was 8 years old, and a lot of energy. she's a pretty free spirit. and for me and all of the families, all these kids in these accidents, mostly young kids. >> everything was ahead of them. she'd b...