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Responsible for constructing the elaborate plan to cheat at the emissions tests. christine. >> it is remarkable here that you have leaders of countries, finance ministers from all over europe weighing in on whether the investigation should widen to other companies as well. does it look like this is a volkswagen specific problem, atika? >> reporter: at the moment, that's what it appears. it has tremendous repercussions. it is not just one manufacturing, but others. this was just for nitrogen oxide emissions. what about all of the environmental tests out there? are there other ways that manufact...

I'm christine romans. let's get an early start on your money. u.s. stock futures down say bit after yesterday's lost for the dow. struggling because of the federal reserve warning about global growth. will janet yellen repeat that warning? volkswagen ceo is out. vw admits it cheats on emissions tests. allowing diesel cars to run clean only when testing. the ceo martin winterkorn is not aware of any wrongdoing on my part.

There's a lot more happening tonight. amber walker has the 360. >> reporter: u.s. officials say akers stole 5.6 million print records. volkswagen chief executive martin winterkorn resigned as a scandal rocks the biggest car maker, saying that the company deliberately falsified emissions tests. he said he is stepping down for the good of the company. >> baseball has lost one of hits greatest catchers, yogi berra.

When they are being tested by authorities. >> reporter: exactly. not only were they cheating on the emissions tests, but the cars, diesel cars tested on the roads pumping out as much as 40 times the legal limit. it is pretty flagrant and a lot of questions are being asked about just how much the higher management knew, particularly ceo martin wintercoryn. this is a ceo who is known as a stickler for detail. he is known for throwing cars off production lines because he did not like something in the paint job for example. he is an engineer and micro managing and a volkswagen veteran. many are as...

Asked a question about the supremacy of each of those documents sort of equivocated he is turning around and saying you wouldn't want someone who puts their faith supremely over the constitution even going so far and this is something you see from folks criticizing islam talking about well, islam doesn't treat gays well. this is someone himself who wants second class citizenship for gay americans. it's a pretty head-spinning thing to watch unfold. sabrina, thank you so much. >> thank you. coming up, volkswagen is caught intentionally engineering their clean diesel cars to trick emissions tes...