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Levels never been seen in the s&p 500. a focus on gm stock today as well. it's taken a major hit during all these recalls. interesting to note, sales have not been hurt by these recalls and by, you know, the fact that it's having to defend itself from this ignition problem. numbers released yesterday showed gm selling 4% more cars this march than last. it's ceo heads to capitol hill today to answer questions about its recall. >> certainly good news for them. okay. well "new day" starts right now. we expect about another 8.8, 8.9 earthquake here sometime in the future. >> breaking news. a d...

This press conference about driving one of these cars that they believe had this ignition problem and how dramatic going through this experience twice for them was. listen. >> when my mother and i decided that this car was surely a death trap in the game of what if and what again, we are not ones that are willing to play anymore. driving this car was like playing a game of russian roulette with my safety and that of my friends. i can't begin to explain the fear and confusion that runs through you that moment you have no control over your car. i cannot comprehend the loss that these families ar...

Into a tree in 2006. >> this is for our children. these were our children. and they just act like they don't matter. they may not have mattered to gm, but they mattered to us. >> reporter: now the nbc news investigative unit has obtained an internal gm memo suggesting a design engineer knew about the ignition problem in 2006 and signed a document authorizing a redesign. the engineer was ray dee giorgio. under oath in a deposition lawsuit from between, degiorgio said he did not know about the switch. >> anything that was made was made without your knowledge and authorization? >> that is correct...

>> reporter: sheri lost her 21-year-old son michael in 2012 when his chevy cobalt veered off the road and hit a rockwall. she blames a faulty ignition switch. general motors admits 13 deaths and 31 accidents are related to the switch which can turn off when bumped cutting off the airbag, brakes and power steering. >> who knew what when. that includes you. >> reporter: today lawmakers grilled gm ceo at a house hearing following a massive recall of 2.6 million vehicles tied to the ignition problem. going back to 2003 models. but the automaker admits it knew about the problem as early as 2004. sh...

That allowed problems to go unaddressed for more than a decade. in 2002 gm approved using the faulty switches even after the outside vendor provided test results that showed gm the parts didn't meet specifications. in 2005 gm engineer met to consider making changes to the switches, according to the report, but decided against it. the house finding in 2007 and 2010, federal regulators still declined to open inquiries because they didn't think there was enough crash evidence to link to the ignition problem. gm will have saying to say at the hearings that may give grieving families some answers. ...