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General motors chief mary barra is back on capitol hill today testifying about troubling findings in an internal report on gm's botched handling of that ignition switch defect that's linked to at least 13 deaths. gm just announced another global recall of more than 3 million vehicles and incredibly the company sales are up and its stock value has been on an upward trend too. cnn's poppy harlow is following today's testimony. what did we find out? >> she is just wrapping up at this moment. some contentious back and forth between the chief of general motors and of course lawmakers here on the hi...

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Executive, brought in solutions to the air bag situation in 2012. he knew about the problems and he reported directly to you. did he ever share his knowledge with you? yes or no? >> well, he reported directly to me at a portion of his time and then no longer reported -- >> did he ever tell you about these problems? >> no, he didn't. nbc's tom costello is joining me now. this, plus the heartbreaking testimony before the hearing of the families. >> that's right. >> this is a really grim picture for gm. >> it's absolutely horrendous. 13 known deaths but we have attorneys representing family mem...

Snchts here we go again. general motors dealing with yet another round of recalls. this time more than 3 million cars are affected. it deals with an ignition switch defect in which a key chain with extra weight can turn off the car if you submit something like a pothole. the company has recalled more than 20 million vehicles worldwide. christine romans is here. it sounds like a broken record. >> it's a different ignition switch altogether, a heavy key chain if you good over a pothole, could cause a problem. there are going to be some fixes in the next few weeks.

Is one of the examples of the sure brutality that is raging across this country. john? >> it's an awful thing arwa and our hearts go out to those families. thank you so much. another big thing from general motors. recalling 3.4 million more vehicles for a problem similar to an ignition switch defect. gm recalled 2.6 million in february, more than a decade after learning of that. this year, gm recalled 20 million vehicles for various issues. this new announcement comes as the ceo testifies before a house subcommittee tomorrow. this should make that hearing even more interesting. >> it sure wi...