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That is the way this company is trying to be proactive and show the country they're trying to change. they say in terms of the latest recall there are no injuries associated with it but they're investigating some fires. you know, why are we seeing this mountain of recalls from general motors right now? it is because the last thing this company wants is for anybody to point a finger at them of delaying a recall or of course anything else. this comes after the ignition switch defect that proved to be deadly. it cost at least 13 lives and bm knew about it a decade before they told the public befo...

Someone in the passenger seat because there was an air bag issue. bottom line, you have to figure out which cars it is and what the issue is, but they will clearly state whether or not it is safe to drive or not. i think the key for this company, carol, is transparency. we're waiting for their internal report to come out about why on earth we didn't know about the ignition switch defect switch for a decade and why there wasn't a recall. that has to come out by june 30th. now, are they just going to release it to the government agency in congress, or are they going to make that public to the am...

Million civil fine, and will likely cost the company significantly more in victim compensation and potential other fines. this is all on top of a criminal probe by the department of justice surrounding the ignition switch defect. >> my sincere apologies to everyone who has been affected any recall. especially the families and friends who lost their lives or were injured. >> reporter: but barra is not new to general motors. she has been with the company for 33 years. formally vice president of global product development, leaving lingering questions about what she knew when about product flaws i...

Staples, tj maxx reporting worse than expected earnings. watch netflix. they are education up and downing their service in europe, germany and france and four other countries, the group in yellow. they first launched in europe in 2012. the countries in red is where it already operates. they have more users in the united states, but streaming video is slower to catch on than here. general motors in the news again putting 2.4 million cars on the retail list. 1.3 million of them are newer model cars and crossover suvs. older model cars are being recalled because of a transmission problem. gm reca...

As general motors racks up 13.8 million u.s. recalls this year alone. >> so this has been a banner year for gm in a bad way. they've had 29 separate recalls so far this year, which is a record. this is big. >> reporter: gm has recalled more cars this year than it has sold since exiting bankruptcy in 2009, leaving just about everyone wondering what is going on with gm. >> we have moved from a cost culture after the bankruptcy to a customer culture. >> reporter: the automaker says this surge in recalls is because it's holding itself to higher safety standards, tackling problems more quickly. the...