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Kind of makes no sense at all. despite all its recall issue, gm monthly sales are the best in nearly six years. christine romans is live in new york to explain it all. good morning. >> good morning. the recall headlines, not having effect on the traffic and the purchasing in those dealerships, carol. these numbers show strong demand for gm cars in the month of may, carol. what i can tell you is sales increased 12.6%. there were have 17 vehicle lines that saw double digit sales increases. it was the best month since august 2008 and the best may in seven years. how does that compare with the oth...

Company. >> reporter: a car company whose sales have not slowed despite the steady drum beat of recall headlines. >> that drum beat continues again. friday there was the 30th recall notice of the year, 11 just last week. she's getting high marks from our sources in washington who say she's really briefing them on what's going on, but we are in the very early innings of this crisis for her, carol. >> i was going to ask you, how do you see this playing out for mary barra, but it's hard to say right now, right? >> it's hard for her to say. her manner has been very good, very communicative to the ...

Until then, the ceo mary barra has been meeting privately with lawmakers in washington, d.c., briefing them on the recalls. how she handles this recall crisis will likely cement her gm legacy. >> if she turns this around, she could be a hero. the challenge for her right now is she's got to deal with this crises. but at the same time, she has to continue to run a car company. >> reporter: a car company whose sales have not slowed, despite the steady drumbeat of recall headlines. christine romans, cnn, new york. still "outfront," breaking news. putin firing back at president obama as ukraine e...