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potential issue. so far gm really is the one auto maker that has recalled more than 17 million cars in the u.s. this year. that makes up more than half of all the ecalls this year. what gm is going through is this game changer for theónqe= enti industry because the ceo of chrysler says the recall nightmare has created this heightened sensitivity and paradigm for the industry when dealing with recalls. maybe you're seeing them more supersensitive and maybe that's a good thing. >> understandably so. that's definitely the explanation for the higher numbers. allison cison kosik, thank you from new york. to your iphone, maybe you're thinking it's old. maybe you don't like the color, the make, the model. rumor that's apple is fixing one of the most common complaints about the iphone. with will tell you what that is and what this next iteration of the iphone will look like. plus, it is primary day, specifically we're talking primary day in mississippi in
committee to answer questions about the company's recall nightmare. last time she was there, barra had few answers. >> doing a full and complete investigation. that's why we're going this investigation. >> that is part of the investigation we're doing. >> the investigation will tell us that. >> that investigation released more than a week ago found a pattern of incompetence and neglect. barra will be joined next week by anton valucas, the prosecutor who conducted a scathing report about what happened and didn't inside gm. insisting the company is strong, despite the recalls. four more recalls, by the way, announced friday bringing gm's totaled recalled 16.5 million worldwide. deep in damage control mode, building up the new gm even as questions swirl over the incompetence and mistakes of the old one. testifying before congress is bad enough. >> general motors today finds anytime there's an incident --
2009. christine romans live in new york with more on the gm recall crisis and the company's new ceo mary barra. >> reporter: good morning, carol. nearly 30 gm recalls this year, we should expect more this summer. it is a full fledged recall crisis at gm. there's one woman who has been on the job just one month before it all hit who has got to fix it. mary barra has become the face of gm's recall nightmare. >> my sincere apologies to everyone who has been affected by this recall, especially the families and friends who lost their lives or were injured. i am deeply sorry. >> reporter: as the recalls mount, so does the pressure on barra who has tried to stay ahead of the criticism. she appointed two outside legal firms to launch an internal investigation. she named a new safety chief, and she's restructured the company's engineering and quality departments, but still,
>> reporter: mary barra has become the face of gm's recall nightmare. >> my sincere apologies to everyone who has been affected by this recall. especially the families and friends who lost their lives or were injured. i am deeply sorry. >> reporter: as the recalls mount, so does the pressure on barra, who has tried to stay ahead of the criticism. she appointed two outside legal firms to launch an internal investigation. she named a new safety chief. and she has restructured the company's engineering and quality departments. but still, the question lingers, how could she not have known about the faulty ignition switches that started it all when others knew years before? >> i was not aware that there was this issue until the recall was introduced on january 31st. >> reporter: that was just days after she took over the top job at gm. >> a bold new culture at our company. >> reporter: auto experts say that's not surprising given gm's massive corporate structure.
it's got to be -- no, it's wisconsin. >> all right. that's why i like him. >> you got me for just a second. >> that's all right. we still love you. >> he didn't like his answer. they just took him out of the box on the tv like that. that's how they punish you on the tv world. they don't like being revealed in the tv world, either. >> they're going to do it for us next. >> just me. it will be go black. coming up on "new day," six people arrested in iran. you heard this part of the story, right? remember they dancing to farrell's "happy." the dancers have been set free but not the director. so a lot of people are wondering about tehran's next move. christiane amanpour will weigh in. plus, the gm recall nightmare continues. the car company is recalled almost 14 million cars. that's more cars than they've sold in the united states in the last five years. what? the recalls are hitting the consumers but what about the company's bottom line? are more recalls on the way? lots to discuss. [ laughter ]
find work. >> reporter: talking trying to get more jobs created. say the bank bailout legislation requires any money repaid to the government has to pay down deficit. they are hitting the president today in the gop response on his economic sim us plan -- stimulus plan passed a year ago. >> what did the american people get? a bill for 1.2 trillion dollars and three million more jobs lost. americans are still asking, where are the jobs? where are the jobs? all they are getting from washington is more spending, more taxes, more debt and more bailouts. >> reporter: republicans have said they've been offering alternatives to cap federal spending and ease the tax burden on small businesses. >> julie: molly henneberg, thank you. the latest chapter in toyota's recall nightmare. more fall-out for the largest automaker. we'll tell you what the company is saying now about
>> reporter: talking trying to get more jobs created. say the bank bailout legislation requires any money repaid to the government has to pay down deficit. they are hitting the president today in the gop response on his economic sim us plan -- stimulus plan passed a year ago. >> what did the american people get? a bill for 1.2 trillion dollars and three million more jobs lost. americans are still asking, where are the jobs? where are the jobs? all they are getting from washington is more spending, more taxes, more debt and more bailouts. >> reporter: republicans have said they've been offering alternatives to cap federal spending and ease the tax burden on small businesses. >> julie: molly henneberg, thank you. the latest chapter in toyota's recall nightmare. more fall-out for the largest automaker. we'll tell you what the company is saying now about prius. plus, a live report from the
toyota owners, listen up. if you know somebody who owns a toyota, listen up, so i guess that's everybody now. this recall nightmare is far from over. with new concerns over electrical systems and dealers and drivers anxiously awaiting replacement parts, we want to get you the very latest news on this. joining us now is auto's editor for consumer reports. great to see you again. >> thank you. >> i just want to show folks the makes and models on the 8.1 million vehicles that have been recall sewed that you know if your car is one of these. let's take a look at this. the first list here are accelerator pedals that could stick on their own. toyota, carolla, you see the years of, you know, 2009, 2010 in some cases. look at those cars. there's another list we have as well that we want to show you. this is the gas pedal caught on the edge of the floor mat. you can see the list here. this is a lot of cars, john. i'm telling you, people out there are really, really concerned. federal investigators saying
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>> deficits -- despite the deficit reduction, the deficits remain large. that's one of the reasons why a fiscal commission can help move us the rest of the way there. >> thanks very much for coming in. >> thanks for having me. >> good luck. the country needs obviously a lot of help right now economically speaking. toyota says it's found a fix for those sticky gas pedals, and its recall nightmare. we're head to go a repair center to find out what millions can expect when they get their cars repaired. stand by.