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Attorney, to help us investigate this process. >> barra is expected to apologize again this afternoon, telling the committee this. quote, today's gm will do the right thing, beginning with my sincere apologies to everyone has been affected by this recall, especially to the families and friends of those who lost their lives or were injured. i am deeply sorry. barra has create aid new position, vice president of global vehicle safety and named a long-time gm employee to that role. also in the hot seat today, by the way, will be david friedman, acting administrator of the national highway traffic...

>> 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...

Say we are running out of time to turn back the clock and if governments do not get serious about reducing carbon dioxide emissions, we could see a shortage of food and water supplies. not only that, the report warns of increases in ill health in region, an increased in violent conflicts in the form of civil war and a slow-down in economic growth. they say that it's already too late to reverse coral reefs and arctic sea ice. gm issued yet another recall. 1.3 million vehicles are being recalled to fix a problem with power steering. this comes one day after mary barra will appear before congre...

Million jeep vehicles the government claims are defective and prone to fires in rear end collisions. let's get more now from cnn's athena jones. >> reporter: in a rare act of defiance, car company giant chrysler refuses to recall almost 2.7 million vehicles as requested by the national highway traffic safety administration. for nearly two decades, some jeep suv models have had a tendency to burst into flames after a rear end collision. they are requesting that upgrades to the older models be installed to keep fires from starting. >> the definition of a safety defect is if it's a bad design, if...

charleston, south carolina. tonight, newt gingrich whose performance in tomorrow's primary election here will make or break his run at the presidency. no doubt, he's surging in the polls. you look that left right and center. the latest show him in striking distance of mitt romney. he's also ignited the fire storm, slamming the media of his ex-wife's accusation he wanted an open marriage. >> the destructive, vicious, negative nature of much of the news media makes it harder to govern the country, harder to attract decent people to runfor office, and rm i'm appalled you would open a pr...