William Mcaleer News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Today because of a special guest were doing things differently. Youre about to see the First Television interview of a man who worked inside of gm for more than 35 years. His time there didnt end well after he highlighted safety concerns to his supervisors and the gm board. Today he argues that if his complaints to management had been acted upon, the ignition switch catastrophe would never have occurred. Before you meet william, lets remember how we got here. While some gm employees were aware of problems with ignition switches back in 2004, it wasnt until this year that a recall was announced...

Story. And then id redefine the headline. Today, because of a special guest, were doing things differently. You are about to see the First Television interview of a man who worked inside gm for more than 35 years. His time there didnt end well after he highlighted safety concerns to his supervisors and the gm board. Today he argues that if his complaints to management had been acted upon, the ignition switch catastrophe would never have occurred. Before you meet him, lets remember how we got here. While some gm employees were aware of problems with ignition switches back in 2004, it wasnt unti...

So we don't want to stop with being part of that compensation plan. >> mrs. melton, what is it you still need to know? what is it you think is a remaining mystery with regard to this case? >> we do not feel like it stopped with the engineers that have been let go from general motors. we think that more people from the company knew and we hope the justice department is able to get that information. we would love to see criminal prosecution against anyone who broke the law. >> where mr. mcaleer just shared with us his view and his view again put in writing to the board of directors of gm in 2002...

I think that what he did was he repaired the problem he had without admitting that it was a problem. and i actually believe the environment he was in required him to do that. and i don't think, i'm not sure how much of a bad apple he was as much as he was a person who played along with the game that he was facing. you don't change the part number because if you change the part number, then you admit there was a problem. now, did he do that to cover the problem or did he do that because that's the way business was being conducted? i don't know the answer to that but i do know that was the way b...

Enough to come out and have the integrity to come out. i applaud his bravery for coming forward, and his persistance in trying to get the board and other managers and people in leadership positions to come and notice what he is doing and understand what he's trying to tell them but it looks like that didn't happen. >> finally, as gratified as i know you both are to hear a gentleman like this speak up who has spoken up repeatedly in the past albeit didn't garner a lot of attention, i'm sure that it frustrate you to know that there had to have been many employees who saw things on the inside and...