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worse, general motors issuing another recall, this time more than 8 million cars worldwide. the company says most of the recalls are because of a defect with ignition switches. sound familiar? that s because it s the same problem the company failed to disclose for more than a decade. just yesterday gm offered to pay at least $1 million to each family who lost loved ones because of the problem. the latest cars recalleds have been linked to three deaths, seven crashes and eight injuries. in all gm recalled nearly 30 million cars this year. we bring in poppy harlow to tell us more. she s in new york. good morning. good morning, carol. about 27 million of the recalled vehicle this is year are right here in the united states. this is a big problem, a big headache for gm. yesterday more than 8 million car recall was the biggest single recall in a day for this really troubled auto maker right now. this is a very serious issue because when the ignition switch can get knocked off while you re
that includes some late-model vehicles which have a problem that could cause the air bags not to deploy in a crash. the company has recalled almost 16 million cars and trucks so far this year. gm was also out with a scathing internal report this week. ceo mary barra revealing a pattern of incompetence and neglect that allowed the company to wait more than a decade before revealing to the public a deadly ignition flaw that caused some cars to switch into accessory mode. that change can cause a car to simply shut off. disables air bags, power steering and brakes. gm says 13 deaths have been caused by the faulty ignition switches, but there could be more. one georgia couple believes their daughter s death was caused by this defect. before the recall, they settled with gm, but now they re trying to take the auto giant to court over that, claiming they were deceived. here s poppy harlow. the pattern of incompetence
separate studies said lifetime risk of obesity is established by age 5. it s the fourth anniversary of first lady michele obama s let s move initiative combat childhood obesity. she now wants new rules on food advertisements in schools. later this hour i ll talk with a doctor who specializes in obesity prevention. general motors is expanding its recall over a deadly safety problem that can cause cars to abruptly shut off while be driven. the automaker says nearly 1.4 million vehicles may be affected and it s linking 13 deaths to that problem. christine romans is in new york with more on this. good morning. reporter: carol, this is a much bigger recall than gm first announced, about double and, in fact, this was deadlier. this problem in this vehicle deadlier than gm first told us. 13 deaths directly linked to this ignition switch problem. it could be something as simple as having a heavy key chain that as it jangles the ignition switch pops from run to accessory mode, the car stops
are sk ral paccelerating. this has been going on since 1957 and the chrysler product, so there are cars all along that have had problems. put the car in neutral is the first thing you can do. if for some reason you can t get it into neutral or you have it into neutral and the car is still accelerating because of an electrical problem, the next thing to do is to stand on the brakes. just like this gentleman did. both feet. put everything you ve got. he s a bigger guy, if you are smaller or lighter, you may not have the same brake pressure. the next thing you do is literally boil your brake fluid and the brakes will no longer function properly. using the car brake may slow the car down. not everyone has the lever-type brake. the final thing if you have a push-button start, push the button and hold it for five seconds, that s just enough to shut the car down, again, that s in your owner s manual. and finally, if you have a key switch, turn it to the accessory