investigating a spree of car arsons. at least six cars torched, most of them parked in driveways. one fire jumping to a nearby home. a massive auto recall involves popular pickups. fiat-chrysler recalling more than 1 million rams trucks to fix faulty software. authorities the defect now linked to accidents resulting in one death. more on our website. and, live from new york, a little early. melissa mccarthy reprising her role as sean spicer for snl, rolling through the streets and shouting at anyone in her way. when we come back, one story you can t miss as we head into this mother s day weekend. who is our person of the week?
unaccounted for. a new wave of bomb threats against jewish community cent centers. jccs, at least a dozen, were targeted along with the anti-defamation league on monday. threats prompting a security advisory. there have been 90 threats at 73 locations since january. takata pleading guilty and agreeing to pay $1 billion for concealing defective air bag deflators blamed for 16 deaths. this touched off the biggest auto recall in history. involving 19 automakers and 42 million vehicles. three former takata executives charged. the actions over the 15-year period were deeply inappropriate.
issue a security advisory. since the beginning of the year, 90 reported incidents at 73 locations in 30 states and one canadian province. japanese auto parts company takata pleading guilty and agreeing to pay $1 billion in criminal penalties for concealing defective air bag deflators. the scandal touched off the biggest auto recall in history involving 19 automakers in 42 million vehicles. the three former executives are charged. the company s actions over the 15-year period were deeply inappropriate. to weather now. warmer weather with a few days of severe weather risk. meteorologist pedram javaheri has the latest. dave and christine, the last day of the meteorological winter. widespread warmth in the midwest.
of covering defects that the company uses. faulty air bag inflaters are blamed for at least 16 deaths worldwide. the largest auto recall in u.s. history. agreeing to pay $1 billion in fines. drivers from oklahoma all the way up through southern illinois dealing with icy roads and highways this afternoon. a winter storm bringing freezing rain to the region causing accidents, grounding flights, even closing a number of schools. and now, to the city of chicago. that is where officials are now promising reforms. this after the justice department released a scathing report on the city s police force. the report finding that the president had violated the constitutional rights of residents for years. the department of justice has concluded that there is reasonable cause to believe that the chicago police department engages in a pattern or practice of use of excessive force in violation of the fourth amendment to the constitution.
there so they can have gas money for the campaign buses but advertising money. when those reports start to come out we re going to see some candidates looking much stronger and some looking weaker. coming up, high school quarterback walks off the field after a hard hit but ends up dying. it wasn t because of the head injury. what every parent needs to know about how that young man died. just how safe is the car that you re driving now. volkswagen coming out with a fix for the millions of cars caught up in the emissions scandal. we re hearing of another potential auto recall. stick around.