Of thousands of pickup trucks and suvs. And the companys being fined a record 105 million. We have more now from kris van cleave. Reporter this Jeep Grand Cherokee caught fire on a california freeway in 2013 after a plastic gas tank ruptured following a collision. It was crashes like this that prompted a recall just two months later. But nhtsa says Fiat Chrysler was slow to notify consumers over 17 months just 3 of more than a million grand cherokee and liberty suvs were fix. Transportation secretary anthony foxx. It is not a Good Business decision to try to skate the process or to the do the right thing on the front end. Its a better practice to do the right thing make the recalls work make them effective and move on. Reporter todd andersons son skyler died when his 1998 Jeep Grand Cherokee caught fire. Anderson did not receive a recall notice until nearly a year later. There was no way had i known that there was this risk he would be driving that vehicle. Reporter the gas tank defect
Storms and more are coming for the start of the work week. But first, breaking news tonight from new jersey. Crews are out on the Delaware River at this hour. Searching for six tubers who went missing earlier tonight. They were in the area of bulls island near river road. Crews from across the river in bucks county are also helping in the search. Well stay on top of the search and bring you new information as it becomes available. Also developing now, death of bobby christina, the daughter of bobbi brown and late Whitney House ton passed away at the age of 22. Mark barringer looks back at her life. As the daughter of r b singer bobby brown and pop icon Whitney House toon bobbi bobbi bobbi Bobbi Kristina was put in front of the spotlight an as early age. 21yearold brown was discovered face done and unresponsive in a bathtub in her atlanta home. When paramedics arrived they found her boyfriend, nick gordon performing cpr. According to family friends, brown struggled to cope after her mot
And 11 00 and 2 00 they will be scattered around. Not everybody will see them all day long. Keep an umbrella handy today. Tomorrow, heat and humidity. Got a look at the weekend forecast when i come back in ten minutes. Right now, Jessica Boyington is tracking how this wet weather is affecting the roads. Jessica . We are seeing slippery conditions and ponding in some spaces. Were starting off first out in mt. Laurel new jersey in 295. Traffic moving along nicely. Southbound is typically where we see the volume for the morning. Right now about a 13minute drive time headed southbound from 38 up towards the black horse pike. Northbound moving along just fine as well. Pa turnpike, earlier we saw rain actively falling. Not anymore. Westbound, eastbound 22 minutes at the most from route 1 up towards valley forge. Slippery conditions also come with several accidents. A few out in Montgomery County one in shelton ham cheltenham and cheltenham avenue. Well check in with more wet cameras and more
Ordered to buyback hundreds of thousands of pickup trucks and suvs. And the companys being fined a record 105 million. We have more now from kris van cleave. Reporter this Jeep Grand Cherokee caught fire on a california freeway in 2013 after a plastic gas tank ruptured following a collision. It was crashes like this that prompted a recall just two months later. But nhtsa says Fiat Chrysler was slow to notify consumers over 17 months just 3 of more than a million grand cherokee and liberty suvs were f transportation secretary anthony foxx. It is not a Good Business decision to try to skate the process or to the do the right thing on the front end. Its a better practice to do the right thing make the recalls work make them effective and move on. Reporter todd andersons son skyler died when his 1998 Jeep Grand Cherokee caught fire. Anderson did not receive a recall notice until nearly a year later. There was no way had i known that there was this risk he would be driving that vehicle. Rep
On tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. And the william and flora hewlett foundation, helping people build immeasurably better lives. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and individuals. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Ifill the death toll from sundays alshabaab suicide bombing in somalias capital rose today to 15. The facade of the fivestory hotel in mogadishu was sheared off when a car packed with explosives rammed into its front gate. In neighboring ethiopia today president obama said the islamic Militants Attack underscored the need to push back against violent extremism. Yesterdays bombing in mogadishu reminds us that terrorist groups like alshabaab offer nothing but death and destruction and have to be stopped. Weve got more work to do. Ifi