Westernbacked rebels and not just isil. This is Al Jazeera America live from new york city. Im stephanie sy. Authorities search volkswagens offices in germany today as prosecutors gather evidence in the companys diesel emissions scandal. While in washington lawmakers are grilling the head of volkswagens american operations. Michael horn just started speaking a few minutes ago. It began with an apology and an admission. He knew about the problem more than a year ago. Lisa stark joins us now from washington. We know he just began, but what is he expected to say . Reporter well, stephanie as you can imagine, michael horn is going to fall on the sword. He is going to apologize, say these events are deeply troubling. He is going to admit that they have broken the trust of customers, dealerships, please, the public, and regulators. He is also going to say that volkswagen will take full responsibility for its actions. He is going to tell the committee that the company is investigating, and pe
Find the truth on behalf of the families for the four dead americans. I shouldnt be a distraction from that, and thats part of the decision as well. Thank you very much. Reporter theres been rumors [ inaudible ] saying that members [ inaudible ]. No, come on. The conference should be able to decide. Thank you all very much. House speaker Kevin Mccarthy explaining his decision to pull out of the race for speaker of the house and for the first time acknowledging that his misstatement concerning the reason for the Benghazi Committee was part of the rationale. That statement, of course, saying that the Benghazi Committee had helped to drive down democrat Hillary Clintons ratings in the polls. Kevin mccarthy leaves it up to the conference to decide who the next face to be, and he would have preferred to get 247 vote. I doesnt want a battle over who will be the next speaker of the house, the leader of the Republican Party and house of representatives. Thats it for us. We will be right back a
Trying to out of the bashar al assad. This is alJazeera America, good morning, live from new york city, im randall pinkston. We begin this morning with two developing stories from the automotive industry, new details about just how much and for how long volkswagen executives knew about an emission problem with diesel cars. First, Fiat Chrysler and auto workers averted a strike with a tentative deal in detroit addressing concerns about jobs and the future of 40,000 auto workers. Bisi onileere joins us live. Workers rejected a deal last week. Any idea what is new in this tenantative agreement . Both sides have yet to disclose details of this agreement. I can tell you that the two tier wage scale, health care, as well as outsourcing were major issues. Shortly after that deal was reached last night, a Union Official said we have won significant gains. The next step right now will be for Union Leaders to meet friday to discuss, look over this tenantative deal and vote on it. If approved, it