step forward in getting back to the solid foundation and principles that our country was built on. indeed. here s hoping a lot of it or much of is is declassified, if not all. thank you so much for being here. we continue to monitor developments on capitol hill where gm ceo mary barra is testifying over the safety recalls. she admits red flags were raised ten years ago but has not said why action wasn t taken. stay with us, you are watching the reid report on msnbc. feel like my lips are going to, like, wash it off. these fit nicely. [ female announcer ] crest 3d white whitestrips keep the whitening ingredient in place, guaranteeing professional level results. crest whitestrips. the way to whiten. as a police officer, i ve helped many people in the last 23 years, but i needed help in quitting smoking. [ male announcer ] along with support, chantix varenicline is proven to help people quit smoking. chantix reduced the urge for me to smoke. it actually caught me by surprise. [ male
something terrible went wrong within this company. not looking at data, i got to tell you the same thing is going to be asked. we know which political story is going to make headlines in the next 24 hours. it s going to be gm. that was congressman tim murphy from pennsylvania who is chairing the hearing. it s going to be a tough hearing today as mary barra goes up to the hill. andrea, news today that over 133 complaints over a decade s worth of time about the faulty ignition switches made to gm and never passed up to federal regulators. the more that comes out here, and i think more will come out in this hearing, the worse gm looks. this is not going to be a day mary barra is going to mark with
a group of concerned consumers, it was the 100th anniversary of the triangle shirt waist phfire. it s unfortunate that 110 years later nothing has changed. i think what we re seeing here is one of the worst automotive cover-ups in u.s. history and as a result millions of american consumers were put at serious risk and all of them were put at substantial financial risk. let me just ask what sort of remedies you re seeking because you re now just to clarify representing gm car owners, not necessarily the victims of families who had family members killed or injured in these cars, is that correct? that s correct. while we certainly would welcome all phone calls from all consumers and families of the victims who were hurt as a result of this, the class action lawsuits are strictly about economic loss. every single person who has one of these cars, had they known about these problems at the point of purchase, either wouldn t have purchased these cars at all or they would have
ranking member of the committee, the house energy and commerce committee holding a hearing today on general motors. gm s ceo mary barra will speak shortly and we will take her remarks now. joining me now is one of the lawyers involved in a class action against general motors over the faulty ignition system. so adam, thanks for being here, first of all. thank you, i appreciate it. and what are you looking to hear today from the hearing? well, we re looking to hear right now, i think, we really want to hear what ms. barra has to say about all this because frankly i agree with the senator s sentiment that for all too long here general motors seems to have put its own profits or its own interests over its consumers interests and that s a very serious problem. i think that when you look back over american history, there s all sorts of examples of companies putting profits over their customers interests and, frankly, just going back to last tuesday when i was speaking with
edition of andrea mitchell reports. a really busy news today. tomorrow anita hill, who is stepping back in a spotlight in a new documentary. and autism speaks. bob and susan wright are marking autism awareness day. be with us and watch that. follow the show online and on facebook and twitter. my colleague has a look at what s next. thanks so much, andrea. we re going to have more on sports. just ahead, former labor secretary robert rooish is going to unpack the deadly gm dan skan dal and more on sports, a couple of heavy weights from that industry join us with an impassioned take on the fight to unionize college athletes. plus an unexpected hollywood star is going to join our call to action this week. don t go away. [ engine turns over ] [ male announcer ] the 2014 nissan altima. with 270 horses.