since the 1970 s. people aren t earning much or participating in the work force. none of that is good. thank you. make sure to check out special edition of intelligence report with trish reggen tonight 8:00 p.m. eastern time on the fox buzz network. general motors will pay nearly $1.5 billion to settle cases related to faulty ignition switches. the motor vehicle company will forfeit $900 million as part of a settlement with the u.s. government. the company also announced it will pay nearly $600 million to settle civil lawsuits. gm has been blamed for concealing the faulty switches that are to blame for hundreds of deaths and injuries. the head of the environmental protection agency, the epa was grilled today over her agency s response or lack of it, for failing to notify residents of a toxic chemical spill in the animus river last month. sir, i indicated that a notifications could have been
settle a federal investigation on why it failed to recall faulty ignition switches. the gm financial payments exceed 1.5 billion for the ignition switch defect. it killed 120 and injured 275 more. that is according to the lawyers. new reaction on moscow military build up in syria russia an a loy of bashar al- assad increased the presence just as assad s regime loses ground to rebel forces. why is the white house talking to russia at this time? reporter: they want clarity from the kremlin on what they are doing sending the steady
buying out sab miller the home of miller, as well this could be a $300 million mega brew deal as many are talking about. it will fill in the gaps geographically that ab inbev doesn t have as well and it will shore up a tough position in the face of the growth of craft beers, which have taken the mega brewers by surprise. steve, major dog investigation is coming to a close with general motors. what can you tell us about that? so, it looks like according to various sources that the justice department has reached a settlement with general motors over this issue of faulty ignition switches which has caused over 100 deaths and hundreds of injuries according to people familiar with the situation. there could be some deal in the offing. this, of course, follows this 2.5 million car recall because these switches were suddenly switching engines off. they were disabling air bags, cutting power steering, cutting brakes as well. it was aing about problem as well for gm and the federal lawyers
breaking news here on cnn. some details that are just out. announced a few minutes ago about a settlement between the federal government and general motors. the federal charges, wire fraud, hiding information about a bad auto part linked to more than 100 deaths. and there s a dollar amount hooked to this settlement too. one of the big ones. one of the biggest, in fact. evan perez is our justice reporter. evan, walk me through this. it s all about those ignition switches that led to multiple deaths. and now gm is offering almost $1 billion to make sure that they are inoculated against any kind of criminal charges. is that right? is there some holes in there somewhere? that s exactly right. $900 million is the fine gm will pay. they ll be under probation for three years roughly. they re agreeing to cooperate, provide all information they have on this defect. this was an ignition switch that was faulty.
square. the burkina faso elections. and jen motors expected to admit that 2 mislead the government in faulty ignition switches tied to at least 100 deaths. an official announcement is expected as soon as today. gm has recalled millions of vehicles to fix the ignition switches at a cost north of $4 billion. a gm spokesman declined to comment. 6:35, the crew and i have been enjoyi ing empanada out he. how is the mexican food in california, kids? oh, you had to do that. weak spot. i know. all right, mikaela, eat up, we ll be back shortly. race changed last night. the question is, who is it good for? who was it bad for? right now dr. ben carson is running a strong second for the republican nomination. some are suggesting he may not stay there. did he do enough?