A public apology for a recall that one massachusetts lawmaker calls, and im quoting here, a decade late and dozens of lives and injuries short. 13 deaths, 12 in the u. S. , one in canada linked to this problem that affects some 2. 6 million gm cars. Certain year chevy cobalts, pontiac g5s, saturn ions are at risk of shutdown because of this faulty ignition switch that can just totally turn the car off. Mary barra, the ceo just took the top yob about two months ago. And this could be, in a matter of minutes here, the biggest challenge of her career. So lets go straight to capitol hill to cnns poppy harlow, standing by just outside those doors. And so, the big question among many, why did gm, poppy, issue this recall now when the company knew about the problem back in 2004 . That is the huge question. Why did they not tell anyone about it, why did regulators not catch it. I dont know that were going to get an answer to this today in this hearing. Because we read the prepared testimony fr
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