chain. but the cars kept being manufactured without a fix and none were called back. joan claybrook is the former head of the national highway traffic safety administration. this is an immoral act by general motors to cover up this defect, not tell people, and then the result was was inevitable that people were going to die and be injured. and that to me is unconscionable. it s like throwing an airplane passenger out of the airplane without a parachute. reporter: we asked g.m. for a comment on camera. they declined. when we asked last week why the recall wasn t issued a decade ago they told us the incident rate was very low with no growing trend. they added today: families who lost loved ones may be getting answer. it made me angry. they knew something was wrong with the car before the accident. i just don t understand how they
for sure. absolutely. thank you. thanks for watching us at 5:00. the cbs evening news with scott pelley is next. captions by: caption colorado comments@captioncolorado.com uce is slow into the worst kill yet in one of europe s largest cities. holly williams is covering the combat. this man told us the demonstrators were killed with shots to the head and neck. pelley: a cbs news investigation. jeff glor on fatal crashes linked to a recall of 700,000 american cars. there was no reason for natasha and amy to die or anybody else. pelley: after the deep freeze, they re blasting ice to head off floods. dean reynolds on the weather challenge ahead. and what was once the future is now the past. chip reid on the gravity of saving america s place in space. i have our nation s heritage in my hands.
confront the syrian government again. what are you looking for? i want answers so that i can sleep peacefully. i can t sleep. reporter: but swiss police wouldn t allow her to protest on the sidewalk outside the talks. no, no. reporter: and syrian government officials ignored her. i don t think they will say sorry. but i just want to know how and why they killed him and did he did my son know that he was going to be killed? and what was his last words? reporter: questions she asked not just for herself but for found of mothers whose sons have suffered the same fate. clarissa ward, cbs news, geneva. pelley: tonight, an american car company is announcing a huge recall after accidents that killed six people. that s next. six people. that s next. wow, this hotel is amazing. oh no.
jonathan karl, abc news. more than three-quarters of a million cars with a defect. recalling chevy cobalt and pontiac g5 sold from 2005 to to 2007. faulty ignition request shut off. general motors promising to restore the eight corvettes swallowed up by the sinkhole. they say they rank as some of the most significant in automotive history. i know one gift a lot of guys will be wishing for on this valentine s day. if you re tired of shoveling snow this winter, why not let a robot do it? a north carolina company developed a remote-controlled snowplow you can operate from the lovely warmth of your living room 37 it s based on a robot they built for new york city fire department. that s awesome. six wheels, upgrades include
and now, we turn to the rising waters. more than half of the country tonight under the threat of floods, including flash floods. and abc s meteorologist ginger zee shows us how fast they happen. reporter: underwater. again. the latest flash flooding, fatal in oklahoma. too much rain too fast, swamping this walmart in cortland, new york. look at the store before. and the image tweeted by the weather service after. more than 5 inches of rain falling in just hours. our affiliate, wsyr, right there. emergency crews had to use boats to rescue about 50 people from inside the store. reporter: the rushing waters swamping farms in kansas, invading linda porter s home so quickly in tennessee. you try to do everything you can do, and we have to keep getting hit like this. reporter: and here.