What We Learned This Week About The Volkswagen Scandal

Published October 9, 2015 at 1:33 PM EDT

Volkswagen Group of America President and CEO Michael Horn testifies before the House Energy and Commerce Committee's Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee on Thursday. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

On Thursday, Volkswagen’s U.S. executive Michael Horn apologized before a congressional committee for the deception over software that evades emissions tests. The automaker is mired in an emissions cheating scandal that affects half a million cars in the U.S. and 11 million around the world.

There’s also news today that federal and California regulators are investigating a second computer program in Volkswagen diesel cars that also impacts emissions controls. Mike Regan of Bloomberg News joins Here & Now’s Jeremy Hobson with details.

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Mike Regan, editor at Bloomberg News. He tweets @Reganonymous.

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