mr. conley, thank you. >> south carolina voters have been heading to poland places today like this one in colombia -- polling places today like this one. as the ap reports the candidates and the groups that support them spend more than $12 million on tv ads here. polls close at 7:00 p.m., and we will be bringing you candidates' speeches and updates on the primary results after the polls close. you will also be able to join in the conversation with your phone calls, e-mails and tweeds. tomorrow on washington journal we will discuss the results of the south carolina primary. >> for more resources in the presidential race, use c-span campaign 2012 website to watch the videos of the candidates on the campaign trail. see what they have set on issues important to you, and read the latest from social media sites at c-span.org/campaign2012. >> now ebay president john donato addressing -- donahoe addressing the consumer electronics show in las vegas. he spoke for about 20 minutes. >> thank you. thank you very much. thank you. today is bain's one day of fame. thank you very much, gary. it is an hon

mr. conley about his ideas. >>> some believe it is the only way to help the post service survive. >> reporterthey need to cut $20 billion out of their budget in december, david williams, vice president of postal operations delivered the bad news. >> the fact of the matter is our network is too big we have more capacity in our network than we can afford. >> reporter: the post office is seeking approval to close 261 processing centers, eliminate saturday delivery and next day delivery for 1st class mail and cut 28,000 jobs most through retirement. >> we are being presented with false choices. >> reporter: virginia congressman believes, first congress should roll back its mandate imposed in 2006 that requires usps to prepay 100% of its anticipated retirement costs. >>> no other federal entity is required to prefund at 100%. the government accounting office says that costs an extra $5 billion a year. >> it is a start. but usps losses are expected to be 10 to 14 billion a year as consumers use more and more electronic delivery services. connelly with some support, also wants to give more options t

mr. chairman purchase please be joined by representative conley and maloney. we have four minutes left, only 60 have voted. >> i'm going to be very quick. >> gentleman from maryland. >> first of all, as a member of the board of visitors of naval academy, i just want to congratulate you on being named graduate of the year. thank you. that's to make sure -- you heard what i said. i don't want collateral damage from this hearing. so you as the head of gm -- you're assuring the public and i want -- listen up, press, that the vote is a safe vehicle. is that right? >> yes, sir. and i view this as a positive. it's our chance to get this before the american people. you represent the american people to get our story before you. we've taken out ads in the paper coincident with this that the investigation is complete. i do think there has been collateral damage. we're going to have to work hard to get it back. and today is a good start. >> well, i want to thank you for your leadership. i want to take this moment to thank all of the employees of gm for producing such a gr