mr. o'connell, the vice president of the business development for tesla. welcome and you are recognized. >> members of the committee we appreciate the opportunity to come here today and for the opportunity to speak. tesla is known for being exceptionally safe independent testing and has awarded the model in the current offering in the highest possible safety rating of five stars. and every subcategory without exception approximately 1% of all justified by the federal government across the board. safety is the watchword. automotive injury and fatality rates have fallen over the last several decades as a result of the crash safety improvements such as airbags, energy absorbing vehicles and tesla believes in order to maintain the pace of the fatality rates the eagles needed to increasingly use computerized visual systems to avoid crashes with particular opportunity afforded the fully connected vehicle space. the two examples of the connected car functionality leading to significant safety benefits compared to non- connected or the following. the following. fi

mr. diarmuid o'connell, and he is vice president of corporate and business development at tesla motors. >r. dean garfield is the president and ceo of information technology industry council. and, finally, ms. khaliah barnes, and she is the associate director and administrative law counsel at the electronic privacy information center. so welcome all of our witnesses. i might tell you in advance that we do, i will swear you in just a second, and would also try to get you to limit your statement, your verbal statement before the committee to five minutes. you can ask through the chair to have additional information or data put into the record. so with that we are in investigative and oversight committee and subcommittees of congress. and if you would please didn't and i will swear you in. -- please stand. brazier righthanded. [witnesses were sworn in] >> let the record reflect that all the wind is answered in the affirmative. thank you, be seated. okay. we will go right to our witnesses, let me start first with mr. beuse. welcome him back, can come and all of you and thank you for your coope

mr. cosby, how do you feel, sir. >> no comment? >> reporter: now a few moments ago our chris o'connell spoke with cosby's attorney outside cosby's estate here in cheltenham. she vigorously attacked the case against him and had this to say about the charges. >> this case involves a woman and a man who had a consensual adult relationship over time. that's established in everything that is already out there in the media and what i'm hoping at least from this process is that media will actually take a cold hard look at the facts and not be swept up into kind of romanticizing the issues because of the many other base less allegations that are out there. >> reporter: miss presley went on to say this case comes after a heated district attorney' ra race. she noted that former da bruce castor would not file charges in this case. cosby was released on a million dollars bail after posting 10%, 100,000. he's leaving his house tonight we're told with an escort and we are also told he will be back here for preliminary hearing january 14th. iain? >> all right. dave thank. today's news hitting hard on temple campus where bill cosby was once a struggli