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   You can add location information to your Tweets, such as your city or precise location, from the web and via third-party applications. You always have the option to delete your Tweet location history. Learn more ||||| Tesla is investigating how one of its cars appeared to suddenly catch fire on a busy street near Los Angeles. Cellphone video shows flames shooting out of the electric vehicle last week. 
   
   Local authorities said it could have been a faulty battery, but Tesla says it's still too early to know exactly what happened. 
   
   A Model S quickly caught fire Friday afternoon in West Hollywood, California. Actress Mary McCormack tweeted cellphone video of the fire, saying, "Tesla this is what happened to my husband and his car today …. no accident, out of the blue, in traffic…." 
   
   @Tesla This is what happened to my husband and his car today. No accident,out of the blue, in traffic on Santa Monica Blvd. Thank you to the kind couple who flagged him down and told him to pull over. And thank god my three little girls weren’t in the car with him pic.twitter.com/O4tPs5ftVo — Mary McCormack (@marycmccormack) June 16, 2018 
   
   Tesla is calling the incident "extraordinarily unusual." 
   
   In a statement Tesla said, "Our initial investigation shows that the cabin of the vehicle was totally unaffected by the fire due to our battery architecture, which is designed to protect the cabin in the very rare event that a battery fire occurs." 
   
   "Well, of course the video footage itself looks alarmist," Alistair Weaver, editor-in-chief at Edmunds, told CBS News correspondent Jamie Yuccas. "There's obviously been some issues with lithium ion batteries in the past, particularly around cellphones, but electric car batteries are very different. It's a lot of sophisticated technology." 
   
   Tesla maintains that it takes extraordinary measures to protect passengers from fires, which it says are at least 10 times less likely in a Tesla than in a gas-powered car. 
   
   "We've driven over 50,000 miles in these vehicles and have never replicated this or anything like it, nor have we seen any evidence elsewhere of other cars spontaneously catching fire, so I think it needs more investigation," said Weaver. 
   
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   Other incidents where Teslas caught fire involved collisions, like a deadly Florida crash last month, or impact with objects on the road, like this 2013 accident in Washington State. 
   
   There were no injuries in this latest incident, and Tesla says it is still working to understand the cause of the fire. ||||| This article is about the actress. For the opera singer, see Mary McCormic 
   
   Mary Catherine McCormack (born February 8, 1969[1]) is an American actress. She has had leading roles as Justine Appleton in the series Murder One (1995–97), as Deputy National Security Adviser Kate Harper in The West Wing (2004–06), as Mary Shannon in In Plain Sight (2008–12), and as Casey in the British comedy/drama series Loaded by Channel 4. 
   
   Her film roles include Private Parts (1997), Deep Impact (1998), True Crime (1999), High Heels and Low Lifes (2001), K-PAX (2001), Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star (2003), Right at Your Door (2006), and 1408 (2007). 
   
   Early life [ edit ] 
   
   McCormack was born in Plainfield, New Jersey.[1] She is the daughter of clinical therapist Norah and car dealership and ice cream parlor owner William McCormack.[2] Her parents divorced in 1990.[3] Her sister Bridget is a justice of the Michigan Supreme Court[4] and a current professor of law at the University of Michigan Law School.[5] Her brother William is an actor[6] who has appeared in a recurring role as FBI agent Robert O'Connor on In Plain Sight. 
   
   In 1987, McCormack graduated from the Wardlaw-Hartridge School in Edison, New Jersey. In 1991, she received her BA in comparative arts, specifically painting and creative writing, from Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut.[7] 
   
   Career [ edit ] 
   
   McCormack began her acting career at age 12, performing in Gian Carlo Menotti's Christmas opera Amahl and the Night Visitors.[citation needed] She continued her stage work in musicals and finished an acting program at the William Esper Studio.[3] She has worked in New York theater productions, including The Atlantic Theater Company, Alice's 4th Floor, and Naked Angels, where she appeared in Jon Robin Baitz's A Fair Country.[citation needed] 
   
   McCormack portrayed Justine Appleton on Murder One (1995–1997)[3] and also starred in the HBO series K Street, which aired for only ten episodes.[citation needed] She starred in Howard Stern's movie Private Parts in 1997.[3] In 2004, McCormack joined the cast of The West Wing as Deputy National Security Advisor and ex-CIA officer Kate Harper. Her character soon became a recurring role and remained throughout the last three seasons until the series finale.[8] 
   
   McCormack starred in the USA Network series In Plain Sight. She portrayed Mary Shannon, a deputy United States marshal attached to the Albuquerque, New Mexico, office of the Federal Witness Security Program (WITSEC), more commonly known as the Federal Witness Protection Program. On July 28, 2010, the show was renewed for its fourth and fifth seasons, to run in 2011 and 2012.[9] The show was ended in 2011, making the fifth season its last.[10] After its end, McCormack was cast as the lead in Kari Lizer's untitled comedy pilot on ABC.[11] 
   
   McCormack was nominated for the 2008 Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play for the role of Gretchen in the 2008 Broadway revival of Boeing Boeing.[12] 
   
   In 2012, McCormack reunited with the cast of The West Wing to film a video that served both as a reminder that U.S. voters should vote for non-partisan candidates when they cast their ballots and as a video promoting McCormack's sister's ultimately successful judicial candidacy for the Michigan State Supreme Court.[13] 
   
   In October 2013, McCormack started filming scenes for A Conspiracy on Jekyll Island alongside Frank Grillo, AnnaSophia Robb, Minnie Driver, Dianna Agron, John Leguizamo, Ed Westwick, Christopher McDonald and Maggie Q.[14] The film is directed by Aram Rappaport and produced by Hilary Shor, Atit Shah and Aaron Becker.[15][16][17] Jekyll Island is set to release in 2016.[citation needed] 
   
   In 2016, McCormack played a supporting role in the Amazon.com exclusive special An American Girl Story - Maryellen 1955: Extraordinary Christmas alongside Alyvia Alyn Lind, who played the title character. 
   
   Personal life [ edit ] 
   
   In July 2003, McCormack married director and producer Michael Morris.[18] Together they have three daughters, Margaret (born 2004), Rose (born 2007), and Lillian (born 2011).[19] 
   
   McCormack is the godmother of In Plain Sight co-star Fred Weller's daughter.[20] 
   
   Filmography [ edit ] 
   
   As a producer Year Title Notes 2010 In Plain Sight Episode: "Father Goes West" 
   
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   Year Title Role Notes 1999 Cabaret Sally Bowles Replacement 2008 Boeing-Boeing Gretchen ||||| Tweet with a location 
   
   You can add location information to your Tweets, such as your city or precise location, from the web and via third-party applications. You always have the option to delete your Tweet location history. Learn more ||||| Tesla's stock is burning up. 
   
   Tesla Inc. (TSLA) shares slumped in pre-market trading Monday following a weekend report that one of its electric cars, owned by British film director Michael Morris, burst into flames in Hollywood over the weekend. 
   
   Actress Mary McCormack, who is married to the director of the Netflix Inc. (NFLX) series 13 Reasons Why, Kingdom and Bloodline. filmed the incident, which she said took place on Santa Monica Blvd in Los Angeles, and posted it on the social networking site Twitter. Tesla said it was investigating the incident. 
   
   "This is what happened to my husband and his car today," McCormack said in a Saturday post that has since been deleted. "No accident, out of the blue, in traffic on Santa Monica Blvd." 
   
   Tesla shares were marked 1.9% lower in pre-market trading in New York Monday, indicating and opening bell price of $352.6 each, a move that would trim the stock's year-to-date gain to around 13.5%. 
   
   @Tesla This is what happened to my husband and his car today. No accident,out of the blue, in traffic on Santa Monica Blvd. Thank you to the kind couple who flagged him down and told him to pull over. And thank god my three little girls weren't in the car with him pic.twitter.com/O4tPs5ftVo — Mary McCormack (@marycmccormack) June 16, 2018 
   
   The report is the latest in a series of negative headline and setbacks for the Elon Musk-founded group, which is attempting to convince its investors that it won't seek fresh capital in the months ahead and that it can meet its own aggressive delivery targets despite recent layoffs and ongoing bottlenecks in its production. 
   
   Musk himself Tweeted Saturday that a new assembly line had been completed in three weeks at his Fremont, Calif., facility as he continues to push to meet the 5,000-unit-a-week target for production of his mid-priced Model 3 sedan. 
   
   Amazing work by Tesla team. Built entire new general assembly line in 3 weeks w minimal resources. Love u guys so much! Pic of 1st Model 3 dual motor performance coming off the line … pic.twitter.com/Xr55P3fmGd — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 16, 2018 
   
   Last week, filings revealed that Musk bought about 72,000 Tesla shares between June 12 and 13th for $342.77 to $347 a share and now owns 33.74 million shares worth a staggering roughly $12 billion at current prices. 
   
   That follows Musk's previous most recent insider purchase of 33,000 shares between $295.02 and $302.13 on May 7th. That came less than a week after Tesla reported its fiscal first quarter of earnings. ||||| @ Tesla This is what happened to my husband and his car today. No accident,out of the blue, in traffic on Santa Monica Blvd. Thank you to the kind couple who flagged him down and told him to pull over. And thank god my three little girls weren’t in the car with himpic.twitter.com/O4tPs5ftVo
target: – The latest unfortunate headline for Tesla comes courtesy of actress Mary McCormack, who on Friday tweeted a video of a Model S with flames shooting from it. "This is what happened to my husband and his car today. No accident,out of the blue, in traffic on Santa Monica Blvd. Thank you to the kind couple who flagged him down and told him to pull over. And thank god my three little girls weren’t in the car with him," wrote McCormack, who has had leading roles in series including Murder One and The West Wing. Tesla says it is investigating, calling such an incident is "extraordinarily unusual," CBS News reports. Responding to queries on Twitter, McCormack said the Tesla wasn't equipped with Autopilot and that her husband was "barely moving in traffic" at the time. "Our initial investigation shows that the cabin of the vehicle was totally unaffected by the fire due to our battery architecture, which is designed to protect the cabin in the very rare event that a battery fire occurs," Tesla says in a statement. It is not officially blaming a faulty battery for the fire, but local authorities say that could be the case. The editor-in-chief of car site Edmunds notes, "We've driven over 50,000 miles in these vehicles and have never replicated this or anything like it, nor have we seen any evidence elsewhere of other cars spontaneously catching fire, so I think it needs more investigation." The Street notes that Tesla's stock slumped in pre-market trading Monday.