and that's what's happening right now with the postal service. on one side you have the postmaster general and the postal service leadership actively cutting services and mail delivery standards. they think they can cut their way to fiscal solvency, and quite frankly in this case they are wrong. the answer is not more cuts. in fact, if it wasn't for the prefunding requirement for retiree health benefits, the postal service would have made nearly $1 billion in 2012. clearly, the postal service doesn't need to keep shutting down facilities and slowing down delivery. what the postal service does need is responsible reform legislation. that's why i'm here this afternoon. all the postal service is doing with its shortsighted cuts is weakening trust in the postal service. essentially, postal service leadership is cutting the legs out from underneath themselves. they're digging the hole deeper. but congress is in the hole with the postmaster general. there are a lot of folks in congress who would love to see the postal service go out of business, but the

i do not think the u.s. postal service should be leading the bill when the u.s. postal service is an entity by itself. it self sustains itself. i do not think the postal service should be helping congress put the bill -- foot the bill. guest: it is a point well taken. like i said earlier, the postal service is being used as a cash cow to fill up the federal treasury. you're right. a lot of the treasury has gone to the wars that the majority of people do not support. host: the postmaster general will get a new person, megan brennan. tells what you think she brings to the table and what you may have as concerns in terms of what she may want to do? guest: that is a good question. we welcome a change in the postmaster. the previous postmaster, nothing , weonal, patrick donahoe think he had the postal service on the wrong side of the cutting and slashing and this downward spiral. wasaid that postal banking not in our wheelhouse. $9 billion a year. instead of that, he said slow down the mail. that is wrong. megan brennan has been the number three person in the post offi

the postal processing and distribution center in west oakland. it's where he operated a letter sorting machine on the overnight shift. >> he worked there for 20 years. very dedicated, very honest. everybody loved him. >> reporter: no one saw what happened. but on august 8th, coworkers found sam lying on his back with blood coming from his mouth and ears. down from an apparent head injury. as we've learned from an internal post office investigation, employees reported finding sam between 3:00 and 3:30 in the morning. but dispatch records show the first 911 call didn't come in until 3:53. >> hi, medical, is this an emergency? >> 1657 7th street, the main post office. we have an employee bleeding from the mouth. >> reporter: according to the report, when the first employee found sam, he called out to another worker who contacted his supervisor. at the same time, an employee found her supervisor who told her to find a manager. the supervisor assessed sam, waited for other management, and then called the postal police and asked them to call 911. that c

this is the great opportunity for the postal service. mail is changing. n one hand and gives with package delivery. there was just a gallup poll. not only is the postal service the most highly regarded government agency with 75%, 80% ratings of approval from the population. the ratings were highest among the young people and that's a reflection of the great public infrastructure in the day of ecommerce. it is the young people shopping on the internet more than anyone. >> this is going to cut jobs. thousands of jobs across america. what hope do you hold out quickly that there will be a new majority in congress? >> a some point there will be a new board of governors. we're hoping with public pressure to turn it around. stop the changes and the mail sortation, and delivery system so it doesn't get slowed down. there's no good reason. if we are looking ahead, we need the plants, package there's fill it up so we're hoping, we look at this as bipartisan. it deeply affects rural america and city america. this is not a partisan issue. we're going to be calling on

she is a steward for the american postal workers union. 005, she submitted this memo about an employee who suffered a seizure at work. three witnesses said 45 minutes after the incident no emergency personnel had been contacted. a supervisor dismissed them saying it's just a seizure. go back to work. >> when you see someone hurt, bleeding, passed out, the proper response is to dial 911 and then inform your supervisor, not the opposite way. >> reporter: months later, debbie's memo became part of a national grievance citing multiple incidents of delayed medical treatment including a worker who became temporarily paralyzed and other whose emergency help was delayed 45 minutes. they are speaking out after sam's death to expose how long they've been fighting outdated rules that prevent employees from calling 911. >> do you think this policy makes sense? >> it makes sense. >> reporter: this is a communications manager for usps in northern california. he says the policy is intended to get help on the scene quickly and allows postal police to direc

she's a steward for the american postal workers union. in 2005 she submitted this memo about an employee who suffered a seizure at work. three witnesses said 45 minutes after the incident, no emergency personnel had been contacted and a supervisor dismissed them, saying it's just a seizure, go back to work. >> when you see someone hurt, bleeding, passed out, the proper response is to dial 911 and then inform your supervisor, not the opposite way. >> reporter: months later, debby's memo became part of a national grievance citing delayed medical treatment, including a worker who became temporarily paralyzed and another whose emergency help was delayed 45 minutes. neely and terry are speaking out after sam's death to expose how long they've been fighting outdated rules that prevent employees from calling 911. >> do you think this policy makes sense? >> it makes sense. >> reporter: augustine is a communications manager for the usps in northern california. he says the policy is intended to get help on the scene quickly and it allows postal poli

download the xfinity tv app today. >>> disturbing allegation are emerging against the u.s. postal service. several women have come forward saying they were sexually harassed, even attacked. an instead of getting help, they were punished when they reported it. tisha thompson has been investigating the trend for months, and we want to warn you some of the details you're going to hear in this report are graphic. >> reporter: it was a frigid morning when we climbed this mountain near albany, new york. >> we made it! >> reporter: to meet this woman, diane caruso ruston. diane said she had to be tough to work more than a decade inside a large postal processing plant where they sort mail 24 hours a day. >> the culture's post office, it is an old boys club. >> reporter: gte good at getting along with the boys working alongside her, diane thought she was going to get a promotion when she walked into one of her manager's offices. >> next thing i know he pushed me up against the wall. and he pushes down the left side of my pants, which, you know, the stretchy pants, and he licked my leg. i w

the traffic. two hours, it's free. postal service, it's the busiest package delivery day of the year thanks to a surge in online shopping and an aggressive campaign to take on its private sector rivals. will the postal service deliver the goods? morgan brennan has more. >> reporter: the u.s. postal service is on track for another record holiday season. with package volumes already exceeding forecasts. >> this is a lot. we've been working really hard over time and everything. just to get them delivered. >> reporter: the uspf expects to move 26 million parcels today alone. 12% more than previous package day in 2013. last christmas when an estimated 2 million ups and fedex shipments were late, the postal service didn't have the same issue. one reason? a sunday delivery partnership with amazon and key markets. >> thank you. >> reporter: this season, that strategy has been expanded with the uspf delivering amazon and own priority mail packages since mid november. >> it helps with the work load before monday comes in and most peopl

instead of calling 911 right away, they followed the postal service policy. called supervisors and managers who then called the on-site postal police. up to 53 minutes passed between the time sam was found and 911 was finally called. our investigation later found a history of similar incidents in west oakland and union grievances filed with the national usps about delays in medical care. we uncovered documents showing the postal service knew about employee concerns since at least 2005, and the agency did nothing to change its medical emergency procedures. congresswoman lee called sam's wife of 25 years to express her condolences in a statement representative lee said, my thoughts and prayers are with the family. access to medical treatment is critical and i have communicated with the usps on this matter." her staff tells us the congresswoman can't schedule an interview because of her washington schedule, but they say she has communicated with usps at the highest level and is directly in touch with them. usps officials in the bay area tell us they are still wo

she is a steward for the american postal workers union. in 2005, she submitted this memo about an employee who suffered a seizure at work. three witnesses said 45 minutes after the incident, no emergency personnel had been contacted, and a supervisor dismissed them, saying it's just a seizure. go back to work. >> when you see someone hurt, bleeding, passed out, the proper response is to dial 911 and then inform your supervisor, not the opposite way. >> reporter: months later, debbie's memo became part of a national grievance siting multiple incidents of delayed medical treatment, including a worker who became temporarily paralyzed and another's whose emergency help was delayed 45 minutes. neely and perry are speaking out after sam's death to expose how long they've been fighting outdated rules that prevent employees from calling 911. do you think this policy makes sense? >> it makes sense. >> reporter: augustine ruiz is a communications manager for the usps in northern california. he says the policy is intended to get help on the scene quic

the policy in oakland. that's not what it says. clearly states only postal police are to is neshate the 911 -- to initiate the 911 procedure. they're to notify. notify security who calls 911. if they call 911. >> one of the things management does. fake fairly regularly. who is going to be responsible for the am but lense? >> union president, fred jacobs. who's going to pay for them coming out here. i know that sound ludicrous, that any what is happening. if you call 911 you are not response bum for any kind of of a bill. just as simple as that. >> manages, oakland fire. he says policies put people in grave danger and waste time. >> the sooner that we have the ability to nun kate directly next to a patient. the better. >> would an emplyy get in dribble. why do you think employees have that impression? >> i don't know. it could be a misunderstanding. i do know this, that we give training our our employees on ape daem basis. >> is the thaning effective is there so much confusion when they're supposed to do something. >> ruiz is revising pot see in oakland after

she's a steward for the american postal workers union. in 2005 she submitted this memo about an employee who suffered a seizure at work. three witnesses said 45 minutes after the incident, no emergency personnel had been contacted and a supervisor dismissed them saying, it's just a seizure. go back to work. >> when you see someone hurt, bleeding, passed out, the proper response is to dial 911 and then inform your supervisor, not the opposite way. >> reporter: months later debbie's memo became part of a national grievance citing multiple instants of delayed medical treatment including a worker who became temporarily paralyzed and another whose emergency help was delayed 45 minutes. mealy and perry are speaking out after sam's death to expose how long they've been fighting out-dated rules that prevent employees from calling 911. >> do you think this policy makes sense? >> it makes sense. >> reporter: augustine is a communications manager for the usps in northern california. he says the policy is intended to get help on the scene quickly and

of the five postal clerks aboard titanic, only two had their bodies recovered. both americans, john starr march and the other was oscar scott woody. the pocket watch came from john starr march's body and the set of keys on the right, which is probably to the registered mail safe on board ship, came from oscar woody's body. for many years in the united states, the primary method of moving mail over land was by rail. on the trains. and this is just a great piece that has a terrific story. came to the smithsonian institution by mail from new york. this is, if you've ever been to the national museum of natural history here in washington, d.c. and seen the hope diamond, this is the package that the hope diamond came in. and the jeweler, harry winston up in new york city, actually mailed the hope diamond to smithsonian institution by registered mail. this is the wrapper. there's $145. 29 in postage on the front of this wrapper. only $2. 44 of that is the actual postage. the rest is insurance for $1 million. and you can see all the markings. please, deliver to the castl

that's the advice. >>> and then the u.s. postalvice will be forced to layoff more than 7,000 workers, and it's because of cutbacks. it will come after the busiest weeks of the year as workers scramble to deliver packages by christmas. joining me is the vice president of area operations for the united states postal service. rick, with welcome to you and we appreciate this time. i know the post office has closed 141 locations in both 2012 and 2013. why is it we are seeing such drastic changes? >> well, what we are seeing over time is that we are seeing a dramatic decrease in the amount of first class mail that the american public is mailing because of online and e-mail traffic, and because of that we have too much capacity in the postal service, and we have had to shut down some of the facilities across the country. >> well, as you know congress returns from the holiday break on january 6th, a day after the changes are supposed to take effect, and is there anything congress can do to fix the problem, or what can the post master gener

as alex savidge explain, this is the busiest day of the year for the postal service. >> reporter: they fired up the forklifts filling up trucks with packages and letters. a sure sign the holidays are here. crews at this facility will handle a million more pieces of mail than they did on an average day. >> we probably brought in between 350 to 400 people just to help us through the holidays spread out. >> reporter: this is the busiest day of the year for the postal service. ten days before christmas when people start to feel the pressure to get those presents and cards in the mail. >> they will be mailed out today for sure because, i just -- i want to make sure they get there on time. >> reporter: this man is shipping a whole punch of gifts for a very good cause. he was at the post office picking out the perfect boxes. there is a friend of mine who owns a homeless sheltner stockton. we're sending out a lot of gifts to them. >> reporter: if you are a procrastinator, you don't have to worry, you can mail a package on december 23rd and get it there by christmas although it will cost extra.

gross.gallery. >> welcome to the smithsonian national postal museum. your right now is your standing in our newest gallery. gross s the william h. stamp gallery. it is the largest stamp gallery in the world. the images on the stands tell of the history, heritage, and heroes of this country. heritage, and heroes. it is pure education. what we do in exhibits and education is try to teach people about history. >> our goal here is to give you visuals so you can personally connect to stamps. you where in the space, will find a stamp that has meaning to you. this is the world's first postage stamp. it is called the penny black cost one penny and is printed in black ink. they are not particularly rare, but the opportunity to see the is always nything exciting. >> just seven years later, the united states issued its first postage stamp. we have graphics of it here, but in the next gallery you will see some artwork. >> there we go from this introductory gallery where visitors when some of the history of stamps, where they came from, and how they changed over the

these grievances are from 2005, filed with the national usps by postal workers here in the bay area. they document multiple instances where employees needed emergency medical care. in one case, someone suffered a seizure at work and 911 wasn't called for 45 minutes. despite knowing about these complaints, the postal service did nothing to change its emergency medical procedures. what's more, employees say not only did the rules prevent them from calling 911, they've also been told they'd have to foot the bill if they call an ambulance. >> who's going to pay for them coming out here? i know that sounds ludicrous. but that's what's happening. >> would an employee get in trouble for calling 911? >> no. >> fired? >> no. >> would they have to pait cost of the ambulance? >> no. >> why do you think employees have that impression? >> i don't know. it could be a misunderstanding. >> oakland postal officials say they are now revising their 911 policy after our initial investigation. tonight at 11:00, more examples of legal delays as postal workers reveal what happens inside the usps when someo

cnbc's morgan brennan has more. >> reporter: the u.s. postal service is on track for another record holiday season. with package volumes already exceeding forecasts. >> it's just a lot. we've been working really hard, overtime and everything just to get them delivered. >> reporter: the usps expects to move more than 26 million parcels, 12% more than its busiest package day in 2013. last christmas when an estimated 2 million u.p.s. and fed ex shipments were late, the postal service didn't have the same issue. one reason, a sunday delivery partnership with amazon in key markets. this season that strategy has been expanded with the usps delivering amazon and its own priority mail packages every sunday in major markets since mid-november. >> it helps us get the workload out and most people are home or not coming from church during the day. >> reporter: on a typical sunday in december the trucks here in the newark, new jersey, area make about two delivery rounds a piece. overall peak volumes are so high, in fact, that u-hauls have to be rented to ha

he's with the postal office. when i show up with my sack of gifts. >> breathe easy. anticipate to breathe heavily. when you come in today, there will be people up here dropping off packages. come in, get it into the post office so we can get it delivered on time. also start thinking about the dates. december 20, you definitely want to get that stuff into the mail. if you are sending someone something to the loved ones in the military military, december 17th is a critical date, especially with priority express for them. however, if you are a procrastinator, december 23rd, priority express mail is the way to go. always that last-minute out for folks. >> there's always an out. we're the place to come in. >> reporter: there you go. across the country, by the way, 640 million pieces of mail. that's what the u.s. post office will handle today. >> 640 million pieces today over a normal day of 523 million. it shows you the spike. >> reporter: the other trend we're seeing, a lot more packages, you were saying that's onlin

the postal service says today is the busiest mailing day of the year. on average, it processes 523 million pieces of mail every day. but from thanksgiving to new year's eve, the post office is expected to handle 15 billion letters, cards and packages. >>> today is the deadline to sign up for health insurance under the affordable care act. this time around, you have to enroll by the end of today in order to have coverage beginning january 1st. if you need help with signing up, lots of places you can get it, including team members of independence blue cross will be out this morning at two septa stations, at jefferson station at 12th and market and the 69th street transportation center in upper darby from 7:00 until 9:00 this morning. >>> well, sony pictures is making some demands after a recent cyber attack. landon dowdy is here with details in this morning's "cnbc business news." landon, good morning. >> good morning to you, tracy. a sony pictures lawyer sent a letter to news and media organizations, demanding that information from the recent hack should

we first told you about the postal policy that tells employees to call security not 911 when there was a medical emergency. 911 wasn't called for up to 53 minutes after a co-worker found a man on the ground bleeding. now we've learned employees have voiced concerns about delayed medical instances. in one case someone suffered a seizure at work and 911 wasn't called for 45 minutes. yet the usps did nothing to chang its emergency medical procedures. employees say they've also been told they would have to foot the bill if they call an ambulance. oakland postal officials say they're now revising their 911 policy after our initial investigation but it's been six weeks and employees say still no changes. guys? >> okay vicky. thank you. if you have a tip for the investigative unit please give us a call or you can e-mail. >> new jersey lawmakers say they have not found any evidence linking governor chris christie to the politically motivated traffic jams on the g.w. bridge last year. but they do say that two of christie's aides acted with impunity christie denies he had any role whatsoever in

. >>> and the holiday rush is on for the postal workers across the country. the postal workers fired up the forklifts, filling them up with the packages and the letters. the crews here are expected to handle a million more pieces of the mail than what they do on the average day. across the country, the whopping 640 million cards, packages, letters were expected to pass through the u.s. postal facilities just today. >> they are exchanging the deadline for those that want coverage instead of having to complete that application process by midnight, sunday december 21. they simply must start that process by midnight. they say people need more time. the exchange is also encouraging people who will be covered to check the other plans because rates might be going up on january 1. >>> a new doctor surgeon has been named. with a vote bush master rifle. it claims that the rifle should not have been made available to the public because of the military weapon. in all seven adults were killed in the school shooting two years ago in newtown, connecticut. >>> a stanford fra

to find the best deal, shopping expert todd martz checked out rates for the u.s. postalderal express and ups. >> we compared the basic price to ship a three pound package like this from our new york headquarters to plano, texas. we shipped it three ways, standard overnight, second day, and ground shipment. >> the u.s. postal service was the least expensive every time. for example, its rate for second day delivery was about $12. fed ex and ups rates were more than $60. another gripe, valuable packages left outside the door. that happened to more than half of those surveyed and about four in ten have had a package go missing. >> if you are shipping valuable items, you might want to consider insurance. with ups and fed ex, you automatically are covered for $100. >> the post office automatically insures most priority mail express shipments for up to $100 as well. >> but you can always buy additional insurance if your item is really expensive. >> a final complaint? 55% say a package wasn't delivered when promised. don gives his customers some simple advice. >> want to get it

. >>> to say the postal service busy would be an under statement. is is their busiest day of the year. handling 600 million pieces of mail today. ktvu's alex savage shows us how they are doing it and the absolute, absolute last day to mail packages. >> reporter: workers fired up the fork lifts this morning, filling up delivery trucks. a sign the holidays are here. today crews at this facility will handle a million more pieces of mail than they do an on average day. >> 350 to 400 people just to help us through the holidays. >> reporter: this is the busiest day of the year for the postal service. 10 days before christmas when people start to feel the pressure to get the presidents and cards in the mail. >> they will be mailed out today. for sure. i just -- you know, i wantt to make sure they get there on time. >> reporter: he is shipping gifts for a good cause and he was that post office early. >> there is a friend of mine that own as homeless shelter in stockton. we are sending out gifts to them. >> reporter: you don't have to worry, you can mail a pa

. >>> plus, a busy shipping day for the postal service. one mail carrier is taking to the water to deliver holiday packages. >>> and unfortunately, they're delivering through the water. we've got a lot of rain out there. rain chances every single day this week. we'll tell you who is going to see the most. your mind might be blown as to where we stand in terms of seasonal averages. lots to go over in your microclimate forecast moments away. >>> welcome back, everyone. a winter warning for parents. wait until your child is out of the car before putting on to bulky jackets. big, puffy coats can be hazardous in a car crash. the warning is written in most manuals for car seats, but experts say most parents don't read the manuals that closely. they don't have the time. they say in a crash, your child's puffy winter coat will compress making the car seat straps too loose. they advise putting a blanket over your child and the car seat. >>> well, the days leading to christmas is the busiest for the postal service. bob redell delivers us an explanati

the u.s. postal service says it's seen deliveries grow by 20% in the last five years because other shippers depend on the postal service to deliver the packages to addresses they don't typically serve. >>> well today the san francisco giants could announce the resigning of the relief pitcher. the two have agreed to a two- year, $15 million deal pending a physical. he lost the closer role last year but performed well as a set-up man. and he has been a part of all three of the giant's championships. >>> could be a major business opportunity. the major california industry that could be significantly impacted by the president's decision to re-establish diplomatic relations with cuba. >>> up next, the life-changing christmas surprise for five deserving bay area families. >>> good morning. right now, looking at a commute where there are no that many incidents and traffic is still doing very well on bay area bridges. >>> well, the current pattern, one more system kind of waiting for that late tonight and to

don gives customers some simple advice. >> to get it on time, ship early. >> the postal service says er by next the last deadline is december 23 for express service. >>> the morning news continues at 6:30 with the top stories. >> getting ready for the next big storm with preparations taking place in the in the bay and the poll impact on local businesses. >> c.h.p. made more than 100 arrests lat night -- late night. we will show you what happened coming up next. >>> high surf and i wind damage. we have everything coming with the next storm. i will give you a timetable coming up. >>> in the traffic center, i am leyla gulen, the lights are back on with the golden gate bridge. we have had problems running on generator power so it will go off intermit. ly. we have heavying for over -- heavy fog over highway 4. heavy fog over highway 4. more >>> live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >>> good morning at 6 pock -- 6:30 on tuesday. a look at san francisco international airport and despite the conditions meteorologist mike nicco checked and said there are no delays. he is che

check out the surveillance video from the home in the evergreen neighborhood, a postal worker dropped off the package at 9:00 and half an hour later a white car pulled up, a man walked the up the lawn with a piece of paper, grabs the package and gets in the back of a car and dangers off. inside the package was a crist gripples -- christmas gift for the homeowner's honor. >> it is of emotional value. [ inaudible ] don't steal other people's joy or packages. >>> they will take the surveillance video to the san jose lived and will file a complaint with the postal service because he said the video shows the carrier tossing the package on the porch. the san jose police department say report a crime like this because it can help if you need to file an insurance claim. >>> 5:03, a protest is planned for noon in san francisco's union square to demonstrate black lives matter. organizers are emphasizing they want a peaceful and safe demonstration. previous protests last month seen here and two weeks ago over the deaths of michael brown and eric garner were respectful of people and prosecute. to

monday set a record for the postal service, 28 million packages delivered, 10% higher than last year,ys later than. but again, it all comes down to tonight. and the big wild card is the bad weather affecting so much of the country right no for "nightly business report," i'm morgan brennan in new york ci. >>> well, it's a merry christmas at apple headquarters. that company's market cap went up by ab $160 billion this year so far, at least. some perspective, though. only 24 companies in the s&p 500 have a total market cap of $160 billion. to put it another way, apple's $660 billion market cap is more than that of facebook, google, cisco and amazon combined. not too shabby, huh? apple shares up about 40% in the trading this year. >>> up next. how the gift of giving could help save lives. we'll explain coming up. >>> some older patents used in mobile devices apparently are still worth a lot of money. namely, nearly $1 billion. a consortium including apple, microsoft, blackberry, erickson and sony sold off about 4,000 technology patents they acquired a few years ago from the telecom compan

this is a rush for the postal service. henan 40 handle a six million cars and the packages today. the post office as you can wait until the 20th. amazon is saving the u.s. postal service. >> let's do a day to check. a nuanced data check. yield does nothing. it's back to where it was on friday. west texas gets a bid. that is up $.33. vix is showing attention. it is $62 a barrel. the ruble goes just to 59. with a bid on oil, russia continues to deteriorate. india has a difficult weekend. we don't often look at that. india's currency weakens. never go to australia. the news that we saw last evening, they confront islamic terror. behind elizabeth street is martin place. five hostages have escaped from a chocolate shop. juliet, tell us about downtown sydney right now. as weere be any normality going to tuesday? that is what the new south policeremier and the commissioner have called for in the last hour. this is a tense situation. a number of hostages are still being holed up in the cafe. pedestriane is a place. it was shut down by police. area, itu work in that will be business as usu

. >> reporter: as online shopping surges, u.p.s., fedex and the u.s. postal service are bracing for another record season. the national retail federation expects online sales to grow as much as 11% this holiday season. with more than half of consumers shopping digitally, while cyber monday's still a big day, many people are waiting even longer to make purchases. a trend expected to impact shippers once again this year. >> i think it's reasonable to expect a last-minute spike in demand. the bottom line is people shop and they delay purchases, they look for price, they look for deals, and to be candid, the online retailers and fedex and u.p.s. are to a certain degree the victims of their own success. >> reporter: last year a late surge in demand combined with bad weather caused u.p.s. and, to a lesser extent, fedex, to miss christmas deadlines for some 2 million packages. this year the companies have planned accordingly expecting their busiest days later in the month. for u.p.s., december 22nd, just three days before christmas, and for fedex, december 15th, nea

the alleged theft happened open wednesday morning. not long after postal service carrier delivered the pack original to the ever friend neighbor home. watch as the white car pulls up and a man walked up to the porch, takes the package and takes off. the package had a christmas gift for the home owner's daughter. the home owner will file a complaint with the postal service because the carrier tossed the package on to the porch. >> in livermore, two people are in custody on suspicion of stealing packages from porches. on christmas eve, police were called to the area of lexington way and trinity hills lane after receiving calls from concerned neighborhoods. they found a couple hiding in a bush. police located their vehicle parked near full of stolen gifts. investigators thing they stole packages from homes in livermore, pleasanton, lafayette and orrin did. >> fire officials are lacking for the cause of a fire that destroyed two homes in portrero hill neighborhood on christmas morning. the family living on the upper level get out. a couple with two young child

the day. >>> u.s. postal office police made a move this morning to break up a month's hold enkarnment outside of the berkeley post office, the tents and bed rolls went into the place earlier this year after the postal service announced plans to sell the historic building to a private developer. campers say the building should go to the city for public use. today, police told campers they had to go and removed belongings of people who weren't there. >> if i go away for a while from my apartment, does that give somebody the right to take myself because i'm not there? that's the logic. if you are here to claim your property, take t if not, we're gonna load it into that truck over there. >> last month the city of berkeley got a restraining order blocking the sale. the hearing on that matter is set for december 10th. >>> a programming note. starting monday, you will be able to go inside the tmz newsroom every day when we bring you tmz live at 4:00 every weekday. the entertainment news website has broken some of th

coming up in 20 machines, the new record set by the u.s. postalvice this week. >>> some people pulled over in one small town drove away with smiles and christmas cheer. . >>> welcome back everybody, we're learning more about the woman arrested in the road rage incident interstate 80. >> she's pushing it off the road. she's coming for us. >> 50-year-old dierdre is accused of running people off the road. it happened saturday afternoon between auburn and colfax. she was tailgating them, they claim, she got out and said she was a sheriff and that they were going to jail. >> people in the car called police who met them at a nearby exit and they later arrested her. >>> george h. w. bush, the former president, was hospitalized. he was suffering shortness of breath, doctors say it was a precaution, but it's starting for police sirens. >> it's for people starting for a good time your day. >> we're stopping people wishing a happy holiday. >> did you have a fifth. >> do you think i have a gift. >> this was made in doylestown ohio as they randomly picked vehi

treated miss young differently than the u.s. postal service would've? >> well, no, not differently than -- and two things about that. one is u.p.s. has since changed its policy. it says it would have treated her entirely differently. the original policy was based on the postal service policy if peggy young had been working for the postal service, one assumes the same thing would've happened to her. >> pete williams for us at the supreme court this afternoon. pete, thanks as always, sir. >> you bet. >>> a developing story that we're also following right now this afternoon. two men have been charged with raping a 16-year-old girl at a john hopkins fraternity house last month. the two men are not connected with university according to the university. the alleged incident happened back on november 2nd. sigma alpha fraternity where the accident occurred is under suspension, we're told. all of this follows a string of reported campus sex assaults, most notably being the alleged gang rape at the university of virginia. >>> coming up next, a top nfl executive go

. >> in our next hour, the u.s. postal service doing its part to make the christmas holiday special for every child. >> if you want to see "the interview," now is your chance. the controversial movie is streaming on line and showing today at more than 300 theaters nationwide. it had been pulled last week amid threats from hackers. now the f.b.i. is working with microsoft and google to make sure they don't get hacked for streaming the film. >> people overnight in berkeley, missouri gather after a police officer shot a man with a gun. antonio martin pointed his weapon at the officers at a gas station. people were arrested during the demonstration. >> apilot taking part in the u.s. led coalition against isil is in his second day of captivity. his jet went down and isil members captured him. isil claims it shot down the plane. the pentagon said there is clear evidence that is not what brought down the plane. joining us to discuss the fate of the pilot is jim walsh, a research associate joining us. describe jordan's role in the

for the most part, some postal workers will be on the job though today to deliver priority mail. gular postal service is set to resume tomorrow. >>> they tied a record high when it get to 50 degrees at south lake tahoe yesterday but there's plenty of fresh snow in the sierra despite that. ian schwartz said it caused major problems people driving in the high country. >> reporter: it didn't snow a whole lot but when it did come down, it came down fast and there was a lot of drivers on i- 80 who weren't ready for it. it's beginning to look a lot like a traffic mess in the sierra. >> i was stuck for like an hour and a half and it was not moving hardly at all. >> reporter: sharon wanted a white christmas but not if it meant this. >> i was supposed to be there at 5:30 so i'm a little bit late. >> reporter: she wasn't alone. taillights were on 80 for miles like a strand of christmas lights. several wrecks brought traffic to a stop. people got out of their cars. >> we decided to stretch our legs feel the snow. so we're from orange county so we wanted to see the snow. >> merry christmas! >

and he then started recruiting other chief -- other special agents, especially out of the postal service state department impeesz. at least one of these was sent overseas to cairo later on in the war to report on the military and political situation there. in fact, the bsi came out of state department's attempts to deal primarily with domestic security issues. it also did a lot of things with specifically foreign flavor. through means that are still a little obscure to me, routinely they acquired telegrams and code books used by foreign governments and they would then pass this material to the war department for exploitation. they also dispatched something on the order of 15 officers overseas to conduct espionage. they operated in places like44m switzerland, neutral switzerland, revolutionary germany, netherlands, neutral netherlands, and also on the mexican border area. mexico being a major concern to the u.s. at that time. we won't get into that tonight either. one of the officers was a man named james c. mcnally. i haven't found a photograph of him, unfortunately. but these excerpts f