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>>reporter: american postal worker union is against the proposal. postal service wants to eliminate 35,000 workers. that doesn't sit well with some customers. >> this is a good job. if somebody lose this job, they might lose their housing and so many stuff going on behind this e-any change to mail delivery needs congressional approval. they hope lawmakers go along. >> we are fought going away. not cholesteroling down. not out of business. we are doing this so that we can stay in business. >>reporter: postal service has 5 74,000 career employeeings. nation second largest civilian employer after wal-mart. in the news ramp, 7 news. >>> thank you. secretary of state hillary clinton says she is optimistic about the reless of 2 uc berkeley graduate held in iran. at news conference in san francisco she said despite the delay she believes shane and josh will soon be relessed. >> i'm going to count on the iran an government fulfilling the announcement that was made by the the leadership of the country and hope that it can be expedited and we can see their rel

host: cliff guffey of the american postal workers union. thank you. we also want to spanx the high school students aboard our campaign 2012 bus in indiana and forwant to stathank paul preparing the disappearstudents. now an update from c-span radio. >> 9:22 in washington. new economic news from the government. the economy grew a little faster in the spring than previously estimated, but still stayed weak. the commerce department says the economy grew at an annual rate of 1.3% in the april-june quarter. that is up from an estimate of 1% a month ago. even with that provision, the economy grew at an annual rate of just 9 cents a 1% in the first six months of the year. that is the weakest six-month performance since the recession ended more than two years apart. the number of people seeking the unemployment benefits is down sharply. an encouraging sign that layoffs are easing. the labor department says the weekly applications dropped 37 cows and to a seasonally adjusted 391,000 last week. that is the lowest level since april 2. a short-term spending bill

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. >>> the american postal workers union is against the proposal. they wanted to eliminate 35,000 workers. any change to mail delivery needs congressional approval. they hope that lawmakers will go along. >> we're not closing down and not going out of business. we diorpg this so we can stay in business. >> postal service has 574,000 career employees. it's the nation's second largest civilian employer after walmart. >>> a stark warning for new defense secretary leon panetta as super committee is trying to come up with new spending cuts as part of a deal. if the talks fall apart they will trigger a series of automatic cuts across several government agencies. he says if those cuts happen, he will have to cut more than $500 billion out of the defense budget he said it you would lead job cuts that would increase the jobless rate by an entire percentage point. >>> and investors are switching off the shares of a company. >> jane king joins us from the new york stock exchange. >> reporter: good morning. research in motion taking a big hit. now check it out.

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brought to you by the men and women of the american postal workers union. ♪ >>> all right.f blitzer with the latest news off the political ticker. and let's begin with the sound we just quickly turned around. republican leadership on the hill talking about the super committee. they go to work first thing tomorrow. >> they've got to come up with $1.5 trillion in cuts over the next ten years. they've got until basically the end of november just before thanksgiving to get the job done, then congress will have an up or down vote by the end of the year that they have to pass it. and the pressure is enormous as the republican leadership, the democratic leadership, all the members say because if they don't go ahead, as you know, brooke, and do this, then there will be these automatic cuts that will go into effect that will be very painful, painful for republicans, painful for democrats, so there's enormous push on these 12 members of the super committee and they're going to start meeting as early as tomorrow to try to get some of the job done. and as what we just heard them say, f

brought to you by the men and women of the american postal workers union. ♪ >>> the house republicanhip sees room for compromise on a jobs package but they won't get help from michele bachmann, who says the new proposal would the all harm and no good. she is a tea party favorite and a presidential candidate who joins us tonight from the campaign trail in colorado. i want to get to the president's proposal but i want to talk about the urgent threat we hear now about the potential of a threat on the 9/11 anniversary. you are a member of the house select committee on intelligence. i want you to in as much detail as you can, share with us what you have been told about this threat and do you view it as a credible, specific threat? >> one thing i want to assure the american people, this is a bipartisan effort when it comes to the safety and security of the american people. i believe that the administration is doing everything that they need to do to secure the safety of the people. i'm grateful for that. we are working together, democrats and republicans, and the house intelligence committ

joining us now to talk about these proposals is cliff, president of the american postal workers union. thank you so much for coming in this morning. >> glad to be here. >> you told congress that some of these proposals are outrageous, illegal and despicable. explain that statement because it is a big statement. >> well, the postal problems are created by the fact that the postal service puts into the federal government $13 billion a year and they have overfunded many of the accounts they put the money into and an additional $5.5 billion has been required to be put into the federal government by the congress in 2006. and in this same law, they would not allow the post office to raise its rates. so, if they're already running your rates below inflation and you have to pay an additional $5.5 billion, of course, you're going to go down $5.5 billion a year. the reason i say it is despicable, their answer is to not allow them to use the postal funds but their answer is to lay off people. some of the requirements are oh, if you've hit age 55 and you're eligible to retire, you must retire whe

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there is strong pushback from the postal workers union whose contract includes a no layoff clause and ensures generous health care benefits. the americans the cost-cutting proposals a reckless assault on the postal service and postal employees. senator tom carper, chairman of the subcommittee overseeing the postal service, says something has to be done. >> if we do nothing, the postal service could literally close. bouncing up against this $15 billion line of credit limit, and if we do nothing, then they will i think run out of money. >> reporter: if congress changed the 2006 law that requires the postal service to fully pre-fund the retirees health fund, that would take off some of the immediate financial pressure. the postmaster general says his agency is the only government entity required to fund retiree health benefits 75 years out. again, democrats and republicans and congress agreeing, especially with a looming dead line september 30th, is not very easy. the postmaster general and the head of the postal workers union will be among those testifying at tomorrow's hearing. >> they have to do something, no doubt about that. lisa, th

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cliff gurney, president of the american postal workers union, takes an entirely different view as you might expect, in prepared statements, he says, quote now, it is very clear, however, that the strategy of adepressively making cuts has passed the point of diminishing returns and has begun to be counterproductive, the postal service having been engaged in several years of cost cutting has become like the man whose only tool is a hammer. to him, everything looks like a nail, end quote. for the postoffice, labor represents about 8 percent of its expenses. that's much more than private carriers like fedex and ups. we'll be learning much more about the problems and potential solutions in testimony today before the senate homeland security and governmental affairs committee this afternoon. the hearing gets underway at 2:00 p.m. and we'll be there. jenna: we'll be talking to the chair of that committee, senator skwro*eb lieberman later in the show. thank you for your great reporting, doug, thank you very much. >> sure thing. jon: jenna's favorite story of the day, the hunt! jenna: i don't

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brought to you by the men and women of the american postal workers union. ♪ >>> you know, we, i was justt about an article that he wrote, taylor branch, "the shame of college sports." i will get right to it because i want to get in as much time as possible. taylor, you're known for your civil rights background and you have written so much about injustice on a number of different levels. and this is the approach you took while researching the shame of college sports for "the atlantic magazine." you already have received so much feedback. if you don't mind, what we were just talking about on the break, i think it's fascinating. a lot of people angry about this article. how are you taking that and what is that telling you? >> well, i'mila a little shell shocked. they just released it online yesterday and people care about it an awful lot. it's like sports. it engages great passion. we're the only country in the world that hosts big money sports and universities and colleges. and, so, we have this clash there between whether colleges should be about education or whether they should be about

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cliff guffey, president of the american postal workers union. l >> tonight's news anchors perspectives on covering the events of september 11th, 2001. former anchors charlie gibson and dan rather. former cnn washington bureau chief frank sesno. former journalist marvin kalb moderates had stored was in university tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern life here on c-span2. >> in 1844 henry clay ran for president of the united states and lost, but he taste political history. he is one of the 14 and featured in cs band's new weekly series the contenders. this week his kentucky home. >> this weekend to the 10-year anniversary of 9/11 with live coverage for me to the memorial sites, new york city, so, pennsylvania, and the pentagon. here is our live schedule. the flight 93 national memorial dedication ceremony. sunday morning and a 30, a memorial ceremony from the world trade center site with president obama and former president bush. on c-span to vice-president biden from the pentagon and on c-span three honoring those who lost their lives on united flight 93.

host: cliff guffey of the american postal workers union. thank you.e also want to spanx the high school students aboard our campaign 2012 bus in indiana and we want to sta family in the over to a dozen other japanese-americans, wyoming's heart mountain internment camp was home. almost 70 years later hear his story on american history tv on c-span three, from the dedication of the heart mountain learning center. american artifacts, explore 19 century america. from the smithsonian's new great american hall of wonders exhibit. for oral histories in 1973 new york democrat elizabeth holtzman became the youngest woman ever elected to congress. one year later as a member of the house judiciary committee she was voted to impeach president. but for the complete we can schedule. for the schedules an hour and box click the alert button. >> and a few moments a look at the future of u.s. space flight. in about an hour jam small talk, the chairman and ceo of the energy company, a phillips. in a discussion of u.s. trade initiatives in afghanistan and central asia. l

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health plans with a large postal population or such as rural letter carriers with the american postal workers unionf these plans chose not to participate in the fehbp in the longer it could have a significant impact on the number of choices that are available to our enrollees and overall competition in the program. the postal service's proposal to withdraw its employees from c.s. irs would pose very significant challenges because postal and not postal service are integrated in the same retirement system. as such many employees have a credible and door fers service both in postal and not postal employment, and the federal government will have a legal obligation to pay those benefits. any proposal to remove the post a population from federal employment health and retirement systems would be complex and more analysis is required. as i mentioned earlier, the president's budget proposes improving the postal service's financial condition by approximately 5 billion in bh

host: here's what the american postal worker union says about your proposal and what you're advocating. congressman darrell issa who likes to portray himself -- has a website that bashes the postal service using, you guessed it, taxpayer money. it is intended to generate support for legislation sponsored by the congressman that will destroy the postal service as we know it. and testimony before the committee on april 5 in 2011. apwu's president said this is costing more tax dollars than the postal service gets in tax dollars. guest: well, first of all, that's not true. the postal service gets a few million dollars. which i would like to end too. the postal service said, stop giving us the few million dollars. we'll take care of special needs, the blind and a few other items and let us run our post office in a good way. you know, i have a budget. few million dollar budget and i choose to use it to push the reforms that i think are appropriate. nothing wrong with that. but i will tell you something. if you go to our website for the oversight committee what you'll find is a little dial ac

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