he has done well personally, and under louis dejoy leadership, the u.s.services with a logistics business that was louis dejoy used to run. it's a company that continues to pay him millions of dollars through investments and contracts. so the postal service is doing more business with the company that he is involved with. to top it all off, he is under fbi investigation, for an alleged, brazen, illegal campaign donations scheme. former employees describe to the washington post and almost comically blatant operation, which dejoy he pressured someone ploys to make donations to republican candidates of his choosing. he would then reimburse those employees for their quote, donations. that's part of a straw donor scheme and that is against the law. how canhis guy still be running the postal service? it is true that president biden nnot fire him directly. he technically reports to a board of governors, many of whom are also holdovers from the trump administration. the chair of that board, who has backed dejoy, the chair is the head of an investment firm, from w

which louis dejoy purchased hundreds of thousands ofollars worth of bonds.t he is still postmaster general? which means more of his big plans for ruining the mail going into effect. as of the end of this week u.s. mail service will be becoming even slower and more expensive in a way that's designed to be permanent. under the latest changes, 40% of first class mail will be effected. a spokesperson for the post office says these changes, quote, will improve service reliability and predictability. as in your mail wl bereliably slower and no expensive for no reason other than the fact that louis dejoy is still baking the post office because he is still in that job. how long wl we remain stuck with this guy? watch this space. got a couple of bogeys on your six, limu. they need customized car insurance from liberty mutual so they only pay for what they need. what do you say we see what this bird can do? woooooooooooooo... we are not getting you a helicopter. looks like we're walking, kid. only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ >> tech:

under louis dejoy's leadership, the u.s.tal service ramped up its business with a logistics company that louis dejoy used to run. it's a company that continues to pay him millions of dollars in his ongoing investments and contracts with him. so the postal service is doing more business with the company that pays him what it does well. he's running the postal service. oh. and to top it all off, he is currently right now under fbi investigation for an alleged brazen illegal campaign donation scheme. former employees dcribe to "the washington post" where he allegedly pressured employees to make donations to republican candidates of his choosing. he would then reimburse those employees for their, quote, donations. that's called a sprawl donor scheme and that is very much against the law. how can this guy still be running the postal service? it is true president biden cannot hire him directly. he reports to a postaloard of directors. the chair of that board who has backed louis dejoy and all of his plans to make the postal servic

postmaster general louis dejoy recently announced the changes to save billions of dollars. >> we are not structured properly. >> some mail along with flyers and periodicals will arrive later, especially if traveling a long distance. the current one to three day delivery service will lengthen to one to five days. add to that current pandemic delays and people aren't happy. >> many small businesses cannot get their products to customers, and people are getting hit with late fees for bill payments that did not arrive on time because of mail delivery delays. >> reporter: under this new plan, first class package deliveries are not expected to be affected. they include medications and food deliveries, but beginning this sunday it will cost you more to send commercial and retail packages. the higher prices are expected to last through christmas. >> the mail is already slow, now to slow it up worse, a lot of people need the mail. i think that would be not a good thing. >> reporter: some post offices will see shorter hours. louis dejoy has already come under fire for slower mail during the el

postmaster general dejoy has come under fire for slower mail delivery around the election and during the holiday season last year. but supporters are praising his plans to upgrade mail processing equipment and technology, even with the postal service mired in $161 billion in debt. as for the changes taking effect tomorrow, people sending first class mail are being warned to plan ahead. andrew? elizabeth? >> andrea, thank you. >>> in sports, the nba has adopted a no-shot, no-pay policies for unvaccinated players. the league says players will not get paid if they are forced to sit out for proed comes in san francisco and new york. >>> richard sherman is the latest big-name player and former all-star to sign with tom brady's buccaneers. sherman joined the team after speaking with brady over the phone. it comes months after his arrest for a domestic incident. >>> coming up, a story for bacon lovers. lovers. >>> and a i'm still drawn to what's next. even with higher stroke risk due to afib not caused by a heart valve problem. so if there's a better treatment than warfarin that's a trail i

postmaster louis dejoy previously and after the changes to save billions of dollars. >> we have fallenetplace we serve. reporter: the changes mean some first-class mail along with magazines, flyers and other periodicals will arrive later especially arriving a long distance. the current 1-3 day delivery service will lengthen to re-five days. add to that and the pandemic related delays, and critics are not happy. >> medical shipments have gone missing. many small businesses can't get their products to customers, and people are getting hit with late fees for bill payments that did not arrive on time because of mail delivery delays. acges are nnder this new plan expected to be ated. th it dica but beginning sunday, it will cost you more to send commercial and retail packages. the higher prices are expected to last through christmas. >> the male is already slow. a lot of people depend on and need the mail. so that would be not a good thing. reporter: some post offices will also see reduced hours. postmaster dejoy, a trump appointee, has already come under fire for slow delivery during the e

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it's part of a ten-year plan unveiled by postmaster general louie dejoy.ew cost-saving measures including longer first class mail delivery times and cuts to post office hours which could start as soon as friday. the u.s. postal service assures most first class mail will be unaffected but expect delays for packages traveling long distances. >>> right now a hearing over the britney spears conservatorship is under way. coming up i'll talk to a documentary filmmaker who dug into the pop star's life. she'll revisit her plan with fidelity. and with a scenario that makes it a possibility, she'll enjoy her dream right now. that's the planning effect, from fidelity. constipated? set yourself free with fleet. gentle constipation relief in minutes. little fleet. big relief. try it. feel it. feel that fleet feeling. >>> welcome to "the lead." i'm jake tapper. this hour, it may be north korea's most dangerous weapon, the rogue regime now testing a hypersonic missile that experts worry could be nearly impossible to shoot down. >>> plus, a cnn investigation finding hundr

he's had more delays of the postal service under louis dejoy.ald trump would win, then the supreme court was going to intervene, then that biden would last 10 days, then he was supposed to return on march 4th. had more fakeouts than major league baseball. it's ridiculous. one part is the inaccuracy it is a complete, total lie. the other part schmidt is isolating is the danger. the arizona recount, what a waste of money they spent thousands and thousands of dollars and it turned out at the end of it even after they hired a biased republican leading conspiracy firm to do the recount that biden got more votes than trump did, more than the insinuations are proliferating. you've had recounts and trying to get voter records in pennsylvania, wisconsin, texas and all sorts of things that undermine our faith in the election system. this is not about, you know, looking back this is about republicans looking forward and saying, you know, in the next time can they sew that kind of doubt and maybe just turn a few people's votes, a few key people, and then ha

>> well, this is all a part of postmaster general lewis dejoy's plan to try to right the ship.bt among the changes he's making, he's going to try to eliminate a lot of airmail delivery, go more towards ground delivery. he says that simply makes more sense. but they're trying to compete against the likes of fedex and amazon with its own shipping service and u.p.s. so they've been struggling to do that they say they simply are not able to make the money that they they'd to make they have to right the ship. this is his plan controversial, we'll tell you, but this is his plan >> all right, tom costello for us there, thank you. >>> let's get another check of the weather. al is down in d.c. this morning. hi, al >> hey, guys, good morning in our today climate segment, you can see so far 2021 is a continental divide when it comes to precipitation here in the west we are looking at less than 50% of the average precipitation. that means worsening drought and fire conditions. while in the gulf coast to the northeast, top five wettest years on record from victoria, tupelo, huntsville, new