you know, just -- let me just get a copy of these mailers. i certainly respect the right of any entity or any group and in this case of ibw to put out information about our program, but i also feel that in many respects, we are not doing enough in terms of really countering the misinformation here because whether intended or not, the message here is that somehow our program is unique in the sense that there is a purchase of energy from shell without really saying that pg and e itself is actually buying energy from shell as well, and that the difference between our program and ours is that we are buying energy from shell with the idea as eventually building an infrastructure that allows us to create our own energy, and in many respects, you know, the message to the consumer is that in fact if you want to get out of business, you know, get out of doing business with shell, that the only way we're going to do that is through community choice aggregation, so i think that when someone is providing misinformation about your program, we have to figu

the newspaper sent out mailers, advertising subscriptions.nfortunately, there was a typo in the telephone number for the subscription line. that one single number, boy did it make a difference. it was for an x-rated chat line. >> i've got a teenage son. >> how many times did you call it before you figured it out? >> i had to call it probably about five times. >> the sacramento bee calls it a case of human error. they have destroyed the remaining incorrect mailers. >>> in news of the world, at the vatican, pope benedict xvi presided over ash wednesday services. this is expected to be his final public mass before he retires at the end of the month. he was given a standing ovation. the pope asked for their prayers. on the south pacific island of guam, a 21-year-old man went on a rampage killing three people and injurying 11 others. police say he crashinged a car into a building at a resort. then he got out, and began stabbing people. most of the victims were japanese tourists. >>> in the netherlands, this is one of the biggest time of the year f

we envision happening is that at about the time this goes into effect i will send a mass mailer mayor's office of disability manual and every type of information that we can to help the property owners and encourage them to come in and comply.ezra task force.ordinance to make sure that this is a success. thank you. (applause) >>: i thank you. under our board ruleshiss positive or negative so that we can proceed in an orderly manner. if you approve of something you can do it silently look like moving your fingersdown if you like something. that is the preferred way of doing it.up, i want to say that the concentration of seniors is huge;to 2030.people concentrated in all kinds of housing in the city. the increase will only go up. 8000 or so seniors are more, hotels is significant.hotels for their housings so making it safer this critical.so let me invite carla johnson from the mayors office on disability.director of the office of disability.director of the office of disability. place ezra collaborative and i want to offer my support to implement this legislation as well.ezra collaborative

the newspaper sent out mailers, advertising subscriptions.tunately, there was a typo in the telephone number for the subscription line. that one single number, boy did it make a difference. it was for an x-rated chat line. >> i've got a teenage son. >> how many times did you call it before you figured it out? >> i had to call it probably about five times. >> the sacramento bee calls it a case of human error. they have destroyed the remaining incorrect mailers. >>> in news of the world, at the vatican, pope benedict xvi presided over ash wednesday services. this is expected to be his final public mass before he retires at the end of the month. he was given a standing ovation. the pope asked for their prayers. on the south pacific island of guam, a 21-year-old man went on a rampage killing three people and injurying 11 others. police say he crashinged a car into a building at a resort. then he got out, and began stabbing people. most of the victims were japanese tourists. >>> in the netherlands, this is one of the biggest time of the year for t

we have six months to work with mailers and our unions and management associations and our customers to get everything into place. we closed 2,200 post alpha silts and eliminated routes, people haven't noticed. we are good about doing these things. we need to move ahead with the plans we have. >> "usa today." what kind of impact will this have on delivery times? will we still be getting mail in two days and three days elsewhere in the country? and the second question is, is there any historical experience with this? has the post office always delivered mail six days a week? >> i'm going to tell you a story, too. from a network standpoint, no change. the network will continue to run. i didn't want to get into the details here, where we accept mail in the system on saturday and sunday, customers will have that opportunity. so no changes. if you put something in the mail on friday that would have normally been delivered saturday it will be delivered on monday. if it is going across the country, it will be delivered monday or tuesday. no changes. we have some history. the postal services

. >>> in the next hour or so, we expect to get word that mailers and usairways -- american airlines and usairways will merge. don't expect changes overnight. the justice department and judge in the american airlines bankrupt case have to approve this. when it is said and done, the usairways name will be phased out and the new airline will be the biggest in the world. both airlines have a major presence in our area. passengers and employees we talked to say they're concerned about the long-term impact. >> the biggest concern i guess amongst the rest of the employees now is how seniority lists are going to merge together. >> american is -- is -- any experience has been rather bad. so i prefer not to try them. i'll stick with united. >> so what does this mean for you, the passenger? the two airlines will continue to operate separately for several months. if you're a frequent flyer, american and usairways' programs will combine and unused miles are expected to carry over. >>> nbc news has learned that general john allen may pull his name from consideration for nato's top job in europe. the

lots and lots of mailers. quote, debbie halvorson put the nra before our family's safety.lvorson, "a" from the nra, "f" from illinois families. and debbie halvorson's views on guns earned an "a" from the nra. if the nra says yes, we should say no. but the bloomberg pac ad onslaught making the nra and guns a big issue in this race, one of the formally pro nra candidates decided that she would drop out. state senator toi hutchinson left the race 48 hours after the bloomberg pac started advertising against her by name as well. gun reform was not all that big an issue at the beginning. but now that mike bloomberg has spent more than $2 million on this race, being seen as once an ally of the nra is apparently enough to get you to quit the race. and now tonight on the eve of the election, whether that all is enough to determine the winner of the primary, we do not know. and the hints about what is going to happen tomorrow are all wobbly, and therefore very interesting. one poll shows debbie halvorson with a four-point lead even after all that bloomberg spending against her. now

create a word on purpose to create a stir, a moment of interest in what they're doing like norman mailer -- norman mailer created the word factoid, something that was not a fact at all but a piece of conventional wisdom that was wrong but now it is used to mean many fact or small fact. >> i missed the first part of your sensation. may be addressed that. what do you think of in new word from the white house becoming popular, something that might be forgotten or lost? >> absolutely. that is the whole business of creating words and i quoted the lexicographer who said a word is just a single unit of communication and just because it is not in the dictionary doesn't mean anything. don't have to be a cutter to be a dog was for one liner. there is no reason you can't make a word. i have been working for years to create a couple words. i created the word demonym, and there was never a word for those names for places where people come from. it gets into this book. or washington creates michiga e michigand michigander, then people say is actually michiganian. i tried to get that wording to the dic

>> reporter: cutting down first class mail what it means for you is that mailers letters and catalogs won't arrive on saturdays but packages, medications, and priority and express mail will still be delivered to your home. now, usps says they believe the american public will stand by its decision. the president has actually endorsed this move in the past. he made it part of his deficit reduction plan in the past. now, for more information on this, you can stay tuned to "cbs this morning" at 7:00. reporting live in pittsburg, cate caugiran, kpix 5. >>> thank you. some breaking news now out of washington, d.c. an administration official says president obama has picked rei president sally jewell as the new secretary of interior. prior to joining rei, she spent 19 years in a commercial banking industry. if confirmed she would replace outgoing interior secretary ken salazar. >>> murder in wine country. three bodies found inside a home and this morning the search now on for their killer. it's a developing story from a home on ross station road outside the town of forrestville up in sonoma c

ramplet is sending mailers to try to counter bloomberg in that congressional election. but bloomberg's idea and gaby gifford's idea is to provide a counter weight because for so long the n.r.a. has had the playing field has scared lawmakers. gwen: final thoughts, sari, it's happening in state and city councils. >> that's exactly right. lots of action in tuesdayson, arizona where gaby gifford's is from and where i'm from. they want to prevent gun shows if everybody's not going to do background checks. gwen: and in washington, they're banning gun shows. bit by bit this is spreading. it's going to be very interesting to watch. thank you, everyone. the conversation has to end here but we'll pick up in the "washington week" website. we'll sort through the president's immigration proposal. you can find that at pbs.org /washingtonweek. next week, a big voting rights case at the supreme court and a confirmation vote for chuck hagel, finally. we'll explain it all next week here on "washington week." good night. >> corporate funding for" washington week" is provided by -- >> we a

reporter: starting this summer, he said, mail carriers will no longer deliver first class letters, mailers, and catalogs on saturdays. though they will continue to deliver packages and express mail. the postmaster general says the move won't result in layoffs. instead he'll cut back on overtime and rely on retirements. there is, however, one catch. >> i believe that it is not legal. >> reporter: republican senator susan collins of maine was one of many lawmakers who warned today the postal service needs congressional approval to cut service. >> the problem is that every time the postal service cuts back on its service it loses customers! if it loses customers, it loses revenue. >> is this legal? (laughter) yes, it is. >> reporter: the postmaster general insists the move will save $2 billion a year. the postal service has threatened to do this so many times in the past 150 years. how do we know that you're serious this time? >> we are very serious because as you take a look at the finances, we have to make some change. >> reporter: the postal service lost $16 billion last year, $41 billion

in terms of timing, we will publish detailed operational plans for our business mailers in march, next month, and will be conducting a number of educational efforts to make sure we reach all business customers. as we get closer to the delivery scheduled change in in august, we will be publishing information in post offices, putting it online and other customer contact to make sure our residential customers know. let me conclude with a couple of thoughts. this announcement today is just one part of a much larger strategy to return the postal service to long-term financial stability. the plans saves $2 billion annually, that we have a $20 billion gap to close. we are striving to raise revenues, reduce costs and gain efficiencies throughout the entire organization and making this change to our delivery schedule is a big-ticket item and simply too big of a cost savings to ignore. in fact, i would strongly argue it would be irresponsible for the postal service not to pursue this course. second, we are implementing this approach to improve our overall business performance. there is a strong

sacramento bee is blaming human error and by the way, they have destroyed the remaining incorrect mailers. >>> she needs surgery and the singer said she needs surgery for a tear in her hip and she has been in pain for some time. fans who had tickets for the 21 remaining days on the tour will get a refund and lady gah-gah will be performing next month. >>> here is the latest dance craze. that is video of 22-year-old hank and his two grandmothers doing the harlem shake. the dance craze is catching on with the rest of the country, 12,000 harlem shake videos have been posted on you tube this month alone. >> i am glad the grandmothers sat down for that part. >> did the grandmothers know this? >> i don't know that they knew they were on you tube. >>> santa clara northbound getting to highway 17, it is a nice looking drive, patchy fog and i have been all over that since 4:30 this morning, 880 traffic is moving well, not too foggy on the sunole grade. here is steve. >>> if you are stuck in that fog, this is more of a -- well the coast will burn off but warmest temperatures will be inland unless y

. >> the newspaper has destroyed the rest of the incorrect mailers. >>> we are learning why a 41- year-old man died after a struggle with berkeley police. police responded to a report of a disturbance between roommates on austin way on tuesday. they were trying to take the man into custody when he lost consciousness. a coroner has to determine the cause of death. >>> they left concord in the dark and a pathway on the bart station has been pitch black since thieves stole the copper wiring since july. they are increases volunteer patrols due to plans on safety and they plan on installing solar lights in the area until permanent lights are installed. >>> coming up at 6:25, the millions of dollar in taxpayer money and how it could affect your commute, we will explain. >>> there is a stalled car on the incline section of the westbound bridge and the metering lights are come on and it is very beyond and that means they are a little extra slow. it is not a crash but it will cause some slowed traffic and hopefully that will be gone very soon. give yourself some extra time and the fog is evident in

it is giving mailers' the ability to put extra messaging in their mail.good cash flow from that product. an offspring of direct mail, gives small businesses the opportunity with local customers. we've seen $700 million of growth from that in the last year-and-a-half. package perspective, early bird, you bring the package in the morning, we deliver the same day. that has helped with a 14% increase in package business. we have met proposed, same-day delivery. -- metro post, same-day delivery. >> i am looking at the numbers. revenues were slightly lower this last year, but it or expenses were up 15%. what accounts for that difference? >> the double payment that we were responsible to make to the pre funding. we were excused from that payment in 2011 but had to make two and 12. >> if you have not had at 11.1 billion payment -- >> are cost would have been relatively stable. taking transportation costs out, trading and, hours working with the union, negotiating agreements, arbitrations were you can bring a person and for 35 thousands of dollars -- $35,000 a yea

but they're not reporting allegations from an anonymous e-mailer. >> huge difference. the fbi is investigating the economic -- the financial fraud issues. that is a totally legitimate thing for a news organization to say. there's an official investigation. but you're right, "new york times," not soft on democrats. this is the new chairman of the senate foreign relations committee. they called for him to step aside. i applaud "the times" for being tough on him. >> until things can be resolved. as the blog hot air said if you lose "the new york times" you pretty much better hang it up if you're a democrat. >> you're in trouble. thanks for stopping by this morning. ahead on "reliable sources," has facebook peaked? lots of people taking a break from the social network. >>> plus, bingeing on a miniseries, but it's not tv. is netflix changing the rules with its kevin spacey drama? frp to be the world's best sport sedan... ♪ ...people noticed. ♪ the all-new cadillac ats -- 2013 north american car of the year. ♪ for a limited time, take advantage of this exceptional offer on t

we introduced the option of two for the price of one giving mailers the ability to put extra messaging in their mail. we've seen a nice leveling off of products. that's good. good cash flow from the product, second of all, every door direct, offspring of direct mail, gives small businesses the opportunity to, you know, hit local customers in a real simple way. we've seen almost $700 million in growth in that product in the last year and a half. package perspective, a couple things there, it's early bird, you bring the packages in the morning, we deliver them the same day working with other customers that's worked good. that helped with the 14% increase in package business over the last few years, and we have metro post, same-day delivery, starting that off in san fransisco. >> thanks so much. >> general donahoe, i noticed the numbers were slightly lower this year, but yet your expenses were up 15%. went from 70.6 billion to 81 #. what accounts for that difference? >> biggest difference there, the double payment we were responsible to make to the prefunding. when we were excused from th

we have six months to work with mailers and our unions and management associations and our customers to get everything into place. we closed 2,200 post alpha silts and eliminated routes, people haven't noticed. we are good about doing these things. we need to move ahead with the plans we have. >> "usa today." what kind of impact will this have on delivery times? will we still be getting mail in two days and three days elsewhere in the country? and the second question is, is there any historical experience with this? has the post office always delivered mail six days a week? >> i'm going to tell you a story, too. from a network standpoint, no change. the network will continue to run. i didn't want to get into the details here, where we accept mail in the system on saturday and sunday, customers will have that opportunity. so no changes. if you put something in the mail on friday that would have normally been delivered saturday it will be delivered on monday. if it is going across the country, it will be delivered monday or tuesday. no changes. we have some history. the postal services

. >> the group sent out mailers like these leaving halvorson unmatched. >> this is what is wrong with super pacs. somebody can come in and spend all the money they want. in this case, one person. $1 billion from new york coming and spending all the money he wants to buy a congressional seat. it's like intimidation. >> that is what has happened here. totally changed the dynamics of this race. easy place for bloomberg to make his point. if you want to bring attention to the gun issue and flex some muscle, chicago isn't a bad place to try it. see if he can do it in a swing district say in colorado and still he will be gloating on this one polls close at 7:00 p.m. local time. >>> we have bob mcdonnell here in our studio and we're talking about cuts and consequences. >>> plus, why is the republican vying to replace mcdonnell as governor coming out against his big transportation compromise. rocky road for virginia republicans. >>> plus, just released details about what will happen once pope benedict xvi retires later this week. including how he will now be addressed and what happens to his

university of pennsylvania is being introduced to philip roth and he had these people like norman mailer and other people who would come through the class and that was just fantastic. >> rose: you make your way to "time" magazine. >> yes. >> rose: and you write about steve jobs. >> actually before that, i did write about steve jobs. before that i went to detroit, for a year of battle hardening in 1979 as the automobile industry was collapsing. and it was-- and that was where, actually, i co-authored a book about the chrysler corporation and lee iacocca who was this larger-than-life figure who obviously was a house hold name 25, 30 years ago. and that was my introduction to mainstream journalism. and then i moved to california. first to los angeles. and where i found myself gravitating to northern california to do stories about all these little companies that nobody had heard of, you know, genentech was private. apple was just about public. microsoft was still private company. and i started writing about them and gradually got more interested. and then eventually wound up moving to san fr

they have to have mailers and staff and so on. >> so if i were to run for the city council or some other office in new york city and i announce that i'm going to enter this system and i get you to give me how much? >> $40. >> and if you give me $40, what happens? >> then the city fund gives you $240 on top of that. so that's a $280 contribution. that's a big contribution. and it means to me as a voter i have a little skin in the game and i'm going to pay attention to you. so it totally changes kind of the relationship between the candidate and the donor, that a lot of small donors -- and also we, you know, we favor people putting a little money in. we don't, if you can't go out, if you're running for office and you can't find 300 or 400 people to give you $20, you have no business running for office. so we're not looking for, it's a little bit of private money and then some public money. but then you don't have to just spend your time as an elected official should you win, in the unlikely event that you win, you then don't have to spend your time mostly worrying about how to get those $2

so you've got these mailers our big papers presented to you, 20 pages in teeny teeny tiny type, single spaced. most people overseas our artery that without their reading glasses anyway. who is reading it anyway, right? i'm not reading it. are you reading it? you might be. that's what you get for living. but nobody does. the survey data shows, takin det on the survey, two-thirds to 90% of don't even know how that person is being paid which tells you right there that you're being charged a commission because of course if you're paying them by the hour, chances are incredible you would no. >> host: since 2008 there's been a lot of talk about regulatory missions to cancer in been anything positive in last few years to help consumers? >> guest: the consumer protection board has done some death -- some decent stuff. how long it will take you to pay off your credit card. how lately that doesn't seem to help anybody. this is one of the problems you have with disclosure. people are big on the credit card that if you pay the minimum it will take you two years, 10 years, whatever. they are going

but what it means for you is that mailers, letters and catalogs won't get to your home on saturdays. agency says this move will save them about $2 billion. and the cuts won't take place until later this summer on august 1. u sps says package delivery is up 14% since 2010 but letter and other mail has gone down with email and internet use. the agency lost $16 billion last year alone and it believes the american public will stand by its decision. now, we are expecting that announcement as you said in the next 90 minutes but the big question is, can the post office make this move without congressional support? we'll have that answer for you coming up in our 6:00 hour. live from pittsburg, cate caugiran, kpix 5. >>> we all know the bay area real estate market is going crazy. home prices are skyrocketing, rent out of control. but check out what kiet do found foresale right now. -- found for sale right now. >> reporter: home sweet home a nearly 1700-square-foot home with four bedrooms. it's modest. >> this is what they had back in 1935. >> reporter: 1 1/2 baths one of which was built durin

>> so some people are major texters, some are phone call people, some are e-mailers.ting, it's so easy to shoot off a text, people start going text crazy. >> reporter: how did our love birds do? >> you looked fabulous. i loved your outfit. i think it was very appropriate. there was a point where you leaned back and crossed your arms and seemed very far from her. >> i know when i do that to people. when i did it, i thought oh, my arms are crossed. i should uncross them now. >> reporter: i'm told those two may go out again as long as we don't trail them with our cameras. and you know, after spending all this time with matchmakers i feel like i have men own cupid wings. so watch out, america. >> i have a terrible track record. >> not a good matchmaker at all? >> i'm banned from setting my friends up anymore. >> we have to ask you how you met your husband? >> my husband is so lovely. we had one of those tortured friendships when both of us had our eye on the other. after a couple of years being friends, we found ourselves caught in a rainstorm and when the automatic sprin