and then a letter came in the mail that was a thank you from the mailman.on, a $20 bill. his mom says it sends a wonderful message to her young businessman. >> that small gesture was something really big. >> you can do good, and still do well. good for him helping out that mailman and nice for him to return the favor. >> that is a good message. it's about your customers, treat them well and maybe it will pay dividends right down the road. our young hero there. well it did this time. >> i see your skepticism. >> that's who i is. >> i get it. >> time for cnn news room with john berman. >> speaking of people to be suspicious of. mixed message, point taken. we have a lot of news, let's goat it. all right, we have live pictures from capitol hill where republican senators hope their breakfast this morning is better than their dinner last night because it came with a side order of a complete collapse of the plan to repeal and replace obama care. done and over for now. doomed by the late night defectio defections. in fact, the news came shortly after the president

. >> i'm the mailman, the nurse, the social worker. i'm a little bit of everything, really. the villagers of montes universales in the cuenca province appreciate the attention. two families live in the village of toril. the nearest village is 15 kilometers away. carlos, the domingo family's 23 year-old son, works on the farm with his parents. he doesn't want to go away. the air is clean, it's quiet, they have everything they need -including medical care. but he understands why so many others have left. >> many schools have closed; there's no work, no culture. farming isn't profitable anymore, the harvests bring the same as 50 years ago, but the prices of fuel and fertilizer have gone up. there are no stores here. it's practically an invitation to leave. >> but joaquina reus wants to stay. she only has five years until retirement. her school is in danger of closing when the older pupils leave. that's already happened in two neighboring villages. >> if they close the school, i'll go to the neighboring village, griegos. they have the same amount of students. or i can go to tram

. >> on the back of it wrote, dear mailman, if this letter gets lost, don't send it to me, send it to prison to my daddy. >>> located on the edge of downtown tulsa, it looks like any other government building. but behind the walls of the tulsa county jail, high-stakes dramas play out daily. >> let's go. >> you better let my [ bleep ] handcuffs like this. let them go! >> the jail houses about 1,800 men and women, most have only been charged with crimes and awaiting trial for the resolution of their cas. >> we in the concrete jail. >> unless they violate the rules or need to be segregated for security reasons, the inmates spend the majority of their days outside their cells in housing units or pods. under a system called direct supervision, a single officer completely exposed to the inmates is stationed inside each pod. >> we have general population pods which house 94 inmates. there's one officer in that pod, at all times, just one. >> all right, guys, let's lock down. let's go, so we can fall back out. >> it's not about physical anymore. it's about maintaining control. they don't have

. >> starting with one you will likely remember, protest seen around the world from a mailman from florida. here is scott macfarland. >> reporter: we are in ruskin, florida, outside tampa, hometown of doug hughes, the man who famously two years ago landed a gyre oh cop ter on the capitol. he got four months jail time, was now released. he feared he was going to be shot from the sky that able to land. >> you thought it was possible they would shoot you down? >> there's a calculated risk, i knew it was possible they would. i had done everything i could to tip the scales in my favor, but there was a definite risk. >> also tells us what he plans to do next, including writing a book about the journey. would you consider future civil disobedience to further the cause? >> my wife is here, i have to say no. if i had the opportunity to significantly van significant significantly advance money from politics, the only thing on the table is i will not harm individuals or property damage. >> coming up, the news4 investigation into breaches at the white house and capitol shows doug hughes has something

counsel mailman david oh says kevin hart is such a great philadelphian they have to make his birthday officially kevin hart day, and he explains all the things that kevin hart has done. >> he comes back and makes films here and that's great for our economy. second of all he identifies himself as a philly guy and a north philly guy and a lot of his stories are about philadelphia and from philadelphia and then he is gone on from comedy to writing books to doing movies but he remembers our city and he remembers the people and that's why he wanted his mural right here in his own neighborhood. >> reporter: all right. kevin hart will be here around 12:30. he is expected to speak to this crowd of adoring fans. in addition, we'll be entertained by chill moody and hear from freeway also from philadelphia. kevin will be presented with a liberty bell. get a phillies jersey and also get a birthday cake and hopefully the crowd will sing to him. what great way to celebrate your 38th birthday and rahel and jim i'm a little jealous because i mean, this is like a birthday party for no one other than s

so, the mailman, the gas meter reader, anybody coming to the house hamlet was very, very exercised. mail delivery people, things like that, i mean, literally the dog really tried to get through. so, it was an interesting moment and i tell you that -- the reaction in our house was great sadness. my father was a member of the jerry cavanaugh administration. i do not know that if he was the chief executive assistant and he was high in the echelon then and jerry cavanaugh got elected and i think 1963, he was 33-years-old. the new, fresh light. my father, he joined the mayor's administration in 1964. so, i mean, you are -- you know, my father was in his 30's as well. and so these were young men and women. very interested in the forward progress of the city. very committed to doing something different and redressing a lot of the wrongs. and there were significant wrongs. my father and mother, in the 1950's, i was born in 1953, but through the 1950's, very aggressive politics. my mother was the president of a group called the independent negro committee. my father and his still-best friend

protests seen around the world by a mailman from florida.e is scott >> reporter: we are in ruskin, florida, outside tampa, hometown of doug hughes, the man who famously two years ago landed a gyre oh cop ter on the capitol. he was arrested, he got four months jail time, was now released. he feared he was going to be shot from the sky that day by police and was surprised he was able to land. >> you thought it was possible they would shoot you down? >> there's a calculated risk, i knew it was possible they would. i had done everything i could to tip the scales in my favor, but there was a definite risk. >> also tells us what he plans to do next, including writing a book about the journey. would you consider future civil disobedience to further the cause? >> my wife is here, i have to say no. if i had the opportunity to significantly advance money from the only thing not on t table is i will not harm individuals or property damage. >> coming up, the news4 investigation into breaches at the white house and capitol shows doug hughes has something

protest seen around the world from a mailman from florida. here is investigative reporter scott macfarland. >> reporter: we are in russ continue, florida, just outside tampa. hometown of doug hughes, the man who famously landed a gyre oh copter on the u.s. capitol. was arrested, served four months jail time, now released. he feared he was going to be shot from the sky that day by police and was surprised he was able to land. you thought it was possible they would shoot you down? >> i knew there's a calculated risk, i knew it was possible they would. i had done everything i could to tip the scales in my favor, there was a definite risk about it. >> reporter: also tells us what he plans to do next, including writing a book. would you consider further civil disobedience for the say no. if i had the opportunity to significantly vance getting money out of politics, okay, the only limit that's still on the table is that i will not do harm to any individuals or property damage. >> reporter: coming up, the news4 investigation into security breaches a

a protest seen around the world by a mailman from florida. here's investigative reporter scott mcfarland. >> reporter: we're in ruskin, florida, just outside tampa. this is the hometown of doug hughes, the man who famously, two years ago, landed a gyrocopter on the west front of the u.s. capitol. he was arrested, served four months jail time is now released and tells news4 he feared he was going to be shot from the sky. you thought it was possible they were going to shoot you down. >> it was a calculated risk. i knew it was possible they would. there was a definite risk that. >> reporter: he also tells us what he eplans to do next, including writing a book about his journey. would you consider future civil disobedience to further your cause? >> my wife is here. i have to say no. if i had the opportunity to significantly advance getting the money out of politics, okay, the only limit that's still on the table is that i will not do harm to any individuals or property damage. >> reporter: coming up tonight, our news4 i-team investigation into se

"seinfeld" was about four quirky new yorkers and one hot mess of a mailman. newman. >> kramer!in here. come on. >> hello, newman. >> kramer. >> hello, boys. >> oh! >> hello, newman. >> hey, hey. >> hello, newman. >> hello, jerry. >> hello, newman. >> hello, jerry. >> hello, newman. >> hello, jerry. kramer. >> hello, newman. >> hello, jerry. >> hello, newman. >> good night, jerry. >> good night, newman. >> hello, jerry. may i come in? >> what do you want? >> nothing. just being neighborly. do you want to hang out? shoot 3 the breeze? >> i'm not let you cheat, newman. you're not getting anywhere near that board. >> jerry, i'm a little insulted. >> you're not a little anything, newman. >> with me now, seinfeld's nemesis, newman himself. wooin knight. hello, wayne. >> hello, brooke. >> i have so many questions for you, beginning with why did jerry hate newman so much? >> well, why not? >> i mean, apparently jerry seinfeld has said there was actually no reason. he just felt like it would be much more fun to have a villain on the show. do you think that's what it was? >> i think it k

kindness from a little eight-year-old boy in southeast virginia carmine mc danielle felt bad his mailmangrees he stocked a cooler full of gatorade and water and left it with a note on his front porch and his mom recorded the mailman's reaction you can see right that. he's so happy. post that the video on facebook quickly gone viral as well. all good deeds. love to see that. love to be able to talk about that. >> yeah. >> nice job, young man. >> sweet. >> eight-year-old looking out for others. i love it. >> just like tucker barnes would have done when he was eight years old. >> the problem when tucker barnes was eight years old he was learning life lessons if he ever grew up to be a camp counselor. (whistle blowing). >> that means silence, steve. >> time for camp. quick administrative stuff. steve, your camp fire stories you got to tone them down little bit. >> that would be an effective story then. [ laughter ] >> fortunately you're a little too good at it. tone it down. >> you're being a creep. >> that's basically what i'm trying to say. >> here it is for today. and we're looking at con

spoke to republican in ohio, very conservative man, retired mailman, angry about what a lot government does, when i asked him how do you feel when filling out income tax forms? he said i feel i'm doing my part. what's interesting if it is not just that americans have a nice words to say. they're putting money where their mouth is. so americans as a rule are remarkably committed taxpayers, by national standards. americans largely pay their taxes honestly and on time. economists say at rates higher than can be explained by our enforcement mechanisms. they call tax morea, more or less the social norm we share that, if everyone is chipping in, i should do my part too, right? so even when it actually comes to putting the money on the table americans are good at being taxpayers. all right, so americans see tax paying as a civic responsibility. they send their checks to uncle sam. here is another surprising truth. they vote for tax increases. half of states have a mechanism which voters vote directly on legislation. many are from states where that is common. i'm from california. happens far t