and they're going to close one in ten post offices i would love to hear that you know some of the post offices that we voted on are actually now being closed now i mean that's really sad that the iraq could either love it was not sure it was thing to do sensitive post office hear about because no i say we're saying like you know this is the financial armageddon post office this is the we can't accomplish anything so we're going to rename you post office i would be at least funny. instead of washington's worthless it's all i can nothing matters nothing ever changes the post office is open in your district now. john boehner cries number one postcode president or two post office yes there you go on those bills will see how this has turned out in the meantime and salem indiana neighbors were very stunned when a drunk man driving a car with a trailer attached on the back hit a tree i guess that might happen you know occasionally but here's where it gets interesting it turns out that he's actually a local cop who runs one of the dare programs at a nearby school. not only a police officer but

the lincoln post office was one of nearly 26,000 nationwide. 80% of all post offices not turning a profitter general patrick donahoe announced a new strategy an effort to partner with local businesses to offer postal service. >> the convenience is a key thing because as we move to work with providers, they're open seven days a week, 12, 14 hours a day, great for our customers to come in and mail and ship with us through that way. >> reporter: donahoe has urged congress to drop saturday delivery and reduce payments for future retirees' health benefits. if not economists warn in the next five years taxpayers could face a $100 billion bailout. do you ever worry one day the post office will just go the way of the horse and buggy in this country? >> well we'll deliver 170 billion plus pieces of mail this year. i don't think it's going to go away any time in the near future. >> reporter: back in madison township, ohio, bill hartnet doesn't underestimate the value of having a local post office. >> i think it's important for people to kind of say this is an asset. it puts business in our communit

and you'll have a chance to fight for the post office in your neighborhood. >> 13 offices to be exact here in the bay area. the 13 are on that list. but that doesn't mean they'll be closed. first of all there has to be a review process including you. the south city post office has a lot of charm. built in 1939, the old fashioned postal boxes still being used today. >> i like the old wood and the signs and stuff all over. you know? it's like going to an old irish pub. you know? without the beer! >> but this is 2011. people often text, or write e mails rather than put pen to paper. and why stop by the post office to buy stamps when there are other, more convenient outlets? >> i do some bills online. and i know that sort of cuts out the activity for post offices, people are resorting to electronic payments and online payments. >> mostly, if i do letters it's for birthdays and stuff like that. yeah. so i would like to go and do old fashioned route for that stuff. other than that, you know, you can do e mail. >> that is why the postal service says it's losing money. >> $8.5 billion last ye

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the bay area post offices are among nearly 4,000 post offices nation wise that could all be shut down. last year the postal service lost $8 billion. the final decision on any site will not be made until december. >>> usps says most of the post offices on its hit list have very little foot traffic and average less than $50 a day in sales but as patrick sedillo reports, it's news nobody wants to hear. >> reporter: remember this? it could be how we do mail again. >> we really solicit about 3700 post offices that are going to be considered for discontinuance. >> reporter: internet and email have practically brought the post office to its knees and it's scrambling to stay in the fight. >> we close a small post office in a rural community they want to maintain a presentation, the village post office is the way to do it. >> reporter: this could be closed and reconceived as a postal village, that is a post office inside a larger organization. >> we could use mr. drucker as a visual for that. the proprietor could be selling milk one minute and stamps the next minute. >> i don't like that. >> r

but again, the post office just put out a list of 3700 post offices across the country.see way ones they might close -- which ones they might close. for a full list of the bay area post offices and their addresses, you can go to ktvu.com. live in berkeley, allie rasmus, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you for the update. >>> 8:33. san mateo county sheriff deputies are investigating burglaries at two puerto low valley schools. burglars cut a window screen to get into the school's computer lab last week -- commuters lab last week. >>> today, accused serial killer, joseph nasso, will find out if will get any help in his case. he's accused of killing four northern california women between 1977 and 1994. now, he's asking for advisory counsel to be paid for by the public. the judge is expected to make his decision at 9:00 this morning. san francisco prosecutors plan to challenge the latest legal development tie toad a -- tied to a deadly shooting at fisherman's wharf. last week a doctor concluded that the slid who killed -- concluded that the individual who killed two storeowner

the local post offices. united states postmaster general announcing today more than 10% of the nation's post offices are in danger of being shut down. 13 of those post offices are here in the bay area. we bring in nbc's tracy who joins us in colma which could lose its only post office. >> reporter: raj, this is going to seem weird but technically the colma post station is in daley city but the colma border is a couple hundred feet that way. now, for many colma residents, this is the closest post office. and it could disappear. >> five years coming and doing business here and i have a p.o. box where i pick up my mail on a regular basis. >> reporter: but kevin cruz appears to be among the minority these day. even the united states post office aks its usage has been staedly declining for years. so much so the usps is studying 3700 post offices across the country to determine whether to close them down. the colma post office is one of them. >> oh, yeah? they will shut down this one? oh, it's very convenient for

and it's about how the post office handled the incident. the letter they sent included the dog owner's address, which according to a postal service spokesman, the letter deeveriated from standard procedure -- deviated from standard procedure. we included the owner and name of the address which we never do. but the postmaster who sent the letter won't be reprimand the. they will be using it as a lesson for post masters. that will probably be the end of it. neighbors just want their mail. some are waiting for checks, others for medicine. right now the post office is clearly not man's best friend. >> i don't see the problem with the dog. i see a problem with the postal service. >> reporter: again, the post office says it stands behind its decision to stop delivering to the neighborhood because of the dog but they say they could have handled the incident better. elizabeth? >> ann notarangelo in vallejo, thank you. >>> in other bay area headlines, san jose state is seeing one of the largest freshmen classes in its history and there are not enoug

vaughn post office. it was reported from the committee on government oversight and reform on april 2. i yield as much time as he may consume to mr. nunnelee. the chair: the gentleman -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. nunnelee: i'm honored to rise in me noirm -- in me moyer yam -- in me moyer yam -- in memoriam of sergeant jason w. vaughn. he was only 29 years old. sergeant vaughn was killed in action on may 10, 2007, when a roadside bomb exploded near his vehicle in iraq during operation iraqi freedom. he joined the army in 2002. sergeant vaughn first served in iraq from november of 2003 until 2004. in fact, he was serving his second tour of duty when he was killed in action. he was the recipient of the army good conduct medal, the national defense service medal, the global war on terror expeditionary medal and the global war on terror service medal. sergeant vaughn was buried with full military honors at oak grove, cemetery in iuka, mississippi, on may 19, 2007. he held the ra

now they are considering closing post offices to save money. the bayview is one of 13 in the area that will be studied for possible closure. five are in san francisco from visitacion valley to the post office and the federal building downtown. two are in oakland, including the eastmont post office. >> another four on the peninsula, one in napa county and one in san jose. if any or all of them close, the process would take about four months. customers would have a chance to speak about out -- speak out about it through surveys and public meetings. >> if there's public meetings about it, will you be there? >> absolutely. absolutely. and the neighborhood will, too. bayview branch, that's our community post office. >> i will be very sad. it has my p.o. box on my i.d.. so i don't want to lose this area. >> reporter: now, some of the things the postal service will consider before closing a station like this are -- like this are things like the number of customers it gets every day and in the case of this bayview station, the nearest office is about a

it cost $86,000 to run this post office last year. it only brought in $30,000. make you angry? >> yeah. >> reporter: wesley rudolph and ththe that live in the 400 homes in this town at the base of the shenandoah mountains will still get mail delivered. but they'll have to drive 15 miles to another post office, to mail a package, losing a sense of community. >> people who make these decisions have no clue as to what country people go through. >> reporter: but it's not just about money for star tannery. >> i know history doesn't make dollars for anybody. it's another piece of our past, our present and our future. it's another piece gone. >> reporter: a piece of their way of life. david kerley, abc news, star tannery, virginia. >>> and coming up on the broadcast, astonishing pictures. can a whale show emotion? you be the judge. specialists, lots of doctors, lots of advice... and my hands were full. i couldn't sort through it all. with unitedhealthcare, it's different. we have access to great specialists, and our pediatrician gets all the information. everyone works

. >> more than a dozen bay area post offices on the chopping block. the possible closures could bring an old idea back to life. ,,,, [ female announcer ] this is the story of sam, who made an unexpected arrival. [ woman ] he was 4 months early, weighing 1 pound, 12 ounces. [ female announcer ] fortunately, sam was born at sutter health's alta bates summit medical center. [ woman ] the staff was remarkable. they made me feel safe, trusting, cared for. [ giggles ] they saved his life. i owe all of them my son. [ female announcer ] alta bates summit medical center and sutter health -- our story is you. >>> good morning, bay area. we have a great day weather- wise. it is back to normal here in the bay area starting out with low clouds and fog over the bay. isn't that cool? see that ship going under the bay bridge right now. because the marine layer is condensed somewhat, we are going to see more sunshine on the way and some warmer weather coming our way, too. how about this right now? we have 50s and 60s around the bay area, the fog especially dense out t

post office is considering closing3600 locations across country because it's losing billions in revenue. at least ten of the officers are in the bay area. eric thomas has nor on how your neighborhood could be affected. >> the u.s. postal service lost $8 billion. to save money, they are studying 3700 retail offices across the country to see if they are worth keeping open. the list includes more than a dozen locations, five in san francisco. four in san mateo and santa clara counties and four in the east bay in alameda and contra costa counties. here are a couple. colonade post office in san jose. it's too close to other locations. or business fair is down significantly. the same goes from oakland east mall location. >> about 35% of our sales come from places outside the brick and mortar post office. places like atms, costco ad that sort of thing. >> it will take the postal service about five months which are vie ideological and which are not. employees would be eliminated through attrition but even with cuts like this, postal service stands to lose another $8.5 billion this year. if you

on the post office.re being done electronically, but if it keeps someone employed, i'm all for it. alex in washington, call me old fashioned, i receive and pay bills by mail. i don't trust the new systems to put my money in the clouds. today's paper mail is the same as the pony express was when the telegraph was invented. the riders would go across the prairie tearing down the lines to keep their jobs. technology won out and this will be the same thing with e-mail. jim in reno writes i rely on the post office for bill paying and occasionally letter. truth is, i enjoy picking up the mail. >> lauren writes very funny. the next thing you would ask us how often we ride horses to work. you are such a kidder. here's wolf. >> thanks, jack. >> you are in "the situation room." happening now, always seen as a safe bet, america risks turning into a deadbeat six days before raising the debt ceiling, lawmakers are no closer to a deal to keep the country from going into default. did the man held for norway's bloody ma

post office is considering closing 3600 locations across country because it's losing billions in revenue. at least ten of the officers are in the bay area. eric thomas has nor on how your neighborhood could be affected. >> the u.s. postal service lost $8 billion. to save money, they are studying 3700 retail offices across the country to see if they are worth keeping open. the list includes more than a dozen locations, five in san francisco. four in san mateo and santa clara counties and four in the east bay in alameda and contra costa counties. here are a couple. colonade post office in san jose. it's too close to other locations. or business fair is down significantly. the same goes from oakland east mall location. >> about 35% of our sales come from places outside the brick and mortar post office. places like atms, costco and that sort of thing. >> it will take the postal service about five months which are vie ideological and which are not. employees would be eliminated through attrition but even with cuts like this, postal service stands to lose another $8.5 billion this year. if you

regardless, the post office resumed delivery today. other aspect is how the post office handled it. the letter they sent included the dog owner's address, which according to a postal service spokesman the letter deviated from standard procedure. we included the name of the owner and the address, which we never do. but the postmaster who sent out the letter will not be reprimanded. the spokesman told cbs 5, they will be using it as a lesson for all our postmasters. that will probably be the end of t neighbors just want their mail, some for checks, others for medicine and right now the post office is clearly not man's best friend. >> i don't see the problem with the dog. i see the problem with the postal service. >> reporter: in vallejo, ann notarangelo, cbs 5. >>> it's not the kind of patient a dentist sees every day. a gorilla with a toothache that said ah, open wide, the san francisco zoo on monday. turns out his tooth was infected. two dentists worked for three hours on the gorilla named oscar jonesy or o.j. and saved his canine toot

by closing local post offices, what they hope to do is transfer services by buying stamps and packagingo mail something to local businesses. so you could go by a pharmacy or grocery store and get those things. a lot less overhead for a postal service already deep in the red. >> having a tough time. thank you very much, tracie. >>> 6:43. in just days the country's checks could start bouncing unless lawmakers make moves to meet in the middle. two rival plans. one problem, the cost. republican speaker john boehner digging for more money because his plan is $150 billion short in savings. putting off today's vote to try to get those numbers in line. you can only afford to lose 22 republican votes. ten have already said they are voting against it. >> want a solution not a deal. i don't think this goes far enough. >> does this keep us in the battle or end the battle. >> senator harry reid is also postponing a vote on his plan which saves more money without touching medicare and social security. >>> 6:44 right now, time to talk baseball. giants pitcher tim lincecum expected to take the mound in

there are about 3 32,000 post offices throughout the u.s. >> about doubts about the investigation theother of a man who died in a confrontation with san francisco police has hired a high profile civil rights attorney. medical pfxaminer found ballistic evidence that shows the fatal shot came from kenneth harding own gun. harding was running from cops following a routine muni fare check. investigators say he opened fire on police first then somehow shot himself in the neck. fatal bullet and the police bullet were from different caliber hand guns. pl harding mother says none of it makes any sense. she says the aspiring rap star wasen rolling in college. >> if sit around waiting for fall quarter to start for him to start school. he wanted his music career to get up and going. >>reporter: 4 independent investigations into harding death are under way. his mother has hired well known oakland attorney john burris to represent her. >>> the 2 men accused of attacking brian stowe may have assaulted other giants fans. as lou and marvin appeared in court this morning, los angeles police asked for

. >>> we have word tonight that more than 10% of america's post offices across the country are on the big step closer to being shut down. tomorrow, the postal service is set to announce a list of more than 3,600 post offices, mostly in small towns, being targeted for possible closure to save money. 100 post offices have already been closed this year. >>> and washington politicians might not have a debebdeal but another closely watched standoff is over tonight. and there will be an nfl season. players voted yes on a new ten-year deal, ending the longest lockout in league history. players and owners were negotiating how to split a $9 billion annual pie. >>> ananwe have an update tonight on the little lost penguin in new zealand named happy feet. the one who mistakenly swam 4,000 miles from home. well, today, he ventured back in the water for the first time, taking a dip in ththcold pool at the zoo. after all, he's used to the icy waters of antarctica. in the coming weeks when happy feet is healthy, he will be released into the ocean to try to find his way home. >>> and if you needed ano

. >> your neighborhood post office may soon be farther away than you are accustomed to.fter losing 8 1/2 billion dollars last fiscal year, the u.s. postal service is considering closing 3600 post offices and there are 13 on the list in the bay area. they are indicated here, we have details on the possible closures. >> tuesday afternoon a steady stream of people visited the u.s. post office some with packages, others with letters. >> i always come to drop off packages. >> i was unable to a friend. >> i come here for packages, my stamps, cards, everything. it >> but soon as a bridge along with 3600 others may shutdown as the postal service attempt to streamline its operations as revenues declined. they said it will offer postal services in local stores, libraries government offices instead. but the idea of getting rid of the neighborhood branches not sit well with those that live here. >> i think this post office should not be on that list. >> if the to this one out it will not be convenient. >> everything cannot be done on the internet. >> the postal service is already ax

and get it themselves. >> i had to rush down to the post office before they closed. it makes a big difference. it was an overreaction. i could see if it was a pit bull or rottweiler, of course. but a chihuahua? come on. >> reporter: the postal service says as far as he's concerned if it has teeth, it can bite into the carrier does not feel safe, but mail is not coming. >>> scientists say they have found a drug that helps prevent the spread of aids around heterosexual men. the drug is available in the u.s. for homosexuals and they are developing guidelines for straight men and women to take a drug. >>> coming back, we will update you on our developing story. crews are searching for one person missing in the water. >> and the cool, moist weather could be giving way to a warm- up. >>> you can watch bay area news at 7:00 and all of our newscasts on your computer and mobile devices. we are streaming live online at ktvu.com. go! go! completing an atm deposit in record time... that's a step forward. go! go! with deposit friendly atms, you can make ultra fast, secure deposit

the valley itself is traffic from the post office. the people taking shortcuts through this valley. [chime] may i have a few extra minutes? president olague: everyone is allowed three minutes to speak. i did have a couple other speaker cards. >> i live approximately 300 feet from the proposed site. i was at both meetings. i think one problem here is the height problem. at&t says they are putting on top of the building, they're putting on top of the elevator appear in how many more feet? the building is four stories. you have a high dakota and all the sudden, who changed it? at&t says that planning is fine. it is the right height. how could that be? it blocks of the entire golden gate bridge. but that is only my view. and all of my other neighbors from the roof, that is the only access i have to the outside. never mind that we have 420 signatures of registered voters in the very small area that says no, we don't want it. the thing they are a little bit off on the handwritten letters. i know for a fact that we turned in 18. i think they are more like 25 to 20, somewhere in there. i ha

and that's 12% of post offices nationwide. most of them in small towns.ll be replaced by solitary postal clerkrkmanning outposts at gas stations and libraries to sell stamps and ship packages. so, to see if your post office is on the list, go to our website. >>> and we have news tonight that crying babies and snoring spouses have something in common. they both change the way our brains work, by interrupting a good night's sleep. a new study finds that being awakened during the night prevents brains from forming memories. the same affect as alcohol, inducing a kind of sleep deprived amnesia. even if you make up the lost sleep later. >>> and, as we said, scientists now think they have quantified what they call the kleenex factor, the single saddest movie of all time. the saddest movie scene. here is the movie scene that topped the list of tears. >> champ, wake up! wake up! >> that's rickie schroeder from "the champ," 1979. so, tell us if you think this is it, or if you have another vote. it's online at abcnews.com. we want to tally up your votes and tomorro

they include five in san d, and >>> today the post office released a list of nearly 4, 000 post officest could be shut down. they include five in san francisco, two in oakland and one each in daly city, south san francisco and san jose. at each spot, there will be efforts to set up services within local businesses nearby. sort of like village office. last year the postal service lost about $8 billion. they say the offices that are closing average $50 in sales. >>> wal-mart is challenging netflix and hulu. the world's biggest retailer is now renting streaming movies online. apparently many of the films will be available on wal-mart's website, the same day they come out on dvd. now, this move comes on the heels of netflix's increase in rental rates which did anger long-time customers leading them to look for cheaper alternatives. customers can rent or buy movies on wal-mart's website but it is not offering subscriptions. >>> breezy tuesday evening and how the winds are affecting a fire that continues to burn in fairfield. but first, dennis and football? >> that's right, roberta. could nom

. >>> your neighborhood post office may soon be farther away. after losing $8.5 billion in the last fiscal year, the u.s. postal service is now considering closing 3,600 post offices. there are 13 on the list for the bay area and you can see them here on your screen. kron4's dan kerman has details on the possible closures. >> tuesday afternoon, a steady stream of people visited the branch of the u.s. postal office. some with packages, others with letters. >> i always come to drop off packages. >> just to do all the stuff. >> i come here for packages, my friends, cards. >> reporter: but seeing this branch along with 3,600 branches, it may shut down as the postal service attempts to streamline its operation as revenues decline. they would offer postal services in local stores, libraries and government offices instead. but the idea of shuttering the neighborhood branch does not sit well with those who live here. >> it wouldn't be very coherent. >> everything can't be done on the internet. >> the postal service is already asking congress to reduce h

postmaster genere leased a long-awaited post office study of nearly 3700 post offices that may be closed red ink. they include outlets in all 50 states and washington, d.c. most have so little foot traffic, employees average less than two hours of work per day and average sales are less than $50 a day. >>> good news for mcdonald's lovers who trying to watch what they eat. a healthier happy meal on the way. under pressure from nutritionists and children's advocates, the fast food giant has announced plans to add low-fat milk and apple slices to every happy meal and to cut the portion of french fries. mcdonald's says it expects to cut the number of calories by 20%. the new healthy happy meal debuts in september. >>> don't pay full price on those prescription drugs. really. before you head to the pharmacy, the latest on how you can save some major bucks on your medication. so, what are we going to do with this? i don't know. the usual? [ blower whirring ] sometimes it pays to switch things up. my - what, my hair? no. car insurance. i switched to progressive and they gave me discounts for th

the post office was such an old idea and concept.f the stations will be closing those that are putting-- pulling in less than 37,003 years. these are like rule outpost--rural outpost. >> i saw the story on the wall street journal icahn was compelling i did this on my morning show and how many people lash out at hispanics and and blacks making less than whites. the numbers are right there. the wealth gap, the great recession has made things worse. >> i was about to say is a the recession that is making the gap a bigger one? >> a white households and and have 20 times more than black households that is something i am just that about. >> we have one winner. >> yaaa. ford drivers of revenues. they were nice numbers not as nice is what we wanted on wall street. but i am trying to find a silver lining. >> 50% is a pretty big gold. >> wall street was a little disappointed because as they grow they do not have as much margin. in america we did the big trucks and the big suvs. but manufacturers i cannot get wildly excited about but if i were

dead lock but at least peoria has a name for the post office. another live look in our live feed from the house floor, which is now in the outside with that slate. where out producers tell us they have run out of other bills to bring up for a vote. earlier, speaker boehner was personally meeting with the republican lawmakers. apparently to rally support for his plan. there are no gimmicks no, smoke screens. cuts government spending by a larger amount than the increase in the debt ceiling. >> so that's the majority leader. but the minority leader nancy pelosi says she is confident not a single democrat will vote for speaker boehner's bill. she says it will kill jobs and medicare appeared in dramatic fashion, she washed the stakes in the financial standoff are astronomical saying, and i quote, what we are trying to do what we are trying to do is save the world from the republican budget. we are trying to save life on this planet as we know it today. team fox coverage. henry, white house, new details about a possible plan c. shibani joshi on what t

a list of as many as 3600 post offices that could be on the chopping block will be released. they will all be reviewed to determine which ones will be shut down. 280 facilities have already been closed. postal service lost $8 billion last year. >>> well, the city of palo alto is trying to figure out how to spend a $40 million windfall. that money comes from sanford university. it's what the school agreed to pay in exchange for permission to redevelop and expand the stanford medical center. the money comes in three payments with nearly 16 million due this year. >> exchange for that land use commitment that the city made, we get community benefits in exchange. >> i would like to see more parks and libraries, things like that and infrastructure. >>> it requires the city to spend on green initiatives and infrastructure. the city is looking for public input on how to spend the money. it faces a $7 million budget deficit next year but no firm decisions are expected right away. >>> california voters may be asked for a second time whether marijuana should be legalized for recreationa

rush down to the post office before they close. yeah, it make as big difference. >> neighbors received a letter stating they would not get any mail till the matter was resolved. after getting a promise from the owner she would keep the dog away, the post office resumed mail delivery. they say there are more than 5,000 carrier versus dog incidents per year nationwide. officials say no matter what size the dog is, if it has teeth it can bite. >>> coming up in 90 seconds -- >> will a summer camp program reopen for children with diabetes? >> the trip one son took to find closure after his father went missing. his story but the funeral for the fisherman who died in the incident. i want to crush more cars. ♪ i want to sell more tea cups. ♪ i need help selling bread. ♪ i want to sell more crabs. [ male announcer ] you know where you want to take your business. i want to design more buildings. [ male announcer ] in here, small business solutions from at&t can get you there. starting with the at&t all for less package -- just $70 per month,

postal service will release a list of post offices it's considering closing.ying to cut losses after losing $8 billion last year. most of them are rural that can be moved into stores or community centers. there are about 32,000 post offices in the u.s. >> mcdonald's wants a healthier relationship to parents. >> jane king a parent herself. latest market response to debt crisis. >> good morning to you. the rise in healthy meals and hoping to get parents back in healthy place. mcdonald's will roll out a new happy meal. it will automatically include a serving of apples and smaller serving of french-fries. mcdonald's is going to expand food choices. dow, down a little more today, as well. s&p 500 a little lower and nasdaq a little higher. we have to wait to see what is going on in washington. bloomberg index trading up half a percent. >> today is the day for defense department is scheduled to reveal whether the apple's iphone to be secure enough to military standards. so research in motion said it's cutting 10% of the work force as it struggles to compete with appl

> i have to go into the city and rush down to the post office before it closed. so yeah, it makes a big difference. simply overreaction because of -- i can see if it was like a pit bull running around or a rock wiler or something like that, of course, but a chihuahua? come on, what can a chihuahua do to somebody. >> reporter: the postal service says there are more than 5,000 carrier versus dog incidents nation wide. as far as they're concerned, if it has teeth, it can bite, and if a carrier doesn't feel safe, the mail isn't coming. claudine wong, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> lots of tweets coming in or e-mails saying, what is going on with our weather. last week, we had a very shallow fog bank. only the coast was getting in on it, it was sunny, warm to high, while a week later, we had a lot of rain and drizzle. there are some breaks in the cloud. it is starting to peel back and we'll start to see some sun but it's not going to be very warm. temperatures are well below average. light rain this morning, mist, .03, .04 to .05 in the rain gauge from that drizzle, whateve

coming up, pinching pennies at the post office. bay area postal facilities may be about to close doors for good. >> also, new mcdonald's formula for healthier happy meals and why officials are still not happy about them. >> and social security makes a simple mistake proving costly for a purple heart recipient. how we're able to help, later on 7 on your side. >> and a new entry in electric car market. and a locally made charging station saving you money when you plug in. more still to come. you can see >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> a state wide amber alert issued for a 3-year-old girl abducted this morning. here is a picture of the little girl. we hope to get you one. they're looking for kawanna howard. she's wearing a rainbow colored shirt. the suspect's name is also kawanna howard, 35 years of age. we don't know the relationship. he's five feet two inches tall. and wearing a blue cap a white -- blue and white tank top. there is young kawann's picture. police are looking for a silver 2004 chevy mali

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amount for hispanics, which is only 6,300, and 20 times that for blacks at $5,700. >>> your local post office's days could be numbered. the postal service is expepeed to release a list of 3,600 offices it might close as its losses soar and mail volume dwindles. but keep in mind, though, the postal service did this same thing two years ago but then only chose a handful of offices for actual closing. >>> netflix is warning it is not adding subscribers as quickly as in the past. the video service also anticipates some cancellations. it's all part of the backlash from last month's price hikes announcement when netflix saidd it will start charging parately for streaming online and i'm getting dvds in the mail. >>> chinese authorities ordering two fake apple stores to close but only because they did not have the proper business licenses. three others in the same city that also didn't have permission from apple, though, are still open. all five stores were selling real apple merchandise. >>> mcdonald's is also feeling consumer pressure to offer healthier options so today it unveils a slimmed down vers

whenever i visit the white house i always look down the old post office building in washington, d.c.ecause there were pair of eastern and adam peregrine falcons. >> yeah. >> .which was the most spectacular predatory bird in north america. it flew two hundred and fifty miles an hour. it had salmon pink with a beautiful white cere, and i could watch those birds come down pennsylvania avenue, pick pigeons out of the air in front of the white house forty feet above the heads of the pedestrians and then carry them back to the top of the post office, and for me that was much more exciting than visiting my uncle at the white house. [laugh] but that bird went extinct in 1962, a year before my uncle was -illed. >> yeah. >> and this accumulation from ddt poisoning - and this accumulation of insults in 1970 drove twenty million americans out onto the street demanding that our political leaders return to the american people the ancient environmental rights that had been stolen from our citizens over the previous eighty years. in the fifteen hundreds in england it was illegal, they had a clean ai

postal service is considering closing more than 3,600 local post offices.d are mostly in small towns and get the least amount of foot traffic and retail sales. the post office lost $8 billion last year. >>> we've heard them talk endlessly about the debt ceiling. if the u.s. defaults, what does it mean for your mortgage or 401(k)? we've got that story for you in just a couple of minutes. >>> but speaking of that, dysfunctional action toxic, broken, even the president admitted last night there's something wrong with washington. >> the american people may have voted for divided government, but they didn't vote for a dysfunctional government. >> major garrett is congressional correspondents for "the national journal." good morning. >> good morning, chris. >> i was thinking about this last night. when people are at home in their living room watching these speeches, what do you think is the message 24th got? is it i can't believe the mess we're? i can't believe those guys there? what were they thinking? >> i don't want to try to read the minds of 307 million amer

. >>> and thousands of post offices now on the chopping block, even ben franklin's. >>> overseas markets are mixed on the lack of progress with the nation's debt crisis. tokyo nikkei average was off 51 points today. hong kong's hang seng is gaining and in london the ftse opened higher. on wall street the dow lost 91 1/2 points yesterday. meanwhile, the nasdaq index fell 3. >>> home prices are up again in major u.s. cities for the second straight month, but no one is impressed. there are always more sales in the spring and prices are lower than a year ago. also, there are still many foreclosures in the pipeline waiting to go on the market and bring prices down even further. >>> get ready for the coffee wars. the parent company of dunkin' donuts goes public today, and that's starting up a battle with starbucks and mcdonald's. the cash it's raising will help it expand west of the mississippi where its rivals have more stores. now, despite the name, dunkin' donuts makes most of its money from coffee. >>> walmart is taking on netflix, the world's largest retailer now has a nonsubscription vid

today it's releasing a list of more than 3600 post offices that might have to be shut down. on the chopping block have lower foot traffic and revenue. usps lost $8.5 billion last year. >>> kennedy space center is hosting a job fair today to help thousands of soon-to-be unemployed workers find new jobs. around 45 employees from across the country are expected to take part in the job fair. the shuttle program ended last week after atlantis returned to earth. >>> netflix is bracing for a loss of customers because more than 2 million people are going to cancel their service because of the company's 60% price increase. people who stay are likely to opt for streaming only instead of choosing both services or choosing dvds only. >>> well, break out the pom poms. the national football league is going to have a season after all. >> you knew it would happen. the longest work stoppage in nfl history ended after more than four months. the end of the lockout means players from the 49ers, raiders, other teams can formally begin training camp beginning this week. the raiders in fact open up

thank you, thomas. >>> so the potential closure of 1 in 10 post offices in the country today tops thenation today, and the cash-strapped postal service said it will study more than 3600 locations for closing and many offices on the chopping block could be replaced by postal services in local stores or government offices, and you can visit msnbc.com to see if your local post office is up for that type of review. >>> first lady michelle obama is praising fast food giant mcdonald's for revamping the happy meals. starting in september, one serving of fruit or vegetable will be added to the meals and the portion of french fries is going to shrink, and the first lady says these are positive steps toing the problem of childhood obesity. >> and the wealth gap between whites and minorities have grown to the widest levels in a quarter century, and according to the analysis of the pugh research center, whites now have on average 20 times the network of blacks and 18 times the net worth of hispanics. >>> new efforts to help people facing starvation as a result of the drought and the famine happen

click on newsroom to see if your local post office is included.ons are in atlanta. i imagine they're a little busier than two hours a day for the employees. >> i imagine so. but let's say if you are in atlanta, some of these more rural areas, rural towns, if you want to mail a package, you have a p.o. box there, what do you do? >> you're going to have to drive to the next closest location, but for if you just want to buy stamps, there's a village post office located in perhaps a local business. a pharmacy, a grocery. by going back to this concept, the postal service should be able to save some money. >> the past is new again. thank you so much. let's talk about this study here. many black and hispanic american households are faring worse in the recession than white households. why the disparity? >> it's all about where you put your money. while the housing market here, especially out in the west took a hard hit. and that is the biggest reason the pew research study says there's such a disparity in household wealth. take a look at this. according t

will stay open you can write a mailbox to the post office to get saturday delivery and our networks are still still now twenty years ago this would have been chaos but really it just shows how far we've come what strides of them made toward an open source society with assists from fed ex and u.p.s. and other carriers out there the internet is effectively neutralized government in this instance with all of these alternatives we don't need the united states postal service to get information from point a to point b. in a marketplace environment the postal service would probably have seen the need to adapt its business model in order to survive then we'd still have the drive hearing from the i.r.s. on saturday however government sanction tends to induce bad business practices the same sind always assume they'll have a cushion of federal bailouts and so they settle for something our service a slow but steady demise of the u.s.p.s. is particularly notable because it would this would reveal one crack in the armor of our leviathan state but as we continue to move into this open source of so

when world war i began most americans, most americans contact with our government was going to the post office. four years later, fast forward to 1914, 1970 have been from the interstate interest the war. suddenly millions of men are being drafted, millions of men see their government working, and women, too, for the government in a much different way. and they were forced to reckon with questions about what is a citizens obligation to this country, what a brothers obligation is to another brother, what sons and daughters obligations to the parents are, and brady had they had in 20 years before. of course these questions just arise on a day. there were plans within a few decades that come before. i think it's hard for us to realize just how striking where the changes. at the beginning of 20th century. but at the same time, you know, we face these questions all the time. we are also a country at war. we are also debating these questions of, to what extent should we be committing our resources and our citizens lives, and our money and our time and our faith. not only to the government but citize

world war i began, the extent of most americans' contact with federal government was going to the post office. four years later -- that was in 1914. you know, 1917 happens, united states enters the war, suddenly millions of men are being drafted, millions of men see their government working -- and women too -- see their goth in a much different light. and they were forced to reckon with questions about what a citizen's obligation to his country is, what a brother's obligation is to another brother in a way that they just hadn't, you know, 20 years before. of course, these questions department just arise -- department just arise -- didn't just arise in a day. they were planted in the few decades that had come before. you know, i think it's hard for us to realize just how striking were the changes. in the beginning of the 20th century. but at the same time, you know, we face these questions all the time. we are also a country at war. we are also debating these questions of, you know, to what extent should we be committing our resources and our citizens' lives and our money and our time and our

office. the back and forth continues. we certainly will keep you postedall of the developments. >> we spoke with the "newsweek" editor who did an interview and wrote the piece and told us yesterday he found her story believable and consistent. >> its was a thorough, thorough piece. >> alina cho, thank you. >> you bet. >>> thousands of small town post offices may not be around much longer. today the u.s. postal service will release a list of over 3600 post offices that could be shut down. a spokesman says most are in smaller communities that aren't as busy and aren't making a lot of money. some people say they'll have to make a 20 mile round trip to mail a letter. in some areas they plan to partner with local businesses, mom and pop shops, to drop off your mail in their absence. >> jacqui jeras in the extreme weather center for us. what a turn around one day makes. we're in triple digits and then yesterday i needed a sweat shirt. >> i know, right? it's kind of dreary in new york and all across the northeast. take a look, not a lot of rain, but the clouds g

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