our postal inspectors are responsible for the safety and security of all postal facilities.trongly believe the current policy should remain in effect. they are concerned about encouraging any additional security measures, they are concerned about the safety of our employees. they believe given that 32,000 facilities it is going to cost to godditional resources through every one of those facilities and make sure that they are safe and secure. these ministry did burdens on postal inspectors, from their wood of view, is going to make it difficult on them. the third factor is as you know there has been some history of violence with regard to the postal facilities, and i think for the safety and security of both our customers and our employees we believe our current policy should remain in effect. , may i make an comment? >> yes, please. >> i think this illustrates why we need this amendment. post office is obviously opposed to allowing guns in the archaeological facilities and they are appealing it. it is still an open question, and the people should weigh in on this to represen

postal property. he islys licensed to carry a firearm. the district court determined our regulation wasn't unconstitutional in so far it prohibited bringing the guns inside the property. but the judge said in the parking lot in this post office that regarding only this plaintiff that we violated the second amendment. we are appealing the right and he is appealing the right of carrying guns in the post office is constitutional. >> thanks for that clarification. can you give us the perspectives of the post office on this. >> our postal inspectors who are responsible for the safety and security of all postal facilities strongly believe that the current policy should remain in affect. they are concerned about encouraging any additional security measure. they are concerned about the safety of our employees. they believe that given the 32,000 facilities it will cost them additional resources to go through and make sure they are all safe and secure. the administrative burdens will make it difficult on them.

properties or inside postal offices. my amendment then requires the postmaster general to submit a report to the committees of jurisdiction in the house and senate for the cost estimates of the security changes and whether these would necessitate facility closures or relocations. the postmaster general would also be required to make recommendations regarding the feasibility of amending current regulations to address be lawful carrying of firearms on postal properties and how that would impact the safety of postal employees, customers, property and to the u.s. mail. i would not want to take a vote on any amendment without having all the facts, and with senator paul's amendment, we just don't have that much to go on at this time. we need to know the consequences for public safety and the postal service's finances. before proceeding to a vote on the underlying amendment. i would urge support for carper second-degree amendment urging a study on this issue. again, the modification makes clear the postal service must immediate

all postal property. he was licensed to carry a firearm. the district court determined that our regulation was not unconstitutional insofar as it prohibited a gun being brought into a postal property, but the judge determined with regard to the postal parking lot in this particular postal office with only this particular plaintiff that our restriction was violative of the second amendment. we are appealing that decision to the united states courts of appeals 10th circuit. >> all right. thanks for that clarification. could you just give us the perspectives of the postal service on this underlying please? >> thank you, mr. chairman. our postal inspectors are responsible for the safety and security of all postal facilities. i strongly believe the current policy should remain in effect. they are concerned about any additional security measures. they are concerned about the safety of our employees. they believe given the 32,000 employees it will cost additional resources to go through every one of those facili

the postal service. there would be a self correcting amount of time. that was what we proposed. really a free market approach. and that had a lot of appeal. that is what we are suggesting. that was august 1st. when we proposed our substitute a week or so ago the amendment, we moved away of the proposal. and what we basically moved to is a proposal the said the accident rate case agreed to a couple of months ago by the prc, the race case would be the new baseline going forward. and that beginning in 2015 that the cpi cap would go to the cpi plus one. we would have an exit rate case and a baseline. 2015 and 2016. >> 2015. >> starting in 2015 as cpi plus one would go into effect. and for the foreseeable future. some agreement along the line a new rate structure. we gave the prc them actually deciding what that new rate structure would look like. that was our proposal. remove dow. starting in 2014 going forward, and the cpi plus one would follow in 2015 going forward. that is an agreement on a new rate struc

postal service 10-year outlook." this is the exigent price increase. the exigent price increase becomes the baseline and cpi begins in 2015 and going for. not cpi plus one, but going forward. if there is some kind of agreement between the postal service and the prc on a new rate structure, fine. if not, we stay at cpi. in the bottom right-hand corner of this spreadsheet, the most important number to me, and i think to dr. coburn, is net cash balance at the end of 2023 of $7 billion. that sounds like a lot of money, but that is out of $750 billion over a ten-year period. less than 1%. this assumes no recession for 10 years, we are concerned about that. what the postmaster has done, at our urging, to recognize that 10 years is a long time with no recession, and to tamp down revenues on the out years. they have reduced their forecast expectations. by $1 billion in 2021 and 2022. we will still probably have a recession, but we have urge the postal service to be conservative, the adjustments they have made does that. the most important thing for us to accom

now, the financial pinch the united states postal service is under is a result of the postal accountability, passed by congress in the lame duck session in 2006, which forces the postal service to prepare retiree health care for 75 years into the future in a ten-year window. in other words, about $6 billion a year on their bottom line that they have to meet for future operations. who the hell runs their businesses like that? republicans have been gunning to nail the post office for a long time. they want it to be forced into bankruptcy so they can privatize everything they can get their hands on. on thursday, the senate homeland security and government affairs committee approved a bipartisan bill which would grant the postal service more operating flexibility and provide relief for some of its workforce-related obligations, meaning the prepay what i was just talk about. the bill will eventually head to the senate for debate. tom carper of delaware released a statement reacting to the financial loss in supporting the legislation. he said it's time for the congress and the administration to w

all postal property. he was licensed to carry a firearm. the district court determined that our regulation was not unconstitutional insofar as it prohibited a gun being brought into a postal property, but the judge determined with regard to the postal parking lot in this particular postal office with only this particular plaintiff that our restriction was violative of the second amendment. we are appealing that decision to the united states courts of appeals 10th circuit. >> all right. thanks for that clarification. thed you just give us perspectives of the postal service on this underlying please? you, mr. chairman. our postal inspectors are responsible for the safety and security of all postal facilities. i strongly believe the current policy should remain in effect. about anyoncerned additional security measures. they are concerned about the safety of our employees. the 32,000e given employees it will cost additional resources to go through every one of those facilities and make sure they are safe and

postal service out of the red.currently it is running a 5 billion-dollar deficit. >> thank you all for joining us today. we didn't take it the right route but i think what we want to do is finish up today and i want to thank everyone for the good work we have used taking on this challenge. it's not an easy legislation. i like to work on a bipartisan basis on the committee and doctor coburn i want to give a big thank you for getting us to this point in time. you have used the 8020 rule and also your partners you are taking turns on the committee and compromise on the policy principle and i think that we were willing to compromise on policy but not principle. principle is the most important thing to us and at the end of the day we work out a compromise to send it to the president that we can look to one another and say we can fix this problem. we haven't kicked the can down the road. it's not just to hang on the two people relevant and vibrant in the years going forward to provide the kind of services to the business

>> our postal inspectors who are responsible for the safety and security of our postal facilities struck we believe the current policy should remain in effect. they are concerned about encouraging any additional security measures they are concerned about the safety of our employees given the 32,000 facilities and will cost additional resources to go through every facility to make sure they are saving and secure. the administrative burden on the inspectors will make it very difficult for them. the third factor is there has been a history of violence with regard to postal facilities and for the safety and security security, though we believe our current policy should remain in the fact. >> mr. chairman? may i make a comment? >> yes. >> this illustrates why we need to this amendment the post office is supposed to allowing guns in the up parking lot so it is still an open question and the people should weigh in on this through their representatives. also it might be noted that history of violence is not from citizens but postal live please. when dash employees. >> what i would like to do is

the postal -- up in his truck. the postal inspection service said his personal belongings were stolen and they retrieved coves that might have opened mailboxes. >> -- keys that might have opened mailboxes. >> reporter: you retrieved them meaning? >> we found them. >> reporter: the u.s. postal inspection service is offering a $50,000 reward to anyone who can help them get an arrest and conviction on an attack on the postal worker here yesterday. there has been increased attention to crimes against postal workers since tyson barnett was attacked and killed while working his route after dark in prince george's county in november. >> we will not rest until the individuals who commit these crimes are brought to just tips. >> reporter: any indication these are related in any way? >> again, this is an ongoing investigation, but there's no reason to think that any of these crimes were connected. >> reporter: the latest postal carrier is a fixture in the community here along webster street and hawaii avenue and a local chur

postal service.veryone will have to wait till next year to see what the next traditional element for the stamp will be. >> you will have to let us know when that happens, we would love to talk to you. >> thank you. >> the designer for the united states postal lunar new year stamp collection. coming up, groundhog day. ♪ >> a lot of attention on the big game this weekend, the denver broncos against the seattle seahawks, but the day marks groundhog day here in the united states. folklore goes that if punxsutawney phil sees his shadow, there will be six weeks more of winter, and if not, it spring will come early. michael johnston, a former member of the inner circle, the group that handles the groundhog. good to have you with us. are you allowed to say happy groundhog day before it happens? >> absolutely. we have been celebrating it for the last week. there is no time limit on fun. >> tell us the history of groundhog day. >> this is the 128th celebration of groundhog day. the legend is rooted in european

postal service has had it all wrong. making and stuffing mailboxes is not.er of financial services with small-scale loans and is expecting there is money in it. let's go over to dan mitchell because we are all going to lose money on this even faster. >> helping lower income people get banking services, the problem is not getting the post office involved that so many regulations affecting the money laundering laws that make it prohibitively expensive to lower income people. so yes, there is a problem and the idea is the inefficient bureaucracies if anything we should be shrinking the postal service and privatizing it like a lot of other countries and not giving them these big new powers. neil: i would think the post offi gets a bad rap. but i think that they are obliged by federal law to deliver mail everywhere in the outskirts and you name it. i was an trans am wondering if we were giving him this and what is wrong with them trying to tackle the market that might make the money. >> if they are tapping into a market by using government provided benefits, then

police and the postal inspectors there. we understand that the letter carrier was robbed an assaulted, and he had to be taken by ambulance to the hospital, and with we don't know his condition right now, and it is unclear right now where the postal service van is. we are not clear if it was take pren the scene by the robbers or if it is somewhere else that we can't see at this point. there are a lot of police here trying to figure out what happened, trying to find some witnesses to what we are told is the robbery of the united states postal service worker on duty while he was out delivering the mail in northeast washington this afternoon. i spoke to a representative from the postal service, and they say that they don't know what was taken from the care yes e and they are trying to put it together, and they have a postal inspector on the scene right here right now, and again, we don't know the conditions, but we know that we have had serious attacks on letter carriers here in the d.c. area, and it is something of contention

postal service.he postal service is considering bank service, the niive is strongly supported by the inspector general who commissioned the study and by u.s. senator plibz warren of -- elizabeth warren of massachusetts. believe it or not, so did america from 1911 to 1967, when the u.s. post office offered savings accounts to its consumers. well, the post office estimates that banking services could generate $8.9 billion in new revenue per year and let's face it, it needs the money. last year the post office cut its operating budget by $5 billion and that was considered a good year. david lazarus, consumer editor at the los angeles times. davis why off the top should the post office get into banking? should it? >> the post office needs to fix itself. the woman at the previous segment was all at sixes and sevens, and the post office needs some way to bring money back in, as the volume of mail declined, thank you very much, mr. internet. this is a way to think out of the box and there is a need for it.

, forced him into his postal truck and tied him up. >> we do believe items were taken. we just don't know what items they may be. we're inventorying the mail to see what may have been taken if anything. >> this is the third recent attack on a carrier, just a month ago, one was assaulted in alexandria, three people were later arrested. in november, tyson barnett was killed delivering the mail in prince georges county. >> we're very concerned as well. this is something, this is our top priority. >> residents like sherry white who called her letter carrier a sweetheart sure hopes so. >> you don't wish any harm on anyone but he is such a kind gentle spirit. >> inspectors will meet with letter carriers in that area of d.c. to remind them of safety procedures and tomorrow, the postal inspection rvice plans to announce its reward. anyone with information can make an anonymous call to this tip line, 877-876-2455. mark albert, wusa9. >>> new tonight at 11 a woman who was struck by a bus has died. it happened around 7:20 at the rockville metro station. sky 9 flew over the scene a

postal inspector supervisor is headed to the scene to provide was more information. live in northeast washington, jackie bensen, news4. >> thank you, jackie. that comes three months after a letter carrier was shot and killed on the job in prince george's county. 28-year-old tyson barnett was shot on his route on reed street in the fairmount heights area, and that murder is still unsolved. >>> another chance of snow coming our way tomorrow morning and big puffy flakes gave a fresh coat to the frees and the grass, but it did not stick to the morning roads, but, doug, tomorrow, the storm could have a bigger impact on the commute than what we saw this morning? >> yes, doreen. because of the timing of this, it is going to start overnight when the sun is down and start with colder temperatures and look at what we have seen. there is the storm that we have seen in some location, and that has picked up good amount of snow, and prince williams county, and some areas picking up two to three inches around springfield and at the airport. and close to 2 to 3 inches of snow where

our postal inspectors who are response responsible for the fety and security of all postal facilities strongly believe that the current policy should remain in effect. they are concerned about encouraging any additional security measures. they are concerned about the safety of our employees. they believe that given the 32,000 facilities it's going to cost them additional resources to go through every one of those facilities and make sure that they are safe and security. the administrative burdens on the postal inspectors, from their point of view, is going to make it very difficult on them. so the third factor is, as you know, there has been some history of violence with regard to postal facilities, and i think for the safety and security of both our customers and our employees we believe that our current policy should remain in effect. >> mr. chairman, may i make a comment? >> yes, please. >> i think this illustrates, you know, why we need this amendment. the post offices are opposed to allowing guns in their peculiarities or their facilities and they are -- in their parking lots and

postal service.nd it's time for stocks now. so let's head to the floor of the new york stock exchange and nicole petallides. nicole, we're just off the highs of the day. >> what a great day on wall street. when we started off the week and kicked it off with a negative 326-point selloff on monday i'm not sure too many people thought we would make it back by week's end because there has been uncertainty and concerns about emerging markets. sandra smith has done a great job showing the ow flows there. there has been a lot of concern on wall street and jobs numbers came out and were a little tough but meanwhile we're positive for the week. last fridays the dow jones industrial average closed at 15,698. we're 45 points higher than that. hey, look ad linkedin. to the downside to the tune of 7%. it's a great performer over fifth two weeks. over the last year it was up 08%. they came out with guidance weaker-than-expected. the latest quarter is okay but guidance going forward. that's why you're seeing linked

tonight, a postal carrier is trying to recover after being robbed. it happened in northeast right near north capital. mark albert is there live and mark, this is the second time in a month the postal carrier has been robbed in town. >> this is the second time. the other one happened in alexandria. this happened a little after 4:00 p.m. and police are still here at the scene more than three hours after this occurred with o blocks of webster here still cordenned off. take a look at this video. a police canine on the scene. it went right past our camera with two officers chasing to keep up. two men attacked a letter carrier who was on his normal route. they robbed him, took something, beat him, and then tied him up, authorities say . a long time resident in this neighborhood who had her mail delivered by this same carrier for years expressed shock when we talked to her a few minutes ago. >> the first thing i thought was, oh no, because i have been hearing about the robberies, you know, if mailmen on the news. and i mean, he's been delivering our mail fo

the postal service used to use third parties to assist postal delivery in rural areas. these services are organized under a thing called the alternative means of transportation contracts. in june 2012 the postal service unilaterally implemented the pilot program in the northern planes which reduces contract use and in turn reduces mail delivery standards in these northern planes states. so all sorts of stories out there. senator i can't, i will give you one quick one. i can give you a bunch, one of them that actually is something that my wife and night. another story equally as important, rancher, of fair shot away. 400 miles to be my guess the real estate lease, said police to overnight delivery, it did not get there for nine days. overnight delivery u.s. ps. the reason is because they had struck it. i would encourage adoption of this amendment. >> let me just say that we will let dr. cockburn comment on this, but you mentioned for a moment this is not something that he can support. i cannot support it at this time either. and i would ask you to consider. i ask you to

postal service is now a money losing enterprise. to try to staunch the red ink it's trying all kinds of things - including, becoming kind of a financial services store. business reporter becky yerak wrote about this for the chicago tribune, and gosh becky, didn't they just raise the price of a stamp? obviously it ain't enough. > > they did, bill, but they need more help. you know people used to. so the post office has come up with what it calls, what it literally calls a killer app a of a to diversify its revenue base thigh and that's to get more heavily if into the financial-services industry. > > ok what kinds of things? it's not going to be offering loans is it? > > well i'll tell you what they currently offer. they currently offer money orders and international money transfer. so they're already in this business a little bit, but they're also talking about getting into prepaid cards with the post office brand, bill payment services and, yes even small loans which has banks upset. > > yeah, well they're already squawking apparent

. >>> afghanistan has been hit hard by years of civil war and terrorism, even postal workers serving the millions of people living in the capital kabul are under pressure, and for some unexpected reasons. nhk world has this report on the unusual challenges they face. >> reporter: in kabul, residential areas near the city center do not have street names, or even proper addresses. >> translator: in this neighborhood, even public buildings have no addresses. >> reporter: this makes operating a postal service something of a challenge. these are the letters which arrived here in kabul today. some letters don't have proper address. for example, this letter says district 7th. the population in district 7th is 200,000. on this envelope, the recipient's address reads, behind french hospital. about half of the letters arriving in kabul do not have full addresses. 46-year-old mohammed rahim is a veteran postman. he has a key role in handling these letters. houses and apartments are crammed into small areas filled with narrow streets, like a giant maze. only 100 men cover the city's population o

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postal service, post offices provide banking service.onnell: rich edson standing by on capitol hill. >> the post office losing $25 billion in the last three years. the service is floating in idea allowing basic banking services. and traction on capitol hill, democratic senator elizabeth warren writing in huntington post about this, quote, of the postal service offered basic banking services, just basic bill paying, check cashing and small dollar loans and affordable financial services for underserve families and at the same time shore up its own financial footing. coastal service figures could make $9 billion a year doing this but community bankers say when it comes to banking the government should stay out. >> you can do a great deal of damage when government starts dabbling in the financial services arena. government is at its heart a political animal. and what are you are talking about, tempted to influence financial decisions in one way or another. playing with people's financial future. >> the postal service has congress for the aut

postal service could soon be handling more than mail.x business network joins us to explain. >> we reported on this before. the post office could soon be handling more of your money if their latest ideas become a reality. the post office inspector general offered new ways to generate revenue. some of the ideas offer payday loans, check cashing and digital currency. the idea provide bank like services that are not available in many rural or low income communities. the report says the postal service could make 8.9 billion a year doing this and for an agency that lost 5 billion last year that sounds awfully tempting. but critics are quick to point out the possibility of failure arguing the post office is not ready for these types of responsibility or the cost involved in providing financial services. they respond to that saying quote the office of inspector general is not suggesting the postal service become a bank or openly compete for banks. to the contrary they say they should greatly help bank offerings. the postal service has yet to em

the postal inspector says it could net $9 billion a year.nt losses at the postal service. 2007 losing $5 billion. by 2010 that is $8.5 billion. by 2012, $15.9 billion. over last three years that total is $25 billion in losses. but there is opposition to this proposal. mostly from banks who say that the government should stay out of the banking business. >> you can do a great deal of damage when government starts dabbling in the financial services arena because government is at its heart, a political animal and so politician shuns are tempted, i don't care what party you're talking about, are tempted to influence those financial decisions in one way or another. bad idea. because you're playing with people's financial futures. >> any change at the post office wants to make to its business model has to go through congress. they have been requesting a number of different changes for years. they have been stuck in congress. even senator warren acknowledges it could take time before you do any of thighs financial servvces at your local post office

i always in every year look forward to joining our united states postal service and you've begun u doneowing to the recreational director thank you. again. this is the second series of the 7th series i look forward to this day because it signals just that fresh beginning seeing another about how far designed stamp and as both decreases said earlier it's an exception of our american culture and asia culture. i want to thank again sherman for your leadership at oc a that we take pride in not only a recreational subdivision e celebration this is national not international and i'm reminded again with allen's remarks we have a history. sometimes, it wasn't as bright as we wanted it to be but those days it's brighter and brighter i get to lead the city and a traffic internationally all over the world we have is strong citizenry that reflects our cultures. everyday i get to serve the city of this city but represent them in international settings pr i want to emphasis one greeting this year because i told anita elimination to do that. when you intermediate people in chinese greeting it is a pro

and she got furious and she said you can't fire my people and by the way you are slowing down the postal system. to get out of the way. she was a very astute businesswoman and for ben franklin's businesses which were eventually printing shops which were like franchises like mcdonald's. they went out to the frontiers which was western pennsylvania and was very grateful to her for being such a good businesswoman. basically you do wonderful work and she said would you please come home from england? i'm lonely here and i would like you to come home. he wouldn't defend some of their friends and neighbors thought he wasn't really fighting hard enough against the stamp act. does anybody know what the stamp act is? >> that is one of the things that the americans started to rebel against the british is the stamp act. people in pennsylvania but he should be fighting harder against the stamp act. she said i'm not going to do that and she got a gun and she got some friends with guns and she defended her house and she said well done, deborah but she still wouldn't come home. and their only daughter g

nineteen ninety three on january thirteen ten the postal service also unveiled a collection of horse and to usher in the chinese lunar new year as well. the camps are also part of commemorative stamp series which i've been running for eighteen years now. the three tiny zodiac animals can become a tradition in canada post office to welcome the chinese new year. they began issuing thirty a m was hit by a commanding seven this offer may become for diversity within the country kenna had a huge chinese population. a make over don't go away because of the consumer corner with the white boys are renting cars and girls are renting boyfriend. going to work where we take a look at trends and above the law and china. on today's tool that got special rental for time spring festival. this brings up a holiday meant to be a time of great joy for chinese people. for migrant workers who live far away from town my people the opportunity to get to come home and spend quality time with the family the hilly region can all be great headache for young men and woman alike. the cost of buying gifts for the w

postal worker the victim of violence in the d.c. area, just three months after one was gunned down as he sat in his postal delivery truck in landover. >> it is hard to comprehend it happened. >> she spoke by phone from south carolina, where his entire family resides and where he was buried. reward, on $125,000 duty while delivering mail, his murder remains unsolved. just two days ago, a 50 four-year-old letter carrier was kidnapped off the streets of northeast bc while on his route -- of northeast d.c. was kidnapped while on his route. a were upset about a package, pistol whipping him, dumping him after he started calling out loud. last month that was a loud cry from a postal worker in the afternoon hours on the heels of a murder. the most recent kidnapping and murder happened in the afternoon. barnette said that letter carriers did not sign up to defend themselves on the street. >> they did not sign up for it, they are not trained for it, nor are they prepared for it. >> we spoke with several customers who asked, what is next for t

randy krohn wore a tuxedo today to mark his last day in a 25 year career with the postal service.id his load of mail has dropped significantsly in the's ten years because of e-mail and online shipping. randy added the best thing about his job is the people he has met along the route. a few months ago randy set a clock to mark how many days he had left until retirement and is proud to announce the clock now reads zero. he looks sharp. i like that. >> 50 years old and gets to retire. lucky him. >> happy for him. that does it for us at 6:00. thank you for joining us. hey, you guys, great news. i was walking around halverson's department store, and the owner comes right up to me, and he offered me a modeling job. yeah. whoo! wait, wait. he just offered you a modeling job? yeah, sounds a little suspicious. i mean, how do you know it was the owner? because it was mr. halverson. how do you know it was mr. halverson? 'cause i said, "aren't you mr. halverson?"

randy krohn wore a tuxedo today to mark his last day in a 25 year career with the postal service. he said his load of mail has dropped significantsly in the's ten years because of e-mail and online shipping. randy added the best thing about his job is the people he has met along the route. a few months ago randy set a clock to mark how many days he had left until retirement and is proud to announce the clock now reads zero. he looks sharp. i like that. >> 50 years old and gets to retire. lucky him. >> happy for him. that does it for us at 6:00. thank you for joining us. the following is a paid advertisement from starvista entertainment and time life. there was a time when folk music was heard all across america. from coffee houses to concert halls, a new generation of folk groups, singers and songwriters changed the sound of music forever. ♪ walk right in, sit right down ♪ ♪ daddy, let your mind roll on ♪ ♪ well, did he ever return, no, he never returned ♪ ♪ and his fate is still unlearned ♪ ♪ i'm leaving on a jet plane ♪ ♪ i don't know when i'll be back again ♪ ♪ ♪ oh babe, i hat

a postal inspector tells wusa9, the letter carrier was attacked by two men. we are told he was tied up and attacked. his injuries were bad enough that he was taken to the hospital. the postal inspector tells the attacker took something, but we're not sure what was taken. we'll have a live report coming up at 7:00, lesli, back to you. >> a former teacher convicted of child pornography says he will spend the rest of his life doing money for sentencing for his time. the grounds of the washington national cathedral. child porn was found on a school camera he used. he fled the country and after five years on the run, he was captured and pleaded guilty to those charges. he faces at least 22 years in prison. >> the fate of a controversial bill in arizona now resting in the hands of that state's republican governor. >> that bill would allow business owners in arizona to deny service to any customer on the basis of their personal religious beliefs. karen capa has the latest on the debate. >> opponents call it descrim nay descrimnatory. whether a bill allowing business

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a british lord in charge of it, and he at one point tried to fire one of transport workers in the postal system and she got furious and you would him and said you can't fire my people, and by the way, you are slowing down the postal system and just get out of the way. answer here is a picture of deborah franklin telling off the lord who is in the palm of her hand. but she was a very astute businesswoman. and she ran all of what were hers and ben franklin's businesses, which were essentially printing shops which were like franchises. a franchise is like mcdonald's, right, there are lots of them. they went up to the frontier which was western pennsylvania and ben franklin very grateful to her for being such a good businesswoman. he kept writing to her and saying you are a fortune to me. you do wonderful thing. she gets in, would you please come home from england? i'm lonely here and i would really like you to come home. he wouldn't. and then some of the friends and neighbors thought that he was not really fighting hard enough against the stamp act. does anybody know what the stamp act was?

postal carrier attacked and robbed and beaten on his own route in northeast d.c. yesterday. now he's out of the hospital after treatment for minor injuries. the u.s. postal inspection service is offer being a $50,000 reward for -- offering a $50,000 reward for information leading to arrest and conviction of the two attackers. this sadly was the third attack on a u.s. mail carrier in this region in the last three months. in november nail carrier tyson barnett was murdered while -- mail carrier tyson barnett was murdered while out delivering the mail in prince george's county. >>> the abuse case at a woodbridge daycare takes a closer step towards trial and a judge says there is probably cause to move the case to circuit court. two former caretakers at the minnieland academy at the glenn face two counts of child cruelty. in testimony two former employees say the women abused the children including spraying toddlers with water, stepping on their toes and hitting them with objects. the charges involve three children, but at least nine children were affected. the defense attorneys

a former postal worker shot and killed seven people, six of them at this postal facility before taking her own life. >> and now to oakland where christin ayers shows us a particularly violent day and a gunman on a transit bus. >> reporter: a bullet ridden bus stopped on the street after being caught in the cross fire. the driver too dramatized to talk to us. it started at a fight on this bus stop at 78 and bancroft. then someone started shooting. >> i heard gunshots. >> one right after the other. >> reporter: the shooting didn't start until the two men got off the bus. you can see one bullet hole braised the side of the bus. another hit the top. a third pierced the windshield. no one on the bus was hurt, but one of the men in the argument was shot and later died at the hospital. someone drove him about a mile away where police hound him. they removed his clothes and tried to give him cpr but it was too late. the shooting coming on a particularly violent day in east oakland. at least four people were hurt or killed in five hours. police say the shootings are not connected, but they were

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postal service will release a commemorative postage stamp featuring apple co-founder steve jobs. the postal service appears to be transitioning toward pop culture for new stamp subjets. - along with jobs, slain gay rights leader harvey milk, musician jimi hendrix and tv host johnny carson are listed as in design development for new stamps. grab some hand sanitzier...more americans are coming to work sick! according to a survey by health organization n-s-f international about a quarter of employees go to work while ill. the majority of respondants worried work would pile up in their absence. others said they simply can not afford to take the time off. a smaller percentage say their boss actually expect them to work healthy or not. still to come: the evolution of the trading floor... why some traders long for the days of hustle and bustle. drama on the field moves to the courtroom as college athletes push to unionize. and after the break.... find out who on wall street is getting a fat raise. we'll be right back! i'm going to pass chemistry, and i'll take it from there. i'm going t

. >> neighbors talking to news4 about the attack on a postal worker in d.c. tonight, a big reward for information that leads to the arrest. >> president obama drew the line today for afghan president hamid karzai. sign a bill lateral security agreement to protect american troops or the u.s. will completely pull out of afghanistan by the end of the year. steve handelsman is live on capitol hill with concerns about what that could mean for the future of al qaeda. >> reporter: for homeland security. in 12 years there's been more than 2300 american dead. the pentagon, commander in chief still don't like the idea of pulling all american forces out. but it's now become their new plan. president obama is fighting to save his original plan for afghanistan. it's being wrecked by afghan president hamid karzai, who's enraging many in washington. >> now, karzai, i don't think anybody knows what game he is playing. >> reporter: 26,000 u.s. forces will leave afghanistan by december. but the obama plan would keep 8,000 u.s. forces in the country as trainers. the afghan army

postal service is hoping the late steve jobs can help boost its bottom line. washington post reports jobs is one of several people being honored with a commemorative stamp. it's still under development but the postal service hopes that apple fans will buy and collect the stamps. >>> coming up in our 5:00 hour, kicked out over a t-shirt. the >> we continue to follow that breaking news. firefighters on the scene of a fast moving fire until san leandro. alex savidge is there on the scene gathering information. he will have an update in a few minutes. >> and a police chase that just ended on 680 at sycamore valley road turned into an accident. that off rap is something you want to -- that off ramp is something you want to avoid right now. >> skies are clear so temperatures today will warm up. >>> alameda county firefighters working on a house fire in san leandro. >>> deadly shooting in san jose. what police are saying happened moments before that has the shooter claiming self-defense. >>are live in san francisco where one girl scout has decided to get creative and

a spokesperson for the postal service says that they've seen this going on in belmont, really across the bay area into the central valley, with thieves looking for things like cash, credit cards and checks. and they say here are some things you can do. >> you can invest in a locking mailbox, but you have to get permission from the post office first. you can get a p.o. box. participate in a local neighborhood watch group. the chance of the mail theft are low, but if it happens to you or your neighbor, one instance is one too many. >> police are saying that people that have had their mail stolen would be notified on february 7th on how to get their mail back. people are reporting it more and that's really the key to this. go to the police department or sheriff's department, let them know what you think is going on. you can also go to the post office and get a mail theft complaint form. they say that's key for them because then they can track where it's happening and it will help them with their investigation. they also say that this time of year, tax documents are awfully attractive. >

postal workers serving the millions of people living in the capital kabul are under pressure. perhaps for some unexpected reasons. nhk was less a pc that has this report on the unusual challenges they face. in kabul crazy show areas near the city center did not have street names or even proper others. homemade him in this neighborhood and even buildings have no addresses this makes operating the postal service something of a challenge. these are the leaders which arrived in kabul today so it is. somehow i just put some hope is that this is just a stone the alteration in his acceptance his two hundred thousand. and while movies and on the receiving solve mysteries. behind french hospital about half of the elect is arriving in kabul to know how full of receipts. forty six year old muhammad rashid is a bit troublesome. he has a key role in helping these collectors. houses and apartments up from two small areas filled with narrow streets like a giant mates oh yes hundred illegally man cover the city's population holds for me. the his return to sender. if the recipients are not loc

to anyone who -- reward is being offered to anyone who can find two gunmen who beat and robbed a postal worker tuesday while working his northeast d.c. route. he's out of the hospital now. the gunman took some of that man's personal belongings. it's not clear if they stole mail. the u.s. postal service is putting up that money to anyone who can help police nab the bad guys. >>> patty sailor has been honored by the national downs syndrome society. her son ethan who had the disorder died after a fight with police over a $12 movie ticket. they asked wusa9 debra alfarone to give the award since our exclusive coverage. >> i am tireless in my advocacy for him, but i'm not doing this alone. there's a full machine of people behind me and with me and holding me up. yes, it is bittersweet. i wouldn't call it a celebration. s before. >>> today a -- >> >>> today a judge found probable cause to send a daycare child abuse case to a grand jury and that panel will consider allegations against two women who used to work at the minnieland academy at the glen in woodbridge. there was testimony today sara