the postal service should focus on changes which provide the greatest savings with the least service disruption. my measure allows them flex tobility pursue needed cost cutting reform while ensuring they are not affected. i'm please the securing access to rural postal services act will be included in the comprehensive bill the postal reform act of 2013. i thank them for recognizing this unique set of challenges facing our rural community and the willingness too work with me on the important issue. i also want to acknowledge constructive input i have received over the last two years. i appreciate the many ideas chaired with me -- shared with me from industry workers postal workers themselves and patron of the postal service. congress must support a you are bust, efficient, and dynamic postal service. without responsible legislation, the postal service will not be able to return solvent sincerity. i'm confident the committee will produce a comprehensive reform bill which provides standard for consumers, opportunity for businesses and stability for the postal service. i'm committed to c

constitution actually gives the deral government to r a postal service unlike the housing and department of agriculture. but that doesn't moan it has to. look at countries like germ no that has privatid postal system. and canada privatized the air traffic control. and sweden private schools are taking over there. and australia privatizedthe social security system. this is the way of the future if we want low cost government with better services. if someone is live nothing a rural aa they should pay more just like if you live in the city pay for mass transit. >> by the way, 90 percent of the mail is siness junk mail. sabripa, what do you make of dan mitchell's point. would a local rural individual have to pay more if you privatized? >> we don't set policy based on the outloyers inhe marketplace, businesses that don't adapt fail all of the time. blockbuster was a bad business mod and he will failed to modern noise and net flicks came in and replaced them, the problem is, the u.s. postal service h to beg and barter with congress. it is an inefficient system and should be privatized and more

other people have routine access to i think that would key or it your -- the postal service to have the universal service needs that right. if it doesn't have that right. that will deor it rate very fast in the country. >> thank you very much. thank you, mr. chairman. i yield back. >> i thank the gentleman. we go to the gent gentleman from texas. >> thank you very much. i appreciate you being here. i'll start with -- [inaudible] all right. there was some testimony earlier on, i'm sorry i forget that as a result of some of the consolidation and maybe part of the question. there have been substantial delays in getting product delivered. have you noticed that? your experience and customer? >> i would say over the last two years perform has been before the than it's ever been. a couple years ago they put in a system to monitor perform. i want to be clear i'm speak about catalog and magazine and district mail. we haven't seen the disruption as they have -- we have better visibility to get the destruction and cat them quickly. it's actually been quite good. we're talking a lot about giving th

those joks are at risk. >> reporter: the postal service says it is in poor financial shape because ofhe bad economy and a steady decline in mail volume and has had to make hard decisions. >> what about people who don't have internet service. or who had it and can no longer afford it. >> reporter: residents say the post office which is on the national register of historic places is part of the berkeley center. the u.s. postal service has said its debt could reach $45 billion by 2017 if congress does not pass legislation that allows them to change their business model. live in berkeley, kimberly terry, nbc bay area news. >>> thank you. new at 11:00, a controversial ordinance that would make it illegal is now headed to the city council for consideration. a large crowd gathered today on both sides of the issue. those who support the proposed ban say it addresses concerns over the aggressive and unsanitary behavior of some people who live in their cars. those against the ban say it criminalizes behavior and people who are facing tough economic times. >> perhaps car dwelling could remain he

>> reporter: in april, the postal service announced plans to sell the historic building, built in 1914nown for its murals and florentine architectural detail. >> it is no different than our national monument, our national forest. what's next? yellowstone brought to you by at&t? i don't think so! >> it's a beautiful building and i'm sure the long history here, but it seems like for me as an architect, i'm excited for the reuse of this building. >> reporter: the pending sale of this and other post offices across the country are cost- cutting measures. the postal service says it's lost $25 billion over the last five years. >> to them, public space is wasted space. to them, this post office is wasted space until it is privatized. >> reporter: to make their point, demonstrators pitched a couple of tents to let the postal service know their intent. protesters say they don't want to interrupt post office business, but do want the post office to know they are in this for the long haul and plan to stay here until the post office is not sold. noelle walker, ktvu, channel 2news in berkeley. >>> m

so far the postal service is declining to comment on its mail tracking program, but word of its existenceomes just weeks after the nsa admitted it's been keeping track of the phone calls americans make and receive. >> a program that captures all the mail sent by every american to every other american is a very broad and expansive program just to capture a few bad guys. >> reporter: actually, opening mail requires a court order, but collecting data on what's on every envelope in the system, 160 billion pieces each year, for use in future investigations is now standard procedure. tom costello, nbc news, washington. >>> tonight, hollywood is mourning the loss of a bright, young star. cory monteith, who rose to fame on "glee," the 31-year-old actor was found dead late yesterday. a cause of death has yet to be determined, though monteith had spoken openly about a long struggle with addiction. nbc's mike taibbi has our report. ♪ living in a lonely world >> reporter: cory monteith was a likeable star of a show so likeable that "glee" was a ratings hit for fox in its debut season in 2009. but whe

the postal service is critical to our economy. ail, medicine and packages, yet they're closing thousands of offices, slashing service and want to layoff over 100,000 workers. the postal service is recording financial losses, but not for reasons you might think. the problem? a burden no other agency or company bears. a 2006 law that drains $5 billion a year from post office revenue while the postal service is forced to overpay billions more into federal accounts. congress created this problem, and congress can fix it. [ male announcer ] a family that vacations together, sunscreens together. find a hilton everywhere you want to go with rates as low as $109 per night. book now at hilton.com/getaway. >>> welcome back to the second half of "out front." we start with stories where we focus on our reporting from the front lines, and i want to begin with what's happening at this moment. israeli and palestinian leaders are gathering in washington. they're going to sit down tonight together at the negotiating table for the first time in thre

the postal service is critical to our economy. delivering mail, medicine and packages, yet they're closing thousands of offices, slashing service and want to layoff over 100,000 workers. the postal service is recording financial losses, but not for reasons you might think. the problem? a burden no other agency or company bears. a 2006 law that drains $5 billion a year from post office revenue while the postal service is forced to overpay billions more into federal accounts. congress created this problem, and congress can fix it. >>> welcome back to "the lead." in politics, add this to anthony weiner's problems. mr. carlos danger is in hot water with the clintons. the political power couple is reportedly livid with mr. weiner. a source close to the clintons say they're upset because they care about his wife, huma abedin, a long time aide to the former secretary of state. let's bring in our panel. paul, the clintons reportedly say that this is not political, they're just worried about their friend. but there is something political af

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when a new tenant comes in we notify the postal service of the new tenant and we are able to box and then that is how the mail is delivered to each of those locations. so, 865 is the general address for all tenants whether they are in building one or two. and 845, 865, and if the tenant does not request a mail box it is not there but it will show up on the distribution list because that is just how the floor plans are of the center. >> i understand the mail box. >> our box is in there, on even though we are physically located in 845, market street and our address is 865 and we have a mail box that says... >> yes. >> correct. >> i have a question since you are back up here. given that there was this two weeks when the kettle corn was operating and appeal could have been filed, were you aware of that cart having started business? >> i personally was not employed by west field at the time. so i was not aware of that until i i started approximately eleven months ago. and that is we had already been working with mary on this issue. >> but then apparently nobody else or whoever your predec

>> reporter: in april the postal service announced plans to sell the historic building, built in 1914 and known for its muellers and floretine architectural details. >> it's no different than our national monuments, our national forests, what next? yellowstone brought to you by at&t. i don't think so. >> i know in berkeley people love to protest. it's a beautiful building and i'm sure it's a long history here, but it seems like for me an architect i'm excite phid reuse of the building. >> reporter: pending sale of this and other post offices across the country are cost-cutting measures and the postal service says it lost $25 billion over the past five years. >> to them publication space is wasted space. to them, this post office is wasted space until it is privatized. >> reporter: to make their point, demonstrators pitched a couple of tents to let the postal service know their "intents." protesters say they don't want to interrupt post office business, but they do want the post office to know that they are in this for the lock haul and plan to stay here until the post office is not so

mail goes into cluster woulds like those in apartment complexes and the postal service says they lose15 billion a year on door-to-door delivery but the letter union says this would cost jobs and hurt elderly and shuttin's. >> did you book a summer get away? autumn could be a bet time anyway. >> thank you for the advice. jane king is at the new york stock exchange with that and a preview of facebook earnings. >> jane? >> i love to travel in the fall. the weather is is better. investors will watch facebook, an improvement in mobile revenue which they have struggled since may of last year. the total revenue is expected to grow to $1.62 billion and earnings forecast at 16 cents a share up from 12 cents. they will address the new format and products. stocks show we higher today, tut by were, but it give us a new report and the dow will close if positive territory and the silicon valley index is trading up quite a bit. look at that, 1.75 percent and apple is the big story for the local index today. now, remember when going to a movie was a lot cheaper this "usa today" says the average ticke

the postal service is recording financial losses, but not for reasons you might think. the problem? a burden no other agency or company bears. a 2006 law that drains $5 billion a year from post office revenue while the postal service is forced to overpay billions more into federal accounts. congress created this problem, and congress can fix it. >>> our second story, a developing story in arkansas tonight. a second jailbreak has just been confirmed in that state. two prisoners escaped from the jackson county jail early monday morning. now, this comes on the heels of a bold escape on sunday in garland county caught on tape. i mean, watch this. and the guy just sprints off. authorities are looking for 33-year-old derek estelle. he escaped with the help of an accomplice, but i mean, that video is just incredible. the guy squeezing but a window. and he is at large. david mattingly is out front with the details. >> reporter: look quick. in less time than it takes to tell you what happened, arkansas inmate derek estelle was out of jail, out the front door and off to who knows where. it ha

postal service should have known that he was doping. that is his defense for $120 million lawsuit filed by the postal service. the suit claims armstrong defrauded the government by using performance-enhancing drugs. well, armstrong told the "des moines rental stgister" he was by public reaction when he admitted the drug use. >> the reaction and the fallout was more than i expected but that's life. i'm a big boy. >> hmm. earlier today two "wall street journal" reporters who have covered armstrong talked with my colleague, carol costello, about this lawsuit. >> i mean, it basically says you can't sue us for, you can't sue me for defrauding you because basically my fraud was all over the news, and there were rumors of it. >> it's interesting that his lawyers are arguing essentially the u.s. postal service renewed its sponsorship at a time when there were allegations about lance's doping. most of the allegations though were covered in europe but didn't make their way to the united states and the postal service in fact did renew the sponsors

do you see the postal service mentioned that congress or the federal government can establish a postalce. >> with all due respect, anything created by ben franklin, i'm going to back a little bit. >> sure p b. the government doesn't need monopoly. royal mail end the monopoly six years ago. there is no reason why that the government should be running a business. >> but there are people by choice or necessity who have to live or want to live in certain areas that would be completely unprofitable for any private organization to service mail to should they be left out in the cold probably literally. >> do you think amazon does not deliver passages to their house? are they left out of the cold of the other delivery systems? >> amazon will deliver if it's a profitable transaction only. if it's a moneney loser, i doub they would. >> show me where in the united states amazon doesn't send to. the postal service should are the opportunity fto decide whether they want to keep a physical location or not. they don't have that ability. congress has to micro manage this because everybody has a rural

the postal service is critical to our economy.ing mail, medicine and packages, yet they're closing thousands of offices, slashing service and want to layoff over 100,000 workers. the postal service is recording financial losses, but not for reasons you might think. the problem? a burden no other agency or company bears. a 2006 law that drains $5 billion a year from post office revenue while the postal service is forced to overpay billions more into federal accounts. congress created this problem, and congress can fix it. ♪ the world watched as britain's most eligible bachelor, prince william, married kate middleton. it was a day of mixed emotions as he told abc's katie couric. >> honestly, it was one of those days where you feel very elated and completely terrified. the prospect of 2 billion people watching was quite daunting. my brother was cracking some very bad jokes trying to settle my nerves. >> to me, it was a real love story. it was a true love match. and this was the fairy tale wedding we had all hoped for, and we all hope

the postal service is recording financial losses, but not for reasons you might think. the problem? no other agency or company bears. a 2006 law that drains $5 billion a year from post office revenue while the postal service is forced to overpay billions more into federal accounts. congress created this problem, and congress can fix it. >>> welcome back to the second half of "out front." we start with stories where we focus on our reporting from the front lines, and i want to begin with what's happening at this moment. israeli and palestinian leaders are gathering in washington. they're going to sit down tonight together at the negotiating table for the first time in three years. the last time they tried, those talks collapsed in just a month. they didn't get anywhere. the goal is to establish a palestinian state in the way that works for israel. president obama says the talks are a promising step forward, but expert aaron david miller tells us the gap on the core issues are wide, mistrust between israelis and palestinians is deep. think grand canyon. however, he, along with others,

the postal service is recording financial losses, but not for reasons you might think. the problem? burden no other agency or company bears. a 2006 law that drains $5 billion a year from post office revenue while the postal service is forced to overpay billions more into federal accounts. congress created this problem, and congress can fix it. peace of mind is important when so we provide it services you bucan rely on. with centurylink as your trusted it partner, you'll experience reliable uptime for the network and services you depend on. multi-layered security solutions keep your information safe, and secure. and responsive dedicated support meets your needs, and eases your mind. centurylink. your link to what's next. congestion, for it's smog. but there are a lot of people that do ride the bus. and now that the busses are running on natural gas, they don't throw out as much pollution to the earth. so i feel good. i feel like i'm doing my part to help out the environment. >>> threatening that you won't pay the bills in this country when we've already racked up those bills, that's

postal service. that's a tough charge. what's armstrong's defense? >> lance armstrong now says the postal service should have known he was doping. >> he's saying, "i lied. you should have known that i lied." >> john: wow. that's his defense? this guy has got a lot of ball. [ cheers and applause ] he's pleading so guilty it's your fault for not knowing how guilty he is. is he arguing any mitigating circumstances? >> i know it was an unfortunate period in our sport. unfortunately for me, i came, you know, right smack dab in the middle of that period. >> john: you know what? he's right. that is the real tragedy here. i think we all owe lance armstrong an apology for making him win seven tour de frances earning millions of dollars in the process during such an unfortunate period in the sport he chose to participate in. all right. on the basis of this world record narcissism i find the defendant a giant douche. jason. [ cheers and applause ] jason, please call our final defendant. >> sure will, judge johnny. the court calls joseph r. biden,, jr., the dela

he says ending door to door service will save the cash strapped postal service $4.5 billion a year. opponents say it will make it harder for the disabled and elderly. >>> a judge will now hold a hearing today to figure out whether retired public employees could actually block the filing. detroit's emergency manager wants the judge to put a hold on several lawsuits including chapter 9 bankruptcy saying that it violates the state's constitution. city workers there are concerned the filing will lead to cuts in their retirement benefits. >>> apple is the stock to watch this morning. the cupertino company -- for more details we turn to hampton pierson, good morning, hampton. >> how are you doing, laura? yeah, picking up on what you were talking about, watching apple shares today, the quarterly profits fell sharply as revenue rose slightly. but apple sold 31 million iphones, but most of those sales were of older iphone models. apple doesn't make as much money off those apple devices which are typically discounted. apple's forecast for the current quarter isn't exactly wowing wall street a

new possibilities on the way to help cut costs for the postal service. >>> i'm scott budman. google has created a living room setting because it wants to dominate your living room. a new way to screen content from the internet to your television. >>> exactly 100 days after that horrific nightmare the last boston bombing victim is finally home from the hospital. 34-year-old mark fukuro was released from the hospital. he lost a leg. his body is full of shrapnel. he says he is eager to get back to his regular life. that attack killed three people and injured more than 360 others including a 12-year-old boy from martinez. >>> the controversial nsa program that collects phone records will be allowed to continue. as for edward snowden who leaked the classified documents to the media he is still in limbo. today his lawyer visited him at the moscow airport and advised him the russian government has not refused his request for asylum but has not granted it so for now snowden will remain at the airport's area where he has been hiding out for a month now. >>> the new flights seem to be

postal service logging all mail for law enforcement. a postal service program created after anthrax attacks gathers photos of the exterior of every piece of paper mail processed in the nation. that is about 160 billion pieces last year. >>> and the "boston globe," for some, holiday brings echoes of marathon terror. nearly three months after the marathon bombings, some witnesses are struggle with booms and flashes from fireworks. >>> topping our news, president obama says he is deeply concerned with egypt's military ousting of president mohamed morsi. he is urging a shift back to a democratic government. the president is also ordering a review of the $1.5 billion in aid we send to egypt every year. >>> with further unrest likely, the state department has ordered all nonessential u.s. diplomats and the families of all american embassy personnel to leave the country. >>> in lima, peru, a 4,000-year-old pyramid is no more. this is what is left of a 20-foot tall structure. it looked like a beautiful structure before but really nothing is lef

women see a big difference after the >> shoppers in san francisco will feel the pinch of the postal service belt tightening when they begin to close several post offices starting july 21 on sundays. lake shore plaza will close sundays starting august 4, and the airport station on westfield will end sunday service on august 11. the postal service is get less demand as people buy stamps from private retailers. >> the ferry terminal is expense, growing pains. ridership is growing at a rate of 6 percent to 8 percent. to make room, ferry officials are looking to add a 7:00 a.m. run, a shuttle bus from sir francis drake boulevard corridor and paid parking. a transportation committee will hear the plan tomorrow. the entire golden gate bridge board could approve the plan on friday. >> we have the low clouds out there and we will check with mike on visibility. >> what is going on? >> we are looking from mount tamalpais with more as we look to the east across san pablo than we could yesterday. so where the fog is out there, it is dense but not covering all of our neighborhoods. 24 hour temperature ch

so right now the postal service spend $353 a year walking the mail up to each house.he bill proposes changing that curbside delivery for $224 a year or those clustered boxes often at end of a driveway or apartment complex lobby. that is $160 a year. now the proposal has the support of the postmaster general. the house oversight committee says it will not affect or cause any layoffs because what they're saying is there are thousands of postal service workers currently eligible for retirement. they will just eliminate those positions in this proposal once they have retired. of course many of the unions and other post office supporters don't like this idea very much because it would reduce size of the postal service significantly, martha. martha: all right. jo ling, thank you. >> reporter: thank you. martha: we'll see what happens to the local post office. bill: i would say in our lifetime the mailbox will be extinct. martha: i agree. 8% of what comes in the mail is of actual interest. bill: that could be too. >>> we've got a mysterious i willness sickening hundreds in a

postal service. lance armstrong's lawyer offers an eye-popping defense this week to get this case dismissed. i want to you read this quote. the government wanted a winner and all the publicity, exposure and acclaim that goes along with being his sponsor. it got what it bargained for. >> the will to win, working harder, being more successful. folks who are narcissistic feel they can get away with it and then it becomes not getting caught, not the act of cheating. >> it's the summer of lies. every newspaper, the front page, every blog is about how we've been lied to, who is cheating, who is being punished, who is trying to dodge punishment. even on wall street, we're talking about sec charges, we're talking about fines for hal burton. we're talking about all kinds of different things. i'm speechless. >> your brain is hurting from all the lying. >> the good news is they're getting caught, right? and there is moral outrage about it and we're having this conversation. this isn't okay, this isn't how we pl

. >> since ben franklin the postal service has grown and changed with america.a government monopoly. >> if they fired people they would say this. >> they are hell bent on seeing the u.s. postal service die. >> they would wait for workers to quit or retire. >> attrition is kinder that's why you do it? >> we have union contracts that have no layoff provisions in it and so forth. >> how can you run a business that way? >> part of being -- >> private delivery services like fed-ex continue to thrive while postal service bleeds billions. >> fed-ex and others make billions because they innovate and cut costs. postal officials like mikey barnett tried to do that tried to close money losers like these. >> why weren't they closed long ago? >> political pressure. >> close post offices no way. save billions by adjusting benefit payments? not a chance. >> these politicians aren't dumb. what are they thinking? >>> oo they can't be so shortsighted. they are supposed to be responsible. >> if the post office can charge anything it wanted it would operate -- >> why do they say th

not bailing out the postal service will be a start. tracy: thank you so much for taking the time to be with us. no one needs the victoria's secret catalogs. still to come, how you can save money the next time you rent a car. the federal government wants to tell you and the automaker what you should be doing inside your car, but is this talking technology all it is cracked up to be? we will be right back. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] if y can't stand the heat, get off the test track. get the mercedes-benz you've been burning for at the summer event, going on now at your authorized mercedes-benz dealer. but hurry, offers end july 31st. tracy: if you own a newer car, it might be tracking you. american automakers have been putting data recorders known as black boxes in cars since the mid-90s now most new cars have them. the federal government wants on the passenger vehicles to detain these black boxes and technology. to break it down for a scotty's negative editor at cars.com. it sounds really freaky. where is this black box? >> the black bo

the postal service loses $15 billion on that delivery. the union says the proposal would cost jobs and hurt elderly and shuttin' customers. >> we may know the name of the officer pepper spraying dug an ok pay protester in 2011, a court says there is no reason to keep the names confidential. the officers union has 40 days to appeal to the state supreme court. >> a two-year-old girl is recovering after a coyote attack bitten and dragged a short distance at forest lawn memorial park in cypress. her mother was only feet an and says she screamed and lunged and the coyote let go. the child was treated for a gash and given shots. officials later killed three coyotes found nearby. >> the maker of a line of salsa sold at dollar tree is recalling the product after large glass pieces were found in some of the jars. fresno based company is recalling the salsa with best buy dates of june 2015 and october of 2015. the medium chunky is being recalled with the best buy date of july 2015 with no injuries reported. no illnesses, either. this information is

postal service reverses its decision to sell. the u.s.tal service blamed the closure on the down economy and a steady decline in mail. protesters argue it just doesn't make sense to sell the 52,000 square foot building just to pay rent nearby. >> we're saying that this is public space and how dare they try to sell it off for private profit? this is a public service that's been around for 238 years. >> part of the demonstration included teach-ins on the privatization of public services as well. the u.s. postal service said its debt could reece $235 billion if congress doesn't pass legislation. >> coming up at 7:00, the deadline is looming. now just one week between us and another b.a.r.t. strike. the latest on the negotiations. plus new information about b.a.r.t. worker wages coming up. >> all the day's news coming up at 7:00. we'll see you in a half hour. ♪ ♪ oh i swear to you i'll be there for you this is not a drive by ♪ >>> we're back on a sunday morning, july 28th, 2013. it's on the cloudy side on the plaids z plaza. we want to say go

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delivering mail is the postal service's largest fixed cost at $30 billion. ending door-to-door delivery would save $4.5 billion each year. in our earnings watch, ups reports customers are putting the brakes on expensive shipping options. the delivery company posted profits that came up shy. chemical company dupont turned in a 12% decline in earnings for the second quarter and is considering the sale or spinning off a chemical unit. radio shack topped revenue estimates, but losses widened as the electronic retailer struggles to turn around. and investors have an appetite for wendy's. the stock rose to a 5-year high on a better-than- expected profit. wendys is also introducing a pretzel burger and selling 425 stores to franchise owners. taco bell is canceling kids meals. the chain says it will instead focus on appealing to millennials. meanwhile, a new national effort is helping restaurants expand menus. the national restaurant association says more chains are offering healthier options for kids. it's not just chains jumping in on the trend. "we also have inde

postal service says it's getting less demand for retail services because consumers buy stamps from private retailers such as office depot and costo along with major supermarkets. >> the man nominated by the obama administration to become the next fbi director got a kbriling today on capitol hill about government surveillance programs. he said he was not aware of large scale monitoring but called it a valuable tool against terrorism. still, he agreed to work with congress to make changes on surveillance laws. >> pakistani government report blasted it's own for not stopping a u.s. raid that killed osama bin laden questioning why they allowed agents to be on the ground during the raid in pay, 2011 and it even accuses u.s. agents of chopping down nearby trees. the report details how bin laden live brd agents found him, bin laden apparently wore a cowboy hat outdoor that's disguise would make it harder for spy sat tlits identify him. >> president obama says he will consider what w.drawing all u.s. troops from afghanistan by the end of the year. a senior white house official made that statement

. >>> a new plan to save money for the postal service would drop one of its basic services. southern california congressman darrell issa is proposing an end to door-to-door mail delivery . under the plan, people would pick up their mail from cluster boxes in their neighborhoods. issa says it would save the postal service $4.5 billion a year. >>> there's mixed news in apple's quarterly report. it reported earnings of nearly $7 billion which beat wall street's expectations. it's still down 22% from last year. iphone sales were strong last quarter but ipad sales are down. >>> berkeley's labor commission meets today to talk about minimum wage. it's recommending an increase from $8 and hour to $10.55 more than a 20% increase. some restaurants want exemptions for employees who can earn hundreds of dollars a day in tips. >> right now, we pay servers $8 an hour, okay? but they are the highest wage earners in the restaurant because there's 44 states in the union that have a tipped wage law where you don't have to pay tipped employees the full minimum wage. if you go to new york city,

, it will not survive. >> the postal service could safe more than $4 billion a year.hopes to vote on the plan since november. >>> trader joe's is the favorite grocery store chain. the survey surveyed more than 6500 customers. publix and whole foods rounded out the top three stores. here in the western u.s., safeway ranked the highest. >>> the 99-year-old wrigley field got the green light today to undergo a $500 million renovation. that includes a giant tv set above the ivy-colored walls. however, the tv owners had to agree to not put anything that blocks view of the field on the rooftops. >>> today's city leaders announced that they will offer free wi-fi in public spaces. >> reporter: san franciscans will be able to stay connected while they're out enjoying the city's parks. wi-fi will soon be set up in 31 different parks and public spaces. >> in this modern age, it has to happen. it's the type of thing where everyone is just so used to it now. >> we want to make sure we continue to bridge our digital divide. >> reporter: supervisor mark farrell has spent the last two

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postal service reverses its decision. the u.s. postal service blamed the closure on the down economy and a steady decline in mail, which of course means less money for the usps. protesters argue it does not make sense to sell the 52,000 square foot building just to pay rent nearby. >> we're saying this is public space and how dare they try to sell it off for private profit. this is a public service that been around for 238 years. >> part of the demonstration included teach-ins on the privatization of public service as wep. the u.s. postal service said its debt could reach $45 billion by 2014 if congress does not pass legislation allowing the usps to change its business model. >> whatever you did in the last b.a.r.t. strike, get ready to do it again. bartd and its unions have one week before the temporary contract extension ends and there's still no deal in sight. while both sides continue to be at odds over employee pay raises, the mercury news reports this morning that b.a.r.t. workers top the list of the highest-paid transit ope

the postal service did in fact renew the sponsorship in november of 2000.ven so, he issued the vehement denials, and the post appear service renewed its sponsorship, spending $40 million essentially to sponsor lance and the team. >> so they didn't exactly investigate these charges, right? >> no, they didn't. that's one of the things he as arted in his lawyer. look, the time to investigate this was actually years ago. there were allegations in the press, as vanessa said, there was an investigation going on in france to whether or not the team was doping, and they just waited too long. that's another tenet to their legal argument, that this is past these statute of limitations. >> so the suit is, what, $120 million, vanessa? it makes me wonder what his finances are like. >> well, one of the interesting things about lance and this case is that also lance's lawyers are arguing that beyond what the postal service spend, the $40 million that was spent, they got a publicity value from lance that far exceeded what they spent on the sponsorship. that's one of the wa

postal service says it's getting less demand for retail services because consumers buy stamps from privateailers such as office depot and costo along with major supermarkets. >> the man nominated by the obama administration to become the next fbi director got a kbriling today on capitol hill about government surveillance programs. he said he was not aware of large scale monitoring but called it a valuable tool against terrorism. still, he agreed to work with congress to make changes on surveillance laws. >> pakistani government report blasted it's own for not stopping a u.s. raid that killed osama bin laden questioning why they allowed agents to be on the ground during the raid in pay, 2011 and it even accuses u.s. agents of chopping down nearby trees. the report details how bin laden live brd agents found him, bin laden apparently wore a cowboy hat outdoor that's disguise would make it harder for spy sat tlits identify him. >> president obama says he will consider what w.drawing all u.s. troops from afghanistan by the end of the year. a senior white house official made that statement toda