who rely heavily on the postal service. without, i urge my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to get behind the good of reform bill. maloney: thank you. i now recognize a postal worker who was a postal worker and a great partner for 30 years . you are recognize for your opening statement. >> i want to begin by thanking our chairwoman for partnerships as we have worked to craft this postal reform legislation. for years the financial situation facing the postal service has grown more and more dire during part two factors outside. he sees me, outside the control. i'm thrilled this committee is prioritizing the postal reform as one of its major initiatives during the 117th congress. reform provisions would provide the postal service with desperately needed financial assistance. i want to focus on another important aspect of this package. which are service standards and accountability spreading during my near 30 year career with the postal service, i and other postal workers took great pride in our efforts to meet our service

it created an enormous debt overhang on the postal service that is unnecessary and unique to the postals required to do that. and so it probably adds $5 billion to $6 billion a year in debt that is purely a paper requirement, and since congress created the problem, we need to fix it. >> yeah. and the other issue, of course, is this thirst for privatization and deregulation, and these are things that republicans call their bread and butter. dejoy specifically, because he was involved in businesses that compete with the postal service, there is a particular stench around him. if he were to, like, start selling off postal assets, when he left the gig, he would be in a position to maybe acquire some of those assets. do you think he ought to be investigated, number one, for what he did to the postal service, to the extent that he interfered with it, and to whether he himself has an interest in purchasing assets that may be sold off by him? >> certainly i believe there ought to be a thorough examination of his behavior and his actions that led to the disruption and delay of mail. it really he

postal service cannot continue on its current footing but the visions for how to help the d.n.c. defer even as most believe the service is worth saving heidi joe castro al-jazeera washington. customs officials in germany and belgium say they've made one of europe's largest ever cocaine bust suff to seizing more than $23.00 tons of the drug 16 tons were found in containers that arrived in hamburg from paragon another 7 tons or found in belgium a suspect has been arrested in the netherlands where the shipments were headed prosecutors there say the cocaine had a street value of more than $730000000.00 spectators will be allowed to line the olympic torch relay route ahead of the tokyo games but cheering will be banned under coronavirus restrictions organizers say the relay which begins in the month will be a more subdued event fans must wear masks avoid crowding and watch the event near their homes last year the relay was scrapped just days before it was due to start with the olympics were both. the international olympic committee has named as the preferred candidate to host the 2032

postal service 22 years ago it was for the security of a government job and a chance to work closely with the public to be able to service the public and do something that i know is helping people every day has just always been apparent to me but lately she's been hearing more complaints from customers dealing with delayed mail who have met someone mail apparently been one city and it takes 3 or 4 or 5 days to get to the next city over only 38 percent of 1st class mail was delivered on time in late december according to postal service court filings that means everything from medications to bill payments arriving late and it's a problem that persists people have got their bills delayed and they've sent them to companies or utilities companies or utilities are charging late fees. small businesses that once depended on the u.s. postal service to ship products are also suffering marilyn boutique owner fares on jagger says many of the gift orders she received before christmas weren't delivered in time even pathway past the holidays we would get e-mails where is my gift that it received the

postal service cannot continue on its current footing but the visions for how to help the d.n.c. defer even as most believe the service is worth saving heidi joe castro al-jazeera washington france scientists are calling for a troll a fishing to be paused because a record number of dolphins more than 400 have been found dead since the start of the year research as and laura shell on the atlantic coast said the animals were disease free but were bruised and showed other signs of trauma they're asking for a winter moratorium on the use of large fishing nets which can reach up to 10 meters deep. europe's most active volcano has been putting on one of its most spectacular displays in recent memory not not on the italian island of sicily has been spewing lava and ash into the air for more than a week okinawa just say this level of activity is rare but poses no serious threat to nearby populations. a quick check of the headlines here on al-jazeera new research shows the johnson and johnson vaccine is highly effective in preventing severe cases of cope with 19 the single shot job to get

postal service cannot continue on its current footing but the visions for how to help the d.n.c. defer even as most believe the service is worth saving heidi joe castro al-jazeera washington now on at could all riots have broken out at 3 prisons leaving at least $75.00 inmates dead the fighting is being blamed on gang rivalries in these overcrowded facilities which together has almost 3 quarters of the country's present population or about many reports. families wait tell scientists prison desperately news as the police and military moved into a stew. that solved a gun battles a knife fights broke out between rival gangs battling for control of 3 prisons on monday night dozens of people were killed in the bloodshed others of fighting for their lives in hospital there are reports of prisons posing with the bodies of their rifles ecuador's president lana moreno took to social media to blame the riots on criminal organizations he said it to range to exercise control of firearms and explosives around the prisons. in the largest city wide you police patrols bomb squads of helicopters s

host: what is customer service line for the postal service -- what is customer service like for the postalvice? guest: that is a very frustrating situation. we have all had not great experiences. people trust their letter carriers. you hear management talk about this a lot. that interaction with someone that they trust, that they know. they know the people in their neighborhood. they develop a relationship. it is something that helps give this huge behemoth of an organization of faith to a lot of people. there are some frustrating experiences like this caller is talking about. generally, i think the letter carriers try to do what they can to accommodate people. they have very stringent routes that they have to run and timing that they have to meet. that is how their performance is evaluated. sometimes, due to no fault of their own, they have to take shortcuts. i cannot speak directly to this situation, of course. host: kelly in pittsburgh. caller: hi. one thing i never hear anyone talk about is that the post office is really a retail business. yet, i have lived in four states. i have been

postal service is facing a financial cliff after years of declining revenues. how congress is now working to keep the postal system running. >>plus shutting down after more than 30 years in business why fry's >>another company taking a toll from the pandemic after 36 years in business fry's electronics is shutting its doors this nationwide company was founded in the south bay. it has 31 stores across the nation in 9 different states fry's electronics release a statement saying that the business is not being put up for sale instead the company is hoping that shutting down will maximize the value of its remaining assets for all stakeholders this morning on makers and labor leaders held a news conference to push for an expansion of paid sick leave for essential workers. >>employer mandated covid-19 specific emergency paid sick leave expired on december 31st. >>labor leaders say essential employees you don't have paid sick leave or put in the position of having to choose between working while sick. we're losing money local representatives say essential workers also

the house oversight and reform committee, louis dejoy was back defending his leadership of the postal service was hard pressed to explain how that would improve service. he was confident he would remain the postmaster general under this new administration. >> finally, mr. dejoy, you are a political appointee, a holdover. no one knows how much longer your board -- >> that's incorrect. i'm not a political appointee. i was selected by a bipartisan board of governors and i would really appreciate if you would get that straight. >> well, how much longer are you planning to stay? >> a long time. get used to me. >> not so fast, dejoy. today president biden announced three nominees to the postal service board of governors that would give democrats control and the power to fire dejoy and name a new postmaster general. who are these nominees that are being added to the board or being nominated to the board? >> yeah. well, these three folks include the former general counsel for a leading postal workers union. we have amber mcremember nalds, a voting rights activist and ron strolman. until two weeks bef

postal service cannot continue on its current footing but the visions for how to help the d.n.c. defer even as most believe the service is worth saving heidi joe castro al-jazeera washington. facebook has pledged to invest at least $1000000000.00 in the news industry over the next 3 years just days after causing outrage by banning news content in australia the social media company has now restored australian news pages after winning concessions from the government over a proposed law that would make tech giants pay for content the weeklong blackout also ended up blocking government accounts and code $19.00 information pages on facebook the temporary ban shocked the global news industry german officials say they've seized a record amount of cocaine the largest ever found in europe 16 metric tons were found in containers that arrived in hamburg from paraguay customs officials say it's also one of the biggest single seizures worldwide another $7.00 metric tons were found in belgium and a suspect has been arrested in the netherlands authorities in hamburg say the total street value am

postal service for 12 years. our letter carriers and postal workers shouldn't have to worry about their safety when they go to work. those who will see jose's name on the five points post office will remember him as the hero that he was, who went above and beyond his duty. for these reasons and many more, i am thankful first for the entire new mexico delegation for their support, and for chairwoman maloney and chairman raskin's swift work to move my bill that will name the post office at 1050 sunset road southwest in albuquerque to the floor and i urge my colleagues to vote in favor of h.r. 813, honoring mr. hernandez. and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman yields back the balance of her time. the gentleman from maryland is now recognized. mr. mfume: thank you, madam speaker. i have no other speakers on this side. i do want to thank the gentlewoman from new mexico for being here, as the secretary-designate of the interior department. this is a confirmation day. so to be

postal service 22 years ago it was for the security of a government job and a chance to work closely with the public to be able to service the public and do something that i know is helping people every day has just always been apparent to me but lately she's been hearing more complaints from customers dealing with delayed mail or have met someone mail apparently been one city and it takes 3 or $45.00 days to get to the next city over only 38 percent of 1st class mail was delivered on time in late december according to postal service court filings that means everything from medications to bill payments are arriving late and it's a problem that persists people have got their bills delayed and they've sent them to companies or utilities companies utilities are then charging late fees. small businesses that once depended on the u.s. postal service to ship products are also suffering marilyn boutique owner fares on jagger says many of the gift orders she received before christmas weren't delivered in time even pathway past the holidays we were getting e-mails where is buying gift that it

postal service. and will the coronavirus outbreak in the french rugby squad cause sunday's 6 nations game with scotland to be cancelled find out with gemma and scores. how i once again is looking largely dry kosik apostle of the middle east although we do still have some rain sleet and snow in the forecast chafey that is going to be into iran a little area of cloud here but to sing some rather wintry weather center over the mountains push up into afghanistan and again we will see some snow heading towards kabul where temperatures will touch 13 degrees celsius but you can see clear skies coming in for many it brightens up nicely in iraq over towards the levant saudi arabia should be generally 5 and dry and not too bad here in qatar as well so harvard around $22.00 degrees let 40 back to around 21 on friday when speaking up of blowing what you have to simulate dust and sand as a result of that but to the south that generally try and that dry weather stretching down across the horn of africa generally d

as millions of americans who rely on the postal service wait for them to deliver. sarah harman, nbc news >>> when we come back, the amazing gift that brought this college basketball player and his coach to tears >>> there's good news tonight about hard work paying off and the college basketball player struggling to play tuition who had a life-changing surprise oklahoma state university basketball player dee mitchell thought he was taking a break from his shift at walmart last month to attend an online team meeting. >> we've got the entire team standing by here >> reporter: but head coach mike boynton had another idea >> i thought today was a great opportunity to let him know he's going to be on scholarship [ cheers and applause >> the scholarship surprise an emotional moment for dee >> you've worked your butt off, you never complained you show up early, you stay late >> let me take you back to that moment that we've all seen, right? what was that like >> definitely one of the biggest moments of my life i was very excited caught me off guard. i felt as though i was

postal service is facing financial disaster, congressman jerry connelly says a big part of the problem is the post office is required to pre-fund retiree benefits 75 years in advance the money sits on the treasury account waiting the from the health benefits of those. >>not yet born even when it could be used to fortify a struggling postal service representative carolyn maloney says the solution should include medicare integration. the draft bill would require current employees to enroll in medicare. >>when they reach 65 right retirees to are already over 65 would be given a 3 month period to enroll with no penalty but kentucky republican congressman james comer says the post office promised greater benefits to employees and the underlying problem is with the business model demand for first class mail has plunged and costs. >>have stayed the same. no business. could be expected to survive the chairman of the post office board of governors told lawmakers there is a plan in the works to deal with the financial problems as well as current service comprehensive plan to invest in and revita

these are attributes that we strive for daily at united states postal service, and i have great faithcommunity that we will only strengthen those attributes in the year ahead. over the years, we have established a proud tradition of introducing many lunar new year's stamps in the city of san francisco. we hope to continue that proud tradition for many years to come. on february 2, you can purchase this stamp at your local post office or from the convenience of your home at usps.com. i look forward to seeing you all at city hall next year and celebrating together with wonderful food, laughter, and company. i wish you stay safe, stay healthy, and have a prosperous new year. now it's my pleasure to introducing mayor london breed who will do us the honor of inveiling this -- unveiling this year's stamp. >> the hon. london breed: thank you, postmaster cooper. i am excited to continue this tradition. now i'm honored to be unveiling the year of the ox stamp as we ring in the new year. wow, what a beautiful stamp! you can purchase these at your local post office and add them to your collectio

he can only be fired by the postal service board of governors. basically, to call that question, basically, right as that hearing was ending, president biden announced, okay, then, three new nominees to the postal service board of governors! here they are. the postal service board of governors will absolutely be able to fire louis dejoy as soon as they are in the majority, which won't be long now, now that biden has announced these nominees. >>> in breaking news late tonight, msnbc's julia ainsley and jacob jacob soboroff are reporting that of the more than 600 kids still separated from their parents at the end of the trump administration, of those 611 kids, julia and jacob report tonight that the biden administration has already been able to find the parents of 105 of those children. now, it is -- you know, that's less than 20%, but it is something. the parents of 105 separated kids have been found since january, in the month that the biden administration has been in office. that means the parents of 506 separated migrant kids still haven't been

postal service is still struggling with service slowdowns. from under an avalanche of mail sent during the holiday season. dejoy addressed the delays and talked about the agency's successes. take a look. >> during this peak season, we fell far short of meeting our service targets. too many americans were left waiting for weeks for important deliveries of mail and packages. this is unacceptable. i am proud of the dedication of our employees who worked tirelessly to meet our public service mission during the most trying of circumstances. our performance during the election was tremendous. >> you remember the postmaster is the trump appointee whose delay became a major issue during the election as the postal service scrambled to deliver a record number of mail ballots on time. president biden is facing pressure to take steps to overhaul the postal service's governing leadership as a means of ousting dejoy. the white house says that's a priority for the administration. we will keep an eye on the hearing and bring you the headlines as they happen.

> in a series of letters to the white house, lawmakers have urged biden to remove and replace postal serviceovernors can. tuesday the american postal workers union ramping up the pressure calling on the administration to quickly fill the vacancies on the board. >> we're urging the president to act swiftly to fill the vacancies with strong, pro postal, pro worker, pro community and diverse members. that's within his power, and we hope that it will happen quickly. >> reporter: in a statement to cnn, a white house spokesperson said biden's team is working as quickly as possible to fill board vacancies so the usps can effectively fulfill its vital mission for the country and live up to the commitments made to its workers. but it's still unclear what this will ultimately mean for louis dejoy. >> i've learned that some democrats are actually at odds over what to do about dejoy. we have those that are calling for his removal but now there are some who are talking about taking a more moderate approach. working with dejoy to get some of this long-awaited postal service reform passed. alisyn? >> krist

this week, biden taking the first step, nominating three people to vacant seats on the postal serviceoard of governors, fulfilling a promise to diversify the entirely white male trump-appointed board. thursday the white house making it clear it's time for change. >> most americans would agree that the postal service needs leadership that can and will do a better job. he believes the leadership can do better, and we're eager to have the board of governors in place. >> reporter: the nominees come as dejoy is readying to release a new ten-year plan next month that could affect first class mail. >> you don't dispute that you are considering as part of your ten-year plan the elimination of the two-day delivery first class mail standard, are you? >> we are evaluating all service standards. >> reporter: at a contentious hearing, dejoy not revealing any details. >> well, it's unfortunate that's where you get your information because it's going toic ta more than that to fix the postal service. >> sir, "the washington post" sourced it from the -- >> "the washington post" is like many members he

postal service >> nationwide you probably noticed this delivery delays causing headaches for customersngress. stephanie gosk has the details on that. hi, stephanie. good morning >> reporter: good morning. you know, most of us probably take the postal service for granted. you throw something in the mailbox and it just gets there but over the last year crack started to show in the system. packages and letters sometimes showing up late and sometimes not showing up at all. the reality is that postal service is in deep financial trouble and there could be more changes and more delays coming the holiday season is long over, but the post office still can't seem to catch up >> over the course of the last few weeks we weren't getting any mail >> we get mail today he goes nope i said tomorrow? he goes nope >> reporter: on capitol hill wednesday the postmaster general apologized >> during this peak season we fell far short of meeting our targets. too many americans were left waiting for weeks for important deliveries of mail and packages. >> reporter: the numbers aren't good the postal service lo

postal inspection service wants to remind people that attacking postal workers is a federal crime. elizabeth? >>> new at 5:30, santa clara county says it's going to offer covid-19 vaccines to those in jail and the homeless starting this sunday. those in custody in county jails can get the vaccine. homeless individuals over the age of 16 can get their shots through the valley homeless healthcare program. today, santa clara county's public health officer talked about where the region stands in the fight against coronavirus at the state of the valley conference. dr. sarah cody look at how we got to this point, what's next, and the challenges in between. >> we all talked about building a plane while flying it. responding to this pandemic has felt like building a whole fleet while trying to fly them in formation. >> reporter: dr. cody also said public health infrastructure needs improvement statewide and nationwide. on the vaccine rollout, she says constant changes in state in federal guidance are forcing counties to adjust along the way. she says a lack of supply is the top limiting fa

series of what he called organizational efficiencies, a euphemism for actual disrupting of the postal servicel of which was clearly designed to disrupt the reliability of the mail service in order to affect voting by mail for the november 3rd election. and although they didn't really succeed in that because of brave post workers and/or federal court rulings that called them out -- and i read one of the opinions in the record this morning at the hearing -- actually fingering them for political motivation. that they were doing this with malice and forethought. this wasn't just organizational efficiency. nonetheless, they succeeded mentally in planting a lot of doubts in the public's mind about whether my ballot would be secure, whether it would arrive in time on mail day. so in a sense they won the war while losing the battles. and that was a tragedy for america because although record numbers of americans voted, i believe there are probably tens of millions that would have voted had they had confidence in the mail. >> congressman jerry connolly, thank you very much for joining us. really appre

is governed, he can only be fired by the postal service board of governors. basically to call that question basically right as that hearing was ending, president biden announced three new nominees to the postal service board of governor, here they are. the postal service board of governors will absolutely be able to fire louis dejoy as soon as they are in the majority, which won't be long now now that biden has announced these nominees. >>> and breaking news late tonight, msnbc's julia ainsley and jacob soboroff are reporting that of the more than 600 kids who were taken away from their parents at the southern border by the trump administration, of the more than 600 kids who were known to still be separated from their parents at the end of the trump administration, of those 611 kids, julia and jacob report tonight that the biden administration has already been able to find the parents of 105 of those children. now, it is -- that's less than 20%, but it is something. the parents of 105 separated kids have been found since january in the month that the biden ad

postal service. the hearing came the same day that president biden nominated three people to fill vacancies on the governing board of the u.s. postal service. the move could pave the way to potentially remove dejoy from his position. in one rather heated moment, republican congressman jim jordan argued that the scrutiny dejoy is facing is politically motivated. democratic congressman gerry connolly shot back. >> what happened between august and february? what important event happened? >> we had an election. >> we had an election! it was all a charade! it was all part of the predicate for laying the groundwork for the mail-in balloting and all the chaos and confusion the democrats wanted. >> all the gaslighting that we just heard does not change facts. donald j. trump publicly said, voting by mail would lead to massive fraud. it was donald trump, the republican nominee, who was planting the idea, aided and abetted by disruptive changes proposed by a new postmaster general and a compliant board of gove

undo. >> after an insurrection insighter jim jordan tried to blame a lack of confidence in the postal serviceats? our next guest congressman jerry conley said this. >> all the gaslighting that we just heard does not change facts. it was donald trump, the republican nominee, who was planting the idea aided and abetted by disruptive changes proposed by a new post master general and a compliant board of governors that actually eroded the public confidence in the ability to vote by mail. that wasn't a democratic narrative. that was a republican narrative by the president of the united states and enablers. and oh, by the way, inconvenient fact, mr. heist would have you believe it was part stns on this committee and we quoted a number of democrats -- by the way, admitted democrats. for the record i'm an admitted democrat and damn proud of it. i didn't vote to overturn an election, and i will not be lectured by people who did about partisanship. >> joining us now democratic congressman jerry conally of virginia. he's a member of the house oversight committee. and congressman connolly, thank you very

postal service issued a stamp in june 2019, a forever stamp with the president's portrait on it, and unveiled it here at a station in college station. the president picked the portrait out himself. you know, president and misses bush were both so much a part of this place. from 1993 until the last years of their life, they were here all the time. they did programming with us, president and misses bush both. she did a literacy program for us every year. he was here for events all the time. it really was like their second home. and we want to remember them here. we got to enjoy their company for so long here in town. >> c-span's "washington journal ." every day, we take your calls live on the air and discuss policy news that impacts you. historian david reynolds talks about his biography of david lincoln -- of abraham lincoln, and political polarization in the u.s. watch c-span's "washington journal," live at 7:00 eastern thursday morning, and be sure to join in with your calls, facebook comments, and tweets. >> coming up today on c-span, house speaker nancy pelosi holds her weekly bri

the same postal service that nancy pelosi called last year election value the, and was -- central, and it ever. and the postal workers' unions, seven of them, endorsing joe biden for president. and we know how lucky he got with that endorsement. we'll be taking that up with former trump campaign adviser and former manager of the campaign in 2016 corey lewandowski, among those fighting in pennsylvania for president trump in the final, waning hours of the battle for the white house. president biden and radical dems have called for unity in this country, but sometimes they don't talk like it, sometimes they don't act like it. one can be forgiven for, well, being somewhat skeptical of them in their desire for unity because, for example the, speaker pelosi says she wants security protection in the u.s. capitol against the, quote, enemy within. that enemy, she insinuates, is the republican party. and alexandria ocasio-cortez says -- it's always good when we begin a sentence that way, isn't it? -- she says senator ted cruz almost had her murdered three weeks ago. that sounds like a criminal a

most americans would agree that the postal service needs leadership that can and will do a better job. as you know, but not everybody knows, it's up to the board of governors of which we just nominated three individuals to serve to determine the future of leadership there. and we certainly leave it up to their discretion. >> sounds like you're signaling that the board could take a look at it. does the president have confidence -- >> i think the president certainly familiar with the process. he believes the leadership can do better. and we are eager to have the board of governors in place. >> i have a slightly separate question. you may have seen that gamestop -- are there similar stops. you have views on whether the fcc or the administration secretary will weigh in if we continue to see these sort of mean stops fluctuating -- >> well, as you know, the sec has oversight and certainly has been watching it closely, monitoring it closely. the treasury secretary also convened a meeting just a few weeks ago. i would certainly send you to them for their plans, monitoring and engagement. i wo

in an apparent attempt to slow down the postal service for mail-in ballots during the pandemic, dejoy ordered the dismantling of mail sorting machines, limited allowable overtime for postal employees, and successfully sabotaged timely mail service to the key swing states. all while ignoring his own conflicts of interest, including tens of millions of dollars invested in companies that do business with and compete with the agency he leads. but while the trump administration didn't often bother with accountability, he might be seeing some soon. mr. dejoy was called before congress this week, where he was asked to answer for both his misbehavior and his plans for the future, including slowing down mail service even more and raising prices for americans. when asked to account for his actions, mr. dejoy got a little snippy. >> finally, mr. dejoy, you're a political appointee, a hold over. no one knows how much longer -- >> that's incorrect, i'm not a political appointee. i was selected by a bipartisan board of governors and i would really appreciate if you would get that straight. >> well,

postal service issued a stamp in june 2019, a forever stamp with the president's portrait on it, andbaked -- and at an unveiling stationed here at college station the president , picked the portrait out himself. you know, president and misses bush both were so much a part of this place. from 1993 until the last years of their life they were here all , the time. they did programming with us, president and misses bush both. she did a literacy program for us every year. he was here for events all the time. it really was like their second home. and we want to remember them here. we got to enjoy their company for so long here in town. >> you are watching c-span, your unfiltered view of government. c-span was created by america's cable television companies in 1979. today, we are brought to you by these television companies, who provide c-span 10 viewers as a public service. representative tlaib: >> -- >> the 117th congress includes state representatives, television reporters, and former athletes. watch our conversations with new members of congress all this week at 8:00 p.m. eastern. tonig

postal service has been experiencing delivery delays and it's also facing a financial disaster. after years of declining revenues. one congressman from virginia says a big part of the problem is that the post office is required to pre fund retiree benefits, 75 years in advance and that the demand for first class mail has plunged while cost to stay the same. the chair of the post office board of governors promised lawmakers, a plan is in the works to address a financial problems as well as current service delays. >>the comprehensive plan to invest in and revitalize the postal service, this plan is still being finalized. so i'm not in a position to reveal any specifics. >>democrats and republicans agrees saving the post office which is required to deliver to every us address is vital. >>today san francisco mayor london breed and other local leaders address the rise in hate crimes against asian americans as they checked in with merchants in the richmond district four's maureen kelly reports the mayor also promise not to cut the number of officers despite the looming budget deficit.

the white house making it clear, it's time for change. >> most americans would agree that the postal serviceds leadership that can do a better job. we he believes they can do better and we're eager to have the board of governors in a place. >> reporter: they're planning to release a ten-year plan next month that could affect mail. >> you don't dispute you're considering the elimination of the >> reporter: at a hearing -- >> it's unfortunate that it's where you get your information, it will take more to fix the post aal service. >> you really don't know what is going on. >> reporter: the post master general first came under fire for changes made to the postal service that slowed down delivery before the election. as millions were casting their ballots and when packages did in the make it home for the holidays. the election still fresh, republicans accusing democrats of blaming dejoy to score political points. prompting a sharp response. >> i didn't vote to overturn an election. and i will not be lectured by people who did about partisanship. >> now it's up to the postal board, including if co

he testified today about the future of the postal service.er three hours now. they're fating a tough line of questioning. jeff be in, nett has been on this as a side beat for some time now. we all have the anecdotes of the 30 day christmas card that showed up. i mean it is an absurd amount of these reports, my house included, and this has to be animating this hearing. >> imagine if you're someone waiting on prescription drugs or a prescription to come in the main and that is two or three weeks late or more. they want to find ways to put the postal service back on a strong financial footing. they suppose that we had to prefund all of the benefits for all of the employees. and that's one of the reasons that the postal service has posted billion dollar losses year after year. congress is coming up with a plan to deal with that and dejoy is coming up with a plan to deal with that on his own. a couple sources familiar tell me that he has in mind a cost cutting plan that changes the way first class mail works and it would eliminate two-day mail and

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that is only a power that is granted to the postal service board of governors.trump appointees, and they still support dejoy. so here's where it get int interesting. because of term limits, it's possible biden can stack the postal board to eventually if they so choose, out of louis dejoy. should biden choose to do so, so it will be interesting to watch. this is on the white house's radar. but the other thing is all of this comes on the backdrop of delays in mail. we've heard complaints, really now for several months, even just weeks ago, senators wrote a letter to the postmaster general talking about how their constituents weren't getting mail-ordered medications, credit card bills. dangerous stuff. stuff people need to survive. you can see people posting christmas cards, public outrage postmarked in november they're just receiving this week. so that's the backdrop here. we know critics of dejoy's have said it's his fault, his implementations that slowed down the delivery in the first place. so it will be up to -- it will be interesting how the biden team plays

the united states postal service has just unveiled its next delivery truck.e new design has features that seem pretty standard for today. air bags and backup cameras but also a feature a lot of carriers will be happy about. ac. the new trucks should hit the road in 2023. and there is already a lot of reaction about it. with some people saying that the design, now see, we deputy need this. they say the dine looks like a duck's head. does it? >> i was going to say it looks like a beluga. >> oh yeah. >> look how big that window is in the front. >> they need that. >> okay. it is app unusual. you won't forget it. >> i'm just happy it has ac. >> good for them. long time coming. new to the "bachelor." hearing from host chris harrison and the new "bachelor" matt james in every before seen interviews. it was supposed to be the breakthrough season with the first ever blach bachelor. they spoke about the subject of cancel culture and the lack of diversity on the show. >> what does it say about our culture? >> wow, that's a big question. i don't know what that says. i do

postal service. watch this. >> democrats spread false information and really blamed republicans and the previous administration and the post office for an attempt to co-opt the 2020 elections. >> it was all a charade, all under the guise of creating this crazy chaos they wanted around the election relative to mail-in balloting. >> all the gaslighting that e with just heard does not change facts. it was donald trump, the republican nominee, who was planting the idea aided and abetted by disruptive changes proposed by a new postmaster general and a compliant board of governors that actually eroded public confidence in the ability to vote by mail. that wasn't a democratic narrative. that was a republican narrative by the president of the united states and his enablers. i didn't vote to overturn an election and i will not be lectured by people who did, about partisanship. the facts are stubborn things. >> facts are stubborn things. on this, congressman connelly is correct. here is president trump in augu

we populists repeatedly pointed, to the example of the postal service. sound familiar? example of how government power can be used, to promote the social good. although the post office, but deficit as it does now most americans in the 1890s, loved. it rural, we were a rule country and the postal service was the lifeline of isolated real people. populists viewed it as, most americans as a necessary public utility. but the populists, the arrival of the modern industrial, simply met with the growth of concentrated corporate power, public power needed to be wielded in ways that went beyond just this postal service. as stash be -- cogently explained it quote with the progress of invention, with machinery destroying the traits and transferring labor, to congestion urban centers, with a locomotive displacing the -- car, and electric telegraphy, destroying distance and communication, collusion has become the life of trade. and political economy. things have so changed, that the principles of government, which were best adopted a century ago, could not possibly be doable today.

they didn't go out via the postal service. that idea was scrapped. did go out via faith-based organizations and things like that. will people wear the masks? i don't think the supply of masks, at least cloth masks, is the issue. the larger question now is can we get people masks like this? n95 masks. there's a letter that's gone out from senator sanders and others to president biden saying invoke the defense production act, these are the best masks for people in high-risk situations. why wouldn't you use them? one of the guys we talked to at harvard says if people wore these n95 masks in high-risk situations for four weeks, just the mask for four weeks, we could essentially end this pandemic in the united states. so that's another discussion about masks. >> and i'm sure you'll agree, every little bit helps in this situation to get those numbers down and save lives. thank you, sanjay. appreciate it. >> no question. >> thank you, goo dr. gupta. >> mr. lemon, take care. >>> do you ever wonder who is in qanon and what they say and do behind closed doors?

postal service mail truck of the future. it has a waist-high front hood and extra large windshield.the new trucks will be made over the next decade and will replace the trucks used since the late '80s. >>> a california man is telling his tale of a frightening encounter with a bear. this is an understatement. former forest worker ken decamp says the face-to-face moment happened in august. he'd just finished filling his water bottle at a creek and turned around and the bear was there in front of him. >> spun me around, and i went right back into the creek and into the rocks. knocked myself out, and i was out. >> wow! look at that photo! decamp says he was out cold for about 15 minutes, managed to stumble to his truck and drove himself to the hospital. he says he is not afraid of going hiking though back in the back country. >> you do not mess with those bears. >> no, no, no. >> scenes of -- >> "revenant". >> look at us, same page. >>> coming up, the latest edition of amazing kids, including connecting senior citizens with covid shots. >>> and how about this. a rare albino lobster, whe

postal service, which is in room 244, 1 d goodlit place, san francisco, california, 94012. and items acted upon here today will appear on the board of supervisors agenda march 2nd, 2021, unless other why stated. >> chairman: thank you. mr. clerk. call the first item. >> an ordinance amending the administrative code to establish protections for occupants of residential hotels during the covid-19 pandemic by, among other things, making it city policy to place in solitary hotel rooms for residents who meet the criteria for quarantine established by the county health officer and requiring the department of public health to post a notice in the common area when an s.r. resident has tested positive for covid. establish a telephone hot line for residents to respond to questions about accessing covid-19 health screenings, testings, and solitary hotel rooms, and provide face coverings to residents and workers in the hotels, and provide data concerning the incident covid-19 among the residents, and the number of such residents who have died due to complications from covid-19. members

we know as early as this week planning on releasing a ten-year plan for the postal service.ell you, people in ad around the postal office are concerned. that he hope americans are already seeing so many delays in mail. they don't want them to see anymore. >> kristin holmes, thank you for the update. >>> pandemic or not a three-day holiday weekend, and people are taking flight. according to the tsa, millions are ignoring cdc advice against traveling. cnn's pete montane reports the weekend saw a surge at nation's airports. >> reporter: brianna, this is the busiest air travel has been since the holidays, and what's so interesting is whether or not these numbers will last. the tsa just said 900,000 people, passed through security, at american's airports sunday. 900,000 people saturday. more than a million on friday. more than 1.1 million people on thursday. that means more than 4 million people have flown in four days' time. numbers that the airlines say we would not be seeing if the cdc mandated that dough mestic travs get tested for coronavirus before their think. something th

they didn't go out via the postal service. some were administered through faith-based groups and things like that. i agree with you, jake. these masks, these are cloth masks. they're much more widely available than they used to be. that doesn't seem to be the problem. the problem seems to be that there's a significant percentage of people who still just won't wear them, not because of availability, just for other reasons. they don't believe in them. they're making a political statement, whatever the reason may be. i don't know that it's the best use. i think spending a lot of time reminding people of the value of masks -- obviously we've been trying to do that for the last year now roughly. but it's -- i'm not sure that it will make a big difference. i understand why they're doing it. i'm not sure what the actual impact will be. >> you can get them literally at gas stations, cvs and walgreens all over the country. >> right. >> sanjay, thank you so much. appreciate it, as always. >>> well-known economic adviser to the obama whi

the postal service. the postal service was severely handicapped, reduced, attacked, whatever word you may wish to use to describe what happened in those last two months. it caused a lot of delays of mail-in ballots due to the pandemic. state deadlines did not align with the reality of the mail system that was set up. it was a set up for voters to fail to deliver their outlets -- now it's -- ballots on time. so what role will bac play moving forward to ensure that voting deadlines align with the reality of the usps? and what steps can congress take to ensure the usps guarantees on-time delivery of all domestic mail-in ballots sent before the saturday before election day? on that same note, surrounding postal delays in the last election, it is imperative that voters have alternative ways of returning mail-in ballots. such as drop boxes. however, we must ensure that drop-off boxes are in place in locations that are secure. and that we establish minimum guidelines. in my home state of california, the gop pla

post master general lewis dejoy unveiled part of the plan to turn the postal service around. >> a commitment to six and seven day week delivery service to every address in the nation. >> pressed by members of the house over sight and reform committee yesterday he committed to investing infrastructure such as vehicles, technology, package sorting equipment. he says he wants every postal employee to have tools and training necessary to enjoy a longterm career. president biden has announced nominees to fill three of the four empty seats on the postal service's board of governors. >>> 6:09. military families feeling nd. >> ahead on kpix5 and streaming on cbsn bay area, major toll the pandemic is taking on the families and why they're now pleading for help. >>> get ready for mostly sunny skies today, many of us in the 60s. two to six degrees above average and not as windy as yesterday, but breezy conditions today tracking another weather system bringing stronger offshore winds by the end of the week. >>> those cars are stacking up at the bay so you're a small business, or a big one. you were thri