a postal system. the way we do things, they are locked into a pension they could get at 70 years old. i do not think that is fair. so i think we should step back take a good look and i'm not saying, you know, rob the system or take the benefits away. i think it's critical, as we see in the u.s. today, that we have good pension systems and good retirement systems for people so they are not having to work until they are 70 or 75 years old. part of the changes also would be rules of withdrawal and making it a little bit harder for a person to move the money into something that wouldn't make good sense for them. so, but i think, you know, the postal service and the federal government should be at the cutting-edge of some of those things rather than far behind where everybody else. >> what about the issue of health care? >> we over pay for health care in an extraordinary manner. we got the fhhb which was a great program in 1962. the federal government and the postal service would be the largest purchaser o

be in a postal system. or 75 years old. part of the changes also would be rules of withdrawal and making it a little bit harder for a person to move the money into something that wouldn't make good sense for them. but i think, you know the postal service and the federal government should be at the cutting-edge of some of those things rather than far behind where everybody else. [ inaudible ] >> we over pay for health care in an extraordinary manner. we got the fhhb which was a great program in 1962. the federal government and the postal service would be the largest purchaser of health care out there in the health care market today. in the postal service we would have a million over a million people in the plan. we should be able to go out and whether it's an individual plan like a blue cross or a mix of a number of plans based on some regional offerings should be able to get a really good plan that provides a lot of flexibility, that provide as forward look at health care and get it at a reasonable price. i

the postal service. the postal service partnered with staples to provide customers with more convenient access to a wide range rf products and services and roughly 82 staples stores. it was successful in terms of driving revenue for both partners. unfortunately, the apwu's approach is to keep all transactions at the post office. that is not convenient for customers especially in today's world and it is not a smart strategy from a retail perspective for our business nor any other business. we much prefer to be able to sell our products and services with a multitude of retail partners and be in popular locations to make it easier and more convenient for people to do business with us. it is an example of narrow short-sided views winning over the longer, broader long-term strategy. and unfortunately for now, it is a little tougher to find retail partners. attitudes have to change and i hope they will. i've been accused of being optimistic to a fault, and perhaps i am. but i believe this new congress will tak

>> you want the us postal service to make this right? >> yes i do.enefit that you -- that you hoped -- were hoping to get. >> correct, yes. >> reporter: it looks like it will happen. the post office tells fox 29 it will lee deliver the mailers in germantown at no postage cost to love energy. jerrell love who met with an apologetic post office official for an hour last week says he feels better now about the response but hopes it's not too little too late. >> so now you know likely what happened to your mailers? correct. >> they didn't deliver them? correct. >> they may have just dumped them. >> that's wait looks like. >> reporter: which you spent some money for? >> yes. report roar disappointed? very, very. it's hard times for us, you know and um, we could definitely use that business that we're not getting from it. >> reporter: and get this. the postal service tells its direct mail customers to bundle its mailers by route. love says he did just that only to watch a postal worker break thiemia par. the postal service says that was unprofessional and

postal service to find his lost shoes or get the $677 he paid for them.called 7 on your side and horace holmes found out there is a little-known rule holding things up. >> terrance admits that he has a weakness for online shopping and shoes. specifically, exotic designer shoes. like this pair that he received today. he had been hoping to add this pair of tennis shoes to his collection. it just them online from a store in italy. when the shoes arrived, they were damaged. he packed them up, and went to his local post office to send them back to italy. he told 7 on your side that before sending them off, he ensure the shoes for the maximum $650. after the store in italy said they had not received them, he went to the postal service website to track the package. >> chicago, illinois. >> the postal service has not been able to find his shoes. he filed his insurance claim. after going back-and-forth with usps in early december, he received a letter from the claims of the postal service saying that his claim had been denied. it said prohibited items to italy inc

love says he did just that only to watch a postal worker break them apart.l service says that was unprofessional and claims it's dealing with it. love energy has gotten some response to its mailers dropped in abington and willow grove. but those may be existing customers. jeff cole, fox 29 news. >>> a young girl wrote a letter to her dad who had passed on. she sent it away on balloon and it turned up about 400 miles away. restaurant customer in auburn calf confidential found that balloon in the parking lot thought it was trashed. he asked the restaurant owner if she had a trash candice covered one amazing message from that girl. happy birthday daddy. i will always be your little girl dad. don't forget that. i miss you. she was so moved she found that girl on face bock. >> she asked in the letter to send her a reply. and so i don't know maybe it came here for a reason. >> kind of think so. she zen the little girl a care package with july roo and photo albums and letters and messages from people in auburn. >>> great story. what's coming up in sports howard. >>

love says he did just that only to watch a postal worker break them apart.rvice says that was unprofessional and claims it's dealing with it. love energy says it's gotten some response to its mailers dropped in abington and willow grove but those may be existing customers. jeff cole, fox 29 news. you just feel for that guy. that's just tough stuff there. is it time to throw out your coffee maker? have the refrigerator take all things general electric is developing refrigerator that can also brew your coffee. ge is figured out how to keep the hot water from affecting the cooling inside the appliance. and if you don't want to wait the four minutes it takes to heat up the water you can set an alarm on your phone that tells the fridge when to start brewing that coffee. >> when you ask for water it heats the water for you which allows to use much less energy than keeping it warm all the time. >> the refrigerator goes into production this summer. price tag $3,300. now you got yourself a smart refrigerator. >> that's pretty smart. would you like to look smarter. >>

why the postal service is telling one man who is out of hundreds of dollars it's illegal to send them through the mail. >> and i'm brad bell in laurel. when we come back, i'll tell you what a police officer saw on one of these signs that's now prompted a warning to all cops. >> and coming up on abc 7 news at 6:00 marriott hotels now dropping its fight over something that all travelers want. >> police are in our area were getting a new warning to be on alert. >> that warning triggered by an act of vandalism. maryland bureau chief brad bell live tonight in laurel with what he's learned on this case. brad? >> yeah this vandalism wasn't in some back alley. it was right here along very busy conte road. one of these apartment complex signs defaced with a chilling message. "kill cops" signed the vigilante. an officer on patrol saturday spots the scribbled sign. the fraternal order of police immediately posts it on their facebook page with the ominous warning to officers. be extra cautious. watch each other's backs. the head of the f.o.p. says he's been watching the anti-cop sentiment sweepin

among vietnamese people in their postal services. japan will also provide practices and information relating to banks and insurance businesses. the japanese government plans to work with its private sector in realizing the project in vietnam. it would help introduce japanese companies. the government hopes to launch such projects in other emergeing economies too. it has already exchanged a memorandum with myanmar. >>> massive recalls over air bags made by a japanese company have rocked the global auto industry. now japanese authorities are thinking about expanding the role of safety inspectors. transport ministry officials currently limit their focus to carmakers. under the new proposal they would look at auto parts makers as well. at the center of the recalls are air bags made by takata. safety regulators say the devices can explode and spray metal fragments when deployed. fatal accidents have been reported in the united states and malaysia. automakers have conducted recalls and in japan more than 3 million vehicles have been affect

there is fog out there but it is not so knick -- thick as yesterday. 49 at west postal and downtown across the golden gate bridge and ferry building, 50, and mission district and the financial district is at 50 and 40 in american canyon and not many 30's and temperatures are warmer 41 in met and palo alto is at 44. for a second we could see a little bit in the way of traffic on 680 and walnut creek. we still have a little bit of light. we could not see anything yesterday. east bay inland will have the fog. "spare the air" day at 57 to 61. a stray shower across the north bay the it will be 60 to 65 around the bay. up to 62 at coast. from the east bay hills you can see the tule fog coming from the fog trying to be in the middle. as far as headed influence the weekend we are in the low-to-mid 60's with varying clouds and another stray sure is possible in the north bay on sunday. >>> we will talk about the peninsula in the northbound direction of 101 you will blocking number four lane an overturned vehicle and we have delays approaching highway 237. it is a little bit of a slow drive as you ap

we'll take a look at proposed changes of the postal service. >> meteorologist tom has your walk to work forecast and weather and traffic on the 1's. >>> if you are a dog owner in arlington, beware someone may be trying to poison your pet. these signs were put up yesterday. apparently someone left sausages stuffed with pills along lee highway. at least two dogs ate them and became test. they're now testing the sausage sausages. >> you can join a conversation about the relationship between law enforcement officers and the community in alexandria. the mayor is hosting a community forum today. the city's sheriff and police chief will be on the panel. they can discuss how their agency interact with the public. it will take place tonight between 7:30 and 8:00 p.m. >> time to check the weather and traffic. it feels cold to me. i'll say that. >> it is cold. weather and traffic on the 1's. >> back to work and school after the holiday on this tuesday morning. your walk to weather is looking good. dry pavement around the region this morning but cold through much of the morning. we will stay below

he wants to know will the president stand up for the postal service before it's too late? great question. i'm troubled by the fact that the president has been pretty quiet on what has happened to the postal service in recent years and has not really explained his position on how vital the postal service is. it hires more veterans than any other agency or business in the united states. it is vital to small business and the cuts that the postal service has had to take unwarranted, unnecessary, but of course, the effort to privatize by the republicans is strong. the president needs to take a strong stand and help the postal service as much as possible and bring awareness to the american people what's going on. there are service standards that are changing this month. our next question is from aria. she wants to know why does conservative media blame an entire religion when a few thugs attack? >> well, there's people with a political agenda that will take any issue, any event and turn it to their favor as best they possibly can to push the way they think the country ought to b

ministry officials say japan wants to improve the postal system and trust in their postal services. japan also relies on banks and insurance businesses. >>> the japanese government plans to work with its private sector in realizing the project. it would help introduce japanese companies. the government hopes to launch other emerging economies, too. it's already exchanged a mem random with myan mawr. >>> now, japanese authorities are thinking about expanding the role of safety inspectors. transport officials currently limit their focus to car makers. under the new proposal they would look at auto-parts makers as well. the devices can explode and spray metal fragments when deployed. fatal accidents have been reported in the united states and malaysia. automakers have conducted recalls throughout the world. in japan, more than 3 million vehicles have been affected. the ministry officials say they want to be able to respond more quickly to autoparts defekts. they're continuing on-site inspections to parts makers and are thinking about reporting defects found in their products. officials

postal service. good luck tomorrow.atching our special coverage of this major winter storm. i'll be right back on the other side of this break with much, much more. >>> breaking right now. senior defense officials confirm to nbc news army sergeant bowe bergdahl who was held captive by enemy forces for five years in afghanistan will be charged with desertion. the formal charges could come down within the week we're told. right now you are looking at a live picture at the pentagon where we admiral john kirby is expecting to be holding his daily briefing. we expect you will be getting a number of questions about sergeant bergdahl when that news conference starts. we will take you there live. >>> right now, the other big story today, the blizzard of 2015. new york city spared the brunt of this storm. not the same story though in other parts of the northeast. parts of the northeast getting absolutely hammered right now. travel slowly starting to get back to normal in some states. travel bans have been lifted in parts of new

. >>> tonight the postal service is offering a $50,000 reward. mailman helped a college finish his route on monday night. a gunman held him up for money. 8:00 is rare to finish up a shift, but it does happen. the officer said about two or three postal carriers are held up every year. >>> some answers tonight. why this water geyser rocketed into the sky for so long in northeast philadelphia. it took crews more than 12 hours to stop the water and it led to an old industrial tank that ruptured last night. the facility had not been used in decades. >>> a terror lot is spoiled in belgium and ends in a shootout. this is amateur video of the deadly shootout. security forces killed two suspects and arrested a third. they were hours or days away from carrying out a terrorist attack. there is no link between today's plot and the paris attacks. >>> mohammed ali is expected to leave the hospital in time for a birthday celebration. he should be released tomorrow he has long battled parkinson's disease. >> relax, relax. >> caught trying to talk his way out of

don't kill the postal service.service looking at cuts right now is the number one employer of veterans in this country. i was disappointed the president didn't mention the postal service. this white house has not paid much attention at all to what is going on. the destruction of that is absolutely wrong. it is going to hurt small businesses if it keeps going the way it is going. stick around. rapid response panel is next. >>> i'm hampton pearson with your cnbc market wrap. another volatile day for stocks. the dow ends up 39 points after falling 119 and rising 84. the s&p adds 9 points. the nasdaq climbs by 12. housing rose more last month. ebay shares are higher after hours. the company posted earnings that beat estimates by a penny. revenue a tad light. it will cut about 2400 jobs this quarter. that's it from cnbc. you'll need the right it infrastructure. from a partner who knows how to make your enterprise more agile, borderless and secure. hp helps business move on all the possibilities of today. and stay ready

among vietnamese people and their postal services.japan will also provide practices and information relating to banks and insurance businesses. now the japanese government plans to work with its private sector in realizing the project. it would help introduce japanese companies. the government hopes to launch such projects in other emerging economies. it has already exchanged a memorandum with myanmar. >>> new car sales in russia are facing a pretty tough ride. a industry group is predicting they will fall by as much as a quarter in 2015. members of the association of european businesses which is a lobby group, have released last year's figures. the group says russian new sales of passenger cars and exact commercial vehicles stood at roughly 2.5 million units. that's down more than 10% from the previous year. the fall comes amid a weakened economy, due partly to western sanctions over the ukraine crisis. the association predicts new car sales this year will fall 24.2% to about 1.9 million. automakers from japan the u.s. and europe are

according to our media partner the postal service says the building is off the market.t was up for sale but two lawsuits filed in november argued the postal service was trying to sell the building without performing the required environmental assessments. protests tried to prevent the sale to preserve it as a landmark. the postal service did not say why it is off the market. >> a statue that has been at stick stick will need a new home. st. francis statue commissioned in 1973 will be removed from the stadium bus accident. we were over candlestick where demolition begins. it is not st. francis will end up. >> people are going above and beyond to help a police officer save his k-9 partner. this is "frank," seven year old shepherd diagnosed with lymphoma the have the -- doctors said he had two months to leave without treatment. a sergeant set up a go fund me page and since 4:00 p.m. yesterday $,000 in donations have poured in bringing the total to $12,000. now, frank will get the treatment he needs. >> admission from lance armstrong in a tv interview two yours after he con

one united states postal worker has 50 years of service under his bell. >> incredible. incredible.illiam celebrates his monumental moment at the usps processing and distribution center in southwest philly today. among co-workers and executives his first day was back on june 19th of 1965. so we asked him how he made it on the job for five decades. >> he probably said it was remarkable. what's even more remarkable than that he isn't quitting just yet although he says he is getting close. >> it's not time yet. still got time to go. >> all righty. >> go for him. >> absolutely. >> back to your fox 29 winter wet authority. it did feel like winter even though the sun was out there. felt like it was barely 20 degrees to mow out there. >> sun today but snow possibly tomorrow, scott? >> all about location tomorrow, lucy and iain. it looks like most of the moisture is going to stay south and east of i-95. but as we take look at ultimate doppler this is the area that we're watching. moisture gathering in the eastern and central part of north carolina also southern and central sections of virgi

postal service issued a stamp in honor of the ginny a world war i aero biplane, the stamp was red andthe blew up side down. >> one sheet? >> one sheet? >> those stamps are now worth millions. and people like david robinson son. >> in 2013, the u.s. postal service decided to commemorate its most famous mistake purposely issuing a new upside down ginny stamp and then a postal service did something really tricky. >> they announced they printed 100 with the airplane right side up. >> and those, of course, became the ones to have. >> yes. and all of a sudden, the stamp collecting world is shaken upside down. >> so david robinson son wanted one, badly. >> if you are going to open them, the correct way, which is sort of slowly and savor the experience you have to get it 0 out of the plastic first. >> so then you have got to get the cardboard. you have to fend with the cardboard. >> he spent almost $41,000 on sheets of ginnies. >> not a winner. >> no cigar. >> and do you do this 2,000, 200900 times. >> that is when robinson finally struck goal, finding a sheet of right side up ginnies. had he

we told everybody whether it's an fbi and atf agent or postal inspector and atf agent, have people get together, choose a partner. and you will be with this person for a long long time. that way when you have a down day, probably your partner will have an up day. you guys will be more creative working together like this. that was the biggest thing we did to make a difference in the internal mechanism of how things would operate. then all the more complicated things made several suggestions. we needed to have a media component built into the strategy to use the media to get to the public. eventually, we would have things and a specific message to tell the public. we needed a significant analytical capability that was integrated into the investigation that up until that time we just didn't have. third, we needed to deal with the issue of profiling. again, you probably watched shows like "criminal minds" and that type of thing. it doesn't happen in real life like on tv or in a couple of hour movie. so we needed to look differently there. we chose different people to work with us on the pr

and wait until you hear the postal service's excuse.: you don't need superpowers to help someone. sometimes, all it takes is a warm heart and a cold nose. that's why mattress discounters good deed dogs is raising money to train service dogs for people with disabilities. i would never imagine a life without an assistance dog ever again. i relied on people a lot. he helps me live a more independent life. bulldog: we need your help to do more. give at mattressdiscountersdogs.com, or any mattress discounters. mattress discounters good deed dogs helping dogs help people >>> we may very well be sending and receiving more email than ever but that good old snail mail is still crucial for some people. some businesses in san francisco are trying to figure out why they haven't been getting their daily deliveries. kpix 5 consumerwatch reporter julie watts explains. >> reporter: it's one job the receptionist at this financial district office hasn't been doing much of lately. no need to sort mail when the mail hasn't been delivered. >> we missed mail

fbi started working as a joint task force with atf and because we had bombs in the mail, with the postal inspection service. >> the task force dubs the investigation una bomb. university and airline bombings because the first four bombs were affiliated with university locations or airlines. >> from the beginning, the investigation is hampered by a lack of evidence. the unabomber's devices are relatively crude, making it difficult to trace them back to their maker. >> there wasn't a lot of evidence left. and the evidence that we could identify, matches and pieces of wood, nails, were the kinds of things you could buy at any hardware store. >> we started calling him early the junkyard bomber, because in fact he would make these bombs from scratch. he didn't go buy components and pieces of metal and that type of thing. he went out to piles of old abandoned cars, to carve off chrome to use in his bomb construction. he used scraps of wood. >> everything you find at a bomb scene, everybody single piece of evidence is critical because, for one, you have to decide how the device functioned. and

postal service exceeded its holiday delivery projections delivering more than 524 million packages last december, up 18% over the 2013 holiday season. on december 22nd alone the postal service says we delivered more than 28 million packages and that marks the most packages ever delivered in a single day in the organization's history. >>> sony's movie the interview is starting to rake in the money. derek, you saw >> i did. >> the film has generated more than $5 million in ticket sales at independent theaters across the country. >>> none of that adds up to blockbuster money, but considering all the drama the comedy has been through, not a bad start. >>> always watching always tracking wusa9 first alert weather. >> i laughed. it's pretty funny. it's not for the kids. >> i'm looking forward to seeing it. >> grab an extra blanket and crank up the heat. >> it's a good things the kids are on a two-hour delay, at least a lot of them, because we'll have lot of black ice tomorrow morning, lots of slick spots and once you get further into the morning the sun angle helps to warm up those spots. it

. >>> changes may be coming to the local postal service.ostal regulatory commission usps will test out same-day delivery service in the metro d.c. area. it's called metro post. it will let you buy certain products in stores or online with delivery guaranteed for a few hours later. postal service is also proposing a price increase of a penny to 5 cents on postcards and international mail. the increases will go into effect in late april. right now no planned increases for the forever stamp. >>> measles outbreak is spreading fast. it started last month in disney land in california. there have been at least 50 cases reported in california, colorado, utah, and washington state. the airborne virus is so contagious it can stick around after an infected person left the room. >> the virus can survive on dry surfaces for hours. that's most concerning. >> it can lead to blindness, it can lead to an infection of the brain. >> doctors say a decrease in vaccination rates is the main reason the country has seen an increase in measles outbreak. >> virginia

postal service. then a portrait for john conyers unveiled, the longest-serving member of the house of representatives. >> c-span, crated by america's cable companies 35 years ago, brought to you as a public service. >> marty cooper has a long history in telecommunications. he is known as the father of the cell phone and active in spectrum management and serves on 2 advisory committees for the fcc and the commerce department. what is your role on the spectrum management advisory committee? >> both of these committees advise their organizations what to do about

if it comes through the postal service because it's legal mail, it goes to the inmate.cannot stop it. but because it came through by being passed through a food cart, it becomes conpractice band. >> gohr has now been called to face the jail's disciplinary committee to find out if he'll be assigned to segregation for being in possession of a contraband note. >> you understand the situation. >> i didn't even read the note. am i wrong for picking up a piece of paper? what am i supposed to do with it? what's the appropriate thing to do? >> tell the truth. >> he has been in here at least three times that i know of and he's a slickster. he knows the rules but he's always trying to find ways around it. >> i never read it so i don't know who wrote it. honestly. >> you just told me it was to you. >> i could assume it was. it's likely, very likely. but do i know for sure? i didn't read it. okay? maybe i do. but am i wrong -- >> what gohr doesn't know is staff has already confirmed agee wrote the note. >> i didn't tell them like who i was writing. they wanted me to. they were like

over the berkeley downtown post office which says the building is off the market according to the postalvice. there were two lawsuits filed that the postal service was trying to sell the building without performing environmental assessments. protesters are wanting to presbyterian the building as a landmark. they have not said why the building is off the market. >> a complaint of a shoplifter led to police calling for the bomb squad in lodi. the blast neutralized the pipe bomb that officers found in the suspect's s.u.v. yesterday afternoon. a local newspaper reports that another dangerous device was rendered harpless with a water cannon. police found loaded handgun magazines, as well. officers are questioning a woman of the explosives. she was initially suspected of shoplifting at a wal-mart. >> the winter storm on the east coast could impact the bottom line of companies. >> good morning, everyone, the northeast blizzard is not enough to stop wall street. stock markets are open but companies will feel the lot of roddive losing up to $500 million. know plow makers and generators were big w

we were really fascinated in 1994 a couple of postal inspectors were fascinated by and proposed a project to focus in on this history of science what does it mean. we had done a lot of work on that. gone to a lot of university campuses and talked to a lot of professors. by the time the manifesto came, a lot of the information that came from knowing all the professors enabled us to go back to them and drill down and try to bring more details together about the books that were referenced in the manifesto the language and how it might relate to the history of science, which was our first clue from this guy when he wrote that letter. we spent months really trying to get to know and understanding and reading the manifesto. by the time we had someone step forward that could help us bring it together, we had kind of been on trails. we were able to go back and pull a lot of pieces together. >> there was debate about whether or not to publicsh the manifesto. "the washington post" did. tell us about how -- i believe there was a meeting that you can maybe describe where at first you said no, don't p

. >> so recently, i received a pamphlet in the mail addressed to postal customers several facts this year in are observations by opinions their instead opinions i wish to rental my disagreement the idea concentrated in the pamphlet that a neighborhood is allowed to buy city services including the san francisco police officers and ours i find such a policy is entrenched of inequality that can tear a neighborhood apart i see my time is running out quickly the letter is before you specifically as i said you dedicated police services to be not privy to this kind of funding i support many of the other programs like outreach to the homeless and drug addicts of the neighborhood thank you for your time. >> thank you. next speaker. please. >> supervisor tang and other victims of the ca ball i'll christopher i live on - i rise to comment on the price of our roof in the city and county of san francisco for the last 40 years more or less i've been listening to a litigate necessary of choir of complaints about the amount of money be to put the reef over ones head in the 40 years santa the populat

this day he just wept postal. >> as of base jumping wasn't pushing the envelope in itself. what these guys are going to do -- the video originally posted in october by jp holmes. it's getting a lot of attention. this is in northern nevada. a super, super tall tower. >> here he's about to jump. he's going to follow to record his attempt at doing as many front flips as he can. >> holy moly. that is even higher than i am comfortable admitting. >> i have a question. you're falling from this tower and you're doing a ton of front flips, how do you have perspective and no one to pull your chute? >> right chg. >> fortunately, he pulls it off like a pro. he does make it to the bottom. pulls the chute. everhiyeah buddy! >> how many did he pull off? >> how many did you do? >> nine. >> nine. >> he did nine front flips. >> that's fascinating that he has the spatial awareness to jump to do the flips, to know where he is in the rotation where he is in relation to the ground. i wonder did he have some kind of alarm saying okay bro, you're done. >> i want to believe that he is that good. >>

the postal service is proposing raising the price of mailing letters to international destinations from.20. postcards would rise from 34 to 35 cents. forever stamps will not change and remain 49 cents. the postal service says the increases are the latest in a series of steps as they try to achieve financial stability. >>> all aboard the final call is taking place for a bay area train tradition honoring dr. martin luther king jr. that story is ahead. >> first from the grind of prison to the grind of coffee. we'll go inside the east bay coffee shop that's giving parolees a second chance. >> oh, my goodness. i'm taking your questions on twitter and facebook. you can contact me me @facebook.com/michael finney. over on twitter @the m finney. i'll answer your questions with the microphone on. coming up. >> it works better that way. >> i'm spencer christian. the clouds are getting lower and thicker and anit's just hey! guess what day it is?? >>hump day! hummmp daaay! it's hump day! >>yeah! >>hey mike! mike mike mike mike mike! >>mike mike mike mike mike. hey! he knows! hey! guess what day it i

. >>> and there could be some changes coming to your local postal service. the postal regulatory commission says usps will start testing same-day delivery service in the metro area. the service is called metro post. it lets you buy certain products online and in store and they will be guaranteed in just a few hours. another change they're proposing a pricencrease on postcards and international mail. those increases would go into effect in late april. but right now there is no planned increase for the price of that forever stamp. >>> it's a trend drivers are liking. the average is now less than two bucks a gallon in virginia $1.98 according to aaa. prices are expected to fall even further. in maryland, the average price is $2.19, ten cents down over the last week. west virginia, a gallon of regular will cost you also $2.19 and in the district, $2.48. >>> it's tough for wendy and i to look that way because we have this spectacular sunset developing right behind us. that is gorgeous. >> beautiful. >> thank you. >> i don't have that kind of picture behind me. >>

the postal service called off delivery in connecticut, rhode island and massachusetts. parts of new england are under 30 inches of snow and it hasn't even stopped falling. new york city meanwhile has lifted its travel ban after getting less snow than anticipate. >> thousands of travelers aren't going anywhere anytime soon. today alone 5,000 flights across the country have been canceled. dozens of those include our region's three airports. >> and people using the rails aren't having much luck either. along the northeast corridor amtrak is still on a reduced schedule between d.c. and new york and completely canceled from new york on up into boston and new england. >> let's get an update from storm team 4 meteorologist veronica johnson. v.j. >> the big story for us will be the refreeze. a lot of melting taking place today from temperatures getting just above the freezing mark. so i think a couple hours after sunset and we're going to have to really watch for those patchy spots. 30 deegts rightgrees right now in gaithersburg a cooler spot. a lot of the neighborhood still ab

. >> so far, never had any problems with the postal money order so postal money order was considered just like the cash. >> take the cars home that night and they would be back the next morning to complete the transaction. >> the suspects never returned to the car dealership so ahmed was on the hook for the full $12,000 lot. parcel inspectors say using fraudulent money orders to make car purchases is a growing problem but it is easy to distinguish from the real thing. for example, on a fake there is no metallic security thread woven in or simply printed on the wrong side. also, real money orders have a water mark of benjamin franklin on the far left side. on a counterfeit one, the water mark is printed on the paper. for ahmed, he's learned a hard lesson. >> probably been a little bit more research into it and the way they were exactly there. >> both of the cars stolen in this case were recovered and returned to ahmed but both suspects remain on the run. autria godfrey, abc 7 news. >> a d.c. woman contacted the "7 on your side" team to fight back when her sense of security was shatter

. >>> a local man wanted to give his home heating business a lift so he turned to the us postal service. but what he got is nothing he had banged on. he's mad. so he called fox 29 investigators. jeff cole is in the newsroom with a preview of his report coming up tonight at 10:00. >> reporter: jerome love thought he had a great chance to give his hissing and hvac business a big boost. the cold weather was fast approaching and a competitor had just gone out of business so he made his move he handed over his hard earned money to the postal service for them to do a little direct male advertising for him. he printed up some flash she mailers offering discounts and asked the post office to deliver them along certain routes in the area. but his phone never ever rank, well, except for a call from barbara mitchell who found a bunch of them stuffed into her mailbox. >> i think they was supposed to have been actually delivered. didn't do it so he just stuffed them in my box. >> he expected you to just throw them out. >> i guess but i didn't. because i know the guy had to pay for them. have them do

postal service policy, we are told that the government defended a policy, for all intents and purposese same as united parcel service. more than that, some briefs called the petitioner's position frivolous, contrived. that was the government's position. so will you explain how the government -- i suppose to this day, because the postal service still retains, as far as we know, the exclusion of pregnant women. >> of course, justice ginsburg. it is correct that the department of justice defended the postal service practices against charges like those of miss young makes in in case. that's correct. we acknowledge that in footnote 2 in our brief to this court.ípfñf(z since then, however, the eeoc has issued guidance, and that's a very significant fact, congress has charged the eeoc with authority to interpret the statute, and with an authority to enforce it.w k6ìáhp &hc% >> i thought we felt that we don't give deaference to the eeoc. >> you don't give chevron deference to the eeoc, but -- what do you call the deference? i mean, gee, you give that to me, even when i'm -- even when i'm in di