all of you have grown up knowing the postman. you he he's going to bring a letter from somebody special. you expecting a packageou order and you're waiting and hoping the postman bring it. it's part of american traditn. there is a principle involved here and that is i think the best way when the government is doing something, is to have each thing set on its own base. that way we all know that we're not transferring money from one thing to another thing or covering up something. i believe that the postal service needs to be following that kind of principle, and that is the amount of money that's being charged in stamps and the service they provide needs to match the cost of providing those services. that's the best way to solve this and all kinds of other questions. that's one of the reasons why for instance we have gasoline tax. because gasoline tax pays for the the roads. i believe that's probably the best principle overall to deal with the questions and post office. >> claire mccaskill if >> i'm going to try to quote todd akin

all of you have grown up knowing the postman. you are expecting a package you ordered and waiting and waiting and hoping the postman will bring it. i think there is a part of american tradition, but there is a principle involved, and i think the best way when the government is doing something is to have each things it on its own base. that way we all know we are not transferring money from one thing to another thing or covering up something. believe the postal service needs to follow the principle and that needs to match the cost of providing services. that is the best way to solve this and all kinds of other questions. that is one reason we have a gasoline tax, because it pays for the roads. if you do not want to pay the gasoline tax, do not buy so much gasoline. i believe that is probably the best principle over all to deal with the questions with the post office. >> i will try to quote todd akin on this. he said, "we can keep raising the prices, and it's the big -- and if they get too high, the private sector can take over." w

rossellini used to say it is the postman who brings the message. don't try to convey messages but indeed there is this is a message for us personally. i have been doing that my whole life in the us. we would like audiences easily and worldwide to find out what values people who committed murders s.t.d. human. war. and who there is possible to rectify. the years in prison some of them have changed and one should help them in their study really. here is a healing session for them too in their feelings through the genius of shakespeare . in shakespeare has helped these people more than anyone else has. therefore our message consists of compassion empathy and respect for them. you see in one of your interviews i quote making films is about discovering something that's never been seen before and that's the way your words however you often mufon make films they still shape tolstoy it's what we turn. again and again to the classics if you think that your work is about discovery something new. the story in today's am leaving for us there pollyanna to see t

all of you have grown up knowing the postman. you he he's going to bring a letter from somebody special. you expecting a package you order and you're waiting and hoping the postman bring it. it's part of american tradition. there is a principle involved here and that is i think the best way when the government is doing something, is to have each thing set on its own base. that way we all know that we're not transferring money from one thing to another thing or covering up something. i believe that the postal service needs to be following that kind of principle, and that is the amount of money that's being charged in stamps and the service they provide needs to match the cost of providing those services. that's the best way to solve this and all kinds of other questions. that's one of the reasons why for instance we have gasoline tax. because gasoline tax pays for the the roads. i believe that's probably the best principle overall to deal with the questions and post office. >> claire mccaskill if >> i'm going to try to quote todd

vote, you have to think about that, and you have to think about your son or your doctor or you are a postmanu comfortable with the idea of bringing in a group of people that want to take away their rights. i'm concerned. >> it's been six years since "will & grace" was airing new shows. you have been away and have come back. >> we, you know, we wanted to do a story about our relationship. it was a gay guy and a straight guy and we have been friends since we were kids. >> 30 years. >> yeah. >> more than that, actually. >> probably about 35 years. >> and we're only 37, and so -- >> amazing. remarkable. >> but we not even thinking of it in terms of the next step, because it's not the next step. it was an interesting dynamic and one we had not seen on television before. >> i any it's out there and exists, and it's just that nobody has written about it yet, and so we live it and why not -- >> let's take a little clip. >> out of nowhere, she tells me she wants to get married, and she wants kids now, and it's play me or trade me on the table and i'm not ready for that. >> it's got that great rhythm.

you have to think about your son or your doctor or your postman.dea of bringing in a group of people that want to take away their rights. i'm concerned. >> your new show, "partners". it's been six years since will and grace was airing new shows. it's like you've never been away. you have been and you've come back. tell me about that. >> wasn'ted to do a story about our relationship. it was a gay guy and a straight guy. we've been friends since we were kids. >> like 30 years? >> more than that, actually. probably about 35 years. we're only 37. >> it's amazing. >> not even thinking of it in terms of the next step because it's not the next step. it just seemed it was an interesting dynamic and one we hasn't seen on television before. >> i think it's out there. i think it exists. nobody has written about it yet and so we live it and why not -- >> let's take a little watch of it. >> she's been really stressed out late lit because the story's in trouble and she has a lot riding on a buyer. >> if this story isn't about you or me in the next 30 seconds i'm

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c-span: do i get the impression you're taking on two academics, kathleen hall jamieson and neil postman? >> guest: well, not taking them on. i greatly admire them, you understand, and i'm sure that our tastes are probably similar in terms of what we watch. i think that they're doing us all, in the cause of enlightenment, a disservice by claiming that television has such injurious impact upon us. it overlooks the ability of people to resist. there is a great deal of resistance in the human soul. it's often said that if you repeat something over and over and over again, you'll sell it. well, a lot of studies tell us that you're also as likely to drive people away. what i say in the book about spending all this time to buy television time, i say that some candidates are shooting themselves in the foot by doing that. you can go into people's homes too many times, and so you have to be rather careful, it seems to me, and think not about these broad media shibboleths but about the kind of person you're trying to reach and motivate to go to the polls. i think you have to treat him or her with

. >> reporter: in this case the rain did keep the postman from his appointed rounds. it doesn't say anything about getting the mail through during a monsoon. >> look at the water line. >> reporter: it's been one of the wettest septembers on record in las vegas. while the flood canals did their job around the casinos the rest of vegas was wringing itself out. >> drivers still debating whether they should come or not. >> reporter: rain falling at an inch an hour that left some commuters wading for home worse. >> oh, wow. >> reporter: at least a dozen people had to be rescued from the waterlogged cars. 13,000 people were without power. many were left watching helplessly in their driveway. reluctant tenants with waterfront property. >> electric wheelchair, this is murder. >> reporter: flash floods are nothing new to the southwest especially during the monsoon season. in southern utah a dike near the town of santa clara gave way sending floodwaters through down. evacuations were ordered moments before and no reported injury. back in vegas, those still didn't take the dange

we heard this before and neither sun nor rain can stop the postman but congress might. post office or is it too late? >> you know i think it's not too late. by a quirk of government back in 2006 we gave the u.s. postal thofs rule it needs to free fund retiree health care benefits. it is the only federal agency that is required to do so. this is creating all kinds of financial turmoil because the post office can't afford to do this. that is very heart of sunday's $5.6 billion shortfall. >> heather: so more details for our viewers at home. that law passed in 2006, for the postal service to make an annual payment for ten years that would cover the retiree benefits for postal workers for 75 years. they want to restructure the fund. is that realistic long term solution and will that alone provide the relief that the postal service needs? >> you know, i think it is -- it very much the crux of this entire thing. that is huge lag on the postal service. what was responsible for last month's shortfall and what is responsible for tomorrow's short fall. we'll see one huge step in t

all of you grew up knowing the postman. you know hope he will bring a letter from somebody special or expecting a package thaw ordered and waiting and waiting hoping that the postman is going to bring it. i think some of sort of part of american tradition but there is principal involved here and that is, i think that the best way when the government is doing something is to have each thing sit on its own base. that way we all know we're not transferring money from one thing to another thing or covering up something. so i believe that the postal service needs to be following that kind of principle and that is the amount of money that is being charged in stamps and service that they provide needs to match the cost of providing those services. and that is the best way to solve this and all kind of other questions. that is one of the reasons why, for instance, we have a gasoline tax because the gasoline tax pays for the roads. if you don't want to pay the gasoline tax, don't buy so much gasoline. so things sit on their own base