the postoffice planned to spend $4 million for a conference here.s comes as the postal service plans to eliminate saturday delivery to cut costs. the postal service said the conference helps to secure business and revenue. >>> san francisco officially celebrated the completion of the first phase of the new cruise ship terminal today at pier 27. that terminal will also house the headquarters for the upcoming america's cup sailing race this year. after the race is over, another phase will make the terminal operational for cruise ships by next year. major ed lee says the new terminal marks a quote reaquakening for the city's waterfront. >>> the second storm in a week is hitting the midwest hard. avy wet snow caused several roofs to collapse including the roof of the eagle bar. three deaths are being blamed on the storm. >>> it was definitely treacherous on the roads. in fact, missouri issued a no travel advisory. drivers in des moines found out the hard way. another four to 6-inches of snow is expected tomorrow and there's a danger of the roads refreez

the postoffice planned to spend $4 million for a conference here.comes as the postal service plans to eliminate saturday delivery to cut costs. the postal service said the conference helps to secure business and revenue. >>> san francisco officially celebrated the completion of the first phase of the new cruise ship terminal today at pier 27. that terminal will also house the headquarters for the upcoming america's cup sailing race this year. after the race is over, another phase will make the terminal operational for cruise ships by next year. major ed lee says the new terminal marks a quote reaquakening for the city's waterfront. >>> the second storm in a week is hitting the midwest hard. heavy wet snow caused several roofs to collapse including the roof of the eagle bar. three deaths are being blamed on the storm. >>> it was definitely treacherous on the roads. in fact, missouri issued a no travel advisory. drivers in des moines found out the hard way. another four to 6-inches of snow is expected tomorrow and there's a danger of the roads refreez

the stamps are now on sale at postoffices across the country.tona 500 is this sunday remember for the first time in history, a woman danica patrick will be on the poll and you can watch that race right here on ktvu channel 2. our coverage begins at 9:00 a.m. >>> it appears the water slides out in pleasanton may be slipping into history. there was a committee in the regional park district that has recommended tearing them down. the district closed the slides last year after determining they needed $885,000 in repairs. a texas company had proposed replacing them with a larger water slide operation but wanted the park's district to pay 80% of the cost. the slides were built back in 1981. >>> two chp he'll cometter -- helicopters came to the rescue of a man being stalked by a mountain lion. the helicopter pilots found him frantically waving a flashlight with the mountain lion standing about 20 feet in front of him. the sound of that helicopter probably saved the hiker's life. >> i've never scared off a mountain lion before using a he'll cometter. >>

it started around 2:30 next to a postoffice.t took firefighters 45 minutes to get the flames under control. no one was hurt. >>> in mississippi a tornado tore through hattisburg and residents there picked up their cameras to catch the tunnel on tape. >> it's happening right outside my hotel. look at that. look at all that damage dude. >> one woman told reporters that the tornado sounded like a train and when she sought shelter in her bedroom. the windows blew in. so far there's report of three people hurt. >>> the northeast is still digging out from this weekend's powerful snowstorm. hundreds of thousands are stuck without power tonight. and many others are just stuck. reporter lisa evers has the story. >> it's just a real tense situation. god forbid if somebody got hurt we wouldn't be able to get an ambulance here or any first responders. >> reporter: we had to meet this man down the road because his plows have not been plowed. even an suv turned around. now he's wondering how he will get to work and his kid to school. >> this

that used to be the mantra of the postoffice. that may not stop mail delivery. it is it a lack of money to prevent you from getting saturday mail. the post mastir general explains why they will stop deliveries and pick ups on saturday. to give perspictive. a typically large organization has cash on hand and quick ability and two months worth of the cash to cover operating cost. in october, the postal service had less than four days of cash on hand. that is it scary . this business to be in. >> no, the problem that the poistal. congress gets in the middle of what they are doing. like closing a rural outpost that serves one customer every three days. that is controversial. but any time congress gets involved in the delivering of the letter and dictate what should issue a practical business decision . just remember it niver ends well. i have a position. print up more of the elvis stamps, man . sell that, that , would put you back in the black at least in the. >> up next. do wemp know all of their choices when faced witharn're she told us how she chose life when she

, and congressman darrell issa has made proposal to create a separate commission to oversee the postoffice, there are ideas to the table. and this proposal has been out there for a while, just now that postmaster is actually putting it into effect, it should have happened a long time ago, what happens, goes back to jonas' point, we have decide whether it is important to communicate to rural areas even if at a loss. charles: three or four day deliver to make it work? >> i agree, tina hit on important points there has been a loss of 15 billion, but there has been a drop in the actual need or actual supply. people are using the post office much less than years past. in the end there is not the demand, i think that people will be satisfied with five-day delivery. charles: i think so too. it is progress, thank you. >> first north korea threatens to blow up new york city, now iran saying it is duked up, and iran saying it is duked up, and washington is stepping up dentures are very different to real teeth. they're about 10 times softer and may have surface pores where bacteria can multiply. poli

i mean, part of the argument that we've heard for years is, you know, maintaining postoffices and delivering in the rural areas. that's expensive. we're able, with a universal approach, to balance up the cost to provide that service anywhere in the country. and that's the strength that you get with the post service. the other thing you get with the postal service is an armored federal government is the level of trust and the level of privacy that is awfully hard if you're a private company to ensure. so i think those are some of the things that will keep mail delivery and package delivery in the postal service. thank you. yes, sir. >> jason miller, federal news radio. already starting to to see some emails from congress saying they're supportive of the plan to move to five days. senator coburn has put out a release, congressman cummings. have you briefed those key committees yet? i'm going to assume you have but what was the reaction when you briefed them? and those are the key constituent to make happy because people find him them, if they are spove of, if they're not supportive. can you gi