jeff hager joins us with reaction. >> the u.s. postal service has already closed a number of branches while cutting back on the hours. the latest impacts affect the delivery of the mail. a first class postage stamp will cost a penny next month. first class mail across town could take two or three days. >> it means i will be sending less cards. >> i've been using federal express a lot. >> reporter: the postal service is $5 billion in the red and rick detaught -- risk defaulting to the treasury in a few weeks. it could owe limb nate as many as 28,000 jobs. >> postal employees are fed up. we're also frightened. it's the closing of the facilities, the reduction of the service standards. we feel all of those things will ultimately drive the postal service -- drive the customers away from the postal service. >> reporter: many customers are frustrated by the cuts and wonder the same government that bails out car makers, banks and other private industries can't straighten this. >> the postal service does a great job, i think. as americans we dep

. >>> big changes coming from the u.s. postal service. hundreds of process he prosecute cessing -- processing facilities are said. >> it's going to take longer for your mail to get to its distinction. oh -- destination. the u.s. postal service says it will slow down u.s. mail. right now nearly half of all u.s. mail arrives the next day. but the postal service plans to close nearly half of it's pluses he processing centers. the cuts come as the postal service faces default on a 5 1/2 billion dollars payment for retiree health benefits. the post office has been in the red for the last 5 years. >> our network is too big. we have more capacity in our network than we can afford. >> the postal service already announced the price of a first class stamp is also going up to 45-cents. 47 more post offices are expected to shut down. in new york, allison harm lon i the postal service also wants to cut mail delivery down to 5 days a week but that decision would require approval from congress. >>> employees were stocking shelves in harris teeter today.

so they're only going to see more of that over time, and the u.s. postalable to capture that because they can't move as fast as companies like fed-ex and u.p.s. regulators will have three reporter: months to review the changes, which means the earliest customers would see a difference in delivery times would be spring. sylvia hall, "nightly business report," washington. >> tom: that's "nightly business report" for monday, december 5. we want to remind you this is the time of year your public television station seeks your support. >> susie: support that makes programs like "nightly business report" possible. >> tom: thanks for joining us, and don't forget to support your public television station. i'm tom hudson. good night everyone. you too, susie. >> susie: good night tom. good night everyone. i'm susie gharib. we'll see all of you again tomorrow evening. "nightly business report" is made possible by: captioning sponsored by wpbt captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org join us online where you can catch entire episoes you may have missed.

and even businesses like netflix which relies heavily on the postal system. closing the petaluma processing center alone could save $2.5 million a year. he says union contracts prohibit layoffs so no workers will be losing jobs but empty slots won't be filled and there could be changes. >> as processing plants possibly close we could be repositioning employees to different positions. >> reporter: now don't forget that the postal service is also mulling over closing thousands of post offices across the country. no decision is expected from the commission about any of this until early next year. >> newly appointed task force will investigate that pepper spray incident during a protest at uc davis last month. university of california president approved a 12-member panel made up of uc davis students, faculty, alumni and staff. cruz ren. so will oversee the task force. it will try to figure out who's to blame for the problem when campus police out of nowhere shot pepper spray into the eyes and faces of demonstrators. >>> three bodies have been found in the merced r

first-class mail is the postal service's most lucrative product. but it's also in steep decline with volume down 29% from its peak in 2001 as americans turned to private shippers and using internet to pay bills. >> the american public pays bills online. >> reporter: postmaster general pat don hoe says the move will cut 28,000 jobs by 2012, saving more than $2 billion a year. he's facing a $10 billion shortfall this year alone. >> we don't take any tax money, we don't want any tax money. we want to do this the way any other business would. >> reporter: the postal service is a quasi-public agency which means this is one of the few cost-saving measures it can take without congressional approval. in fact, the postal service has been asking congress for years for permission to eliminate saturday service but, scott, so far congress hasn't taken any action. >> pelley: at least we'll get through the holidays. thanks very much. the head of the federal aviation administration has been placed on leave. randy babbitt is in charge of keeping the skies safe, but

the postal service's dedeterioration began in 2008 when the economy started dipping and the popular online bill payments and e-mail didn't help either. >> people want their information instantly and don't want to wait. >> as many as 100,000 postal workers could be laid off. if that happens particular is the first time in the postal service's history to lay anyone off. >> the postal service's dire straits motivated edward booth to restart paying his bills through snail mail. he hopes to keep the postal workers employed. >> i thought that in a little way, we can help the post office, to defray the cost of maintenance and keep it up. >> reporting from san jose, gil diaz, cbs 5. >>> police need help finding the gunman who shot two people at a redwood city burger king. it happened at the restaurant on middlefield road yesterday evening. both victims were shot multiple times. this he are being treated at the hospital. witnesses say the shooters took off in a white buick with tinted windows. and call police if you know who they are. >>> other bay area headlines. a debit card scam affecting bay ar

for the first time in 40 years, the u.s. postalervice says it will slow down first class mail starting this spring. >> it's not fair. >> i think it's ridiculous. >> right now, nearly all of first class mail arrives the next day. but the postal service plans to close nearly half of its processing center. the results, it will take at least two days to receive magazines, mail order manage and the birthday card to mom. the cut comes as the postal service faces default on a payment for retiree health benefits. and as most people move from snail mail to e-mail, the post office has been in the rest of the last five years. >>> our network is too big. we have more capacity in our network than we can afford. >> the postal service already announced the price of a first class stamp is going up to 45 cents. 3700 local post offices are set to be shut down. nationwide, 100,000 postal workers could lose their jobs. >> everything in the world is more efficient and the post office is less efficient now. >> the u.s. postal service wants mail delivery

be time to privatize it completely. >> one of the things i like about the postal service is we don't appropriate money to them. they have to sell stamps to generate revenue and we want to continue that. you don't cut service, slow down the service, if you want to sell more stamps, and they want to raise rates. that's not a way to drive volume. i think they're moving in the opposite direction. >> the cuts will kick in in the spring. the postal service is considering closing hundreds of processing centers and laying off thousands of employees. >>> it's been two years since a man was arrested and jailed in cuba and this week a group of maryland representatives is calling on the country to release alan gross. he says he was in cuba to help a jewish community get internet access. but the cuban court called him a spy. >>> so far, not succeeding at the negotiating table. why israel's resistance to talk might be linked to iran. >> reporter: while trying to reassure israel of america's unshakeable commit to its security, leon panetta pressed them to do more with their arab neighbors. and he s

the u.s. postal service on the verge of filing for bankruptcy. in order to file for bankruptcyly, it will make some reductions, $3 billion in reductions to be exact. that means delayed delivery of everything, check payments, getting netflix dvds in the mail, magazine and newspaper subscriptions. in addition the changes, it will be in effect in about march of next year, about 3,700 postal offices will close. here's a summary of major changes. right now first-class delivery takes one to three days to get to the destination. now takes 2 to 3 days. 250 of 500 processing centers to close. that's half of the processing centers and up to 100,000 postal workers could be laid off. starting next month, the cost of stamps will go up by 1 penny. right now it's 454 cents. next month it could be 45 cent. back to you. >> still the best deal in america. live for us in san jose. thanks. >>> this morning, governor brown will unveil the details of his plan to raise taxes to bridge next year's big budget deficit. there is half cent tax increase statewide and income

the postal service hopes a lost it happens through attrition. epard: is there a sense down the road this is an outdated model? >>reporter: it is an outdated model to a lot of people. proof is in the year 2000 only 10 percent of americans paid their bills online, and only 10 percent. today, about 60 percent of americans pay their bills online, so you can see the change. it is evolution happening. no doubt. >>shepard: thank you, doug, in suburban virginia. the dow up on signs that european leaders are, again, trying to contain their debt crisis. a couple big matters, the french president sarkozy and the german chancellor merkel has a new plan to punish the members that failed to keep their budget deficits under 3 percent of gross domestic product and the second thing, the new italian prime minister has proposed new budget cuts and hikes in a plan to raise the national retirement age. this is on top of last week's 800 point rise, we are up 33 today, the big it weekly percentage gain happened last week, since july of 2009. new details about the fate

. >>> the u.s. postal service is unveiling some big cuts. >> starting next spring, the cash-strapped agency will slow down delivery of first class mail. alison harmelin explains. >> reporter: it is going to take longer for your mail to get to its destination. for the first time in 40 years, the u.s. postal service says it will slow down first class mail starting this spring. >> it is not fair. >> i think it is ridiculous. >> right now, nearly half of all first class mail arrives the next day. but the postal service plans to close nearly half of its 500 mail processing centers. the result, it will take at least two days to deliver magazines, mail order medications and that birthday card to mom. the cuts come as the postal service faces default on a $5.5 million payment for retiree health benefits. as most people move from snail mail to e-mail, the post office has been in the red. >> our network is too big. we have more capacity in our network than we can afford. >> reporter: the postal service already annou

the u.s. postal service announced $2 billion in cutbacks next year. good evening. i'm judy woodruff. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. on the newshour tonight, we have a newsmaker interview with postmaster general patrick donahoe. >> woodruff: then, we update the state of play in the g.o.p. presidential race as former house speaker newt gingrich rises in the polls, less than a month ahead of the iowa caucuses. >> ifill: fred de sam lazaro reports on how multiple disasters have made it tougher for charities to raise money. >> it's not so much about compassion fatigue. i think people are as come packsate today as they ever have been. for us it's actually more a belief fatigue. >> woodruff: jeffrey brown examines new proposals by european leaders to tackle the continent's debt crisis. >> ifill: and we look at the findings of a pro publica investigation into who gets presidential pardons, and who doesn't. >> woodruff: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> intelligent computing technology is making i

part of an effort by the postal,000 to avoid whereuponscy. gail diaz is in san jose when we can expect the changes to take effect. >> good morning. the changes will take effect in march. you may want to start planning ahead. you'll want to make sure your check payments get to their final destinations on time. as you mentioned, frank, the u.s. postal service is on the brink of filing for bankruptcy. so in order to avoid doing that, that takes some major changes, $3 billion in reductions, including closing about 3,700 post offices; but delivery time will probably be the biggest effect that most of you the consumer will feel. your mag magazine subscriptions may be delayed. your dvds may arrive later than usual. now the birthday card you thought would reach mom in time, it might come after her celebration, which is never a good thing. here's a summary of the major changes, delivery of first class mail, more than half of the mail will arrive in two days starting in march. 250 of about 500 processing centers on the merge of half, and 100 workers cou

how the postal service is now cutting back once again. and you like the taste of burger king french fries? get ready. a new one is on the way. and you will get a free sample. we will let you know when when "good morning maryland" continues on this tuesday. hey, you made your own lunch. yep! (mom) i'm so proud of you. the bus is here, gotta go mom. okay hunny, have a great day. look in your bag, made you something. (announcer) it's more than just that great peanut taste, choosing jif is a simple way to show someone how much you care. choosey moms, choose jif. >>> and welcome back to good morning maryland. a live look at the nation's capital. coming up later tonight, the light of the capitol christmas tree. key tales coming up in a bit. but word this morning that amanda knox may be working on a book deal. she plans to talk about the highly publicized ordeal in which an italian court cleared her of murdering her roommate. she hired robert barnett. he brokered major book deals for barack obama bill clinton and george w. bush. and also bob wood

. >>> today the struggling u.s. postal service will announce major changes including a longer delivery time for first class mail. allie rasmus joins us now at the mail processing plant in oakland bo tell us how yo can be effected by these changes. ali. >> reporter: first class mail includes all letters with first class postage stamps. so newsletter and magazines like this are typically sent out via first class mail. it will all take longer to arrive come this spring. right now it takes one to three days for a first class letter or package or magazine to get to its destination. right now the u.s. postal service says it could take 2-5 days for that first class mail to arrive. it's all because of proposed cuts to the processing facilities. the postal service is considering closing about half of its mail processing facilities about 250 of the 500 that exist nationwide. sewer process -- fewer processing facilities mean it will take longer to sort and deliver mail. the postal service is trying to deal with a $14 billion loss nex

that means three billion dollars in cuts for the u.s. postalo stay afloat. those cuts could be bombing -- could be coming in a few months are they canned to take effect in the spring they include shutting down almost half of the country's mail processing plant, 250 out of 500 potentially closing 3700 post offices, six in northern california on that list, including the post offices in burlingame and petaluma that would lead to 100,000 lay-offs of employees. the postal service says it needs to cut 20 billion dollars by 2015 in order to be profitable. what does this mean for the customer? clearly there are fewer postal customers these days. but, what it means is, no more next day delivery of first class mail. the current standard for delivery is one to three days that is going to slow to two to three days. most immediately one thing that has already happened that come january 22 , next month, the price of a first class stamp will go up one cent to 45 cents. katie marzullo, abc7 news. >>> we'll be following chosely the impact on the san francisco a

services reduced under a budget cutting plan the postal service is set to release today. katie marzullo is live with more on the story. this will be accompanied by job losses as well? >> reporter: oh yeah. it is bad. when the country springs for the postal service going to take a major step back. a lot of this is going to happen this coming march. at that time, they are looking to cut three billion dollars. that includes several different things. one, reducing the number of processing plants almost in half. closing 250 out of 500. first class mail is going to slow down. currently it is delivered between one and three days that will slow between two and three days which means, no next day mail, no chance of a letter arriving the next day. 3700 post offices are going to close. we have a map we have. a couple in northern california could be on that list, eureka, reading, pet marks burlingame, stockton and modesto. with those closures 100,000 -- employees would be laid off that would save the postal service 6 1/2 billion dollars which sounds like a lot, but the catch is the po

this morning, the u.s. postal service says it has to cut $3 billion from the budget to avoid bankruptcy. allie rasmus joins us live in oakland. what will this mean for local postal deliveries and workers, allie? >> reporter: it will mean changes in the amount of time it takes to send and receive bills. magazines, catalogs, bills, statements, basically anything that requires a first-class postage stamp will be affected. right now, the most first class mail arrives one to three days after it's sent. come spring time, it's going to take longer. we talked to a spokesperson at the office about how delivery will be affected here. >> what will happen is any mail that would normally be delivered overnight for one of the possible facilities that are gonna close, there's only about two in sacramento and then there's two in the san francisco area. so if there were overnight service standards for those facilities, then, of course, it will now become two to three- day service. >> reporter: now, part of the reason for this is b

and that's because the u.s. postal service is pushing ahead one precedented cuts to first class mail starting in the spring. it's expected to slow delivery for the first time in four decades, eliminating the chance for stamped letter to ever arrived the next day. peter doocy with the news from washington. >> the postal service has an unofficial motto, neither snow more heat nor gloom, from the swift positions of their appointed rounds and that motto outside the post office in new york doesn't say they'll get your mail swiftly in a bad economy, so you can say goodbye to guaranteed next day delivery of first class mail for the first time in 40 years. the postal service is going to announce the plan for saving 3 billion dollars monday and a spokeswoman says, quote, we are proposing eliminating overnight standard for first class mail. what does that mean for your average viewer, they won't receive mail the day after it was sent, d.c. mail to virginia could take an additional day and people outside the d.c. area, a map it's

the postal service lost $5 billion in revenue, most of that was because of the internet. a stamped first- class letter will no longer reach its destination overnight. >> in the stands as the presidio, workers are digging up and realigning marble headstones in this cemetery. some of the greens are more than 150 years old. many of the headstones have settled into the ground and the fallen out of alignment. the crews are using gps mapping to make sure each headstone is returned to the correct web site. >>craig: the 49ers are closer to finalizing any stadium deal in the santa clara. the mayor spoke out on tuesday. >> that does not mean they are leaving the state. they are still here. >>caller: they're leaving the city. it will not be in san francisco. >> i assure you, they will have a presence. we have to work at what those options are. >>reporter: the first of three public meetings is taking place tonight. the city council is calling these study sessions where the future of the 49ers stadium will be discussed. the three banks that agreed to finance the stadium will be giving

the postal service making major cuts this spring. i'm katie marzullo live in san francisco details about today's announcement. >>> also, san francisco city leaders may be having second thoughts about an offer to move the occupy sf encampment to the grounds of an abandoned school. >> the search is on for the person who has been shooting wounding or killing geese in a popular east bay park. >>> good morning. looking down on the bay relatively calm and much cooler this morning we could have frost and freezing temperatures not only this morning but more likely tonight. >> for your morning commute, looking great, no accidents live shot of the bay bridge toll still light around the bay area. >>> just about 5:01 on this back to work monday morning thanks for join us i'm eric thomas. >> and i'm kristen sze. this saturday the ax may fall on the u.s. post -- this is the day the ax may fall on the u.s. postal service. katie marzullo is live in san francisco. >> reporter: the u.s. postal service has to wait for kpopbg al approval to make certain

. >>> the u.s. postal system is facing major cutbacks. what does it mean for your mail service? we'll have more on an announcement expected later on today. straight ahead on the other side. over 200,000 people are hospitalized every year with flu complications, including young children. so to kill the germs that may make your family sick, we recommend using lysol disinfectant spray every day. lysol is approved to kill over 50 germs. this includes the cold and flu viruses that can live on surfaces for up to two days. it works on hard and soft surfaces to help prevent the spread of bacteria and keep your home healthy. lysol is the #1 pediatrician recommended brand. visit lysol.com/missionforhealth >>> herman cain dropped off and newt gingrich surges in the republican race for president. the other hopefuls are reassessing the field. newt gingrich is rising in the latest iowa polling with ron paul coming in second in the des moines register poll and mitt romney in third. >>> the payroll tax cut debate picks back up on the hill. senate majority leader harry reid is expected to propose

if the postal service is to survive, and must survive you have to tack the workforce cut. >> one provision in a senate bill now under consideration would return $8.2 billion in postal retirement fund and use it for buy-out, reducing the postal service workforce by 20%. in arlington, virginia, doug mckelway, fox news. >> one of the president's ambassadors makes undiplomatic comments. that is later in the grapevine. we now know what kind of u.s. drone is apparently in the hands of the >> bret: checking world headlines now. pakistani prime minister says he wants to rebuild ties with the u.s. he told the "associated press" he believes that will not take long. the relationship has been strained, recently by the nato airstrikes that killed 24 pakistani soldiers. pakistan is boycotting a conference on the security transfer in afghanistan. today, secretary of state hillary clinton said the u.s. is prepared to stand with the afghan people for the long haul. afghans are supposed to take control of their own security over the next three years. as u.s. troops draw down. five bomb attacks hit shiite pi

can solve the problem without laying off any one. >>reporter: postalas a long history of hiring african americans dating back to the days of reconstruction. >> help me get to apartment building. send my kids to college. i can't complain. and i won't. >>reporter: now one expert says proposed changes could disproportionately impact the black community. >> a lieutenant of the formation that happened in black family particularly in san francisco was because of the postal service and these cut come at the worst possible time. >>reporter: san francisco spokesperson says layoffs are not allowed umd the current union contract but with the postal service facing bankruptcy, sweeping changes are on the table. >> i get paid through the mail does that mane my check delayed also. >>reporter: the changes are likely to take effect in the spring. something more immediate next month. the price of a first class stamp goes up one cent from 44 cents to 45 cents. in san francisco, carolyn tyler, abc 7 news. >>> coop cupertino teenager named top prize 100,000 dollars in nati

facing bankruptcy, the postal service must make $3 billion in cuts. for the first time in 40 years, get ready to say good-bye to next day delivery for stamped letters. starting next spring, the first class mail system is going to be different. mail could take up to nine days to reach you instead of a shipment within three days. everything from delivery of time sensitive magazines, prescription drugs, to dvd mail rentals. they're likely to be impacted. customers will feel the cuts as it's estimated 42% of first class mail is delivered the next day. in addition, half of the roughly 50,000 mail centers across the nation are expected to be close the next march. three post offices on capitol hill are also reportedly under consideration for closing. this after the postal service racked up more than $5 billion in debt this year and must find a way to pay $5.5 billion to its health care retirement fund in the next two weeks. analysts say this is a band-aid, providing short term relief for the problem, and could actually work against the postal service, pushing

if the postal service is to survive, and must survive you have to tack the workforce cut. >> one provision in a senate bill now under consideration would return $8.2 billion in postal retirement fund and use it for buy-out, reducing the postal service workforce by 20%. in arlington, virginia, doug mckelway, fox news. >> one of the president's ambassadors makes undiplomatic comments. that is later in the grapevine. we now know what kind of u.s. drone is apparently in the hands of the iranians. drinking a smoothie with no vegetable nutrition? ♪ [ gong ] strawberry banana! [ male announcer ] for a smoothie with real fruit plus veggie nutrition new v8 v-fusion smoothie. could've had a v8. on the network they deserve. like the powful droid char by samsung, or get the samsung stratosphere, and for a limited time, get twice the data for the same low price. verizon. >> bret: checking world headlines now. pakistani prime minister says he wants to rebuild ties with the u.s. he told the "associated press" he believes that will not take long. the relationship has been strained, recently by the nato ai

the u.s. postal service is expected to formally announce some big changes coming this spring. we'll tell you how it will mean a loss for jobs and delay in the mail service. >> reporter: we're live in redwood city where police are searching for a suspect involved in a shooting at a burger king. >>> a speeding car blows into a san francisco bar. why police say this situation could have been much worse. "mornings on 2" starts now. >>> well, good morning to you. welcome to "mornings on 2." i'm dave clavg. >> i'm tori campbell. it's monday, december 5th. >>> straight to sal. good morning, tori and dave. westbound bay bridge, two left lanes were blocked for about a half-hour a few moments ago. they cleared this crash. at the toll plaza there's a big delay now and also at the macarthur maze. just getting around the east shore freeway, it's terp. you can see it's -- it's terrible. you can see it's at a standstill. if you are driving on the freeways approaching, you will notice something is terribly wrong her

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the u.s. postal service way.doug mckellay has more on the effort o save the agency &ponntheebbink of baakruptcy. bankruptcy. 3 3 it's business model has fallen victim to theechanging technology of e-mail ann social media. that, and overly-generouu etirement benefits have led the quasi independent postal servvce, which takes nootax payer money, to fourteen-billion- dollars in losses this ear bankruptcyy to stem its f - lossee, it today announced draconian cuts.williams says, "we've got to deal with excess paaacity. gottaabring ourr revenne below our cost line and we have o do eveeything we can do to save this postal service."" under changes expecced to take effect in early pril, the postal service will reduccette number of sorting faciliiies from &phundred seventy five, resulting in the loss of tte savinn oo three-billion nd - dollars. that, in turn, means longer distances and longer delivery times. soo for first class mail ill no even if mailed ii the same city. instead it will take two to three days

big cuts at the postal service that could slow down your mail. the postmaster general wants to shutter almost half of the services big processing centers and that could mean cutting $28,000 and it would also mean virtually all letters that would get there in one day would take two days. >> the overnight service commitment is causing this tremendous amount of excess capacity within our network. that's what we have to deal with. and we have to do everything in order to save this postal service. >> the changes are slated to take effect next march. the postal service as of now on track to lose $14 billion this year as e-mail and electronic bill pay robs it of a lot of what used to be its business. since the thanksgiving holiday, the decorations have been popping up all over the place. in northern virginia tonight, one display is causing serious controversy. it is a story you will only see on 9. >> i'm peggy fox at the loudoun county courthouse where skeleton santa gets the boot from a concerned citizen. >> she decided to take matters into her own hand

the postal service is closing half the processing centers across the country. damien trujillo is live in the processing center in san jose on lundy avenue, which these days carries a heavier load. >> this officer is doing double the work. it's processing the mail for the city of san jose. now it's processing mail for the city of salinas. the post office says it's seen a 20% decline in mail since 2007. much of that is attributed to the internet and e-mails. it's how we communicate now. the postal service will make the big announcement later this morning in the nation's capitol. the agency is expected to make a $3 billion reduction. what it means is that stamped letters may no longer arrive in first-class mail. and the post office has already announced a 1 cent increase in first class mail to 45 cents beginning on january 2nd. they have reductions and layoffs. in all, the post office hopes to save $6.5 billion per year. this whole restructuring will be announced later this morning at the nation's capitol. it will be interesting to see what other processing center

the postal service says no more next day delivery on first class letters. umber 3. the fate of the nation's top aviation official is very much up in the air after a drunken driving arrest. randy babbitt on a leave of absence from his job heading the f.a.a. number two, a senior military official confirms iran now has in its possession a top secret u.s. drone after controllers reportedly lost contact with it. and number one tonight, the republic presidential frontrunner newt gingrich stopping in new york city meeting with the billionaire donald trump and that's "the fox report's" top five. and on this day in 1933, the state of utah ratified the 21st amendment. making it a three fourths majority of states to do so. and that officially ended the federal prohibition of alcohol. prohibition had taken effect way back in 1919. it successfully reduced alcohol consumption no doubt. but it also gave violent gangs another way to make big money. boot leggers, including al capone built criminal empires distributing booze while a government lost billions and billions when