will the postal service continue to fulfill the core message? yes. but congress needs to look at the postal service as a business that will be different in the coming years. this should be a desirable outcome. second, congress needs to get a broader view of the organization . america needs a strong postal service. it needs a postal service with a business model that is profitable so i can invest in the future. we owe the nation a postal service that will drive the economy, health is this is grow, and provide products that help businesses grow, and provide products. if you truly embrace the longer-term view, many of the narrow special interests without a completely different context and be much less important. third, the postal service needs the authority to manage more like a business. this means streamlined governance and fewer constraints on products and pricing. freedom from irrational mandates. we will always have strong oversight and the checks and balances are in place, but we need an attitude across the industry that encourages flexibility in

let the postal service develop a much more cost effective approach. al year was the best in the past six years. we learned control without accountable, accounting for the pre-funding but a controllable profit of $1.4mekñ billion. and considering that we recorded a $2.4 billion loss in 2012 that profit represents big success for the organization. we've accumulatedy f0f also $6 billion in cash which gives us some flexibility to make some long overduedm investments. it was pretty gloom joy=t there in 2008 and 2009 as we came out of the recession and we were facing declines in every part of our business. we had to revamp and improve our core offerings, significantly upgrade our+ !tu(u development and market strategies which in our package business in particular. if you take a look at the fact that we offer date specific delivery, free insurance, free tracking of priority mail a great value to customers and it continues to attract more customers to the postal service. however, we couldn't have offered those features if we didn't take a long term approach to

the postal service employees pay for those medicare benefits. so we pay for them and can't use them. under our current mandate we are supposed to pay a total of $96 billion into the tresh are you department account for health benefits. we have already paid roughly $48 billion prior to 2011. we've defaulted on roughly $22 billion in the past three years. the sad part of this is that it could have been fixed immediately with legislation. if we integrate medicare into our retiree health care plans, we would be fully funded after one final $3 billion payment. we're done. we'd be fully funded. we're practically fully funded into one retirement fund and fully funded into another. so we'd be in better financial shape than any organization in the united states. and rather than overspend on health care we could be spending these funds on a new vehicle fleet package sortation equipment, letter sortation equipment. we could pay down our debt and we could significantly slow postagepost age age rate increases. what's holding it up? might be obvious -- shortsi

. >> a local man is fighting the u.s. postalvice to find his lost shoes or get the $677 he paid for them. he 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

>> you want the us postal service to make this right? >> yes i do. nefit 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 c

why doing just that has led to one man's >> a local man is fighting the u.s. postal service that fight his lost shoes or get the $677 that he paid for them back. >> he called 7 on your side and horace holmes found out there's a little known rule and it's holding everything up here. horace joins us what he found. horace? >> this is a pair of johan sovaki tennis shoes made in italy. you've heard how much it cost almost $700. you understand why terrance is so upset that his shoes are lost in the mail. terrance admits he has a weakness for on-line shopping and for shoes. >> you like shoes? >> yes. >> specifically, exotic designer shoes. like this pair he received just today. he had been hoping to add this pair of $677 johan tennis shoes to his collection. he purchased the shoes on line from a store in italy last february but when the shoes arrived at his home they were damaged. so he packed them up went to his local post office to send them back to italy. >> and i tried to send them through the postal service and they never got them. >> no problem. he told 7 on your side

while love energy says it couldn't get much of a response from the postal service, we did. orporate communications officer would not speak on camera. in a statement he wrote that a recent hire was working barbara mitchell's route on the day she found the mailers stuffed in her mailbox. he calls what the carrier did an improper delivery and claims it was addressed but won say if the carrier was punish. what about love energy? >> you want the us postal service to make this right. >> yes i do. >> reporter: get the benefit 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. 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 now you know likely what happened to your mailers? >> correct. >> reporter: they didn't deliver them? >> correct. >> reporter: they may have just dumped them? >> that's what it look like.

. >> a small business owner just wanted to drum up some new cut he turn to the u.s. postalp him deliver flash she mailers but the only call he got was a complaint. >> i think they supposed to have been actually delivered and he didn't do it so he just stuffed them in my box. >> who put them there and what will the post office do now? fox 29 investigates next. howard? >> okay. how long will cole hamels remain a phillie? there are at least four teams that show interest. i will tell you what -- who they are and what the timetable should be and an musical rendition a spoof with kobe bryant singing about the plan the 76ers love >> let's take a live look at i-95 in bensalem right now. all northbound lanes are closed. this is just south of street road where a tractor trailer overturned earlier today. several cars and another semi were involved in the crash. one person was killed. commuters traveling north have got to exit 95 -- to exit 95 the delay is more than an hour right now. our chris o'connell is live on the scene. we'll check in with him at the top of the hour. >>> what is

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 be

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

police in southern california. >>> using snail mail can be more expensive with the price increases the postal service is planning. >>> a look outside at the embarcadero in san francisco, you can see the noon hanging and not so much fog today. [female narrator] foods rich in folic acid like white bread and leafy greens can help prevent some birth defects before you even know you're pregnant. >>> good friday morning. a look from the sutro tower down to san francisco, you can see a hint of the fog mike has been telling us about with fog most of the week. also, there could be rain coming. maybe a little. that is the separative word. >> the widow of a fallen seem sheriff deupty will be in the audience for president obama's state of the union address on tuesday. she lost her husband, dan any oliver, in october. he died after being shot in a motel parking lot of the the press says the suspect was in the united states illegally. the suspect also faces charges in the murder of a deputy killed on the same day as oliver. >>> today the oakland police department is taking part in the battle of the badges

i was disappointed the president didn't mention the postal service. ouse 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 for everything that is still to come. in my world, wall isn't a street... return on investment isn't the only return i'm looking forward to. for some every dollar is earn

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

sure what that means. >> reporter: these employees says their mail has been returned to sender and the postal received 15 complaints in just 15 days from the two affected zip codes, contrary to what lao was told, usps tells us, quote, no one has retired, however, we have new carriers filling in. and while it says the postmaster is now investigating, usps can't explain the missing mail. >> i just wanted to get our mail sorted and delivered on a timely manner. >> reporter: as for stephen, he is homing his experience will send a message to his mailman assuming his mailman gets it. now, usps assures us that this will not happen again. and it says its investigation is ongoing. contacts the post office complaint department if you have a problem with missing mail. if you have a consumer problem, call us at 888-5-helps-u. >> thank you. >>> making money is a plus. but you also want to love what you do. we're lucky. >> ideally, yes. jill schlesinger reports. >>> reporter: high school students completing college applications may have their minds set on selecting a major that will pay off in the future.

>> catherine, people are expecting the postal service in vietnam to change drastically for the better. they're expecting it to improve. meanwhile, the japanese postal system is renowned for virtually no delays in deliveries. and so they want to take what they know over to vietnam. japan's communications state minister nishime and his vietnamese counterpart hyung exchanged a memorandum in hanoi. ministry officials say japan aims to improve vietnam's postal system and heighten the level of trust 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.

the 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

. >>> and the u.s. 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 slic

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

the officer said about two or three postal carriers are held up every year. >>> some answers tonight.hy 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 a dui. this local new jersey officer arresting a mayor. >>> and two thieves stealing an atm from a local bar. >>> single digit temperatures will kick off the weekend for some. i'm tracking how toon the nicer air will move in. >>> this just in all nor

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

there were two lawsuits filed that the postal service was trying to sell the building without performingironmental 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 winners and another business is the business of super bowl tickets. the average price was nearly $6,500. double the

over the postal the speed limit as of $500 ticket.ter: you fill the to been drive faster now because this say for. at the golden gate bridge stanley roberts kron 4 news >>pam: tonight we've learned of the bart board of directors may urge the alameda county district attorney to drop charges against 14 black friday protesters. the protesters are accused of stopping trains at the west oakland station back in november. in response to a grand jury decisions in the light brown and error garner cases. >>pam: last night hundreds of people showed up at the board of directors meeting demanding bart drop the chalk charges and $70,000 in restitution. after and the meeting bart board director rebekahs altman announced she will introduce a resolution asking that all charges be dropped. the final decision is up to the alameda county d.a.. >>pam: mountain view police are on the hunt for a suspect who is behind a series of pharmacy robbers robberies. this is a picture of a suspect. authorities said the first robbery happened december 12th at walgreen'

in the u.s. postale policy, we were told the government can defend a policy with all intents and purposes the same as the united parcel service. more than that some briefs called the positions 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 making in this case. that's correct. we acknowledge that in footnote 2 in our brief to this court. 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. >> i thought we felt that we don't give deaference to the eeoc. gee, you give that to me. even when i'm in dissent. that just means, you know, treat it for what i

the park out of compliance and the other one is that [indiscernible] right down the street from the postal center. we have three major construction going on and we are complaining about lights? my name is [indiscernible]. if we can't get any [indiscernible] the things i did today will be sent to hud [indiscernible]. >> thank you. >> thank you. i didn't make it to this meeting two weeks ago and i know the [indiscernible] has a lot going on. >> i am daniel landry for the record. >> san francisco resident. this is the thing, i was corresponding with mr. johnson of fdc for about two years regarding the community businesses. one of the letters, not that i am a prophet or anything, but i did mention to him, what if these plans and all these things do not work in the hear a center goes dark meaning close as out? we never wanted to see a foreclosure itself because the community as well as the city has put a lot of investment, time and energy to make sure anchor building worked for the community. unfortunately, in one of his response it was very vague and general and left me in a position where i c

the u.s. postaleliveries in some parts of the northeast that were hammered hardes by this blizzard. maureen marion is the u.s. postal service manager of corporate communications for the northeast. she joins me now by phone. what happened to neither sleet nor rain nor snow nor all that other stuff? >> well, i think what happened here is that we have a significant storm that has tracked down on the northeastern part of the united states. and under these enormously difficult conditions when you factor in both weather and visibility and transportation i think that we made the smart move, as did millions of others of your neighbors, to be sure we did the right thing for the safety of our employees and our communities. >> to be clear here. we're not talking about all of connecticut and all of massachusetts and all of rhode island either. can you tell me what parts of these states are effected by the mail delivery suspension? >> let's be clear. we have the entire state of connecticut today did not receive m

then, patrick donahoe discusses the future of the u.s. 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

the postal regulatory commission usps will test out same-day delivery service in the metro d.c. 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 governor is on the if you're trying to stick to healthier habits this new year. you mightn't to

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the law is very clear that if you receive something by the u.s. postal you are just to accept it as a gift. there's nothing more you need to do. the law's a little bit hazy when you get to ups fed ex or any of the other services. here's the way you should handle it. when they call you or contact you or you can even send them a letter if you wish and you tell them how they want you to pay postage and handling, that you have a postage and handling fee and the postage will be whatever the postal service charges but the handling fee will be $500 or $600. >> i love that idea. >> you don't have any obligation. none. >> excellent. another question i secret santa'ed $500 for the payment of random layaways at kmart. now i'm wondering where the money went. >> what a nice person you are. thanks so much for doing that. we did a couple stories on that here at abc 7. as far as we know none of that money has been ripped off. it's all been used properly. there is one charity i forget their name, that does just that. they give away $50,000 this year. they are accounting

. >>> 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

. >> he contacted 7 on your side we checked out the official rule book that says the postal service will pay claims when perishable contents freeze or melt. which it did in this case. and will pay foremost losses resulting from the delay of the mail. which also happened here. roland still thinks it's unfair. next time the tree blooms the fruit is going priority mail anyway. because it's still a good deal. >> yes. cheaper than ups and fed-ex. >> now priority mail should should arrive within three days but it's not guaranteed. and to see the report online go to abc7 news.com and click on the sections tab. select 7 on your side. >> checking in with spencer now to see about the forecast. >> yes. well, things are looking good. we've got mainly, well partly cloudy skies now as you can see. more clearing with high clouds passing through and look for sunny skies as well with mild conditions in the northern two thirds of the state and warm down south. mild in the bay area. no precipitation tomorrow since we didn't have much today, either. here is the accu-weather forecast. another mild spell expe

. >> he contacted 7 on your side we checked out the official rule book that says the postal service will not pay claims when perishable contents freeze or melt. which it did in this case. and will pay foremost losses resulting from the delay of the mail. which also happened here. roland still thinks it's unfair. next time the tree blooms the fruit is going priority mail anyway. because it's still a good deal. >> yes. cheaper than ups and fed-ex. >> now priority mail should should arrive within three days but it's guaranteed. and to see the report online go to abc7 news.com and click on the sections tab. select 7 on your side. >> checking in with spencer now to see about the forecast. >> yes. well, things are looking good. we've got mainly, well partly cloudy skies now as you can see. more clearing with high clouds passing through and look for sunny skies as well with mild conditions in the northern two thirds of the state and warm down south. mild in the bay area. no precipitation tomorrow since we didn't have much today, either. here is the accu-weather forecast. another mild spell expe

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

that the scam was uncovered at all. >> the postal clerk in this case recognized the victim and said she was in here yesterday and she's back in here again. >> when inspectors asked the woman if she could open the letter she was sending, they found a check inside. >> she was a little confused. >> she thinks she won, i guess. and i guess she just keeps trying, you know thinking some day it's going to come and then it never comes, of course. >> inspectors encouraged families to be astute and monitor elderly family members and their finances. autria godfrey, abc 7 news. >> right now, we are getting ready to help you get your answers to your legal questions. >> "7 on your side" consumer investigator kimberly suter is standing by in the "7 on your side" help center to show you how. kimberly? >> the "7 on your side" help center is about to get very busy. coming up at 5:00 you can see we have assembled eight legal experts. they are here to answer your legal questions. we have experts in housing, in civil litigation in criminal cases, family law fraud, contract disputes. if you have a legal

we looked and looked and worked with the postal service, looked at maps. the map. we were analyzing his last business transactions. we were able to account for everything except one car described as a three-quarter scale replica 1955 chevy race car. pretty unique car. i was actually able to backtrack all the way to the guy who originally built the cars who lived down in florida. he calls me and says, this guy in daytona beach has one of these cars. i get hold of that guy. he says he bought the car from a dealership in georgia. i talked to the guy in georgia. he bought the car from an auction in arizona in 2005. now i'm excited. this falls into my timeline. i end up with a huge stack of paperwork from all the auctions that happened in scottsdale in 2005. found the car, pulled the information. i didn't recognize the name. but as soon as i read the address it was the biggest, most exciting moment of the investigation. oh, my god. i decoded the treasure map. because the address was the partial from the treasure map. perfect absolute match for the sketch that h

the postal service doesn't guarantee nor will they guarantee that you are going to get your mail duringe to get it six days a week, they have to do that for you, but they don't have to get it there by 5:00 or 6:00. now that i have said that, this is very odd. normally you will see them late like this when maybe a guy is ill and there are a couple people taking over his routes or they are getting o.t. what you ought to do is call your postmaster and ask them hey, what's the deal, is this permanent, is this going to end, what's going on. >> that's late. leslie asks can a debt collector call my aunt when they are trying to collect my debt? >> yes. but the rules around it are pretty intense. there's a lot of federal rules. first off, if they have your name and your phone number and could have contacted you, they are not allowed to call your relatives or the next door neighbor. when they make a call like that they are not allowed to say that they are with a company or that you have a debt. now, if they are specifically asked are they calling about a debt, they can answer yes and they can say

. >> but the story really begins in 1918, when the u.s. postalthe ginny a world war i aero biplane, the stamp was red and blue. >> and they printed one with the 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.

in november tisha thompson and the news4 i-team showed just how violent crimes against postal employeesnd robberies are up more than 300%. a lot of the employees are worried about their safety following the unsolved murder of letter carrier tyson burnett in cheverly. >> some neighborhoods in the evening, especially delivering our letter carriers are more exposed to somebody with bad intenses. so as we consolidate, the other thing that happens is the mail is available much earlier for the letter carriers in the morning so we should be able to start them rather than 8:00 8:30 in the morning, 6:30 7:00 in the morning, you get them off the street before dark. >> reporter: dan ahoe industriesed he has confidence in the internal police force when it comes to solving crimes. he is set to retire the end of this month. >>> we have new details this evening about a shootout that left two police officers wounded in new york city. >> tonight, police have two people in custody who they call career criminals who have posted anti police rhetoric online. mark sanitia has the latest. >> reporter: it all