-- through the u.s. postal service. inside, more than four pounds of ecstasy pills. >> reporter: the suspects are members of the a fraternity and sorority. >> they've told them to cease operating and not have any outreach. >> reporter: they are just 21 years old, and lived in three different homes, all raided by the police and feds last friday, including this home where police say more than 4000 pills of ecstasy, known at molly, were ready to be sold out into the community. >> are the allegations true? >> no, they're not. >> so the police have it wrong? >> you will see it when -- >> the police have it wrong then? >> you'll see the fact. >> what are the facts? the uc spokesperson could not specifically talk about each student's case, but says they could face anything from suspension, to expulsion. >>> the street value of the drugs seized is about $100,000. >>> demolition is underway at a decades old restaurant along the san francisco water front. bobcat bulldozer in front of sin batting and -- sin bads and the facade is

paul: please, take out the u.s. postal service. no, i don't think it does.is easy to get negative and say this is obviously a shot directly at ups or fedex. while amazon is a material component, by no means, it is not over -- i think the deeper issue here is that we have a company that feels like it has unique needs. it has the unique needs that has to get stuff overnight or even same-day delivery, large packages, and do it in a way that fedex and ups were set up to do it as conveniently as amazon would like. i think this is really about solving a unique logistics problem that amazon has created for itself by its amazon prime program. this is really the flip side of the remarkable success of amazon prime and you are seeing in action what the company has to do to meet its obligations through that program. emily: jonathan, when you echo that? jonathan: absolutely. you have a fixed amount of infrastructure out there that is trying to solve increasingly difficult problems in logistics space. there are so many providers out there. with respect to cargo magic -- c

just posted a photo of president obama mailing a the white house is expected to announce that the u.s. postal service will restore direct mail to that country for the first time in 50 years. in the letter, the president tells a 72-year-old woman that he's looking forward to visiting havana next week. >>> donald trump is either going to have the delegates he needs or will be very, very close. list tonight will of the people. >> florida governor rick scott has a message for republicans this morning. >> and breaking news. the young tampa boy that police need your help finding right now, where he was last seen, and the search is now in full swing this morning. >> and we're keeping a close eye on i-4 where we have a crash westbound right at 301. a lot of flashing lights there. so far, no delays here. coming up, i'll check your >>> i feel certain in my heart that he knew exactly what was about to happen to me and that >> reporter: the bay area is hours away from saying good-bye to a hillsborough county deputy who died a hero. abc action news is honoring john kotfila, jr. today. >> first, ivan and j

we have a fantastic group of volunteers here from the u.s. postal inspection service. answering your questions and giving you advice on the postal and online fraud. we're joined by frank, postal inspector from the washington region everyone ising d.c., virginia and maryland. thank you for coming in. this a big problem. we are seeing the stories all the time on the "7 on your side." we are reporting on the stories often. >> we developed a website for adult children of seniors to protect them from the lottery sweepstakes fraud we see at a rampant rate all over the country. chris: why that type of fraud? >> that is targeted to seniors. >> we want to get the message out to children to look out for red flags. like seniors sending wires overseas. they can hopefully intervene. hopefully get involved in the older relatives financial matters. if thigh go to deliveringtrust.com you can find information on how to protect the relatives. chris: thank you. we'll get the calls coming in. 703-236-9220. 703-236-9220. i'm chris papst. "7 on your side" help center. jonathan: great resour

. >>> the u.s. postal service will it's been more than 50 years. you can send any type a first class international mail to the island nation that includes things like postcards and letter-sized envelopes. >>> we'll be there every step of the way. our team headed up by our anchors in the evening. live coverage will staa tomorrow night at 11:00 p.m. >>> new today out ofwashington. secretary of state john kerry announcing that isis is committing genocide against christians and other minorities in iraq and syria. officials say these new findings will most likely not mean new action by the united states. this is only the second time an genocide has been declared in an on going conflict, the last one being in the sudan region. court nominee will be on the hill all day today. we have more. >> the importance of hard work and fair dealing. >> reporter: a handful of republican senators have agreed to the president's supreme court nominee, judge garland on capitol hill today. >> the white house is encouraged. >> that's a good thing. there's a responsibility t

-- police say they learned about the drug shipments in the last few weeks and had help from the u.s. postal service and homeland security in tracking down the suspects. >>> they're asking the board of superintendent to declare a emergency to speed up more homeless shelters. >> reporter: enough is enough, he's tired of waiting. we are here at a navigation center here on michigan 16th in the district of san francisco, this is a collaboration with different interfaith groups. he would like to see more soon. he plans on introducing legislation that would declare that san francisco was a homeless shelter crisis. what it would do is remove some of the red tape to the process. in particular, he would like to see more of the navigation centers open up. we took a tour last year. the centers provide homeless with dorm-style living taking in 75 people at a time giving them not just a roof over their head, but a place to keep their belongings. >> what we need is solutions. the navigation center, that's an idea that actually has worked. we have seen more than 300 people who have seeked housing because o

students, they learned about the drug shipments and the last few weeks, and they had help from the u.s. postal service and homeland security tracking down the suspects. >>> the postponement of three weeks in the criminal trial related to the deadly gas pipeline explosion and they started the jury selection for march 22 through april 12, but pg&e says it needs more time to review the thousands of pages of evidence, the prosecutors say that pg&e tried to mislead the investigators on what process they were following when the explosion occurred, which killed 10 people. >>> the lawsuit wrought by the parents of alex the at to -- alex nieto, the mother says she feels the loss every day, shot and killed by four san francisco police officers in 2014. the officers testified that they believed alex nieto had a gun and it he was pointing it at them. it turned out it was a stun gun, and they testified that the stun gun registered three trigger pulls at about the same time he was shot. >>> the justice department is appealing the ruling to force apple to unlock the iphone data and the appeal was filed yeste

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well, according to the u.s. postal service, the lock and bracket that allows the carrier to access a unit of mailboxes had been broken and the postal service is not authorized to deliver mail that is not secured. so an alternate delivery plan was put in place. that plan residents have to trek blocks away to the post office to pick up their mail in person. >> i work like 80-some-odd hours a week. so when i am home, i usually want to be sleeping rather than driving up to the post office and getting my mail. >> reporter: so if the postal service knows what the problem is, why doesn't someone just fix it? >> this lock is a usps issued. only they can install it or remove it. >> reporter: sam said he calls and e-mailed the u.s. postal service but no one ever >> we have been calling po postmaster general, anybody we could call. >> reporter: fed up with the mail delivery dilemma, the residents decided to contact news4 to deliver results. two hours after we contacted the usps, look who showed up at the condo. a postal employee

the la police department, and the u.s. postal service. he's also served in the military. after completing formation, he was ordained to the priesthood in 1999. he served at st. lawrence and watts in la, and most recently has been working at -- as the champlin and the rector here in san francisco. welcome, father john. >> thank you. good morning >> it is so nice to have you, we have been talking with our viewers about this year of mercy. i was hoping you could talk about what it means to be a missionary of mercy? what is the special role that you and so many others around the world are holding for the church? >> i think, you know, just came to my mind, right now in the midst of so many people of varied ages who are preparing to enter the church, what we are trying to do with them is to heighten insensitivity, and an openness, responsiveness to their place and the significance of their presence, as being a member of the body of christ, the church, what does that mean looking at their life, their relationships, the environments where they live out their lives. more particula

and employment ease at the u.s. postal service prepared it with great care and prievmentd one proi ee called it the biggest day of her career. >> craig: obviously this would be mrn porn for a lot of folks in our area. information on how to direct letters and pack cadges to ca is listed on the usps.com web site. ininhe newsplex. i'm craig stevens. 7 news. >> lynn: well, this change comes days before president obama's historic stroits cuba. we'll have coveragerom havana head tonight k4r5067b9. >> danielle: deputies case >> assault on a protestor ate donald trump. five officers suspended without pay. and they did not detain him forel boag a protest or on the face. the scene caught on camera in fateville last week. the supporter has since been arrested and charged. >> lynn: take you cross country tonight. a driver making a major mistake in north car. the driver whoho was heading to the hospital wound up dplarkt o hot. the car hitting barricades and median before slamming into the lobby of of the emergency room in charlotte. fo

the u.s. postal service announced direct mail service to and from the country will start ain after more than 50 years. the process has been very regulated with people going to other countries. 2340u people can send first mail flat rate envepes. right now a letter from the president is making its way to a 76-year-old woman in cuba. this comes as president obama prepares to make his historic trip. here is a look at his schchule. on sunday the first family will ur a variety of sites. on monday president obama will meet with raul castro and attend a state dinner. on tuesday, the president will attend a speech. after that obamaill attend a baseball game between the tampa bay rays and the cuban national team. while the president is there, so are we. nbc 6 will be live from cuba during and after the president's trip. our team headed up by anchors ckie nespral and juwan strader. >>> supporters of planned parenthood are asking governor scott to veto a bill that would tighten restrictions on abortion clinics.

reporter: these packages of mdma or known as ecstasy or molly was shipped overseas through the u.s. postal service and headed to three locations in santa cruz. the investigation revealed ex a ecstasy was being imported and shipped to a sorority. a total of 4.1 pounds or 5,000 tablets of ecstasy seized with a street value of more than $100,000. >> i'm not surprised. >> reporter: students we talked to tonight say they are not surprised by the drug bust. they say if you want illegal drugs, you can easily get them here on campus. >> we're in santa cruz. there is a lot of drugs here. >> frats, you know, go crazy. so it's bound to happen eventually. >> reporter: santa cruz police say that they headed off another large shipment headed for that same group they say that that shipment was intercepted by homeland security. reporting live from santa cruz, i'm cheryl hurd, nbc bay area news. >> thank you. >>> warnings across the u.c. berkeley campus and beyond because of a serial predator struck again in berkeley. police are passing out these flyers alerting people another woman was sexual assaulted ne

investigators say several shipments of the pills as you can see there were shipped through the u.s. postal service. three members of the lambda phi fraternity and a sorority were running the wing. >> laura: the whale made infamous in the documentary staff believe. it ilicum has a bacterial infection in his lungs. he's linked to three deaths. world. the company's staff estimate the whale is about 35 years old. that's at the high end of a male orca's average life span. >> "q": coming up right here on getting a big, big fine for spying on customers' internet use without their permission. >> laura: and what did this driver do? we will see how this s.u.v. landed on the roof. yes, i said the roof of a supermarket. >> "q": and a couple went to great lengths to help their dog who could no longer use his back legs. and now, they are helping thousands it of animals every year to get back on their feet. that story is coming up right who's here. she has to take a brand name drug. been taking it since the early at that time it cost approximately $180 for 10 shots. the latest refill was $14.700 for the

the u.s. postal service announced direct mail service to and from cuba will resume after more than 50 years. the process had always been very regulated with people even going through other countries to send mail. first class post cards, letter-sized envelopes, packages to cuba along with priority mail flat rate envelopes and boxes. right now a letter from the president is making its way to a 76-year-old woman in cuba. this comes as president obama prepares for thehe historic trip. on sunday the first family are tour sites in old havana. on monday the president will meet with raul castro and attend a state dinner. on tuesday he'll deliver a speech to the cuban people and meet with members of the cuban civil ciety. after that meeting obama will attend a baseball game between the tampa bay rays and the cuban national team. while the president is there, so are we. nbc 6 will be live from cuba during and after the president's trip. our teams headed up by anchors jackieespral and juwan strader begin covera

investigators say they got a tip about several suspicious overseas packages shipped through the u.s. postal service postmarked to santa cruz. inside, more than 4 pounds of ecstasy pills. the suspects are members of a fraternity and a sorority. >> they have told them to cease operating as a fraternity and sorority and not have any events or outreach or anything like that. >> reporter: the suspects all just 21 years old lived in three different homes. all raided by police and the feds last friday including this home where police say more than 4,000 pills ecstasy also known as molly were ready to be sold into the community. are these allegations true? [ pause ] >> no they're not. >> reporter: so the police have it wrong then? >> you'll see it when -- >> reporter: the police have it wrong then >> you'll see the facts on the court date. >> reporter: what are the facts, then? the uc spokesman said he couldn't specifically talk about each student's case but he says they face anything from suspension to expulsion. live in santa cruz, maria medina, kpix 5. >>> well, prescription drug prices are soar

one thing i would ask of the u.s. postal service, who is akin to it locally on her own is that you take it to up a notch from a big notch and do, as in other countries where people with their own mailboxes is no recipients can what little plot on their mailbox and on their door, mail slot that says, no, unsolicited mail. no junk mail. that would not just to write a lot of paper into recycling, it would eliminate massive amounts of paper from being produced in the first place and that would really make the usps become even orders of 92 more stellar in the eyes of folks like me. if you take to them except that would be awesome. >> president omotalade thank you. any further public comment? hearing none, public comment is closed. commissioners, i believe we need a motion to approve this resolution? moved and seconded. commissioners, all in favor aye. any opposition? any extensions? hearing none, the resolution commending the units is postal service san francisco district for the collaboration with the dept. of environment and hu

. >> reporter: a representative of the u.s. postal service noted renting even a small post office box might work for some. >> we will still hold your packages behind the counter. you'll get a slip in your box. >> reporter: some have gone as far as to install a camera above the front doorstep which may or may not prevent package theft but has resulted in the arrest of a number of thieves. in southeast washington, jackie bensen, news 4. >>> new tonight, we're just learning about a close call between a drone and an airliner at l.a.x. this afternoon. the drone made it within 200 feet of lufthansa airline airbus 380. the airbus is only 239 feet long. that close call happened about 5,000 feet up when the plane was coming in for a landing at los angeles international airport. the federal aviation administration immediately notified police. now los angeles police are looking for the drone's nobody was hurt, and that plain was able to land safely. >>> a reminder tonight not to bring drones near the cherry blossom festival. the faa released a n

the scene is adjacent to the large u.s. postal distribution center, near the airport. >>> and about the same time another pedestrian was struck this time on roosevelt boulevard, near ryan in northeast philadelphia. police say a man was crossing the northbound inner lanes when he was hit by a motorcycle. unidentified 50 year-old man was rushed to aria torresdale hospital in very critical condition. >>> and there is more, a case of hit and run in southwest philadelphia, sent a 12 year-old girl to the hospital. this too happened just after 8:00 at 56th and springfield. so far police have not released a description of the fleeing vehicle. the girl was rushed to children's hospital. her injuries are satisfied to be non-life threatening. >>> new at 11:00 tonight in the brussels terror investigation. french police released this photo of the man they believe is one of the suspects who escaped. twenty-eight year old, najim laachraoui, the man seen dropping a bag of failed, boxes at the airport or second bomber at the subway. belgium offici

. >> reporter: a representative of the u.s. postal service says renting even a small post office box might work for some. >> we will still be holding your package behind the counter and you will get a slip instead of something in your box. >> reporter: some have gone as far as to install a camera above the front doorstep may or may not resolve package theft but resulted in a number of arrests. >>> march is women's history month and the our lives, my mom,s and angie goff, of course. some of our anchors and meteorologists put together a great special you have to see has to do with women who had an impact on their lives. the program is the women we love, later this morning at 10:00, you will find it right here on nbc4. >> that will be real nice. >> that will be sweet. >> what do you love about yours? >> her selflessness. >> i've met her. she is quite wonderful. >> i want to make a shout-out she was willing to do the cuba trip despite all the emotions and being on tv she never wants to be. >> it was. what a wonderful experience that was.

the men and women from the u.s. postal inspection service. it's here to take your call. it's your job to protect you from the scams and help you if you are involved one or you want to make sure you don't get involved in one. this gentleman right here, frank, postal inspector in the washington area. he receives the washington, maryland and virginia. thank you for coming in today. obviously a big issue. a lot of people dealing with this. especially those who are more vulnerable for falling from the scams. what calls are you taking? >> an older lady, her friend received a $5,000 check. was told they won clearinghouse sweepstakes. they hadn't entered. she was sharp enough to realize she hadn't won or they hadn't won. we gave her information where to send the check. we have a website so children of seeneros get involved -- seniors can get involved and seniors who may not realize they are targeted for this scam. deliveringtrust.com they can find information on how to help the senior relatives. >> the scammers are getting good. as the years go on they get more and more believab

the u.s. postal service announced that direct mail service to and from cuba will resume after more than 50 years. regululed with people even going through other countries. now people in the u.s. can send first class post cards, letter size envelopes and packages to cuba along with priority mail, flat rate envelopes and boxes. right now a letter from the president is makg its way to a 76-year-old woman in cuba. while the president is there, so will we, nbc 6 headed by jackie nespral and juwan strader begins coverage live from cuba starting at 11:00 p.m. tonight. >>> it is 6:48. our friday morning starting off on a dry note. morning drive. of course, we're hoping that the ride in will be a little easier with the school sessions taking a little break now for spring break. the forecast is kind of summer-like. i'll explain that in just a moment. live first alert doppler sweeping clear. if you haven't downloaded our free news and weather app, do it. you want to keep an eye o o the radar for the upcoming we

learned about the drug set men's -- drug shipments in the past two weeks, and they had help from the u.s. postal service and homeland security to track down the suspects. >>> and going into lockdown after a bullet smashed through a window. shots fired near visitacion valley elementary about 10 am, and the work crews all the bullet going into the empty classroom that was under construction, and no one was injured. the shooting is under investigation. >>>the oakland police department under scrutiny again, it went completely silent, leaving the officers at risk. >> can anyone call . the dio, can anyone call the radio.>> beginning at 11 pm friday night, dispatchers trying to contact officers on patrol, but could not. they then told the sergeants to check in with the officers to let them know that they were safe. >> this is a dangerous situation. no ability to call for help in the field, and inability to relay information from 911 center to the field. >> oakland officials have declined to go on camera, but we did obtain a internal memo where the chief told his officers that the system failed due to a

building he may be waiting a long time that the supreme court announced it will not hear dispute over u.s. postal service regulation that bans guns from post office property and adjacent parking the justices left an appeals court ruling that said the 2nd amendment right to bear arms does not extend to government buildings or the parking area sister and predicates about the colorado president who has a permit to carry a concealed handgun. he sought a court order striking down the regulation after learning he would be prosecuted for carrying his gun while picking up now at his local post office or leaving it in his car. when it comes to the housing market it's about that time first ring homes to go on the market but according to new data or maybe a shortage of homes available to buy. u.s. home sales suffered a steep drop off in february. the national association of realtors says sales of existing homes fell 7.1% to the decline follows robust yearly sales rate of 5.47 million in january and 4.5 for million in december of the new regulation delay closings in november. 210,000800 in february. that's a

this is one block away from the large u.s. postal center there in west oakland, a few blocks away from the west oakland station. no details other than someone was shot and fairly significant oakland police presence at the scene. we see three police units blocking one and three more units blocking the other end. officers investigating a smoothing in west oakland at 8:00 street and campbell. working to get more information and as soon as we do, we will pass it along. >>> a husband of former alaska governor sarah palin is in intensive care. sarah palin carried with one campaign event for donald trump before she flew home to be with her husband, todd, she canceled a second event. donald trump's campaign member offered condolences and looks forward to sarah palin's return in support of his campaign. sarah palin endorsed donald trump for president in january. there are reports that her husband, todd is expected to recover. >>> five primaries for tomorrow and two are key winner take all states. peter deucey has more after rallies got out of

sorority, and they learned about the drug shipments over the past few weeks, and with help of the u.s. postaleland security to track down the suspects.>>> and coming up on the next hour.>> we will join you in the next hour, and we are having some lower gas prices and improving economy, but leading to a surge in the pedestrian deaths nationwide, and the other factors that are believed to play a part in what one researcher called "a sobering report." >>> this next story may give you polls, researchers and texas say that certain carbohydrates such as in white bread and potatoes maybe linked to an increased risk of lung cancer and those people that do not smoke, and how they think that a high carbohydrate diet could influence the development of cancer in the body.>>> your time is 6:47 am. >>> ac/dc is postponing the rest of its u. s. tour, the lead singer is losing his hearing, and the rock legend will have to reschedule the remaining 10 shows on the world tour, and the lead singer brian johnson may go completely death if he continues with the tour. ac/dc says it will book new dates later in the

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in 2014 the u.s. postal service was granted temporary permission to increase prices but only for two years. >>> here's keith monday in severe weather center 9 and he is tracking a cool down and showers. >> the cool down and showers holding off for a while. rain chance not going to come in until tonight so all day to it's cooler out there and upper 40s in charlotte monroe 47 keeping our temperatures up just a little bit but 36 in lincolnton and 38 in statesville. up in the mountains below freezing. a little colder to start back out but we keep the south west wind today. won't be as breezy but will still warm us up. mid 50s by 9:00 high cloud cover building this afternoon. still warming. the high today just shy of 70. the cloud cover coming in will cap us from a cooler pattern from what we saw yesterday we hit 74 but those clouds hold off long enough we may hit 70 for another day. after today the 70s or anywhere close is long gone so at least through mid day today crystal clear. the clouds increase into the ev

the u.s. postal service becomes the thing that serves poor people, fedex serves the rich.does that make fedex more efficient than the us postal service? that is what fedex would like you to think but i think it is quite a different matter. if you take all the bright kids out of public school and just leave kids with difficult phonelines and no tradition of learning in their family and say public schools are a failure, surely you have made a mistake intellectually and morally. i think it is the same mistake that has been made in the developing world. i wish i could sympathize with the anti-globalization view but since i don't think, for the moment anyway, that those views are going to prevail even though i agree with a lot of their analysis, i think -- this is the plea i will make it the end of the book, that the state needs to be strengthened again, needs to run development again. the world of hunger itself, the great example, the brazilian government is not a left/right thing, the program started under a neoliberal president, cardoza and continued under two socialist pres

building he may be waiting a long time that the supreme court announced it will not hear dispute over u.s. postal service regulation that bans guns from post office lots. the justices left an appeals court ruling that said the 2nd amendment right to bear arms does not extend to government buildings or the parking area sister and predicates about the colorado president who has a permit to carry a concealed handgun. he sought a court order striking down the regulation after learning he would be prosecuted for carrying his gun while picking up now at his local post office or leaving it in his car. when it comes to the housing market it's about that time first ring homes to go on the market but according to new data or maybe a shortage of homes available to buy. u.s. home sales suffered a steep drop off in february. the national association of realtors says sales of existing homes fell 7.1% to the decline follows robust yearly sales rate of 5.47 million in january and 4.5 for million in december of the new regulation delay closings in november. 210,000800 in february. that's a 4.4% annual increase. a

the packages of mdma, better known as ecstasy or molly, were shipped from overseas through the u.s. postal service and headed to three locations in santa cruz. the investigation revealed ecstasy was being imported and shipped to students who belong to the lamb da fi fraternity. a total of 4.1 pounds, or 5,000 tablets of ecstasy, seized with a street value of more than $100,000. >> i'm not surprised. >> reporter: students we talked to tonight say they're not surprised by the drug bust. they say if you want illegal drugs, you can easily get them here on campus. >> we're in santa cruz, there's a lot of drugs here. >> frats, you know, they go crazy. it's bound to happen eventually. >> santa cruz police found out about another large shipment of drugs headed to the same group. that was intercepted by homeland security on friday. >>> up next at 11:00, following developing story that train that derailed while carrying hundreds of passengers, we'll have a live update. >>> plus -- messy cleanup in millbrae. how long it's going to take to clean up raw sawage. flooding into people's homes. ==scott//cu

judge ruling armstrong does not have an obligation to pay back scholarship money provided by the u.s. postal that he used performance-enhancing drugs. armstrong, of course, finally confessed to doping in an interview with oprah winfrey three years ago. he was stripped of all seven of his tour de france titles in 2012. >>> now to a separate bombshell from the world's richest female athlete. agents for maria sharapova said she would make a major announcement. she's recently had a string of injuries and lost a big match to serena williams back in january. today reporters thought she might call it quits and join peyton manning in the land of retirement, but instead maria sharapova shocked everyone in the room with her news. >> i wanted to let you know that a few days ago, i received a letter from the itf that i had failed a drug test at the australian open. i did fail the test and take full responsibility for it. >> joining me to talk about it, cnn sports analyst christine brennan. christine, shocking news. today she said, sharapova, that she's been taking a drug called mildronate but found out

investigators say they got a tip about several suspicious overseas packages shipped through the u.s. postal service, postmarked to santa cruz. inside, more than 4 pounds of ecstasy pills. >> we are highly troubled by these allegations. >> reporter: turns out, the suspects are members of the lambda phi fraternity and a sorority. >> they told them to cease operating and not have events. >> reporter: the suspects all 21 lived in three different homes. all raided by police and the feds last friday, including this home where police say more than 4,000 pills of ecstasy also known as molly were ready to be sold into the community. are these allegations true? >> no, they're not. all right? >> reporter: so the police have it wrong, then? >> you will see it when the -- >> reporter: the police have it wrong then? [ no response ] >> you'll see the facts in the court date. >> reporter: what are the facts then? the u.s. spokesman could not specifically talk about each students' case but they could face anything from suspension to expulsion expulsion. >>> in the race for the white house, campaign 2016, mi

say they learned about the drug shipments in the last few weeks and that they had help from the u.s. postal service and homeland security in tracking down the suspects. >>> for the first time we know of, hackers have targeted apple's mac computers with ran somewhere. started last week and some users were hit by a virus that demanded a ransom to unlock the computer. the virus encrypted the files making the computer useless. the owners were told they had to pay a $400 ransom for a code to unlock it. the virus entered through a filesharing app called transmission. >> they came out with an update. so if someone were to go to their website now and download the program, it wouldn't have this particular flaw. >> it's not known how many mac computers were affected or how many owners paid the ransom. >>> california has a new speaker of the assembly, anthony rendon took the oath of office in sacramento this afternoon. 48 years old, from lakewood in los angeles county. he's the first new speaker since voters approved extended term limits in 2012. that means he could hold office until 2024. rendon says

. >>> for the first time in 50 years, the u.s. postal service is delivering mail to cuba. the historic direct transportation of mail to the island includes letters and postcards, first-class priority and small, flat-rate packages. the postmaster general made the announcement today, saying that mail and packages between the two countries will improve service for businesses and consumers. back to you. >> thanks, erika. >>> this week's "wednesday's child" is a bright, young 10-year-old. her big dream is to become an olympic gymnast, so we decided to take her to silver star gymnastics. she was a little bashful to begin with, but bounced right out of it. meet was shy about a lesson with ashley mill, but after a few cartwheels and a climb aboard the balance beam, her comfort level seemed to rise. >> arms up here, nice and tall. >> reporter: she wants to one day be a gymnast like olympic star gabby douglas. >> great job! >> reporter: and after a tumble or two down the long mat, she was all smiles and finally relaxed and not so shy anymore. >> her splits and her jumps and her cart

. >> within two hours of news4 contacting the u.s. postal service, an employee as you see there, showed up at the condo building to check out the lock. building management says it's the first person from the postal service to actually pay them a visit and in a statement the postal service told us the lock and bracket that allows the carrier to access the mailboxes had been broken and the postal service is not authorized to deliver mail that is not secured so an alternate delivery plan was put in place. the postal service apologized for any inconvenience and the postal service also explained to us it's really a shared responsibility between them and the condo management company because of a needed. bottom line, we helped deliver them some results and mail should resume this week. >> boy, six months is a long time to go without your mail. >> tell me about it. absolutely. it's done. >> all right. >> good work. >> thanks. >>> the leaders of about 50 nations are gathered in the district right now for a meeting on reducing the world's nuclear stoc

but we have to look at who are the institutions or large governmental people or the pg&e, at&t, u.s. postal offices that have a lot of property in san francisco and a lot of graffiti and it's not cloned up quickly enough. chairman tang, i wept to your office and spoke with the people trying to say why it is. i heard back the constituents are calling in and saying we're reporting the graffiti and it's not being cleaned up. that's where the anger point on this is. that should be another thing that very much the board should be doing. the technology is there. the pictures are there. it's not like before when it was called in and someone would say it's new graffiti. if you have the picture and time stamp, it's closed. i sent -- 30 times it was handwritten sent to pg&e and it wasn't cleaned up. there are groups out there that are not responding when the graffiti is done. i have this hope, like graffiti and crime is collocating. maybe it's a bit of a dream if you clean up the streets and that, that there will be less crime, but some of it is there. if we keep the data cleaner, we can find out, is

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one thing i would ask of the u.s. postalrvice, who is akin to it locally on her own is that you take it to up a notch from a big notch and do, as in other countries where people with their own mailboxes is no recipients can what little plot on their mailbox and on their door, mail slot that says, no, unsolicited mail. no junk mail. that would not just to write a lot of paper into recycling, it would eliminate massive amounts of paper from being produced in the first place and that would really make the usps become even orders of 92 more stellar in the eyes of folks like me. if you take to them except that would be awesome. >> president omotalade thank you. any further public comment? hearing none, public comment is closed. commissioners, i believe we need a motion to approve this resolution? moved and seconded. commissioners, all in favor aye. any opposition? any extensions? hearing none, the resolution commending the units is postal service san francisco district for the collaboration with the dept. of environment and human

learned in the last hour a plane load of mail from the united states landed there yesterday and the u.s. postal service confirming to cnbc that they have just resumed mail service from the u.s. to cuba. so there is another -- another new regulatory change we have seen this week. interest there is another one, i'm going to tell you that one after the break because it has a direct impact on our next guest, the ceo of norwegian cruise lines, who hopes to have a ship pulling into havana later this year. we talk to him next on "power lunch." ♪jake reese, "day to feel alive"♪ ♪jake reese, "day to feel alive"♪ ♪jake reese, "day to feel alive"♪ from icy ocean waters... to your kitchen counter. on. pure. pristine. each one its own delicious arctic prize. when you cook with incredible ingredients... you make incredible meals. fresh ingredients. step-by-step-recipes. delivered to your door. get your first two meals free blueapron.com/cook . >>> welcome back to "power lunch." we're here at the nasdaq for the war in momentum cuba opportunity summit. lots of people here discussing about the possibilities of

on twitter, if you want your correspondent secure, write it down, put a stamp on it, and mail it u.s. postal. thank you for your time this morning. guest: thank you for having me. host: a little over an hour to journal."hington richard norton smith, we will look at 2016 and compare it historically, and god only knows what richard will talk about when he gets out here. an article from politico, grassley calls for support in the supreme court's role. charles grassley is the chair of the judiciary committee of the senate. the top democrat is patrick leahy and he is our guest this weekend on newsmakers. here is a little bit of what he had to say. is there anything in the constitution that guarantees a nominee hearings and a vote? >> the constitution says we shall advise and consent. that is usually interpreted to be, you can vote no, but there has never been a time, never been a time -- >> but if the advice is wait until the election? hearings.t have the there has never been a time, never been a time that the supreme court nominee was denied a chance to have a hearing at a vote. we have even had

speaking of cuba, the u.s. postalvice will resume mail service to cuba for first time in 50 years. the types of mail allowed will include letters and postcards and full list is available on the post office's website. the announcement comes as the president prepares to travel to cuba this weekend. oklahoma correction officers caught an interesting intruder. they were on patrol when they saw flashing lights approaching the prison. those lights turned out to be a drone carrying three cell phones. it's the second drone flown into an oklahoma prison within the last six months. >>> new radar scans of king tut's burial chamber revealed two hidden rooms which researchers think might contain the remains of the queen. her mummy has never been found. >>> just in time for easter, look at that. the doughnut game is reaching to a whole new level. cooking up what it's calling a cream egg crow nut, white and orange fondant and topped with a kadbury cream egg. >> yum. >> it's not for me. >> i'll stick with the peanut butter reese's eg

on twitter, if you want your correspondent secure, write it down, put a stamp on it, and mail it u.s. postal. >> i'm back to our live coverage of the conservative political action conference, day number two at the gaylord national harbor resort and hotel just outside the nation's capital. the event has gotten underway this morning. we expect to hear from republican national committee chair reince priebus. he will be followed by jenny beth martin and then later on, republican candidates john kasich and ted cruz. you will also hear from ben carson this afternoon. he's expected to talk about his political future. this is all fresh off of the detroit republican debate last night. donald trump will be speaking early tomorrow morning. we will have that at 10:00 saturday followed by "washington journal." you will also hear from marco rubio do it all gets underway this morning on this friday morning. we did cover the event yesterday. you can find all of that coverage online anytime at www.c-span.org. gentlemen, the nra um.ies leadership for >> good morning, conservatives. without further ado, i woul

u.s. congress and postal service. while that's good news for customer, the postal service will lose close to two billion dollars a year. it's been several years since price has gone down. >>> coming up next. >> she lost the miss universe crown of no fault of her own and miss colombia scores something that will bring her closer to actor vin diesel. >>> the marlins getting ready to only going up, up, up. >>> a popular girl group hard at work in the studio. fifth harmony's latest single now available for download. >> christine: and several oscar nominated movies available on thth store shelves. here's what you can add to your play list. >> reporter: best actress winner brie larson head lines it's rated r. the danish girl also out on dvd. they play a couple that stays together as he undergoes one of the first sex change operations. the danish girl is rated r. >>> how do you know all this? >> he reprises his role and agrees to mentor and train apollo creed. it's rated pg 13. >>> youth stars michael cane and harvey as frien

come, cousin joanie and twitter if you want a correspondence right down to stamp on and mail it u.s. postal. eli dourado from george mason university mercatus center technology policy program director, thank you for your time. >> guest: thanks for having me. >> so many of my books were horizontal studies. many countries across the whole region. covering a minimum of six countries. here i look at one country and death and i use it to explore great themes, i think great themes. the holocaust, the cold war, the challenge of vladimir putin. romanian and romanian speaking fault though the -- muldova said to study romania is to study the legacy of empires. >> romania was endemic. correct country come extremely corrupt because it's endemic we had weak institutions where everything was based on bribes and doubledealing and what this shows is this is nothing new. what's happening is the romanian population has grown up to become far more sophisticated and is demanding clean government. it is its number one demand. next the supreme court oral argument concerning the texas abortion clinic law. then th

but we have to look at who are the institutions or large governmental people or the pg&e, at&t, u.s. postaled up quickly enough. chairman tang, i wept to your office and spoke with the people trying to say why it is. i heard back the constituents are calling in and saying we're reporting the graffiti and it's not being cleaned up. that's where the anger point on this is. that should be another thing that very much the board should be doing. the technology is there. the pictures are there. it's not like before when it was called in and someone would say it's new graffiti. if you have the picture and time stamp, it's closed. i sent -- 30 times it was handwritten sent to pg&e and it wasn't cleaned up. there are groups out there that are not responding when the graffiti is done. i have this hope, like graffiti and crime is collocating. maybe it's a bit of a dream if you clean up the streets and that, that there will be less crime, but some of it is there. if we keep the data cleaner, we can find out, is it true if you clean up the graffiti quickly, you check that it's been cleaned up quickly, t

a direct postal service between cuba and the u.s. for the first time in 50 years in another sign of warming relations >>> the u.n. special envoy to syria is due to meet government representatives in geneva where a third day of talks are getting underway. the latest meeting may have a different tone. staffan de mistura says he has proposals from the government and main opposition outlining their ideas for a political transition. all of this as russia pulls another batch of jets out of syria >> reporter: the man charged with negotiating, staffan de mistura, said he didn't believe that the timing of the russian announcement as his talks were restarting was a coincidence. >> we've considered this a significant, i repeat, a significant development, and now we hope and we shall be expecting and hoping that this will be happening, that we will be seeing this decision bringing some positive influence on the actual progress of the talks. >> reporter: mr staffan de mistura had a meeting with the main opposition block, the high negotiations com