they are trying to shut down the united states postal service. this, as well. and i want to make it very clear tonight that not one tax dollar goes to running the united states postal service. it is all operated and funded through the stamps that you and i purchase. joining me tonight is cliff duffy, he is the president of the american postal workers union. mr. duffy, great to have you with us tonight. >> good to be with you, ed. >> did what i say wrong? or is that accurate? can you add to it? >> that's very accurate, ed. the postal service has overpaid into their retirement monday, billions of dollars. that's money that's withheld from the workers and was matched by postage revenue that we, through our productivity, have earned for the postal service. and that was given to congress to prepay our retirement funds. well, the actuaries, the independent actuaries said there is at least $50 billion overpaid in this one fund. and $75 billion paid into it by the other actuary. this is done by the office of the inspector general and the regulatory commi

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guest: we are charged with oversight responsibilities for the united states postal service. rovide disclosure to operations and finances. we are not the united states postal service. they have their own operation. host: so you are not actually running the postal service. sec.: ist is akin to the host: the postal service recently sent the regulatory commission and advisory asking for recommendations on closures and other recommendations. what kind of advice or recommendations were they looking for? guest: we have not issued any thing get. i should preface this discussion by letting you know there are some concerns and the scheduling and what not, but there is a provision that calls for the postal service to be able to come to the regulator and ask about our views on proposals such as these closures. host: they write the postal service has issued a plan for optimization to examine whether to continue providing retail and other services and products at its approximately 3650 of the more than 32,000 post offices in its retail network. host: so it sounds like they are planning on

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. >>> cash strapped united states postal service is reportedly flashing 120,000 jobs. the post office is facing a second year of losses totaling $8 billion or more. the agency wants to pull the workers out of the federal retirement and health plans and set up its own benefit system. congressional approval would be needed for either one and both could face opposition from paoftal union. >>> you can find more coverage of this week's wild wide on wall street by clicking the tab of the top of our home page. >>> two marines are recovering in san diego in a san diego hospital tonight after their fighter jet crashed into the pacific ocean. the navy lost communications with the f-18 hornet late last night. the coast guard launched a search using two ships, a helicopter and a c-130 plane. three hours later a ship's crew heard the marines calling for help and blowing the whistles on their life jackets. a coast guard helicopter and a rescue swimmer hoisted the marines to safety. no word yet on what caused the jet to crash. >>> palo alto, mountain view and -- are working together

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the united states postal service doesn't run on your tax dollars. it's funded solely by stamps and postage. brought to you by the men and women of the american postal workers union. ♪ >>> welcome back to "first lo " look." here's some of the top stories making news this morning. >>> despite selling ban ki-moon that military and police operations against protesters have ended, activists reported more blood shed overnight. since march, over 1800 civilians may have been killed in syria's uprising. >>> in libya rebels are closing in on tripoli from the west and south. they have also assaulted a coastal oil refinery in an effort to drive out muammar qadhafi's forces. he is now nearly cornered in his capital stronghold. >>> in tampa authorities have arrested an expelled student who was allegedly behind a catastrophic plot to set off a bomb at his former high school next week. police say the 17-year-old was planning to cause more casualties than the columbine high school tragedy, a massacre that claimed 13 lives. >>> health officials say two children and a

the united states postal service doesn't run on your tax dollars. it's funded solely by stamps and postage. brought to you by the men and women of the american postal workers union. ♪ >>> as we told you at the top of the show, the federal reserve gave the markets a boost by announcing interest rates would be frozen for two years, and hinting there could be more economic stimulus to come. if you want to sound smart today, tell your friends the federal reserve was created in 1913, to provide the u.s. with a stable and flexible monetary system. in addition to setting targets, the fed helps to regulate banks, as well as keeping enough currency in circulation to meet public demand. >>> let's check in with our buddy of dylan ratigan, a man who speaks truth to power at 4:00 p.m. every day on this network. he is whip-smart, devilishly handsome and passionate, as you might notice, in his analysis yesterday of the american political system. >> i'm tired of republicans and democrats, the republicans that want to burn the place to the ground. and democrats, wit

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the united states postal service doesn't run on your tax dollars.t's funded solely by stamps and postage. brought to you by the men and women of the american postal workers union. ♪ >>> welcome back to "first look," i'm lynn berry. here are some of the top stories making news this morning. libyan rebels are pushing to isolate the capital of tripoli, blocking key supply routes and cutting oil pipelines. u.s. defense officials say moammar gadhafi's forces fired a scud missile for the first time in the conflict, but it landed in the desert, causing no casualties. >>> royal dutch shell has revealed one of its oil platforms off the coast of scotland has spilled more than 1300 barrels of oil in the north sea. since a ruptured pipeline began leaking last week, the spill, which has now been largely contained, is being called the region's worst in a decade. >>> divers searching for a female japanese exchange student who fell into the deadly waters of niagara falls sunday have located an unidentified male body instead. police say the 19-year-old woman lost he

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the united states postal service doesn't run on your tax dollars. it's funded solely by stamps and postage. brought to you by the men and women of the american postal workers union. ♪ >>> the united states will be a friend and a partner. we will join with allies and partners to continue the work of safeguarding the people of libya. >> the president taking time out of his martha's vineyard vacation to address the breaking news in libya and u.s. involvement in the conflict. he still opposes u.s. boots on the ground there. if the rebels are successful in taking out gadhafi, what are the implications for the obama administration? you'll recall the spike in the president's approval rating following the death of osama bin laden. even that proved to be short-lived. lieutenant colonel anthony shaffer is still with us to talk about the politics of this. he's got new information. plus, we bring in the special monday megapanel. political commentator sam steeter. washington examiner's tim kearney. and msnbc contributor imagene lloyd webber. tony, tell us what yo

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the united states postal service doesn't run on your tax dollars.by stamps and postage. brought to you by the men and women of the american postal workers union. ♪ >>> just weeks after down fwrading the country's credit rating, s&p finds itself in the hot seat. the justice department is launching an investigation into whether s&p improperly rated dozens of mortgage securities leading up to the crisis. chrystia freeland is here, also, richard quest. richard, let's start with you. we know these agencies have questionable credibility, but now, we're talking about an investigation into possible criminal wrong doing. your thoughts. >> the name of the investigation is whether the actual analysts wanted to give these securities a lower rating. whether the business managers at the firm said no, they have to have the triple-a rating. if it is true, then that is the serious matter and for s&p, which has already been lambasted for the way it hangs on to march backed securities and its times over the u.s. debt downgrade, i suspect if it's true and it ends up go

the united states postal service doesn't run on your tax dollars.ely by stamps and postage. brought to you by the men and women of the american postal workers union. ♪ >>> yet, again we're seeing the job was a second fiddle. femme on the right oppose president obama's new policy to suspend deportations of illegal immigrants, who don't pose a threat to public safety or national security. lamar smith of texas texas calms this amnesty. >> we can conduct hearings t. make them testify under oath. try to frankly embarrass the president and push back. >> first, the change doesn't grant amnesty since illegal immigrants won't be given a path toward citizenship, but it's interesting that he's using his position to, quote, embarrass the president, especially when he said last week that they would focus on jobs legislation. quote -- if it's not part of the jobs agenda, it's not likely to come up for consideration this fall. of course, what a difference a day makes. this was a big different message when he had to go on right-wing radio and talk, no matter what t