. ♪ the united states postal service. ou know that the postal service operates more than 215,000 vehicles? the largest civilian fleet in the world? there are almost 32,000 post offices around the country. you know, small town america. got those little post offices. more than the number of domestic walmart, starbucks and mcdonald's stores combined. i mine, the postal service is big. the postal service, they handle 40% of the world's card and letter mail. pretty big. last year did they bring in any bucks? you better believe they did. they brought in $67 billion in 2010. remember, i want you to know this, zero. they received zero, i repeat, zero tax dollars. but republicans have been on a mission to get rid of it since the year 2006 when they passed an unbelievable lame duck session law. today postal workers and allies are fighting back. we'll talk to the president of the american postal workers union, and i'll tell you how it will hurt america if it survives. stay with us. so easy, you just need campbell's cream of mushroom

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the united states postal service is not an 18th-century relic. a great 21st century national asset, but times are changing rapidly, and so, too, must the postal service if it is to survive. senator collins. >> thank you, mr. chairman. first, mr. chairman, let me thank you for holding what is truly an urgent hearing to examine possible remedies for the postal service's dire and rapidly deteriorated financial condition. the drumbeat of news about the exhilarating lapses at the postal service underscores the need for fundamental changes. the postal service is seeking a far-reaching legislation to allow the service to establish its own health benefits program, administered its own retirement system, and lay off its employees. this is a remarkable turnabout from its previous proposals. i appreciate that the postal service has now come forth with several big picture ideas, although many of the details remain unclear. as we search for remedies, we must keep in mind a critical fact, the postal service plays an essential role in our national economy. if th

in some areas, the united states postal service is going away.than 3600 postal offices will close within the year. that's one in 10. post al services in those area will be absorbed by privately owned local businesses. the postmaster general says it's the only way to keep the debt-strapped agency running. donahue's other idea is to the the saturday delivery. >> we should have moved six days to five days three or four years ago. we would have been profitable then and now. >> senator tom carper of delaware, chair of the subcommittee on federal financial management, which oversees the post office, has introduced a bill to do that, ending saturday delivery could save the usps $2 billion a year. unforeign, it would eliminate 20,000 jobs. technology will also lighten the volume of u.s. paper mail. e-mail, smart phones, and other tech apps have decreased the volume of hand-delivered mail by 20% over the course lasts five years. is this a constitutional question? u.s. constitution? >> yeah, i think it is. u.s. post office i believe is in there. i may be w

the united states postal service is not an 18th-century relic. it is a great 21st century national asset, but times are changing rapidly, and so, too, must the postal service if it is to survive. senator collins. >> thank you, mr. chairman. first, mr. chairman, let me thank you for holding what is truly an urgent hearing to examine possible remedies for the postal service's dire and rapidly deteriorated financial condition. the drumbeat of news about the exhilarating lapses at the postal service underscores the need for fundamental changes. the postal service is seeking a far-reaching legislation to allow the service to establish its own health benefits program, administered its own retirement system, and lay off its employees. this is a remarkable turnabout from its previous proposals. i appreciate that the postal service has now come forth with several big picture ideas, although many of the details remain unclear. as we search for remedies, we must keep in mind a critical fact, the postal service plays an essential role in our national economy.

first comments and i came to us via twitter it's hard to miss last week's headlines about the united states postal service being in dire straits the postal service would be fine profitable in fact if it weren't for a bit of poison pill legislation slipped into pay into place during the bush years the requires the u.s.p.s. to set aside over just a ten year period and have cash to pay the health benefits of retirees for the next seventy five years seriously post office has to pay billions a year into a fund to pay for retirement health care for employees who are not yet even or no other government or corporate group or agency has ever been asked to do this it was purely to create a crisis in the postal service so republicans could demand that it be broken up and privatized a gift to their campaign donors to the private delivery services and create a crisis that did according to the postmaster general of the postal service will be broke by next summer unless the federal government can step in and take action but the action being proposed is darrell ises republican house plan it creates a special boar

much charge appreciate it appreciate your dropping a very cute sound if you want to say the united states postal service that is always america itself. as chuck said you need to call your congress man or woman and tell him or her to stop the right wing assault on the postal service part of our commons. it's time for a daily poll your chance to tell us what you think here's today's question were republicans get what they want privatized the u.s. postal service or choices are yes republicans have manufactured crisis to do just that or no americans would push back privatizing the post office is the ultimate assault on the commons going to tom hartman dot com let us know what you think that poll will be open until tomorrow very. crazy alert snakebitten a california man is in police custody after munching on an unusual snack a python a man was asked to hold a pet snake when he inexplicably decided to take two massive lights out of the reptile force of the snakes owner to take his pet to the hospital for emergency surgery lost a few ribs and had to get stitched up but is now recovering police are stil

. >> plus, postal problems, drastic new proposal to help the united states postal service get back in the black. >> a what e-mails are revealing about the white house worries about the now bankrupt solar panel maker solyndra. >> who do you think is saving money, men or women? hillary clinton says she has the answer. we'll that withttttttttt >>> welcome back. look at live doppler 7-hd and it's getting quieter by the moment and it should be completely quiet by this afternoon. low to mid-80s in the central valley. sunshine along the coast. 58 in big sir and 95 in palm springs. heading to the sierra, warmer weather, low to mid-70s in tahoe. near 80 around yosemite and down in southern california, warming trend, sell in l.a. by sunday. 73 in san diego. >>> this morning, new e-mails revealing just how concerned the obama administration was about the political impact of the the solyndra bankruptcy. in an e-mail they warned a possible default by the fremont solar panel maker could coincide about the campaign season. other e-mails show that administration officials were worried about s

. >>> united states postal service may be close to default. agency will not be able to pay a $5.5 billion payment to a retirie health care trust fund due this month. the postal officials assure us, if it defaults payroll and payments will not be disrupted. >>> president obama is not the only one talking about jobs today. gop candidates are canvassing the country at a number of labor day events. a handful of the hopefuls are in columbia south carolina. mitt romney, michele bachmann and herman cain and newt gingrich is going head to head. and then rick perry is returning instead to texas to deal with the wildfires but may participate remotely. be sure and join our john king for coverage of the presidential freedom forum in south carolina. we will bring it to you live starting at 3:00 p.m. eastern. >>> we are awaiting president obama's annual labor day speech in detroit. this is a live picture from the podium in detroit where he is expected to speak any moment. we will take you there next when we come back. my name's jeff. i'm a dad, coach, and i

the united states postal service doesn't run on your tax dollars.stage. brought to you by the men and women of the american postal workers union. ♪ >>> a lot going on this morning. here's what you need to know to start your day. forecasters expect lee, now a tropical depression, to bring more heavy rain and flooding as it moves across the southeast. the storm dumped a foot of rain on parts of louisiana and mississippi this weekend and spawned several tornadoes. >>> lee's strong gusty winds have whipped up the wildfires burning in texas. a fire near austin is said to be threatening been said to be threatening thousands of homes right now. authorities say a mother and her child were killed when fire burned their mobile home. >>> police are investigating the death of a man whose body was found at the home of nfl player anthony smith. the 37-year-old victim was discovered at the bottom of a swimming pool. police say they don't suspect foul play. >>> republicans who would be president will spend labor day in south carolina, attending a key party forum ho

first i would like to commend him for his efforts to find solvency in the united states postal service and want to be an ally working with him to do so and hope that he is asking his staff tall levels of the service for suggestions about efficiency many times i think the best and brightest ideas come from the people who work at the postal service for their suggestions about how to improve the bottom line. 3700 post offices is something certainly that caught my attention 134 of them are in kansas and i don't want to be overly provincial here but i always want to make certain that rural america doesn't get just forgotten decisions made in the nation's capital. .. the refunding of the insurance and health benefits. not that i mind that, but i would love to know if there are things that community members can say, evidence that can be garnered, facts that can be told that will alter the decision of the post office that this community post office would continue to be in existence. my impression is that almost without exception, the post office has already made up their minds. they're going t

the united states postal service doesn't run on your tax dollars.funded solely by stamps and postage. brought to you by the men and women of the american postal workers union. ♪ >>> the house republican leadership sees room for compromise on a jobs package but they won't get help from michele bachmann, who says the new proposal would the all harm and no good. she is a tea party favorite and a presidential candidate who joins us tonight from the campaign trail in colorado. i want to get to the president's proposal but i want to talk about the urgent threat we hear now about the potential of a threat on the 9/11 anniversary. you are a member of the house select committee on intelligence. i want you to in as much detail as you can, share with us what you have been told about this threat and do you view it as a credible, specific threat? >> one thing i want to assure the american people, this is a bipartisan effort when it comes to the safety and security of the american people. i believe that the administration is doing everything that they need to do

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the republican attack on the united states postal service will also have a major impact -- hear me now -- on voting. millions of americans mail in absentee ballots. keep in mind voters in oregon can vote only by mail. and the state of washington just passed a law to do the same. this will be a major rural disadvantage. now, in those states, if you could only vote by mail and the mail service is cut back, can we do some real math here? that's voter suppression. people who vote by mail might be forced to go to ups or fedex. both of those companies line their pockets. republican, two republicans, election after election. for two years, fedex has given 50% of their money to republicans, ups has given 53% of their political donations to republicans. let me ask you tonight. do you trust ups or fedex to handle your ballot? let's cut right to the chase on this, folks. this is going to butcher rural america. what about small businesses? i thought the republicans were all about helping out small business. i thought the republicans were going to care about the elderly. oh, yeah, this will affect

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united states postal system is virtually broke. postal officials say the agency is so low on cash that it will not be able to make a 5 and a half billion dollar payment this month. that means defaul default. u.s. p s calls on congress for emergency funds. without this money post offices all over the country could be shut this winter. postal service deficit this year is over 9 billion dollars. that dire apparently. >> president gave a reaccepttive audience a detroit present view of the much anticipated speech about job creation in the country. as p we report, president is under mounting pressure to do something. >>reporter: there's a new way forward. plan. more jobs are coming. that would say the gist of president obama labor day speech in detroit in frpt of crowd of union supporters. estimated 14 million americans are december presidentially looking for work e.no matter how i try to better myself, make minifor myself, to support my family, i keep hitting my head up against a brick wall. >>reporter: on thursday the president is expe

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the united states postal service is not an 18th-century relic. great 21st century national asset, but times are changing rapidly, and so, too, must the postal service if it is to survive. senator collins. >> thank you, mr. chairman. first, mr. chairman, let me thank you for holding what is truly an urgent hearing to examine possible remedies for the postal service's dire and rapidly deteriorated financial condition. the drumbeat of news about the exhilarating lapses at the postal service underscores the need for fundamental changes. the postal service is seeking a far-reaching legislation to allow the service to establish its own health benefits program, administered its own retirement system, and lay off its employees. this is a remarkable turnabout from its previous proposals. i appreciate that the postal service has now come forth with several big picture ideas, although many of the details remain unclear. as we search for remedies, we must keep in mind a critical fact, the postal service plays an essential role in our national economy. if the

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the united states postal service doesn't run on your tax dollars.'s funded solely by stamps and postage. brought to you by the men and women of the american postal workers union. ♪ >>> if you knew nothing about the republican race for president but tuned into our big debate last night, it would not have taken very long for you to figure out this much, texas governor rick perry, well, he's the front-runner. >> i don't want to offend the governor because he might raise my taxes or something. >> you dealt four aces, that doesn't make you necessarily a great poker player. >> the governor's former chief of staff was the chief lobbyist for this drug company, the drug company gave thousands of dollars in political donations to the governor. >> for rick to say that you can't secure the border i think is pretty much a tressenous comment. >> now, coming into the debate, governor perry had a strong lead in our latest national poll in large part because of strong support among tea party loyalists, but will the scrubbing of his texas record last night give some

. >> the united states postal service is on its last dime. financial dire straits. what does that mean for your personal mail? >> the of fourth consecutive monday that they promise to protest against bart. he even though it is labor day and relatively low travel expected but this week, there will not be alone. " no justice, no bart ". in addition to " the current pan. from anonymous. >> currently, let me show you there are barred officers in the civic center bart plaza in case the group decides to hold a protest. if they do? the want to make sure that it is peaceful. the " no justice, no bart " sent out some of fliers and requesting that all commuters have free admission on thursday if that does not happen? they are going to go to the platforms included disrupt travel. i asked about another protest this is what they said. >> it is not new at all these protests have been going on. people are noticing but there are only starting to recently notice. we are drawing attention to an issue, that is our job for the entire bay area. >> the has an epidemic of brutality and a

the united states postal service doesn't run on your tax dollars.tamps and postage. brought to you by the men and women of the american postal workers union. ♪ >>> "anderson cooper 360" coming up at the top of the hour. anderson's here now with a preview. how are you doing? >> i'm doing well, john, thanks very much. a big evening tonight, a big win in court for amanda knox. an italian judge rejected a request for new dna testing for evidence. and the father of knox say prosecutors have no case left. listen. >> do you see a light at the end of the tunnel here? >> i do from a peer case standpoint. when you look at the forensic evidence and you use pure common sense of how horrific that scene must have been where in the room where meredith lost her life and to have nothing of your person, no spit, no saliva, no blood, no skin cells, no hair, it leads you down a path of saying what other answer can they come up with except acquitting the two of them? >> we'll have more of the interview at the top of the hour. also an important ruling in aruba of the dis

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the united states postal service does not tax funded at all. all of their revenues come from the states. republican darrell issa, give the carrier said dedicated their lives to the postal service. host: you are in luck. that is the topic coming next, looking at the postal service and the future of it. jonathan cowan, as we wrap up, i want to take one part of what she said, term limits. why not change term limits? guest: we have tried term limits. we are not huge fans of term limits. they have their place, but you end up with people that are in for a short period of time, and they do not develop an expertise or a deep set of relationships. they sound good on the surface, but do not really fix much. the thing people have to remember is ultimately the problem is not the system. ultimately, voters have to decide. voters are conflicted, whether they want gridlock or whether they want big things done. one caller said i think we should of gridlock, but i want universal health care. which is it? we do need systemic reforms, but those are not a panacea.

the united states postal service is in deep financial trouble and there's talk of closing nearly 4-thousandound the country. that would put 120-thousand people out of work. the agency is appealing to congress to help save it. part of the problem ... according to the agency ... are 5-bilion dollar payments they're required to make to the federal government for employee benefits. 3 congressman elijah cummings joins us this morning.-what needs to happen with the post office ... you are introducing a bill -if they don't shut -if they don't shut them down .. can -if they don't shut -if they don't shut them down .. can they be self-sustaining without dumping money into them -president's jobs plan .... biden said the next election will be a referendum on this failing economy ... is president's plan enough-it's unlikely the president's job bill will make it through unscathed ... republicans will take the axe to it ... republicans will unscathed ... through bill will make it president's job -it's unlikely the enoughpresident's plan economy ... is this failing referendum on will be a the next electio

the united states postal service doesn't run on your tax dollars.ded solely by stamps and postage. brought to you by the men and women of the american postal workers union. ♪ >>> time now for a -- to check in with christine romans for a look at what's coming up on "your bottom line" at 9:30 eastern time. >> hi, t.j., september 11th, 2001, changed this country and its people forever. it's changed our security and priorities. most of all it's changed the day-to-day of everyday life in the united states. coming up on a special edition, we're going to look at life after 9/11 from how it's taught to our kids in the classroom to changed those who narrowly escaped. meet a man whose life changed forever and made it his business to make sure you change yours as well, on a special edition of "your bottom line" at 9:30 eastern. t.j.? >>> thanks to our christine romans. we'll see her in just a moment. look at some of the stories making headlines on this "cnn saturday morning." a tragedy off the coast of the tanzanian island of zanzibar. hundreds are missing. re

speaker, i rise in support of the 685,000 workers of the united states postal service who are facing a very devastating future without our action. if congress doesn't act now, we could potentially lose 120,000 jobs. imagine that, that are in jeopardy today. the united states postal service offers a very affordable system. but right now they are in jeopardy. why? because back in 2006 they were -- i would say in a discriminated way -- required to pay $5.5 billion in overcharge into benefits that are not incurred at this time. based on long-term projections, they have an estimated surplus, imagine that in this time, of $55 billion to $75 billion. without this mandate, usps would actually have a $611 million benefit that they could help out in this tough economy. . there are 6 5,000 workers not at fault for -- there are 685,000 workers not at fault for this requirement and this does not need to continue. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman rise? >> i rise to hob honor ted williams, the last baseball player to hit .400 or better for a season, a feat he accomplished

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