the head of the united states postal service says the agency will indeed miss its second multibillion-dollarayment in as many months. the postal service owes the u.s. treasury $5.6 billion for future retiree health benefits and that bill is due on sunday. the post master general says the agency has already cut back as much as it possibly can. and get this, he says if congress passes some sort of reform the postal service could turn a profit. any postal legislation could get pushed into the next congress rich edson in our washington newsroom. what's the hold up here. >> as you mentioned for starters congress is out of town. when lawmakers return their top issue is solving hundreds of billions of dollars in automatic tax increases and spending cuts. not overhauling the postal service. politically, cutting back the postal service is a difficult issue especially which they could lose post offices and could lose their jobs. shep. >> shepard: what does this default mean for mail service if anything. >> for now the postal service says business as usual. in a statement the usps says customers can be

the united states postal service released an official statement but not of apology, of adoration. quote: we still love the stamp design and would have selected the photograph anyway. [laughter] they admitted no defeat, made no excuses, announced no recall. they also, it must be said, made me proud to be an american where at least i know i'm free to pretend i totally meant to do that. [laughter] even when i totally screwed up. after all, what was the postal service to do? should it deny it made a mistake? as, yes, original author james madison might have wished in that summer of 1787, and as perhaps antonin scalia would probably still, perhaps, advise today. should it recall the stamp and continue living in the past? that was the unfortunate choice jonathan dayton made in his later years when he, the youngest delegate at the constitutional convention, stayed so fixated on his participation that he never once updated even his manner of dress. a walking example of arrested development. or should it make a bold, wholesale makeover in a staggering, miraculous infrastructure oi ri of --

the united states postal service is thinking to greatly increase its direct mail advertising base which means more so-called junk mail deliveries to the millions of mailboxes and a lot more revenue for the struggling post office. >> today is your last chance to help some animals in need of a temporary home. the humane society in pleasanton much shutdown for a few weeks while crews replaced the floor which has become a dirt track a breeding ground for bacteria. during construction of the animals will need a home. the world's fattest dog is on a mission to lose 40 lbs. >> the vet placed the portly portland pooch, on a strict diet of high protein and fiber. he weighs up to 77 lbs. and he was so big that he had problems walking. his new diet let him lose nearly 10 lbs. and he has thousands of friends on his facebook page called the biggest loser box in addition >> i think the most amazing part of this whole thing is how he is influencing an inspiring people >> his foster mother says it he gets e-mail and letters from people who watch him on line. they say they have been inspired to shed the

now is not the time for monopolistic deal that could actually result in less revenue for the united states postalhow would it result in less revenue, getting paid, assume your argument is accurate, to take business away from these other enterprises? >> this is now actually, we've got small newspapers will have to be making a determination whether or not it will be cost effective for them to continue some of their advertising programs and distribution methods as well. we've had information that is coming in from the national association of advertisers and our newspapers indicating that this is going to have a definite negative impact on them. will not yield the actual benefits going back to the postal service. in fact could cause irrepable harm to newspapers like the grand junction sentinel and pueblo chief ton in my district that could lose up to 25 jobs and millions of dollars in revenue. adam: congressman, 22nds left i imagine you and the postmaster general over a beer. what do you want to me to do? how do i squeeze blood from a turnip? what should he do? >> the bottom line the postal service w

wasting time today, this do-nothing congress should vote to stop the damage inflicted upon the united states postal service by passing h.r. 1351. this bipartisan postal reform bill protects the hardworking employees of the postal service. the u.s. postal service was not in danger of becoming insolvent until congress decided to meddle in its affairs. it has been inconsistent for my friend on the other side of the aisle to talk about government being the problem while they don't acknowledge that they created a big problem for the post office. it is hypocritical. mr. speaker, the postal service already missed a $5.5 billion payment in august. congress must act before the post office defaults on another payment later this month. instead of scheduling political votes that highlight our differences, let's stop the madness and do what is in the best interest of the american people, the economy and communities across the nation. the postal service employs 700,000 of our citizens which 17,000 of whom are from my home state of georgia. 1/3 are veterans who deliver two billion pieces of mail to over 244 locat

postal service's office of inspector general and the united states postal service. the chair would now recognize ms. walther for her opening testimony. >> chairman miller ranking member cuellar and distinguished members of the committee think it would you but it would have been to highlight her work on preventing terrorist travel. i had the have according office where we facilitate policy decisions from planning through implementation. we are the dhs coordination point for inter-agency screening initiatives as well. the 9/11 commission plan at targeting terrorist travel is one of the most powerful weapons we have for counterterrorist operations. today's threat violence is complex and multifaceted so is impaired of gameplay layers of security thrghout the travel continuum by identifying i'd -- individuals who may pose a threat. we recognize a one-size-fits-all approach to security in our approach includes counterterrorism law enforcement and public security authorities, the private sector and our state, local tribal territorial and foreign partners. to support these

postal service office of inspector general, and the united states postal service. the chair would recognize miss walter for her opening testimony. >> chairman miller, ranking member cuellar, and distinguished members of the subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to highlight our work on preventing terrorist travel. i head the screening coordination office where we facilitate -- we are the destination point for screening initiatives as well. as the 9/11 commission pointed out, targeting terrorist travel is one of the most powerful weapons we have to counter terrorist operations. today's environment is complex and multifaceted so it is imperative we employ layers of security throughout the travel continuum, to identify individuals that may pose a risk before they reach the united states. we recognize there is no one size fits all approach to security. our approach includes close coordinate with counterterrorism, law enforcement, and public security ports, the private secretary isor, and our state, local, tribal, territorial, and foreign partners. >> all of this

bill and the violence against women act and the middle class tax cut both passed the united states senate and postal reform, there's also agreement on that in the united states senate. obviously sequestration. and i want to talk a little bit about the fiscal cliff, mr. leader. but in the farm bill, as you know we have a discharge petition that is pending which is somewhat unusual and that our party is -- has initiated a discharge petition to ask you to bring to the floor a bill that your committee reported out of committee. that's somewhat unusual in these discharge petitions. a number of republicans have signed on to that, as you know. as a matter of fact, we understand you're suggesting to some that they do sign -- not you, personally -- excuse me. but there's some suggestion they sign on to that as a -- as an indication for their support for the farm bill. the senate passed a farm bill 64-35, mr. leader. we are hoping that that bill could be brought to the floor next week. it's not on the calendar, but in light of the fact that 16 republicans voted in favor of it in the senate, it's clear that it

to ensure that women and families are not summitted to violence, it passed 68-31 in the united states state. postal reform passed 62-37 in a bipartisan rote in the united states senate. not paying attention to here. but the farl bill, which passed which 64 votes, almost 2-1 in the united states senate on a bipartisan vote with 16 republican senators voting for it, has not been brought to this floor. and yet we walk away. we walk away from the american people. i now yield to my friend from illinois, the gentlelady from illinois, january schakowsky. ms. shah cusky: i thank the gentleman so much for -- ms. schakowsky: i thank the gentleman so much for yielding and for pointing out how languishing in the house of representatives are many pieces of legislation that have passed the united states senate in a bipartisan way with a democratic majority but here in the house, where we have a republican majority, and as you pointed out, some of these bills have passed their own committees, led by republicans, are still not being considered on the floor today. so we're going to adjourn. and we will not meet aga

to ensure that women and families are not summitted to violence, it passed 68-31 in the united stes state. postal reform passed 62-37 in a bipartisan rote in the united states senate. not paying attention to here. but the farl bill, which passed which 64 votes, almost 2-1 in the united states senate on a bipartisan vote with 16 republican senators voting for it, has not been brought to this floor. and yet we walk away we walk away from the american people. i now yield to mfriend from illinois, the gtlady from illinois, january schakowsky. ms. shah cusky: i thank the gentleman so much for -- ms. schakowsky: i thank the gentleman so much for yielding and for pointing out how languishing in the house of representatives are many pieces of legislation that have passed the united states senate in a bipartisan way with a democraticajority but here in the house, where we have a republican majority, and as you pointed out, some of these bills have passed their own committees, led by republicans, are still not being considered on the floor today. so we're going to adjourn. and we will not meet again for al

bill and the violence against women act and the middle class tax cut both passed the united states senate and postal reform, there's also agreement on that in the united states senate. obviously sequestration. and i want to talk a little bit about the fiscal cliff, mr. leader. but in the farm bill, as you know we have a discharge petition that is pending which is somewhat unusual and that our party is -- has initiated a discharge petition to ask you to bring to the floor a bill that your committee reported out of committee. that's somewhat unusual in these discharge petitions. a number of republicans have signed on to that, as you know. as a matter of fact, we understand you're suggesting to some that they do sign -- not you, personally -- excuse me. but there's some suggestion they sign on to that as a -- as an indication for their support for the farm bill. the senate passed a farm bill 64-35, mr. leader. we are hoping that that bill could be brought to the floor next week. it's not on the calendar, but in light of the fact that 16 republicans voted in favor of it in the senate, it's clear that it

bill and the violence against women act and the middle class tax cut both passed the united states senate and postalement on that in the united states senate. obviously sequestration. and i want to talk a little bit about the fiscal cliff, mr. leader. but in the farm bill, as you know we have a discharge petition that is pending which is somewhat unusual and that our party is -- has initiated a discharge petition to ask you to bring to the floor a bill that your committee reported out of committee. that's somewhat unusual in these discharge petitions. a number of republicans have signed on to that, as you know. as a matter of fact, we understand you're suggesting to some that they do sign -- not you, personally -- excuse me. but there's some suggestion they sign on to that as a -- as an indication for their support for the farm bill. the senate passed a farm bill 64-35, mr. leader. we are hoping that that bill could be brought to the floor next week. it's not on the calendar, but in light of the fact that 16 republicans voted in favor of it in the senate, it's clear that it does have broad bipartisa

in fact, the concept of privacy in the united states come in the very concept is linked with his postalto turn privacy and the idea that there's something you have a right to do that the government does not have a right to interfere. now, what happens to the concept of privacy? while the technology is very different. and when to send a message by telegraph, you have to permit a telegraph operator to write out, toussaint, to transcribe your message. so that operator knows what is in the message for you. you can send back a. that's one of the solutions, but then what if you're a government official and you're concerned about content of messages? well, you have the strength of securities in the 1860s and again in the 1870s were congress calls the thousands, tens of thousands of telegraphs. and from the present-day point of view and the point of view of certain contemporary says rather extraordinary invasion of privacy and it led to the end of the courier of the presidential contender because some of the telegrams that were revealed were really quite embarrassing to him. but what is interes

united states. he simply had them dropped in the mail. at the postale facility at jfk airport, the shear volume of packages of counterfeit and suspicious drugs coming into the country is staggering. after x-rays... if you look closely here-- >> you see little round objects that don't belong. >> customs puts aside thousands for inspection. >> looks like a normal run-of-the-mill speaker. >> that's every one of these bins, and this is just from one day. [ticking] >> coming up, the critical condition of fake drugs. >> we do know that in certain countries, somewhere between 30% and 50% of really important drugs for health are, in fact, counterfeit. >> that's ahead, when 60 minutes on cnbc returns. [ male announcer ] for the saver, and a big first step. for the spender who needs a little help saving. for adding "& sons." for the dreamer, planning an early escape. for the mother of the bride. for whoever you are, for whatever you're trying to achieve, pnc has technology, guidance, and over 150 years of experience to help you get there. ♪ oh, hey alex. just pi

united states. he simply had them dropped in the mail. at the postale facility at jfk airport, the shear volume of packages of counterfeit and suspicious drugs coming into the country is staggering. after x-rays... if you look closely here-- >> you see little round objects that don't belong. >> customs puts aside thousands for inspection. >> looks like a normal run-of-the-mill speaker. >> that's every one of these bins, and this is just from one day. [ticking] >> coming up, the critical condition of fake drugs. >> we do know that in certain countries, somewhere between 30% and 50% of really important drugs for health are, in fact, counterfeit. >> that's ahead, when 60 minutes on cnbc returns. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] introducing a reason...to look twice. introducing a stunning work of technology -- the entirely new lexus es. and the first-ever es hybrid. this is the pursuit of perfection. bob... oh, hey alex. just picking up some, brochures, posters copies of my acceptance speech. great! it's always good to have a backup plan, in case i get hit by a me

postal service and the united states.now recognize kelly walther for her testimony. >> chairman miller and the ranking members of the subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to highlight our work. we facilitate policy decisions would screening programs from planning to implementation. as the 9/11 commission pointed out, terror is one of the most powerful weapons we have. today, the environment is multifaceted and is imperative and it is imperative that we employ layers of security. identifying the individuals before they may reach the united states. we recognize there is no one-size-fits-all approach to security. our approach includes coordination with counterterrorism, public security authorities, the private sector, and our state, local, and private partners. we collect data to track non-threats. we utilize intelligence-based targeting rules to better identify threats. a risk-based approach is the foundation of the dhs model today and is a sophisticated form, more than ever before. dhs has been able to apply this ap

congress of the united states authorize the post office to allow newspapers to exchange one copy with each other newspaper, for free. that would be carried at no cost through the postal service, which allowed editors to swap and actually like borrow and lifted from each other. it was a great way of filling up your newspaper for free in the early days. also in the 18th century and early 19 center a lot of state government and the federal government did not have their own printing capacity. so everything that they needed printed had to be chopped out to a printer. this is one of the ways they kept a lot of those early newspapers afloat, the printer who is on the side of the party of power would get those contracts and would be the one who was authorized to print everything, early currencies, lottery tickets, detections of laws, all of these things would be given as a political favor to the editor who was on the right side. >> so today, just a circuit to the present before it could work questions, there is a mood, it varies from day to day i suppose. some days it's panic, some days it's excitement, but there is generally a feeling that, you know, everything in journalis

half million unionized postal workers out of a job kill the unions with the help of conservatives in hollywood teachers' unions are under attack as well tragically the united states is no place for organized labor anymore and as a result no place for a middle class either which brings us to labor day the reason why a lot of us had monday off to republicans is no longer about passing legislation make it harder to unionize or cutting spending so the unionized public workers get laid off are endorsing smears against teachers unions they've already done all that now it's about rewriting the history of america ensuring that the next generation doesn't even know that the united states used to be a place where organized labor flourished that's what house majority leader eric cantor tweeted on monday on labor day in an insult to working people across our nation today we celebrate those who have taken a risk worked hard build a business and earn their own success now there was a cording to cantor labor day isn't for workers it's for business owners c.e.o.'s and executives never mind the fact that according to the department of labor labor day is actually dedicated to the

postal service. >>> we condemn the violence that has resulted in the strongest terms and we greatly appreciate that many muslims in the united states and around the world have spoken out on this issue. >> secretary of state, hillary clinton, speaking earlier in the day. certainly, the unrest in the middle east continuing in cairo even as we speak spreading as far as iraq where hundreds of angry protesters flooded the streets today. join us now as paul bremer, the former top u.s. official in iraq. mr. ambassador, thanks for coming in. >> thanks, wolf. >> how worried are you -- starting back in 2003. >> let me say first of all that i send my condolences to my colleagues that served and died in libya and americans tend to forget that there are american diplomates putting their lives on the line all over the world every day. i think we should be concerned. what we are seeing now is the spread that started in two countries. today, it moved to three or four more, including iraq, which is quite a ways from north africa. that spread is eerily reminiscent of what we all went through in the late 1970s. >> in iran? >> not just in iran, an amb

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united states. possessing only rudimentary english, my father found work as a welder for the rrld, and my mother found employment as a u.s. postallerk. they worked the night shifts for 5 years, but -- 25 years, but they woke up before i did. i don't know how they did it. they worked so hard in order to provide better lives for their children. they didn't attend college, and in vietnam, this was a luxury that was basically only reserved for the elites, and my parents managed to put all nine of us through university. we went on to become engineers, scientists, surgeons, lawyers, and, yes, even a college professor. [applause] thank you. a truly happy story for what was a nightmare resulted in the american dream. as you can see from the story. i feel extremely fortunate. i cannot help but recognize this good fortune came at such tremendous cost to so many people in so many countries. this position drove me to find out more about the car, what caused it, why did it end in the way it did, why did americans and overseas vietnamese population have such a tough time reconciling defeat? when i went to college, i sought answer to the quest

congress of the united states organized the post office to allow newspapers to exchange one copy with each other's newspaper for free. that would be carried at no cost through the postalvice which allowed editors to swap and actually, like, borrow and lift from each other. it was a great way of filling up your newspaper for free in the early days, and, you know, also in the 18th century, early 19th century, a lot of state governments and the federal government did not have their own printing capacity so everything that they needed printed had to be jobbed out to a printer. this is one of the ways they kept those early newspapers afloat, the printer who was on the side of the party in party would get those contracts and would be the one who was authorized to print everything, early currencies, lottery tickets, the texts of laws, all of those things would be given as a political favorite to the editor on the right side. >> so, today, just to sort of get to the present before we go to our questions, there is a mood -- it varies from day-to-day, i suppose, some days it's panic; others, excitement, but there's generally a feeling that everything in journalism is changing v