every year the united states postal service in washington dc receives many applications for subject matter to be reflected on a postal stamp. we really want to thank the poster service committee for selecting every year for the happy new year stamp, or the lunar year thing, to be part of the commemorative stamp program. with us today is seven cisco postmaster rog cingara (sounds like). >> thank you for that kind introduction. i want to thank you for being with us today and for your support of the united states postal service. i know you have important business in washington to attend to. something about an inauguration. i really appreciate your taking the time out here today and inviting us us to city hall and being part of the celebration. thank you claudine. as always your support and your assistance have been instrumental and it is very much appreciated. thank very much. and thank you all for joining us here today. this is an auspicious ceremony in this beautiful city of san francisco where for the second year in a row now we have been the official first day of issue city for the lunar

the republican effort to kill the united states postal service, well, folks, it's right on schedule just the way they wanted it. we promised to follow this story and this issue, and today we got some more bad news. the postal service lost a record $16 billion last fiscal year. that's about $42 million per day. but remember, the postal service was set up to lose money. here is how. in 2006, republicans passed a law in the lame duck session of the congress to drive the postal service out of business. that's the only conclusion you can come to. they created a no-win situation. the post office was making money then. republicans came along and created an economic burden no other agency or private company [ female announcer ] going to sleep may be easy, but when you wake up in the middle of the night it can be frustrating. it's hard to turn off and go back to sleep. intermezzo is the first and only prescription sleep aid approved for use as needed in the middle of the night when you can't get back to sleep. it's an effective sleep medicine you don't take before bedtime. take it in bed only whe

on behalf of the united states postal service i will like to invite mayor lee and our guests to unveil and dedicate the 2013 lunar new year stamp, year of the snake (chinese). >> i would like to invite representatives from oca and the chinese benevolent association to join us. (applause) >> bonnie banks. bonnie banks. my definition of noise is uncontrolled music. without format. pretty simple affair. pancakes, and you're -- people get up on sundays around noon, weekends or whatever. should not be too hard to walk into place. have your audio alarm clock go off for two hours waking your up while you are eating breakfast with many interesting visuals once in a while. improvisation. listening or not to the person you're playing up against or people or machines. trying to get as many different people in as possible. different genres, experimental noise, electronics, dissonance some drums.a tiny bit of ambient -- the first noise pancake shows, 1999, the first waffle noise, 2001. god-waffle noise, noise pancake came out of cubist art, place on mission street, brutallo, where the church -- ope

the united states postal service doesn't cost you a dime. that's right. it doesn't cost you a dime.ero federal tax dollars. congressman darrell issa, he lives in a different world. he is the leading republican in charge to end saturday mail delivery and cut jobs. >> i think the american people look at the post office as something they don't use very much, but would like to have it still around. >> really? they don't use it very much. darrell issa acts like the postal service is just a luxury and always has been. americans depend on the postal service to deliver things like medicine, absentee ballots, fed ex and ups. they couldn't get into some of these neighborhoods hit hard by hurricane sandy. u.s. letter carriers delivered. but republicans think the postal service should do even more. >> like any business, ups, fed ex, the post office, it can live within its means if it makes appropriate changes. >> how can he say that? how can he say that with a straight face and have any integrity whatsoever? the post office is already required to live within its means. it pays for itself. i cha

on behalf of the united states postal service i will like to invite mayor lee and our guests to unveil and dedicate the 2013 lunar new year stamp, year of the snake (chinese). >> i would like to invite representatives from oca and the chinese benevolent association to join us. (applause) >> let me welcome everyone for coming out to this great kickoff event. mayor lee, supervisor chiu, distinguished guests from the community, city family, all of us coming together. last year we held a pilot project on stockton street to help the merchants and support the merchants in selling their merchandise. we were able -- we were very successful. we got a lot of great feedback from the pilot. so this year again, we are doing the second year of the pilot. all the agencies and the community and the merchants, we got together, and talked about how we can do better. and without further delay, i will ask the mayor to come and say a few words, who is a big supporter of this project. mayor lee. >> thank you mohammed. [ applause ] >> i am very happy to be here. is this okay? all right. all right. [ laughter

on behalf of the united states postal service i will like to invite mayor lee and our guests to unveil and dedicate the 2013 lunar new year stamp, year of the snake (chinese). >> i would like to invite representatives from oca and the chinese benevolent association to join us. (applause) like to call to order... noe. commissioner lee. >> here. >> commissioner joseph. >> here. >> commissioner hyde. >> here. >> p*e. rez. >> here. >> i am told for the record that commissioner akers is present. >> we have a quorum. bryant tan is excused this evening. >> okay. okay, first item to the agenda is public comment, the members of the public may address the commission on items of interest to the public that are under the subject matter if you want to talk, this is the time that you could do that. >> thank you, commissioners, my name is mark and tonight, i would like to discuss, something that is coming up in march that i think effects the industry and is going to be a really good, i think, boost to our industry. it is the 90s awards, the castro theater on march fourth. which is an award show, crea

the clerk: senate 3662, an act to designate the facility of the united states postal service located at 6 nichols street in westminster, massachusetts, as the lieutenant ryan patrick jones post office building. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from california, mr. issa, and the gentleman from virginia, mr. connolly, each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from california. mr. issa: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. issa: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous materials on the bill under consideration. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. issa: mr. speaker, on this last or second of last day of this congress, the senate has sent us a naming. although my committee has stopped doing naming, accept in the case of medal of honor recipients, this one is coming over and i believe it is meritorious and the senate has asked us

. >> technology has not been good for the united states postal service. >> no.ory johnson with that story and more in today's after the bell report. hi, cory. >> good afternoon. the government's investigation of google has come to an end. google and and z.fcc reaching an agreement. google dodged a bullet here. the fcc found it did not violate rules in ranking it's own sites in search results. listen to what the chairman had to say about this case. >> what we tried to do is follow the law and the facts. and have has a vote to take a relief on a search on patents z then, we took relief in areas so we do our job. that is what we're supposed to be doing. >> google did agree to change some of thegÑgh business practs and will now allow advertisers flexibility to manage with rival web sites agreeing to not file injunctions over standard issue patents in purchases. it and wasn't happy holidays for barns and noble. it's nook tablet revenue fell 12.6% during holiday season. the $311 million. sales were up 13%, but slow saems of the tablet dragged the unit down. numbers w

. >> hr 3637, a bill to designate the facility of the united states postal service located at 401 old dixie highway in jupiter, florida as the royce shallard blue post office. >> the nicky mcdaniel bacon post office. >> in the last congress, lawmakers passed 45 bills renaming post offices. it did not get around to a political overhauling the postal system to keep it solvent. >> i'm cached crndy crowley in washington. if you missed any part of today's show, find us on i-tunes, just search state of the union. fareed zakaria, gps is next. >> this is gps, the global public square. welcome to all of you in the united states and around the world. i'm far reez zakaria. this week at the world economic forum, i have interviewed one king, seven prime ministers and one head of government. you will see them in coming weeks, this week we have one king and one prime minister. we'll start with the king of jordan, abdullah ii. his nation sits astride a region in turmoil. despite some protests, jordan hasn't had its own arab spring. everyone was watching the parliamentary elections this week, will the

. >> hr 3637, a bill to designate the facility of the united states postal service located at 401 oldighway in jupiter, florida as the royce shallard blue post office. >> the nicky mcdaniel bacon post office. >> in the last congress, lawmakers passed 45 bills renaming post offices. it did not g

to join the lawsuit, claiming that lance armstrong defrauded his former team sponsor, the united states postal service -- read, the federal government. we have more on this story this afternoon. why oprah? do we know that yet? >> reporter: no. a lot of critics are asking the very same thing. remember, after the interview, oprah said that lance armstrong came, quote, ready. now people are asking, did oprah come to that interview ready? oprah said today on cbs that she read and studied for this like a college exam. she came in with 112 prepared questions. you heard her earlier say, he didn't come clean in the manner she expected. but later she said, she was satisfied. listen. >> i went in prepared to have to dig and pull and reference because i was -- literally, in my head on page 76 of the recent decision, if he says this, i will go to that. and if he says this answer, i will go to -- seven deadly sins, page 114. i didn't have have -- have to do that because he was pretty forthcoming. >> reporter: armstrong's lawyers were not allowed to sit in on the interview. oprah was asked why did he come o

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the united states postal service unveiled its new forever stamp at the national archives.the proclamation was put on display sunday through yesterday. president abraham lincoln signed the proclamation freeing slaves on january 1, 1863, 150 years ago. those stamps should be available at your local post office starting today. >>> puppies and babies make good tv. so get ready to see one of them. here's a look at the first 2013 baby born in the d.c. area. exact lip at the stroke of midnight, maria santos delivered a 7 pound 6 ounce baby girl at holy cross hospital in silver spring. this was not a timed c-section. this is her third child. at med star washington med center, the first baby arrived five seconds after midnight. i hear her. little emily mendoza and her parents are doing just fine. she wasn't due for another week but they said hey, let's get here for the new year. her dad says it's a -- it's a blessing. >>> thousands of commuters will find higher tolls this morning. that story is coming up. >> and we'll go to the eastern shore where a handful of couples tied the knot

>> reporter: a source tells cnn that right now lance armstrong is in talks with the united states postalortion of the $30 million that the agency spent sponsoring the cycling team. the statement from the u.s. post at service, we got one last night said we are well aware of the developments surrounding lance armstrong and are following the situation closely. we're not in a position now to discuss any of the legal issues associated with these developments and the prior relationship between the u.s. postal service and mr. armstrong, but we will do so at an appropriate time. we'll have to wait and see as well. >> ed lavandera, austin, texas. thank you very much. >>> vice president joe biden's task force is recommending that gun trafficking be defined as a federal crime. according to politico, the white house has defined 19 executive actions where the president may act unilaterally. others are mulling these executive orders because of the difficulty in enacting new gun legislation in congress. president obama is expected to lay out his proposals formally next week. >>> the house is expected t

we would again revisit the historic reforms to save the united states postal service and legislation to make whole the victims of hurricane sandy. each of these initiatives passed the senate on a bipartisan basis but was left to languish by the house. the senate will continue to help our fellow americans to help with hurricane sandy before another similar disaster strikes. hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses were destroyed in new york, new jersey and new england and tens of thousands of americans were left homeless by this destructive storm. we have a responsibility to aid our country men as they rebuild their lives and communities as we have after terrible floods, fires and storms in other parts of our nation. once we complete that vital legislation, the senate will take action to make this institution that we all love -- the united states senate -- work more effectively. we'll consider changes in the senate rules. because of this -- because this matter warrants additional debate, we will follow the precedent set in 2005 and again in 2011 to reserve the right of all senato

federal whistle-blower lawsuit filed by his former teammate where he's accused of defrauding the united states postalthe contract with usps, there was an anti-doping clause and he's accused of flouting that clause. he is in a lot of legal jeopa y jeopardy. >> i don't know how he gets public sympathy, it appears the only motivator he has right now for doing this is because he wants to compete again. >> here's what else oprah said, armstrong answered the questions in the way he was ready which to me sounds like he was coached by a legal team and that legal team, he has stuck to the points to make sure that he does not sort of implicate himself i guess legally in some capacity but it also would go against a heartfelt, breaking down apology that reveals all and says all. >> yes. i have spoken to people who are his former teammates, former enemies of his who he has called privately and apologized to and he has appeared more contrite in those phone calls, but people still have their doubts. >> what is the nature of the apology, is it i'm sorry that i called you a liar and i was actually lying or is the apo

the united states postal service has recorded a $15.9 billion loss for 2012.concluded last year without passing legislation to help the post office slow the bleeding. >>> let's look at other top stories. a preliminary hearing for james holmes is scheduled for today. he is accused of killing 12 and wounding 58 others during a shooting rampage. families of the victims are suing the theater and many are angry that it plans to reopen this month. >>> the low gas prices that we saw last month are now up nearly 10 cents a gallon. another hike is expected through early april. analysts blame rising crude prices. and good news from south africa regarding nelson mandela. doctors say the 94-year-old former president has recovered after being hospitalized for the persistent lung infection. they say he continues to improve at home and is focusing on getting back to his daily routine. >>> next year is supposed to be the final one for u.s. combat operations in afghanistan. that is one piece of the puzzle when it comes to america's involvement there. tomorrow afghan president

the united states team, the postal service team, famously now dopers.at about other countries involved in the tour defrance, are they dopers, too? >> brian: yeah. most of these guys, these past winners came out and like everybody that has won from all these other countries doing the same thing. but at least they were caught. greg lamond. >> gretchen: he won three times in the '80s. >> he's been the biggest critic of lance armstrong from day one. lance armstrong says he's jealous. turns out he was right. he was clean. at least in 1980s clean. >> gretchen: i would love to hear from greg on this whole thing now. in the meantime, let's do some headlines because there is a story that's changing by the second. reuters reporting that overnight an american plane landed at an airport in algeria to rescue the remaining hostages taken in the terror raid. we know one american hostage is still, unfortunately, missing. two other americans managed to escape and are enroute to london. five other americans who were inside the plant at the time of the attack avoided capt

we will again take things up for the united states postal service and make things whole. also the victims of hurricane sandy. these were debated in the senate. we have to take prevent costumes and preventions before another hurricane sandy. thousands of homes and businesses were destroyed in new york, new jersey, and new england, and 10,000 americans were left homeless. we have a responsibility to rebuild their lives and their communities. as we have done with those who are victims of fire and other natural disasters and other parts of the nation. we will consider changes to the senate rules. because this is a matter of additional debate, we reserve the right of all senators to oppose changes to the senate rules. it is my intention that the senate rules are continued and allow these important rules discussion to continue. i'm hopeful am cautiously optimistic that the republicans and democrats can reach an agreement to manage the senate more effectively in coming months. >> republican leader? >> mr. president, i want to start by co want to start by congratulating president

from those he sued in the past all the way up to his primary sponsor, the united states postal serviceur own lisa sylvester is adding up all of the numbers for us. she's joins us with details. what are you learning, lisa? >> lance armstrong carried on this lie for more than a decade and now there are really two groups of people who could come after him for money. those who paid him large sums, his sponsors, an insurance company that paid out large winning bonuses after his supposed tour de france wins and then there are the people who he viciously attacked, trying to cover up his actions who are now likely to sue him. >> it did not even feel wrong? >> nope. scary. >> did you feel bad about it? >> no. even scarier. >> did you feel in any way that you were cheating? >> no. the scariest. >> many words come to mind watching lance armstrong's confession, tragic, liar, disgraced, and add one more, expensive. his oprah tell-all opens up the floodgates for potential lawsuits. >> one big lie that i repeated a lot of times. >> more than a decade of deceit that now has to be cleaned up. first, hi

we would again revisit the historic reforms to save the united states postal service and legislation to make whole the victims of hurricane sandy. each of these initiatives passed the senate on a bipartisan basis but was left to languish by the house. the senate will continue to help our fellow americans to help with hurricane sandy before another similar disaster strikes. hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses were destroyed in new york, new jersey and new england and tens of thousands of americans were left homeless by this destructive storm. we have a responsibility to aid our country men as they rebuild their lives and communities as we have after terrible floods, fires and storms in other parts of our nation. once we complete that vital legislation, the senate will take action to make this institution that we all love -- the united states senate -- work more effectively. we'll consider changes in the senate rules. because of this -- because this matter warrants additional debate, we will follow the precedent set in 2005 and again in 2011 to reserve the right of all senato

testify in a federal whistle-blower case, that case involving the cycling team sponsored by the united states postal testify against several team owners, including investment banker thomas waddell who founded the team and ultimately financed much of armstrong's early career and much of the later, i don't know, did either of you guys know tom? >> i know tom. >> what do you think? he was behind the yahoo! he was the yahoo! ipo. >> oh, he was a great investor. a great high tech investor. i can't believe that he would have been involved with the doping. at all. >> it's impossible in your mind? >> i just kind of -- >> you think that he would be financing it the whole time without knowing what's going on? >> what's even stranger, what is the u.s. postal doing financing bicycle riding? with all the problems they have, they can't even deliver the mail on time, so why are they putting money into bike racing? >> it was a sponsorship. does that not make -- >> by the way, one quote, if we could, if you could indulge me, a quote from wisele that i thought explained -- this is his view on doping. this is what he

and betsy andrea, attacked by him along with her husband, frankie, road with him for the united states postal service. she said if he wasn't coming clean, people would think we were still the crackpots. >> many of them dragged forward because they were forced to come forward because of investigations and when they came clean and said no, lance doped, he dragged them through the mud. he accused them of lying or being some kind of money-hungry conspiracy group. what does he say to these people now? >> he will go to them and apologize. lance, once again, thinks he's in control of this narrative. he also acts like he thinks he has something we want. we have 1,000 pages of documents about this guy. so it's not like he's going to reveal any big secrets here. but i will tell you this about lance armstrong. and it's the lie built and built and built and built. people were unable to look at what a bully this guy is. and now that he's caught, he's like one of those wall street guys and we're supposed to feel bad for him. this isn't about performance-enhancing drugs and how many other guys in the race w

but late last year, the united states anti-doping agency produced evidence that the u.s. postal team ran what it called "the most sophisticated, professionalized and successful doping program the sport has ever seen." armstrong sat down for an interview with oprah winfrey which will air on thursday, but today, winfrey spoke to charlie rose on "cbs this morning." >> did he confess? did he come clean in the manner that you expected? >> i would say he did not come clean in the manner that i expected. it was surprising to me. i would say that, for myself, my team, all of us in the room, we were mesmerized and riveted by some of his answers. but i think the most important questions and the answers that people around the world have been waiting to hear were answered and certainly answered... i can only say i was satisfied by the answers. >> pelley: we have confirmed that armstrong offered at least a limited confession in that interview. we spoke to a rider who was once armstrong's trusted lieutenant. tyler hamilton helped him win the tour de france. but in an interview for the showtim

united states william howard taft. he is known for establishing a postal system and getting stuck in a white house bathtub on his inauguration day. he also was a fierce political rival with teddy roosevelt. we hope that continues on. >> five presidents now. nobody is getting subtracted. taft is getting added. >> taft is getting added. so, now we're going to have five tripping each other up. >> even that much more fascinating. >>> check this out a fifth grader's drum solo has gone viral on youtube. the 10-year-old from washington state has an incredible talent. he just uses his hand and the family washing machine to create an impressive rhythm. the video has been viewed more than 1.5 million times on youtube. yes, he has a drum kit, but one day he didn't feel like playing and started banging on the washing machine, instead. >> yeah. well, teach him how to put in a well,look, every day we're using more and more energy. the world needs more energy. where's it going to come from? ♪ that's why right here, in australia, chevron is building one of the biggest natural gas projects in the world. enough power for a city the size of si

. >> the united states anti-doping agency says that armstrong was part of an organized conspiracy by the u.s. postal service team to dupe the public and fool the authorities. >> you're looking at the bernie madoff of sport. this is the biggest fraud in the history of sport, the biggest. he couldn't have done it alone. >> armstrong has been stripped of his seven tour de france victories, banned from his sport, left his charity and lost nearly everything. but he hopes comments like these he made on the own network -- >> they are my mistake and i'm sorry for that. >> -- might be enough to help restore his reputation and rewrite his story. >> you win the tour de france seven times, you have a happy marriage, you have children -- it's just this mythic, perfect story. and it wasn't true. >> it's the greatest sports story ever told in many ways. that's why it's been the most traumatic fall from grace. >> yes or no, did you ever take banned substances to enhance your cycling performance? >> yes. my cocktail, so to speak, was only epo, but not a lot, transfusions and testosterone. >> doping, he told winfrey,

people shall then be in rebellion against the united states shall be banned, henceforth and forever free. >> reporter: also to mark the occasion, the u.s. postalvice introduced a limited edition emancipation proclamation forever stamp. the first in the series of three civil rights stamps to be released in 2013. >>> questions tonight surrounding colorado's first private pot smoking. we'll explain coming up. >>> it was a really nice day here in the d.c. metro despite the cloud cover. temperatures were pretty comfortable, but we do have a chilly breeze in tomorrow's forecast. everything you need to know to go back to work. >>> but up next thieves pull off a high-priced heist and it's all caught on camera. don't forget we are always on wusa9.com. stay with us. we'll be right back. >>> caught on camera, a jewelry heist that looks like something right out of the movie. surveillance video shows a group of masked thieves robbing a jewelry store in ft. lauderdale, florida. they allegedly broke in through the roof, cut the alarm system, taking out one of the security cameras. then they torched their way into three safes. >>> police taking down an armed

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postal service has adopted threat assessment, in the same way that the secret service has adopted threat assessment, in looking at people who may be interested in assassinating a president of the united states. why can't you attach gun issues, psychological issue, behavioral issues and all of these factors? >> we need to look at all the facers. there are guns in the hands of people who should not have them. we need to teach law enforcement officials how to better deal with them. woo need to empower principals and teachers and employers. but we also have to -- a lot of tough issues. this isn't easy. this is privacy versus individual rights. but we have tough balances. we need to get at root causes and all the laws in the world won't stop sth this if we don't address the root causes. >> steve? >> i think that's where we are likely to go. i think it will be very difficult for the president to do the kinds of things that were laid out in this washington post peal piece that caused such a stir this morning, to be as far reaching because testify politics of this. any time you are talking about a fundamental right. but you are talking about the bill of rights and the second amendment to the consti

postal service and she never took a sick day. the 64-year-old retires tomorrow. way to go. brian? >> brian: there is new signs of life in the housing market in the united stateshows home prices are actually inching up. so is now the right time to sell or down size to get out of debility? joining us now from nashville is dave ramsey. dave, are you optimistic things are turning around or is this just a regional turn around? >> well, all real estate is like politics, it's always regional it's always local. so we've had some markets that weren't hit nearly as hard by the recession and they've come back. some of them almost roaring back. we've got other areas of the country, and particular cities that are really still struggling. you just got to look around you in your particular area across the nation to figure out what's going on. >> brian: take some out of why you are house to pay down your bills? >> no, we don't refinance a house in order to pull off and pay for a steak that you ate last week and put on your mastercard. that's bad idea. you need work your bills through using the debt snowball we teach. >> brian: go over some tips. mortgage should be no more th