an employee of the four us post office hundreds of telegrams addressed to go bunch of were arriving from all over the soviet union k.g.b. men immediately seized all such mail. the minute those three days oldest eighteenth nineteenth and twentieth were the most disturbing days in my life we had no idea whether we would be allowed to go home and be arrested things were simply left around the corps. was bracing for the worst case scenario people inside the white house expected an assault on the building with that possibility in mind they inspected all of the basement secret passages leading out into nearby courtyards. some of the regular reports coming in here claimed that an assault on the building of the supreme soviet would begin in an hour's time but why would they need an assault or the building is like an aquarium all you need to do is just answer it and that's all there is still it you've got to really go. the assault order was in fact given to the k.g.b. so called alpha unit the men were already on high alert but for the first time in the unit's history they demanded an open debate

us. it keeps post offices open. the other thing that's happening is the downturn in the economy, people spending less in advertising dollars. half of our revenue comes from advertising. host: our revenues up in the post office? guest: revenues are do. in the last a full year's -- last 4 years we have los 22% of our mail volume. first-class mail is the driver in this. that is our most expensive and the one product that brings in the most cash to our coffers. host: our postal operations profitable on their own? guest: if we have the right balance of cost and revenue, yes. what we are trying to do right now is get squared away from the cost perspective. we have some request to congress to make some changes in the law and we are doing some things on our own. we have a very efficient organization. in the last 10 years we reduced the head counts in our organization by 250,000 people. that is while we continue to deliver to 150 million addresses. our people are very productive and do a good job. we are having issues with s

post office nearby is vital if her business is to continue to flourish. >> all of our marketing, advertising, inquiries, information, newsletters, christmas cards-- we use the post office on a regular basis. >> reporter: she says closing the office would mean an up to one hour long round trip to the nearest alternative office in kremmling. >> following every person that's here, we send a post card out the week after they left here, just thanking them for coming to the ranch, thanking them for their business. internet is great, but word of mouth is the best. >> reporter: the additional distance also bothers kirk gulland, who already has a long trek from his home to pick up his mail. >> the cost, as far as having to drive that extra distance, it's an additional 20 miles, whereas even from here, it's about ten miles for me just to make it to here. >> reporter: nancy pope is the curator of the national postal museum in washington, d.c. she says rural post offices have historically been a matter of both civic pride and economic success. >> the small town post office is, and has been, an emblem of local american towns since the very beginning, really, especia

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last week a hacker attack the police officer says use a web site. the post personal information of more than 100 bart officers. the fbi is now involved in the hacking investigation. the board to board of directors and is holding a meeting to discuss these issues. >> we are expecting a warm day tomorrow. getting pretty hot and land. low 70's along the coast, of brady's through santa rosa and napa. 89 expected in san jose. temperatures are: of by wednesday and thursday and then warming back up for friday and saturday. >> still ahead on kron 4 news at 8, new details on the raiders and 49 years football violence. >> in oakland, more problems with the police radios. i'll have that story coming up. >> we will study with the government has done to make flying less stressful. we will tell you which college football star will soon be wearing silver and black. >> rebels and libya now control about 9% of the capital city. the state department says muammar gaddafi is still in the country. although no one seems to know where he is, there is no question that this 40 year

us. it keeps post offices open. the other thing that's happening is the downturn in the economy, people spending less in advertising dollars. half of our revenue comes from advertising. host: our revenues up in the post office? guest: revenues are down. in the last a full year's -- last 4 years we have lost 22% of our mail volume. first-class mail is the driver in this. that is our most expensive and the one product that brings in the most cash to our coffers. host: our postal operations profitable on their own? guest: if we have the right balance of cost and revenue, yes. what we are trying to do right now is get squared away from the cost perspective. we have some request to congress to make some changes in the law and we are doing some things on our own. we have a very efficient organization. in the last 10 years we reduced the head counts in our organization by 250,000 people. that is while we continue to deliver to 150 million addresses. our people are very productive and do a good job. we are having issues wit

(laughter) but did you know that books used to be available in what were called post office bookstores? well, they were. >> borders is going out of business. >> borders could not keep up with 21st century technology and trends. >> the latest break and mortar victim of a digital age. >> now where am i going to return all my books for store credit? for more we turn to resident expert john hodgman. john hodgman, ladies and gentlemen. (cheers and applause) let me ask you, how can the beloved bookstore, an institution, compete with the downloading and mail order of the book? >> well, jon, it's not going to be easy. supreme gotten used to the convenience of having books delivered right to them. if bookstores want to compete they have to give the customers a better home experience so they can get in their own homes. >> jon: so you're saying recreate... >> exactly, jon. >> jon: i didn't finish what i was saying. >> i wasn't listening. i'm talking about getting rid of those old-fashioned bookshelves and replace them with beautiful well-appointed downloading pods. book lovers simply feel themsel

used to get. >> though the post office is considering cutbacks and layoffs it insisz ts it will always nee carriers. people like bartholomeaw, deliver a measure of care every time they take the wheel. joe rosato jr., bay area news. >> so happy to have them delivering our mail. something we all have to do. every four years or so, get our drivers licenses renude ewed at dmv. plenty of frustration there, but drama, humor? apparently so. it could be a new reality show. a tv production company has filmed several episodes at local dmv offices. the ten tsion filling out forms. the sussuspense. we'll let you know if the blockbuster ever gets an air date. >> dmv, up close and personal. >> probably brawls too. people getting frustrated. taking down people. >> bring in jeff ranieri. we head into the weekend. would you watch a dmv show? >> i would. make a 16-year-old driver, driving test for the first time. >> funny. enlts taken. a -- entertaining. >> getting feedback on the facebook. nice weekend. what are you doing? ter res s theresa is going to water and wine. and drum director will adams, how are you, goin

a police web site was hacked last week, and officers home addresses posted online, bart's board president told us the transit agency will not allow protesters to disrupt the commute but some commuters are leaving work early just to play it safe. >> whatever you want to express, there is an appropriate place for that, out of people's way. it's just too dangerous on a bart platform with a thousand volts of electricity, fast-moving trains and crowded conditions. >> yeah that. is why i'm leaving now. >> and that is one protester who is headed home there. is video showing rush of people trying to get out of the civic center station. last week's protest shut down four stations and left commuters scrambling. again, a protester, the protests postings we've seen online are any indication this group is very well organized down to some details about what type of sun screen participants should wear to avoid being hurt by any police pepper spray. we'll keep you posted with the latest. for now pro protest. it hasn't started yet. >> and thank you very much. >> and now to sky 7 hd above civic center bart station

without the $20 billion or $30 billion going into that fund, the post office would be profitable. congress wants uscontinue to put money into these retirement funds and to keep prefending. but if they would credit the postal service with that money, that's actually the workers' money. >> sure. the postal service would pay off its debt, pay off the debts necessary and have cash to get through this trying time. >> so, your mandate -- >> the concession that's been created by the congress to blame the workers. they're blaming the workers for the problems of the country, which is there's not enough commerce in this country because they allow the system to set up to send all of the work overseas. >> why is the congress coming forward and saying they want to -- the postal service wants to cut the workforce 20% and talking about five-day delivery service. why do they want to do that? >> it has gone to the congress and asked the congress to release these funds. they say, we can't release these funds. if they release the funds back to the postal service, it would show how much underfunded the rest of the gov

post office. how drastic? 30% of the us,000 layoffs on top of 100,000 jobs that will likely be lost through retirements and people moving to other jobs over the next four years. the postal service wants to quit federal health and retirement plans in favor of cheaper private plans, all of which means tearing up union krrts, which is going to require the approval of congress. i am joined by phone by anthony, the executive vice president and chief human resources officer at the postal service. thanks nor joining us. please explain to us why these cuts of jobs and this move away from government healthcare systems is necessary. >> caller: yes. well, let me just start by saying that it's not about abandoning healthcare to come up with a cheaper type of healthcare. what we're talking about is managing our legacy cost and managing our healthcare and we believe that if we were able to run the program which we don't do today, we would be able to use our leverage in the marketplace, be able to use private sector best practices which w

all over joins us now with the latest posted here so tell us what we know about this man just arrested in connection with the case. dmitri chen called this former senior russian police officer is now being detained by police are questioning over his role in his possible role in the in the slaying of on a protocol sky the nobody has yet to a journalist killed in two thousand and six now but he had been a key witness one of the main witnesses for the prosecution and the trial into the into the killers in chief thousand and six and two thousand and eight however he was called to moscow police station early yesterday yesterday and then following questioning by officers there detained he had it is pretty. testimony said that he had overheard the plotters balkanizing. how they were going to how do you going to kill mr pollack or scare he's been detained for saying that he was actually the ringleader organizing those people together and allowing them to an inviting them with the logistics that allowed them to carry out a murder all the murder on an appellate court so he remains in custody at the moment now the family and friends in anna politkovskaya have welcomed the arrest of pu

the paper check refund was returned as undeliverable by the post office, irs is waiting for to you call to say where is the money? and the irs uses the last-known address. money waiting for 16,000 california taxpayer autos a lot of money. >> thank you. >> and back to school shopping survey shows a gap in spending kpekt taigss between parents and students showing 41% of the teenagers they their parents will spend more than $100 on school supplies, compared to 68% of parents expect to spend more. that is compared to the survey found that 43% of the teens plan to contribute to the cost of back to school shopping. and only 15% of parents expect their child to help pay. and experts say it's missed communities to -- opportunities to talk about money management. and maybe help get them to pay for supply autos a study suggests brothers and sisters of autistic children have a much higher risk of developing the disorder. researchers studdeed 664 infants z about 19% of those younger siblings ended up being dyingnessed by the time they were three. the study says the younger sibling's risk is 20 times greater than children in the general popu