usps wants to eliminate next day delivery for first class mail, shrink that two-day delivery to justhour drive radius and make everything else three-day delivery. >> the fact of the matter is our network is too big. we've got more capacity in our network than we can afford. >> i'm concerned about the carriers. they need their jobs and i'm afraid some of those carriers might lose their time. >> reporter: eliminating that next day delivery will mean 28,000 job cuts. usps would close 261 processing centers and make more efficient use of those that are left saving more than $2 billion a year. >> you just can't sit back and wait. you've got to act on these things. we've got to go $20 billion. we're going to do that to keep ourselves financially healthy. >> reporter: priority and express mail are not changing and commercial customers are being given options to help expedite bulk mail. postmaster donahue says he doesn't want a bailout. >> we don't take tax money. we don't want any tax money. >> reporter: just the ability to downsize the way any shrinking business, would melanie alnwick, fox

usps wants to he eliminate next day delivery for first class mail.that first class delivery to just a fewer-hour drive radius and make everything else three-day delivery. the fact of the matter is our network is too big. we have more capacity in our network than we can on afford. >> i'm concerned about the carriers. they need their jobs and i'm afraid some of those carriers might lose their time. >> reporter: eliminating that next-day delivery will mean 2,000 job cuts. usps would close 261 processing centers and make more feesh use of those that are left saving more than $2 billion a year. >>> you just can't sit back and wait. you've got to act on these things. we have to go with $20 billion. we'll do that to keep ourself financially healthy. priority and express mail are not changing. commercial customers are being given options to help expedite mail. >> we don't take any tax mondayy. we don't want any tax money. >> reporter: just ability to downsize the way any shrinking business would. society coming up, the struggles continue for the washington c

the usps plans to reposition those not lost to attrition or retirement. lay-offs are not allowed under the current union contract. the volume of mail isn't there to support operations as they are. but the postal service aims to day in business. >> no matter how much mail diminishes there's still a lot of people who depend on the post office. >> reporter: our changes we know for sure are coming the price of a first class stamp going up one cent, that will be 45 cents. express, priority and parcel services also going up. also the notion of closing 3700 retail post office locations nationwide. other things need congressional approval. the post office would like to shorten the numbered of delivery days to five instead of six. congress would have to approve that it would and may intervene on union contracts so that lay-offs could be allowed. katie marzullo, abc7 news. >>> oakland takes a giant step towards curbing crime using a federal grant. the police department is kicking off its first police academy since dozens of officers were laid off last year. >> resi

usps will delay the cuts until may to give congress time to enact legislation that will save the agency from bankruptcy. post office officials announced the closing of nearly 250 processing centers and the elimination of 20,000 jobs by next spring. the agency lost more than $5 billion in the last fiscal year and is projected to lose $14 billion more next year. the bill is passed on extending this year's payroll tax cut, but the fight is far from over. even though the house passed the republican bill, most democrats voted against it. democrats who control the senate say there is no way they will provide tax cut with a controversial oil pipeline attached. >> the bill is dead on arrival, it was dead before it got to the senate. >> with another government shutdown looming on friday, democrats want to deal with the spending first. reaction from the white house -- get the tax cut down or no vacation. nbc's latest poll finds americans increasingly frustrated with this congress. 42% say it is one of the worst. still ahead, many of us like to sip one during the holidays but don't want a headache

usps wants to eliminate next- day delivery for first-class mail and shrink to a four-hour drive radiusing else three-day delivery. >> the fact of the matter is our network is too big. we have more capacity in our network than we can afford. >> and i am concerned about the carriers. they need their job and i am afraid some carriers may lose their time. >> reporter: eliminating the next-day delivery will mean 28,000 job cuts. usps would close 261 processing centers and make more efficient use of those left, saving more than $2 billion a year. >> and you can't sit back and wait. you have to act on those things. we have to go $20 billion we're going to do that to keep ourselves financially healthy. >> reporter: priority and express mail are not changing and customers are given options to expedite bulk mail. the postmaster doesn't want a bailout. >> we don't take tax money and don't want any. >> and just the ability to downsize. >> the soonest it would take effect is april. laura? >> thank you. >>> president obama is warning congress if they do not renew the payroll tax cut taxes it will go

the usps plans to reposition those not lost to attrition or retirement. lay-offs are not allowed under the current union contract. the volume of mail isn't there to support operations as they are. but the postal service aims to day in business. >> no matter how much mail diminishes there's still a lot of people who depend on the post office. >> reporter: our changes we know for sure are coming the price of a first class stamp going up one cent, that will be 45 cents. express, priority and parcel services also going up. also the notion of closing 3700 retail post office locations nationwide. other things need congressional approval. the post office would like to shorten the numbered of delivery days to five instead of six. congress would have to approve that it would and may intervene on union contracts so that lay-offs could be allowed. katie marzullo, abc7 news. >>> oakland takes a giant step towards curbing crime using a federal grant. the police department is kicking off its first police academy since dozens of officers were laid off last year. >> resi

usps want to eliminate next day delivery for first class mail, shrink that two-day delivery to just aius and make everything else three- day delivery. >> the fact of the matter is our network is too big. we have more capacity in our network than we can afford. >> i'm concerned about the carriers. they need their jobs and i'm afraid some of those carriers might lose their time. >> reporter: eliminating that next day delivery will mean 2,000 job cuts. usps would close 261 processing center and make more efficient use of those that are left, saving more than $2 billion a year. >> you just can't sit back and wait. have you to act on these things. we have to go with $20 billion. we are going to do that to keep ourself financially healthy. >> reporter: priority and express mails are not changing and commercial customers are being given options to help expedite bulk mail. postmaster donahue says he doesn't want a bailout. >> we don't take any tax money. we don't want any tax money. just the ability to downsize the way any that ranking business would. melanie alnwick, fox 5 news. >>> postal s

the usps says today is your last chance to get your package sent on time for holidays. if you don't make it, you should upgrade on the shipping. 801 million cards and letters are expect to be processed. nearly double the average volume between thanksgiving and new year's, they will deliver 16.5 billion letters, packages, and cards. >>> and at the movies, it was elementary, my dear, terrell. the new sherlock holmes film "a game of shadows" won the box office. "alvin and the chipmunks was in second. 12% fewer people went to any movie this weekend than they did last year. overall box office revenues are down 4% for the year. terrell, who has time to go to a movie with all this last-minute shopping? i still have to get your present! >> i haven't gotten yours yet, so no rush. don't worry. ashley morrison in new york, appreciate it. thank you. >>> straight ahead, your monday morning weather. >>> and in sports, all of the great win streaks must come to an end. green bay no exception. the packers, perfect no more. i take an omega for my heart. but to be honest, i find the omega

usps plans to close half of its 500 mail processing centers. that means starting this spring, first class mail delivery will take at least two days. >> something that needs to go fast, i'll fax it. >> need to go elsewhere. >> more than a dozen post offices in the bay area could close. they include five in san francisco. two in oakland, and one each in daily city, south san francisco, and san jose. >> scientists at nasa have found another one of those goldie locks planets. one that is not too hold, not too hot, just right to support life. they are calling the planet kepler22-b. it has a rocky surface with water. don't expect to visit. it is about 100 light years from earth. >>> a few places near 70 degrees today, but it's getting chilly out there tofnlt how cold will it get coming up next. like gate d12 for the next three hours. citibank for ipad. easier banking. standard at citibank. really? [ male announcer ] kate uses her citibank debit card because kate knows there are some things you shouldn't be charged for. refill? i'm ok. [ male announce

usps is in the worst of positions. it is regulated by the government, but receives zero in funding.ail, it won't hurt people like me who do almost everything through the internet. it will hurt people in rural areas that do not have the internet and rely on the u.s. mail being an affordable solution. yeah, brandon, except all of us need the postal service sometimes. i just renewed my maryland driver's license through the mail. i argue this is everyone's problem and now that the consequences are starting to sting, maybe we'll figure out what to do about it. e-mail is a great way to reach out to me. the address is mailbag@wusa9.com or join us on the wusa9 facebook page. that is our report. i'll be back at 11:00 along with anita brikman. what's in the name? apparently hateful threats when it's the same as an accused child abuser. we talked with the wrong jerry sandusky tonight at 11:00. don't forget, log on any time to wusa9.com. we'll see you later. bye bye. tonight," the most watched entertainment news magazine in the world. >>> the power of angelina jolie. those amazing legs. her unp

the usps, they tell me, has no choice. >> we've lost like 43 billion pieces of mail in a four-year period. that's 20%. that means a lot of idle equipment standing by and less work for employees to do. we have to consolidate and bring the employees and the mail to processing centers that have excess capacity. >> reporter: the u.s. postal service might also close 4,700 local post offices nationwide. there are a lot of mites aghmig mays in today's announcement. they're waiting to see if the restructuring is doable. it's pretty much a done deal at this point. in san jose, they've taken up the distribution center for the city of salinas. whatever they were doing as far as distributing the mail, they are doing that out of here in san jose. big changes from the u.s. postal service. live in san jose, i'm damian trujillo. >> that affects us all. thank you so much, damian. >>> meanwhile, a new crop of cadettes will start training in oakland. >> haven't had a new class of recruits since layoffs last year. christie smith spoke to the mayor and chief of police. she joins us now with the latest. >> rep

usps plans to reposition those not lost to attrition. and there are layoffs not allowed. the volume of mail is not there anymore but postal service aims to stay in business. >> no matter how much mail diminishes there are a lot of people that depend on the post service. >> a couple changes are taking affect, price increases. the cost of a first-class stamp going up a cent, costing 45 cents starting january 22. other fees going up as well. other changes that the postal service would like to make is lowering number of delivery days so mail will be only delivered five days instead of six and also looking to maybe get congressional approval change to layoffs may be a possibility. >> and doing good could get you a good deal. alameda county libraries giving people and we're in the newsroom with more on this food to find program. leanne? >> you can say they're trying to feed both minds and bodies and many times they forget about food banks and beginning tes des 17th, fines at alameda county libraries will being forriven depending on how much food you bring in. those overdue libr

the usps is scaling back. the cuts could mean the end to guaranteed overnight delivery.ve the report. >> reporter: most americans will see changes in the way the mail is handled when mailing first class. >> we are going to modify the standard. mail that is dropped in a blue collection box will no longer receive overnight service standard. such a move could hurt businesses that promise next day delivery. the postal service says eliminating the overnight guarantee will trim $2 billion from operating costs. >> we can't sit back and wait for five, six or ten years before we make the changes. >> reporter: changes that include closing half of the mail processing centers. eliminating 28,000 jobs and slowing not only first class delivery, but periodicals and magazines that may take up to nine days to deliver all because more americans are turning to the internet. >> they are choosing electronic bill payment and electronic communication. >> reporter: the postal service scoffs at the suggestion this is the beginning of an end. >> a person paying the a bill in the mail, it's going

. -- usps to close. they are the one agency that delivers anywhere in the world. it is not particularly in their interest to have them not be around or to have them be private and direct competitor that way. so i think that is something to remember in this argument, there is a lot in the private sector who does not want to see them move over that way. host: what about the business is lighes like netflix? guest: that gets into the argument of how you save money? you can save money by grow into more or do it by less? that seems to weigh the way they are leaning right now. i think you will see folks like that not be happy with that sort of idea. host: john in georgia. caller: good morning. i am of postal service employee. [inaudible] when i went to the post office, they have it run late delivery of mail. they would have the supervisors and and postmasters into your office, and the government pays for them to put them in a hotel for a week or more. now the postmaster's get that rate of pay. they have a lot to do with the position. [inaudible] supervisors are walking a

. >> reporter: a usps spokesman said saturday service will continue. reporting live. amber lee.ok page if people would miss the services and think the cuts a good idea. one comment was i won't miss t i do everything online, i haven't sent a lateener years, another said some people need the first class and next day mail, charge more and people keep their jobs. join the conversation and tell us what you think. >> oakland police spent hours searching for suspected gunman before locating a man on the roof of an apartment building. check out the center of the screen here. lue see a man come up from the biling's edge. officers then made him crawl to them at gun point before arresting him. police say he dropped his gun from the roof. officers had responded to the apartment building on third street and they closed down streets in the area and blocked off access to the building. >> a san jose police swat team used tear gas and flash grenades searching for a suspect. they found a car belonging to the 26-year-old suspect outside a home on college drive but couldn't locate him. police haven

. >> reporter: a usps spokesman said saturday service will continue. reporting live. amber lee. ktvu channel 2news. >> we asked tonight on the facebook page if people would miss the services and think the cuts a good idea. one comment was i won't miss t i do everything online, i haven't sent a lateener years, another said some people need the first class and next day mail, charge more and people keep their jobs. join the conversation and tell us what you think. >> oakland police spent hours searching for suspected gunman before locating a man on the roof of an apartment building. check out the center of the screen here. lue see a man come up from the biling's edge. officers then made him crawl to them at gun point before arresting him. police say he dropped his gun from the roof. officers had responded to the apartment building on third street and they closed down streets in the area and blocked off access to the building. >> a san jose police swat team used tear gas and flash grenades searching for a suspect. they found a car belonging to the 26-year-old suspect outside a home

and hundreds or thousands of layoffs are expected from the usps. with all the restructuring and changes to personnel, the postal service is expected to save $6.5 billion every year. the uspc is in trouble. it has to do something fast to avoid bankruptcy. business is down 20% since 2007. that's mostly attributed to the internet, e-mail and facebook. if you still use mail, it means a piece of mail might arrive a lay or two late. plan a birthday card or care package ahead. it may not reach the destination on time. i'm damien, trujillo, "today in the bay." >>> it is 5:35 right now. >>> california's high speed rail authority under fire after reports it spent $12 million on consulting fees. the agency spent more than $7 million on public relations and other outreach. the feds have cut spending for the year. without the funding the future of the entire line is in doubt. >>> get ready for many delays on a fremont road. they will be closed to warm springs boulevard. that means heavy delays during commute times. the work is to prepare the area for the bart t

the usps plans to announce a series of changes tomorrow designed to save $3 billion. at the top of the list, slowing down the pace of first class mail which means for the first time in 40 years there will be no chance for next day delivery. >>> the story is creating a discussion on facebook. anthony m says mail should be slowed down. it is 2012. mail is mostly obsolete. and sara says that in addition to cutting saturday mail is not going to sit well with many people. join in on that conversation at facebook .com/abc7 news. >>> we are also going to learn more about another payroll tax cut proposal tomorrow. senate majority leader harry reid is expected to unveil his plan to extend the tax cut for american workers. >>> when you touch the screen of an ipad or smartphone they feel the same, but the next generation screen is going tack tile. richard hart reports on the drive to discover a screen that touches you back. >> the smartphone or a tablet computer or a large screen tv we expect all of those devices to have touch interfaces. >> but david rice's tablet touches him b

i'm katie marzullo live in san francisco, big announcement from the usps about cuts, lay-offs and slower service for the first time since 1971. >>> also, right now police in san jose trying to determine if an overnight shooting is responsible for sending at least three people to local hospitals. >>> workers walk off the job and head to the picket line at a popular bay area candy company. >>> tkpwhaorpbgd, live look downtown san francisco, -- a few breezes they are all over the place, mainly in the north bay. also the north bay will have the freezing temperatures tonight and frost in the east bay valleys too. >>> starting to see a back up at the bay bridge toll plaza. no major accidents around the bay area. slow spots with drive times, coming up. >>> good monday morning. early on a monday, chilly too. 6:01. i'm eric thomas. >>> and i'mm=4 kristen sze. expect a slow down in the postal service delivery of your holiday cards and mail rental dvd's. the agency is set to announce painful cuts it can impose on itself as congress debates further reductions. katie marzullo is live with the latest

. >>> it's a desperate effort to stave off bankruptcy for the usps.unprecedented changes to first class mail delivery next spring. that could mean a stamped letter won't arrive at its destination the very next day. the postal service plans to close half of its 500 processing centers by next march, which could slow delivery of everything from check payments to netflix dvds. also want to tell you about microsoft rolling out a new f feature for xbox, letting users navigate through music and dvds by hand. they can swipe through the menus using their hands, swipe through search engine bing or tap the touch screens on their windows phones. the remark i've been making is like that minority report movie, i don't know if you guys remember, they used to flip through that stuff. that technology is now here. >> i remember that. it's not the video games of my time. my goodness gracious, i don't even know if i could manage it. >> me too. i'm a frogger guy, donkey kong. >> pacman. brian, thanks so much. have a great day. >> tetris. >> oh, my gosh, who didn't love te

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usps says first class volume mail peaked in 2001 but other services such as the internet have taken awayheir business. >> we have to make this change because the volumes we have today in our system, but more importantly the volumes that we are projecting for the future, simply can't support the infrastructure can't support the revenue and contribution that this volume has used to pay for. >> the su sps is facing bankruptcy. it announce in september that it planned to consolidate and close 500 processing centers nationwide this spring. >>> investigators are trying to figure out why an escalator at fedexfield suddenly stopped and hurt five people. the malfunction happened near gate a as crowds were leaving the redskins/jets game yesterday. prince george's fire and ems said two people had to go to the hospital. we are told they were not seriously hurt, however. >>> turnover once again doom the redskins. washington was attempting a comeback against the new york jets yesterday. late in the fourth quarter. grossman was sacked and fumbled the ball. jets scored on the very next possession and wo

it has very good -- host: why does usps want to pull out of the program? guest: it was set up to run on a business pasis. congress cannot close a rural without an act of congress. they are suffering badly in the economic climate. they have an aging work force. they have their eye on $30 billion that they would have to pay in under current law to cover the cost of their future retirees, $40 billion that has already paid in for their current retirees. the only way they could pick up to get the really big taxpayer subsidy they are looking for was to pull out of the -- they claim that it can run the program more effectively than the personnel. that is simply not true. they're more expensive. they are benefiting from being in the same pool as other federal workers. host: if the u.s. b.s. pulls out of the -- usps pulls out of the fehbp, what are the implications for others? guest: if you are an hmo in some small town or small city, the postal workers are probably a big fraction of the work force. you will think twice of -- about staying in the program. it could

it has very good -- host: why does usps want to pull out of the program? guest: it was set up to run on a business pasis. congress cannot close a rural without an act of congress. they are suffering badly in the economic climate. they have an aging work force. they have their eye on $30 billion that they would have to pay in under current law to cover the cost of their future retirees, $40 billion that has already paid in for their current retirees. the only way they could pick up to get the really big taxpayer subsidy they are looking for was to pull out of the -- they claim that it can run the program more effectively than the personnel. that is simply not true. they're more expensive. they are benefiting from being in the same pool as other federal workers. host: if the u.s. b.s. pulls out of the -- usps pulls out of the fehbp, what are the implications for others? guest: if you are an hmo in some small town or small city, the postal workers are probably a big fraction of the work force. you will think twice of -- out staying in the program. it could be

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usps exists in a different category. >> that model worked for a while.ding a lot of first class mail and the post office could abide by all the requirements and pay for that with that business. first class mail is declining and isn't going to come back. the post office is urging businesses to continue sending paper statements to their customers. when you talk with executives, there was a great piece in business week where the mentality is about how do we best deliver mail and how do we make this model continue to work. it is not an innovative organization. you can change the accounting stuff. that's mostly a question of when the post office is going to become insolvent under this model not whether. >> in so many ways, this does seem to be an attack, in my mind, on rural america. these are the folks out there, elderly folks, folks that don't live in cities, that rely on the post office to get their mail, their package, their periodicals. it is one of these places where why are we not trying to connect rural america to the rest of the american fabric. it i

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one quick example -- as part of the nei, the commerce has been working with usps and fedex, the national association of manufacturers, those groups that help u.s. exporters and help them into new markets. building on this success, we recently, just three weeks ago, launched a new effort with fedex who will work with the u.s. foreign commercial service at the commerce department to match their foreign customers -- fedex foreign customers -- with u.s. suppliers. in the months ahead, we are doing more. we will restructure our foreign commercial service to intensify their focus on strong export growth markets, including china, brazil, and india. the commerce department will also be working hard to build on the progress we have made reforming our dated export control laws. finally, we will see -- we will pay special attention to trade barriers to make sure our companies are competing on a truly level playing field. in particular, we will be focused on non-tariff barriers, the overly-narrow technical standards, onerous procedures, and other techniques that countries use to shut out competition

one quick example -- as part of the nei, the commerce has been working with usps and fedex, the nationalssociation of manufacturers, those groups that help u.s. exporters and help them into new markets. building on this success, we recently, just three weeks ago, launched a new effort with fedex who will work with the u.s. foreign commercial service at the commerce department to match their foreign customers -- fedex foreign customers -- with u.s. suppliers. in the months ahead, we are doing more. we will restructure our foreign commercial service to intensify their focus on strong export growth markets, including china, brazil, and india. the commerce department will also be working hard to build on the progress we have made reforming our dated export control laws. finally, we will see -- we will pay special attention to trade barriers to make sure our companies are competing on a truly level playing field. in particular, we will be focused on non-tariff barriers. the overly-narrow technical standards, onerous procedures, and other techniques that countries used to shut out competition.