the self-driving trucks will be making five round-trips carrying usps trailers between phoenix and dallascountry's busiest highways. >> the united states postal service said they're interested in what the technology can mean for them in the future. >> reporter: robert brown is head of public affairs and government relations at 2 simple. >> so we move mail in boxes from the distribution center to the distribution centers for the postal service. and then from their distribution centers it goes out onto your local -- you know, your mailman or mailwoman. >> reporter: in a statement usps said they are conduct the research in an effort to incorporate new technology, enhance safety, improve service and reduce emissions. during the pilot program each truck will have a safety engineer and driver on board to ensure safety and record performance. according to the american trucking assoio technology cou pottially nefit rowi truck driver shortage. >> it's especially acute. the truck driver shortage. and we're recruiting for that long haul route. cross-country usually takes around five days. with the e

expanding its own logistics network to rely less on third-party carriers such as u.p.s., fedex and usps. it is graduation season. the report looked at 182 cities and measured factors such as availability oven try-level jobs, salary, workforce diversity and affordable housing. the top spot is salt lake city, followed by pittsburg, orlando, austin, texas. the worst place, montgomery, alabama and shreveport, louisiana. taking a look at the bay area specifically, san francisco is 9th. oakland is 70th. employers are expected to hire 17% more grads from the class of 2019 versus last year. marcus and laura, i'll send it back to you. >> not too bad for the bay area. >> exactly. nice place to start out. not to buy the house, though. 4:41. coming up next on "today in the bay", the rain we have been talking about coming in. >> we start out with light rain. we are still dry. a live look at san jose. you may feel sprinkles on your face. campbell, a light rain to start, a break, and then heavier rain this afternoon. light rain once again. a closer look at the timeline when the heavier rain arrives co

>>driving trucks may soon begin delivering mail for the us postal service usps plans to launch a 2 week long test using self-driving trucks to move mail between us just distribution centers, san diego-based startup 2 simple said its self-driving trucks will be in holly male between facilities in phoenix and dallas to see how the technology might improve delivery times and costs a safety driver will sit behind the wheel to intervene if necessary and an engineer will ride in the passenger seat. if successful it would mark an achievement for the thomas driving industry and have a possible solution to postal service worker shortages. >>a six-week-old kitten was rescued from a storm drain this morning by santa clara county sheriff's deputies with help from the san jose fire department police say a woman was walking with her son in cupertino just after 9 o'clock this morning when she heard meow a in coming from a nearby storm drain. the sheriff deputies were able to lift the metal lid on the drain and into that empties into the saratoga creek. a deputy then crawled into the drain to rescue th

>>self-driving trucks will begin delivering mail for the us postal service usps plans to launch a 2 week test using self-driving trucks to take mail between its distribution centers, san diego-based startup to simple said its self-driving trucks, we'll begin hauling male between facilities in phoenix and dallas to see how the technology may improve delivery times and costs a safety driver will sit behind the wheel to intervene if necessary and an engineer will ride in the passenger seat if successful. it could mark an achievement for the autonomous driving industry and a possible solution to the postal service, a worker shortage. >>another major retailers closing its doors all 650 dressbarn stores across the country will eventually go out of business 8 of those stores are right here in the bay area. the time frame is not really clear and the stores, they're open for now dressbarn has been in the business as since 19 62, but the clothing chain has been in the red for quite some ti experts say they're not really surprised the company is ing under the closures are yet another sign of hard t

what will be the usp that really makes them choose the next leader? i am fascinated. party, saying that he believes they must back a second vote. but the party is split? yeah. i find it quite interesting that he is saying this because that goes in direct contradiction with party policy, which says the party will back a second referendum if they don't think a deal can pass. watson wants them to go further and to be honest, we aren't really going to see any real progress on brexit until after the party conference anyway. i think some of it isjockeying for the party conference anyway. i think some of it is jockeying for what could happen at labour conference. there will be a big showdown. you have got to get the legislation through if you are going to get a second referendum. that takes months. we are supposed to be out by the 31st of october. there are a great many flowery statements. but the watson piece is quite emotive. he sees his party's weaknesses and says they must be able work against virage. and for the moment a lot of people really don't know what labour stand

we spoke about usps. how am i going to explain to comcast if you had that privilege, yes my address changing but the physical connection of the equipment is staying put. my green card needs to be updated. my address is changing not because i'm moving because san francisco city changed the name of my street. there's nothing in there for us. you mentioned 74 businesses or units in the street. every one of those has service providers that need to be updated. some maybe automatic. ultimately, i have nothing against mr. adachi. he sounds like a wonderful man. you can be renaming the street martin luther king, none of of it makes easier for me as a taxpayer on gilbert street. what's in it for me? >> supervisor peskin: next speaker please. >> i'm also resident of gilbert street. i also represent the gilbert p.oh.o.a. there's a huge inconvenience to have all our records and printed. materials and business registered affected by this name change. i wish mr. haney would have thought about representing the residents

certainly very excited to be in the middle of all this and we're very excited today to be working with uspsey're very forward looking in terms of adopting new technology into their existing fleet and making their transportation more efficient and more safe. >> yeah, and certainly we've seen a shortage for years now of truck drivers here in the u.s. in terms of the pitch you make to companies, be it the postal service or other partners that you would like to work with on autonomous trucking, what are the economics and how do you break down those long-term cost savings? >> the economics are, i would say, very staggering for this industry labor cost today is about 40% of operating costs on per mile basis and fuel is the other 30% and so the biggest cost, really, is labor and so, if you're able to reduce the cost of labor, today, a trucking fleet is about -- it's a low margin business, it's typically 15% gross margin business, 7% ebitda margin and so if you're able to reduce the labor cost all of a sudden you have a 50% gross margin business so think for fleet that's very attractive and for the

amna nawaz brings usp to speed. >> reporter: in birmingham, abama: >> make no mistake about it.hese laws are dangerous, they are regressive, and they are blatantly unconstitutional. ( cheers and applause ) >> reporter: vermontrena bernie sanders criticized the just-passed alabama law that bans abortions after eight eks. meanwhile, in new hampshire, during a fox news town hall, southna bend, indayor pete buttigieg said the next president should nominate judtos who promisphold roe v. wade. >> i believe in the right of the woman to make her own decision about her reproductive health and about her body is a national ght, it's an american freedom and i believe that should be enjoyed by eveap woman. ( plause ) >> reporter: the two democratic presidential candidates were not alone. new jersey senator cory booker, maschsaetts senator elizabeth warren and new york senator kirsten gillibrandeeach said thisnd they, too, would nominate pro-roe judges, if elected. for his part, president trump esid he disag with the lawama he tweeted saturday he is "sth rongly pro-life, we three exceptions--

usps, the postal service, is trying out self-driving trucks.five round trips between dallas and phoenix. and it's over two weeks and they basically want to see if the technology might improve delivery times and costs and help with a driver shortage. when i first heard about this story i was like, who's going to be delivering mail? it's really just to ship the mail. >> just to ship it from one point to the other. >> it's not going to be delivering it. >> one city to the other, one state to the next. >> exactly. they'll have a safety driver behind the wheel just to make sure nothing goes crazy and an engineer in the passenger seat also to make sure nothing goes crazy. >> wait -- >> if you live between dallas and phoenix -- >> that sounds like a lot of people in the truck. >> a whole bunch of people. >> until they can get it right. >> then maybe there will be no drivers. >> hm. >> i don't like the idea of self-driving cars. people-driving cars is scary enough. >> exactly. you add this whole, no one's behind the wheel. yeah. >>> speaking of life be

. >> brangham: thanks for bringing usp to speed. >> thank you. >> braham: stay with us.ing up on the "newshour," an uptick in xenophobia in south africa as election day approaches; speaking with philanthropist melinda gates about her new book, "the moment of lift," plus, the rk of artist jean-michel basquiat, now on display in new york's east village. as the list of democrat's running for president now tops more than 20 cdidates again hit early primary states this weekend.sa ejardins will get the take from our politics team, but yamiche alincidor first ings up to speed on the latest from the trail. >> we want joe! >> reporter: in south carolina,s chf "we want joe." this weekend, former vice prident joe biden made his first campaign stop in the state. in columbia, he set out to directly appeal to black voters. he denounced the "legacyf systemic racism" and referenced his former boss, president barack obama. >> as barack says, "when two equally qualified people, e jamal and one john, they both apply for a job and john gets the job." that's the reality in america.n >> repor

they will also bring to customers' doorsteps packages they currently drop at usps, the post office.ing addiction, as we buy more and more goods online instead of in stores. clearly this company feeling the heat from amazon and walmart, who are building out warehouse networks to serve customers. remember, amazon recently offering workers $10,000 and three months' worth of pay to start up their own delivery services mu services. lots of competition even though there's lots more packages to be delivered. connell: we want it now. that's how we roll these days. all right. let's get back to disneyland. the new disneyland star wars galaxy's edge theme park opens up to the public tomorrow. pretty cool shot there. deirdre bolton joins us live with a sneak peek. reporter: yeah, this place is going to be hopping tomorrow. in fact, all tickets are sold out from what we understand. i think you can still, if you really want to be here, book a night, a few nights at the hotel, disney hotel, you will get complimentary passes or the ability to come into this part of the park. we talked about this, 1

. >> reporter: in a statement usps said they're conducting the research in an effort to incorporate newimprove service, and reduce emissions. during the pilot program, each truck will have a safety engineer and driver on board to ensure safety and record performance. according to the american trucking association, thi en benefit a growing truck driver shortage. >> it's especially acute, the truck driver shortage, in recruiting for that long haul route. a cross-country trip usually takes around five days. with autonomy, we expect it could be two days. >> reporter: tusimple trucks are expected to operate without onboard human supervision by 2021. >> it doesn't get tired, it doesn't text, it is a very safe technology that would hopefully lead to less fatalities and safer roads. >> i wonder how they fill up the gas. >> it costs more money. >> how does it know the full service lane. >>> actor michael k. williams may be best known for his work on ho hits such as "the wire" and ""boardwalk empire."" but his latest project comes from real life and a sorry chapter in new york's racial history. w

it's good to have you with usp we saw it when joe biden communes with other people who have suffereded so much loss. he's so good in those settings and he's finding that again on the campaign trail this time around, isn't he? >> yeah. that's right, willie. i've been covering the former vice president regularly for over 11 years and it's always been remarkable to see how he continues to really endure and push through these tragedies that he's suffered throughout his life and cease increasingly how he's in his third presidential campaign, a bond between him and many voters. every december on the anniversary of the 1972 car accident that took the life of his wife and infant daughter, the biden family would mark that tragedy in private. yesterday we saw joe biden in public on that fourth anniversary. it's coming of a quirk in delaware law where memorial day they continue to celebrate it on may 30th. the vice president was there with his wife and granddaughter, beau's daughter, and talked about how the pain fades over the years but moments like this are bittersweet, it all comes back, the