i had a combinatio conversationa different usps where he admitted usps employees were ordered to lock ballots too late to be lawfully counted for didn't bring this to the attention to any of my supervisors at usps at the time to do what i perceived to be their hostility towards president donald trump in their contempt for the law. i'm not a trump supporter. i'm not a biden supporter either. in fact, i didn't vote for either of the main candidates. but something profoundly wrong occurred in wisconsin during the presidential election and the american people have a right to know about it. >> sean: as it stands today, there is a 20,000 vote difference in wisconsin between wisconsin, arizona, and georgia. 44,000 both difference. those three states, it's not critical that we as a country get to the bottom of serious allegations made by eyewitnesses and whistle-blowers. in fact, every regularity must be investigated. make no mistake, this is about, well, as high as the stakes are for the 2020 election, it's about more than that too. is about every single election moving forward in this count

after all, saturday is the final day with guaranteed usps delivery by christmas. >> i feel that it'sely part of the holiday season, and that there's been some things going on with the usps that certainly is growing to affect their productivity. >> reporter: that other thing this holiday season, the two largest u.s. shipping companies are delivering covid-19 vaccines. the result is a shipping surge, and longer lines for the postal service. >> i tried to come last night at 4:00, and there was, like, 40 people in line, so i decided mid-day was going to be a better option. [ laughter ] >> the service said it is experiencing unprecedented volume increases and limited employee availability. >> we're seeing an increase for the christmas season, plus what people need for essential needs, so we're being slammed. >> they have hired 500 workers in the bay area and are still in need of 500 more. the result has those that are on the job working longer hours. >> actually speaking to my mailman, he mentioned he is starting work at 5:00, 6:00 in the morning and not getting home until 9:00 at night.

would like 20 feet above ground pool with a four seater bat mobile. >> reporter: for 108 years the usps has been gathering the letters and the letters are available for adoption. this year as the program goes nationwide and all digital, the requests are a bit different. add in the pandemic and we saw many like this one, reading things haven't been great and my family hasn't been able to afford to buy me things. >> certainly this year i expect families are really going to be impacted because they could really use the extra attention. >> reporter: that christmas wish came true, by midday the operation santa website showed all of the letters were adopted. more will be added each day until december 15th. here are our favorite requests for the man in red. >> if we work together we can make the world a better place. let's put our mouasks over the mouth and a nose. >> i would like a gaming headset and really like for the pandemic to end. >> i think we all would. back to the question mark item, clearly she was saying magnet tiles. you can build things like frozen castles. >> fun. >> it is a per

yesterday was the cut off from any usps international shipments. next tuesday december 15th is the ground shipping deadline for usps ups and fedex december 19th is the deadline for usps priority mail december 21st is the deadline for ups 3 day select and fedex express saver and three-day freight december 23rd is the deadline for usps priority mail express ups next-day air and fedex overnight shipping guarantees in particular ubs in fedex normally have. >>cash back if you if they break their deadline. those are in effect this year is suspended their is the endemic which gives you a sense of how much >>that wasn't called burly reporting tonight some delivery companies such as fedex do offer limited services on christmas day but of course you will pay a premium for that and don't forget any major weather events over the next few weeks could up unexpectedly slow down all the delivery companies. >>elon musk has apparently moved out of california tesla's ceo says he's moved to texas because california has taken innovators for granted. it could also be mo

usps, que contrato a unos 800 empleados adicionales , dice que el 18 de diciembre es el ultimo dia parae buena asÍ que tÓmalo en cuenta porque todos los paquetes recogidos ese dÍa se van a entregar pero hasta el lunes siguiente, hasta el 28 de diciembre. se espera que los nÚmeros de envÍos rompan rÉcords, tan asÍ que fedex proyecta aumento de 22% en la entrega de paquetes este aÑo. si bien los transportistas alientan a las personas realizar los envÍos tempranos la empresa de seguimiento de paquetes dijo que este aÑo serÁ el peor registrado en retrasos en los envÍos durante las festividades. tambiÉn atenciÓn con esto porque minoristas como los que ven en pantalla sugieren que compres pronto para evitar las tarifas de envÍo expedito. en resumen cualquier pedido de preferencia hay que hacerlo esta semana si queremos que llegue a tiempo y reciban los regalitos nuestros seres queridos. borja: si ven ustedes que no les llega mi regalo, no es que no lo mandÉ, es que se ha perdido con tanto paquete en el correo. gracias por la recomendaciÓn. muy atentos en casa. 28 millones y medio de dÓlares e

would like 20 feet above ground pool with a four seater bat mobile. >> reporter: for 108 years the uspsas been gathering the letters and the letters are available for adoption. this year as the program goes nationwide and all digital, the requests are a bit different. add in the pandemic and we saw many like this one, reading things haven't been great and my family hasn't been able to afford to buy me things. >> certainly this year i expect families are really going to be impacted because they could really use the extra attention. >> reporter: that christmas wish came true, by midday the operation santa website showed all of the letters were adopted. more will be added each day until december 15th. here are our favorite requests for the man in red. >> if we work together we can make the world a better place. let's put our mouasks over the mouth and a nose. >> i would like a gaming headset and really like for the pandemic to end. >> i think we all would. back to the question mark item, clearly she was saying magnet tiles. you can build things like frozen castles. >> fun. >> it is a perfe

usps customers can go online, adopt one of the many letters sent to santa and help fulfill some of the holiday wishes. all of the adoptions are online this year and lists must be submitted by december 15th. to find out more visit the usps website. >>> trending for you this morning 21 days away from christmas. can you believe that? you know what, people, already starting to think about being together and watching some favorite tv shows. >> that's right. so can you guess what people in california watched when they hunker down for the holidays? take a look. ♪ the simpsons >> californians are big "simp n "simpsons" fans. it's the most searched show in all of the nation. >> really? >> take a look at this map. people watch on christmas, the second most searched show is "the office" and coming in third is "dr. who." last night before i went to bed, jack, turn off "the simpsons." he watches it all the time. >> really? >> yes. >> there you go. >> for a while he was trying to talk like bart all the time. oh, my gosh, stop. >> or is it? remember he went through that phase? >> oh, yeah, that comes

investors not liking this theher delay from usps, u.s. postal service and awarding this contract. contract worth about $6 billion. why do investors not like it? it creates a further hurdle for growth for work horse and future growth is what this company has traded on, it is why we have seen a massive run-up in the stock over the past years. 600% or close to 600% year to date. this is a company with no profit and barely any sales. $300,000 worth last year and predicted to be about 2.2 million in 2020. as the only all electric bidder for this contract to provide delivery vans for usps, it was considered to be a front runner in one analyst today saying for some investors they sought as a done deal. the delay showing the peak may not be the case. david: it may be the only electric vehicle in the usps deal, but not the only electric around the world. look at tesla. how are electric vehicles doing in the market these days? alicia: you're right. it is not the only one. we have seen a huge run-up for electric vehicle companies this year, really big rally. we are starting to see a fizzling

. ♪ >> november 4th, i was asked by a senior usps employee named monty if i had forgotten any ballotsght before. monty explained that an order calm down from the wisconsin -- came down from the wisconsin-illinois chant aer of usps that 100,000 ballots were missing. the following day, november 5th, 2020, i had a different conversation with -- a conversation with a different usps employee named rachel in which she admitted they were ordered to pack ballots that were received too late to be lawfully counted. lou: lawfully counted. not always an important consideration in the 20 election, was it? that was ethan peer e -- pees. he's a whistleblower, and we'll be talking to him here next. stay with us. smooth driving pays off you never been in better hands allstate click or call for a quote today to syour body needs routine. system, centrum helps your immune defenses every day, with vitamin c, d and zinc. season, after season. ace your immune support, with centrum. it's moving day. and are doing the heavy lifting, jess is busy moving her xfinity internet and tv services. it only takes about

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we see how the usps is going digital to make more of the wishes come true. >> dear santa. >> reporter: as we spoke to kids today what gifts they are asking santa for today this christmas, their answers ran thegamet. >> chocolate. he wants chocolate. >> santa, i would like some magnets. >> reporter: that i think is a magnate toy but we asked kids to read letters from across the country sent to the north pole and collected by the usps as part of operation santa. >> i would like ten, 20 feet above ground pool with a four-seater bat mobile. >> reporter: for 108 years, the usps has been gathering these letters and friday is the first day of the season the letters are available for adoption. meaning anybody can volunteer to make the child and their families wish come true and send it through the mail. this year, as the program goes nationwide and all digital, the requests are a bit different. add in the pandemic and we saw many letters like this one reading things have not been great and my family hasn't been able to afford to buy me things. >> certainly, this year i expect families are rea

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a source close to this tells fox usp could also mean "u.s. persons." these messages from 2017 shortly after joe biden left the vice presidency. hunter and his business partners including his uncle james biden, were trying to set up a joint venture with the chinese energy and finance company. republicans now want more investigations in to this. >> this is sad. everybody has a family member somewhere who makes mistakes. certainly hunter biden is one of those people. to the extent that his father was involved, we are talking about an entirely new type of problem. >> beyond any potential special counsel investigation, if the republicans win at least one special senate election in georgia next month, they will maintain control of the senate. so they'll control committees and investigations in the senate. harris? >> harris: rich, thank you. trey gowdy is the former house oversight chair and a fox news contributor. so, you know, trey, when you hear joe biden today say "it is what it is." i ask then what is it? we are not able to ask him. >> yeah, there are th

abc 7 news anchor dion lim shares with us how the usps is going digital to make more of those wishes come true. >>> dear santa -- >> reporter: as we spoke to kids about what gifts they're asking santa for this christmas their answers ran the gamut. >> chocolate. >> oh, he wants chocolate. >> dear santa, i want light -- >> reporter: that's a magnet toy. we asked kids to read letters from around the country, sent to the north pole collected by the usps as part of operation santa. >> i would like 20 feet aboveground pool with a four seater batmobile. >> reporter: for 108 years the usps has been gathering these letters and friday is the first day of the season the letters are available for adoption. meaning anybody can volunteer to make the child and their families' wish come true and send it through the mail. this year, as the program goes nationwide, and all digital, the requests are a bit different. add in the pandemic, and we saw many letters like this one. reading things have not been great. and my family hasn't been able to afford to buy me things. >> certainly this year i expect f

abc 7 news anchor dion lim shares with us how the usps is going digital to make more of those wishes come >>> dear santa -- >> reporter: as we spoke to kids about what gifts they're asking santa for this christmas their answers ran the gamut. >> chocolate. >> oh, he wants chocolate. >> dear santa, i want light -- >> reporter: that's a magnet toy. we asked kids to read letters from around the country, sent to the north pole collected by the usps as part of operation santa. >> i would like 20 feet aboveground pool with a four seater bat mobile. >> reporter: for 108 years the usps has been gathering these letters and friday is the first day of the season the letters are available for adoption. meaning anybody can volunteer to make the child and their families' wish come true and send it through the mail. this year, as the program goes nationwide, and all digital, the requests are a bit different. add in the pandemic, and we saw many letters like this one. reading things have not been great. and my family hasn't been able to afford to buy me things. >> certainly this year i expect famili

abc 7 news anchor dion lim shares with us how the usps is going digital to make more of these wishes come true. >>> dear santa -- >> reporter: as we spoke to kids about what gifts they're asking santa for this christmas their answers ran the gamut. >> a launching train. >> chocolate. >> oh, he wants chocolate. >> dear santa, i want light -- >> reporter: that's a magnet toy. but we also asked kids to read some letters from around the country, sent to the north pole collected by the usps as part of operation santa. >> i would like 20 feet aboveground pool with a four seater batmobile. >> reporter: for 108 years the usps has been gathering these letters and friday is the first day of the season the letters are available for adoption. meaning anybody can volunteer to make the child and their families' wish come true and send it through the mail. this year, as the program goes nationwide, and all digital, the requests are a bit different. add in the pandemic, and we saw many letters like this one. reading things have not been great. and my family hasn't been able to afford to buy me thing

a usps spokesman said they were slammed with record-setting volume, especially with fedex and ups concentratingn delivering vaccines. speaking of fedex, a spokesman tells me they expect record breaking shipping volumes, a 22% increase compared to this time last year. all of that has some people wondering if their packages will make it by friday. others sending out a last minute package tonight. >> i expect them to be busier and stand in lines. >> but for some they say the potential for shipping delay is even more reason to wrap up christmas shopping as early as possible. >> my christmas shopping was done by the end of november. i was going to just -- finished. totally finished. >> in freemont, nbc bay area news. >> christmas eve officially less than an hour away right now. a live look at the airport, seeing activity for sure. nowhere near what we have seen in years past. holiday passenger traffic has fallen by 80% at sfo. 70% in oakland. 90% in san jose. still, health leaders warn people they should stay home if possible. travellers say they know it is risky but worth it to see family and frien

caroline: how much of a usp is visawhen you are seeing cards being rolled out. much is square going to remain the be-all and end-all when it comes to the serving of the under banked? mark: again, the role of bitcoin, cryptocurrency, and blockchain writ large in terms of serving the under banked, is not appreciated yet. the reality is that without having to go through a traditional bank, there is definitely a role that blockchain can play in helping the on banked have a way to store their money. i think what you will hear about in 2021 is a start is that sort of a function. it is not just going to be in that sort of role with cars to the cash app. it is going to be in money transfer, in all sorts of other applications that we are really on the forefront of. in 2020, we have seen a massive acceleration in the adoption of digital payments and the sort of applications like cash app, paypal, and others, that have enabled consumers to bypass traditional banks. expectat said, we fully the two regional banks will have their own response here and will want to play a role

>>> saturday is the final day with the guaranteed usps delivery by christmas. >> i feel it is definitely a part of the holiday season. has been things going on that will affect their productivity. >> the other thing is the two largest u.s. shipping companies delivering covid-19 vaccine's. the result was a shipping surge and longer lines for the postal service. >> i tried to come last night at 4:00 and there was four date four people in my. >> they posted a notice of delivery and tax saying they are experiencing volume increases and limited employee availability. >> now that we are in the midst of shipping season we are seeing that on top of what people are ordering for essential needs. yeah, we are being slammed. >> the postal service has hired 500 workers in the bay area and is still in need of 500 more. the result? those that are on the job are working longer hours. bumps in the night are likely postal carriers making their rounds. >> my mailman is starting at five a.m. and not getting home until 9:00 p.m. >> filling those positions with good people is often hard for them. >> dr. rober

like ten, 20 feet above ground pool with a four-seater bat mobile. >> reporter: for 108 years, the usps has been gathering these letters and friday is the first day of the season the letters are available for adoption. meaning anybody can volunteer to make the child and their families wish come true and send it through the mail. this year, as the program goes nationwide and all digital, the requests are a bit different. add in the pandemic and we saw letters like this reading things have not been great and my family hasn't been able to afford to buy me things. >> certainly this year, i expect families are really going to be impacted they could really use that extra attention. >> reporter: that christmas wish came true. by midday, the operation santa website showed all the letters had been adopted. more will be added each day until december 15th. in the meantime, here are our favorite requests for the man in red. >> if we work together, we can make a world a better place. so let's just put our masks over our mouth and our nose. >> i didn't really make my list yet but i'd like a gaming he

up next how many packages the usps may still be on their way. late but they're coming. plus -- >> and we've had one storm on christmas. we're tracking another one on sunday. how much rain are we expected to see, and how's our saturday shaping up? i'll have our full forecast coming up. stay with us. christmas eve... everybody spends the night at the house. i love christmas, i always did. it's loud, it's family being together. a lot of food, music, people, hugs. that's a perfect christmas. ♪ ♪ ♪ (soft music) hey dad, i'm about to leave. don't forget your hat . good morning. how can i help? i need help connecting with my students. behind every last minute save, ok, that works. and holiday surprise, thank you! a customer service rep is working unseen, making it happen. and at genesys, we're proud to help them help you everyday. >>> as so many of us had to change our traditions to salebrate the holiday safely so too did the vatican. pope francis delivered his traditional christmas message virtually this year from a lectern inside the vatican. the pope is calling on countries

usps and alameda social services agency are holding a hiring fair over zoom at 10:00 this morning.ave to register online, we have that link on our website, abc7news.com. the usps has two more virtual job fairs planned for this month and one is next wednesday. >>> to your morning money report. the holiday shipping wars are heating up between two big brands. walmart is now waiving shipping fees for its plus members. up until now, wal-mart plus members needed a $35 minimum order to qualify for free shipping. but that requirement will end on friday. walmart is hoping to take a slice out of amazon's delivery empire by delivering faster shipping speeds and fresh groceries. >>> taking a live look at the new york stock exchange. we're down about 115 points. >>> new this morning, perhaps one long lasting side effect of the pandemic is hire airfares. the trend may be here long after the virus is gone. with more workers telecommuting and working remotely, experts tell the "wall street journal" they think business travel could see a 36% dip. that means without the higher fares being paid by co

trucks are stranded in snow outside the usps center in cleveland.says people will be waiting for their mail a little longer than expected. not what we want to hear at this time of year, cierra. >>> right. well, if there's one gift everyone seems to like it's the universal love of cash. >> several families have more cash to spend this season thanks to our responds team. consumer investigator chris chmura has his story. >> reporter: good morning. tis the season to be jolly and victor nava in san francisco has 1,100 reasons to be jolly. he was having trouble with a shipping company that he says overaveraged him $1,100 but wouldn't fix it. he called telemundo, consumer investigator arlen fernandez got victor his money back. our nbc bay area responds team gave pat in napa even more reason to cheer this time of year. she was getting nowhere with a canceled vacation with a huge amount of money on the line, more than $28,000, so she called us. our team got the travel company in gear and pat got all her money back. maybe we can help you, too. call 1-888-996-

usps and alameda social services agency are holding a hiring fair over zoom at 10:00 this morning.ou have to register online, we have that link on our website, abc7news.com. the usps has two more virtual job fairs planned for this month and one is next wednesday. >>> walmart is waiving shipping fees for its plus members. right now walmart plus shoppers need to place a minimum of $35 in their order to qualify for free shipping, but that requirement will be dropped starting on friday. walmart launched its membership service earlier this year to compete with amazon prime. >> can amazon prime do that, too? sometimes i don't want all that. i want one thing. >>> new at 6:00, the mcrib madness is here. whether we like it or not. what mcdonald's is calling the sauciest moment of the year and something the bay area has not had in years. we'll tell you what's different about the sandwich this time around. >>> first the star of juno and the umbrella academy says he is transgender. >>> and the new gaming system that i >>> a big show of support for elliott page who just came out as transgender

starting today, volunteers can go to usps website and peruse letters.hoose as many letters as you want, write back and even send them gifts. >> on money watch now, threats of layoffs at southwest airlines and why you can soon stream newn movies the day they hit theaters. diane king hall with that and more. >> good morning. happy friday. i love that santa story, it is so cute. let me jump into stocks. they ended mostly higher after a new report over temporary supply chain issues for pfizer's covid-19 vaccine. still, the dow added 85 points, b the nasdaq 27 and s&p up two points. southwest is is inching closer to the first furloughs in the company's history. yesterday warning nearly 7,000 employees could lose their jobs unless labor unions could help to cope with a sharp drop in travel. looking to cut pay by 10% in exchange for no furloughs through next year. right now, negotiations with unions are dead locked. the airline has suffered significantly since the pandemic hit in march. >>> 1.5 million employees are getting a fourth round of bonuses. full time

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and fedex and usps warning customers of unprecedented volume increases and delays.ow adding alerts because of the extreme weather. amazon which says it's had the largest shopping season in the company's history is still promising same day delivery until christmas eve but small business owner heather parker who relies on the big shippers is frustrated. >> we are having to really re-evaluate how we get our items in the hands of our customers because we can't really rely on shipping this year. >> reporter: seven days left until christmas, if it has to be mailed, take a deep breath and cross your fingers. >> ship early, be patient. there will be lines. go to your local store in your town because they are a small business too. >>> this week's wet weather is leaving ma'am mom mout undmmoth foot of snow. >> a lot of us had to cancel our trips to tahoe and we have been missing out on seeing that beautiful snow. there wasn't a lot of it to begin. now we are faiinally seeing a couple of weather systems as beneficial. take a look at the snowfall totals here. we keep an eye on

after that, you have until friday to send through first class mail with usps. next monday for three-day delivery with fedex and u.p.s. but those options may cost more than the gift, itself. while major retailers like target, walmart, and best buy are offering two-day shipping for some items, they have to be in stock which has been a challenge for covid-constrained distribution center. >> we have to experience social distancing. we have to wear ppe which slows us down. >> reporter: that has many ditching retail giants and thinking small. how is this holiday season going? >> it's been pretty crazy. we are very fortunate. >> reporter: this fair game in illinois is feeling the holiday hustle from local customers. >> companies like amazon have the perception of being the two-day shipping and super efficient. a lot of small businesses can could that exact same or better. >> reporter: as procrastinators have to blitz to check off their list. >>> here is a live look at the golden gate bridge this morning. waves are expected to be high along parts the coast again. storm

your thoughts in his efforts to contest a bota number of states produces whistleblowers reveal that usps is responsible for tampering with hundreds of thousands ofou ballots. longtime democrat stronghold got rid of national numbers and social in swing states during and bore delivery of the ballots. well-documented evidence. congressman mcclintock the house will vote on those electors, will count the electors vote in the 117th congress. what do you think is ahead? >> guest: it will be the 117th congress in january, yeah you are correct. the ballots will be ct december 14 by thet electoral college. all of the challenges including some that have very serious -- i was ju looking at the evidence submitd in the nevada court yesterday documenting 10 of these people who voted in the election, 2000 nonresidents that voted in that election, evidence of 40,0 duplicate votes being cast i nevada. we have a system of justice pretty well designed to way that fends determining what's cherlin what is not. i am quite content to all that processte to unfold. we have both the judicial process to hear these

experiencing unprecedented package increases and limited employee availability due to the impacts of covid-19 usps predicts that tuesday will be the busiest day for shipping ever. the postal service says they've anticipated the increase for months and prepared accordingly. >>we start in plan brought on seasonal help early be trained them. well ahead of time we arrange director transportation, so we knew would be a high volume in. >>we were right. >>with shipping at historic levels, the best advice is to get your packages in the mail right now the post office recommends mailing christmas cards and small first-class packages by this friday with saturday being the last day to ship priority mail. >>for sports. there were 2 welcomed additions to warriors practice today, both draymond green and james wiseman practice for the first time this season. >>there you see them connecting on an alley you ban according to steve kerr both look pretty good james wiseman was full of energy and draymond green look noticeably, leaner and was talking trash all practice that's how we know draymond green is back. neither

a usps spokesperson tells me they have been slammed with record-setting volume especially with fedex and u. p.s. concentrasecentrating on dg vaccines. u.p.s. expects record breaking shipping volumes 22% increase compared to this time last year. all that has some people wondering if their packages will make it by friday and others sending out a last-minute package in fremont tonight otherwise. >> i expect to come in and stand in line and i was in and out. >> reporter: for some, they say the potential for shipping delay is even more reason to wrap up christmas shopping as early as possible. >> my christmas shopping was done by the end of november. i was finished. yes, totally finished. >>> oakland leaders have approved painful and immediate budget cuts to help close a budget deficit. council members agreed to cut $15 million from the police department and some will come from overtime pay and the fire department will temporarily close three stations saving about $5 million and the city will enact a $9 million hiring free. the cuts to first responders may impact safety and last through a

shipping combined with the pandemic is shaping up to be one of the most challenging seasons yet for the usps. to keep up with demand we have learned the postal service has brought on more staff, and has started making deliveries as early as 6 am. >>> santa and his helpers bringing a little cheer to some essential bay area workers. they had a caravan drop off holiday donations for farmworkers and their children. you can see all the gifts getting dropped off at washington united youth center in san jose today. they will be delivered to six different nonprofits that support agricultural workers. the donations will make up 5000 stockings and an extra 5000 books for those families. >>> the message you have a hard time getting out of your head. >>> >>> a woman battling coronavirus in the icu gave birth while fighting for her life. now both diana and baby sergio are happy and at home. but months ago she tested positive for coronavirus well seven months pregnant. she was rushed to the er at uc davis medical center, given oxygen and the 24 hours later put on a ventilator. with her and her child healt

paycheque would have made enough to cover rent for this month, but due to covid related issues with the uspse of pay was, so his check was almost $1000 short. so we are struggling to pay rent this month. but like i said i have a couple of friends and family to help us this month. i don't know what will happen next month. very quickly about president trump is arguing for $2000, he's at the moment, obviously he's on the golf course. would you like to wait for that $2000, with your message to him? my message isjust to make a decision, whether it's $600 or $2000, attic americans definitely deserve the $2000. worry about your own. it's that when it comes down to it there's families who would arguablyjust take that $600 because they needed so desperately. i just want a decision to be made. i've been a big supporter of trump, so i definitely, because he's our president and you stand by your president. whatever his decision is i hope it's a good one and i hope it's the right one because it will make a difference. that was catherine stamper talking to me about what it's like to lose her unemployment

paycheque would have made enough to cover rent for this month, but due to covid related issues with the uspse of pay was, so his check was almost $1000 short. so we are struggling to pay rent this month. but like i said i have a couple of friends and family to help us this month. i don't know what will happen next month. very quickly about president trump is arguing for $2000, he's at the moment, obviously he's on the golf course. would you like to wait for that $2000, with your message to him? my message is just to make a decision, whether it's $600 just to make a decision, whether its $600 or just to make a decision, whether it's $600 or $2000, just to make a decision, whether its $600 or $2000, attic americans definitely deserve the $2000. worry about your own. it's that when it comes down to it there's families who would arguablyjust take that $600 because they needed so desperately. i just want a decision to be made. i've been a big supporter of trump, so i definitely, because he's our president and you stand by your president. whatever his decision is i hope it's a good one andi his de

we were able to witness the arrival, we are told by usp officia officials. one location, anything to any quarter of the entire globe. we do know those doses of vaccines were off loaded on conveyor belts, some are staying in kentucky, taken to a nearby hospital. other boxes of that covid-19 vaccine, placed on other planes, flying out throughout today. as far as the man behind the mission, a marine ups pilot. he said, when he was up there in the air t sunk n he had become a part of history. he had this to say. >> take a listen. >> we know that fatiguing this covid thing has been over the past several months, the tremendous impact it has had on so many families, for us at ups to be part of this operation warp speed effort, the partnership that means so much. we are so grateful. >> very humble. saying, he is just one of so many that will be taking a part in the fight against covid 19. in particular, these flights are only going to be ramping up. flying into their hub at memphis, tennessee. we are witnessing the beginning of what it is the answer to the pandemic,

. >>> if you want to be one of santa's helpers, you can visits usps website to help read letters.ed a little help this year. a lot of his elves are in quarantine because of quarantine. one of them, elf on the shelf, is in gianna's home. >> he's in quarantine. he's magical. he only has to quarantine for three days. he also wears his mask. >>> taking a look at the roadway, if you're working toward the bay bridge, it's not bad. in fact we've had a fender bender. it's not causing delays. there will be a few slow and go positions. all right. taking a look at traffic elsewhere we have a trouble spot as you work your way to the alma bridge road. it hit the center divide. speeds are down to 29 miles an hour. it's blocking that slow lane. starting to track a few more cars into the altamont pass, getting busier. it's not pass bad as a monday through thursday. so super commuters, if you're getting on to westbound 580, your valve time is in the green. east or freeway is clear. highway 4 to the maze. you're clear to hercules. san mateo bridge paul clear as well. we got an easy travel time to g

it takes packaged goods and runs them to a usps facility, for delivery, just packaging things by zipe and putting them out to the final trip to your doorstep. vonnie: when they say a spike in covid-19 cases, do we have any idea what that means, how many it would take an older -- in order to close and how many people were there -- work there? reporter: we don't know how many were infected the state health department says they are working with amazon but they have not released further details. commented.not . we do know it's likely to be severe only because amazon's preference throughout the pandemic has been to keep facilities open essentially at any cost unless there is a state case, thein this inability to manage the place because of the rising number of cases. but we don't have a first figure. place where thousands work, it is a degree smaller. vonnie: we had a number of 20,000 when it comes to amazon's covid places -- cases more broadly. sounds like a lot of people, but can you put into context of amazon's entire labor force and whether it is a lot? reporter: it is a little compli

the older generation has the highest hospitalization and death rates of all age groups, fed ex and usp trucks are on the move, carrying the vaccine to thousands of locations nationwide. we have more from mississippi on more, on how the shipments are moving out. a lot of good news this weekend. >> when you have the cdc news you just announced. establishing the order of who will receive the vaccine. more vaccine will become available to more people because of what we saw today. with the release of that moderna vaccine. the distribution of that vaccine. we are expecting moderna to hit 6 million doses, combine that with the pfizer, we can see eight million doses available for americans, we saw that process begin with moderna. that process starting in behind me at the distribution plant, workers breaking down moderna's stock pile into individual shipments to 3,000 locations, fed ex in this area, and ups, helping to deliver those vaccines. my colleague, morgan spoke to them. >> we were all as excited as we could be to see the trucks leaving, last weekend, this weekend. last week, the vaccine

personally in my house, i have two packages that seem to be lost within the usps network now. a tracking hold on them so definitely this could be one of those -- we have seen it before, one of those christmases where some presents don't make it under the tree. but i do think it is also very notable that u.p.s. and fedex, a lot of reports on this, u.p.s. and fedex have, you know, not taken additional packages over what they agreed to with retailers, which i why i think some of that is flooding into the postal service network right now. taking a look at the markets, it is green it is a sea of green here for the s&p with most names higher carl, back over to you for a deeper read on that. >> yeah, no, 3700 here, mike and morgan mentioned earlier, russell outperforming s&p for the year haven't done that since 2016 i guess how does that carry over to the new year, if at all >> huge question, on a two-year basis, the russell caught up to the s&p. you think about how long we talked about how small caps, and they have done a catch-up, which is amazing the russell 2000 pointing out it i

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. >> i had a conversation with a different usps employee name to rachel.he admitted employees were ordered to backdate ballots received it too late to be lawfully counted. >> i know i saw ballots with return addresses filled out. i loaded them onto my trailer in new york and headed for pennsylvania. what i observed was a forensically destructive process. it involved mail-in ballots, drop box ballots, electronic usb v card vote uploads. >> laura: joining me now is phil klein, former attorney general and director of the animist ad project. philip, we have seen a lot of this evidence. are we supposed to believe all of these people are signing affidavits and just applying for the fun of it? >> i think people believe they're telling telling the truth. we voted either that a quarter of a million pennsylvanians take a vacation in november in new york, and mail in their ballots from new york on the same day. or we have massive voter fraud. what we saw here is that jesse morgan, he delivers ballots or mail all the time. new york down to harrisburg. they load his tr

. >> i didn't bring this to the attention of my supervisors at usps at the time due to what i perceive to be there hostility towards donald trump. >> not one of the military ballots was a registered voter. and the ballots reflect they were all the same, across the board. >> i know i saw ballots with return addresses filled out, thousands of them. thousands. loaded onto my trailer in new york and headed for pennsylvania but as things became weirder i got to thinking and wondering why i was driving complete ballots from new york to pennsylvania. shannon: there was also the pennsylvania case that landed in the supreme court before the election, it is still pending, regarding the deadline extension for accepting mail in ballots that was not approved by the state legislature. we are keeping track of these cases and will keep you informed. the staten island bar that declared itself an autonomous zone, said it had no options left in defiance of governor cuomo's orders has been shutdown. correspondent jeff paul following the breaking news. >> we are tracking updates on this developing story we

ship matrix says usps is the worst performing.posted massive losses in the latest fiscal year. as part of the latest relief deal in washington, the postal service will get $10 billion. that was originally supposed to be a loan and now it will be converted to direct funding. when president-elect biden takes office, here are some of his plans. he want more funding for the postal service, even as it struggles so much financially. he also want to eliminate the requirement to prepay for future retiree's healthcare benefits which is what causes so much of the financial struggle for the postal service. of course, to do that, he will need the help of congress. one thing, pete, that he says he will not do is privatize the usps which is something many republicans have been calling on for years and years. pete? pete: grady, thank you. no, he loves the government too much to do something sensible like that. appreciate your report. brian, over to you. brian: thanks, pete. choking is the fourth leading cause of accidental death in the united st

he works for the usps. he loves his route in pacifica as well because it lets him be outside enjoying the weather and he enjoys talking to all the people he meets. thank you, andrew and thank you to all essential drivers and don't forget you can say thank you as well. post it on social media and hash tag kpix. it's 6:16. rain is on the way and it's on christmas. >> yes. speaking of which, there is a technical definition for the words white christmas. what's that mean? snow on christmas, sure but according to the national weather service as they so often do they refined to a specific definition. you have to have at least one inch of snow on the ground on christmas morning for it to be a white christmas. will we have a white christmas in the sierra? this gets us to christmas e ve. it's not snowing. ly let that advance and watch what happens. we have gonna head to friday. early afternoon. see how says one in the afternoon? little bit of snow at donor pass. it won't meet the definition but it'll snow christmas

usps said there are volunteer delivery drivers scattered across the bay area delivering priority mailedackages today. luckily for the tesh family, shop from local small businesses made sure that everyone had a gift christmas morning, and now they have even more arriving soon. >> the kids got caught up in the excitement and so i don't think they feel that they're lacking. >> reporter: amazon is telling customers that in their some shipment is determined to be lost, they can req a refund on- line or through an app. there are about 3 billion packages being shipped this holiday season. >> thank you, emma. appreciate it. >> just get more presents later. that will be fun, too. [ laughter ] as a meteorologist, i feel like i got a gift today, too. we got the rain, and it has been bay area wide. although we certainly had the big totals up in the north bay as expected. kentfield, working on an ennis of rain there. port reyes, about 3/10. san francisco just .07. hayward, very little. and just like trace in san jose. but we are not done quite yet, folks, and we have another system on the way, too.

hopefully i can get into more detail about this soon, but one is involving the usps, the united states postal service, who we all know slow down the delivery of mail including ballots leading up to the election. from that vantage point, the selection did not go smoothly. it went as well as it possibly could if you take into consideration the vast amount of people that civil-rights organizations, organizers, activists, and voted themselves put into ensuring that our democracy prevailed. mara: thanks. comeondering if you could as a follow-up, describe a little bit about what you think is most important going forward to acknowledging that, and they understand the perspective that there's a lot of room for improvement, but that some things work. what do we need to do to fortify going forward, to avoid the negative aspects? billsre are two important that are before congress right now that could do in enormous amount of work to alleviate some of these pressures on voters and our election system. bring hr-1, which would automatic voter registration to voters across the country. it would also