there was his successor who clashed with him and often bitter exchanges, vaclav klaus. it was clear where these people's sympathy is -- sympathies lay. >> i think that the czech people can be proud to have him as president. >> on the square, where havel had addressed the thousands. preparations for a state funeral are now gathering, the first in the country's modern history as an independent state. then, finally, havel's family will be allowed to say their final farewells before he is finally laid to rest. >> the life and death of vaclav havel. the u.s. postal service can trace its origins back. post offices across the country are facing closure, a fact that has a 25-year-old traveling across the u.s., recording post offices and collecting postmarks, which could soon be collectors' items. we caught up with the in maryland for this first-person account. -- we caught up with him in maryland. >> when i graduated, i realized i had not explored the country, and i realized i wanted to see more of america, especially rur al america, because i grew up in a city. i went across 2

there was his successor who clashed with him and often bitter exchanges, vaclav klaus.hese people's sympathy is -- sympathies lay. >> i think that the czech people can be proud to have him as president. >> on the square, where havel had addressed the thousands. preparations for a state funeral are now gathering, the first in the country's modern history as an independent state. then, finally, havel's family will be allowed to say their final farewells before he is finally laid to rest. >> the life and death of vaclav havel. the u.s. postal service can trace its origins back. post offices across the country are facing closure, a fact that has a 25-year-old traveling across the u.s., recording post offices and collecting postmarks, which could soon be collectors' items. we caught up with the in maryland for this first-person account. -- we caught up with him in maryland. >> when i graduated, i realized i had not explored the country, and i realized i wanted to see more of america, especially rur al america, because i grew up in a city. i went across 29 states around the c

and then vaclav klaus, when he stole the pen, and he says that's what we in the czech republic do. to take the pens, the ceremonial pens. >> to steal them? >> yes. >> and there he is with chilean sebastian peneara, and he slips the pen into his pocket. yes. remember that one in the muldives, you had a ceremony, there he is, the celebrant conducting the ceremony in the native tongue of the maldives, but he is really cursing them. >> that's right. >> this week there was a fedex worker who took his fedex package and hauled it over the side of the railing. >> a lot of people were concerned about that, of course, with the holidays. thank you. we'll leave it there for our morning passport. we will take a quick break and reset things for you at the top of the hour, get you caught up on everything you need to know as you get out the door to do some last-minute shopping. that's why every day we help people across the country get into their first homes. prepare for a comfortable retirement and protect the people and things that matter most. at genworth we believe every day is the right day t