getting rid of about 1/10 of postoffices across the country but that hasn't happened, either. so now for their new plan, here it is, allow the postal service to establish its own health benefits program and allow the postal service to administrator its own retirement system, basically, usps is now saying they think they can give their workers benefits cheaper than the government can, which is how they're getting them now. then the third thing, give the postal service the ability to adjust the size of its work force to match operational needs and the changing marketplace. that's kind of just a nice way of saying that they are going to fire 120,000 people if they can, bill. bill: it has been several years now, since we've watched this postal service try to get itself out of the red and it's deep, deep, deep again. peter doocy, thank you, live from washington. alisyn, what's coming up? alisyn: the dow is up 100 points but it's been a roller coaster ride on wall street this week. millions of americans, watching their 401ks get tossed around like row boats in a storm.