Brown and ray suarez reports on the plight of Syrian Refugees whove fled to lebanon. At this tent camp in almarj, in the eastern part of Lebanons Bekaa valley only 25 miles from the Syrian Border refugees are struggling to adapt to a new, impermanent reality. Ifill and we close with a look at whats happening with the boy scouts, as they struggle to decide whether to lift a longstanding ban on openly gay members. Brown thateaalahl d on tonights newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Brown the u. S. Postal service announced today it plans to end saturday mail delivery beginning in aust. Ah under the plan, post offices alreadopen on saturdays will remain so. Packages will also continue to be delivered on saturdays. But home and business mail would end. The move would save an estimatee 2 billion annually. The Postal
We offer expertise and tailored solutions in a wide range of industries. What can we do for you . And now bbc world news. This is open this is bbc world news america reporting from washington. Rival rallies have attracted massive crowds in egypt. Tunisia has its own antigovernment protest when it has discovered the same gun was used to kill two Opposition Leader six months apart. 60 years after the korean war ended, we look back on the prisoners of war whose fate was a major Sticking Point. Welcome to our viewers on Public Television in america and also around the globe. Are packed of cairo with dueling demonstrations for and against ousted president mohammed morsi. The current president says us give him a mandate to fight terrorism. Meanwhile, the Muslim Brotherhood is holding rallies claiming that the new government lacks legitimacy. Morsi has been detained on complicity in kidnapping and murder. When the Egyptian Army called for the people to take to the street, it said it was to ri
Welcome to our viewers on Public Television in america and also around the globe. Are packed of cairo with dueling demonstrations for and against ousted president mohammed morsi. The current president says us give him a mandate to fight terrorism. Meanwhile, the Muslim Brotherhood is holding rallies claiming that the new government lacks legitimacy. Morsi has been detained on complicity in kidnapping and murder. When the Egyptian Army called for the people to take to the street, it said it was to rid the country of terrorism. And alexandria, it meant violence today. This man fires what appears to supporters. Orsi the army intervenes to separate both sides. At least five died in these clashes. In cairo, the military got the mandate it had demanded. A massive show of support as they seek a second revolution. The army is the only organization in egypt that supports egypt. For the supporters of the ousted president , egypt is now under military rule. Here are tens of thousands of morsi sup
Todays decision was criticized by several members of congress who may try to overule the agency. And the head of the Letter Carriers Union called the move a disastrous idea that would have a profoundly negative effect. Joining us now is postmaster general patrick donohoe. And welcome to you. You spoke today being in a very scary position financially. How scary . Well, heres where we are right flow. Now. As you mentioned we had a pretty substantial loss last year and those were accounting losses. 11. 1 billion of the 15. 9 is attributed to prepayment for Retiree Health care that we didnt pay. We defaulted. You have to count that in terms of your accounting rules. So what happened last year, when all was said and done, we had a loss of about 2 billion are a little over 2 billion from an operating revenue perspective. The problem that you have Going Forward is each year that weve had these losses brings the cash levels down farther and further. At one point in october we had four days of
Who may try to overule the agency. And the head of the Letter Carriers Union called the move a disastrous idea that would have a profoundly negative effect. Joining us now is postmaster general patrick donohoe. And welcome to you. You spoke today being in a very scary position financially. How scary . Well, heres where we are right flow. Now. As you mentioned we had a pretty substantial loss last year and those were accounting losses. 11. 1 billion of the 15. 9 is attributed to prepayment for Retiree Health care that we didnt pay. We defaulted. You have to count that in terms of your accounting rules. So what happened last year, when all was said and done, we had a loss of about 2 billion are a little over 2 billion from an operating revenue perspective. The problem that you have Going Forward is each year that weve had these losses brings the cash levels down farther and further. At one point in october we had four days of cash on hand. Thats entirely too small amounts of money for an