easier to use priority and certified mail. they have protests and boycotts. something labor officials say replaces good paying union jobs with low wage nonunion jobs. if the program expands it could siphon the business away from nearby post offices taking more jobs from postal workers and possibly privatizing the whole agency. donahoe says the union leaders have it all wrong saying we have no interest in privatizing the postal service. we are looking to grow our business to provide customer convenience to postal products. if the u.s. continues to refuse they aim to pressure staples customers and shareholders to take hear business elsewhere. the time now is almost 10 minutes to the top of the hour.
removal of the documents from the file, and he is found in what s called indirect civil contempt, a violation of a court order outside the immediate presence of the court. a judge ordered stoddard to hold a press conference and publicly apologize for removing the document from her file or else go to jail. attorney craig marins represented her on the order to show cause. he agrees with what the judge decided. i thought his ruling was very thoughtful, and i thought his sanction really made sense, made common sense. just say you re sorry. that s all you have to do. but that s not what happens. judge donahoe ordered me to feel something i do not. he has ordered me to say something i cannot. i think it was incredible, just because he was very defiant. i cannot and will not apologize for putting court
the arab league says war crimes are being committed in syria. the syrian government battling rebels to control the largest city. the u.n. estimates roughly 200,000 syrians have fled the city. they say the government is stopping supplies of fuel and food from reaching neighborhoods controlled by rebel fighters. a memorial service held today for the 15 victims of a rollover crash in texas. the truck was filled with undocumented immigrants. customs, enforcement agents say they were from guatemala, honduras and mexico. a damaged front right tire is blamed for the cause. this man and this woman trieded to get married in their own church. the answer, no. the reason, because they re black. it happened in mississippi. they are angry and are doing something about it. stay with cnn. they will be with me live right here later this evening. and it s becoming a very long, hot summer for a big chunk of the country. extreme heat is making life miserable for folks in the southern plains. h
this american morning. good morning. zogood morning alina. it s early. it is early. not so early for you. always great to have you here. carol is off, christine is off. that s right. we ve got you back, which is fantastic. we ve got a really serious situation going on in texas. it s it seems to be getting worse although in some parts getting a little more control over it. these raging wildfires we re telling you about sweeping across the country right now. the governor rick perry is describing the disaster as, quote, a monstrous storm of smoke and flames. the flames are sending thousands of people running for their lives, showing no mercy. it s killed four people. hundreds of firefighters are on the frontlines dousing some of the fires, new ones, they re starting new ones hoping to get rid of the bone dry bub brush that goes up in an instant. this is what s left of a ranch in austin, texas. a pile of twisted metal and ash. the texas forest service sa
$15 billion in debt this year. a $329 million loss last quarter, a significant decline in mail volume, and now the u.s. postal service is warning it may have to default on some payments to the federal government. it is serious. like i said, our plan is to not pay the federal government that portion of the money. we will continue to pay the employees. we will continue to pay our suppliers. at issue is some $5.5 billion the postal service is required to prepay into an account for retiree health care benefits. donahoe says the postal service is the only agency public or private that is obligated by law to have the fund fully prepaid, and it s asking congress to lift the requirement. but even if congress complies, that s still not enough to fix the postal service s shaky finances. the postmaster general says they will announce next month 2,000