Economy back on track. Im robin yos joseph. In sports. We begin in iraq, were getting some breaking news. There has been a deadly attack in central baghdad, a parked car blew up in the carada neighborhoods, crossing over to imran khan whos joining us from baghdad to tell us if theres any reports on casualties. Imran. Reporter thats right, just about an hour ago we heard an explosion here to the east of where im standing. A very loud explosion, certainly louder than ive ever heard. For the last couple of years now. What Police Sources are saying, it i do apologize to imran as well as our viewers. We have a bad connection to imran. Imran khan, telling us about a car bomb going off in central baghdad. Tunisia, a key moment in the countrys three and a half yea years, facing defeet in historic elections. Hashiim abelbarra, joining us. We are getting results on the preliminary results. Defeat in the elections which is now the centrist is now in the lead. An historic vote. Fresh reactions in
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
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
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 thats all ahead 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 august. Under the plan, post offices already open 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 estimated 2 billion annually. The Postal Service ended the last bu