President donald trump gets his 4th of july parade and declares it the show of a lifetime his salute to america on Independence Day being opposed by many and weather forecasters say of me even rain on shrubs parade and the end of an era veteran former byron munich star general that retires from all soccer at the age of 35. 00. I bring to our viewers on p. B. S. In the United States and all around the world welcome but we begin tonight with a dramatic operation at sea and more tensions between the u. S. And iran British Royal marines shimmied it down ropes from a helicopter to seize a giant oil tanker today loaded with iranian. Crude off the british overseas territory of gibraltar in southern spades it suspected that the oil was on its way to syria in violation of European Union saying sions the Spanish Government says that the seizure was requested by the United States irans state run News Agency Says the incident was illegal. To grace one has been at anchor and under god since the Ear
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