As i said in my opening remarks, i called for a thorough review of our surveillance operations before mr. Snowden made these leaks. My preference and i think the american peoples preference would have been for a lawful, orderly examination of these laws; a thoughtful, factbased debate that would then lead us to a better place, because i never made claims that all the surveillance technologies that have developed since the time some of these laws had been put in place somehow didnt require, potentially, some additional reforms. Thats exactly what i called for. That somehow they got there willy, nilly, just sucking in information on everybody and doing what we please with it. Thats not the case. Our laws specifically prohibit us from survailing u. S. Persons without a warrant, and there are a whole range of safeguards that have been put in place to make sure that, that basic principle is abided by. But. But what is clear is that, whether because of the instinctive bias of the Intelligenc
Woodruff then, despite recent challenging moments of diplomacy, the u. S. And russia held highlevel meetings in washington. Margaret warner recaps todays talks. Brown four out of ten street lights dont work and it takes an hour on average for Detroit Police to respond to 911 calls. Hari sreenivasan looks at the motor citys battle amid bankruptcy. Detroiters are so used to bad news, and they are so used to things not really breaking our way, and theyre used to getting up the next morning and going, well, i cant stop, ive got to keep going, ive got to keep trying. Woodruff david brooks and ruth marcus analyze the weeks news. Brown and yes, those are goats in that graveyard. More than a hundred of them. Kwame holman tells us what theyre doing in this historic washington, d. C. , cemetery. Woodruff thats all ahead on tonights newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by support also comes from Carnegie Corporation of new york, a foundation created to do what Andrew Car
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