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Philadelphia, where bill schneider signed up for the postal plan initiative in the event of a bioterrorism attack. they'll be called to distribution points where they pick up loads of antibiotics and pamphlets with protective gear and police escorts and deliver medicines. >> it's an extension of what we do here. we serve the public. we live here. it's kind of an extended family. and if something like this goes down, people are going to need help. who better than your letter carrier to deliver the medicine needed. >> but like all programs, this one cost money. that money has to come from congre...

Was financial and we've really been able to bridge that. working with farm service agency and that for us is a big plus. because it's making it possible for someone to set up their crop production with a loan that's actually for farmers. >> i'd like to add that in the past, your food distribution model has been reliant on centralized distribution points run by large scale operations, it hasn't been in recent years, a marketplace for small scale farmers to get their products to the markets, but that's changing primarily because of the demand from the consumer is they want to buy local, american...

anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks, u.s. intelligence officials are uncovered a new terror threat and describe it as specific credible, but unconfirmed information about a potential al qaeda plot. it's believed to involve three individuals and explosives such as a truck or a car bomb. washington and new york are cited as possible targets. we are covering this from all angles. fran townsend is in washington and susan candiotti in new york and barbara starr at the pentagon. fran, let's start with you. specific, credible, but unconfirmed? tell us exactly what that means. >> i think ...

hello, everybody. i am randi kaye. we're glad you are with us. we start off with the victims of irene. for those of you who think irene was a dud, well, tell that to the families of the 21 people who died in that storm and the people that lost their homes and the estimated $10 billion price tag is nothing to sneeze at either. irene may not have been as bad as expected in some areas, but worst in others. vermont, much of the state is under water. a short time ago president obama declared a state of emergency making vermont elvauable for disaster relieve. >> it will take time to recove...

operating but on a weekend schedule. and bus service is on a modified weekday schedule. so the only thing that is suspended is all the new jersey transit rail service except for the atlantic city rail line. everything else will be operating but on a reduced schedule, fewer trips. >> i'm sorry, that confuses earlier information we got earlier. there would be service on the northeast corridor -- >> no, it's under water. nothing. the tranrail station is under four feet of water. no amtrak. so happy to be of assistance. beth? >> how will people actually get to work? the fact that they ca...