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Packages this year exceeded its capacity. they could have asked drivers to work christmas day, but decided not to do that. u.p.s. says severe weather in the dallas area created a backlog and the volume proved to be too much. fedex was late with deliveries as well and said any isolated issues have been resolved. just ahead, it's called the knockout game. it has life threatening consequences. now, one suspect is being charged with a federal hate crime. but first, a lot of americans will be receiving money that could help them put food on the table and congress is getting the blame.

>> he does the thing on video, which he then shows to witnesses and he comments on it saying that the reason he selected this particular victim was because of his race. and that fits exactly into the statute. the justice department acted correctly in making the decision to charge this individual if the allegations are correct. >> but, ms. deboard, you understand mr. cooper's point that previously all the other examples that we have heard of, you have black people attacking white people and here you have the justice department led by eric holder, an african-american never taking action against ...

Hate crime in new york. there have been probably 20 or 30 of them. i was at the stats. california has brought 200 cases in one year, hate crimes. they all have local statutes. >> so the knockout game. >> no, i'm just talking about hate crime in general. they get prosecuted. why did they pick this case? a federal prosecutor in a district, he is in texas, he can pick any case he wants. he looks at this case and he sees a guy who videotapes his intent to attack an african-american and then he sees the guy go out and do it and that's also on tape. >> and the language, he used the n word. >> and th...

Barrett approached a couple at a restaurant and asked if they had heard of the knockout game. the knockout game is an attack like this one. in which the attacker tries to knockout and unsuspect ising victim with one punch. the attacks are usually posted on line, barrett, according to federal prosecutors, showed the couple video of the knockout game he had played that day in katie. the 80-year-old victim had to undergo surgery to insert two metal plates in his jaw and remove three teeth. >> he wasn't doing good at all. he couldn't eat. he couldn't drink nothing. his jaw was all broke. >> anothe...

Old unit. >> reserve unit out of hawaii, now we're going to keeper had here and keep her working. she's not ready to quit yet. >> reporter: but then right back to work, sniffing, searching, patrolling to make sure everyone stays safe. barbara starr, cnn, the pentagon. >> now that's a great co-worker. hello, everyone, i'm fredricka whitfield. people stranded in antarctica are anxiously awaiting help. now the rescue ship is also struggling in ice. a texas man has been charged with a hate crime in connection with the so-called knockout game. investigators say he punched a 79-year-old black ma...