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The postal service? >> the big impact on consumers if the postoffice gets its way would be higher prices, including stamps, fewer post offices around the country and less frequent home delivery, five days instead of six. the postmaster general spelled out the options at an unusual conference here in washington this morning, saying that declining mail volume means huge financial losses unless some basic changes are made. >> we need to reinvent, redefine, and reinvigorate the value of mail to business and households, and to structure our organization in a way that restores its fiscal integrity. ...

Alive. sheriff william gore is with the san diego county sheriff's department and joins us live on the phone. sheriff, can you give those parents any hope at this point? >> well, we've talked to the parents extensively. i spent a lot of time with kelly and brent, and we're waiting for -- i can't tell you what wonderful people these are and what a wonderful child chelsea is. when i've talked to the family, i told them we've got to hold out hope, and until we find chelsea, that hope remains. sure, the longer it goes on, it's becoming very discouraged, they feel helpless because they want to do s...

Let's talk about that with oklahoma senator tom coburn, a republican that serves on the health labor and pensionings committee, he is also a doctor and was in the room for the president's health care summit. what do you hear about what the president is planning to unveil tomorrow? >> jon, i haven't really heard all that much. they're reaching out somewhat, but i can tell you if it's the same government-centered, flawed bill that has been supported by the senate and house, even though smaller, it's not going to go anywhere because it doesn't fix the real problems in health care. jon: republican...

Has his way, john potter asking congress to eliminate a provision that requires six day a week deliver ray. he's also calling for higher fees and more part-time employees to save the post office billions of dollars because of lower volume. the post office lost nearly $4 billion last year. jane: steve and shannon, thanks, jon, down to you. jon: president obama is announcing a new rebate program for energy efficiency. looks like some of the handshaking and hellos are just getting underway right now. [cheers and applause] the president is announcing that americans would be eligible for rebates fo...

I think if he would offer something like that he'd have a lot of republicans jump on board but we don't want a government-centered takeover in any way of health care because most of the problems that we're dealing with today have to do with the fact that the government has incentivized a system that's not efficient. jon: let me ask you a crazy question, but if the american people are so against this, and if the election of scott brown in massachusetts suggests to the democrats that they might get punished at the polls for voting for this thing, why not let the president and democrats have thei...