. >> captain candis stoddard is one who did make it.18 years old when she started working at the prison, and her family wasn't happy about it. >> yeah. they were, like, you're working where? i said at the main facility. well, they didn't care for that too much. they did know friends of the family that had two sons in here that got killed during the riot. hadley, i'll be back to talk to you when i have some more time. i do not have time right now. >> when? >> you're going -- tomorrow. >> when? >> i had a few higher administration tell me i wouldn't make it. that i was going to be bringing in drugs, having sex with the inmates, doing something, and that made me have more ambition to prove to them and myself that, you know, you can't base what you're thinking on my looks, and that's what's kept me going all these years is that i'm here to prove them wrong. >> as our cameras were rolling, we saw firsthand how unruly inmates continually challenge the staff. inmate toby gonzales, convicted of second degree murder and armed robbery, refuses to

stoddard of the hill, "the washington post," "time" magazine's michael crowley and jessica yellen. i'm candy crowley. this is "state of the union." we still don't know if a deal is in the works or out of the question. mitch mcconnell promised aen update as soon as he had any news to make. that could happen when the senate convenes a rare sunday session of congress. looking to dominate his side of the story while leaders wrangle on the details, president obama made his first sunday show appearance in three years, sitting down with nbc's david gregory this morning to talk about the fiscal cliff. >> i'm arguing for maintaining tax cuts for 98% of americans. i don't think anybody would consider that some liberal left wing agenda. that used to be considered a republican mainstream agenda. >> joining me senator olympia sn snowe of maine. let me start with that. it does seem sort of counter intuitive to have republicans wanting to fight for tax hikes for no one and in that fight, being willing to allow tax hikes for everyone? >> you know, i would agree with that. obviously it is important to make s