from gang units, to female offenders to death row, usp holds it all. the facilities at usp have earned their monikers from the surrounding mountain ranges with names like wasatch, oqirrh, timpanogos and uinta. building uinta-5 houses the receiving and orientation, or r&o. >> uinta-5 is probably a time when they are most afraid. it's when they first hear the slamming of the doors, see the officers. and it can be a very difficult time for the inmates. >> after 20 years in the corrections business, lieutenant dale whitney knows that the first few moments with an inmate can be the most dangerous. >> we don't know when these guys came in, what their crimes are, if they're coming down off some kind of drugs. we don't know what their mental state is. >> anything you are allowed to have, you'll get back. it will be letters, photos, legal papers. basically, that's it. >> our intake officer will take them, one at a time, into a strip room and strip them down, do a visual cavity search. >> searching there, too? >> yep. >> they try to do it with a level of dignity

. >> for the next few days the usps will take part in an annual conference called the national postal forum. it's a group of businesses and vendors associated with mail delivery or services and the convention is meant to generate new business. but considering that the postal services continue to be deep in the red financially, some disagree with the usps spending more than $2 million in airfare, hotels and meals to be at the conference. the postmaster general disagrees. >> i think it's a very responsible thing because if you take a look in this room, the people sitting in this room represent $22 billion of revenue. that's 1/3 of the revenue in the postal service. it's our responsibility to be here with our customers, listen to them, see what they need for the future, be able to work with them. >> we'll let him know we stand for workers. >> just outside, a group of protesters representing postal workers and community members say the postal service is being irresponsible. not only taking away jobs, reducing wages, delivery days and even possibly closing post offices. >> everybody in ame

. >> for the next few days the usps will take part in an annual conference called the national postal forum. it's a group of businesses and vendors associated with mail delivery or services and the convention is meant to generate new business. but considering that the postal services continue to be deep in the red financially, some disagree with the usps spending more than $2 million in airfare, hotels and meals to be at the conference. the postmaster general disagrees. >> i think it's a very responsible thing because if you take a look in this room, the people sitting in this room represent $22 billion of revenue. that's 1/3 of the revenue in the postal service. it's our responsibility to be here with our customers, listen to them, see what they need for the future, be able to work with them. >> we'll let him know we stand for workers. >> just outside, a group of protesters representing postal workers and community members say the postal service is being irresponsible. not only taking away jobs, reducing wages, delivery days and even possibly closing post offices. >> everybody in ame

and the usps says it makes more money than it spens because of the networking that happens here. critics point out the post office is a monopoly that shouldn't need to spend millions of dollars to network. they say that given the agency is $16 billion in debt, the usps is out of touch. >> we are a nation in austerity. the postal service is deep, deep in the hole. toe to see they are having a lav inch conference with golfing outings and a dance party -- it is beyond the pale. >> reporter: in a letter he fired off to the post master, a congressman said, quote, spending millions to participate in a conference seems to exhibit extremely poor judgment by usps judgment... it is getting close scrutiny in washington, as the house oversight committee holds formal hearings into wasteful travel by governmenties. >> jamie: cloud claudia, great to see you. thanks. >> eric: so you are building your financial nest egg for years, but what if life takes an unexpected turn and have you to spend it before retirement? coming up. jamie has her take-charge consumer protection sec segment. with great t

. >> reporter: the usps says they are watching their cost by sending 160 fewer employees to the conference this year. and they are paying $155 for each hotel room, a 40% discount. sharon chin kpix 5. >> the conference runs through wednesday. the workshops include more efficient mail packaging and extreme weather. >>> like many public officials caught up in a scandal, this man insisted that the allegations against him were a distraction and a political lynching. but tonight a jail sentence looms for the tomorrower law make -- for the former lawmaker. we were in the courtroom for the guilty plea. >> reporter: the former supervisor agreed to the -- supervisor greeted a reporter on the way to court, but he didn't stop to talk under the advice of his attorney. the only talking he did was to a judge when he entered pleas to the series of the felony and misdemeanor charges that he lavishly spent public money on himself and used up to $136,000 in campaign contributions to feed his gambling addiction. >> guilty, guilty, guilty. >> reporter: that went on for seven more times. a total of seven charge

any positive urine test, frank could be sent right back to usp. >> i smoked marijuana. my distribution was for mushrooms. every time i get out, i end up getting high again. i hope this is different. i'm scared, though. >> frank's 30 years old. that's where offenders are usually on the cuffs. where they'll start aging out, they'll slow down and will start making responsible decisions. you'll hear a lot, i'm too old for this. i'm too tired for this. >> so if you're not hanging out with the bad guys, if you're not using drugs, if you're employed -- >> it shouldn't be a problem. >> exactly. you're going to move on and this will be the first day of the rest of your life. >> that's how i'm trying to look at it. >> statistics show that if an offender is able to stay in the community for six months, they have a 30% chance of completing parole. that percentage rises to 50% if they are able to stay out a year without re-offending. >> ready to go, baby? >> daddy! >> i don't know if there is anything i could do to make up for it. hopefully i can be a good dad and be an active membe

the great recession pushing down revenues further and congress passed the act requiring usps to prefund retirey health benefits 75 years into the fewer tour and pay it over 10 years. >> the postal service is the only agency required to make that health care benefit. >> no other agency? >> every other agency required to pay as you go. >> as this ad accurately depicts payments are about $5 billion a year, postal service put $44 billion into account but ran out of dough, went into debt and won't make payments. we thought if this is good business. >> sounds a little crazy. >> i probably won't be comfortable with that. >> some reports have tried to make out it was a poisoned pill but two of the three co-sponsors were democrat. in that year supporters included postal workers union, national association of post masters national rural letter carriers association. waxman saying the service would be worse off without it but added this. congress should strengthen the postal service and put it on a long term path to sustainibility. representative mike honda saying they should be charged to be in li

as the usps cuts services and near bankruptcy the expense defies logic. convention attendees a direct mail consultant out of michigan argues postal executives need to be here. >> if they just sit in their offices in washington they wouldn't get the feel of what the mailers want and need out of the industry. the industry is changing. technology is changing. the postal service is changing with it. >> that was claudia cowen reporting. they plan to take a closer look at the end of the conference and wait for travel by the public agency. >> they could pick up the phone, you know. >> the time is 25 after the top of the hour. copping coming up she may be young but she is a hero. >> i just opened the door and i cannot see. it was all blurry because of the smoke. >> this little girl right there she saved her entire family. we will tell you how. a graphic lesson are bombings an english class for 8-year-old children. is it too much for this age? we report you decide. >> on this date in 1995 the space shuttle endeavor landed in california after 6 and a half days in s

the accountability office says that the usps doesn't have the authority to halt the delivery on saturday as planned. they are bound to deliver the mail six days a week. the postal service said they were only planning to delivery packages on saturdays. >>> and rentals for bikes and rafts, on the chopping block, the ice rng rink at curry village, and the famous hotel, a move aim the at restoring the park's natural setting. they will have proposed changes in a public meeting tonight in san francisco. >> they can't get rid of the famed hotel. it is beautiful, a landmark. >> jeff and i camp out in the wilderness. >> i'll take the other two. that would be nice. let's look, great weather out here, the activities, today was awesome. better as we head throughout friday and saturday. temperatures right now in the upper 50s, also low-to-mid 60s, and our computer is picking up on some of the most warming today, in the interior valley and east bay, warmer, three to six degrees warmer at this hour. the result of the warming really has been spurred off by the winds, out of the north, five to ten miles

congress says by law the usps has to deliver six days a week.al is moving forward with cutting saturday deliveries. we know why this is. the postal service billions in the hole. >>> so the croods rocking the box office. raking in more than $44 million in the first three days in theaters. that is the second best opening of the year behind "oz." "olympus" was second and "good day to fall hard," $28.4 million. i would say that. >> i would, too. >> probably cost $45,000 billion to make. >>> if a picture is worth a thousand words, this one is worth at least one question. take a look. how did that get there? the answer straight ahead. [ female announcer ] are you sensitive to dairy? then you'll love lactose-free lactaid® it's 100% real milk that's easy to digest so you can fully enjoy the dairy you love. lactaid®. for 25 years, easy to digest. easy to love. and you'll dump your old duster. but don't worry, he'll find someone else. ♪ who's that lady? ♪ who's that lady? ♪ sexy lady, who's that lady? [ female announcer ] swiffer 360 dusters extender clea

any positive urine test, frank could be sent right back to usp. >> i smoked marijuana. my distribution was for mushrooms. every time i get out, i end up getting high again. i hope this is different. i'm scared, though. >> frank's 30 years old. that's where offenders are usually on the cuffs. where they'll start aging out, they'll slow down and will start making responsible decisions. you'll hear a lot, i'm too old for this. i'm too tired for this. >> so if you're not hanging out with the bad guys, if you're not using drugs, if you're employed -- >> it shouldn't be a problem. >> exactly. you're going to move on and this will be the first day of the rest of your life. >> that's how i'm trying to look at it. >> statistics show that if an offender is able to stay in the community for six months, they have a 30% chance of completing parole. that percentage rises to 50% if they are able to stay out a year without re-offending. >> ready to go, baby? >> daddy! >> i don't know if there is anything i could do to make up for it. hopefully i can be a good dad and be an active membe

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. >> also usps and fedex contract with each other on all kinds of things. it's innovative. >> right. we pay for our internet connection and it shouldn't have a tax on top of that. >> stephanie: last night's topic on cnn -- [♪ "world news tonight" theme ♪] >> stephanie: i did debate david fraum. the theme is blame the president for everything. he spoke about it again yesterday, and is he too late -- what -- >> what did cnn tell you to say? [ buzzer ] >> stephanie: they did not tell me to say anything. i'm as you know i'm a well-known obama apologist -- and once again here we are, like public option it's these conserve-a-demes. it's like what can have 92% approval ratings? >> be forceful and make sure the right thing is done. >> stephanie: the president yesterday. >> obama: why wouldn't we want to close the loophole that allows as much as 40% of all purchases to take place without a background check. >> stephanie: he said the powerful foes of americans will forget the shock of the school shooting in newtown. he said shame on us if we have forgotten. >> obama: