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 prison's 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 back into a strip room and strip them down, do a visual cavity search. >> searching all that too? >> yep. >> they try to do it with a lev

. >> this is a new policy for medical emergencies at the usps in oakland. allowing workers to call 9-1-1 drektly in an emergency. but employees tell us the old rule led to serious delays in med skal treatment. in november we told you coworkers found him lying on the ground bleeding from his head. no one saw what happened but dispatch records show up to 53 minutes may have passed before anyone called 9-1 will have 1. for years the policy said only postal police are to initiate the 9-1-1 procedures. now it says in an emergency, anyone should immediately call 9-1-1. >> if we see a problem on the work floor that looks dangerous, we can deal with it ourselves and react as soon as possible. i was very, very happy when i saw that. >> tonight, at 11:00, what the usps is saying about the changes and why employees feel the agency should do more to protect the workers. >> okay, thank you, vicki. >>> any other tips for our investigative unit please give us a call at 888-996-tips. you can also send us an e-mail at nbcbayarea.com. >>> even president obama wanted some qua

you have to understand the culture of the usps and a very top down organization. we talked to dozens of employees who say when the rules say in black and white only the postal police are the call, and my supervisors are saying i have to foot the bill if i call which is false, but if you get that year after year decade after decade, when an emergency happens, you feel like you're beholden to the rules. >> i don't thing you have to work at the usps to understand the rules, we know they follow the rules. >> i know this story is not about you, but in this case you have changed something out there that is going to change the way that people respond. it's got to feel good. >> it does and for the family our deepest gratitude to them because this is a horrible tragedy. but because marnie was so gracious and trusting us to tell her story and speak up and say this is wrong, and i never want another family to go through what we did, we really credit her and the many many employees who were brave enough to speak out and say this isn't right. please make a change. >> vicky, th

. >> reporter: the new policy for medical emergencies at the usps in oakland. allowing work toers call 911 directly in an emergency. sounds so simple and obvious, but employees tell us for years the old rules led to serious delays in medical treatment. in november we told you the story of sam, co-workers found him lying on the ground bleeding from his head. no one saw what happened. the dispatch records show up to 53 minutes may have passed before anyone called 911. it's unclear whether he would have survived had 911 been called sooner, but his family spoke out and fought for changes and it worked. for years the policy at the oakland facility said only oakland police initial. now in an emergency anyone should immediately call 911. the usps declined our repeated requests about the new policy but the gravity of concerns raised in our report prompted this change. see our full investigation on the website. click on the investigation tab. back to you. >> all right. prompting changes. thank you. if you have a tip for the investigative unit, give us a call at 888-996-

the usps has 200,000 vehicles and wants to retire the fleet. new trucks to be bigger on the inside and get better mileage. and they're pretty old. the new truks could cost between five and # billion dollars. they want to pick an auto maker and use the new shiny trucks in 2018. >>> gorgeous night out tonight. temperatures still in the 60s and holiday weekend is going to feature nice weather. clear skied and mild temperature, going into tomorrow morning, we have these off shore -- foggy in santa rosa. and a completely sunny day with temperatures into the mid # 0s for the afternoon. and there could be a couple of places that could get to 80-degree. for monday presidents day a similar day. one of the off shore winds going to bring temperatures down a few degrees. a little bit cooler than that on the coast. the on shore winds will bring clouds for tuesday. and with the gray skies on tuesday, temperatures highs falling back into the 60s. going to stay warm and above average readings all the way through the week. although another great beach day. sant

nutritional experts suggest looking for the usp certification indicate they go went through a third partyertrty testing. >>> time for a final check on the forecast. so what's on the way? what's coming? >> hoping for a lot of snow tomorrow your hopes will be dashed but a possibility of some conversational flakes up to make a dusting of snow for area out to the north of us, but in and around town i wouldn't count on too terribly much. mostly sunny skies out there right now knop doubt about it. going to be a nice day. for tomorrow a chance of a dusting of snow. mainly from washington northbound to the pennsylvania border. primary timing on this is going to be impacting if it impacts anybody as all, in the morning commute. between about 4:00 and 9:00 in the morning. big change for the weather coming our way tomorrow. a very blustery northwest wind. near 50 today. we won't even get into the mid-30s tomorrow. in fact our high temperature tomorrow will likely be somewhere around 40 degrees before you even wake up in the morning. probably by 1:00 or 2:00 in the morning, the high temperature tomorrow. d

. >> tonight, what the usps is saying about the changes and why employees feel the agency should do morenvestigate tonight at 11:00. if you have a tip for the investigative unit, call us at 888-996-tips or e-mail us at theunit@nbcbayarea.com. >>> when we come back, an update to breaking news in the east bay. >>> how the bay area is joining in the search to bring a little baby home. >>> and fliers beware. your flight could be cancelled for today and it has nothing to do with the weather. >>> take a live look outside. christina will have a look at the forecast. 15 minutes of nonstop news, traffic, and weather after this break. >>> now, 15 minutes of continue noose news, weather, and traffic on "today in the bay." >>> several law enforcement agencies from the bay area are joining the search for a baby. little justice reese is just 27 days old. at one point, the by's mother was also missing, but justice is nowhere to be found. >> reporter: 23-year-old samantha green reportedly told authorities that she and her son was kidnapped on monday. she was hysterical and searchers found her along the

tonight at 11:00, what the usps is saying with the changes and why employees feel the agency should dore to protect workers tonight after chicago pd. >> final weather from jeff. >> showers still in the mix here. you're going to be able to see for tomorrow morning, it will start off cold with numbers in the low to mid 40s for most of the bay area. a little bit of cloud cover will insulate us and keep us from getting too cold. the chance of showers returns by friday. the best chance of overall coverage would be on saturday. .05 to maybe .015. best day of the weekend on sunday and another chance there of showers by monday's forecast. a little action going on next couple days. >> thanks for ending us here at 6:00. >> hope to see you at 11:00. >>> nbc news legend tom brokaw's first interview about the brian williams scandal. >> now, on "extra." >>> tom brokaw speaking out about his successor's fall from grace. >> what are your thoughts about that whole situation? >> "extra" with brokaw, and the other tom who was with williams the night the story broke. >>> bruce jenner facing financial ruin

. >> tonight at 11:00, what the usps is saying about their changes and why employees feel the agency should do more to protect workers. we investigate tonight at 11:00. if you do have a tip for our investigative unit, call us or e-mail us. >>> is it possible? could l.a. soon have three pro football teams? >>> you're watching "today in the bay." >> so what do you think of this? the raiders and chargers are talking about a joint stadium in carson, the rams are moving forward with a possible stadium in another part of l.a. county. >> three teams all looking at this. late last night, the inglewood city council voted to fast track a stadium for the current st. louis rams. that means the $2 billion plan will not need a public vote or a long environmental review. the stadium would be built at the site of the old hollywood park racetrack. >>> super bowl organizers planning another giveaway today to help build up excitement for super bowl 50. earlier this week, volunteers handed out gift cards and great america tickets in santa clara. today they're going to be doing the same thing in san jose

this is the new policy for medical emergencies at the usps in oakland. it allows workers to call 911 directly in an emergency. it sounds so simple, and obvious, but employees tell us for years the old rules led to serious delays in medical treatment. in november, we told you the story of sam, co-workers found him lying on the ground bleeding from his head. no one knows what happened. up to 53 minutes may have passed before anyone may have called 911. it's unclear if he would have survived in 911 was called sooner and his family spoke out and fought for changes and it worked. the policy at the facility said only postal police are to initiate the 911 procedure. now it says in an emergency anyone should meemdly ca immedi 911. they denied our request for an interview about the new policy but the gravity of the concerns raced in our report prompted the change. see the report at nbcbayarea.com and click on the investigation tab. back to you. >> thank you. >>> if you have a tip for the invest gaysive unit call us at 888-996-tips or emate us at theunit @nbcbayar