with the story. reporter: the national postal forum here underway and it is delivering more than seminars about shipping and direct mail. with a golf tournament, dance and fancy dinners on the schedule there will be plenty of fun for the 4,000 attendees including 400 staffers with the u.s. postal service a government agency spending big dollars to be here despite being $16 billion in debt. documents show the travel, $220,000 in exhibit space and other incidentals will cost the postal service $2.2 million. attendees including the post master general will enjoy live music and a bank wet featuring the foods of fisherman s wharf and chinatown. the post office says the four day conference will make money by generating new sales leads for shippers and direct mail firms but critics don t buy it and suggest postal executives are out of touch.
the president getting ready to share some dramatic new warnings in moments about the budget plan that he proposed and signed into law while the g.o.p. hits back at what they call a campaign road show and an expensive one at that. welcome to america live, everyone, i m megyn kelly. president obama will speak in moments at newport news ship building in virginia. he s expected to warn about coming job losses if congress doesn t do something to head off the budget plan that kicks in the end of the week, the one that he agreed to, one that the republicans agreed to. both sides were in on it and now, they re like, oh, how did we get here? back in washington republicans are pointing out the president could have saved money by staying at home instead of going on the road to bring the message. the cost for air force one to fly to and from virginia is 180,000 an hour and you thought your air fare was expensive and you have to add in additional costs that include backup aircraft and food and in
and a host of several thousand other things. black man have to have multiple jobs in this economy. and will cain, columnist at theblaze.com. no surprise to me george zimmerman has launched his own website to try to raise money for his defense i guess. and living expenses. clearly. he can t work, not going to school anymore, in hiding. i m not surprised by that at all. are you? i guess not. george zimmerman s life totally changed over the last two weeks. regardless of his guilt or innocence i would imagine he s looking for some aid as well. trayvon martin s family have been raising funds for a legal defense because they have lawyers as well in this case, so this is not shocking. it happens in many other cases. we see it all the time. so on his website he has written this, on sunday, february 26th, i was involved in a life-altering event which led me to become the subject of intense media coverage. as a result of the incident and subsequent media coverage, i ve
morning to the men and women watching us right now on the american forces network, our service members. thank you for being here. thank you for what you do. would you know, some of your fellow service members have figured out a trick to get a date with their favorite celebrity. justin timberlake is the late toast accept a date to a marine corps ball. the details coming up for you. but let s start with this. it s been three years of this case going on. now, casey anthony is a free woman this morning. there she is, just hours ago, walking out of a florida jail. this was just after midnight and 2 days after being found not guilty of killing her 2-year-old daughter. as you can see her, she did, just walk out the front door with her attorney. she was found guilty as you know of lying to police, that got her that four-year sentence but you factor in time served, good behavior and she s out. after being in jail less than three years total. cnn s david mattingly joins me now from o
onboard this summer. here s our alison kosik on on the go. 2011 started out hot for the cruise industry. people were going to cruise. the cruise lines were ramping up the prices. and january proved that to be true. but then bookings stalled. all the turmoil in the mediterranean scared off americans and they stopped booking. and what that means is there are some deals out there. but don t go by price alone. make sure you are on a ship that fits your personality. if you pick the wrong cruise for you, and if you save $50, you know, you have not only wasted your vacation but you have wasted your money, too. and budget for the extras. there are lots of things you can spend money on, casinos, shore adventures, all sorts of things not considered part of the cruise price. even diet coke. these incidentals can add 50% to your base fare. plan a budget and just have fun.