lori christensen, a local government employee.s suburb hasn't always been so toxic. >> we were all very friendly. kids would play with each other. she was a single mom. we would help her out with blowing her snow in the winter. things like that. >> reporter: the family says cordial turns to combative one day five years ago, because of a spat over nail polish between their young daughters. >> i didn't think it was that big a deal. so, i just went over to lori's and i said, this is what had gone on. and immediately she pretty much went off on me. she was yelling and -- >> reporter: screaming at you? had she ever before? >> no, she had not. and i turned around and started to walk away. >> reporter: but the hoffmans were about to learn walking away from her wrath wouldn't be that simple. and just how vicious her attacks could get became clear when kim, a recovering alcoholic, suffered a dangerous relapse. >> greg and my kids didn't know whether i was going to live. >> she collapsed in front of me. >> reporter: she collapsed in front o

i've never actually gotten numbers before. >> christensen is playing by the rules because police are promising strict enforcement. with the deadly boston marathon bombings triggering security concerns, san francisco police aren't taking any chances. >> we will actually have our bomb teches on scene to allow for rapid response to any package and we'll also have k-9s around and also 16 neighboring agencies have provided regional support with regard to bomb teches and dogs. >> police are promising to be highly visible. cameras will monitor the crowd of 100,000. only small backpacks will be allowed. and police are urging people to call 911 if they see anything unusual. bay to breakers regulars are hoping the tight security is not the new normal. >> maybe this will be the only year they try this and they'll calm back down. >> racers seem to be taking it in stride. >> i'll probably be watching the people in the costumes a little bit more than the people in uniform. >> they have different concerns. >> my ability to run eight miles. yeah. >> race organizers really want every participant to r

christensen. mr. speaker, i'd also like to take the opportunity to acknowledge a young person on the floor, the gentlelady from tah, potentially the next -- nevada, i'm sorry. my goodness. from nevada. the young ms. horsford who is here tonight. this is truly unique quality time to spend with your daughter. there are numerous factors that contribute to the growing health disparities in new jersey's 10th district. poverty, inadequate access to health care and other inequalities. these -- a piecemeal approach to fixing them will not work. a conch rehencive approach that focuses on providing access to quality care for all, creating good jobs that provide a decent living and increasing educational opportunities for low-income families is the only way to eliminate health disparities once and for all. even in the 21st century, health disparities start, especially in the african-american community new york which life expectancies are lower and infant mortality rates are higher. children of color who live at

. >> reporter: christensen is playing by the rules because police are promising strict enforcement. with the deadly boston marathon bombings triggering security concerns, san francisco police are not taking chances. >> we will have our bomb texas on scene to allow for rapid response to any package. we'll also have k9s around and also 16 neighboring a support with regard to bomb texas, dogs. >> reporter: police are promising to be highly visible. cameras will monitor the crowd of 100,000. only small backpacks will be allowed. police are urging people to call 911 if they see anything unusual. bay to breakers regulars are hoping the tight security is not the new normal. >> maybe this will be the only year they try this. it will calm back down. >> racers seem to be taking it in stride. >> i'll probably be watching people in the costumes more than the people in uniforms. >> they have didn't concerns. >> my ability to run eight miles. yeah. >> reporter: nbc bay area news. >>> still to come, reports are coming in tonight that yahoo! is set to make an announcement in the next couple of days

>> good evening, commissioners, i'm pat christensen and i am here today as a consumer. a customer. and i have been watching mta for a lng time as you probably many of you know, and i would like to ask them, to please pay attention to us who are the customers who need the parking so that we can go into these small business and conduct our consumer goods. it is my personal policy, and it has been ever since i lived in san francisco, to do all of my shopping in small businesss in san francisco. in the neighborhood commercial zones. it is getting more and more difficult to do so. and i cannot use public transportation personally. and so i drive a car and i need parking and i need to be able to have consideration from mta where they put the bicycle zones as planned. because it is difficult to get in and out of the car and have the bicycles comes along very rapidly. and on valencia street where the business has that office i can park there usually, but i can have to be very, very weary of opening my car door and watching for bicycles coming along and they come very, very quickly. in 1970

>> good evening, commissioners, i'm pat christensen and i am here today as a consumer. a customer. and i have been watching mta for a lng time as you probably many of you know, and i

christensen: thank you. it's been with great pride that we've watched our young new members come to the floor and present the case so forcefully and so effectively to the american people on the disparities in all areas that african-americans and other people of color and poort are facing -- and the poor are facing. before i start i want to also ask unanimous consent for barbara lee to enter a statement in the record. she could not be with us this evening but her work in h.i.v. and aids and other areas in health care, but specifically in h.i.v. and aids, both, in the united states, and across the globe -- both here in the united states and across the globe is worthy of recognition and i know she'll be entering a statement for the record on some of the issues around h.i.v. and aids. i want to just go back a little bit and present a little bit of an historical context on just w long this battle to e-- to eliminate health disparities has been going on. i want to go back -- of course it goes back to slavery but i

christensen for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from the virgin islands is recognized. mrs. christensen: i ask unanimous consent to insert my statement in the record opposing the g.o.p.'s deplorable mother's day gift. more work and less pay for working moms. happy mother's day. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman's time will be charged. the gentleman from connecticut is recognized. mr. courtney: i yield to ms. schakowsky for the purpose of unanimous consent request. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from illinois is recognized. ms. schakowsky: i ask unanimous consent to insert my statement in the record opposing the g.o.p.'s disrespectful mother's day gift. more work, less pay for working moms. happy mother's day. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman's time will be deducted. the gentleman from connecticut is recognized. mr. courtney: i yield to ms. sewell for the purpose of unanimous consent request. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from

christensen, mr. grijalva, mr. honda, mr. israel, mrs. maloney, and ms. mccollum, and ms. schakowsky and ms. speier. these are the names that are the original co-sponsors and this resolution catches my attention, mr. speaker. it says this, recognizing the disparity impact of climate change on women and the efforts of women globally to address climate change. now, that was news to me. i hadn't considered the idea that if the climate is changing they think they know why but they dare not have that debate any longer because the data was fraudulent. but now they're suggesting that the earth is getting warmer, that it's man's fault and it's women that are disparately impacted by it. i hadn't seen such a theory, mr. speaker. it goes on to say whereas, it has a whole series of whereases, whereas women in the united states are the lynch pin of families. i agree. women are the lynch pin ofs of families and it would be better if we had more men who were playing a more significant role. i don't think that's the position of the authors of this resolution. but it goes on to say, wherea