here is nbc's claire duffy. >> reporter: what makes a family? it is a question donna and judson emmonds never had trouble answering. >> one of the reasons we're here on this planet is to help other people. >> reporter: and haley cane needs help. all that judson, donna, and even 3-year-old nadia have to give. donna never forgot the little girl with cerebral palsy she met working for the head start program, even after haley moved away. >> she was just full of love. full of laughter. >> can i have a kiss? >> reporter: even when there were to reasons to laugh. cerebral palsy was one of the many challenges life dealt haley cane. an unsettled family situation meant that few relatives could provide the care she needed for long. so at age 21, haley was placed in a nursing home. a mental disability might have qualified haley for a more suitable group home. instead the high school graduate found herself with an elderly roommate and seemingly no way out. >> what was it like? >> depressing. depressing, you know. you're the only 21-year-old. and having -- yo

there was the owner of the building and the senior inspector, joe duffy,.what they filed for was to seal it up. this window is a new edition. it is illegal. it is an aluminum frame. this was an opaque film. the project sponsor, not us, elected to remove its. there is another option. another option -- this is why i brought it. we just ask that you make it ok. the current permit is to remove it. if you go for the property window -- property line window, it cannot be operable. it has to have fixed glass. to be honest, in current code, there are no requirements for light and ventilation in the bedroom. by seeing this up and putting in the glass, it will not change the occupancy of that bedroom. the code does not require it. but if the board chooses to take that and seal it up and put in the glass, we ask that they complied -- comply with the property code, which is that if my client goes to built and removes the window, a pretty straightforward -- we also asked that if there is tension between the property owners, but we just ask. there is no reason for people

supervisor duffy is sitting there with his arms crossed. what is it? are you ready? all right. anytime someone has his hands crossed, that means get going. they are shutting down. [laughter] york physiology changed my standing up, and raising your right hand. when i say i, you state your name. why don't we go down here? larry will go back, and we will end with you. during such time, we hold the position of -- and then you will mention your respective commission board or body. is that easy? all right. you have your right hand up. i -- [inaudible] i do solemnly swear that i will support and defend the constitution of the united states, and the constitution of the state of california, that i bear trap, faith, and allegiance to the state, that i take this obligation freely without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion, that i will well and faithfully discharge the duties upon which i am about to enter. and during such time, as i hold the position, as a member -- [inaudible] for the city and county of san francisco. congratulations, everybody. [applause] i appreciate how effe

supervisor duffy is sitting there with his arms crossed. what is it? are you ready? all right. anytime someone has his hands crossed, that means get going. they are shutting down. [laughter] york physiology changed my standing up, and raising your right hand. when i say i, you state your name. why don't we go down here? larry will go back, and we will end with you. during such time, we hold the position of -- and then you will mention your respective commission board ood

supervisor duffy is sitting there with his arms crossed. what is it? are you ready? all right. anytime someone has his hands crossed, that means get going. they are shutting down. [laughter]

host: jennifer duffy, the caller was from georgia. georgia governor's race is number two on your list here. guest: it represents something of a phenomenon that we see. there are five former governors who are running for their jobs back. one is in georgia, bob barnes. he has been out of office for eight years, but would like his job back. he is being challenged by a former republican congressman nathan deal. you have seen barnes troubling stayed pretty much apologizing for his first term and saying he would like another chance. deal is regrouping after a tough primary runoff. he does have some ethics problems the democrats will remind voters of on a daily basis. i think this is going to be a close race. host: we have about 15 minutes left with the coca of political reporting. -- the cook political report gang. next call from indiana. caller: if you compare this race with 1994 with newt gingrich coming in, is it similar to that? guest: you have that sense that all politics is local and then you have these brave elections. in 1994 you ha

supervisor duffy introduced an amendment to create temporary uses and clarify that these mobile food facilities cannot be conducted within buildings. supermaxwell introduced the resolution urging the planning department and the redevelopment agency to establish specific pro owe col -- protocols for corporation with native american groups in candlestick and the hunter's point shipyard. and the mayor introduced the ordinance that would amend the building code. this is re latelated to the feed the furrow blegs. this is a technical knowledge policy challenge for calculating the fee rate when somebody chooses to defer an impact fee. and certain clarifications about when a project sponsor may choose to defer. last ordinance i wanted to describe that was introduced is a couple -- it's involving the affordable housing legislation. this is changes to the interim control that is in place now as well as parallel changes for the permanent control so that the controls will not be before you but the permanent controls will. lastly not yet -- an ordinance that was introduced is a request that the c

duffy talks about the importance of the series. >> that could go down to home field advantage or could go down to who won the season series. it could fit into this equation or that equation. without getting too complicated you just want to play each game and win. and instead of looking behind you want to look one step closer to the fin ifsh line which is about five weeks. >> reporter: matt kaine on the mound. and in the meantime raiders and 49ers looked pretty good over the weekend. we'll talk about the niners their game was yesterday. raiders saturday. patrick willis looking to get after that old quarterback, brett favre and that he did. favre didn't play much but sure knew patrick willis was involved in the game. getting after him right there. >> they've been joking about it since last year he went down the field and he knocked me down and all that stuff so it was good to get after him today, it felt good. that's football. that's how defense, to us, we just not approaching it as preseason. we're going out to get better. it was a play that the coach called and we run it. >> 49ers and

week, helene cooper of the "new york times," martha raddatz, jeanne cummings of politico and michael duffy of time magazine. >> covering history as it happens. live from our nation's capital, this is "washington week with gwen ifill." produced in association with national journal. funding for "washington week" is provided by boeing, exxon mobil, the epics in excellence in journalism, annanburg foundation and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. once again, live from washington, moderator gwen ifill. gwen: good evening. we got a surprise announcement, the palestinian president and israeli prime minister will come to washington in two weeks to begin face-to face peace talks without pre-conditions. >> i don't think that it should be an option for us now. i would view this as the last shot. >> we want to make sure there are iron-clad arrangements that there will be peace and security because you can't have one without the other. >> former senator george mitchell has been pushing president obama has been asked why these negotiations will work when previous talk

the only other declared mayoral candidate is supervisor bevan duffy. the election is next year. >> if you've been listening to the reports today, you may have heard some reports of potential showers on your weekend. there's a slight chance for tomorrow, but it is not a big deal. do not cancel plans. the main impact this weekend from a weak low pressure center will be much cooler weather. there's shower models just offshore that will enhance the marine layer and create drizzle in some locations, maybe even a sprinkle. that would be tomorrow morning, but not a big deal. do not cancel your plans. the big impact will be much cooler weather with some gusty wind. >>> in response to the massive egg recall, the food and drug administration plans to inspect all of the nation's largest egg farms by the end of next year. a white house official says the inspectors will visit 600 large egg farms which account for about 80% of the nation's egg production. while the plan has not been formally announced, the official said the inspections are set to begin next month. h

the only other declared mayoral candidate is supervisor bevan duffy. the election is next year. >> if you've been listening to the reports today, you may have heard some reports of potential showers on your weekend. there's a slight chance for tomorrow, but it is not a big deal. do not cancel plans. the main impact this weekend from a weak low pressure center will be much cooler weather. there's shower models just offshore that will enhance the marine layer and create drizzle in some locations, maybe even a sprinkle. that would be tomorrow morning, but not a big deal. do not cancel your plans. the big impact will be much cooler weather with some gusty wind. >>> in response to the massive egg recall, the food and drug administration plans to inspect all of the nation's largest egg farms by the end of next year. a white house official says the inspectors will visit 600 large egg farms which account for about 80% of the nation's egg production. while the plan has not been formally announced, the official said the inspections are set to begin next month. h

the plan to privatize social security by sean duffy is the wrong choice.ost: 7 tracey -- evan tracey talk about the health care message. guest: is this a strategy to divide people. republicans have done a very good job of making health care an issue. what has been interesting about this election is the democrats ran very successfully the last three elections on the issue of health care. now they have passed a bill that they do not want to talk about. republicans have already branded this obama care and you have probably had $30 million of advertisements, just in the past couple of months since it has passed. really, the democrats do not have a counterweight to that. what you are seeing is an issue that they have used in the past, obviously. they used it in the way that republicans have talked about using it to privatize social security. now that wall street is in the rearview mirror, they are trying to regain some footing and a half to seek health care -- cede health care because it is unpopular. they're looking for ways to get those voters back. and i thi

following that, charlie cook, jennifer duffy, and david wasserman, all with the cook political report, to talk about the midterm elections. "washington journal" live at 7:00 a.m. eastern here on c-span. tuesday night at 8:00 p.m., president barack obama will give an oval office speech discussing the troop withdrawal from iraq and a shift of focus of the war in afghanistan. our live coverage begins tuesday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> tonight starts science technology week on brook tv primetime. digitally save aurl your memories and experiences. gordon bell and jim gamel on a future with total recall, the rapid advancements in technology and its implications for the future from the singularity. and steven baker on the computer scientists and mathematicians who want to predict and manipulate our behavior. book tv and primetime tonight on c-span2. a thaw week on "q&a," our guest is michael kaiser, president of the john f. kennedy center for the performing arts. >> michael kaiser, can you remember when you first got into the arts? >> i was 4 years old. my parents took me to se

the plan to privatize social security by sean duffy is the wrong choice.ost: 7 tracey -- evan tracey talk about the health care message. guest: is this a strategy to divide people. republicans have done a very good job of making health care an issue. what has been interesting about this election is the democrats ran very successfully the last three elections on the issue of health care. now they have passed a bill that they do not want to talk about. republicans have already branded this obama care and you have probably had $30 million of advertisements, just in the past couple of months since it has passed. rely, the democrats do not have a counterweight to that. what you are seeg is an issue that they have used in the past, obviously. they used it in the way that republicans have talked about using it to privatize social security. now that wall street is in the rearview mirror, they are trying to regain some footing and a half to seek health care -- cede health care because it is unpopular. they're looking for ways to get those voters back. and i think t