joanne: thank you. i love it, i have to say. >> hear you talking, you feel as if you just changed the names and you just took today's news and stuff and sort of recaptured it but i do want to say something else because clarence goodwin talks about mythologizing the founding fathers. do you think that permeates what you have found? joanne: well, i do think -- i do think there's a tendency. [indiscernible] joanne: it makes sense in its own kind of way that people want a mythologically wonderful founding and mythological founders who are flawless and all blocks of marble standing on a pedestal. and that removes all of the struggle and the drama and the difficulty and the ugliness that's part of it. it's not that everything is horrible but everything is not good. so to me, and this book is a great example of it, the excitement of history is the struggle, right? and to really understand history, you need to understand people in their moment. what are they thinking, what are they not thinking? and what are th

joanne? singing voice. >> seth: we'll take it. very good. all right, our next question is for the wives. we asked your husbands, "how can you tell when your wife is mad at you?" "how can you tell when your wife is mad at you?" mom, what's your answer? >> wait a minute. how can he tell if i'm mad? >> seth: yeah. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> all right. [ laughter ] i think it would be a sullen silence. >> sullen silence. dad, let's see what's on the card. [ laughter ] she refers to me as "your father" when talking to seth and josh. [ cheers and applause ] and dad, when you're in her good graces, she refers to you as -- >> my hero. [ laughter ] >> it's a very clear delineation. all right, alexi, what is your answer? >> i think my face, my voice, and everything about me. >> seth: seth, let's see the card. she says, "i am mad at you." [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] i think we're not going to give you that. >> seth: oh no. she's -- >> it's very clear. >> seth: she's more text than subtext. all right, and joanne, what's your answer? >> i i

customs and border protection custody - joanne lin / amnesty internationalthe current system in place at homeland security department is a patchwork system of short term border patrol processing centers that are not designed to care for children, especially sick children. joanne lin with amnesty international says congress and federal agencies need to coordinate to better handle and receive families and children at the border. alexandra limon in a statement incoming house speaker nancy pelosi said congress will investigate the deaths. illinois senator richard durbin is calling for the resignation of dhs secretary kiertjen nielsen. senator feinstein asking for the senate judiciary committee to hold a hearing.meanwhile dhs announced secretary nielsen plans to visit the us mexico border friday. nielsen says new rules will require that all children in cbp custody receive thorough health screenings. and says there will be more medically trained border patrol agents in remote areas. amnesty international says more needs to be done. joanne lin / amnesty internationalthis administration has c

customs and border protection custody - joanne lin / amnesty internationalthe current system in place at homeland security department is a patchwork system of short term border patrol processing centers that are not designed to care for children, especially sick children. joanne lin with amnesty international says congress and federal agencies need to coordinate to better handle and receive families and children at the border. alexandra limon in a statement incoming house speaker nancy pelosi said congress will investigate the deaths. illinois senator richard durbin is calling for the resignation of dhs secretary kiertjen nielsen. senator feinstein asking for the senate judiciary committee to hold a hearing.meanwhile dhs announced secretary nielsen plans to visit the us mexico border friday. nielsen says new rules will require that all children in cbp custody receive thorough health screenings. and says there will be more medically trained border patrol agents in remote areas. amnesty international says more needs to be done. joanne lin / amnesty internationalthis administration has c

joanne johnson looked at an instant pot, opened it up, but didn't buy it.she noticed something was gone. >> i said, i lost my wedding ring. >> reporter: that was back in october. just days before her 20th anniversary. she searched high and low, returning week after week to look through the store for her lost ring. fast forward to christmas morning. a woman opened the instant pot. >> there was a ring right in the center of the box. >> reporter: she posted it on a neighborhood facebook page. joanne sees the post. >> there are big yellow symbols and a picture of an instant pot. i start reading it. little electric shocks are going through my body. this is just too coincidental. >> reporter: and that is what brought this moment of joy on christmas night, no less. >> i just can't believe this. oh! i'm sorry. >> reporter: joanne says getting back her ring is a miracle. and she knows miracles. just days before christmas four years ago, she was diagnosed with stage four lung cancer, and given no more than 18 months to live. >> here i am, four years later, still gett

i lost my ring near a minster pot. >> johnson had a joanne draw a picture of the ring, joanne says thenson is hurt christmas angel and the fighting ring is a christmas miracle. >> it's been fun making a new friend. it was nice having a good ending to it. >> nice a work. what are the odds of that? >> i will never lose my wedding ring. it is locked on. >> thanks for watching this morning. >> announcer: live from new york city, it's the wendy williams show! ♪ [cheers and applause] >> announcer: now... here's wendy! [cheers and applause] ♪ [cheers ap

customs and border protection custody - joanne lin / amnesty internationalthe current system in place security department is a patchwork system of short term border patrol processing centers that are not designed to care for children, especially sick children. joanne lin with amnesty international says congress and federal agencies need to coordinate to better handle and receive families and children at the border. alexandra limon in a statement incoming house speaker nancy pelosi said congress will investigate the deaths. illinois senator richard durbin is calling for the resignation of dhs secretary kiertjen nielsen. senator feinstein asking for the senate judiciary committee to hold a hearing.meanwhile dhs announced secretary nielsen plans to visit the us mexico border friday. nielsen says new rules will require that all children in cbp custody receive thorough health screenings. and says there will be more medically trained border patrol agents in remote areas. amnesty international says more needs to be done. joanne lin / amnesty internationalthis administration has continued to

i'm joanne. >> reporter: joanne, who told me she also thinks the times we're in could use her husbandppened to be a lifelong republican. >> here we have somebody leading us right now who is not a forgiver. his values are very, very different from fred's values. almost completely opposite. >> reporter: you can imagine fred rogers actually coming out and speaking up about that? a person whose name we are not naming? >> i think he might have to. >> reporter: really? so that would be political. >> that would be political, yes. >> reporter: which is something he tried to avoid. >> yes, yes. >> reporter: but fred was cautious about the fact that one of the characters on the show, officer clemens again, was in real life gay. and fred wanted that kept quiet. >> there was a part of me that was heartbroken. i'm also a realist. there are lots of places where i could not be openly gay. >> reporter: so fred, in a way, was a revolution air i and in a way he was not a revolutionary. >> that's right. he always was thinking of that audience of adults who were going to take away his children. >> report

mayor london breed to join mayor willie brown, san francisco fire chief joanne hayes-white, and communityembers for the 18th annual lefty o'doul's last mibuffet and cafe 145 jefferson street ( will ) thanks sara. sara. thanks ( will ) ( will ) thanks sara. coming up on the kron 4 morning news ... we'll take a look at the last minute holiday travel rush at s-f-o. plus ... police are stepping up patrols on bay area road through christmas day. the warning they have for drivers. coming up on the kron 4 morning news...why you may want to hold off buying certain types of ground turkey the next time you go to the store. (ácommercialá) youand the holiday spiritoss just hits you... yes! or when you get the best deal... on a treat for your best friend? or when you score a magical gift... at an unbelievable price? yes! that's yes for less. ross has you and your list covered with gifts you'll love to give. and it feels even better when you find them for less-at ross. yes for less. ( james )( darya ) welcome back to the kron 4 morning news. let's get a check of the forecast. another day spent in the u

customs and border protection custody - joanne lin / amnesty internationalthe current system in place at homeland security department is a patchwork system of short term border patrol processing centers that are not designed to care for children, especially sick children. joanne lin with amnesty international says congress and federal agencies need to coordinate to better handle and receive families and children at the border. alexandra lin in a statement incoming house speaker nancy pelosi said congress will investigate the deaths. illinois senator richard durbin is calling for the resignation of dhs secretary kiertjen nielsen. senator feinstein asking for the senate judiciary committee to hold a hearing.meanwhile dhs announced secretary nielsen plans to visit the us mexico border friday. nielsen says new rules will require that all children in cbp custody receive thorough health screenings. and says there will be more medically trained border patrol agents in remote areas. amnesty international says more needs to be done. joanne lin / amnesty internationalthis administration has con

mayor london breed to join mayor willie brown, san francisco fire chief joanne hayes-white, and communitybers for the 18th annual lefty o'doul's last minute christmas eve toy drive.lefty o'doul's fisherman's wharf ballpark buffet and cafe145 jefferson street ( darya ) thanks sara. ( will ) still ahead on the kron 4 morning news... we take a look at how victims of the camp fire are spending christmas eve. ( will ) and we'll take a look back at some of the devastating natural disasters that struck the u-s in 20-18. ( will ) and we'll take a look back at some of the devastating natural disasters that struck the u-s in 20-18. (ácommercialá)(áábreakáá) (james)( darya ) welcome back. let's get a check of the weather this morning... another day spent in the upper 50's and low 60's but this christmas eve will come along with some noticeable changes. showers will increase across the bay mid-morning and take us through the afternoon into the early evening. thunderstorms will become possible into the afternoon before skies clear and dry out into tomorrow. no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less

is her last tree lighting at our fire chief, a big, big, big round of applause for our fire chief, joannehayes-white. [applause] >> our amazing rec and park commission. i mentioned our president, mark buell. also here are commissioner cat anderson, gloria bonilla, tom anderson, eric mcdonald, and commissioner larry mazzola. i want to thank them. they -- the citizen members of the park recreation open space advisory committee. they help you make our park special. our president, stephen franz is here. i want to thank our amazing partners who make this possible. supporting us today is kaiser permanently, illuminate, our conservatory of flowers. all right. let tease talk about the tree we're supposed to light. mayor, we've been liethsing tre -- lighting trees around the city, but this is our official industry. this is a cypress that's over 131 years old, and despite losing a limb or two over the years, it stands super tall and super strong, and tonight, it's supporting over 550 lights. let's give it up for uncle john's tree. [applause] >> and then a few special people. i want to welcome the b

what do you say, joanne?m to do so the airport should be reopened. people need to get home to friends and family so yes, as long as it is so. it is a safety and security issue and one relies on the police to give advice to the airport authorities and the decision was made, andl authorities and the decision was made, and i think rightly, to open the airport if the drone reappears they will clearly have to close it again but at the moment it appears that the perpetrator may have left the scene and taken his drone with him. if he or she was ever at the scene. gemma, what is your view on the fact the device has not yet been located, nor the operator or operators? i think there has been lots of discussions about changing regulations, improvements in the technology of all of this. but the analogy i quite often give really makes it stark and how we should be viewing the situation. when you hear ofa car viewing the situation. when you hear of a car crash caused by reckless driving people's thoughts don't immediately

. >> that's where joanne johnson says she lost her wedding ring in october just days before her 20thiversary. and she says she was looking at an instapot when the ring vanished. >> christmas morning shiloah avery was opening her presents. lost a fnd not >> tres thisig i start reading it.e ofanpot. like a little electric shocks are going through. here i am four years later, and still getting up every day. to me, every day is a miracle. >> she's a cancer survivor and she had joanne draw a picture of the ring to prove it was hers. i'll give it to you, but you have to draw it first. >> joanne called shiloah her christmas angel and new friend. >> incredible. she was diagnosed with cancer and given 18 months to live. that was four years ago. so this woman has a lot of good fortune. >> one of the guys on the crew said she needs to buy a lottery ticket. >>> we're counting down the final hours of 2018. our exclusive sneak peek on what to expect on tonight's "dick clark's rockin new year's eve." >> first -- >> mattress is dangerously comfortable. i love my leesa. people everywhere love their l

improvements to many of the fire stations and police facilities all over the city, welcome our chief, joanne hayes-white. >> commissioner hayes-white: thank you, mohamed. good morning, everyone. thanks for being here. as president cleaveland said, we're blessed with good weather. i don't know for longer, so my remarks will be brief. we're all very excited to be here today to envision what will be a state-of-the-art ambulance deployment facility. i'm very proud to mayor breed for her vision and leadership. as was alluded before, mayor lee, who was a champion of this facility. certainly president malia cohen, also keeping us on our toes in terms of response times, and making sure the whole city is served, especially her district, and congratulate is the supervisor elect shamann walton. i would say thank you to all the commissioners, the two that aren't here, in addition to president cleaveland and commissioners hardeman and covington are commissioner joe alioto veronese, as well as commissioner steven nakajo. thank you to the commission. certainly my commission is here, mark gonzalez, jean nic

that was the murder of joanne brockman. >> about four weeks after sabrina buie was discovered, joanneed springs, less than a mile from where sabrina buie was killed. you had some of the same investigators in the mccollum/brown case that were involved in the artis case and they didn't make the connections. >> the police knew about this other suspect, but they did not carry out that fingerprint comparison, and the question is, why? >> the request to cancel the fingerprint comparison was made after trial, so after henry mccollum and leon brown were convicted. >> the fingerprint had sat in evidence for nearly 30 years, and stellato discovered that it was too degraded to test. however, the cigarette butt found at the murder scene could be used for testing. >> then we went back, and we pulled the extracts from the testing that had been done previously. and we go back to them and we say, are you sure you can't test now and it's 2014? and they say, let us look at it again. and it ends up getting a hit. >> i get a phone call on friday afternoon. sharon stellato says are you familiar with the n

to cut off aid to honduras, guatemala, and el salvador--for not stopping migrants from leaving...joannelin / amnesty international three of the most violent and deadly countries in the world, with some of the highest rates of murder, femicide and domestic violence.joann lin with amnesty international says cutting off aid would likely make conditions worse for people and could compel more migrants to come to the u.s. in washington alexandra limon. a live look outside right now... as we get our first look at the four zone forecast with meteorologist mabrisa rodriguez. dry conditions with seasonable highs and chilly overnight lows will prevail through the weekend, and well into next week in the bay area. overnight lows will dip into the 30s and 40s. colder, wind- sheltered valley locations will likely see overnight low temperatures at or below the freezing at times. daytime highs will cool into the mid to upper 50s. chilly overnight lows will continue through the weekend. a d-u-i prevention pilot program will now be the law of the land for d-u-i offenders statewide in 2019. the technology

to cut off aid to honduras, guatemala, and el salvador--for not stopping migrants from leaving...joanne lin / amnesty international three of the most violent and deadly countries in the world, with some of the highest rates of murder, femicide and domestic violence.joann lin with amnesty international says cutting off aid would likely make conditions worse for people and could compel more migrants to come to the u.s. in washington alexandra limon. (grant) a florida family fighting to stay in the u-s-a. they've been here for years, have a successful business and pay taxes.(vicki)yet, they may be starting the new year in their native country.jeff patterson reports. jeff patterson/reporting "miguel torres-bruno and his family have lived in this country since 1993, but now they're worried in just a matter of days, they may be deported."juan miguel torres-bruno has been living the american dream.he was the quarterback for celebration high school football team.he came to this country with his parents when he was just nine months old..but now they are all facing deportation.juan miguel torres-

this is about one hour. >> i am very pleased to introduce joanne freeman. she is a professor of history and american studies at yale university as well as a leading auit

my nam george my name is joanne. i'm grateful to be here. -- my name is joanne.am grateful for the grateful dog. i would be devastated if the grateful dog closed and if it didn't have boarding, if we couldn't take our dogs their daily. there are hundreds of people who depend on the services offered by the grateful dog. i see them coming and going. dogs are like children to many of us and they are part of a family, and many nights they need to be boarded to. we have concerns -- we don't have concerns if they are the grateful dog because -- i am in the healthcare business. my job is very important to me. with my clients, i'm passionate about what i do. -less appointments interviews, in my job requires travel. i need a place that i can take my dog during the day where i know i -- she is totally being taken care of. i found this place with the grateful dog and i can tell you why. my drop her off, she is a german shepherd, a year and a half, she never does look -- never looks back. she wants her tail gallops towards the door. the peace of mind this gives me as hard to

. >> reporter: the couple on board, vaughn and joanne meyer, died. today federal investigators arrived to comb through wreckage stretching for blocks, hoping to find something in the scorched debris. >> larger flds indicate either higher impact forces or that the airplane may have started shedding parts in flight. >> reporter: no one on the ground was hurt. but for in neighborhood, a holiday they won't soon forget. morgan chesky, nbc news. >>> a winter storm not making anything easier in that region. there are severe storms in texas as well. plenty of serious weather that might make for travel delays across the country. we're joined by nbc meteorologist dylan dreyer. where do we look? >> kate, on the northern side we're seeing blowing snow, wind gusts up to 35 miles per hour. we have blizzard warning in effect for the northern plains. we could end up with six to 12 inches of snow possible. on the southern side of the snow, we've already had tornado warnings across central texas. this is the threat through the night, with large hail, damaging winds an

. >> joanne page has been somebody her family can count on. >> i enjoyed and felt comfortable caringe, help. being a caregiver to me is a very rewarding profession. >> reporter: she is employed by home instead, giving support to thousands of seniors around the nation. like miss thomas who recently broke her arm in a fall. >> joann does many things around the house for me. she fixes my hair, does laundry and just talks. i enjoy being with her. >> reporter: home caregivers can give seniors help with everything from daily tasks to staying healthy and engaged longer. all for the cutting such as 7:5% of seniors report making mistakes with their medication. >> we're happy to know that nanny is okay and she is happy. >> reporter: and helping her to heal. >> she is a great lady and i'm glad i have the opportunity to come and help her. >> she makes me feel comfortable. she encourages me to do things for myself, and it's just the greatest person to help me out. >> and as much as you're helping them, joann, thank you for being with us. that was a beautiful story. as much as you're helping them,

at the bart station, john and joanne donovan told us they met grant when he was a butcher's apprentice at nearby former joe's. >> he was a nice guy. when i get out of -- when i get off of bart every time i pass that area, i always bless his soul. >> we should honor oscar in that way. >> reporter: johnson says she won't give up. >> we are still going to work to get a change. >> reporter: in oakland, christin ayers, kpix 5 news. >>> moremi is on the way, the satellite image showing us a system pushing in on the coast. chief meteorologist paul deanno tells us when it arrives. >> we will see some rain on the radar tomorrow. we are looking at a radar that is clear tonight, clear tomorrow morning, then things change rapidly after that. kpix 5 high-def doppler active not tomorrow morning, it will be offshore, a dry morning commute tomorrow, just after the lunch hour that's when the light rain arrives and steadiest rainfall will fall between 8:00 and 10:00 tomorrow night. one to 10 scale, the rain is about a three from this one so not as strong as it was last week. a little breezy, that's abou

. >> reporter: the couple on board, vaughn and joann myer died. today federal veinvestigators ar hoping to find something in the scored debris. >> larger debris fields indicate either higher impact forces or the airplane may have started shedding parts in f >> reporter: no one on the ground was hurt but for this neighborhood, a holiday they won't soon forget. morgan, nbc news. >>> a winter storm not making things easier in the region. snow and wind are an hitting the and there are severe storms in texas, as well. serious weather that might make for travel holiday delays. we're joined by nbc meteorologylan dreyer. where do we look? >> this is a huge storm. on the northern side wind gusts up to 35 miles per hour and blizzard warnings in effect for the northern planes and we could haveo nine, up to 12 inches of snow possible. on the southern side, it's about the severe weather. we had tornado warnings popping up across central texas. this ithe threat through the night with large hail, damaging winds, isolated tornados are a possibility. is will creat

i want to thank judge and joanne and the global business dialogue for inviting me. conversations like we're having today have never been more important. we have a saying in the trade world that if you're standing still, you're falling behind. and from my perspective, nowhere is that more evident than in asia. i want to offer huge congratulations to my friends from australia, japan and new zealand for their hard work, their leadership, and the success that they're about to enjoy 11 days from now on december 30 when the cp tpp, or tpp 11 enters into force. and then a few days later vietnam will also join that very esteemed group. i don't think many americans realize what this means to us. american farmers and ranchers and employees are about to be significantly competitively disadvantaged in some pretty important markets, particularly japan. american wheat farmers are about to take significant hits since australian and canadian wheat farmers who are the biggest competitors in the japanese market are about to get preferential access over american wheat farmers. and i s

alex and joanne were visiting their two faughters in new york city and were supposed to return home yesterdayp. we had never heard of that before, causing so much disruption. had we? no, we just panicked, actually, because when we got the text telling is the flight had been cancelled at about 7am this morning, we just wanted to get home. we booked the first flight we could get. as long as this flight back to london is ok in terms of time, it's nothing. but it has been hugely expensive. it cost is around £7,000 to rebook the flights. we are hoping the insurance will pay up. who knows? this woman was due home in east sussex after a holiday in the dominican republic. she suffers from a number of health conditions and says her medications might run out. she and her sister—in—law are stranded onto the next available flight on the 27th. i brought my main medication but u nfortu nately i brought my main medication but unfortunately some of my medication has run out so we unfortunately some of my medication has run out so we are unfortunately some of my medication has run out so we are hoping to get

partner that you joel with, i had fla bby partner that you joel with, i had flabby in the main show, joannejoel with your partner you can fly to the rockets of the moon, doesn't matter for you are, just not have to be wembley. a rocket to the moon, i love that, russell, great to talk to you, thank you. strictly contest and in 2011. now it's time for a look at the weather with helen willetts. hello. this is a picture taken through the early hours of the morning, the snow falling in scotland. store deirdre blowing away now. the gaels are baiting for the national league football finals, the shower is becoming more prevalent across wales, western england and southern scotland. ahead of the showers, some good spells of sunshine, 7—10dc. up on the tem ptress sunshine, 7—10dc. up on the temptress yesterday, without the wind, not so icy. rain pushing its way through the ceiling, clearing overnight, becoming quite chilly, these are town and city temperatures. in the countryside there will be a frost, morning. 0ne 01’ there will be a frost, morning. 0ne or two icy patches, potentially some mist and f

it's aaron peskin from district three, thank you, and kathr kathrin stefani, and carmen chu, and joanne hayes-white is here, and. >> president cohen: we now have a coquorum. >> supervisor mandelman: we know have a quorum, and we're in violation of the brown act, and we're now going to jail. in 1978, harvey milk said his election would give people two new options. move to san francisco was one or stay and fight, and they did both. and a few weeks ago, we had this great, wonderful blue wave that we're all still sort of basking in. but part of that blue wave was 150 out lgbtq people who were elected to positions around this country and that is worthy of some applause. i -- we're all revealing our ages here. i was five years old when harvey milk and george moscone were killed. i don't remember that moment, but i learned about them as i grew older, and learned about them at a time before i knew i was a day man. but i became -- i was proud of them as a san franciscan, and so before i even knew to be proud of myself, i was proud of these two men and what they had done. it's a tremendous honor

joanne says, "of course no one should be unnecessarily offended.n that all people are easily offended these days? amy says, "there's a lack of respect for other peoples opinions". wayne says, "the only opinions". wayne says, "the only opinions that seem to matter are the other 30 who complain and the other 57 million don‘t come into it". he does not think there is anything to be offended by. we want to go through some of the things that would be banned in such circumstances, this is on the bbc website at the moment. some of the issues they said were problematic adverts that showing a man relaxing while a woman is solely responsible for doing the cleaning. sounds like my life! no comment! she's always getting me to clean up after her. where‘s my christmas card? getting me to clean up after her. where's my christmas card? still in the post. situations that depict a man or woman failing to succeed and adverts that belittle a man for carrying out stereo typical female tasks. wrong, wrong. that‘s it from business live today. there will be more business

. >> joanne cummings faces neglect charges after police say they found her 7 and 4-year-old by themselveseir home. when officers arrived the kids were watching a movie and of course it was "home alone." unlike the movie, the only visitors this time were police. >> 4 and 7-year-old. >> had the 7-year-old stay home to watch the 4-year-old so that she could go to work. >> okay. i could see the logic in it, have the older one look after the younger one. that's why i have no kids. >> in theory, the older one. the younger one. not when they're 7 and 4. >> yeah, true. >>> next, more from "home alone" because macaulay culkin returns to his famous role. >> get ready for that. "alladin" bae, get ready for this. "the skinny" is next. . that. "alladin" bae, get ready for this. know what turns me on? my better half, hors d oeuvres and bubbly. and when i really want to take it up a notch we use k-y yours & mine. tingling for me, warming for him. wow! this holiday season get what you want ♪ skinny ♪ just give me the skinny >>> it is "skinny" time and it is "skinny" on a thursday. so a little tbt with a

informs our thinking and helps us develop policies, for example there's the analysis that our host, joann tose, and jim published last year on the health affairs blog which looked atea cms own data and gleaned ky insights. the report made it clear that intimidates from the prior administration to control costs under the affordable care act have not meaningfully changed the rate of spending growth. so reports like this is critical in drawing attention to the unsustainable trajectory of our nation's healthcare spending. that's something i worry about every single day. i appreciate aei inviting us to this discussion discussion on a important topic. it's a wonderful opportunity tom unpack a policy that we recently issued. but before i delve into the actual policy, i'd like to take thisis time to put that policy into the broader context. some often asked in my role as cms administrator, what keeps me up at night. and the answer is simple.ha so by 2026, one in every $5 spent in america is projected to be spent on healthcare. to those of you in the room i shouldn't have to explain how this will

. >> reporter: joann roberts has been fighting cancer at the cancer center with the support of her family stimson is a makeup artist. the nonprofit was founded a little more than five years ago to bring beauty and comfort to cancer patients. >> our whole mission is to uplift and support the spirits of patients while they go through a really challenging time. >> the group uses high-quality products supplied by an array of products from the cosmetics industry. u's the kind of makeover you might get in a spa. >> it's going to be great. >> reporter: the lipstick angels' focus is equal parts cosmetic and spiritual. a few minutes before joanna's makeup, she was down the hall giving him a soothing skin treatment as he begins his next round of therapy. >> these people go the extra mile. that's why they're angels. >> it's a pretty color on you. >> reporter: the program is free for patients. after moisturizing joanna's skin, she applies color and lip treatments to joanna. she's hoping to return home in a few days with her grueling cancer regimen softly touched. >> it's like a candle inside of them