john de miranda, president and ceo, stepping stone, san diego, california. william lossiah-bratt, board of directors, southeastern regional representative, faces and voices of recovery, cherokee, north carolina. dr. clark, why should we be concerned about ethnic and racial differences within the addiction and recovery field, as well as other differences? well, one of the things that we want to make sure is that people who have substance use problems are able to recover and that materials that we use can assist them in that process. and so, you know, there are differences associated with cultural values and beliefs, starting from how one physiologically responds to a particular substance misuse to how certain substances are used in a cultural context. so if we're going to facilitate recovery, we need to understand the language, the beliefs, the social context associated with those substances. and that will help us facilitate that person's recovery by showing that we understand the life experiences that they have associated with their use of substances. and i

so we do advocacy, as well as treatment in stepping stone. well, one of the greatest things, and i think from the federal government perspective, has taken an approach not only that the treatment is one of the ingredients for recovery, so many doors for recovery. and creating an ecosystem in our communities, making responsible communities that, you know, recovery is important and that the person who is in recovery to feel part of the ecosystem, the community. and that is a great thing. i think now the emphasis is not only treatment is important, but what happens after treatment. and that is the federal government, one of the blessings that they have done. but i think we need to disseminate to state government, it's still not happening. they are paying for treatment, but what happens after treatment? they are not paying for the recovery. they are not paying for recovery. they don't see the outcomes. and i don't think they- paying, but i think we have to create this ecosystem in our community, make them part of, the community is responsible for

. >> the attorney general's job is seen by some as a political stepping stone. since 1971, every attorney general has eventually run for governor. [chanting] >> the controversy involving republican gubernatorial candidate meg whitman and her former housekeeper prompted a protest at the headquarters. members of the united farm workers union crowded into her office demanding to meet with her. they are protesting her plan for agricultural workers. whitman spokesman says the jobs are a key focus of their campaign and is open to meeting with the farm workers to discuss their concerns. >>> union nurses are planning a three-day strike starting next tuesday, october 12. members of the california nurses association voted last month to authorize the job action. the nurses say hospital management wants to cut the nurse's own health care to unacceptable levels. the union needs to accept the types of changes happening across the nation relating to health care benefits. >>> for six years, the george mark children's house in san leand row provided a place of care and comfort f

public housing should be a stepping stone. it should not be your final destination.it is, you should have the pride and services to live a suitable life like most of those live in san francisco. >> i have walked for all of the public housing complexes. i participated in the development processes. the city should be ashamed of ourselves. as has been mentioned, these projects are not financed. we spend a lot of money planning and allowing teenagers to decide where a basketball court will be planted, but we do not have money to pay for the basketball court. looking at the entire length of district 10, that is true. we need a supervisor to step up and find a way to get the funding and financing necessary to take what is a formally financing industrial area not created for human habitation and bring it up to snuff. whether it is public schools or safety. it is time we stepped up in a very much larger way. this needs to be solved regionally. >> thank you. i could not agree more with Ñ about human capital. steve is right. this is one of the most atrocious things that san fr

it's clear cadillac sees its re-launch in europe as a stepping stone towards wealthy customers in emerging markets. >>schubert: we know that russia, the middle east, and asia are looking at what is happening in europe. so, if you are in europe and european buyers chose you, that is very important to the other markets. so - europe is kind of a base for the other markets. >>reporter: there is improvement across the board. producers who started the year with very conservative profit targets are revising upwards, margins have returned to nearly pre crisis rates and volumes are expected to continue rising over the next decade although perhaps at a slightly slower rate. >>johnson: the projection is that by 2020 there will be 8 million cars sold in the premium segment. so there islots of room for us to be competitive there and to get our fair share of the total volume. >>reporter: and a major part of that volume will come from china now the world's largest auto market. but tapping this huge opportunity will take work as they need to appeal to a younger breed of buyer. owners of luxury cars in chi

it is now used aa stepping stone for south american cocaine and heroin destined for the u.s. market. >> we have one message. you will be caught. you will be stopped. and you will be punished. >> reporter: 63 honest officers took part in the investigation. puerto rico's police chief calls them heroes. ainsley earhart, fox news. >>> the supreme court has tom sherwood the case of whether a fundmentallist church has the right to protest funerals for american soldiers. the father of a marine is asking the court to reinstate a civil verdict against a church in kansas. albert snyder sued the church for inflicting what he calls emotional distress. church members say they were exercising their first amendment rights to free speech. >>> ousted from the democratic nomination. supporters of d.c. mayor adrian fenty appear to be making a strong push in the mayor's race. details of their write-in campaign is coming up next. >>> just ahead, could secret trade talks be going on inside the white house. rumor of an apparent job swap coming up after the break. >>> area of low pressure out of her

you two reasons why this bridge will see much more traffic today and a milestone or at least a stepping stone for a major east bay commute spot. we'll talk about progress since and progress in the future on "today in the bay." >>> from nbc bay area, reporting what matters to you, this is "today in the bay." >>> and we have another update on that breaking news that we're following out of san francisco. kind of a google map here look at where it is. a four-alarm fire that we first told you about at 5:25 this morning. it's at an apartment building on hyde street in the knob hill area. so far we do not have any reports of injuries but we do have a crew on the scene gathering more information trying to get details about how many potential units might be affected and whether or not there are injuries and the latest state of the firefighting efforts. as soon as we get those new details for you, we will tell you about them. >>> also new this morning, nbc news has confirmed that two uc berkeley graduates being held in iran are now set to stand trial. the country accuses shane bauer and josh fattal of