dr. robinson on the treatment of opiate dependence which is a merging epidemic in san francisco and the statethe curve. we have novel programs like methadone vans. opiate treatment integrated throughout primary care. if there is a cutting age for opiate treatment in san francisco including the use of needle exchange. and this is also ground zero for over doses. the department has done and excellent job on both of these issues and proud to hear their reports. >> thank you. questions? if not, we'll proceed on to the next item, please. >> commissioners item of of -- 6 resolution requesting sale and retention of the proceeds of all stocks in the laguna honda hospital resident gift fund. >> good afternoon, as you know laguna honda fund is a way for the hospital to receive donations on behalf of it's patients. from time to time we have received funds in the form of gift certificates as stock. under the code of the treasurer's office is responsible for sale and disposition of stock and other assets so we've been working with the treasurer's office on a path forward to sell those stocks and deposit t

dr. robinson grew up a pastor's daughter in tennessee., she's working with pastors like bishop gwendolyn stone, in los angeles to urge black families to plan for the end of their lives. >> if we kind of look at the bible, all the people, of course, that jesus healed, all died. they went on to die. i think it's an awesome idea to remind people. they know, but of course they don't want to hear it. >> it's not fun thinking about death. >> reporter: african americans are more deeply religious than other racial or ethnic groups: three out of four pray daily and more than half attend weekly church services. in many black churches, the belief is that only god-- not a doctor or a patient-- decides when a life ends. >> i believe that he's got a home for me on high that's not made with human hands. >> reporter: but stone says there's a basis in scripture for planning ahead. >> and just like jesus prepared his disciples for his death, we ought to be preparing our disciples for our death, amen? >> reporter: there is an ideal image of a "good death" i

uncles, leaders like robert robinson taylor, the groundbreaking architect and administrator here who was recently honored on a postage stamp. you will follow heroes like dr. boynton robinson, who survived the billy clubs and the tear gas of bloody sunday in selma. the study of tuskegee is full of stories like there's. -- lke ike theirs. people who wound up shaving the arc of history for african americans and all americans. i would like to begin today by reflecting on that history. starting back at the time when the army chose to -- but -- tuskegee. black soldiers faced all kinds of obstacles back then. there was the so-called scientific studies that said black men's brains were smaller than white man's -- men's. an official report stated that black soldiers were childlike, shiftless, immoral and untruthful. if fed loyal and compliant. so while the airmen selected for this program were highly educated, many already had college degrees and pilot licenses. they were presumed to be inferior. during training, they were often assigned to menial tasks like housekeeping or landscaping. many suffered verbal abuse at the hands of their instructors. when they ventu

and uncles, leaders like robert robinson taylor the groundbreaking architect and administrator here who was recently honored on a postage stamp. you will follow heros like dr. boynton robinson who survived the tear gas of bloody sunday in selma. the story of tuskegee is full of stories like theirs. men and women who came to this city seized their own futures and wound up shaping the arc of history for african-americans and all americans. and i'd like to begin today by reflecting on that history. starting back at the time when the army chose tuskegee as the site of its air field and flight school for black pilots. back then -- [applause] mrs. obama: black soldiers faced all kinds of obstacles. there was so-called scientific studies who said black men's brains were smaller than white men's. official army reports stated that black soldiers were child-like shiftless unmoral and untruthful and as one quote stated if fed, loyal and compliant. so while the airmen selected for this program are actually highly educated, many already had college degrees and pilot licenses they were presumed to be inferior. during training they were often assigned to menial tasks lik

dr. jeffrey sachs. and in washington, associate editor of the "washington post" and msnbc political analyst, eugene robinsonve you both on board. >> let's start with the "wall street journal," secret agent sydney, their editorial. >> hillary clinton had the entire state department intelligence division at her disposal. yet she's consuming and taking seriously information from an analyst who knows nothing about the subject. sydney blumenthal's expertise is in political wet work and monetizing his connections in the clintons -- to the clintons. the southern gothic novel that is clinton family political history with its melodrama, betrayals and paranoia has left them dependent on insular loyalists like mr. blumenthals who opinions are never second guessed. voters should know that they will not only be electing hillary and bill and chelsea, but this will entire menagerie. >> a lot of other things to worry about. "wall street journal" doesn't like hillary. i don't much like the libya policy that they got us into. that's the much bigger deal. >> and obviously bigger concerns about the team around them. >> you're