lena wenn. a rhodes scholar and a harvard fellow, bringing fresh ideas to the city's stubborn problems. at a late summer cookout dr. lena wenn gathers with some baltimore city workers. they're on a mission to stop an onslaught of murders. >> you're putting yourself on the line every day. >> since becoming the city's health commissioner in january dr. wenn has faced two cries crises, crises,an epidemic of heroin use. drugs and violence. >> i grew up in some pretty rougher neighborhoods in los angeles, in east. we experienced gun violence nearly every day. growing up i felt unsafe walking onto our streets. my family suffered from drug diction, fro addiction, from homelessness, i saw every day the same problems i think our community faces here in baltimore. >> the big story that always makes headlines out of baltimore especially the last few months has been violence. how does this homicide rate connect with the problems facing this city from the health department perspective? >> we see violence as

lena wenn. a rhodes scholar and a harvard fellow, bringing fresh ideas to the city's stubborn problems. at a late summer cookout dr. lena wenn gathers with some baltimore city workers. they're on a mission to stop an onslaught of murders. >> you're putting yourself on the line every day. >> since becoming the city's health commissioner in january dr. wenn has faced two cries crises, crises,an epidemic of heroin use. drugs and violence. >> i grew up in some pretty rougher neighborhoods in los angeles, in east. we experienced gun violence nearly every day. growing up i felt unsafe walking onto our streets. my family suffered from drug diction, fro addiction, from homelessness, i saw every day the same problems i think our community faces here in baltimore. >> the big story that always makes headlines out of baltimore especially the last few months has been violence. how does this homicide rate connect with the problems facing this city from the health department perspective? >> we see violence as