i just want to recognize mark blake man and jason chan and cammy blackstone.enjoyed all the different hair styles that jason has been having. cammy is going to add to that as well. good morning everybody. this is a great time. another wonderful moment. i know a couple months ago ken and i shared the stage at palace of fine arts when we were inaugurating the celebration of our art history. it's helpful to think of at & t not just today in what they are doing but 100 years ago when they were making that first trans-atlantic hall with linking with our city's history has been wonderful. fast forward, 100 years later, at & t is doing it again. i know the board of supervisors and my office just announced a pretty big budget but a budget that continues to be in the works because whatever revenues the city can do to help our communities, the communities and non-profits that serve directly our communities are also saying they need more help. this is a time when all of us and particularly our business leaders like at & t can recognize the vital role that keeps san franc

total of nearly $1 trillion in commitments from the likes of facebook's mark zuckerberg richard branson and spanx creator sarah blakely. >> they're giving a minimum of $500 million. >> you're surprised. >> i've gotten a fair number of noes but i've gotten a fair number of yeses. >> we had no idea we'd get this many people to come together. >> tackling education, poverty, and disease where they've seen considerable success. >> polio is likely to become the second disease ever eradicated and then we'll take that success and go after other diseases like malaria. we expect to cut the number of children hop die which is 6 million a year in half over this next 15 years. >> what has it the most pressing urgent need today? >> 40u do we empower women and girls at the center of the family. they're the ones who make the investments in health in their family. >> how has it changed an the shape of philanthropy and giving in this country? >> we hope to intensify philanthropy to get people to do it at a younger age and be more bold because they find people have similar causes in mind. >> i want people to say philanthropy is the righ

mark marin's podcast. >> that's not whether the measure of whether racism still exists or not. >> at the u.s. conference of mayors in san francisco we talked with baltimore's stephanie rawlings-blakeieves president obama was making a point one that's been lost in the focus on one word. >> he's talking about the very real issues of overt racism, and the progress that we made. but also in some areas, we have not come that far. >> race issues are in the open in her city baltimore, following rioting in april after the death of

mark marin's podcast. >> that's not whether the measure of whether racism still exists or not. >> at the u.s. conference of mayors in san francisco we talked with baltimore's stephanie rawlings-blake, who believes president obama was making a point one that's been lost in the focus on one word. >> he's talking about the very real issues of overt racism, and the progress that we made. but also in some areas, we have not come that far. >> race issues are in the open in her city baltimore, following rioting in april after the death of freddie gray an unarmed black man in police custody. now the spotlight is on charleston, south carolina. scene of the horrific church shootings by a white suspect that killed nine black worshippers. the mayor from columbia, south carolina, steve benjamin believes the use of any racial slur is inappropriate, but says it's important for americans to have a dialogue about race. >> the president is leading, even in a very provocative way. >> do you think what happened in your state could be a tipping point? >> i pray so. it would be a travesty not to use this as an opportunity to effect real, meaningful change in this great country of ours. >> mayor benjami

mark mar's podcast. >> that's not whether the measure of whether racism sti exists or not. >> at the u.s. conference of mayors in san francisco we talked with baltimore's stephanie rawlings-blake, who believes president obama was making a point e that's been lost in the focus on one word. >> he's talking about the very real issues of overt racism, and the progress that we made. but also in some areas, we hav not come that far. >> race issues are in the open in her city baimore, following rioting in april after the death of freddie gray an unarmed black man in police custody. now the spotlight is on charleston, south carolina. scene of theorrific church shootings by a white suspect that kild nine black worshippers. the mayor from columbia,outh carolina, steve benjamin believes the use of any racial slur is inappropriate, t says it's important for americans to have a dlogue about race. >> the president is leading, even in a very provocative way. >> do you think what happened in your state could be a tiing point? >> i pray so. it would be a travesty not to use this as an opportunity to effect real, meaningful change in this great country of ours. >> mayor benjamin says he was clo