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A san francisco street encampment. >> that little bed right there is where i sleep. crystal meth just helps me get through this. >> reporter: i'm in the city's tenderloin neighborhood and you can see tents and tarps basically lining the entire street. this is pretty typical of what you'll find in this neighborhood. residents here are mortified or beyond wit's end. as it emerges from the pandemic, san francisco's facing multiple crises. its homelessness problem has been out of control for years but covid made it even worse with the shelters thinned out to prevent the spread of the virus. that i...

Encampment. >> that's where i sleep. >> reporter: i'm the city's tenderloin neighborhood, and you can see tents and tarps basically lining the entire street. this is pretty typical of what you'll find in this neighborhood. residents here are mortified, are beyond witt's end. as it emerges from the pandemic, san francisco is facing multiple crises. its homelessness problem has been out of control for years, but covid made it even worse with the shelters thinned out to prevent the spread of the virus. that has exacerbated a raging mental health and drug crisis with an overdose rate literally fly...

Abuse." but the declaration does not allocate new money for the effort. the head of the opioid commission says billions are needed, but that it's congress' job to find those funds. of course, the opioid epidemic is so much more than a funding fight in washington. countless communities across america are devastated by drugs. one of those places, huntington, west virginia. one of the films in our inaugural "meet the press" american film institute film festival follows the opioid crisis in huntington where the overdose rate is ten times the national average. the film is called "heroin" highlighti...

Of the few self-reported illnesses and other illnesses doctors can diagnose using various measures. with pain, it's self-reported. so the problem that you have now, you have clients who -- we all have to factor in the hall pass here. you have clients 'cause the one research study that just came out from the university of michigan, over half of opioid clients have also anxiety and depression. that's a big driver to the opioid epidemic. so someone who has anxiety and depression is more likely to be a self-reporter of more pain. they have an amplified sense of discomfort or distress. so this drug...

Eat natural. ainsley: impressive to see the president sit down with people of different industries: west virginia the overdose rate is three times the national average. now one local police chief says he has a solution and it's going to save lives. brian: still to come, i'm going to name drop. judge napolitano, you heard me, senator ted cruz also sarah huckabee sanders. one woman, three names. don't go away ♪ i'm coming out ♪ so you better get this party started ♪ i'm coming out ♪ i'm coming out ♪ so you better get this party started ♪ i'm coming out ♪ you betterer ♪ i'm so if ...