surprised by this but homelessness grew a staggering 10% in the city last year and 9% in la county. my office staff is afraid, and it s so sad forthe people that are homeless and it s a tragedy for the community. when i went outside, there were just like families walking around, people walking their dogs. it was completely quiet and safe and boring in a good way. and now i m afraid to go out without my pepper spray. laura: horrific. and in the big apple things are off the chart bad with city shelters busting at the seams filled with illegals. now it s so bad that earlier this month, mayor eric adams even floated the idea of housing the would-be asylumees inside homes. you don t know nothing about those people. what he s doing is not good for the city. he s trying the city. i wouldn t want some stranger, illegal or not illegal, just a stranger in general. so you re saying if this opportunity keim to you you wouldn t take it? i absolutely would not. laura: it
pushing absentee ballots. i think when you re in that tight a race in the generic it s who can generate best ground game right now the left has an advantage, the gop definitely underperformed in 2022. so it has to figure out how it s going to do better get out the vote efforts in 2024 if the generic poll stays the same. of course we re a ways away from those elections but if it stays that tight it s going to come out to who has the best get out the vote operation in the polls 2024. laura: mark, have you heard anything about the republicans effort in that regard? i mean, gop has been fretting this for some time. yeah, no, look, i think right now, when you look. a it, the republicans have a big advantage on the issues, but really when you look at it, trump s ahead by three. they re losing the congressional horse race. people think the republicans are too far to the right, they think the democrats or maybe to the
responsible, for putting those fireworks in my dress the way i just said it. you remember that time? i do. i think we were testing out the nude studio i m like why would you guys let me sit here that long. and then i appeared in the dress. you know what s life laura you didn t get any bruises or burns from the experience. no, i think i came across quite well. i didn t lose my head or anything else. raymond have a wonderful independence day. happy independence day to you. tammy: did joe biden finally say something i agree with plus we dig deep into the pulse of america. mark, meg ryan up next.
disapproval of how he s handling inflation, 60% disapprove on immigration, 54% on guns and crime and 52% on the economy. so, yeah, joe, you know, i guess when up means down, i would say, yeah, looking good. joining me now mark clinton pollster and advisor. also with us is american majority ceo. mark you raid through this pole. what are biden s biggest vulnerabilities right at this motel. i think you read that pole rise which is based on his performance of president. less than 40% approve of the jon he s doing as president and they disapprove of the job he s doing on the major issues. that s why he generally switches the topic to talk about other issues because these issues are just not favorable to him right now.