8 and a half million people or 2,000 criminals? we will take the 2,000 criminals and you put them away. carley: our next guests face crime firsthand all across the big apple. debbie weiner is the co-owner of sugar sweet sunshine bakery. the co-owner and mary josephine is the owner of a business. good morning to you all. debbie, how has this crime crisis affected your business? good morning. we had attempted break-in over the summer where they tried to use it looked like a crowbar to get in on both the french doors and the front door. also the vest continue bull had been vandalized early on. people sleeping in it. doing drugs. i didn t even bother putting it up this year. because that is also an issue for safety for the staff if they come upon somebody in there.
i ordered take the other night for a family of three. itt was one hundred and twenty five dollars. i was shocked at what i was b experiencing as a business owner that should be able tousus afford that .be now imagine not being able to cook at home and you re working at fifteen to twenty dollars an hour having to do that . it s it s just it s unsustainable and shame on the country for allowing us to have marriage married. josephine, i hope new yorkers . ne i hope new englanders. i hopepe all the people who votd for these policies are wakingg up. lici not about politics. this is common sense and you gave us a lot of it tonight . mayor josefin, we wish you and rocko s the best or these difficult times. thank you . and the bush administrationif so fanatical about this idea of remaking americabo that they reh flagrantly harming our security and targeting everyday americans as potential terror threats. we re going to explain how they re doing this through a few select agencies.
back in july you said inflation was going to be temporary. i think a lot of americans are wondering what your definition of temporary is. president biden: well, you re being a wise guy with me. the reason for the inflation is the supply chains were cut off. it s hard to be able to taper off as we go through this year. laura: and while biden makes empty promises about inflation, tapering off, small businesses are getting clobbered. my next guest has experienced this firsthand. here with me now is mary josephine, manager and owner of rocco s pastry shop in new york city. i wanted to talk to a small business owner tonight, not a politician, about this. because people have to understand how it affects just the possibility of a business surviving today. how hard is it been? you know, it s funny because a couple weeks ago it s
back the blue. all these things roots now all coming up because when you look at it, that covid let people on the street. less people going to businesses. let people taking the trains, all these people pretty much the inmates running the asylum. that s the biggest problem. if you actually get people back to the offices, you get the mandates and tourism here, we will have more people out and, about more witnesses. and there will be more people that are good samaritans that are going to help to stop people from committing crimes. carley: i think that s such a great point. i haven t heard it said quite like that before. mary josephine there is now a new mayor, eric adams, do you have faith he will be able to fix this issue? well, he has to fix the issue. unfortunately, we are living in a city that s full of crime. your two other guests are saying it perfectly well, we believe last guest yes, it s
need seoul and banks. not just bail reform that needs adjustment. it s not the police units. more cops out there. it s also a balance of having education. the problem was when covid was going on schools weren t open. and these kids, they were learning you have people in high school that were learning on the streets instead of learning in the classroom. carley: so true. so you have kids that literally could figure out how to get a gun, instead of figuring out what colleges they are going to. and that s real serious aspect of it. everyone has to get on the same page with all different new york city, you know, legislatures and put this, you know, come up with a real game plan. carley: mary josephine, last question to you. crime is one of the big issues facing small business owners, the others we just got those numbers yesterday. inflation at a 40-year high. 7.5% over the same period last year. how is that affecting you?