and what is fascinating is the debate inside of the democratic party, because some people will say that support progressive d.a.s, well the crime rates aren t that different but on the ground that is just, again talking about feeling, that is not what new yorkers, not what people in philadelphia, what a lot of people in san francisco are feeling. they feel like quality of life issues have been ignored by the city for the past couple of years. and we re going to see how that plays out in san francisco. one of the more progressive places in america. and they have objectively have been. ask anybody would lives there despite the protests about crime rates and when you walk out in the street of san francisco, people who live there, feel it. they see open drug use and homelessness and mental illness where they live and they want something done about it and theres is a lenience about those issues. in new york you have the d.a. who pushed up against mayor
jacob ward, giving us insights on crime and politics but also using that word that mika used once in a while, validation. it is important. we must be validated. thank you so much, jacob, greatly appreciated. jacob ward. this is a fascinating debate that we re seeing play out in san francisco, of course and in new york city. new york democrats elected a former nypd cop and they elected him because of quality of life issues, they elected him because of crime, right now his poll numbers are low and they re low according to a recent poll because new yorkers still don t feel safe. you look at what is happening in philadelphia. you look at what is happening all across this country. there was over the past 40 years or so, there has been a wave of really progressive d.a.s.