you should just be enjoying the time of being out with your family and not worrying about anything happening seriously to anybody. gillian: so what happened, if anything, rafaela, that finally spurred you guys to call it and say you know what, we are not staying here anymore, we have to get out of the city, we are going to myrtle beach? waking up every morning, turning on the news and hearing about murder and robbery and shooting and just violence. it s violence very bad and the homelessness is not helping either. if you had the ear of city officials, what would you tell them needs to change? what would be your advice or recommendations how to get a handle on this so people don t have to go through what you and your family have been through? they need to step up their game and start doing for the
from her new home in myrtle beach, south carolina. rafaela, talk to us about how the family is settling in before we get into your story. my son is happy he s making now friends in his new school. gillian: that s excellent. very glad to hear that. you guys just moved january 27th, is that right? tell us about your family s experience over the past year, nearly a year new since that guy with the pretty long rap sheet tried to assault your son. what has your experience been like living in new york city in the bronx? you have to keep watching your surroundings, keeping an eye out, you know, seeing how people react or are acting towards everybody, and just keep your eyes open, which you shouldn t have to do that.
people and not just giving the criminals a slap on the hand, you know. what they need come up and do something, i mean, it s a lot of mental problems as well, they need to help the people that have that mental problem, and the homelessness and just let them pay for what they do as their crime. gillian: a lot of law enforcement officials we have on the program tell us a good place to start in these cities would be to enforce laws that are already on the books. rafaela, thanks for taking the time with us. we wish you and the family the best going forward in south carolina. stay in touch with us, please. john: we wish her a lot of luck. major scare on the tarmac in texas, gillian. two planes narrowly miss one another on the same runway. what led to this latest close call. gillian: plus, awaiting the first white house press briefing