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
now. it s monday. good morning. we re so glad you re with us. oh, yeah. the team is reunited. let s get started with five things to know for this monday, april 24th. a daring special operations rescue of american diplomats and their families from wore torn sudan. 16,000 american citizens still remain in sudan. most of them are duel nationals. president biden set to name his campaign manager for re-election effort. julia chavez rodriguez. she is a senior adviser right now. the faa investigating a possible bird strike that caused an american airlines flight to catch fire. the plane landed safely. no one hurt. you better hurry up. the bed, bath & beyond coupons are not going to be good for much longer. the company announcing it filed for bankruptcy and now is starting to wind down the operations. also. a-list owners ryan reynolds hugging after the big win that clenched the team s promotion. cnn this morning starts right now. technically, we have six things. poppy ran
be too dangerous at this time. trey yingst with the latest. u.s. special forces entered the capital and the u.s. department says around 100 staff members at trust embassy were evacuated along with a small number of people from allied countries including canada. we are learning more about the details of this mission. u.s. officials say 3 helicopters took off before landing in ethiopia to refuel and the choppers flew to conduct the rescue. douglas simms described clean and fast. simms stressed the evacuation was planned for the past week and conducted without the help of parties on the ground. other countries like france and britain have started to evacuate personnel and some civilians. the british took diplomats to airfield before flying them out of the country while some to have french nationals headed in convoy to the port of sudan. reports indicate french convoy was targeted by gunfire and one person was injured. evacuations 8 days after fighting in army with rapid suppor
wouldn t take it? i absolutely would not. laura: it would be a real mistake for us who don t live in either place to just wave these stories off i know it s the tendency, oh, no, it doesn t matter to me. instead let s use the information that i just gave you to win in 2024 and begin restoring america. at la county s last count, 75,518 people were living in interim housing or a tent, a car, a van, an rv or a make shift shelter. and that was in la county. compared with 69,144 the previous year. and check this out, since 2015, that figure has risen an inconceivable 70% in the county, and 80% in the city of los angeles. this is insane. so now why is this happening? oh, is it trump s fault? well, who runs la? who runs california? those are the questions we have to ask.
there. that is her daughter, alma. they re caught and following u.s. orders to shelter in place and ration food and water. her family in massachusetts is increasingly worried, of course. they say she s made a make shift shelter under her coffee table to hide when they hear gunfire and explosions. her sister-in-law joins us now. rebecca, good morning. good morning. how are you? i m just feeling for her. you have been able to keep in touch with her and get updates on how they re doing? we were able to communicate over face time earlier on. but internet is out in sudan for a while now. unfor natalie, in the last 18 hours or so, we completely lost contact with trilian as the cell