it s a little getting harder to run the small business here because of crime issues, homeless issues and safety issues. before, it was just homeless people who sleep outside. so if i tell them to just move, but they will at least understand. but now, a lot of people seem to be out of their mind or something, and then some of them can get turn really violent when i say something. the difference that i ve seen over time is the acuity level of people on the streets. so people have really difficult medical situations that they re struggling w. much higher levels of substance use that they re struggling w. much higher levels of mental illness. and so you really see homelessness in a much more visible way. even though the raw numbers might not be increasing, it seems like it s worse, because there s such visible suffering that you can witness.
and if the officer haves to be pulled from their post to help with the migrants, that could impact the 40% of goods from mexico come in through laredo, texas, that would impact the chain of supply not only in texas, but the rest of the country. you touched on the fact about hospitals and the wait times for an ambulance, but what are the kinds of things you re preparing for? we have seen the number of people who have had to sleep outside, who have faced very bad conditions, who aren t getting enough water, who maybe aren t getting enough food. families traveling together. what are you prepared for and what are you worried you re not prepared for? laredo is one of the hottest places in the world, if i can say that. we re going into the summer months, dehydration, intestinal
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my website to see the details i will require that people sleep inside. people can t sleep outside. it is not safe to them, not safe for those around them. if you had 200,000 people sleeping on the streets because of an earthquake with almost all of them suffering from mental illness for drug addiction we would require they get into shelters and medical triage to get people the drug treatment or medical care they need. sandra: no doubt it is a huge and complex problem. it needs fixing and will take time. appreciate you sharing your thoughts on it. thank you very much, michael. thanks for having me. bill: 10:00 here in new york now. republicans are on the border today visiting the rio grande valley as ruthless cartels send thousands of migrants across every area even in the dangerous summer heat. i m bill hemmer. welcome back. sandra: i get to spend the morning with you, bill hemmer.
we know, rachel, that the insurrection didn t walk here. they did sleep outside, they stayed in hotel. they planned. there were obviously thousands of them. this is not a free operation. we re going to go out and we re going to find out exactly who financed these matters and we re going to make them pay. police officers were injured. police officers are suffering trauma. police officers killed themselves because of that trauma. these defendants must pay for that role. karl racine is the attorney general for the district of columbia. mister attorney general, this is a groundbreaking approach, but as you see, one that comes against the context of a lot of history about far right groups facing financial ruin from these kinds of lawsuits. please keep ups a price so i know this is going to really be a really interesting case as it felt. please come back and talked about it as a proceeds. thank you. we ll be right back, stay