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>> reporter: for a few years now adam has been documenting the citys homelessness problem. >> it doesnt feel like were in america right now. >> its like third world squalor. >> reporter: his images depict the grinding despair and sadness of a problem spiraling out of control throughout california. in los angeles you find tents lining entire city blocks. the numbers are staggering. nearly 60,000 homeless in l.a. county, a 12% rise in just one year. >> everywhere i go people are outraged. theyre a...

Squalor. >> reporter: its a problem spiraling out of control not just in san francisco but in california. in los angeles tents line entire city blocks. numbers are staggering. nearly 60,000 homeless in l.a. county. a 12% rise in just one year. >> everywhere i go people are outraged, theyre angry about whats happened or not happening on the streets. its no longer a coastal issue. it is defining the state of california. >> reporter: no matter when locale you hear about the same problems. skyrocket...

Totally effective while at the same time beautiful and if you look at that a lot of people out there saying this could work, actually. pete: part of the reason while the steel slat versus the wall is because if you get 1.6 billion as its currently written, it has to be a design that was already approved by congress. steel slats already approved by congress, so you can get a wall. if you get the 5 billion for wall funding then it can become the prototypes that the president wanted. all washington...