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His co-founders, the income dried up. then he lost his rock, his mother. and the problems got worse. he is one of 60,000 homeless in the city of los angeles. >> you will find musicians. the photographer over there. the problem is when the cost of housing. >> reporter: they all life in a small tent city in korea yo town neighborhood, dwarfed by gentrification that has taken over the area. a quarter of the homeless now live in california from l.a.s skid row to the streets of san francisco. drug ne...

>> someone else complaining as a business owner in california who is considering closing down because of the problems. heres what he told tucker carlson. >> we tried to call the police to have them intervene and the rest them and in the process he decided to bite me and one of the statements was why call the police? they are not doing anything. they are just going to let me go. >> it is horrible and i hate to see that happen, people do get attacked sometimes and it is terrible we dont take the t...

And create havoc. >> tucker: youve got a homeless encampment outside? >> gil: yap. i actually live a block away and i see the street with tenants occupying the sidewalks where people have to go out into the street to walk by, because they are occupying the sidewalk. they do all kinds of stuff on the street. they make noise in the middle of the night. >> tucker: im so embarrassed for our country hearing this. im horrified by this. some of it up for us, if you would. are you going to stay in the c...

Create havoc. >> tucker: youve got a homeless encampment outside? >> yeah, around the building. i actually live a block away and i see tents occupying the sidewalks were people have to go out into the street to walk by because there occupying the sidewalk. do all kinds of stuff on our street, they make noise in the middle of the night. >> tucker: im so embarrassed for our country hearing this. im horrified by this. summit up for us, iff you would, are you going to stay in the city do youin think...

>> shannon: someone else complaining is a business owner out there in california who says he is considering closing down because of the problem. it is what he told our own tucker carlson. >> we tried to call the police to have them intervene and arrest them and in the process he decided to bite me in one of the statements he made was why are you in calling the police, they are not going to do anything, theyre just going to let me go. >> shannon: what about that problem? >> is horrible and i hate...

Country. it serves l.a.s skid row, where streets and sidewalks are swallowed under homeless encampments. most of their calls, not fires, but medical. you tended to him yesterday? what was yesterday? >> same thing. >> reporter: overdose? >> deja vu. yeah. i dont know how you fix that. >> matt gutman with us tonight from los angeles. and matt, in addition to this move on emissions, the president and his h.u.d. secretary now rejecting californias request for additional federal funds to combat homel...

United states. heres where bernie sanders is going to have difficulty theres no conspiracy here theres no hillary clinton this year theres no candidate thats received 30 years of sexism and whose ethics and things have been questioned. at the end of the day, if bernie sanders cant start winning some of these primaries as we go into next year, hes not going to be able to claim the system is rigged if he loses to three or four people. thats the big challenge hes going to have. i dont think this ye...

Sidewalks and crews are routinely dispatched to clean up human waste, mere blocks away from some of the biggest tech companies in the world. >> what they are doing to our beautiful california is a disgrace to our country. >> reporter: president trump may be on the verge of a major crackdown. according to "the washington post," he is considering a directive to have the tents swept up with the homeless moved to an unused government building. >> the idea were going to force people into a facility t...

Photographer over there. the problem is with the cost of housing. >> reporter: they all live in a small tent city in the korea town neighborhood, dwarfed by gentrification thats taken over the area. a quarter of the homeless now live in california from l.a.s skid row to the streets of san francisco. drug needles litter the sidewalks and crews are dispatched to clean up human waste. mere blocks away from some of the biggest tech companies in the world. >> what they are doing to our beautiful cali...

Crowded subway car, a man dropped his trousers and defecated, and no one did anything. as a metaphor for whats going on. under your mayor ship, its dirtier, there is filth on the sidewalks -- do you notice any of that? >> tucker, look, heres what is going on in new york city today. we have challenges, no doubt. i dont accept a situation like that. im someone who believes quality-of-life has to be addressed aggressively. i believe in quality of life policing, i always have. that situation is not ...