Time. That matters. Oh, yeah, and we are expecting high tide again later tonight, around 9 00. So thats the next time well see the water inch up. The mornings high tide around 9 00 a. M. In the heat of this, so that made matters worse for people across the northeast dealing with the rain trying to get to work or drop their kids at school. Sandra thank you, katie. John joining us again by phone, onika williams, she works at a daycare in coney island, she was on a bus earlier today and took amazing video, when we spoke with you last hour you were trying to make your way home as we watch your video here. Are you there yet . No, im Down The Street from my house. Im almost home. John whats it been like trying to get home . Its been better. Its still raining but the road is clear, its not as bad as this morning. Which tells me the trucks the drains are being cleared so its making going home a little easier. Sandra onika, you dont sound as energetic as you did before. Youve had a long commute. Im drained. [laughter] yes. Thank you, sandra. Sandra well, you are luckier than some of the folks we have on the screen right now. Cars stuck, Rescue Efforts underway. Yes, there was a lot of them. Sandra you saw a lot of them. Yes coney island, stuck in the water, yes. Sandra john, we are getting some reports now of Subway Grates and manholes catching fire. John that usually with the salt water, typically a salt water from, thats an interesting development. Onika maybe you can describe the trip on the bus down to the daycare and i guess, tell us what you saw on the way to work and on the way back. Yes, on the way to work, it was fine, my location where im living, but once i reached closer to coney island, thats where the huge floods, the huge flood of water, im like oh, my god, this is something ive never seen before first it came rushing into the bus, so that is when i pull out my phone, like i have to record this because i always watch, you know, movies and see it on the news and let me capture this. So, it was horrible. The bus had to divert to, you know, different places to get to different areas instead of going the normal routes, so i had to like kind of find my way to my job because i couldnt see outside either. And then the bus is driving in all of this water. It was a mess. But coming home it was not that bad, thank god, i dont know what happened, they clear the road, something, miracle happen, you know, the last couple hours, and you know, coming home was pretty smooth. Its still raining, though. John yeah. Sandra somehow you are keeping your spirits up and we appreciate that. This is not easy. Senator Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand of the state urging fema to approve a any forthcoming assistance as affected communities begin the recovery from the floods. So many are still in it. John, also reports coming in of principals across New York City rushing students to upper floors at their schools. Classrooms, gym, kitchens, common areas as the lower levels are flooding. A lot of various reports, onika, coming in here. Have you been able to catch up with any more friends and family going through this . No, i have not. No, i have not. When i go home i will make calls to make sure everybody is okay. One of the sisters from my church did call me back and her daughters school, the basement or Something Like that, was on fire, and they had to evacuate, and go to a different location, so its been a hot mess here in brooklyn today. Unexpectedly, you know. John a hot mess, good way to put it. Onika, thank you for joining us. Hope you dry out this afternoon. Just saw some pictures a moment ago of some of the city, woulders doing what you suggested was helping to drain the water down, and undertaking the lovely job of sticking your hand in the water and grabbing whatever was blocking the drains. But you have to do that to get the water out. Thanks again, appreciate it. Safe travels. So happy to be here with you guys. Sandra stay strong out there. Governor hochul put out another message, turn around, dont drown. We are expecting to see more Rain Throughout Today and tonight. Roads are closed and Public Transit is delayed or suspended in many areas due to flooding. Please avoid travelling as much as possible. John we see people who are driving into the water and i dont know, they might be listening to us on sirius xm, a word of caution, some cars have the air intake for the engine right behind the grill and if a little bit of Water Splashes up and gets into the air intake, you can hydro lock the engine in a second, the car will immediately stop and probably have to get a brandnew engine for the car which will cost you thousands of dollars. So if you see some deeper water and dont know exactly where the air intake is, stop, turn around, get off the road, dont block traffic. But just be aware that you could do thousands and thousands of damage. Sandra good reminder. Did you see the staircase in brooklyn, coming down to the train, only realizing they could not step down because there was a foot of water underneath them. We are sick and tired of the gun violence in this city. The trauma in this community is like a trickle effect. Parents, brothers, sisters, really come forward and share with us these things that are happening specifically related to guns. D. C. Is under siege and we need help. Sandra people are begging for help in the Nations Capital as the crime rate reaches unprecedented levels and the Acting Police Chief facing questions how she plans to keep the city safe. A grim reality met this week, the headline, Fatal Shooting of teen goes down as d. C. s 200th homicide this year. A tally not hit since the 1980s and 1990s drug wars and stunning statistic among the crime wave, federal prosecutors and the districts u. S. Attorneys office chose not to prosecute 67 of those arrested by Police Officers last year. Lucas tomlinson is live in washington with the latest on this growing crime crisis, a brutal reality, lucas. What are people saying on the street . Well, sandra, residents here are so afraid, in fact a few minutes ago we spoke to one long time d. C. Resident so afraid of the gangs she did not want to show her face but wanted america to hear her message. Its breaking my heart. Lifetime resident, never seen nothing like whats going on now. It hurts. It hurts. And you know, we just are praying and praying hoping god can intervene. Another woman we spoke to sandra says too many kids on drug and robbing to pay por it. And a grim milestone in the Nations Capital, the 200th homicide. 16yearold maurice jackson, jr. , a student at Dunbar High School was gunned down leaving School A Block from where im standing. No arrests have been made. D. C. Has not seen this many murders this earlier in the ear in 25 years. Others are fired up. Citizens living in fear on a daily basis made us the Laughing Stock of the nation and city at war. We have had three years of unaddressed murder increases in the city, and the staffing increase, the Staffing Shortages also do not happen overnight. Crime is at a 20year high, she chooses a park ranger when we need a marine general at war. A reference d. C. s mayor choosing pamela smith to be the new Acting Police Chief, worked for the u. S. Park police more than two decades, including serving as chief. D. C. Has seen a rise in violent crime. Homicide is up 37 , robbery up 66 . Violent crime in general is up over 38 and Motor Vehicle theft is more than doubled. And mayor bowser under fire for not doing enough to stop the rise in violent crime. She says she needs more cops patrolling the streets. We need more officers. We dont have the officers we need and sadly, lost 3 to 400 officer in the last four years. We have not had officers in our schools and we have policies that make it difficult to recruit new officers. The d. C. Police force at a half century low. Just for some context, san b sandra, during the crack epidemic, more than 400 murders, and in 1981, topped over 500. Sandra. Sandra lucas, thank you so much. John a lot of attention paid to the border today because tech Billionaire Elon Musk dropping into eagle pass, texas to see the border crisis there firsthand. An area fox news has been camped out and bringing you the dramatic pictures from the area. Elon musk pointing out we cannot absorb this many people illegally at this rate. Border is there for a reason, the flow of people of such magnitude leading to a collapse of social services, even new york is buckling under the pressure. Sandra and in chicago, the migrant crisis is growing and Business Owners are sounding the alarm. Fights and loitering more frequent outside shops and bars. Owners say the city is not doing enough to keep control. Brandon volpita owns a bar near a shelter and joins us now. Thank you for joining us. We have spoken to chicago Business Owners throughout this crisis, its tough to manage, how are you dealing . We are pushing through. We have been there for a long time, and its kind of just another problem that we have to deal with. Its we are hoping that federal and state help come down to help the city because as of right now it seems like the city is on its own, but until then we just got to keep our heads down, keep pushing through. Sandra we hear the struggle in your voice. When you say its been this way for quite some time, what do you mean . It started, what, 3 to 6 months ago and theres no real plan. I think mayor johnson is overwhelmed, frankly, he has no help from the federal government. Theres no help really coming from the state. The state is operating 0 shelters and its all on the citys backs. So we are in a place where theres no one really giving help needed to deal with the problem. Sandra and thats what i hear from you, and that is how you were quoted in the chicago tribune, only recently covering the story. Born and raised in chicago i follow the press there very closely. You are quoted in the trib saying its the fact there are 0 attempts to control the situation and we dont feel safe here. And if your customers dont feel safe here, it has a big impact on you and the overall economy. This is the governor on the crisis, and your response out of it. They are sending them to areas where they think that people will take care of them and where people will put the resources forward because this is a humanitarian crisis. But the reality is that states that are controlled by republicans ought to be offering the same services. Sandra and that can be a little confusing, because the states are dealing with the border crisis to see if anybody can remember and now that some of the blue cities and states are sort of getting a feeling of what this is like on a much smaller scale than the border states are experiencing, there seems to be confusion as to why they are not handling this, in the case of chicago and new york, sanctuary city status. Yeah, we are a compassionate city and im from a family of democrats and we are a liberal family and we want to help people and i dont really see it as a problem they are here. I think the way we have structured housing them and trying to take care of them until work visas come through, until they are able to get their own housing and things like that. The fact of the matter is that a majority of the people here are good people. But i dont think its very beneficial to have 1500 plus People Living in one building, they didnt live like that when they were in their home country and its very condensed, its specific areas dealing with these issues. I think the fact of the matter is they are in chicago or new york or whatever city they are in and its probably going to stay like that, so we just need to allocate our resources better, come up with a plan and really figure out how to be compassionate but also have logic included in that. Sandra i really appreciate your perspective on that. Quickly, this is a chicago town hall on crime. Your final thought on this. Im here and i cant ask questions . Thats not part of the format today. We ask people in advance for questions. Is this Violence Prevention or Crime Prevention . Hello, so real quick, its both. How do you stop crime . I have a question of the citizen prepared questions [indiscernible] you are losing the room. You think you are losing the room. And people were trying to ask questions and they said no, we are only taking prepared questions. A man 33 years old, walking in broad daylight through on damon in bucktown and he was violently attacked by two criminals. And they called this together, said we have to do something about crime. Do you believe residents who are able to stay there are getting anywhere with the discussion, how to address crime in chicago . I dont. I think that the extreme political divide in the country, whether its republicans or democrats, it causes us its something that happens where you cant talk about certain things without it being labelled wrong or extreme. Crime, immigration, things like that, having safe cities, theres no there shouldnt be politics involved, and regardless of who the president is, the mayor or the governor is, Everybody Needs to Work Together and its not helpful to immediately assume that somebody is different than you because they are afraid of crime. The discussion lets talk about safety and remove all the other underlying factors. Lets just safety. Sandra interesting perspective, and folks like you want a business friendly environment, and business has blinders to can have blinders to politics if its a friendly environment to operate and conduct business. Thanks so much, brandon, for coming on with us. Appreciate it. Absolutely. Thank you, sandra. 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Now in New York City the Health Commissioner is urging everyone, yes, thats everyone to carry narcan, the medicine that reverses opioid overdoses. And you worked narcotics 13 years and trains Law Enforcement officers throughout the United States about the mexican cartels. Which appear, robert, to have pretty much gotten into every place in the United States because now you have the Health Commissioner of New York City saying everyone should carry narcan and trained to use it and recognize the signs of overdose. Robert how did we get to this point . You know, thats a good question. This is unbelievable and its, you know, when are we going to put the blame and responsibility on the drug dealers and the drug user. This is outrageous, and im just waiting for people, the majority that dont agree with it so come out and put their foot down because its just plain ridiculous. Why are we putting responsibility on people that do not use drugs. They make an honest living, they work hard, and now the government is expecting all of us to take care of these people on the streets that this is very important. They choose to use these drugs. Nobody is forcing them to use these drugs so i have a lot of problem with that. I have a problem with people approaching the people that are unconscious trying to revive them and maybe the person responds in aggressive and violent manner and hurts them and then covid increasing now, and we are asking people to get close to strangers. I have a lot of problems with this, and this is the bottom line, just ridiculous. I cant believe it. And then the other thing we need to do, is we need to stop the flow of fentanyl thats coming into our border. I mean, there is so much fentanyl that keeps coming across the border and ive been advocating for years now to send more Border Patrol agents, dea agents, hsi to the border, and we need to shut that border down and hit these cartels with everything w