>> James: I FEEL AND TELL ME IF YOU FEEL THIS, I KNOW LOTS OF
PEOPLE THAT I KNOW WHOSE PARENTS, I SAW LOS ANGELES HAS
CHANGED IMMEASURABLY, A LOT OF THAT WILL BE DOWN TO COVID BUT
CHANGED IMMEASURABLY IN THE LAST THREE YEARS, I FEEL LIKE THE
PLACE I MOVED TO PERHAPS DOESN'T EXIST ANY MORE, EVERYWHERE I GO
WHEN I'M PICKING UP KIDS AT SCHOOL, MEETING FRIENDS, PEOPLE
ARE TALKING ABOUT CRIME RATES IN LOS ANGELES, IT IT IS THE TYPE
OF CRIME THAT IS HAPPENING.
WHERE THOSE CRIMES ARE PRAPPING-- HAPPENING.
THE MANNER IN WHICH THOSE CRIMES ARE BEING CARRIED OUT IN THE
CITY.
>> YEAH.
>> James: I THINK POLICE FEEL FRUSTRATED BY MANY LAPD OFFICERS
FEEL FRUSTRATED IN THE WAY THAT THINGS ARE BEING DONE ABOVE
THEIR HEADS.
WHAT IS YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT?
I KNOW YOU ARE NOT THE MAYOR.
I KNOW YOU ARE THE IMOFFER IN.
I KNOW YOU AR NOT THE MAYOR.
>> 470 CITIES, BUT ONE OF THE MOST SPEK IT TACK LAR CITIES IN
THE WORLD.
AND LOOK I'M VERY SENSITIVE TO THIS AS A FORMER MAYOR.
AND I DEEPLY APPRECIATE THE POINT YOU ARE MAKING.
I CAN GIVE YOU STATISTICS THAT BEAR FRUIT TO A MORE OBJECTIVE
LOOK.
ONE BEING TEXAS HAS HIGHER VIOLENT CRIME AND PROPERTY CRIME
RATES.
>> BUT THAT ISN'T AN ANSWER, THAT ISN'T THE ANSWER, YOU CAN'T
SAY BUT IT IS BAD EVERYWHERE.
>> THAT IS WHY I AM NOT GIVING IT IT T I SAID BECAUSE WE ARE
PRONE-- .
>> James: YOU JUST DID GIVE THAT.
>> BUT I WANTED TO MAKE A POINT BECAUSE NO ONE CARES ABOUT
STATISTICS THEY CARE ABOUT HOW THEY FEEL.
AND WHAT THEIR EXPERIENCE IS.
WHAT YOU JUST EXPRESSED IS BEING EXPERIENCED BY TOO MANY PEOPLE
BECAUSE IT IS THE REALITY IN CITIES ALL ACROSS THE STATE AND
PARTS OF THIS COUNTRY.
SO YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
WE HAVE TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FORB THAT.
WE HAVE TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE OF THE FLASH MOB ORGANIZED CRIME
GROUPS THAT ARE BREAKING IN, COORDINATED MANNER IN THE
STORES.
WE HAVE TO ADDRESS THE STREET ISSUES IN THIS STATE.
WE HAVE TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE OF HOMELESSNESS.
WE HAVE TO ADDRESS-- ADDRESS A FOR ABILITY BUT THE ISSUE OF
CRIME, WE HAVE TO HOLD PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE, TALK TO THEM AND NO
ONE CAN DENY THAT REALITY.
AND I DON'T DENY IT AND KNOW THIS, WE ARE NOT JUST SITTING
BACK PASSIVELY, WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING IN OUR POWER IN THE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA TO SUPPORT CITIESK I DON'T HAVE A POLICE
FORCE.
CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY, TO SUPPORT THOSE EFFORTS TO GO AFTER THESE
RINGS AND TO GET THESE BAD GUYS AND MAKE SURE THEY ARE
PROSECUTED.
SO KNOW THAT WE ARE DOUBLING DOWN ON ALL OF THESE EFFORTS.
I TAKE IT STRE SERIOUSLY AND I DON'T WANT YOU TO TURN YOUR BACK
ON THIS CITY.
AND I DON'T WANT YOU TO THINK IT IS THE TOUGH DAYS ARE BEHIND US,
THEY ARE NOT.
>> James: IT FEELS LIKE THERE IS SO MUCH DARKNESS, ALL OUR
CONVERSATIONS ARE ABOUT COVID, ABOUT FEAR OF MIDST TERMS WHICH
YOU MUST BE WORRIED ABOUT, ALL OF THESE THINGS, WHAT DO YOU
FEEL HOPEFUL ABOUT AT THE MOMENT.
>> I THINK YOU HAVE TO TURN DOWN THE VOLUME, TURN OFF CABLE NEWS
FOR A COUPLE OF DAYSES, ALL OF A SUDDEN HOPE STARTS ENTERING, WE
START FEELING IT IT.
I AM NOT MAKING THUP.
ARE YOU NOTHING BUT A MIRROR OF YOUR THOUGHTS, WHAT YOU EVER YOU
FOCUS ON YOU FIND MORE OF.
IF WE TUNE IN TO THE NIGHTLY NEWS T IS EXACTLY, DEEP ANXIETY,
STRESS, WORLD GONE TO HELL, AND IF WE JUST TAKE THAT OUT O,
REFLECT ON WHAT WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR, START LOOKING AROUND AND
REALIZE THAT PEOPLE THAT MAY VOTE DIFFERENTLY AREN'T VERY
DIFFERENT THAN YOU.
WE RISE AND DANCE ALL TOGETHER.
SO I WROTE THIS BOOK, HONESTLY AS AN EXPRESSION OF CELEBRATING
OUR INTERESTING DIFFERENCES, DYSLEXIA WHICH I HAVE, I CAN'T
READ SPEECHES, I HAVE SPEECH -- LITERALLY A LIFE STORY FOR ME
BUT FOCUSING ON WHAT UNITES US, THAT IS A BIG STORY OF THE BEN &
EMMY.
>> James: IS THAT WHAT MADE YOU WANT TO TWRIET IT.
>> YEAH.
>> YOUR EXPERIENCES OF DYSLEXIA.
>> MY EXPERIENCE OF FEELING LESSER THAN, FEELING DUMB,
FEELING LIKE I WASN'T WORTHY, ALL THE ISSUES BECAUSE I STILL
CAN'T-- I HAVE NEVER READ A SPEECH, I CAN'T READ, CAN'T
READ.
I CAN'T WRITE.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT, I WAS 35 YEARS OLD WHEN I REALIZED I
WASN'T DUMB AND I JUST LEARNED A THING, MY BRAIN IS WIRED
DIFFERENT BUT IT CREATESES A DIFFERENT SENSE OF EMPATHY AND
SENSITIVITY TO WHAT PEOPLE ARE STRUGGLING WITH.
AND IT INFORMS EVERYTHING ON-- I WOULDN'T BE GOVERNOR IF I DIDN'T
HAVE DYSLEXIA.
BUT MOREOVER TO ME IT INFORMS THIS MOMENT WHERE I HAVE TO DO
MORE AND BE BETTER, YOU HAVE TO MODEL BETTER BEHAVIOR, EVEN IN
MY OWN TWEETS, YES, WE HAVE DIFFERENT POINTS OF VIEW,
DIFFERENT VALUES BUT WE SHARE SO MUCH MORE IN COMMON THAN OUR
DAMN POLL TITIONZS ALLOW FOR US TO CONSIDER.
AND I GUESS THAT IS WHERE I WANT TO FOCUS MY ENERGY.
>> James: PLEASE THANK GOVERNOR GAFFEIN NEWSOM,
EVERYBODY, PARTICULAR AROUND, HANNAH WADDINGHAM IS HERE WHEN
WE COME BACK.