♪ until the credits roll ♪ [ cheering and applause ] >> mickey guyton, ladies and gentlemen. ♪ this is "nightline." tonight, the migrant crisis overwhelms new york city. why hundreds of people were forced to sleep in the streets. >> is the city able to provide the basic needs to asylum seekers right now? >> no. no. >> not at all? >> no, we're not. >> our exclusive look inside one

facility. the new yorkers trying to help. and how the issue is dividing the nation's biggest melting pot. plus katy perry going strong in las vegas. audiences thrilled to hear her roar. ♪ i got the eye of the tiger ♪ >> and how she balances her career and her family. >> it's not always a bed of roses. just because you have success doesn't mean you're exempt from pain and suffering. i think my fiance keeps me really grounded. >> taking us backstage. >> this is where all the magic happens. >> oh, wow. okay. and remembering a legendary director. william friedkin, who gave us "the exorcist" and "the french connection." >> "nightline" will be right back. my most important kitchen tool? my brain. so i choose neuriva plus. unlike some others, neuriva plus is a multitasker supporting 6 key indicators of brain health. to help keep me sharp. neuriva: think bigger.

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thanks for joining us. i'm stephanie ramos. new york, like so many cities across the country is grappling with the overwhelming influx of migrants. there are now more than 57,000 migrants in the city's care. that number keeps growing. and today mayor eric adams shares with me that the city cannot continue to help them all. a shocking scene. a humanitarian crisis unfolding in midtown manhattan. more than 100 migrants sleeping on the streets outside of the historic roosevelt hotel.

>> repor >> that was just days ago. now the lines of people outside the hotel are gone, moved to shelters around the city. but officials say hundreds more are arriving each day to the hotel, which is serving as an intake center. >> hello, how are you? >> mayor adams, how you? so nice to see you again. new york city mayor eric adams took "nightline" on an exclusive tour of the hotel. >> i believe roosevelt spoke from up there once. >> a historic room? >> yes. >> now filled with cots. >> exactly. >> the city said around 3,000 people, all families are staying in the roosevelt right now. we also spoke with dr. ted long, senior vice president of new york city health and hospitals. >> this is our new york city arrival center for asylum seekers. many will leave within 24 hours

because with our help, they can take that next step forward. now we need help from other cities, other states and the federal government. >> is the city able to provide the basic needs to asylum seekers right now? >> no, no. >> not at all? >> no, we're not. we're at capacity. we have been providing those food, shelter, clothing, educating children, making sure they get the level of dignity they deserve. but we cannot kid ourselves. >> reporter: the mayor's office says care. part of them from texas, part of governor gred abbott to bus migrants to so-called sanctuary cities. >> before we begin bussing illegal immigrants up to new york, it was just texas and arizona that bore the brunt of all the chaos and all the problems that come with it. now the rest of america is understanding exactly what is

going on. >> what is your messages to texas governor greg abbott and others who are bussing migrant here is to new york city? >> dehumanizing to treat fellow human beings in this magnitude as political stunts. it's the wrong thing to do that. and i say that with the clear understanding no city should be going through this. i'm with my brother mayors in brownsville. i'm with my brother mayors in el paso, in houston, in chicago and los angeles. >> i spoke with migrants from all over the world just in recent days. and they're coming here to new york city for a variety of reasons. some of them want the stay here and find work. they've heard there are resources being provided to them. so i do think there is a sense of taking advantage of some of those governor abbott bus, as long as it means it's getting them to where they actually want to go. >> new york city has a unique piece of legislation on the books that makes this situation even trickier for the mayor, right to shelter.

the city must provide safe, clean, short-term housing for anyone that requests it. so your legal team has to request to relieve the city of its shelter mandate for some homeless adults. why do you want the change it? >> the founding fathers and mothers of this law built it when we were dealing with just a few thousand people who were in the homeless system. but in their wildest dreams, they did not think that 100,000 people were going to show up in our city in a little over a year. >> there was mass frustration outside of the roosevelt hotel because a lot of the people i spoke to actually didn't know what they were standing in line for. they just knew it was one-stop shop and it was the very first step to seeking asylum. >> the gonzalez family recently arrived to the roosevelt.

>> the family is stuck, waiting for more than just shelter. asylum seekers can apply for a work permit between five and six months after they submit their asylum applications. >> it's also very difficult to seek asylum and file all of those documents if they're jumping shelter to shelter. one of the things it asks you for in your asylum claim process where are you living? what is your address? >> expediting that process is on the mayor's long to-do list. >> every migrant we heard from, we don't want your free food. we don't want you clothe us. we don't want you to give us anything. we want to work. >> so what needs to happen in order to expedite those work authorizations? >> all we need is the white house to give us that tps status to allow the men and women to

work. the congressional delegation is calling for it. local leaders are calling for it. everyone is calling for it. it is something within our powers, and there is no reason we're not doing it. >> adam, new york senators and the city's house democrats met in july with homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas in washington, d.c. mayorkas said he would appoint a liaison to the city to coordinate on migrants. meanwhile, some new york residents have taken it into their own hands. >> so it's sunday morning at edie loves nyc. we are putting stuff together and preparing. so we have different sectors that we do. >> mahmoud and his partner sasha started cooking meals at the height of the pandemic. >> in this tiny kitchen, seven hours, we do prepare 1800 meals. no one believes that, but it always comes true. this is the week it's not going to.

but it always does. >> but now with the help of around 40 volunteers, their focus has shifted to delivering meals to the thousands of migrants living in shelters around the city. >> around about a year ago when the buses started arriving to port authority, we got a call to ask to start bringing the food in the morning before the buses. so we've been involved since pretty much the start of it. >> i genuinely feel that we are in the most prosperous city in the world. there are enough resources to provide everyone, you know. if you look at it at the grandest scheme of things, we have a total of what, 107,000 people so far. that is less than 1.5% of the population of new york city that have come. >> they've been swamped with requests, something we've witnessed firsthand. as we were speaking to mahmoud, he got a call. >> we just got a call that they brought some asylum seekers to sunset park. >> oh.

>> ma mahmoud and his team spring into action and we follow them as they deliver food to sunset park. what we find, a park divided. in one area, a line of people just trying to use the community pool on a hot summer day. across from them, aid groups and residents who showed up to welcome the migrants with food, water, and signs of encouragement. >> the city has the resources to do amazing things, and the -- it's a false choice to not provide services for the migrants who are arriving now to not provide adequate resources to the folks who have been struggling with homelessness already. the city has the ability, the resources to do better. >> sunset park has always been multicultural immigrant community. so with everything that's happening, we want to make sure that we're out here supporting, supporting our members. >> and right across from them, those who are angry, angry that their park is being used to

house immigrants. >> we do not oppose them. we don't want to fight them. we want to welcome them. but we cannot do it by taking resources away from the rest of the community. >> the president, the mayor, they never told to us. >> they have to tell the resident of the community ahead of time, and then we have to negotiate how to deal with this, and we have to protect the community first. >> we also meet jesus, a 24-year-old colombian who made the journey through the jungle of the darien gap and later through mexico on top of a train to make it to ciudad juarez. >> the motivation behind it all, stunning money to his nine nieces and nephews.

>> jesus is focusing on taking english classes. >> but it's here in new york where he thinks he will achieve his dream of being an artist. >> when we come back, katy perry sets off the fireworks. ♪ baby you're a firework come on show 'em what you're worth ♪ >> in her las vegas residency and rocks it at home.

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>> stephanie: one of the hottest tickets in las vegas this year has been katy perry's residency. abc's chris connelly got a look behind the scenes. ♪ >> oh, my gosh!

>> really hard. ♪ i got the eye of the tiger ♪ >> reporter: her roar as mighty as ever. katy's residency is still packing them in, taking them back and lifting them up. when you're up there, you can see what people are feeling. >> i feel it. >> reporter: you're running a time machine. >> i'm bringing them back. music is so expense. a sense and a certain smell can take you and transport you to a place. a certain song can do the same. and i think there is a few of my songs that do that. >> did you find your teenaged dream? because i found mine. >> reporter: teens of all ages cheering for the oversized antics of katy perry play, going strong since the end of 2021. ♪ teenaged dream ♪ >> reporter: how has it evolved for you in time you've been doing it? >> well, i don't have to rehearse as much. it's kind of like muscle memory.

it's a 5,000 seater auditorium. so you get to see me up close and personal. everything feels so familiar and a little nostalgic, because i'm playing most all of my hits, i guess you could say. >> all killer, no if i recall. >> that's what i say, all killer, no filler. >> reporter: that's how it rolls. >> ♪ i kissed a girl and i liked it ♪ >> reporter: there is still a chance to hear bangers like i kissed a girl before she takes her bow in november. >> should we do it vegas style? >> reporter: proud of her joy and creativity and her offstage life with fiance orlando bloom and their daughter daisy love. you're a parent now. how do you manage that while you're doing the show? >> sometimes the balls get dropped privately. but i know how important it is to some audience members. this show is my favorite show i've ever created. i also get to be really hands-on mother. i got to drop my daughter off at preschool this morning. i think what's really important

to me is to be celebrating just the world i've got to build and to be responsible for a life, for a 3-year-old. i mean, if i don't get these right, i'm going pay for that for the rest of my life. >> reporter: well, remember, rebellion is what helped you get here in the first place. >> i was just going to say if i don't get it right, maybe there be some great art that comes out of it. >> reporter: and we've seen how hard it is on people with your lifestyle and your job. >> yes. >> reporter: what has helped you to maintain your positivity, your sense of self as you've gone through all these things? >> well, i mean, admitting that it's not always a bed of roses. and just because you have success didn't mean you're exempt from pain and suffering. i think my fiance keeps me really grounded. >> when you say he keeps you grounded, what does that mean? >> i mean, he like knows who i am, and he knows that when i'm stepping on to stage, it's a really heightened 3-d version of some piece of me that is called katy perry. >> okay, well, welcome to my

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during the biden inauguration festivities. ♪ an original, cannot be replaced ♪ >> reporter: and as part of the coronation of king charles iii. ♪ you're going to hear me roar ♪ >> reporter: now this view offers her the regal perspective. >> this is where i come and i pop up. it's kind of like the royal. >> reporter: it is. >> but different. >> reporter: when you're actually put in charge of a nation. >> yes. this will be my throne. >> reporter: what will you always remember about this residency? >> i will always remember this joy of community and family and togetherness. all singing the same song. ♪ >> so there is an energy that is wonderful. i'll never forget that energy. i'm never forget the joy. i'll never forget the happiness. i'll never forget the 20-foot toilet that i pop out of. >> stephanie: when we come back, we're going to keep you up. >> summoned to the world to

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