los angeles mayor eric garcetti could change that in 2020.ready made history as the first jewish mayor, but he has plenty of challenges on his own doorstep, including tackling homelessness. los angeles has the largest number of homeless veterans in the country. i recently sat down with the mayor at l.a.'s city hall. >> is it fair to say you're running to be president in. >> no, not at all. i'm thinking about it. >> here is my look of disbelief. >> i've been very open, honest about thinking about it. every day i'm pulled in more and pushed out more. >> what pulls you in? >> this country right now, its leadership, a loss of strength abroad, of failed promises domestically and just moral leadership that we have a leader who is not kind who is not decent who season clean and who makes promises instead of prodgs. this is a terrible moment for this country and i think we have to put it back on track. >> what pushes you out? >> being a human being, having a 6 1/2-year-old daughter, a wife and someone i love to spend time with, knowing how much i cri

we'll talk to mayor eric garcetti about that and future presidential run. bloomberg. ♪ emily: l.a. is looking for the right opportunity in the fight against climate change. this week mayor eric garcetti announced the creation of a new online portal to help the city get competitive prices on charging stations. the city is moving ahead with california's plan to get 100% renewable energy by 2045. we sat down with mayor garcetti with an exclusive interview at the global action summit in san francisco. thank you so much for joining us. great to have you here. so i want to start by talking about what we're here to talk about today. you know, scientists warned that even if everybody fulfills the obligation they committed to in paris, that we won't be able to stave off climate change. what can a city like l.a. really do? mayor garcetti: we have to do everything. it's not an abstract problem. we have firefighters that died in historic fires caused abouted by historic drought. this is a cause for all people, not just government and companies. but for every human bein

that is from eric garcetti. right now 9 million immigrants receive subsidies.nts say can be double that number because those who have children who are getting welfare, will voluntarily cut themselves off because they feel they will not be able to get a green card. they say numbers could be billions of dollars. not paid out in benefits. a fight is ahead, there will be a 60 day comment period. it could become law without congressional action. back to you. arthel: we keep an eye on it. thank you. eric: across the pond there is backlash against brexit. some european countries are not on board with the plan from theresa may to leave the european union. plus president trump scheduled to speak at the un annual general assembly session this week. coming up, we take a closer look at what we can expect from the presidents major speech. ♪ ♪ ♪ no matter when you retire, your income doesn't have to. see how lincoln can help ensure you still have income every month of your retirement, guaranteed, at lincolnfinancial.com. if you're waiting patiently for a liver transplant, it

i've heard this from mayors across the states, including eric garcetti in l.a. i cannot believe that we can't find a parking lot at treasure island, but at the end of the day, i will support this. if these trailers were in pacific heights, i bet we would get real fast in solving the problem, but they're not. if it was in the mission, if it was against the great highway -- katy tang has spoken to me, supervisor safai has spoken to me, fewer. and i sympathize with the issues because those people are hurting. it's kids seeing needles and defecation on their streets, their sidewalks. so we need to do something immediate and then work on a long-term solution. i'm aware that if you put stop signs, it will move to another street. and then another supervisor will come in. at least provide some relief for those poor people that live in the neighborhoods. and because of where they live, their economic status is at risk. it's not right. >> director rubke: so i don't know which is my -- i have to agree with director borden on this one. this is tough. i feel so badly for the

the mayor of los angeles eric garcetti vowed to fight the rule change saying -- "hundreds of thousands of our neighbors may be unable to see their doctors, keep a roof over their heads, or afford a trip to the grocery store if they wish to remain in t the united d sta. that is simply wrong and un-american." "the new york times" is reporting deputy attorney general rod rosenstein suggested last year that he secretly record president trump in the white house to expose the turmoil insidede the administration following trump's firing of fbi director james comey. "the times" also reports rosenstein discussed recruiting cabinet memembers to invoke the 25th amendment to remove trump from office for being unfit. rosenstein, who oversees special counsel robert mueller's investigation of russian meddling in the 2016 election, called "the times" report inaccurate and factually incorrect. friday night trump suggested there were be more trying to the department of justice, saying a lingering stench" at the department. a number of an sources say rosenstein was kidding when he talked about recording

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but in terms of our operation, we roughly 550 eric garcetti on duty directly supporting this, everything from rescue to transfer. we have whole enterprise involved in this. and typically when you look at the total force we multiply any boots on the ground or boots in the air from the air guard. we multiply that number by ten and a number of people use involved in exercise across the whole committee. everything from the acc to first air force to all of our sites which are providing analysis of some of the data from over it. it's a whole dvd effort with 550 guardsmen, over 50,000 of our total force involved in this across the whole air force, to 10,000 army guardsmen are on the ground helping out and driving around and picking up people. we've done over three dozen rescues of people that it been stranded flashlight that comes through, and that is to continue and will continue for another week. thank you, sir. >> thanks. a couple questions coming in on innovation. so this one is really across the panel anyone could grab it, just go down the line see fit. first of all what are you seeing fro

"mayor eric garcetti los angeles angeles, so-called sanctuary city, says he would never shield an accused the documentation, if they are able to be released, and i hope he never is, he should be deported. >> i.c.e. filed a dictator to take escobar into custody if he is released. l.a.'s marriage that he doesn't anticipate that happening. shannon? >> shannon: thank you very much. our "midnight hero" as all the - dramatic rescue footage. a 19-year-old from indonesia who survived 49 days adrift in the pacific ocean with only a bible and a small radio. he'd been a landscaper whose platform was swept away in a storm. he says he survived on fish that he caught, he drank ocean water and in his darkest times, he said he consulted his bible. he was rescued near guam after sending out a radio signal and he has been reunited with his family. kudos to him and to those who got out there and rescued him. by the way, we want to touch and are breaking news by the senate judiciary committee for that report tonight outlining all the interactions they have had withs of judge kavanaugh and tucked in there, th

mayor eric garcetti, a proponent of green energy, is also behind the plan. >> you're talking about a. >> the cost of inaction is more. we've got drought and fires in the west. we're going to be talking about hundreds of billions, trillions of dollars of cost if we don't confront climate change now. >> california has a mandate of zero carbon emissions by 2045. and stands to gain the most from the plan. while some of the businesses downriver are concerned there may not be enough water for recreation. how do you sell people downriver this is going to be a good thing, especially during a drought when water levels are low? >> you have to listen to stakeholders that are there. we can't just do this and mandate it and say it's our dam and we're going to do whatever. >> the project is in its infancy. it requires an environmental impact study, along with a debate over how the cost will be divided between all of the energy users. >> the western united states might be divided by state borders, but we really have the same electricity lines, the same water. we realize our fates are tied together.