i'm kristen sze. indeed andrew yang is becoming a familiar figure in the bay area. just last month he was here attending the premiere of the movie love in taipei. this week he has a new book out. it's a political thriller called the last election. when he's not in town right now, but joining us live to talk about his latest book and presidential politics, andrew yang. good to see you, andrew. >> good to see you, too, kristin. thanks for having me. >> absolutely. okay. so i just checked because i'm like that, but this is number one right now. new release in political thriller on amazon. did you know this? >> i did. thank you to everyone who has picked up a copy. it's based on my experiences running for president. i thought i could give people an inside look and also scare people a little bit. entertain and scare because what's coming around the pike in our presidential politics may not look the way we want it to. >> yeah, i mean, i'm entertaining and i'm scared and i'm like halfway through. i'm a slow reader. okay but before we talk more about the book and the inspir

i'm kristen sze. thanks for watching. getting answers on abc7.very day we talk with experts about issues important to the bay area and you joining us live. first to kick things off, chronicle date reporter data. reporter that is susie nelson whose story about the city's car break ins as really gotten our attention. susie, thanks for your time. >> thank you so much, kristin, do car break ins just feel rampant in san francisco or is it really worse than most of california? it is not just you. it's not just me. car break ins are really high in san francisco and oakland as well. and they are much higher in san francisco than pretty much any other major city in california, let alone the us. so san francisco's car break rate recently has been about four times the statewide rate and it's higher than that of a lot of other major california cities as well. >> if i'm reading this correctly , read is san francisco on this graph. and it's what 2.5 k per 100 k. explain what that means in terms of break ins and what you can expect it. >> yeah, sure. so you loo