This is what it will take to turn around LA, Billy Bush says

Added: 2026-05-31

[00:00:02]>> OH, JEEZ.

[00:00:05]>> Jesse: BILLY BUSH, HOT MIC'S HOST.

[00:00:07]IS IT GOING TO BE A PRATT DADDY SUMMER?

[00:00:10]>> OH, IT IS FOR SURE.

[00:00:11]HE'S GOING TO -- SPENCER THINKS HE'S GOING TO CLOSE IT OUT ON TUESDAY WITH OVER 50%.

[00:00:17]THAT WOULD BE A LOVE SPENCER.

[00:00:19]GOOD MAN.

[00:00:20]I THINK THAT MIGHT BE A LITTLE BOLD.

[00:00:24]BUT NOODLES?

[00:00:25]BY THE WAY, I NEVER HEARD THAT UNTIL TONIGHT.

[00:00:28]WHICH IS OUTSTANDING.

[00:00:30]NOODLES IS OUT.

[00:00:31]>> Jesse: NOODLES IS OUT.

[00:00:37]WHO WINS?

[00:00:38]I THINK EVERYBODY WANTS TO BET ON IT.

[00:00:40]WE'RE TAKING BILLY'S WORD FOR IT.

[00:00:43]GO.

[00:00:44]>> JESSE, LOOK, IT'S AN INTRENCHED CITY.

[00:00:48]HE HAS A FIGHT IN FRONT OF HIM.

[00:00:50]HE HAS TO KEEP DOING WHAT HE'S DOING, WHICH IS RELENTLESS.

[00:00:56]YOU CANNOT TAKE YOUR EYES OFF THE GUY.

[00:00:58]HE KNOWS HOW TO MESSAGE TO PEOPLE AND HOW TO COMMUNICATE.

[00:01:01]SHE HAS NO IDEA WHAT TO DO ABOUT HIM.

[00:01:04]SHE'S NEVER SEEN ANYONE LIKE HIM.

[00:01:06]NO ONE HAS EVER COME AT HER LIKE THIS.

[00:01:08]HE NEEDS TO KEEP IT UP.

[00:01:10]IT'S WORKING.

[00:01:11]IT'S EXACTLY WHAT IT'S GOING TO TAKE TO TURN AROUND A CITY THAT HAS BEEN ENTRENCHED THE LAST 30 YEARS.

[00:01:16]>> Jesse: YOU SAW THE FOOTAGE THERE.

[00:01:19]JOHNNY IS STEPPING OVER HOMELESS PEOPLE.

[00:01:21]ALL THE PEOPLE ON A THE STREET, MOST THINK ALL THE POLITICIANS ARE JOKES.

[00:01:26]THEY DON'T TRUST ANY OF THEM.

[00:01:29]HAS IT GOTTEN THAT BAD?

[00:01:32]>> IT IS THAT BAD.

[00:01:35]THE ENCAMPMENTS ARE ALL OVER THE BASE.

[00:01:38]KAREN BASS SAID SHE'S 17% DOWN ON HOMELESSNESS.

[00:01:41]THAT'S NOT TRUE.

[00:01:42]THESE ARE ENCAMPMENTS THAT MOVE AROUND.

[00:01:45]SHE CAN MOVE THEM AROUND.

[00:01:46]THE NUMBERS DON'T CHANGE.

[00:01:48]THERE'S ANOTHER THING CALLED ROUGH SLEEPING.

[00:01:50]THEY DON'T ACCOUNT FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE JUST SLEEPING OUT IN THE OPEN.

[00:01:53]NOT EVEN IN A TENT.

[00:01:55]SO THOSE ARE ALL FIXED NUMBERS.

[00:01:57]NOTHING HAS HAPPENED ON THAT FRONT.

[00:01:59]>> Jesse: THEY'RE LIKE ROUGHING IT?

[00:02:00]IS IT ROUGH SLEEP SOMETHING OKAY.

[00:02:02]>> THEY CALL IT ROUGH SLEEPING.

[00:02:04]I HOPE I DIDN'T MAKE THAT UP.

[00:02:05]I BELIEVE THAT IS A TERM.

[00:02:06]>> Jesse: SPEAKING OF SLEEPING -- >> Laura: LIKE YOU MADE UP NOODLES.

[00:02:11]>> Jesse: WE DID.

[00:02:11]WE'RE PROUD OF IT.

[00:02:12]THE BIDENS.

[00:02:13]SO JILL THINKS JOE IS ON DRUGS.

[00:02:17]DEBATE NIGHT.

[00:02:18]IS THIS WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW?

[00:02:20]>> SHE SAID -- YEAH, SHE THOUGHT HE WAS HAVING A STROKE.

[00:02:24]BY THE WAY, I READ IN "THE NEW YORK TIMES" ARTICLE ON THIS.

[00:02:27]IT'S EMBARRASSING.

[00:02:29]SHE SAYS THAT SHE -- AFTERWARDS, YOU KNOW, SHE WENT UP AND SHE'S CHEERING ON HIS BEHALF.

[00:02:34]YOU ANSWERED EVERY QUESTION, JOE.

[00:02:36]IS THAT -- ARE WE CELEBRATING THAT?

[00:02:39]SHE NEVER -- YOU KNOW, SHE NEVER EVER ONCE SAID TO HER HUSBAND, I LOVE YOU SO MUCH.

[00:02:45]I WANT TO SAVE YOU FROM ALL OF THIS.

[00:02:48]SHE PUSHED HIM AS FAR AS SHE COULD.

[00:02:51]IT'S AMAZING THIS IS STILL GOING ON.

[00:02:53]I CAN'T BELIEVE IT.

[00:02:54]IF YOU THOUGHT YOUR HUSBAND IS HAVING A STROKE, SEND HIM HOME.

[00:02:59]SEND HIM TO WALTER REED.

[00:03:01]>> Jesse: IF I'M COLLAPSING ON LIVE TV AND MY WIFE SAYS SIGN OF CONTRACT.

[00:03:06]SHE'S SUPPOSED TO TAKE CARE OF ME.

[00:03:08]SHE MIGHT.

[00:03:08]THAT'S A GOOD CONTRACT.

[00:03:11]BUT IT'S ABOUT MY HEALTH.

[00:03:12]IT'S NOT THE SAME AS BEING PRESIDENT.

[00:03:16]>> SHE'S VERY SAVVY.

[00:03:22]PUT BORDERS BACK OUT THERE.

[00:03:24]WATTERS -- YOU MIGHT BE HAVING A STROKE RIGHT NOW.

[00:03:27]>> Jesse: I THINK I DID.

[00:03:28]I KNOW.

[00:03:29]AT THIS POINT, IT IS WHAT IT IS, BILLY.

[00:03:32]THANKS FOR THINKING OF ME.

[00:03:33]WE'LL