San Francisco Mayor Responds to Possibility of Troops in City

The San Francisco mayor responds to the potential deployment of National Guard troops to his city. This as President Trump says he wants to make the city great again. ENTD's David Lamb has more from San Francisco. >> Sending in the National Guard to San Francisco is something that the Trump administration wants to do to restore the city, but the mayor recently said that they have it under control and are already partnering with federal agencies. As your mayor, my top priority every single day is keeping San Francisco safe. With the support of local law enforcement, community leaders, and the appropriate federal law enforcement partners, we're achieving that goal without compromising our values or our laws. As a result, violent crime has fallen to levels not seen since the 1950s. The mayor says he would welcome stronger coordination with the FBI, DEA, ATF, and US attorneys to conduct targeted operations to disrupt drug markets and cartels. The National Guard has already been deployed in several US cities, including Los Angeles. Now, locals told me that the city does need help with addressing drug addiction, homelessness, and crime, but that sending in national troops isn't needed. There's not really any any need for that here. There's no like major protests or people attacking federal buildings here in San Francisco. In terms of enforcement, maybe it could be helpful, but it might also be a bit of an overstep. I'd like to say local law enforcement could do it. Um, but I mean, the SFPD is severely understaffed and they've had so many so many cuts. I can only see people getting really agitated and then well I find myself on the left but you're going to find the real leftists out there uh starting >> I think if it will make the people from California or even the tourists feel safer then that would be a welcome idea. >> I also spoke to two tourists from the Philippines who shared with me their experience after being in San Francisco for 3 days. Uh this is our first time here so we find it very cool. >> Yeah, we like the weather. >> The weather is very nice. Attractions are really interesting. >> Right. Nice. >> Interesting. Yeah. >> Yeah. >> And very diverse. Sometimes I'm unsafe to be honest. >> Yes. >> One time in the tunnel. >> Yes. Just yesterday. >> Yeah. >> We were we were compelled to like take the other way because there were >> there were like three >> Yes. guys tunnel. I >> think he has some very Yes, it's like sounds um >> walk through the tunnel. >> Over the weekend, President Trump said he plans to deploy guard troops to San Francisco, saying it was one of the great cities 15 years ago. In San Francisco, David Lamb, NTD News.