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Have the sufficient staff to walk the beats. there is no easy solution to this. >> i feel like the theft is outrageous and its obvious that people are taking advantage of the fact that theres zero consequences. >> reporter: for business owners like adam who has been documenting the citys woes the chronic theft adds to the despair being felt on the streets, aggravated even more by the pandemic. visible homelessness surging as shelters thinned out due to the virus, open air drug use and dealing co...

Working together in-person in the office is vital to its success. san francisco is experiencing a surge in shoplifting, its forcing retail chains like walgreens to close more than a dozen bay area stores. cnns dan simon is in san francisco for us with more. >> reporter: shoplifters usually try to conceal their crimes. >> wow. >> reporter: not this one at a walgreens in san francisco. the they have grabbing items off the shelves and filling up a garbage bag, even as a security guard observes fr...

As californias economy fully reopens, businesses are now dealing with a surge in shoplifting, leave something retailers with no choice but to shut down their actual stores. dan simon has more on whats become a brazen string of crimes >> reporter: shoplifters usually try to conceal their crimes. not this one at a walgreens in san francisco. the thief grabbing items off the shelves and filling up a garbage bag, as a security guard watches from feet away. he rolls away from the store on a lyft bike...

Crime, safety concerns, and quality of life has seemed to shrink tremendously. >> reporter: as for whether that walgreens shoplifter has been apprehended, the san francisco police department told us its aware of the incident circulating on social meade yanld its being investigated. dan simon, cnn, san francisco. >> our thanks to dan for that report. so talk of a prisoner swap between presidents biden and putin in geneva. will any americans detained in russia be coming home? the family of a mar...

Outrageous, and its obvious that people are taking advantage of the fact that theres zero consequences. >> reporter: for business owners like adam who has been documenting the citys woes, the chronic theft adds to the disparity felt on the streets, aggravated even more by the pandemic. visible homelessness surging, open air drug use and dealing common. last year overdoses, mainly from fentanyl resulting in a record 712 deaths, more than doubling those who died of covid. >> theres a high amount o...

Aware of the incident circulating on social media and is being investigated. dan simon, cnn, san francisco. >> reporter: a dire warning from the former white house senior adviser. he says the delta covid variant, first identified in india, is like covid on steroids. those are his words. right now, the delta variant is 10% of cases in the u.s. that is expected to go up. elizabeth cohen is with us this morning. andy is not mincing words saying its like covid on steroids. do we know that the vac se...

>> a store security guard was standing there watching. youll see it. its part of a disturbing trend in the bay area. cnns dan simon has the video. >> reporter: shoplifters usually try to conceal their crimes. not this one at a walgreens in san francisco. the thief grabbing items off the shelves and filling a garbage bag, even as a security guard observes from feet away. moments later, the guard attempting to grab the bag, but the thief gets away with a laurj haul. >> its hard for me as a journal...

Incidents of unruly passengers on planes are skyrocketing as airlines start returning to full capacity. CNN's Dan Simon reports.

Where your state, where it was and where it is now, its a big day for sure. thanks, dan. well, researchers at the national institutes of health now have even more evidence that covid was in the u.s. as early as december 2019, that is weeks before the first case was officially reported. lets go to our senior medical correspondent, elizabeth cohen, who joins us now. were about to cross sadly 600,000 deaths from covid in the united states. and it just makes you think, you know, knowing sooner wou...

Travel season picking up and passenger numbers starting to approach pre-pandemic levels. dan simon, cnn, san francisco. >> wow. scary. dan, thank you very much for that. crime is on the rise, but she wants to get rid of thousands of officers. will new yorkers go for that? mayoral candidate maya wiley, next.