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Daytime shoplifting incident captured on video at a walgreens in san francisco. it highlighted what they say has become a consistent problem for chain drugstores in that city. >> as we are trying to determine what are the ramifications of coming out of a pandemic, what are the frustrations that americans are dealing, how are we dealing with mental health, how are we dealing with some of the stressors related to unemployment. >> so what else has transformed since february of 2020? well, the economy, which it's barely recognizable from 16 months ago, including the leverage that american workers ...

But jobs are still a primary issue in north carolina. in february, the state lost more than 11,000 jobs. that's more than any other state in the country. and the number of people working or looking for work has dropped by 64,000 compared to last year. jobless rate is down to 6.4%, mostly due to shrinking labor force. so the question for voters heading into the fall will be whether they're casting ballots based on the national climate, which is not good for democrats or the local one, which might not be good for republicans. if it's the national climate, senator kay hagan may end up paying the ...

Part of the reason it dropped to 7.4% this month is because of people dropping out of the workforce. you can see again from the trend, carol, the trend is moving lower. last august it was 8.1%. we've been slowly moving down from that. you've been hearing me talk about quality versus quantity and this jobs report, retail jobs, drinking establishments, we're talking about bartenders, retail store clerks, jobs that are part-time jobs. there was an increase in part-time jobs. part-time jobs that don't have benefits. we're adding thousands and thousands of these kinds of jobs, carol. at the same ti...

Constant government hand outs. >> we are created an entitlement nation. people and americans, if the government hand itself out. they are going to take it. that is how human beings are. i see the government handing it out and not finding out if they are disable at the same time americans are gaining a system that are taking advantage of this. you know, unemployment can end. disability checks do not end and you can be on that the rest of your life and the taxpayers are paying for this. and wayne, they keep taking the checks that doesn't show up on the monthly jobless data and they are not sho...