most beautiful cities in america. it s known for wealth and innovation. it s home to the highest number of billionaires per capita in the country. but it s also one of the least affordable places to live. it s san francisco, a city some say is in steep decline because of crime, homelessness, and drug use. more people die from drug overdoses in this city during the covid pandemic than from the virus itself. cnn s sara sidner heads to the bay area, a place she once called her home, to show us what it looks like now and find out it looks like now and find out what happened to san francisco. captions by vitac www.vitac.com so, when i first laid eyes on san francisco, i was enchanted. from where i am right now, driving over the bay bridge, and it looked like someone had taken an enormous vat of fog and just continuously poured it over the hills, like dry ice being poured over a perfectly sculpted city on a stage. and then you get down into the city and you meet these gloriou
responsibility to pay for this mess. senator tim scott has officially launched his 2024 presidential campaign. i m running for president of the united states. the naacp has issued a travel warning for florida, calling the policies of governor ron desantis hostile to minority communities. norah: back-to-back shark attacks in the florida keys. that one was not afraid of us. he wanted me. norah: the inspirational story behind the historic new name of a u.s. army base. it s not named fort hal moore. it s both hal moore and julie. the fairy tale story gets better. a hole-in-one for michael block! dunked it. get there, yes. magic. we get to see him next year. music to my ears, my friend. music to my ears. norah: good evening to our viewers in the west, and thank you for joining us as we start a new week together. we want to begin tonight at the white house with debt limit negotiations taking place with the full faith and credit of the unite
good evening. welcome to the whole story. conclusion i m anderson cooper. tonight brings us to one of the most beautiful and progressive cities in america. a city known for its social activism as well as it wealth, particularly in the tech world. it s home to the highest number of billionaires per captain in the country. but it s san francisco, in steep decline because of homelessness and drug use. more people died from drug overdoses in this city during the covid pandemic than from the virus itself. cnn s sara sidner heads to the bay area, a place she once called her home to show us what it looks like now and find out what happened to san francisco. so when i first laid eyes on san francisco, i was enchanted. from where i am right now, driving over the bay bridge, and it looked like someone had taken an enormous vat of fog and just continuously poured it over the hills, like dry ice being poured over a perfectly sculpted city on a stage. and then you get down into the cit
good evening. welcome to the whole story. i m anderson cooper. tonight brings us to one of the most beautiful and progressive cities in america. it s a city known as much for its social activism as it is for its wealth and innovation, particularly in the tech world. it s home to the highest number of billionaires per capita in the country. but it s also one of the least affordable places to live. it s san francisco. a city some say is in steep decline because of crime, homelessness and drug use. more people died from drug overdoses in this city during the covid pandemic than from the virus itself. cnn s sara sidner heads to the bay area, a place she once called her home, to show us what it looks like now and find out what happened to san francisco? reporter: so when i first laid eyes on san francisco, i was enchanted. from where i am right now driving over the bay bridge, and it looked like someone had taken an enormous vat of fog and just continuously poured it
mall on a saturday. there is an orderly exit which means that whatever they were worried about, whether it was an active shooter or whatever else, has been disabled or is not presently a threat. people don t seem to be running. and then we wait. the waiting is, of course, the search of the shopping mall to determine what noise was this, why were so many people talking about an active shooter. and in a soft and rich target. these are soft targets. they have to be. and they re also rich in the sense, there are lots of people in a mall on a saturday. and here we are. you can see just dozens and dozens, easily hundreds of people in an orderly fashion being escorted out of mall. but tom verna, i want to go back to you. not only do 37 the mall but we can see there are hundreds of cars there as well. so when law enforcement responds to something like this, how do you factor that there are hundreds of places potentially this person could hide in the parking lot as well? yeah, thi