the city's district attorney says five of the people were arrested in connection with a mob that robbed a louis vuitton store there on friday. witnesses say a pack of people stormed the store and essentially emptied it out the d.a. says the robberies aren't just petty thefts but outrageous and offensive crimes. cops say they believe the smash and grabs are part of sophisticated criminal networks. people steal as much as they can and then just sell it online just this weekend police say looters robbed and vandalized several other stores in the bay area the d.a. says he expects more arrests to come. >>> another deadly shooting in philadelphia last night the city's homicide total this year now just one shy of 500. that's the record high set back in 1990. today philly's major saying getting violence under control is his top priority. >> it's terrible to every morning get up and have to look at the numbers and look at the news and see the stories it just craziness. just craziness needs to stop. >> other cities across the country also reporting a sharp rise in murder rates in l.a., data shows

when a bank robber robs a bank and runs away, and the crowd comes after him, can he just shoot anybody and claim self-defense if someone comes up to that person, and tries to stop them, tries to disarm them, like anthony huber did, do they forfeit their life >> let's get right to nbc's jay gray, who is live outside the courthouse in kenosha. jay, i understand the lawyers just finished? >> reporter: yes, they have completed the rebuttal here by the prosecution. and now, this will go to the jury in the morning. they will come back and get to the deliberations here look during the closes today, shep, prosecutors called kyle rittenhouse a wannabe soldier who showed no remorse when he shot those three men while, the defense team painted him as a teenager, chased down, cornered, and attacked fighting for his life that night. >> i think it's no surprise. >> reporter: referring to the shootings as murder, reviewing testimony and replaying videos from that night, prosecutors take their last turn with the jury >> there is no valid self-defense claim >> reporter: they say kyle rittenhouse provoke

. >> reporter: this isn't a flash mob, but a flash rob, a string of retail thefts hitting different stores as the holiday shopping season gets into full swing. nordstrom blocked by 25 cards, as many as 80 people running in, some with crowbars crime over within minutes. >>> and in san francisco, stores including high-end luxury shops were looted and vandalized, police running up to a car full of suspects, breaking windows in an attempt to stop them from getting away police calls the thefts orchestrated. >> there's no doubt in my mind that this was not unplanned. their plan was to overwhelm us. >> reporter: the entire amount of damage still under investigation. mayor breed calling the incident horrible. >> we can't continue to allow people to freely flow in and out of this city, commit these acts and get away with it. >> reporter: the busy shopping district is attempting a comeback, and san francisco facing closures of major drugs stores as retail thefts continue to plague the city the district attorney promising felony charges for those involved, but he's facing trials of his own a recall e

it's the latest in a string of smash and grab robberies across california, including several stores robbed and vandalized in the bay area this weekend. police say the mobs of looters are clearly planned events. >>> some of america's biggest cities are closing in on annual homicide records f philly appears on track to report more than 500 homicides this year. that would top the all time record set back in 1990. in the nation's capital, d.c. police reported the 200th homicide this year, that's the most in a single year since 2003, and indianapolis could break its homicide record for the second straight year so far, 244 people there have been killed, just one shy of last year. nationwide killings spike nearly 30% last year from 2019. that's the largest one-year spike on record, and that's from the fbi. >>> battling rising gasoline prices, president biden set to release millions of barrels of oil, but when can americans expect their pain at the pump to ease up. >>> and passengers behaving badly on the rise, why some flight attendants are warning things could get worse as airports prepare for a