Deborahears, my wife and i have traveled across the country, especially across the towns, to learn about those parts of the american story. For conversation about future travel, i am glad to welcome the. Eo of airbnb, brian thank you so much for joining us. I have questions about your business in the olden times, in the future times. I want to start with one big picture question about all the enterprises that have an affected by the enterprise, yours has to be most affected. You are about mobility, and people have not been mobile. What is the main lesson, surprise, or discovery that you personally have taken from the experience in the last eight months or so. Ourn we lost about 80 of business in eight weeks, that we had spent about a decade building. That was quite surprising. What may have been even more surprising what is what happened next. What happens next is people, no matter the circumstances, in the midst of the pandemic, still had the desire to travel. They did not want to get
How cruises will be very different. And rowing to the rescue. Gondoliers in venice, italy, are helping the city recover from the pandemic. What america can learn from europe. And were listening. But first, heres todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. We must figure out a path forward, but we must always be aware that this virus is still with us. The death toll from coronavirus in the u. S. Could drastically increase in the coming weeks just as states are reopening. How much suffering are we willing to accept to get back to what you want to be some form of normality sooner rather than later . The senate is back in washington but not all lawmakers agree on the decision to return. If were going to make these fine people come into work, let the senate at least conduct the nations business and focus like a laser on covid19. Were about to start baseball. Pumped up. Live sports are coming back to tv with espn announcing theyll broadcat the korean baseball organization. If theres live ba
Stock higher and helping the idea that maybe this rally will continue. If there is an effective treatment for those who are severely ill with covid19, the economy can open more quickly than expected. Alphabet put up a better than feared quarter as well, helping the risk on rally. David tech helping to lead the way. Thank you so much for abigail doolittle. We are all anxious to get the economy going again but we want to do it safely. We welcome a man involved in making the plans for restoring the u. S. Economy. It representative don beyer of virginia, a democrat and vice chair of the joint Economic Committee in the house of representatives. Thank you for joining us. Give us your take on the fans being to on the plans being discussed, federal combined with state. Are we where we need to d are we where we need to be in the plans to get the economy going . Rep. Beyer no, but we are moving in the right direction. Most of the states have done a good job of flattening the curve. We are worrie
Could have imagined. Narrator and, the tale of two washings. That governor is a snake. Okay. Inslee. We are not going to be distracted by any rhoric that the president or anyone else uses. Thats the only thing thats going to get us through this. Narrator now on frontline, coronavirus pandemic. Frontline is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. And by the corporation for public broadcasting. Major support is provided by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundati, committed to building more jt, verdant and peaceful world. More information at macfound. Org. The Ford Foundation working with visionaries on the frontlines osocial change worldwide. At fordfoundation. Org. Additional support is provided by the abrams foundation, committed to eellence in journalism. The park foundation, dedicated to heightening publicr ess of critical issues. The john and Helen Glessner family tst. Supporting trustworthy journalism that informs and inspires. A
Much bigger outbreak than you could have imagined. Narrator and, the tale of two shingtons. That governor is a snake. Okay. Inslee. We are not going to be distracted by any rhetoric that the president or anyone else uses. Facts and science. Thats the only thing thats going to get us through this. Narrator now on frontline, coronavirus pandemic. Frontline is made posble by contributions to your pbs thank you. Om viewers like you. And by the corporation for public broadcasting. Injor support is provided by the john d. And catht. Macarthur foundation, committed to building more jt, verdant and peaceful world. More information at macfound. Org. The Ford Foundation working with visionaries on the frontlines of social change worldwide. At fordfoundation. Org. Ad tional support is provided by the abrams foundation, committed to excellence in journalism. The park foundation, dedicated to heightening Public Awareness of critical issues. E hn and Helen Glessner family trust. Supporting trustwort