Today and always. The freeman foundation. By judy and Peter Blum Kovler foundation; pursuing solutions for americas neglected needs. And by contributions to this pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Laura welcome to bbc world news america. Im katty kay in washington. Brazils president remains defiant as cases rise higher. The Trump Administration is banning travel for anyone entering the United States from the country. No regrets, no apologies. The top eight to the british Prime Minister defends his actions in bending stayathome measures. He wont stop down. I have not offed step down. I have not offered to resign. I have not considered it. Katty keeping memories alive. This memorial day we meet an archivist whose work to solve the mystery of those missing in action. Who has worked to solve the mystery of those missi in action. Katty welcome to the program, and happy memorial day for those of you watching in america. The United States marks this holiday with more cases of covid
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Pres. Trump i stand before you at this noble fortress of american liberty to pay tribute to the immortal souls who fought and died to keep us free. Earlier today the first lady and in their sacred honor at Arlington National cemetery. Now we come together to salute the flag they gave their lives so boldly and brilliantly we pledge and their Cherished Memories that this majestic flag will proudly fly forever. We are joined for todays ceremony by secretary of defense mark esper. Secretary of the interior david bernhardt, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff general congressman andy harris, and a number of Service Members and veterans of the armed forces. The dignity, daring, and devotion of the American Military is unrivaled anywhere in history and anywhere in the world. In recent months our nation and the world have been engaged in a new form of battle against an invisible enemy. The men and women of the United States military have answered the call to duty and raced into danger. T
Going to see probably tomorrow in a to wednesday, potentially. Heres a look at the memorial day proper forecast today 70s, the coast 90s going on in london. We have a heat advisory covering a good piece of real estate, not quite the coverage that we saw from the watch of yesterday well get into all of that and of course a lot of county with the warning will have that in your more extended forecast in just a bit marty back to you ok day thank you well as the day warms up around the bay area lot more people expected to head outdoors to enjoy. Their memorial day commemoration kron 4 Sarah Stinson live in dolores park in San Francisco with what we can expect later today and sarah that has been a popular place over the weekend. Marty a dolores park has been a popular place for people to get out of their homes during the shelterinplace and people are just eager to get out as its memorial day they have the day off or they want to enjoy the outdoors like they normally do however were still in
Spend the last half hour talking about the future of the Restaurant Industry. Good morning. Guest good morning to you. Host what has been the overall impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the Restaurant Industry . Guest it has been devastating. Right after the cruise lines and airline business, restaurants and bars have been hurt the most. And it is a very different kind of business from the two i mentioned, the cruise ships and airlines, which are very concentrated. With restaurants, i mean, you have millions of restaurants ou t there. Of sales forion these companies. Familyownedre with less than 50 employees. And the great majority of them have been closed down. Million people who work in restaurants, up to 15 million have been collecting Unemployment Insurance already. Thehat is a good chunk of nearly 40 Million People who have applied for Unemployment Insurance. So the business has been devastated. Of that 900 billion, the businesses estimate they will lose about 300 billion this y