violence rocks the nation in cities across the u.s. this weekend. people are gathering in sadness for the victims of a mass killing and frustration at the climate of hate that many blame for it. what you're seeing there, this is atlanta where demonstrators rallied at the state capitol and demanded justice for the eight people shot dead this week within and just outside the city. most of the victims were women of asian descent. cnn photo journalist christine leadership spoke to some asian-american women to see how they are processing the shooting and anti-asian activity. >> based on what i heard on the news, a 21-year-old man came into different asian spas, three different ones, and actively was shooting them. >> i just think that's devastating. especially since this happened not too far from me, and i am also an asian woman living in atlanta. >> this isn't new, it's been happening for -- it's increasingly happened over the past year. just the start of the whole pandemic. >> even just recently when i worked in the hospital, i was walking by, and someone said "lingling, come over here." >> when i was younger i would get comments about how my eyes look different. >> i had someone ask, are you going to give me the virus? >> comments about physical appearance for asian women. an extent where it's hypersexualization. >> i think people do say these things unfiltered to asian women because they don't think they will get adverse reaction. >> i hope that this experience allows more people to stand up for us. and not just asian-americans but anyone in general who you feel like is being mistreated just based on who they are. nothing about them, just their skin color, their gender, their ethnicity. so i really hope people are more proactive and really speak up. share -- instead of through social media, attend rallies, let everyone know. not everyone is on the same page. and i think it's about time we need to be. >> authorities say a georgia man has confessed to opening fire inside three separate asian spas. they're still investigating the motive in the killings. cnn correspondents have been covering the rallies around the u.s. we have two reports for you now. natasha chen is in atlanta. she talked with family members of one of the victims of tuesday's shooting spree. and paul vercammen is in los angeles which has one of the largest asian communities in the u.s. many there feel they have a target on their backs. >> reporter: four of the eight killed were of korean descent, one of them a south korean citizen who was a u.s. permanent resident, the other three believed to be americans of korean descent. the third spa location in cherokee county, one of the victims was from china and first came to the u.s. to florida as a nail technician, worked her way up, moved to georgia, ended up buying businesses, first one spa, then a second. she was known as a very hard worker, sometimes working seven days a week, always saving her money, made quite the impression on her customers and fellow business owners nearby as being an incredibly friendly person. i want to share with you something her daughter said about the experience of tuesday and waiting to find out the news about her mother. after you hear from her daughter jamie, you'll hear from michael webb, her ex-husband, talking about how fiercely tan defended the legitimacy of her business. >> i hoping it was not my mom, it was not my mom. so i was having this hope that maybe my mom got shot somewhere else, maybe on the arm, somewhere that it wouldn't be like -- to take her life away. >> she never knows what goes on behind closed doors. she made sure that she trained them, they had meetings every week, they had signage. she didn't allow locks on the doors. she wanted to know where her employees were, who the customer'+owere. she used to tell me a lot of times she would throw customers out because they would come in and think that they could have sex. and she would say, get out of my business. you know, she would throw them out. and so, you know -- she was -- she was a strong mother hen over that business and the people that worked there. she protected it. >> i had to ask them about their feelings on this possibly being a hate crime, which is being debated so heavily. michael webb told me that he really wants investigators to complete their work and didn't want to make a judgment on that. jamie, her daughter, said that she does understand where the asian-american community is coming from as far as the feelings of fear and anxiety in this climate, but again, they wanted to emphasize that they'd rather have the authorities make that call without making a statement on that ahead of time. natasha chen, cnn, atlanta. >> reporter: you can hear the sounds of a march behind me, the drums. this is little tokyo and there are 1.5 million asian-americans or people of asian-american descent in los angeles county. what leaders have been telling us, whether their roots are in the philippines, korea, china, japan, or other countries, is that they have been feeling this target on their backs during this wave of anti-asian violence. but they say there's a remedy. the legislative process. one assemblyman is now looking to pass a bill that would put in place a hotline, a hotline where asians who might be culturally reluctant to report a crime can call the hotline anonymously. >> one of the biggest problems in fighting hate crimes is that too many incidents are not reported. many of the victims may be reluctant to deal with law enforcement. they may choose not to report incidents even when they're victims. so we want to make it as easy and safe as possible for people to even be able to report incidents anonymously. there are many people in the immigrant community, some that are undocumented, so we want to make it as easy and safe as possible for people to report these incidents of hate crimes. >> reporter: this vigil in little tokyo also focused on the treatment of asian-american seniors, specifically japanese seniors, in some retirement homes. there was an inordinate amount of deads in two of those homes. they don't want to see japanese-americans transferred or lose their place in any of the homes due to evictions. we are starting to see this community coalesce, this asian-american community in los angeles, and that was evident by what happened on the streets of los angeles today. >> russ ell jong, cofounder of stop asian-american hate, thank you for joining us. your organization found nearly 3,800 incidents of bias over the course of the year during the pandemic through a self-reporting portal. most of those incidents i understand were name-calling. almost 70% incidents were against women. i understand your wife is among them. tell us what happened and what it says to you about the motives behind many of these incidents. >> right. thanks for having me, kim. of the 3,800 cases, women were harassed 2.3 times more than men. people attack those they think are more vulnerable. so my wife was running on a trail and someone deliberately blocked her path and coughed in her face. this is just an incident that's similar to hundreds of cases that we found, actually found so often in the reports that we created a special category for being coughed on and2kpr spat u. it's really debasing, aberrant behavior. people were asking, has the racism increased? we weren't, you know, tracking whether people coughed on each other or spat on each other's face. but because of the pandemic, because of the fear and the anger, and because people treat asians now like objects, as outsiders, they feel free to attack us in such dehumanizing ways. >> the scale of the violence, is it increasing, i wonder? months before the horrible murders, i think in april, you said in an interview that the dangers of the stigma and vilification -- let me get the quote -- could have genuine life-or-death consequences. do you feel that early warnings like yours about the seriousness of this issue have been ignored? >> i think it was ignored. president trump insisted on using the term "chinese virus." the republican party in this campaign continued to scapegoat and blame china and bash china. and that china bashing opened the way for the bashing of chinese people and those who look like them. so dire warnings early on. our worst-case scenario, that people would be so angry and have their anger directed towards asians, that we would have something like a mass shooting. and our worst fears have been realized. >> and you firmly believe that there was a racial animus behind this? >> i think race has place in a lot of ways people relate and perceive and target who they wanted to target. this perpetrator could have gone to any massage parlor, yet he chose asian ones. he could have attacked anybody, but he chose to attack asian women. and that clearly has a racial and gender bias and seems clear, women were disproportionately impacted throughout the pandemic, and they were disproportionately impacted in this shooting. >> i wonder, further complicating things, the ongoing tensions with china itself which we saw play out last week when the secretary of state met china's top diplomat. more and more americans list china as america's number one enemy. you've argued that that in turn affects how asian-americans are perceived here. >> right. so american foreign policy in asia actually translates into asian-american domestic policies. that how the u.s. relates to, say, japan or world war ii japanese-americans, led to their incarc incarceration. the u.s. declared a terrorism, that impacted south asians, muslims, and arab-americans here in the u.s. a u.s./china cold war, a hard stance against china, portraying china as enemy, makes chinese in the u.s. the enemy. it's really dangerous for chinese-americans and asian-americans. >> thank you for joining us respect, we really appreciate it. monday cnn brings you a one-hour special. amara walker, victor blackwell, 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pediatrician recommended brand . parts of the u.s. now on spring break. but the coronavirus isn't going anywhere. the mayor of miami beach has declared a state of emergency and ordered a curfew. he says the crowds in the area are, quote, more than we can handle. health experts in the u.s. are afraid another case surge is in the cards, just like the one happening right now in europe. the country's top infectious disease expert is optimistic, though. >> vaccines are coming on really well. between 2 million and 3 million doses per day are going into people. if we can just hang on a bit longer, the more people get vaccinated, the less likelihood there is going to be a surge. >> the virus is shutting down europe, angering thousands of protesters. we're seeing demonstrations against coronavirus measures across europe. the largest ones in months. people have gathered in switzerland, sweden, austria, germany, to name a few, sometimes clashing with police. the region is dealing with a third wave of infections on so some countries have ordered new restrictions. in london at least have arrested at least three dozen. some scuffles broke out as they tried to get the crowds to go home. the uk's vaccine rollout is making great strides. cnn's phil black joins me live. we saw those scenes there of people protesting because of those increased measures, due in part that that third wave in europe. >> reporter: yeah, kim, there is every sense right now that europe is about to enter or is entering, already perhaps deep into, another grim phase in this pandemic. wiwiwiwi all therifice and difficulty and loss that goes with that. but there is a different aspect to this, as well, added frustration. because there is a sense, perhaps even knowledge, among people who are impacted by this, that it didn't necessarily have to be this way. the vaccines are out there, but the european countries do not yet have sufficient supply to make a significant difference in driving down transmission in the near term. meanwhile, a relatively short distance away geographically, across the english channel in the uk, the vaccine program is swinging long. the uk hit a key milestone, half the adult population has been offered one dose, almost 27 million people. and the breadth of that rollout is already making a very noticeable difference in the key indicators. hospital admissions, deaths. they have fallen steeply in recent weeks. so on one hand you have europe locking down, in some cases talking about it. in others, here in the uk, they are talking about going in the other direction. they say they are on a roadmap to be pretty much open come june, mid-june, and by the end of july the plan is for every adult to have received at least one dose of a vaccine. so the mood is very different now. as an indicator of that, i think the most popular question posed to british politicians is when can brits take an overseas holiday again, how soon can that happen? in europe, frustrations are growing and there is even talk among eu leaders of essentially a vaccine trade war with the uk. they are so frustrated that eu produced vaccines are flowing into the uk, but uk-produced vaccines are not flowing in the other direction. so another grim phase for europe that is in so many ways familiar. but also feels very different in important ways this time, kim. >> yeah, a stark contrast that you draw. thanks so much, phil black in essex, england. i want to bring in keith neil in derby, england, professor emeritus of epidemiology, infectious diseases, university of nottingham, an infectious disease physician. thank you for joining us. i want to start with that new wave that's sweeping europe. the headlines are generally some version of, europe has missed its chance to stop the third wave of the coronavirus epidemic before it got out of control. is that because countries reopened too early? i ask because here in the u.s., we're shedding restrictions almost daily. surely there's a lesson there for us. >> i think we stayed locked down for a little bit longer than we might have wanted to partly because we had so many cases in the past. the so-called kent variant has swept through the country substantially very effectively because it seems so much more infectious than the previous strain and slightly more dangerous. this is the same strain sweeping through germany and much of france, although in france they've also got the south african strain that has caused problems in south africa. >> that kent variant, we know it generally as the uk variant. trying to fight this, obviously, we were hearing from our correspondent about the vaccinations and the continued reluctance by a handful of countries to resume using astrazeneca. do you think that this pausing for further study will reassure people that they're being careful, investigating thoroughly, so on? or might it just further erode confidence and doubts and in the end possibly cost lives? >> i think they've made a real mess of it by stopping programs. no one has ever said vaccines are totally safe. we do know that blood clots occur naturally in people. you've got to look at the risk for women post-pregnancy, anybody who has an operation, the rate of blood clots in people vaccinated is lower than one might expect in the general population. there are issues that the germans and norwegians have highlighted, but seven episodes, so even 17 episodes in over 17 million doses of vaccine. i've seen figures calculated that in europe, for every day you don't vaccinate 100,000 people, it's costing you 5 to 15 lives a day. >> as one writer put it, the adverse effects of covid-19, which happens in about 1% of cases, is death. obviously the risk is worth the vaccine there. do you think this controversy is sapping confidence in the vaccine even in the uk and undermining what's been so far a very successful rollout there? >> i would surprised if it didn't. but we're fortunately not seeing the results. our big problem has been having to stop doing the under 50s due to a vaccine supply issue. throughout my 30, 40-year career we've always had vaccine supply issues with one vaccine or another. part of the problem with the european vaccine was that they decided to order the vaccine only through factories within the eu, it must be for political reasons, and it's the factories in europe that have had problems. the problems in britain, which we started setting up three months earlier, have much more time to sort out problems. our shortage of supply is because of a problem with india. these supply problems were totally predictable. >> i want to switch focus to the classrooms. here in the u.s. renewed push to get kids back into in-person classes. the new cdc guidelines include measures like reducing the distance from six feet to three feet. but many teachers unions, still wary, skeptical of in-person teaching until all teachers have been vaccinated. what do you think of that, and more broadly, what are the lessons that we might learn from the uk, which has had more children in classes for longer than we have here? >> we've done a lot of work on this. the rate of death among teachers, particularly primary schoolteachers, is way below the national average for people, and also for older teachers, is similar to the whole population. we know young children are not very good at spreading it within the household. so in the classroom that risk must be less. the other thing, two papers on thursday night, one was from scotland looking at health care workers. i think that was a scottish health care worker. which showed that the more young children under the age of 11 you had at home, the less likely you were to go down with serious covid, suggesting that other coronaviruses may provide cross-immunity. and a big study using gp systems covid with people with young children, and the rate was 8 per 800,000 if you have no children, 850 if you did have young children in the household. that's a very small increased risk of the adults getting covid. and if you think about a house with 4 people has 4 times the greater chance getting covid than a household with 2 people. so i think there's good evidence that children are not responsible for -- majorly responsible for transmission of covid. >> all that is very reassuring to parents listening to this. that's all the time we have, keith neil, we appreciate you coming on. thanks so much. >> thank you, good-bye. president biden is scrambling to contain a worsening crisis at the southern u.s. border as waves of migrants try to enter the u.s. thousands of unaccompanied children have been taken into custody. we'll bring you an update on the crisis next. d to mucinex. we still have 12 hours to australia. mucinex lasts 12 hours, so i'm good. now move! kim, no! mucinex lasts 3x longer for 12 hours. ♪ beds get sick too protection. lysol laundry sanitizer kills 99.9% of illness-causing bacteria detergents leave behind. proven to kill covid-19 see every 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hundreds of them have been in jail-like conditions over 10 days, much longer than the three days allowed by law. now the biden team won't call it a crisis, and even though the president himself promised transparency when he took office, journalists have been blocked from reporting on conditions inside the detention facilities. we get more on that from cnn's arlette saenz from the white house. >> reporter: when homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas traveled to the border he did so without any reporters on that trip. the department of homeland security cited privacy concerns and the covid-19 pandemic as the reason why the media was not allowed to accompany him on that trip to those border facilities. but this follows a pattern from the biden administration as this border crisis has been brewing. so far, reporters have not been allowed into those border processing facilities where those unaccompanied migrant children are being held. many of these facilities not entirely fit to house children for long periods of time, as some of them are now. while the secretary mayorkas was at the border, he was accompanied by some senators. one of those senators on the trip, democrat chris murphy, tweeted about the conditions that he saw. he said, just left the border processing facility, hundreds of kids packed into big open rooms. in a corner i fought back tears as a 13-year-old girl sobbed uncontrollably, explaining through a translator how terrified she was. this is certainly one of many scenes that is potentially playing out at these facilities, but so far the media has not had access to them to see what is actually happening on the ground. the white house has vowed that they want to be transparent and are working on ways to make that access possible at the white house. but so far there is no timeline just yet on when reporters will be allowed into those facilities. arlette saenz, cnn, the white house. a dallas convention center is now being used to house unaccompanied migrant children, possibly up to 1,200 of them. buses started arriving wednesday, moving children to the temporary shelter to help with overcrowding in border control facilitfacilities. books and games are being provided by religious groups and fema is providing makeshift beds and other supplies. thursday officials say in all, the u.s. has more than 14,000 migrant children in custody. growing pressure on myanmar's military as the death toll of the protesters and political opponents goes up. one group says 238 people have been killed in the coup since february 1st. the military denies any wron wrongdoing. cnn's paula hancocks has our report. we warn you it does contain graphic video and may be hard to watch. >> reporter: an all too familiar scene in myanmar these days, the funeral of yet another killed by increasingly violent security forces, a member of aung san suu kyi's national league for democracy. a 58-year-old politician who was supposed to be part of the new democratic myanmar, instead witnesses say he was taken from his home in yangon in the middle of the night, dead within a day. family showed us photos of the body which show wounds, a wound in the back of the head. one family member says it is clear what happened. he says, "the wounds he received could only be from intense torture." the military has not responded to our request for comment. days later, lin was arrested in the early hours of the morning. he too was dead within a day. footage of his body shows significant injuries to his abdomen and face. the junta says he fell from a building onto a steel fence while trying to escape. his wife says there is no steel fence near their home. she says the soldiers have bayonets with a serrated edge on one side and a blade on the other, i think that was used to kill my husband. his neck is sewn up as well. they killed him brutally and inhumanely." the u.s. state department has condemned security forces actions that resulted in the deaths of political prisoners. the nighttime arrests continue, including the nld member seen here being pushed into the back of a military jeep last week. his family says they've heard nothing since. one of hundreds that have disappeared, hundreds more are in hiding. "i am constantly on the move, constantly switching places. i too have been to prisons over 10 years. i was tortured, made to sign confessions. i can be arrested again." lin's widow says she has lost all hope but has to carry on for their 10-year-old son. she's heartbroken but proud of her husband for showing the world how brutal the military can be. thousands of people in australia have been forced to evacuate due to severe flooding. this house was swept away by floodwaters 300 kilometers north of sydney. several dams are at or above capacity. bill hogan of 9 news australia has more on what the state remere is calling a once in a century event. >> reporter: standing in a suburb called cornwallis, which just before 2:00 this morning was given five hours to evacuate safely with risk of the hawksbury river rising. as you can see, it has done that. if you look at the pace of the water currently going through down towards the windsor area, carrying with it debris, on the other side freeman's road which has been given evacuation notice as well. over there you can see homes are starting to fall under water. it is quite a volatile situation. as we've been standing here, you can see that the water is rising. it's such a rapid pace. i was standing on road, now the water is obviously up to my ankles. this is certainly a situation which has posed too much of a risk for people who live in this area. this is one of many suburbs across sydney inundated by over 200 millimeters of rain, now at risk of flooding. five hours up the north coast of australia, homes and suburbs of kinsey and port mcquary were washed away and farmlands saturated, forcing people to move possessions to higher ground and move to nearby evacuation centers. sydney's main supply of drinking water was forced to fill after reaching capacity for the first time in years. that continues to flow into the river systems surrounding sydney and threatening more homes. this downpour will carry on for at least the next three days as the low pressure system moves along the east coast of australia towards the far south coast. this water level is rising at such a rapid pace that it might be some time, maybe days, before residents will be allowed to return home. there's farmland, lots of areas here a that have been left behind, simply to save themselves, and they've been taken to evacuation centers further in town toward winter and richmond in hope that everything will soon be okay. college basketball is dealing with a coronavirus outbreak at the year's biggest tournament despite strict protocols from the ncaa. next, how the virus disrupted march madness. the stinging. my skin was no longer mine. my psoriatic arthritis, made my joints stiff, swollen... painful. emerge tremfyant™ with tremfya®, adults with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis... ...can uncover clearer skin and improve symptoms at 16 weeks. tremfya® is also approved for adults with active psoriatic arthritis. serious allergic reactions 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this question. >> does anybody in this restaurant think it's a good idea to take the vaccine? >> no. >> raise your hand if you think it's a good idea. anybody here, good idea to take the vaccine? raise your hand if you think it's a good idea. not one person here thinks it's a good idea? complete quiet. >> reporter: boyce city is the county city of sparsely populated cimaron county, oklahoma, where 92% of the voters chose donald trump on election day, the highest percentage in a state where all 77 counties went for trump. what do you think about the vaccine? are you going to take the vaccine? >> no, sir. >> tell me why. >> i don't trust the government, i don't trust biden. >> reporter: chad and misty hughes are husband and wife. neither plan to get the vaccine. >> i don't want to. >> why don't you want to? if you don't mind me asking? >> i don't take the flu shot and i don't usually take the flu. >> you don't think you'll get covid? >> probably. >> why are you thinking that? research doesn't show that at all, it shows it keeps people safe. >> that's my choice. >> reporter: these women are sisters and they too are doubters. >> why are you doubtful? >> they just started rolling them out. >> well, yeah, but -- this has been a worldwide effort. >> the flu can be cured. but still hundreds of thousands of people die from the flu. >> not nearly as much as covid. this is a horrible pandemic. this is an amazing vaccine, they're saving lives. you don't believe it? >> no. we'll agree to disagree on the subject, i guess. >> i'm just not. not going to take it. >> what if president trump came out and was very robust and said, take the vaccine! i took it even though i didn't tell anybody, it was done secretly, but i think you when should take it. he said it a little bit but he wasn't robust. if he was robust, would you take it? >> no. a liberal thonew yorker, why wo we listen to him? >> did you vote for him? >> he was the best option. >> reporter: enthusiasm for the vaccine wasn't easy to find. >> "the boyce city news," your newspaper, an article, covid vaccines are available in your hospital. are you going to get one? >> no, sir. >> how come? >> i really don't ever get vaccines. >> reporter: we did find a boss in the grocery store who gave us a different answer with a caveat. >> are you going to take the vaccine? >> i have taken it. >> what made you decide to take it? >> my wife. >> reporter: gary tuchman, boyce city, oklahoma. bad news for march madness. men's basketball tournament. after an outbreak of coronavirus hit the virginia commonwealth tournament team, the first-round game was declared a no contest. andy scholes is in indianapolis with more. >> reporter: ncaa set up a controlled environment with strict protocols in indianapolis, hoping to keep covid from disrupting the tournament. saturday night, virginia commonwealth university was forced to withdraw from the tournament after multiple members of the team contracted the virus. >> it was devastating, heartbreaking. a lot of -- no dry eyes. this is what you dream of as a college player and coach. to get it taken away like this is just -- it's a heartbreaking moment in their young lives. >> reporter: vcu set to take on oregon in a 7-10 matchup but the game called off hours before tip-off, the ncaa saying this decision was made in consultation with the marion county public health department. as a result, oregon will advance to the next round of the tournament. ncaa and the committee regret that vcu student athletes and coaching staff will not be able to play in the tournament which they earned the right to participate because of privacy issues we cannot provide further details. vcu head coach rose saying, we've been tested every day, but within the past 48 hours we've received multiple positive tests. we are devastated for our players and coaches. it has been a dream for all of us to play in the ncaa tournament. we appreciate the care of our doctors and administration and all our efforts and attention will be put into our players at this time. life isn't always fair but it's how you deal with it and move forward. this news is concerning for the ncaa because it means their controlled environment has likely been compromised. vcu likely contracted the virus here in indianapolis. the teams are staying at four hotels here in downtown. they're very secure. the public can't get anywhere near them. the players and teams, they had to show seven days of negative tests before arriving here. they've been tested daily since getting here nearly a week ago. but still, covid found a way to disrupt this year's ncaa tournament. when we come back, the signs are everywhere, pandemic pause on normal life might be coming to an end. like in japan where they're leveling up at theme parks. super nintendo world next. rely on the experts at 1800petmeds for the same medications as the vet, but for less with fast free shipping. visit petmeds.com today. roller coasters, carousels, colorful characters come to life. the return of theme parks is one sign that things may be starting to get back to normal. disneyland has announced plans to reopen next month for the first time in more than a year. japan's universal studios has finally opened a long-awaited new traattraction, bringing the world of nintendo to life. cnn's selena wang reports. >> reporter: entering super nintendo world, follow me! ♪ here we are, a life-sized replica of nintendo's most popular games. all the iconic characters. after nearly a year-long delay because of covid-19, this theme park in universal studios japan is finally open to the public. we're getting a sneak peek before the crowds come in. this is how things look during covid. temperature taken at the entrance. hand sanitizer everywhere. masks required at all times except for in mask-free zones. i can interact with mario and luigi, but there are rules against touching. one of the few places in the park where i can take my masks offer in this photo area with mario and luigi. on the ground there are markers to prove that i need to be a certain distance away from them, so i am being socially distanced from mario and luigi. park officials say this all cost about $500 million to construct and over six years to develop. the gaming industry and nintendo got a big boost during the pandemic as more people were stuck at home playing nintendo games. games that become real life in this park. the whole park is interactive. you can compete against other people here too. like in the mario video games. i got this band on my risk and i can punch up on these blocks, and i get points in the mario app on my phone. this is what many fans are most excited about, a mario cart race through bowser's castle. i'm going to put on the augmented reality headset here. clip it in. all right, let's go! the augmented reality headset took getting used to, but i was racing through the mushroom kingdom. for nintendo, this is an important step beyond its core business of video games and consoles. it's cashing in on its treasure trove of intellectual property and iconic characters in the stores and restaurants. in the cafes, mushroom kingdom, mushroom-themed food is everywhere. it's edible. she told me, i got emotional, i've been playing nintendo games since i was small. mario name games raised me. this is beyond my expectations, she told me, i feel like i'm in the mario world. i get worried about covid when i take off my mask, but the park is taking safety protocols so i feel safe. japan border are closed but there are plans to open mario world in california and other locations. the ceo says he wants the world to visit when the pandemic is over. selena wang, cnn, tokyo. that's it for now. i'm kim brunhuber. i'll be back in just a moment with more cnn newsroom. please stay with us. so you're a small business, or a big one. you were thriving, but then... oh. ah. okay. plan, pivot. how do you bounce back? you don't, you bounce forward, with 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