And by contributions to this pbs station from viewers li. Thank you. Laura this is announcer this is bbc world news america. Reporting from italy, i am laura trevelyan. It really tries to recover from the economic fallout of coronavirus. Will the crowds becoming . All 50 u. S. States have started to reopen, the death toll in americapa sursses 92,000. Government guidelines on how to reopen safely are finay released. ,000 people in michigan are in vacuum after two dams failed. The governor warns there could be historic levels of flooding. We hear from the u. K. Dr. Who survived coronavirus after weeks on a ventilator. You give yourself goals. My goal was just to get home. Laura to all of you watching on pbs and around the glowo, welcome tod news america. S the whorning that rising numbers of cases are in poor nations. Even thoug rich countries, like the u. S. , are emerging from lockdowns. The biggest daily increase in all 50 u. S. States are starting to reopen, along with much of europe. We begin in northern italy where they hope to welcome tourists in june. Perfection is not shared. At least not for now. The jewel of lake como is in the stillness. It really hopes to bring tourist back from two weekshe today they lift restrictions and props its quarantine. The train kill it he the tranquility is breathtaking. Lake como was set for a record year. George clooney helping to pull urists. But then the virus hit tourist the hardest in italy. The tourism counselor has watched as every visitor who had booked has canceled until at least august. Now hotels a planning to extend the season to try to save it. Through until january, hopingpen the rooms fill up as confidence returns. They are the first to arrive we are now ready to welcome them again. For us, it is not a question of working with them, but to share our feeling with them, our soul and heart with b theause they started it for us. We wanted to be back as soon as possible. Italy is expecting a recession this year of lmost lockdown before any other country, italy is now on booking lifting of measure desperate to salvage the tourism season and the economy. The challenge between welcoming visitors and the risk of a second wave is what it really and every other countr sis now tryingtrike. At the local market restarting today, there is little to keep them busy. Traders want the custom back, effects. The possible side i dont think the tourists will come back quickly. Theyet arend we, are scared the infections rising again. The Italian Government is making a mistake. We in the north were worst affected by the virus. Why not open the south first, where they are not afraid . Ho it was shelleyrote, lake como exceeds everything i ever beheld in beaut this place is poetry, but it wants an audience. Laura from italy, lets turn our focus to th u. , where all 50 states are beginning to reopen. And i canwas the lost to begin ing restrictions. This comes as the cdc finally published detail safety guidelines on how to get the country going again. Lets bring in an emergency position, Washington Post columnist and baltimores health why do you thinklot has taken so for the cdc to release these type lines, which would be helpful to states a couple of weeks ago . That is a great question. The states needed that guidance it is also businesses we are looking to rpen and now many of them have in this guidance about how to safety reopen and what are the specic steps, what kind of cleaning procedures . What workplace should be closed and what should be open . This is crical information. There are reasons you can speculate as to why, but we need to cure from the cdc every day about what are the things tt should be done to ensure that as we reopen, we are doing so as safely as possible. Laura in new york, the governor said that even after two months of lockdown, coronavirus is still spreading through low income communities. Why could that be, do you think . Dr. Wen many of the individuals who live in low income cities are essential workers. They work in nursing homes. They work on buses and public ant. They work in Grocery Stores as cashiers. We have to keep in mind that social distancing is a privilege that not everyone has. Its also those in low income communities who will have the greatest impact of covid19 for many, reasocluding underlying disease or chronic decisions lack of health care has led to these decisions as well. Its unfortunate that this pandemic is unmasking many of these underlying disparities and inequities. Laura we are moving close to 100,000eaths from coronavirus in the u. S. , could some of those hdeate been prevented . Dr. Wen yes. Hawe knowsocial distancing works best when up quite, consistently, aggressively. We did not do that in the u. S. As early as we could have. Some states never issued a shelter at he order. We definitely could have prevented me of these deaths. We also know the work that we didal do waady effective there was a study that showed that if we do not have these could have faced 10 times the number of infections. Therefore, 10 times the number we have saved lives, but we could have done more. Laura thank you for joining us. Texas is moving to the second stage ofeopening its economy, even of the state recorded its highest single day increasin ronavirus cases. More than 50,000 people in texas have been infected. Nearly 1400 have died. A f weeks ago we spoke with the democratic mayor of boston. He joins us again now. Thank you for being with us. When we spoke in late april you said if there was a spike in infections than your governor would act. If we look at the graphic, you can see hospitalizations in the is your governor moving toon quickly to reoe state. Mayor adler the number of new hospitalizations we have iany given day is averaging no less olling0 of a sevenday basis. If it were to plateau, tht we dont know what the impact of opening up restaurants and bars will do to that number. We do know, from the work we have done to the last six to eightl weeks, that we wt warning signs and we will see triggers. It will enable us to hold back if we need to. I hope the governoif will join s hats what happens. What we are doing right now is we hav identified the element that we will look at every day. Wiour community is fol that number. If those hospitaerzations day are at the sevenday rolling average, are going to have to start taking some steps. If they go about 70, we will return to where we were before. We are watching those numbers. Laura the cdc has only just released this detailed guidelines ohow to reopen gyms. Eruld it help you to have that information ear mayor adler yes. I wish the information the cdc prepared was published and went out. But the more time the industry prepared they will be. Etter everything we can do toat this point, help make our reopening work, i am nervous about it. Work. T know if it will i want my community to do everything it can to help. Iant my community to wear face coverings and stay six feet apart. Its frustrating that the messaging coming out of the National Government is not one that is encouraging people to take this seriously. I wish that my state were giving me more tools to enforce those rules. I think people are getting mixed messages, and thats making me nervous. Laura the virus has also affected the economy. Tdo you s jobs that have been lost in austin coming back quickly, as President Trump hoping will happen across america . Mar adler i certainly want jobs to come back quickly, b i am concerned some people have the jobs they had to come back to. Are losing iconic restaurants. All businesses in ourusommunity thatarent able to weather the storm. In austin we have a strong economy, so we are probably more hafortunatemany other cities. Dt think it will be immediate, i think it will take a long time, and i am concerned abousome of what we have lost will be lost forever. Laura mayor adler, thank you for joining us tonig mayor adler thank you. Laura from texas, we turn to michigan where to dams have collapsed after days of heavy rain. 10,000 people facing 10,000 people have been evacuated from their homes. High waters are threatening a dam chemical facility. The company has shut down the plant. The governor declared a state of emergency. Here is more. Evacuate the area. The moment the swellingiver reached a dam in michigan. One of two catastrophic failures er the area that sent w pouring across fields and towns. So often in recent years, disasters have been measured by records broken. This was no exception. More than seven inches of rain causing historic flooding in a tstate already reeling fr coronavirus. While we are in an while we are in the midst of a global pandemic, itsmptant that we observed the best practices to keep ourselves and families safe. We will get through thi it is a test time, but we will get through this. A midland youth pastor has only just recovered from the last major flood three years ago. He and thousands ofhather resident been told to evacuate their homes. I feel like we have almost we went from staying me, staying safe, to leave your home. The safest place is not in your home. This supersedes the first thing. Do you ever just think, how much more can people actually take . I have had to rely a lot on my face. You almost wonder, is god punishing . Thatthe thought you go to. The rebuildingust finished up from the last one. How do you redo that again . Get ough strength to do that again . President trump said he is monitoring t situation, praising First Responders hours after accusing the state and threatening tout funding. Meanwhile, the water continues to rise. Prompting fears that the worst is yet to come. Jane obrien, bbc news. Laura michigan coping witto flooding on of coronavirus. Two m wanted on suspicion of helping escape from japan has been arrested in the united states. Trial while underreporting his income and misusing company funds. Gdhe has denied any wrng. The u. S. Supreme court has blocked the release of redacted material from special counsel Robert Muellers report in t 2016 electio democrats in congress are saying Additional Information of possible obstruction of justiru by president. Othe justice departmeected. The ruling means the final resolution may not be reached unti president ial election. Saco franc has opened its First Official camp for homeless people. Aloffiare calling it a safe sleeping village, with designated spots to ensure social distancing between tents. The city was using empty hotels to provide shelter. San francisco had a massr homess problem before the coronavirus pandemic. The s. Secretary of state ha denied that theiring of his Agency Inspector general was a former retaliation. At a briefin mike pompeo said the dismissal this past weekend shouldve been ago. R. He had been looking into whether he used so runavel, and personal errands. Our state Department Correspondent has more on what this is all about. Barbara the present fact the Inspector General because mike pompeo asked him to. Independent office. Al, being an investigation. Launched an saying something illegal happened. They want to know whether mr. Pompeo had the Inspector General onfired in retaliati for investigations he was ying out. He was looking into if mr. Pompeo used tax money to get his diplomatic securityo detail to things for him, like walk is. Esther ppeo said he did not know what investigations he was doing, so he cannot have been reliating. He defended his decision. He still did not answer decide that he had too. Ghe had this is notable because he is the fourth Inspector General to have been fired in less than two months. Y evpartment has one. The president has the right to remove them. He says he needs confidence in the individuals. In a number of cases, you could argue they had crossed him in some way. There is concern that the administration is Clearing House of independent and criti l laura you are watching bbc world news america. Still to come on tonights program, africa has been spared the worst of the covid crisis, but the are worries that could change. Laura the cyclone has made landfall and eastern india, uprooting trees and lashing with rain and winds. More than 3 Million People were forced to leave their homes. Orthat ewas made more difficult by the coronavirus restrictions. Heres mo fors onhey. Sty. E have these type of cyclones every year. Bin systems andit g hetasting people to move to shelters and prepping the shelters. They are ptty practiced when it comes to actual evacuation. What did make it difficult this time around, and thats what the disaster chief was talking about, you also have a coronavirus outbreak to contend with. Inside of lashing rain and gusting winds, you cannot necessarily contain all of those protocols. When you get to that shelter, ts when you make sure everything is clean. Organization has warned 190,000 people across africa could die coronavirus in the firs year of the pandemic. So far there have been less than 3000 recded deaths. The u. S. Secretarygeneral says the pandemic is in its early days. Our senior africa correspondent has more. In the heart of mogadishu, its an all out war ainst a new enemy. They have known no peace for nearly three decades. Its Health System is among the worlds most fragile. Now, covid19 is testing its resilience. Like many african countries, the but its far from containing the outbreak. At this hospital, medics are doing all they can to save lives. The last three months, i have not seen my family and my infant child. I have taken a personal decision risk of infecting famy, and to serve my people. Whole countries and cities have gone quiet. There are lockdowns and closures across africa. Yithey seem to be off, for now. Seng 100 doubling of the rates on a dailyasis. With the lockdown, that decreased to 5 . We are sure the lockdown played a very imptant role in slowing thepread of the pandemic on the continent. But measures are not working as intended everywhere. Hotspots. Around one of nairobis its thfirstha time been here since the government annoced restrictions. I am really shocked. You dont get a sense that this is being takeneriously here. In tanzania, testing stopped one nth ago, and the president has asked people not to let fear disrupt normal life. With the rest of the world consumed with their own responses,s frica more exposed than ever. The u. N. Is appealing support. Covid19 has touched every aspect of life. All predictionsha point tit will be with us for much longer. The winners will be the countries that managed to control the spread, minimize the spread and go on with life safely. What no one has a template. Laura africa bracing for what could be to come. Onef the biggest questions around covid19 is why does it affect some people so s . Dramatically and not oth this doctor in the u k went straight to the intensive ce unhen be il a was in the hospital for sevenhe wee. Outh correspondent has been speaking with him and his daughter. Mike is agp, but jokes about his nickname. He loves to sale. In march he got coronavirus. Ihecan sermebe vy aek spent seven in intensive care. Inrygbut for his family, it wasl too real. We received a facetime from him before he was put on a ventilator, with him saying, is is whats happening, this might be the last time wspeak. Which was absolutely heartbreaking. Because we thought that was it. W horrible. It must be hard. When pveple go on the ilator, they go on for a few days. But that then turned into a week , then it turned into three weeks, then it turned into five eks. We werent able to see him. We asked hold his hand. In and none of that was possible. Nurses helped the family video call him. It was the firstd seen her dad for weeks. Around week for five he was asking where you were. For him, you became ill the week before lockdown even started. He had no realization of what the country was going through. Do you have any memories of that . No. I had the, you have been asleep for six weeks whisper in my ear. Mi was bed and mys thoug will go to anybody who is on a ventilator at the moment. A particularly, their relatives. s a testament to the h work of the hospital. , and they will do anything for you. How has this changed you physically . As i sit here now i am a bit more breatess. I have been out for a week and its rd work. Ait hurnighttime. I have had moremiime with my. I think we got closer. It was reflective to see what life would have been like without me around. What was that first one like . You give yourself goals. My goal was to get home was just to get home. Yeah. We filmed this, mike hae to go back to the hospital. Hes optimistic he will be home with his family on. Laura be our ver wishes to mike. Chickens crossing a roa jis a pretty oe, but what about ducks . Those have been out and abt in russia with a poli escort. That was the scene the other day when this pair of ducks cross the streetm with help f police car and pedestrians. Something similar haened in russia a few weeks area. Police stopped traffic to let a family of ducks get across. 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