Restrictions on low risk activities and thousands of restaurants are on the verge of shutting down for good. Yeah, how the new normal will not be enough to keep some businesses afloat. Reporter any given night before the pandemic, restaurants said they had to fill every seat to make a profit. They have four tables outside, four inside and four at the bar. So reopening cutting that number in half to meet social distance rules, reopening is impossible. With the stay at home order through may. There will be a change in rereopening are back on hold. I cant wait to get back to feeding people. Chef lopez is a partner at pearl, a neighborhood restaurant in the richmond district. She had to lay off the staff. Tonight she is making lasagna, free frk hospitality workers in needs. Having half the table, staff Wearing Masks full time and a heavier reliance on take off. And jacking murphy says at 75 capacity, his restaurant would barely break even. Until they tell us what the new mandates are, its
and welcome to our viewers in the u.s. and around the world. i m rahel solomon in for christine romans. wee begin with nikki haley, the 2024 presidential contender breaking with former president trump and florida governor ron desantis on a cnn town hall last night. they differentiated herself from her rivals, sometimes, by name, on a number of points including social security and medicare. and january 6. here s haley on ukraine where trump and desantis have avoided clearly backing the country s fight against russian aggression. listen. this is bigger than ukraine. this is a war about freedom. and it s one we have to win. a win for ukraine is a win for all of us. because tyrants tell us exactly what they re going to do. what we heard, china said they were going to take hong kong, they did it. russia said they were going to invade ukraine, we watched that happen. china says taiwan is next, we better believe them. russia says poland and the ballotics are next, if that happens,