resolve, that's a different story. [closing bell rings] connell: liz, bruce you articulated it so well. a healthy dose of caution. a lot of positives here. bruce biddle of bear, that will do it for "the claman countdown" a green day on wall street. melissa: stocks rallying on positive vaccine developments in major deals in technology. happy monday, i'm melissa francis. hey, connell. connell: hey there, melissa, happy monday indeed. welcome to "after the bell." second day of gains for the s&p. the nasdaq snapping a two-day losing streak and up almost 2% on the day. we'll talk a lot about it and cover the other big stories with fox business team coverage. blake burman at white house. gerri willis is watching those markets. we start today with edward lawrence in washington.

new details on a possible coronavirus vaccine. edward. reporter: connell that is what is propelling the markets today. we have positive news out of two vaccine makers. the first one pfizer. the ceo of pfizer says they will have enough critical data in october to be able to submit for approval should everything go as expected. he has said this before but this is a little different because it comes as astrazeneca saw a minor setback of trials in their vaccine. the pfizer ceo says he sees americans start being vaccinated before the end of 2020. the u.s. government secured 100 million doses from pfizer this year with an option to get 500 million more next year. as of today, more than 29,000 people are in a phase three trial for pfizer. the fda hopes to have 30,000 volunteers and pfizer says it will be there next week on the way to 44,000 people. of those, 24% in the study are minorities. that is something that the fda wants to see. they want to make sure this works among a diverse group of

population. this virus has also become political. the vaccine has become political. many belief if there is a vaccine before election day it gives president donald trump a boost. >> i'm proud to report to you that every single day we're developing new medicines that are saving lives across the country. even though joe biden said, and i quote, no miracle is coming, we are on track to have the first coronavirus vaccine before the end of this year! america's in the miracle business. [applause] reporter: the other positive news on vaccine comes from astrazeneca the company resumed its vaccine trials in the united kingdom and the independent panel looked at the case where one participant had swelling in the spine. they found the study was safe to resume only in the uk. in a statement astrazeneca's spokesperson tells fox business, we continue to work with health authorities across the word including the fda in the u.s. and will be guided when the

other clinical trials can resume to provide vaccine broadly, equitiably and at no profit during this pandemic. astrazeneca before this pause was basically seen first being able to give some documentation needed for approval in october. we'll have to see what this pause does to that timeline. back to you. connell: edward lawrence, live for us in washington. that's the setup for gerri willis to talk more about the market rally today. gerri? reporter: it was a great day in the markets. one way to describe today's action, whoo-hoo. that is a technical term. dow, s&p, nasdaq all closing higher. all 11 s&p sectors higher and largely because of a tech turn around. the names were under pressure for so long as people took profits. apple, microsoft, nvidia all higher after two straight weeks of trading lower. vaccine hopes, tech mergers the big headlines today. the vaccine stocks higher. pfizer higher. you just heard that the company

is thinking that they can be giving americans a vaccine by the end of the year. that is what the pfizer ceo said this weekend. the stock moving handily on that as you can see. astrazeneca restarting covid trials in the uk. that is the headline people were working from today. back to mergers, right? merger monday. oracle in a deal with tiktok, more like a partnership. immunomedics being bought out. by gilead. when you see the mergers, that kind of deal-making, that doesn't mean the market is in terrible shape. here you see the market surging higher. you really know that it's a rally when retail stocks move higher, like kohl's up handily today. that tells you something very good is going on in these markets. back to you guys. connell: good enough. thank you, gerri willis.

melissa. melissa: president trump visiting california today where the devastating wildfires have killed than 24 people in less than a month. fox business's blake burman live at the white house with the latest. blake. reporter: hi, there, melissa, and the president right now is in the sacremento, california, area. he has been there for couple hours getting a first-hand briefing, you're right of the devastating fires in that region there. it was interesting that president was sitting down a little while ago with democratic lawmakers and leaders in that state. the president believes forest management is needed to tackle this problem and tamp down those fires but democratic lawmakers were saying much bigger problem at hand, climate change. >> if we ignore that science, and put our head in the sand, think it is all about vegetation management. we'll not see. president trump: it will start sitting cooler. you just watch.

>> i witch science agrees with you. president trump: i don't think science knows actually. reporter: earlier today, treasury secretary steve mnuchin steve mnuchin will sit down in the coming days to discuss the latest involving tiktok has bytedance named oracle as quote, unquote, trusted tech partner. mnuchin as it says as it relates to the possibility coming together of these companies that there is still a lot in play. >> but was we've said before, a condition of any deal is to make sure that we believe that the code is safe. that u.s. citizens personal data is safe. and that the phones are safe. and we have a lot of confidence in oracle so we'll be reviewing the technical issues with them. reporter: he talks about reviewing the technical issues with them there. there is cfius review underway. that is essentially a national security review from the treasury department. the commerce department as well, also expected to have its say.

both of those at some point this week. back to you. melissa: blake, thank you for that. science always agrees with you. connell. connell: more, more tiktok talk now, adam lashinsky joins us. forbes business contributor. little-known fact, very big on tiktok is adam. interesting way they put this whole thing together. watching steve mnuchin's comments there, this has been mentioned many times oracle deal, more partnership than deal. mnuchin says he want toes make sure the code was safe. can you do that in a partnership rather than an acquisition. what do you think? >> grate to see you, connell. it is probably helpful to point out what we don't know and we don't know most of what's going on here. ticktock, bytedance, already has a technology partner in the united states, an american company called google.

that is who, google cloud hosts the ticktock dance videos now. so it isn't at all clear taking that partnership away from one american company, transferring it to another american company would do. presumably those would be the details cfius is looking at and that would be revealed to the public at some later date but right now, whatever the president said had to happen, in other words that bytedance had to sell tiktok to an american company, which is, to a non-chinese company, which was what was being discussed with microsoft, hasn't happened. connell: right. and it is interesting because the company that is now involved in this partnership, and again, not outright buying tiktok is run by a guy named larry ellison, there are not many, when you think about the big tech ceos who are publicly known to support president trump, but larry ellison is one of the guys who does. he held a fund-raiser for him.

i wonder how that might play how this ends up? >> yeah. the scarier, the frustrating part part to me, connell the word wonder. we just don't know. ellison is a supporter of trump. the katz, the ceo, the woman who runs the company has been a supporter of the president's and we know that the administration isn't thrilled with google for a variety of reasons. but that is really all we know. we're just speculating here. sure looks like the administration is going with a company it feels more comfortable with which is sort of a way crazy way to think about the american government or american businesses doing business. connell: what about oracle's point of view on all of this? i guess it is all about the cloud, right, competing with amazon, competing with microsoft, their cloud computing business, it would make sense from their perspective, right? >> it absolutely makes sense for oracle which is way, way behind

amazon, microsoft, and google who are the leaders in cloud computing services to get a very prominent customer on to its cloud service. then could say, look, we serve tiktok. we serve zoom which it does. and we can search you too. there is not a lot of downside here to oracle, especially depending on what the price is and what we can speculate right now, there is no price. connell: you're right. there is a lot we don't know. it will be probably the blanks will get filled in next few days. in terms of the national security part of this, the concerns there, mnuchin talked about it on the code side. how do we make sure that it is, quote, unquote safe? i mean you, if you're doing that, you would want to eliminate chinese ownership completely, right? i guess that would be the goal, if that is your priority? >> correct. my understanding is that this is exactly what microsoft was discussing, not only taking the code on to u.s. based servers

but owning the algorithm. that is the key. i don't think mnuchin addressed it in those terms. owning the algorithm is what these companies want. that is what tiktok is in its essence. if you own the algorithm and you host the code, presumably the chinese government cannot get its hands on it, which although tiktok said many times we wouldn't give it to them, in fact in their terms of service they say very clearly we would if we had to, and they would if they had to. connell: all right. we'll have to watch this. we'll see how the whole thing because you have two reviews. one is the administration itself and other on the regulatory side. >> connell -- [inaudible]. connell: well, that is that. that is a very good point. that is a very good point. yes, they have their own interests. adam, melissa, back over to you. melissa: millions of americans bracing for impact. strengthening hurricane sally expected to make landfall within 24 hours, forcing mandatory

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♪. connell: now to the wildfires raging across parts of the west coast. at least 35 people are now dead in three states. president trump paid a visit to california this afternoon. was briefed on the destruction and claudia cowan is live in sacramento with the very latest for us. claudia. reporter: hi, connell. the president's visit here just wrapping up. as you might imagine the focus here was as much on climate change as on the deadly wildfires themselves. just before he sat down with first-responders and emergency officials, the president doubled down on the role he believes poor forest management plays in these catastrophic fires. he pushed back at the idea of soaring temperatures play an even bigger role. here is that exchange.

>> science will be key. because if we ignore that science and sort of put our head in the sand, think it is all about vegetation management we're not going to succeed to protecting californians. president trump: okay. it will start getting cooler. i, you just watch. reporter: >> i wish science agreed with you. president trump: i don't think science knows. reporter: california governor gavin newsom thanked the president for pledging federal help what he calls in record time. he agreed more needs to be done to clear away dried brush and dead trees but he took the president to task on the climate change issue. listen. >> i think there is an area of at least commonality on vegetation, forest management but, please, respect and i know you do, the difference of opinion out here as it relates to this fundamental issue on the issue of climate change. president trump: absolutely. reporter: the president also took time out here to honor members of california's national guard who conducted a daring

rescue over the labor day weekend, airlifting more than 200 campers to safety after they became trapped by a fast-moving wildfire near fresno. the president awarding the distinguished flying cross to seven of those heroes. well-deserved. president now heading to a roundtable event with some of his latino supporters in phoenix. back to you, connell. connell: claudia cowan live for us in sacramento. melissa. melissa: californians deciding to move. "the washington post" reporting that last year for the first time in 10 years more people left for other states, then arrived in california due to the high cost of living. droughts, and unpredictable wildfires. here now to discuss is dan henninger from "the wall street journal." he is also a fox news contributor. this has been about to happen for a long time in california. they don't seem to care when people leave because, i don't know, i guess there are enough rich hollywood people and

nancy pelosi has so much money she could support the state on her own. so it is not that big of a deal to them but do you think as they have this fight over the fires and so many people are endangered does it make sense to bicker over climate change? or should they hop on some sort of a solution? what are your thoughts? >> well you know the climate change thing is fascinating because it seems as though whenever a problem comes up, no matter what, the democrats, liberals, cite climate change as the cause of all the world's problems and out there in california the fact of the matter is, melissa they had been doing a lot about climate and the environment for years and at the end of the day, to get where they want to go to back out carbon, move to alternative forms of energy is going to guess what? raise the cost of living. it is going to become more expensive. we had the rolling blackouts out

there in california. people losing their electricity from one end of the state to the other. then they had to import energy from other states. they often found that solar power would not work, literally believe it or not, after the sun goes down. so they had no complimentary sources of energy. pushed out gas plants, natural gas plants which they had to restart or delay the closing of to get the energy they needed. all of this ultimately raises the cost of living on the middle class. you are right, the hollywood elite, the wealthy, they were willing to pay higher taxes to live amidst the beauty of california but it just became the final straw for the middle class and the lower middle class who simply could not afford to live in that beautiful state. now these wildfires are telling a lot of people, they have got to get out. melissa: you know, it is so fascinating because you remind me that, you know, climate

change is the reason for these fires in california but not necessarily for the reasons that people think. they have poured a ton of money in their grid into alternative energy as you mentioned and cost of that, i know this, because i covered energy for decades has been they have not done the necessary repairs on the grid that they have. that is one of the many things that is causing the fire sparks from antiquated grids. so diverting the money from repairing their grid in the name of climate change is one of the many factors that has caused this fire. it is also, you make a great point that they have spent more money on climate change than any other state. their gasoline is so much more expensive because of the different blends that they use. that is just one example. there is many, many taxes and many money that is spent in the name of climate change yet they are the ones in the worst situation right now with this

fire. it is ironic their house is burning down as the worked hardest on climate change than anyone. i don't know whether that tells you any of that is working. i'm seeing the postal service is tweeting that postal service has temporarily closed in california, washington and oregon some of the post offices. due to the wildfires and the high winds. do you think if they closed the post offices because of the fire, is that going to help the election effort? >> well, it is not going to help it very much. i mean the post office is at risk. and, california of course is a state that is undoubtedly going to vote for joe biden. so i think the democrats electoral votes are safe out there but what we're seeing here in california, i think it is really an object lesson in political decline. i mean over the years liberals have enact ad lot of legislation, the cost of living would go up a little bit but there was kind of a modus not

piling up so much in terms of regulations and taxes, it was kind of the last straw that broke the camel's back. we know california's politics moved progressively to the left. the progressives now control state legislature. they have a supermajority. they have can do whatever they want. pass almost whatever regulations they want. someone recently proposed raising the top personal rate to 16.8%. it is now 13.3%. and, as the politics of the left moves in that direction, it just sort of, people open their eyes and say, they have made the state incredibly, a beautiful state like california, they're making it literally unaffordable and unliveable. the idea that a state as lovely as california would drive out the middle class and the lower middle class, at a time was unthinkable. but now as you're describing it, "the washington post" is describing today, it is really very much unpeoples minds they

want to get out of california. melissa: gavin newsom standing there with his collar up, fire suit in the middle of the fire, this is coming to a state near you. you wonder if he is talking about climate change or runaway leftism. i don't know. dan, thank you so much, connell? connell: all right, melissa, health and wellness products from the sky. how about that? walmart is teaming up with the drone company zip line to deliver select items to residents near its headquarters in arkansas by drone. walmart announcing just last week it would deliver groceries in north carolina by drone, working there with on demand startup drone company called any-trex. pretty cool. we'll be right back. ♪

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cruises docked at least until the end of next month. so the travel industry continues to suffer. here we are six months into the pandemic. let's bring in roger dow in, he is the u.s. travel association president and ceo. thank you for joining us, roger. are you starting to see any light you know, at the end of the tunnel, yet? >> great, connell. we are beginning to see light. we watch sentiment all the time. over 50% of americans say they're ready to travel which has been going up every week. we're starting to see people travel regionally. drive markets outdoors are very popular. connell: you know we flashed up a "usa today" headline, i will just pull one quote for you out of that piece. i think it is interesting because everybody wants to know about the timing. you expect to see 2021 probably 70% of what 2019 was. 2022, is the year we're back. so what comes first? what would be lagging next year and before we get back to quote, unquote normal in 2022 as you

see it? >> right, connell, what is going to be bring us back to be able to have business travel and group meetings and conventions and finally international travel. when those three kick in, in addition to leisure travel we'll be in very good shape. the demise of the travel industry has been reported over and over again. september 11th, the great recession. i'm optimistic it will be back sooner than people think. it is hard to predict sunshine in the middle of a hurricane. connell: it is, you got to get from here to there, right? we reported over and over every day, congress hasn't gotten the next round of relief passed and the like. what about that period, the period between now and the 70% next year and fully back to schedule year after that, even if you're right? that is a lot of days in between now and then? how do we get there? >> connell, this industry has been hit harder than anybody. 50% of our people have been out of work and congress must act now. we have to put politics aside.

83% of travel is small businesses, even though you know the big airlines and hotel companies, but it is small business. these people cannot hang on much longer. a lot will go out of business if we can't get congress to act. connell: that is interesting number, that not a lot of people know that 83% of the industry travel is made up of small business. we think of delta, disney, hilton, the large companies all the time but what type of companies are you referring to? are you saying by the end. year many of them will go out of business? >> restaurants, tour operators. stand at back of hotel, sign makers, all the people support the industry. people are tour guides in florida and california, places like that but a lot of small business, bakeries, all those people supply the travel industry and it is what makes us go around but those people are really living month to month. we've got to get congress to act. in fact we're launching, just

launched tonight on "monday night football" the whole industry is getting together on a campaign let's go there. encouraging americans to plan and think about travel which they really miss. connell: we're flashing that up on the screen. i watched the ad earlier, the basic gist of it, think about a vacation, and plan it. i guess people are starting to think that way. do you get a sense that americans have that broadly in their mind yet? it is nice to put something, i guess put something on the calendar even six months out or a year out, whatever it may be? >> well, that is a secret, is to plan. i think the airlines did a great thing by eliminating the change fees. that will get people willing to book if things have to change. and planning, creates happiness. people love to plan. they are sick and tired of being couped up. so i expect it to come back. people should start planning now. connell: it is crazy on the airlines. i was reading numbers earlier today, the first of the year,

the average number of people on an airline was over 100, but by april went to 10, 10 people. it came back a little bit over the summer. it was starting to drop but at the end of last month it was in the 50s, at 58. is this balance? when we fly, we fly forward. you don't want too many people on the plane. you want some room. until we get a vaccine i'm not sure if the airlines, what is your point of view can fill up some of those seats if and when the demand comes back. what do you think? >> i was traveling a bit. i had a flight with 10 people on it. it was eerie. i've been watching numbers come up each time. the one thing people don't understand about a airplane the air is cleaner than a grocery store. it is like a hospital operating room with the hepa filters. ed bastion, head of delta said to me, if you know, if airplane travel is so risky why aren't my flight attendants sick?

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and shift to the northeast. it is possible it makes landfall across louisiana coast tomorrow morning but if it takes a turn, running across mississippi and alabama, not hitting landfall until early wednesday. it will be such a slow-mover, if you're in the region, you will feel the rain and storm surge pretty much that entire time, no matter when official landfall happens. a storm surge, 11 to feet in the highest areas. widespread couple feet of storm surge. it is not just that but also the rainfall. this will be a real water event with yes the winds but a whole lot of flooding. we have flood watches and warnings from louisiana across mississippi. getting up into northern alabama. of course the florida panhandle included in this. there will be areas we're talking about widespread rain. when it eventually moves onshore, there could be spots, eight to six 10:00 inches of rain. in a couple of locations could talk about 24 inches of rain

especially ray along the coast, melissa. rain will be a big part of the story mostly taking place on tuesday and wednesday. back out to you. melissa: wow, adam, thank you for that. leland vittert joins us now live on the ground from new orleans. reporter: melissa, new orleans is bracing for a direct hit f that 11 feet of storm surge proves true, and sally lives up to the forecast it would be the first real test of the post-caterpillar levee system here in new orleans -- post katrina. there are warnings for south of new orleans, down to the bayous. they have evacuated, a number of roads down there have closed. states of emergency and evacuations in alabama, mississippi and louisiana. for people in new orleans they wonder if the tourists will ever come back. welcome to bourbon street in new orleans. during ordinary times, bars would be opening, music would be

playing and good times would be had by all. these are extraordinary times, between the coronavirus and back-to-back hurricanes, the lifeblood of this town, tourism is now on life-support. most of the folks you see are here to board up ahead of the storm. >> just not knowing when there is an end in sight. if you had a date where, okay, things will turn around starting now, you can pace yourself and be prepared for it but it is the inconsistency and just not knowing that can kind of drive you crazy as a retail owner. reporter: what is really concerning residents here is just how much water we were talking about. when you have rain measured in feet, not inches, as adam suggested, parts of the coast will see from sally, you're in a city 50% below sea level, melissa, there is only so much sandbags and levees can do. melissa: shot of downtown is

really something, leland, thank you. connell. connell: all right. well the macy's thanksgiving day parade will not be normal this year. they say they will reinvent it due to the coronavirus pandemic in new york city. the announcement was made earlier today. it will be all virtual. macy's says the 94th edition of the parade will be stationed similar to the 4th of july fireworks show. looks like they will tape parts of it different locations around the city, keep the crowds down. we'll be right back. still your best friend.

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♪. melissa: scientists discovering possible signs of life on venus. a new study finding traces of gas in a planet's clouds may indicate some form of life existed or may even exist there. famed astro physicist neil degrasse tyson joins us now to break it all down. we're honored to be have you. >> great to be back. melissa: this is surprising to a lot of people, thank you, because venus is a pretty hostile planet? >> it is as hostile as it gets. it is much hotter than a pizza oven if you actually want to do the math on that. so these molecules that were discovered, they're called

biomarkers. so until the day arrives where we have magic telescopes that can see to the surfaces of shrouded planets to watch for creatures crawling back and forth, until that day arrives, which may be never, we have to be satisfied with not finding life directly but finding the signature of life, the biomarkers that betray the existence of life at anywhere else in the, in the world that you're studying. and so these molecules it is phosphine. phosphorus with three hydrogen atoms attached to it, known to be a product of life on earth, life as we know it, metabolizes not in the presence of oxygen. anaerobic life. you have it in your gut. it is in the gut of life animals. it's a common phenomenon on earth. there are not many other ways we think to make it other than by the natural causes of being

alive. and so they found a layer in venus' atmosphere that is not so high temperature, not so high pressure and it is sort of just right. you can imagine like a goldilocks zone in the atmosphere that could sustain molecules of biology. melissa: how surprising was this to you and how big of a deal is it? >> i'm completely surprised. i'm delighted and surprised because, it was so easy to write off venus as, no, it is still an interesting planet but, if you want to look for life, let's all look to mars. so, but, really, we should have known this earlier. back in 1976, carl saying again and edwin assault peter got together published a paper speculating what life might be like thriving in the atmosphere of jupiter. the press ran with it, oh, we discovered life on jupiter. no, it was a scientific exercise

to ask, is the energy supply, the chemistry, the convection the, are the chem mat ticks, dynamics, can that come together to sustain a life ecosystem outside of our expectations? and so it was an intriguing research paper, peer reviewed and published this is kind of in the spirit of that. instead of looking to the scorching hot surface of venus we're looking at its atmosphere. melissa: yeah. so what do we do from here? as you said, we don't have the tools to dig deeper but we could send something there to look, right, as we have on other planets. is it worth that in your mind? >> yeah. so venus is not very far away, among all planets it gets closest to us. so relative to other missions in the solar system venus mission

is relatively cheap. so you posed the perfect question. so once you have this tantalizing evidence of this molecule, a biomarker, now we are in a position to ask the next round of questions. what could possibly be causing it? how would it be sustained? how would you go into the atmosphere, don't go too deep because you could vaporize your craft. you want to sort of skim in the atmosphere, probably bringing back samples to preserve. if they're microbes you want to capture them to bring back to our labs. it is not good to send a lab to venus in our space stage of prowess. could i back up with a moment. it was collaboration. telescopes in chile and the uk, scientists in the united states. it is quite the triumph once again, of international scientific collaboration which should be a model of how the

rest of is behave in this world and unfortunately, i don't think we always live up to it. melissa: well, we can look at the bright side and say it is like social distancing among scientists all around the world. they're far apart but you know they will collaborate. i will look at it that way. neil degrass tyson. thanks for coming on. my whole house was looking forward to this today. you know. thank you, my friend. >> excellent. delighted to help serve. connell: you made him laugh there at the end. that was amazing. literally no story to make sense to follow that with. we'll take a break. when we come back we'll talk about going out to eat in new york city because you know, why not? it is not venus. it will have to do. indoor dining is coming back in the city. supposed to come back at the end of the month. getting a table might be tough. restaurant owners are out protesting saying this is all too little too late. we'll individual next.

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♪ ♪ connell: it is not soon enough for restaurant owners in new york city. many of them out protesting a state the order that allows them to reopen at the end of the month. they call the measure insufficient. live now to christina kristina partsinevelos in the hell's kitchen neighborhood with more on the story. >> reporter: yeah. after months of just scraping by on thin margins, finally restaurants are getting the green light to open up indoors, but it really wasn't difficult for me to find a row of restaurants -- these are four in a row -- that have shut down. it's a common occurrence right now in the restaurant landscape in new york city. many, though, are unhappy with the new restrictions which is why they took to city hall to protest. there was about a few hundred there. they are demanding various things. first, they're not happy with the new restrictions. the new reductions mean you can only operate at 25% capacity

indoors as of september 30th, and then they'll reassess by november 1st. you have to take your temperature when you walk in, you have to upgrade your filtration systems which could be very exe presence i. -- expensive. you also have to provide data for contact tracing, no bar service, and you must close at midnight. i spoke to a few about why they're so disawe appointed with the new restrictions. >> we've been struggling, hanging on by our fingernails for the last six months. most of these people here, as you can see, they haven't are worked in six months. >> reporter: collectively, no one's come together and say, hey, we need to pass the restaurants act. we need to keep these businesses alive. >> reporter: you have the -- i guess they feel like it's arbitrary rules because you have restaurants open indoors in connecticut, in the hamptons, yet not new york city. they want half capacity by

september 30th, full capacity by november 1st. these demands come at a time when the cdc have put out a recent survey of about 314 adults, and they found that of those adults that tested positive for covid-19, they're twice as likely to go to a restaurant than those who tested negative. nonetheless, the pressure is on for an industry here in new york city that supplies jobs to over 100,000 people. tough times. back to you. connell: what i think is interesting, kristina, is they're not asking for, you know, everybody to be allowed in. they're basically asking for what long island has and on the border between, you know, nassau county and long island. you can walk across the street, and the restaurant's allowed to have 50% capacity, new york city now is at 0, and it's only going to go to 25. just a quick point, it's getting to the top of the hour, but i

thought that was interesting 50%. anyway, kristina, thank you, good reporting from new york city on the restaurants. we'll be watching that til the end of the month and then, well, melissa and i will see you back same time tomorrow. it's "lou dobbs tonight" that starts right now. have a good night. ♪ ♪ lou: good evening, everybody. firefighters at this hour are trying to contain nearly 100 wildfires raging across the west coast. millions of acres have already been scorched, at least 35 people have been killed in those fires, but dozens of people are missing. president trump is on his way to phoenix, arizona, for a campaign round table with latino voters. the president leaving california just a few moments ago. there he met with emergency officials for a briefing on the wildfires. during that meeting the