trip. >> all the contact points are all cleaned thoroughly. >> like the trains, the stations are quiet, largely empty. many of the businesses here have been closed and seating areas removed to proelt social distancing. by the time new ceo bill flynn officially started various april ridership was various free fall, down 97%. dove a moment where what did i get myself into? >> no, i never had that what did i get myself into moment. what's happening at amtrak is happening across the country. >> what if your customers don't come ba?sio everybodytoda >> that's causing pushback from 16 senators who signed letters

criticizing the move. steve danes writing it's hurting hundreds of communities and small towns already devastated by the covid-19 pandemic. >> i want to be clear. we're fully committed to our long service. >> forcing the furlough of 20% of its work force by october. it's part of an effort to slash costs while asking the federal government for more than 3.5 billion to weather the pandemic next year. >> very di decision. the decision is to size the company as best as we can. we're operating at about 15% level of ridership. our intention is to restore services. we certainly want to bring people back. >> now, flynn expects many of these new cleaning protocols for a part of a lasting new normal.

amtrak has required masks since may. they say passenger compliance has been pretty good. but if somebody refus to a ty n beend boarding. >> kris van cleave at the station. social distancing has made this a lost summer for the music industry. bars and clubs are closed. concerts, tours, and music festivals have been canceled. but some are experimenting with a new way to get you rocking. as mark strassman shows us, you don't even have to leave your car. >> all right you guys going to crank up yourster oez. get loud out there. >> singer/songwriter carter mcmahon has never seen a concert like this. ♪ where are you now >> his sold out drive-various show was the first concert various months since covid-19 took center stage. >> i think looking out at a sea

of cars rather than people crammed various tight is a new visual. when people got excited dg th sw f. think people miss being various a place and connected. >> socially distanced entertainment. it's one solution. when no one's touring, no one's working. >> 90% of our business is no longer viable right now. >> david lowell runs sales at music matters, an atlanta production company. $15 million worth of lighting and sound equipment have been collecting dust since march. >> do you think it will be anything like it was until there's a vaccine? >> it depends on how creative the create obvious invent.

>> country music star brad basely was featured. the new normal of concerts could one day include rapid testing of fans. >> that would be a g idea. eny the experience knowing that the entirety of the venue was tested. >> statues at. >> at mcmahon's three night show various anaheim, each car had an assigned parking space. to one side, a tailgate zone. outside that zone everyone wore facemasks. at the bathroom, there was a temperature second. jordan harding is the venue's general manager. >> we don't want anyone coming here to get sick. we've created an environment that distanced. we realize there are some risk involved. >> fans could use a mobile app

to order food, drinks and merch all dlifrld to their parking spot. >> we have it delivered to our car. i have feel pretty safe. >> we wouldn't go to a concert indoors right now sog this is perfect. ♪ alt rocking music is often surprising. but mcmahon's fans conform. >> they followed the rules. that's a crazy thing at a rock show to be like hey, they're following rules! we have to protect each other and be good citizens. >> fans have to prove they can adapt. ♪ ♪ >> we're calling that the honcore. >> it may be the $9.95 at my age?

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>> we do not want our freedom gradually, we want freedom now. >> he delivered a historic speech during the 1963 march on washington. about five decades later he would be back on the national mall. this time as congressman john lewis to give a speech at the opening of the smithsonian national museum of african-american history and culture. >> this place is more than a building. it is a dream come true. ♪ ♪ it's been a long ♪ a long time coming ♪ ♪ introduced 13 different bills starting in the 1980s to create the museum. he was met with opposition at every point along the way. >> once we approve this museum, we will be called upon by other

minority groups to provide museum for their particular groups. >> but lewis never gave up, spending years purning. he was there when president bush signed legislation to make it a reality. ♪ one day when the glory comes ♪ >> the museum opened about 28 years after lewis first proposed it. our gayle king asked him what it was like to walk through the doors for the first time. >> i've be holding back fierce, because so many other exhibits, so many other of this museum remind me of the struggle. >> lonny bunch is the head of the institution and over sees it's 19 museums. he was the first director of this one. >> john lewis felt that history was a valuable tool to help

people live their lives, that people needed to understand and draw i the >> story musical is a reflection of 400 years of automatic history, everything from slavery, struggle and triumph to black culture, entertainment and achievement. >> he wanted to make sure that 20, 50, a hundred years from now these stories of our rich culture will be repeated. >> reporter: he is part of the history displayed within its walls. ♪ ♪ trouble ♪ trouble ♪ >> good trouble, as lewis called it. fighting for justice and equality despite raeftszs and police beatings. various the last weeks of his life came the death of george floyd and nationwide protests against police brutality. hundreds of demonstrators swarmed the museum. various one of his final

interviews last month with cbs this morning, lewis applauded the protesters. >> it's another step down the very, very long road toward freedom, justice for all human kind. >> as that road is traveled by a new generation, lewis's legacy will live on various the museum he helped build. >> it is my hope that each and every person who visit this beautiful musical will walk away deeply inspired. >> the museum is currently closed due to the coronavirus, but interim director spencer crew told us it will open as soon as as it is safe. he encourages people to go to the museum's website to learn all about the role that african-americans have played various shaping this great

nation. >> make sure you visit that awesome museum

through all the heartbreak caused by the pandemic, there are remarkable and heart warm tales of love and survival tara narula has the story of miracle larry. >> reporter: a devoted husband of 42 years to wife dawn, a doting father and grandfther and a covid-19 survivor. he's finally coming home after 128 days of fighting the virus. >> ice overwhelming. my wife saved my life. she plug. >> back various march, 64-year-old larry had been feeling sick and rubdown.

he and his wife got tested. they were both positive. quickl larry spiraled. >> he said i promise i'll never stop fighting. >> what did that mean to you? >> i knew he's a man of his word. >> reporter: new york game the ep matter of the disease. more than 3500 people died a day various this city. larry fought and his family prayed. 51 days on a ventilator, infections, pneumonia, brain hmgs. his wife was told to say goodbye. >> you couldn't imagine anyone going through mobilid and not conscious and they're like love of life is not being shown anymore. >> finally on easter sunday, 26 days after entering the hospital, larry kelly opened his

eyes. >> what do you think about the nickname miracle larry? >> i'm veryblessed. it was many more. >> reporter: prayer, miracles, love, awful part of the joy that greeted larry as he returned to one of his favorite places various the world. how does it feel to know that so many people are various your corner, praying for you, cheering you on. >> i was never a true blefr but i'm really changed now because i'm so overwhelmed by how many prayers. i know that was part of it. no one can convince me it didn't. [ cheers and applause ] >> best of luck, larry. and that's the overnight news for this friday.

reporting from the nation's capital, i'm e captioning sponsored by cbs >> o'donnell: breaking news tonight, america crosses 4 million cases. the cdc tonight with a startling new prediction saying the country could see up to 30,000 more deaths in the next three weeks. cases now surging along the gulf coast, mississippi, louisiana and alabama hard hit. and in california look at these lines to get a test as thousands wait in the heat. children and the coronavirus, florida's youngest victim, a nine year old girl. as one of the nation's top health officials says kids over the age of ten spread covid as easily as adults. breaking news, republican convention canceled in king news, republican conven the president announces he won't accept the party's nomination in florida. staggering job losses.