susan: the first vagabond fort myers adventure was 1914.were the years of ensuing vagabond trips? jeff: it picks up in 1915, out in california, when part of the trip is made from los angeles to san diego by car. and from there, 1916 on, except with one interruption in 1917 for the war, and then there is another interruption in 1922, because of certain economic financial problems going on, they kept doing these trips through 1924. they stopped after 1924, according to them, because too many people were crowding around them and there was too much attention paid and they couldn't relax. the opposite was true. susan: in 1915, there was one sentence in your book that struck me. "despite the european war, 1915 remained a time of wonder in the united states." why? jeff: let's think about it for a minute. in 1915, yes, all these terrible things are happening overseas. but for the first time, technologically, industrially, america is the shining a light -- the shining light in the world. thanks to the five dollar day introduced by ford -- i mean, it

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adding pensacola which had a soft open yesterday, large open today, sarasota, bradenton, naples, fort myers and then a a hybrid walk-up site at miami beach convention center. you will have more opportunities to test. if you are putting people back to work and maybe a worker has symptoms, there are easy ways to do it. county health departments are doing it, doctors offices. we are expanding in many ways. the drive-through sites will continue, when the federal government stops supplying them. the mayor was like we want to keep it. we have been happy to support that. we will continue to do it. you see in orlando here, we have done walk-up testing community sites. you set it up, people walk up, you can reach out to underserved communities and offer testing in ways that are effective. they have done 10,000 tests on the walk-up concept. a number of locations in orange county which we appreciate. we will continue deploying walk-up sites when we can. we have done the national guard. 50 strike teams, they have been going out in the nursing homes, they have tested 12,000 people. that is the most vuln

adding pensacola which had a soft open yesterday, large open today, sarasota, bradenton, naples, fort myers and then a hydrate -- a hybrid walk-up site at miami beach content -- convention center. you will have more opportunities to test. if you are putting people back to work and maybe a worker has symptoms, there are easy ways to do it. county health departments are doing it, doctors offices. we are expanding in many ways. the drive-through sites will continue, when the federal government stops supplying them. the mayor was like we want to keep it. we have been happy to support that. we will continue to do it. you see in orlando here, we have done walk-up testing community sites. you set it up, people walk up, you can reach out to underserved communities and offer testing in ways that are effective. they have done 10,000 tests on the walk-up concept. a number of locations in orange county which we appreciate. we will continue deploying walk-up sites when we can. we have done the national guard. 50 strike teams, they have been going out in the nursing homes, they have twisted -- tested 12,

cases overall in florida appears to be decreasing according to the florida department of health in fort myers meanwhile some hotels are gearing up for a reopening like the sea gypsy in which is lost an estimated quarter $1000000.00 since closing in march we're starting to climb a bit depending on the panel the start of swing back so i don't think it's going to get any worse now i'm not 100 percent sure it might but at least we can see where we're headed and if that was the worst that we came we survived it and let's let's move forward moving forward after being 6 so far back for our t. john hardy. meantime hollywood has announced some major changes before stars and crew members alike can actually get back to work or to correspondent atocha sweet has more on the adjustments and the work to do this pandemic. the movie an entertainment capital of the world is taking the covert $1000.00 pandemic seriously but just like the rest of the economy hollywood is struggling with reopening business well keeping the safety of its employees front and center after nearly 2 months out of work during a time wh

. >>> so next hour we're speaking with the general manager of a resort in fort myers, florida. >> we'll find out what guests can expect during a vacation in the midst of a pandemic. is it worth it? we'll talk about that later this morning. >>> the push to re-open at full speed is fueled by this if you round of tough economic headlines this week, and despite an effort by house democrats for money relief, americans just are not likely to get another check any time soon. >> first let's talk about the economy this week. a lot of new information giving us a picture of how we got to this point and we can move forward to the passage of this bill. >> reporter: that's right. gut punch and disaster. those were the words that flooded my email box to capture what's happening in the economy right now. even more upsetting than those top line ways to describe this is the way that it's playing out in the real world. how this is impacting people. another 3 million americans filed for initial unemployment benefits. that brings the total to 26.5 million americans who have sought that benefit over the last

host: let's talk to laura calling from fort myers, florida. good morning. caller: good morning. host: go ahead, laura. caller: hi, dr. bernard. i am your patient, laura bradshaw. guest: [laughter] caller: i wanted to call and tell everybody what a wonderful practice direct primary care is. i would never have gone to a doctor. i did not have health insurance. i went to you, and you save your life. i found out i had diabetes, and me took the time to talk to going into your practice, it is beautiful, it is like you are the only one there, and you have time for me. you taught me with what to do with my disease, and i'm almost cured. i lost another 10 pounds, dr. bernard. i am so thankful for you having this practice. i would never have gone to a doctor otherwise, especially one that listens and has time for me. i'm kind of nervous talking on the phone, but you have to turn it off. doctor, and iu, appreciate what you do, and you made it affordable for me to take care my disease. i love you. guest: thank you. she is going to make me cry. that was not planned, and i appreciate hearing

people whose lives were just beginning, really, such as conrad buchanan, a 39-year-old dj from fort myersflorida who loved dancing with his daughter. death is always difficult, but grieving -- without the ability to safely hug your extended family or hold a friend's hand, that's a lonely pain. i'm jewish and in our faith, we have a tradition to surround the mourners with members of the community through a process called shiva. judaism requires ten people recite the mourner's prayer. it ensures the grieving family is sheeldom alone in the first week after the first loss. a requirement near impossible for many yous to follow now. for catholics in more normal times may have found strength from the community that gathers for vigils or the funeral mass, they, too, have been robbed of that sacred experience. of celebrating a life well lived together sharing stories about their loved ones. so whether you're muslim, evangelical, quaker, mormon, atheist, whatever. your personal grieving process might have been the novel coronavirus surely made that more painful. more isolated. because whatever you

this morning we spoke with bill whiteluos, the general manager of the pink shell resort in fort myers. and yesterday they started welcoming back workers and guests, but on a limited basis. >> what are you eyeing right now? what are you paying real specific attention to as you reopen to try to determine what is going to be your new normal? as victor said, what are guests going to see from this point on in your opinion? >> the key for us is the social distancing. so we won't be operating the resort at 100%. based off the chairs on the pool deck, the beach, 6 foot. restaurant the governor has opened up starting on monday which will be making an adjustment. but those are the new norms for us right now just to ensure social distancing throughout the resort. and our guests are doing it and having a fantastic time. 99% of the employees we called immediately came back. the small percentage are caring for a family member or didn't have child care. so we're not physically able to come back, but they will be coming back in the following month when they can make those arrangements. but our employ

ready, the season starts around the fourth of july, if they'll be ready to play here or relocate to fort myersfor a little bit. some places we know the teams will be able to play in home stadiums. with the red sox, if anything, it will be without fans, but still, unclear to see right now if that will be here. >> maybe they have to figure out a way to play with mookie betts again. that's a whole other issue. i do notice a jar of bar behind you? did you save anything? is there anything you couldn't part with? >> yeah, one david ortiz, he was my favorite player growing up and some of the legends i know my dad enjoyed meeting we kept a few of those because we had duplicates. but i would say, you know, 90% of the binder is gone. there is just a couple that i wanted to hold on to and if i had duplicates, i got rid of let's say three ortiz, four -- >> great work. what a great cause. $57,000 to charity, cleaning out the autographs and memorabilia, chris cotillo, thank you for being with us. i appreciate reading every day. good luck going forward. >> thanks, john. >>> so alisyn -- >> yes. >> i'm here.

we're going to susan next in fort myers, florida. caller: thank you for taking my call.ave my thoughts about the coronavirus. ofs have been accused spreading this, but there has been no definitive test in this case, and the same thing with the almost extinct pangolin. the other thing i would like to point out is that everybody is jumping on china. i personally don't like xi jinping. he is a dictator. i have nothing against chinese people themselves. weannot help wondering if have, in world war ii, in order to see how to deliver napalm, which the u.s. concocted, they used hundreds of bats to deliver the napalm, and the poor things were blowing up and on fire in the skies over california. you can check that. that has not been established where it came from. we have records of coronavirus. this is another strain in our own science labs and the government that we never hear about. i'm questioning that and the timeline that this came about, and of november, early december. host: a little less than 10 minutes or so, we are asking the situation in your state. has the state reop

host: let's talk to laura calling from fort myers, florida. good morning. caller: good morning.ost: go ahead, laura. caller: hi, dr. bernard. i am your patient, laura bradshaw. guest: [laughter] caller: i wanted to call and tell everybody what a wonderful practice direct primary care is. i would never have gone to a doctor. i did not have health insurance. i went to you, and you save your life. i found out i had diabetes, and me took the time to talk to going into your practice, it is beautiful, it is like you are the only one there, and you have time for me. you taught me with what to do with my disease, and i'm almost cured. i lost another 10 pounds, dr. bernard. i am so thankful for you having this practice. i would never have gone to a doctor otherwise, especially one that listens and has time for me. i'm kind of nervous talking on the phone, but you have to turn it off. doctor, and iu, appreciate what you do, and you made it affordable for me to take care my disease. i love you. guest: thank you. she is going to make me cry. that was not planned, and i appreciate hearing th