let's go to kristina partsinevelos for details on this one. reporter: melissa, the magic is coming back this summer. you had seaworld as well as disney present their reopening plans to a florida team and they got the green light. seaworld set to open june 11th. disney opening the magic kingdom on july 11th. a little later because of renovations. they promise they will keep, quote, as magical as possible but there is going to be a new norm out there. that means you will have to wear masks inside all theme parks regardless of the weather. there will be temperature checks. there will be social distancing. seaworld said you will have to sanitize your hands before and after you get on a ride. as for the disney parks, you have animal kingdom as well as the magic kingdom set to open on july 11th. epcot as well as hollywood studios set to open on july 15th. these reopenings come with a lot of sacrifices. listen in. >> we will temporarily suspend parades, fireworks and other events that create crowds. reporter: there are a list, so that literally means

our kristina partsinevelos, thank you very much. have fun at the beach. >>> dow jones industrials are down. let's get the fox business brief. >> zoom is taking a major steps in its efforts to snuff out zoom bombing. they announced a draft design of an end to end encryption offered at -- offering aimed at blocking hackers from entering users' chats. zoom facing major backlash amid the stay at home movement after a rash of uninvited chat intrusion. the covid-19 crisis also creating storm clouds for hewlett-packard enterprises. the provider unveiling a 1 billion dollars cost-cutting plan after missing both quarterly earnings and revenue estimates due to pandemic disruptions. on the flip side of this, lulu lemon is having a sweet day looking to move past the outbreak, more than 150 of the popular ath leisure brands store fronts opened worldwide with another 200 set to back on-line in the next few weeks. up next, toilet paper not the only thing flying off the shelves during a lockdown. after the break, logitech ceo tells liz exclusively

what this means for the future of the music industry, kristina partsinevelos this is a novel idea, hopefullyood one. kristina. reporter: it is a good one if you don't want anymore pits or elbows in your ribs or crowd surfing. less than 250 people will be allowed to partake in the first-ever social distancing concert. this is being hosted by life nation and live nation is putting forward very strict restrictions. firstly you have to buy tickets in fan pods. there will be two and 12 seat clusters. they will be grouped six feet apart. the venue will normally hold 1000 people but operating at 20% capacity. as fans enter the building they have to get their temperature checked, wear a facemask. fog sprayers will sanitize the venue. bathrooms, 10 at a time. they may be able to pull it off with high ticket prices but what about smaller guys? over 1000 of independently owned venues across the united states come together to form the national independent venue association in order to lobby funds from the government. but having their venue filled at a fraction of the capacity may not be realistic. liste

kristina partsinevelos has been following that. kristina.r: which is why you have somewhat of a labor shortage across certain industries. that is forcing businesses to adapt to new technologies. we know robots don't require necessarily human-to-human contact this moment in the pandemic, it is a moment for robot makers to prove their worth. you have got delivery robots paving the way, popping up on sidewalks. starship robots look like microwaves on wheels. move a little slower than a jogger but already delivering food from restaurants in virginia. >> once covid hits, people saw need for contactless delivery. reporter: once this robot shows up at the door, you a.i., they're also capitalizing on our stay at home mentality. these three wheeled conditions are categorized as e bikes so they can to in the bike lanes and testing for grocery deliveries. as coronavirus puts pressure on workforce we're seeing automation accelerating at moment. another example, this coffee shop in portland, oregon, they're using robots to serve customers. if they need s

we've got kristina partsinevelos with more on that. kristina?be the busiest time of year but there's a lot of tough restrictions for memorial day weekend. i'm kristina partsinevelos in rye, new york. coming up after the break, we look at how tourism is hurting, the lack of tourism, i should say, is hurting local businesses. that's next. so i listen to audible almost any time that i can. it's my own thing that i can do for me. since i don't have time to read, i mean i might as well listen. if i want to catch up on the news, or history, or learn what's going on in the world, i can download a book and listen to it. i listen to spanish lessons sometimes to and from work. yea, it makes me want to be better. audible reintroduced this whole world to me. it changes your perspective. it makes you a different person. see what listening to audible can do for you. confident financial plans, calming financial plans, complete financial plans. they're all possible with a cfp® professional. find yours at letsmakeaplan.org. they're all possible with a cfp® profe

we said let's get kristina partsinevelos on the story here. she is at pita's and sticks restaurant in brooklyn, new york. what are they doing and what do you see happening here? kristina: okay. first i want to set the scene. the fact that it is bustling, there's lots of people out, lots of people looking to buy food. but like the restaurant you just mentioned, the greek one right in front of me, they have to rely on delivery apps and this restaurant owner says he is tired about how high these fees, some up to 30%, they are charging by a lot of delivery apps like grub hub. listen to what he had to say. >> we cannot operate with 25%, 26%, 28% commissions flying out the door. if you are less than 15, we can work with that but that extra 10%, 11%, 12% makes a huge difference. kristina: a lot of these fees have to do with marketing and commissions. a lot of cities are capping the fees. in new york city, it's about 20%. seattle, washington, d.c., it's 15%. but grub hub does not like this at all. they said they oppose the fees, the cap on the fees, i

kristina partsinevelos is with us with more. kristina? we know e-sports, the rise in e-sports is coming and there's really nothing we can do about it. like you mentioned, you are seeing u.s. consumer spending on video games increase almost 10%. that's almost over $10 billion in the first quarter alone of this year. sony has more than doubled its subscribers from a year ago on play station now which is its gaming cloud subscription, i should say, then you also have microsoft xbox live that has nearly 90 million monthly active users in the month of april alone. a lot of it has to do with the pandemic, of course. its shares of game publishers that are also up too since the lockdown including take two interactive. they are set to report after the bell today. we are expecting revenue, the street is expecting revenue to increase by 20%. the stock is up over 3% today. they are the owners of grand theft auto and there's a game that is very very popular because epic games, a retailer, offered a version of grand theft auto for free very recently, a

kristina partsinevelos joins us now with those details. kristina?was a billion dollar deal with so few details until late last night when i received the 42-page contract between california and chinese electric carmaker byd. up until two months ago the firm switched from making auto parts to creating ppe supplies, masks and ventilators. the fda has approved the company but anytime a mask arrives from china on to american soil it still needs further approval, which is why california rushed to go buy these n95 masks and the most recent news we're hearing, there has been a delay of millions of masks causing california to be refunded $247 million. governor gavin newsom of california says it is the wild wild west when it comes to securing a deal to get the n95 masks because so many states are competing right now. why he has been so hush-hush about the billion dollar deal. what we do know the financially embattled state agreed to pay $3.30 per n95 mask. if you compare it to a u.s. supplier, let's say 3m. they're charging as little as 63 cents a mask. calif

kristina partsinevelos. have been gleaning from reports like that and elsewhere, you heard from charlie gasparino and david lee miller, a host of others, the trend seems to be that this will be a slow kind of change for the economy as we slowly get back to work in all 50 states, sort of unwinding a lot of provisions that have been in effect for the better part of a couple of months. chris hogan is with us, gary b. smith on what we have to see. the biggest adjustment will be for those who needed work and got work getting back, whether they are going to be relieved and there are going to be enough of them to make a difference in the economy. could be a long wait, right? >> well, it really could. here's the reality. we have had all the governors have had autonomy on their plan and what they were going to do. there's no uniform process for this. this pandemic is very real. but you and i both know that people definitely need to be safe and take precautions but we've got to get back to work. it's time for people t

kristina partsinevelos has more from right here in manhattan. kristina.orter: i'm in oceana right now. this is an upscale, white table cloth restaurant and like you mentioned we are not just open just yet but you have states across the country slowly allowing restaurants to reopen. here in new york city they're still waiting for official guidelines when the reopening could happen. it could be weeks away. meantime a restaurant like this one here, they have been closed since mid-march. i spoke to the managing partner who said how vital the ppp loans have been to his business. listen in. >> it would have been extremely difficult to survive without ppp i think some restaurants will naturally close with all of the financial pressures but restaurateurs are re"alien." others will come into the marketplace that open up restaurants. it is smaller mom-and-pop restaurants you hate to see be pinched out of it where so much creativity has taken place over the years. reporter: ppp standing for paycheck protection program. even though they have not received guidelines t

thank you very much, kristina partsinevelos. yep, we are waiting for president trump.e is set to land in arizona within the next 20 minutes. he will be visiting an n95 mask producing facility. it was a honeywell aerospace facility. now they're making masks. we'll have a live report coming up from the president. also the president is warning democratic governors, no bailout is coming for you. he says this is unfair because states run by republicans are doing so well. more at the top of the show. we'll be right back. s safe driv. it is, that's safe drivers save 40%. - he's right there. - it's him! safe drivers do save 40%. click or call for a quote today. sprinting past every leak in our softest, smoothest fabric. she's confident, protected, her strength respected. depend. the only thing stronger than us, is you. cheryl: we are getting breaking news in cox business. the white house confirmed with fox news it is planning to wind down the coronavirus task force in the coming weeks. the task force which is headed up by vice president pence was established january 29th to co

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kristina partsinevelos with that. hey, kristina. reporter: retail back in the spotlight.. consumer spending will increase as the economy reopens and two major u.s. dollar store chains are reaping the benefits. first, dollar general, their earnings blew it out of the park. based on strongest sales in the past quarter in the past 14 years. the company says the strength has to do with shift in consumer behavior. we're on hunt for more affordable items, essential items and we want it now. dollar tree says they will increase the store count. they plan to open 500 stores just this year alone. as we hunt for cheaper items, the obvious thing would be shopping online. often we think of amazon. however i spoke to one retail expert who said amazon may not be the winner after all of this. listen in. >> online was winning until price gouging. now it is moving to online bricks and clicks. omni channel, kristina, with people buying online and picking up in store versus uniquely buying online. reporter: he also went on to tell me that we could see an uptick in spending on clothes. not be

kristina partsinevelos has been looking into that. a: first, it was apple, then google, now global consulting firm price waterhouse cooper has launched an app to help stop the spread of covid-19 in the office using digital contact tracing. the app uses indoor geolocations to monitor the time and proximity of employees interaction at work. for now, the employees who have covid can opt into the app and i was told from pwc that if you turn off the app, they will be notified but it's not just about apps. you have thermal and a.i. cameras that are gaining in popularity in work environments. smart vid software can detect if you are not wearing a face mask or if you are not social distancing with co-workers. the goal is to maintain a healthy work environment. >> it's not about being a gotcha. it's not about being police or surveillance state. it's about getting more data about what's happening around a whole bunch of things that we as people don't even -- wouldn't even think to look for. kristina: surveillance is necessary to stop the spread

kristina partsinevelos has more on all this. istina: and all the children out there, big and small. but yes, you had sea world and disney present their reopening plans to a florida team, they were approved that sea world will reopen on june 11. then you have disney that's going to be opening magic kingdom on july 11th. so little bit later. on the call, he did promise that the goal of keeping it as magical as possible. what should park goers expect? you will have to wear a mask at all times. you have to get your temperature checked. there's going to be a lot of contactless payment, specifically with sea world, you will have to use sanitation on your hands when you get on the ride and when you get off the ride. and there was a statement in the presentation saying according to the cdc quote, there is no evidence that covid-19 can spread to people through water used in pools, hot tubs or water playgrounds. proper operation and disinfection of pools, hot tubs and water playgrounds should kill the virus. that means all the water stuff

kristina partsinevelos has more. what's going on? kristina: what a pitch, neil. youngest self-made billionaire to make the forbes list and now forbes is accusing kylie jenner, that tv reality star as well as makeup mogul, of lying about her net worth and forging tax returns to reach a mega-money milestone. so neil, i know you know about this but for those that don't know, the kardashian and jenner family came to prominence through their reality tv show as well as their massive instagram following so they turned themselves into a massive business empire. kyl kylie jenner is the youngest and richest of the family. she started her makeup line in 2015, selling $29 lipstick kits, then grew that into a big company called kylie cosmetics. she then sold 51% of the company to a beauty conglomerate called coty in a deal worth $1.2 billion just late last year. forbes now has come to the conclusion after reviewing financial statements from coty, a publicly traded company, that she's been lying. in a lengthy and scathing feature that was published just today, forbes claims he

kristina partsinevelos is following that phenomenon right now. kristina? you have heard a lot of restaurants had to use delivery apps to continue serving customers throughout the pandemic. the problem is for many of them, their margins are razor-thin so now the restaurants are starting to rebel against those fees charged by delivery companies. take, for example, grub hub. they have a fee for service model. you can opt in. we take a look at this taco bill example we set up for your show, you can see additional fees for marketing, payment processing, delivery and that could add up to about 30% on top of every single bill. even though the app does help restaurants reach new customers, and profit payments, it costs a lot. listen in. >> five years ago we started at 12.5%. that was our initial commission they were taking. now we're at 26% and cannot lower it. if we do lower it, we are not going to get any orders. kristina: the more you pay, the higher up in the app that you are, much like google so if you pay very little for marketing, you will be on page 12. we

kristina partsinevelos, why is gap up so much? think it has to do with a particular catalyst but it has to do with the fact traders are optimistic. as one lpl financial analyst says, it's the dash for trash. a lot of these retail stocks were beaten down throughout the last several months. gap struggling prior to the pandemic and so that's part of the reason we are seeing an uptick. you are also seeing an increase, slight increase in restaurant bookings, airline bookings so traders are optimistic that maybe consumer spending could start to be permanent as well the fact the administration is looking at cash incentives for those that are unemployed to get back into the work force. those are some of the catalysts. specifically for the retailers. you are also seeing wedbush increase their price target to $10 for gap versus seven bucks. stuart: it made it. tell me also about another winner. i think it's a winner. dollar general. why are they up? kristina: right. you just mentioned dollar tree. dollar general also released their earnings.

kristina partsinevelos has been following it very very closely. this is serious change we are spending on this stuff, huh? kristina: yeah. i wish i could say that maybe the two of us are contributing to it but i'm assuming you're not a gamer, but we can talk about that later. the rise of e-sports is here and there's nothing we can really do to stop it. it is one of the fastest growing markets in the world and for the first quarter of this year, you saw a nearly 10% jump in consumer spending. that's u.s. consumer spending on video games. that's over $10 million in the first quarter of this year alone. you are seeing sony that has more than doubled its subscribers from a year ago and play station now which is a cloud gaming subscription service, microsoft xbox live, maybe some of the viewers watching right now play that. they have hit nearly 90 million monthly active users in april alone. a lot of that has to do with the pandemic. so these companies are cashing in on all users, with a lot of these micro transactions. that's when you buy in-game virt

we have kristina partsinevelos reporting on that, and their plans eventually to get open.ventually, right? eventually. gone are the days where you can take your shucked oysters, wood oven pizza, from the mgm buffet after playing a round of slots. this is happening in vegas. mgm studios, or mgm released a reopening plan for the hotels as well as casinos. gone are the days of the buffets. plexiglass and masks are n. as expected masks are required for employees, interestingly, not guests. mgm will strongly recommend guests use them, but not force them. every other slot machine will be deactivated, other seats removed from the machines. fewer players at card tables. players will be discouraged from standing except for the craps table. this is important. no word yet whether those free drinks will disappear or be limited. mgm is continuing the touch-free process for check-s in and reservations. hotel employees will be encouraged to get screened for symptoms before entering the building with temperature checks. if you want to know, start booking as soon as june 1st, digital men u

honoring fallen heroes many heading to the beach coronavirus front and center days in the sun kristina partsinevelosfew will be allowed on the sand. >> that is a keyword select few like you mentioned it is one of the busiest weekends of the year, of course, join together as families condemn rate servicemen and -women kick off to summer hence beautiful sun we are seeing the beach going to be a lot of hefty restrictions this weekend possible taglines on your, right now 45 minutes north of new york, this beach that you are seeing right now not open yet but it is going to be only available to local residents you have to prove that you live in the area you will have to bring a utility bill a driver's license they are waiting at gate with guards to check you, or if you happen to have a beach pass why people folks behind me come quite early to start reflying beach passes to get on as soon as possible the northeast region of the united states, one of the last regions to open up their beaches unfortunately has left a lot of new york city residents quite predict why? you have governor andrew cuomo saying stat

kristina partsinevelos from sister station is live with how they are plan forking the future, hey, kristinabig question for business owners to customers what is the new normal going to look like once all of the businesses start to reopen. we know across the country it's already happening in a lot of states as well as cities from alaska to utah. i'm in midtown new york right now standing in front of oceana, restaurant, high-end restaurant and we spoke to the owner and he has been describing how cautious they have been about the reopening process and thinking abit for quite some time and several important factors that are going to be changing going forward and the first that they have to move around all the tables, push them back so there's equal social distancing between the tables. they are also creating single-use menus which means menus will be discarded once you touch them. there's going to be one staff member designated to touching the cut which is cleaned in high-temperature diswasher and the will be wrapped and eliminating private space. this is a bigger issue in areas like midtown wh

kristina partsinevelos. how do you have have a socially distant concert?k like and feel like? reporter: you won't be knocking elbows with fans or crowd surf anytime soon. less than 250 people will be allowed in this venue on may 15th. live nation is hosting it. so what are the restrictions? you will have to wear a facemask when you enter. tickets are being sold in fan pods. sold between two and 12 sate clusters. you have to have the temperature taken. you have to wear a facemask. the arena holding 1000 people will be only 20% capacity. bathrooms, there will be a maximum of 10 people per bathroom. there will be fog sprayers that will sanitize the venue. but stu, you know, sometimes maybe you or others may not feel safe in such a enclosed space. another trend that is picking up is, drive-through, or drive-in concerts. one happened last month in denmark where everybody drove their car into a drive-in movie theater there was a concert hosted. there was also a concert hosted over the weekend in seattle with a rapper who did the same thing. instead of speakers,

employers are using new ways to measure the health of their workers, track their health, kristina partsinevelosit sounds big brotherrish to me. kristin: sounds like it, but now you have consulting from price, waterhouse cooper, the way the app works it uses geo location and time of worker in the office. if you have covid opt in to use the app and the employer pwc can see how you're interacting. we spoke to one of the experts on the project and said that can be notified if you turn off the app and remind you to turn it back on. you have thermal cameras and i spoke with founder and can detect if employees are standing too close to each other. the software is being used in construction sites. like you said, stu, a lot of the firms are spending a lot of money with the new protocols. will they remove the technology once the health crisis moderates? couldbe era of surveillance? stuart: they're not going to walk away from it because the virus has gone away. it is big brother, that's just my opinion. kristin: i agree. stuart: there you go. thanks, coming up we have my take on reopening america, we need

come in, kristina partsinevelos. the industry setting new sales records, is that right? istina: yeah, that's right. i know you have been covering e-sports since the beginning but during the lockdown you are seeing viewership pretty much skyrocket, with a lot of not only just regular video gamers but newbies as well. you have a captive audience, so that is being reflectd in the share price of a lot of these gaming platforms. for consumer spending, i want to focus on that, for the first quarter of this year, we have spent up to almost $11 billion on video games alone. that is a record for spending when it comes to video games. we are talking about some of the share prices, you are seeing an increase in activision blizzard, electronic arts, take two, some of the games we know like sony's play station now has more than doubled their subscribers versus last year. xbox live announced they had 90 million active monthly users in the month of april. i want to focus on take two because they are set to report after the bell today at 4:30 p.m. eastern time. they operate and own grand

let's move to kristina partsinevelos. this is upscale restaurant. nothing to do with mcdonald's.is is very upscale restaurant in new york city, right around the corner from us, oceana. how are they planning to reopen? reporter: much like everyone across the country they're taking cautious steps in terms of reopening. i spoke to the managing partner here at this restaurant oceana, like you mentioned, what post-covid will mean for their business. listen in. >> we're concerned about the next several months and that learning curve that it presents to all of the restaurants, pretty much, 2020, we're writing off to be honest. we really don't see it as being a, an economic, viable concern over the next several months, and we're hoping for a better next year, 2021. reporter: two major factors why 2020 would be a write i don't have. you have to not have full capacity that means revenues will be down. secondly, fear of a lot of people going to restaurants. what are some of the changes that could happen at this restaurant? first gone, possibly the days of leather bound menus. they're implem

kristina partsinevelos is with us in rye, new york. that's one of the few beaches open in the state. what are the restrictions? kristina: the restrictions here at this beach, it's only open to local residents. you were talking about people flocking here. there's already a massive line for people to renew their beach permits, but the beach is open. now it's the first time they can actually start swimming but it's open to only locals. you have to show i.d., you have to bring your driver's license, a utility bill. there's some guards at the front here. there's going to be police officers. this beach is for local residents. right nearby is parkland beach, only open to county residents. overall, the northeast region of the united states is one of the last regions to open up a lot of their beaches. in new york it's a little bit of a predicament because the governor is saying that only the state beaches can open up and new york city mayor is saying none of the new york city beaches can open up. i did speak with the town supervisor and he told

christina partsinevelos from our sister network, fox business, is live, in warwick, new york where one drive-in is opening today. hey, christina. kristinag blow out today and for those of you watching are you itching for a time-out in a period of social distancing? well it's a blast from the past, but drive-in movie theaters are proving to be quite the alternative especially this one here in warwick, new york. like you mentioned it is deemed low risk it'll be reopening tonight but at 50% capacity which means that there's only going to be one car allowed between every white pole as opposed to two in the past. they also have an app they are working on hopefully ready to go tonight which means you can order all your refreshments and they will deliver it straight to your front window, all in attempt to get customers back into the drive-in movie theaters but of course, the launch is not without its obstacles. listen in. >> we were shut down the week before we were supposed to open in march. the whole industry was shut down so there's no movies no current movies until july 15. kristina: you have over 300-plus drive-in movie theaters across th