they had -- you know, lewiston i think excepted its first -- lewiston was a primarily quebecois, french-canadianerican town that had mills and the mills left, and 99.9% white and then catholic relief agencies moved in an african family and within 10 years, they are at roughly 15,000 somali-americans living in downtown and turning it into their home. susan: successfully? chris: yeah. susan: starting businesses? chris: starting business -- they have reclaimed downtown. downtown was dying. it was nothing. susan: what is the moral of the story? chris: there are a lot of morals there, but i think -- i understand, you know, there's a lot of -- there's a lot of -- immigrants in the united states face a lot of problems. but i think the lesson of lewiston is how well it works. you have this somali-american community that moved in in 1999 and dramatically changed the town and the town by and large is working ok. there are problems but it is working out. susan: in the brief 10 minutes we have left, i wanted to put a wrapper on this conversation about what you learned. let me start with statistics. first of

lewiston, i don't know if you know lewiston, is it down and a name that is 30000 people lost its textile mills to tech downtown was emptied 99 percent white. french-canadian americans. in the somalia americans came. they replaced their family there 98. then some others americans came free choice for some time there. i was talking to a professor of anthropology who talk about racism and she said, racism, she studies this issue. one of the things you will see is when someone visually is different, seems to be jumping the line. that's when heated big upswing in racism by the majority. that night, keniston has a truly wonderful, they have what is called members only clubs that were organized around mills. went to a snow shoe club. it was organized run monthly snowshoe races. when all the mills will go empty into the clubs. the membership, that i joined was 1 dollar. but back and for those who think the membership was there to keep african-americans out, there were african-american members and social club. anyways i'm talking to the guy next to me, the center of life. in his mind, it was a vi

they had -- you know, lewiston i think excepted its first -- lewiston was a primarily quebecois, french-canadianmerican town that had mills and the mills left, and 99.9% white and then catholic relief agencies moved in an african family and within 10 years, they are at roughly 15,000 somali-americans living in downtown and turning it into their home. susan: successfully? chris: yeah. susan: starting businesses? chris: starting business -- they have reclaimed downtown. downtown was dying. it was nothing. susan: what is the moral of the story? chris: there are a lot of morals there, but i think -- i understand, you know, there's a lot of -- there's a lot of -- immigrants in the united states face a lot of problems. but i think the lesson of lewiston is how well it works. you have this somali-american community that moved in in 1999 and dramatically changed the town and the town by and large is working ok. there are problems but it is working out. susan: in the brief 10 minutes we have left, i wanted to put a first of all, we have talked about poverty. the federal poverty level is $12,000 and chang

i don't know if you know lewiston, a town in maine that 30,000 people lost its textile mills to mexico and others. and then some somali americans came and replaced 98 and then some others so i spent some time there. i was talking to a professor of anthropology who said she studied this issue and said one of the things you will see us when someone is visually different they seem to be jumping the line that's when you get a big swing by the majority. speaking of joining they have what's called members only clubs that were organized around the mills. the one i went to was organized around monthly snowshoe races that all the mills would go empty into the club and they did a snowshoe racing. for those who think that the membership is there to keep african-americans have, anyways, i'm talking to this guy next to me who had a rough life. in his mind he was a vietnam vet. alcoholism, in and out of segregated housing and he goes off on a tirade really nasty. the bartender actually stopped and says no, somalis are great. the interesting thing is when we spoke he literally started complaining abo

at the trinity jubilee center in lewiston, maine, they try to hand out something hot. >> we can tellbefore. second of aurll, people who wer already struggling. single parents, parents working low-wage jobs, elderly people. they used to get food from different places in the community and a lot of those soup kitchens and food pantries have shutdown so people are relying on us more than before. >> reporter: erin reed is the executive director at the center. donations are down as local colleges have closed. and super markets have less surplus food. >> we've spent more on food in the past month than we have in the past six months combined. >> reporter: down the street at the saint mary's nutrition center, they were busy pre-packing bags of food. social distancing means that recipients are no longer allowed inside to choose what they want. >> people are doing a lot, but it still never quite seems like enough. >> reporter: the crisis has touched everyone who works here, like theston. >> my mother got laid off from work and a lot of my friends got laid off from work. it's been hard. >> repor

at the trinity jubilee center in lewiston, maine, they try to make sure every meal they hand out includes>> this is yours. >> we're seeing folks who we can tell have never had to ask for food before. and, second of all, people who were already struggling. like single parents, parents working low-wage jobs, elderly people -- they used to be able to get food from different places in the community, and a lot of those food kitchens and food pantries have shut down, so people are relying on us for even more food than before. >> reporter: erin reed is the executive director at the center. donations are down as local colleges have closed, and supermarkets have less surplus food. >> we spent more on food in the past month than we have in the past six months combined. >> reporter: down the street at the st. mary's nutrition center, they were busy pre-packing bags of food. social distancing means that recipients are no longer allowed inside to choose what they want. >> people are doing a lot, but it never quite seems like enough. >> reporter: the crisis has touched everyone who works here, like fis

. >> reporter: ben lewiston says companies the resume production to make it safer for employees. >> wen consume. a third of u.s. pork production is for export. we can slow down our production, protect our workers, make sure there's enough meat for u.s. consumers. >> we reached out to smithfield foods to find out exactly when he they started to provide masks to employees but we haven't heard back. both iowa and south dakota have not issued state sanction stay-at-home orders even though the efforts at these facilities is impacting community. the cdc says that there's currently no evidence that coronavirus can spread through food. >>> as some of us work from home many jobs cannot be dproen your home. thank you very much. ahead, vladimir duthiers look at stories you'll be coming together makes us stronger. and ford is built to lend a hand especially now with 6-month payment relief. buy a new ford, we'll defer 3 payments and make 3 payments for peace of mind for up to 6 months. shop at ford.com or contact your ford dealer to find out more about home delivery and other vehicle service option