deciding to stay closed while we were speaking earlier to the bird and hotel and get stronger meat industry association and lessing partly to do with these health and safety rules the to kill a make you feel that people are keeping a one and a half meter distance difficult if you own a small cafe for example but for all the people i think is just simply down to the numbers is this financially viable there off fixed costs already associated with having a restaurant or a cafe such as rent but if you're bringing stuff back in to work full time and you've only got half the people coming through your doors because of no tourism and because of social distancing policies it's going to become very difficult now one restaurant owner in berlin who has reopened today has explained exactly why he his business has already been hit. by told unsponsored might expect a profit in 2020 can be happy if we can rebuild the losses a little bit but only a little bit because i think selected sort of normal turnover for the rest of the year. that and then we hope that 2021 truism over to the ground and we will have more. about

choosing to remain closed this chance yeah well according to the hotel and destroying the meat industry association and who he was speaking to today it's partly because of those health and safety rules that social distancing making it very difficult for small cafes to be able to open but also because of other reasons like fixed costs ok they already have to pay rent but if they're having to really employ members of staff knowing that they're only going to get home if the people through the doors because of social distancing problems because of a lack of tourism it's a big issue now one restaurant owner lynn where his premise was reopened today is well aware of the hit to his business and to others. it's about all night and i expect a profit in 2020 we can be happy if we can absorb the losses a little bit but only a little bit. sort of normal turnover for the rest of the year. and then we hope that 2021 truism will be to the gun and we will have more. about but even though the focus is only 50 to 60 percent of 2019. the stock linwood. what has been the economic impact in hospitality sector in german

we are also joined by chris young from the american association of meat processors to talk about how the meat industry is dealing with the pandemic. aformer congressman talks

joined on the phone by chris young, from the american association of meat processors, talking about the effect of the pandemic on the meat industrygood morning. >> good morning, sir. how are you? host: we are doing well having you want to address the concerns nationwide on meat plants and processing facilities. give us an overall picture of how many are open, what this applies like across the country. guest: it is hard to quantify the exact number that have been in the news. a lot of them are beginning to reopen. the biggest thing -- one of the biggest things is that they are not reopening at full capacity. they are all beginning to operate but with less employees and a little slower production lines, trying to mitigate the risks to their employees moving forward. i think the supply is still doing ok. but, there are certainly challenges as we try to work through this time. host: how many meat processors does your ogre and is asian represent? guest: we represent around -- your meat processing plant represent? host: last week, the president issued an executive order requiring meat processing facilities to stay open. what was the ef