what are two americans doing in pompeii?7th, for a one-week stay. as soon as we arrived, they locked us down. >> reporter: was it worth the wait? >> yes. absolutely. >> because we were going to see this place if it killed us. here we are. thank goodness. >> reporter: the director of the ruins says pompeii is their own private park. >> it would be wonderful to visit pompeii without tourists. so quite empty. >> reporter: minus the four million annual visitors in a normal year. a priceless gift for a lucky few. and like all good gifts, this one has a surprise. never-before-seen rooms. in is one of the sites that was closed before the pandemic but now is reopened. as much as a stunning example of ancient roman architecture, it's also spacious enough for social distancing. some smaller sites are now closed to prevent crowding. unimaginable in this ghostly state. a silence so deafening it recalls the most an mt.ies have o -- mt. vesuvias decimated the area. mother nature reared her head. >> it was unexpected -- >> reporter: a loca

he told stories about herculaneum and pompeii to the ladies of lenghi offline in 1788. i bet many of you have not seen that painting on the right there. that is the painting of grand tourists in those ruins, those archaeological sites in naples. he painted that in the 1780s. in if you notice, there's tiny figures there. i wonder if one of them is richard st. george. and xavier della gatta was working in naples at the time. this painting is one of his views of naples. it was done in 1780. two years before paintings of the battle of paoli and germantown and richard st. george seemed to have traveled back and forth between ireland, england and europe during the 1780s.st. george later wrote that he -- when he was in naples, he worked with other artists in the city. he actually commissioned one or two portraits of himself, one in black chalk. unfortunately we don't know where those are yet. but we hope to find them. but he seems to have also worked with xavier della gatta to paint to really important moments in his life. we don't have -- we don't yet have the receipt that de

first country in europe to enter lockdown, the coliseum, the leaning tower of pisa and the ruins of pompeiiopened, and in france, people can once again wander the grand halls of the palace of versailles. hotels in europe are also gradually reopening too. back in april, we spoke to javier in spain, who had just been forced to shut down his family—run chain of hotels in benidorm. now, he's hoping to reopen then again later this month. we are going to sell less capacity than ever, because we have to keep social distance. this will help people to have a more exclusive experience. if we are talking about profits, we will have less profits than last year, sure. sure. here in england, in line with government guidance, many hotels are hoping to reopen in earlyjuly. that includes the cave here in kent. they had only been open for a few months when the virus struck following a £12 million development. it was a huge shock. no—one would ever want to launch a brand—new hotel or any business and then three months, four months later, close it down, and we literally closed it down overnight. jonathan has a

. >> reporter: from pompeii to the coliseum a rare moment to experience low tourism in italy. venice whose canals went crystal-clear during lockdown is already protesting the inevitable return of mass tourism though they need the tourists to come back. >> the next few months set a new gold standard and stick to it. >> reporter: that was amy kellogg reporting. italy started reporting late last month was one of two european countries that rolled out a contract to present -- prevent a second wave of coronavirus. america marks juneteenth, marking the end of slavery. >> more people than ever are celebrating, a powerful history lesson coming up next. when we started our business we were paying an arm and a leg for postage. i remember setting up shipstation. one or two clicks and everything was up and running. i was printing out labels and saving money. shipstation saves us so much time. it makes it really easy and seamless. pick an order, print everything you need, slap the label onto the box, and it's ready to go. our costs for shipping were cut in half. just like that. shipstation

. >> linick had launched anaccordl aide pompeii and his wife had misused a political appointee for personal>> its ig was looking into whether pompeo made the a member of his staff walk his dog, pick up his dry cleaning and make reservations for the secretary and his wife. >> trevor: wow. president trump has fired his fourth inspector general in just the last few weeks. what makes this firing extra suspicious is that this inspector general was in the middle of investigating mike pompeo for using his official staff to do unofficial things. such as walk his dog and do his laundry. i'm sorry, but pompeo had to know he was going to get caught. sending people to pick up his dry cleaning? i mean he is the only person in washington whose shirts have a four food wide for neck hole, what did he think was going to happen. once again trump has fired somebody who is supposed to be providing oversite on his administration which still makes no sense. this would be like if a toddler could fire their own babysitter. >> i'm sorry kimberly. but let it go it this is trash. >> all right, have i to go get my piz

from pompeii to the coliseum, it's a rare moment to experience slow tourism in italy.enice, whose canals went crystal clear during lockdown, is already protesting the inevitable return of mass tourism. though they need the tourists to come back. >> what's gold standard for visiting museums and to stick to it in the future. >> in florence, italy, amy kellogg. fox news. >> tulsa's mayor declares a civil emergency ahead of the rally there. we will talk about when the panel when we come back. effortless is the lincoln way. so as you head back out on the road, we'll be doing what we do best. providing some calm in your day. with virtual, real-time tours of our vehicles as well as remote purchasing. for a little help, on and off the road. now when you buy or lease a new lincoln, we'll make up to 3 payments on your behalf. now when you buy or lease a new lincoln, hey it's me, lily from at&t. i'm back working from home and here to help. hey lily, i'm hearing a lot about 5g. should i be getting excited? depends. are you gonna want faster speeds? i will. more reliability? oh, al

the archaeological sites of pompeii, and richard st. george went to those. he told stories about herculaneum and pompeia. i bet many of you have not seen the painting on the right before. that is the painting of grand tourists in those ruins, archaeological sites in naples. he painted that in the 1780s. if you notice there's some tiny figures there. i wonder if one of them is richard st. george. xavier della gatta, this is done in 1780, two years before the paintings of paoli and german town. richard st. george seemed to traveled back and forth between ireland and england and europe during the 1780s. and st. george later wrote that when he was in naples, he worked with other artists in the city, he actually commissioned one or two portraits of himself, one in black chalk. unfortunately we don't know where those are yet. but we hope to find them. but he seems to also have worked with xavier della gatta to paint two reality really important points in his life. we don't have the receipt that della gatta has left for paying him for these works, but we know they

though, this particular novel is sort of remembered, last days of pompeii and mary signed these booksin this case 1864. she was a pretty good writer of letters. she is her personal letter seal with the monogram m.l. on it. notice that there is no "t" in there. she never called herself mary todd lincoln. she never called herself mary t. lincoln. she was mrs. lincoln or mrs. president lincoln. the inclusion of todd in her name is a 20th century invention. this is a letter that begins to show some of her difficulties, you would suppose, in the sense that her reputation suffered. she is writing to the assistant secretary of the treasury mr. george harington asking if he could find a job for her dress-maker, elizabeth keckly. because she doesn't any longer need the services of ellen shehan and wants her off the jobs list and wants to get elizabeth keckly on to the jobs list over at treasury. and i promise i will never ask you for another favor again, mr. harrington, though, of course, she did over and over. but the real cause of their sorrow in the white house personally was the death of t

first country in europe to enter lockdown, the coliseum, the leaning tower of pisa and the ruins of pompeiiess profits than last year, sure. here in england, in line with government guidance, many hotels are hoping to reopen in earlyjuly. that includes the cave here in kent. they had only been open for a few months when the virus struck, following a £12 million development. it was a huge shock. no—one would ever want to launch a brand—new hotel or any business and then four months later close it down, and we literally closed it down overnight. jonathan had already put in place some coronavirus safety measures, offering us a glimpse into what our future hotel stays might look like. if you could stand in front of the camera please and look into the camera so we can take your temperature. authenticated. as you are authenticated, please sanitise your hands and help yourself to mask and gloves if you would like. and if you go to the reception desks, we have got the screens up so the staff are completely protected as our guests. and you will be saying to guests to take their own luggage? we will