prepandemic, the travel particularly into the international travel was almost 25% of their revenues, that took a hard hit in 2020 of course. and so the most important driver over the next few quarters for them is exactly the rate and pace of borders reopening, and when people will get on the airplanes and start traveling again. wrap around that comes other spending, and entertainment spending, and luxury goods, and people want to buy the outfit or the handbag and all of that tends to be highly carded and often high use of the credit card which is all good of visa and mastercard. >> which processor or card issuer has the leverage to corporate spending, and how does that factor into the terms of viewing the players and how much they can benefit from the reopening? >> yeah, yeah. so american express has the most, you know, linkage to the corporate spending, and prepandemic, and even for them, it is a relatively smaller than you'd think in terms of how much is corporate, the me and sort of in the 10-ish percentage range, and they are not, and we are not expecting that spending to come ba

it's up above its prepandemic high it's price to earnings are above its prepandemic highs. this to me is an example of lack of value within value. >> all right let's move on to draftkings, up 54% this year. steve grasso >> i'm going to say fade this one. now, i get the whole idea of why it's been popular, and i do understand that we're starting to see sports open back up and that's seen as a tail wind i think the biggest tail wind for the stock has probably lost its steam. i'd rather go with the more traditional casino players like a pen gaming, an mgm on an economy reopening versus an online thing like draftkings >> i'm going to guess that jeff mills thinks you're wrong. jeff, what do you say? >> i am going to trade this one. it's been an interesting stock, actually it's bucked the trend. bonawyn said during our call earlier today. these high flying growth names pen were down. draftkings was up. although i can understand a view that over $70 it's pricing in some of this news but massive pent-up demand you're talking $2 trillion in excess consumer savings. you have the stim

still down 38% over prepandemic

. >> in terms of speed, the gap is closing between prepandemic and postpandemic speed. today, we're only traveling about 5 miles per hour faster than we did back in 2019 >> reporter: while in washington, d.c. -- >> where it used to be crammed and crowded all times of the day, and now in a lot of cases it's wide open spaces. >> reporter: but los angeles is basically back to its normal gridlock. >> here in los angeles, we have some of the most congested freeways in the country, even during the pandemic. >> reporter: here's the thing, traffic has been back since the summer, and yet, it's plateaued. on the golden gate bridge, it's holding steady at about 75% of prepandemic levels. >> we have also noticed however, as we've seen fewer cars on the road we've seen the cars actually travel a little bit faster >> in the u.s. that means collisions are down 30% but fatality rates are up 8%. so how long will these changes last >> we're actually seeing a fair amount of evidence that a lot of the changes that we've seen are going to continue after what we could call a return to normal

a circle and the line drawn across basically reits are headed back to their prepandemic level and that would be about an 8% move from here and we like them long by virtue of what a broad representation they are >> carter, thank you all right. there's the charts mike khouw, what's the trade >> you know, so we're talking about iyr here this is the real estate reit etf. an important point, and you were touching on this, carter, too, is this is a diverse base of real estate companies that we're dealing with everything from warehaaser, which is a timber reit american tower, the largest reit that deals with wireless towers, data centers in here we've got logistics. basically the warehouses that serve companies like home depot and fedex and amazon and oftentimes people have been looking at the real estate business and thinking mostly about one of the other constituents, simon property, things like retail you look at the top 50% of the representation of iyh, retail is a small percentage of it most of the businesses we're talking about are stable the principal reason that people would typically

they're back to prepandemic levels. >> that's right. you know, businesses rely on that state guidance and the cdc guidance to enforce policies that they have in their business, in their retail stores, grocery stores. so that is what businesses want. they rely on that guidance so they can enforce the policy locally. when somebody comes in that is not vaccinated or immune and say i don't have to wear a mask because the governor said i don't, that is not helpful right now. we're in a really good place and moving to a good place. some states are doing better than others. it's just jumping the gun a little bit. the good news is, certain states have now immunized a third of their adult population. so that's good news. ironically states with department of healths are doing better on their distribution. >> neil: that's interesting. speaking of the department of health and medical officials, we've gotten different advice including the cdc urging against travel, that was a big problem for the airline industry when they heard that. the back and fo

it's not as intense as it was prepandemic. >> goodwin.lso mentioned while the number of cars out on the roadways is up the number of people using public transit is still down significantly in san francisco. amanda hari kron 4 news. >> for your money this morning. the irs is once again delayed. the tax deadline has now been pushed back to may 17 president biden's nearly 2 trillion dollars covid relief plan include stimulus checks changes to the child tax credit and exemptions for people who receive unemployment in 2020 all changes that have likely led to the decision to delay. it's the second time the irs has delayed the federal tax filing deadline. there are new developments in the huge edd fraud that has cost the state billions of dollars which much of that money going to prison inmates a bill that would prevent inmates from illegally filing for unemployment benefits has passed a key committee, lonnie wong explains what's going to happen next. >> the outrage factor is off the charts as much as a billion dollars of state and federal unemp

prepandemic, that 90 minute drive took him 2 hours and 15 minutes.video he shot for us on friday. you can see there is hardly any traffic. he can now do that same drive from soledad to campbell in just 90 minutes. a 45-minute reduction in his commute. but fuhrman tells us it is not worth it. he hardly worked last year because hair salons were shut down. now he is just working two to three days a week. he is struggling he is leaning heavily on his faith in god to get by. >> yeah. you have to pray to keep me healthy and many i family and keep us in our house. you know? because i am struggling a little bit here. keeping -- trying to keep my house. i was able to take care of that. but i pray a lot to everybody to stay healthy. the world, you know? >> reporter: fuhrman tells us surprisingly traffic is heavy the last three friday nights on the drive back home to soledad. stop and go starting it on bailey avenue on 101 south. he believes that's a sign that california is opening back up. more people are heading out of town for those weekends. reporting live

c.b.o., projected that even without any further stimulus, gross domestic product will return to its prepandemic levels by mid 2021. and for the year, the economy will grow at 4.6%. now, if those two points aren't strong enough, then it will -- it was recently reported that retail sales jumped five and six-tenths percent during january and for the national retail federation is projected retail sales for the year to grow at the fastest rate in two decades. and then if those four points aren't enough, at the same time personal income is reported to have risen by 10% and the personal savings rate has surged from a historically high 13.4% to over 20%. the american economy will soon be roaring without a $2 trillion further stimulus. it's no longer march of 2020 when the economy was in free fall and businesses and places of employment were shut down. and how were they shut down? by those of us right here in the congress of the united states, the federal government -- doing it by government edict. while many individuals of certain sectors of our economy continue to struggle and of course deserve a help

facilities were told to open bed space for minors to prepandemic levels which is just under 14,000. there are now about 7,700 children under hhs care and the concern is the number will rise quickly in the coming weeks. >> the way we're going, i think it's going do become a crisis. >> now some texas democrats are warning the biden team about what is unfolding. >> they seem to be on a mission without due respect to start releasing and show that they're compassionate. i want to be compassionate, but i also think people should be compassionate to our communities on the border. >> at the same time, activists are also pressuring biden to undo what they see as damage from the trump administration. >> people are willing to give them a break in the beginning, but i think that break will soon be over if they don't move very quickly. >> in the south sox shelter, several migrants told us they saw many children traveling to the border alone. >> how old were these children that you saw? [ speaking foreign language ] they would act like they were part of a family to protect themselves. >> the bide

prepandemic, we always offer up to 72 hours a year. if you do the math, that's nine days on a normal

how big of a change did you see year over year prepandemic to right now? >> we may be 25 percent of what we were normally at this time sgloo. >> reporter: he said that his business has shrunk to virtual gatherings, and some of them may be permanent. do you think the inperson event business is going to come back like it was? >> i don't think that every event will come back to being hundreds of people together. i think certain events will stay online. >> reporter: that means former employees like mo johnson cannot heal quickly either. >> i did have to ask for extensions here and there. we borrowed from my 401-k. >> reporter: a year without full time work meant a year without medical coverage. something we first discussed last summer. >> we had a spat today, she said, you should go to the dentist and i said, we don't have insurance. >> reporter: lately he put off the purchase of new contact lenses. >> i do needer more, but i've been watching, and cleaning. >> reporter: oh, man, that is dangerous. >> i know. >> reporter: disposable ones, knock on wood you don'

for the economy as a whole employment is 9.5 million below its prepandemic level. the unemployment rate remains 6.2% in february and understates the shortfall in employment as participation in the labor market remains notably below prepandemic levels. looking ahead, fomc participants project the rate to continue to decline. the median projection is 4.5% at the end of this year and moves down to 3.5% by the end of 2023. the economic downturn has not fallen equally on all americans will and those least able to shoulder the burden have been the hardest hit, the high level of joblessness has been severe for lower wage workers in a service sector and for african-americans and hispanics. the economic dislocation has up ended many lives and created great uncertainty about the future. overall inflation remains below our 2% longer run objective. over the next few months morning 12-month measures of april inflation will move up as the very low readings from march you into april of last year fall out of the calculation. beyond these base effects we real could also see upward

prepandemic, what pandemic is sort of their attitude here. some are behaving responsibility. it was a rowdy weekend here. if you listen to what officials are saying, they have stories of stampedes, gunfire in the air. we saw video of those people dancing, the spring breakers dancing and destroying that car overnight. that was after 8:00 p.m. after this new curfew went into place. so it certainly an act of defiance as you said. but if you look at what the new ground rules are here in miami beach, there is an 8:00 p.m. kerr few. the causeways from the mainland leading over here to the entertainment area, ocean drive here in south beach, miami beach, those closed at 10:00 p.m. so spring breakers can't come in after that. and they've also closed the local streets overnight until 6:00 a.m. in the morning. so only residents and people going to hotels and local businesses can do that. that's in place now from thursday to sunday through march 30th and maybe even extending until the end of spring break which is around april 12th or so. so we'll see how that goes. the mayor certainly h

mississippi is looking to also ease restrictions significantly, back to almost prepandemic days. what are you going to do or continue do what you're doing? >> well, good news is, we don't have to do a lot because we never closed most parts of our economy in georgia. we're seeing that with our revenues. we never had a statewide mask mandate. we trusted people to do the right thing and to be part of a solution, not part of the problem. when you look at our manufacturing sector, i.t., healthcare, construction as i mentioned, forestry, our ag economy is coming back. we had a huge year in our seaport. you know, we've had all of that open the whole time. working with the private sector, plowing through, working with our public health people to figure out ways we can work. our restaurants are back open. we have a few limitations. we're looking at that now as we reach herd immunity. i'm glad the great state of texas is joining us. >> neil: while i have you governor, there's back and forth with mitch mcconnell and the president. i know you department atenned cpac, but this notion said it'

the company said that ticket sales are now about 90% of what they were prepandemic. >>> stocks openingn the red. plus good news for renters. diane king hall live now. good to see you. >> good morning. it's good to be with you. trading has been underway for a and we are seeing a lot of red on wall street. the dow under pressure. it's down 89 points at the moment. nasdaq over in the tech sector is down triple digits. the s&p500 is under pressure this morning as they take chips off the national ban on evictio is extended. the cdc is pushing out a stop on evictions to the end of june after a report showed that 20% of renters didn't pay rent last movement the ban was set to expire at the end of this month. a cdc official said the pandemic presents a historic threat and keeping people in their homes. preventing eviction is a key step in helping stop the spread. >> people need that help. thank you. >>> time for a look at what's coming up later on cbs this morning and gayle king joins us now from new york. always good to see you. i hear an echo. >> i don't hear any but i do hear you. good to s

clnormal orudentsand staff the san ramone valley school district today will be one step closer to prepandemic life. about 10,000 students total will be back to full time in person learning, all day, four days. >> we made all the changes in january and all we had to do was move more desks back in. we are ready to go. >> i am excited to be in the classroom and get to be on campus because i am a senior and won't be able to again. >> reporter: middle and high school go back today. elementary students go tomorrow. after a year of the unexpected, four days of knowing what's in store will be a welcome relief. >> some continuity, the idea of being in class every day for the daily routine. >> it's important to get back into the environment of the classroom especially since i will be going to college and don't remember what it is like to be in the classroom. >> reporter: the superintendent says come fall they're expecting to go back five days a week full time for in person learning. for those not comfortable with >>> a milar scene within castro valley unified school district where many 3rd through 5th

again and while that's down from prepandemic numbers, 400,000, the agency says it is progress. and beginning today trains began arriving and departing from platform 3 at the millbrae station. weekday richmond riders will have a one-seat ride to sfo instead of having to transfer at macarthur station. agents are added at the antioch station and saturday service will match sunday service. >> we don't want to put out too much service because we have to be really, really wise with our money and we really have to operate as lean as possible because we're very concerned about ridership over the next few years. >> there are also some changes on caltrain. services will increase from 68 to 70 trains. it will be operating weekday first morning trains as local trains. beginning this weekend it will provide service to and from the tamian station. >>> four young ladies from marin are honored this evening. they're among the first women in the country to achieve the rank of eagle scout, the highest honor of the boy scouts of america. at a ceremony today representative jared huffman awarded the

they are reopening up to prepandemic level wills because of the rising numbers of children across the biden is taking criticism from both sides of the aisle, while the administration is calling it a challenge, others are calling it a crisis. >> reporter: this week, father roy snipes has welcomed 100 migrant families a nigh to seek shelter. over flowing from a shelter down the road, no longer are being separated from their families, they are allowed to wait in the united states for their asylum cases to be heard. but they are waiting for their cases to be heard in court. the shelter asked that we protect this woman's identity. she left honduras two weeks ago and crossed the rio grande in to the u.s. a few nights before. why did you decide to come? many migrants are still being turn today away at the southern border and the growing reality for the biden administration is there's a perception in central american countries ravaged by crime, it's now easier to make the journey north and crosses the border. homeland security secretary insists it's not a crisis is, but a challenge. >> we are

level at the on set of the pandemic for the economy as a whole employment is 9.5 million below the prepandemic level. the unemployment rate is elevated at 6.2% in february this figure understates the short fall in employment, parti particularly participation in the labor market is below prepandemic levels looking ahead, fmoc participants project the unemployment rate to continue to decline. the median projection is 4.5% at the end of the year and moves to 3.5% by the errand of 2023 the economic downturn has not fallen equally on all americans and those least able to shoulder the burden have been the hardest hit. in particular, the high level of joblessness is especially severe in the service sector and for african americans and hispanics. the economic dislocation unended many lives overall inflation is below the 2% longer run projection 12-month measures will move up as the very low readings from march and april of last year fall out of the calculation. beyond the base effects we could also see upward pressure on prices if spending rebounds quickly as the economy continues to reopen. particula

but it's still only about 20% of what used to be prepandemic.here are still plenty a por lease signs and some shuttered windows. the san francisco chamber of commerce says about 50% of small businesses have closed since the spring of 2019. will some of the big businesses have said their employees can work remotely for ever. the san francisco chamber says others are looking at coming back eventually at least partially we do have a poll out currently to our members asking when you're coming back. if you're coming back going to be a flexible schedule, you know, going 3 days on 2 days off. >> full time. have out staff. i do think each company is going to be unique, which is also exciting to see different kind of work models. >> they expect to have the results of that poll in the coming months. maureen kelly kron 4 news. >> after being closed for year. disneyland is not only reopening, there are expansion plans disneyland forward is short on details. that's what they're calling it. but officials say they want to squeeze new attractions shops and eate

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charles, what will it take to get the city back to the hustle and bustle that it was prepandemic. >> yet prepandemic, you know, we had hundreds of thousands of people commuting into san francisco every day. that is all essentially stopped to drive through downtown right now. and it's really sad out there. a lot of businesses closed down and as we some places just left in those workers won't be back. but things are getting better with regards to the coronavirus pandemic. so the question is what's it going to take to get workers back and to get real heated up again. >> since the coronavirus pandemic started just over a year ago, the number of workers commuting into san francisco has plummeted many san francisco based companies like sales force have said that their employees can work from home permanently if they so choose. but as the number of coronavirus cases in san francisco continues to drop and restrictions are eased. how many of those workers will return to the city. and what will that mean for the commercial real estate market. that is the million-dollar question. rodney falling

more love, spreading more peace to the community, especially during the difficult times, like even prepandemic i think there is a lot of difficulties that people go through every single day. we want to be there for them. >> yeah, the packages look pretty nice. they'll go to schools in vac aville, including school supplies, calming tea for parents and plant or flower because the group believes nature is the universal symbol of peace. >>> well check it out. a good storm rolled through the bay area late last night. bringing rain and some high winds. it definitely packed enough punch to topple some trees in frist. on one street street it looked like a tree missed landing on cars just. drew tuma joining us with more on if we see a repeat performance any time soon. >> you know, dion, i think we'll see more rainfall but less wind. good news because the winds last night gusted in excess of 50-mile-per-hour. picked up about a quarter of an inch of rain with that quick moving system. it's out of here. today was gorgeous. sunday, bright blue skies, live dob letter seven, the active sweet sweep showing ra

but how long before airport officials believe travel could be back to prepandemic levels. >> yeah. things are improving. like we mentioned in the story, but it's going to be probably a couple years before things are back at prepandemic levels. lot of people looking forward to traveling again amanda hari live for us at sfo. thank you, amanda. >> well, coming up with their travel on the as we've been talking about open, sir porter's a plan in place for thousands of flights to hawaii. coming up, we'll see why that airport is such an attractive departure point. an amber alert helping reunite a missing 2 year-old with his family. but the investigation is not over yet. the question police are still trying to get an answer to. >> the settlement that nothing to us. so to me is i that we really wanted. i was just this person. >> also the family of a man killed by hayward police. they're still asking for justice after the city council awarded the more than 3 million dollars in the >> the hayward city council approved the settlement of a federal civil lawsuit this week for the family of a man

it's not as intense as it was prepandemic goodwin.lso mentioned while the number of cars out on the roadways is up. >> the number of people using public transit is still down significantly in san francisco. amanda hari kron 4 news. >> 45 right now and does make it a little easier that they're still, you know, quiet traffic on it comes to rainy days. absolutely. because we need to go slow and steady don't rush through john and i know a lot of friends that even though they're kind of starting to adjust going back into the office. still get the kind of shoes those days, 2 days, maybe one of those days you want to choose to take it easy at home and not worry so much about the wet roads in the traffic. >> out am this morning starting to pick back up on some rainfall. can hardly see anything out there showers again, begin to block out that view that lens getting a little extra wet as rainfall pushes back into the north bay, especially we're also starting to see showers building just north of santa cruz. they're at the san mateo and santa cr

it's not as intense as it was prepandemic goodwin.lso mentioned while the number of cars out on the roadways is up. >> the number of people using public transit is still down significantly. >> in san francisco. amanda hari kron 4 news. >> the ntc says they're also encouraging people to carpool when it's safe to do so. all right. one final look at weather tonight and certainly the storm clouds gathering out there right now. it is going to be moving in. >> maisel storm coming our way not only here but in the sierra nevada thing to see a whole lot of snow roll across the high country is the storm not as cold as the sure not to get the real dry powdery snow you the real west tough that cement cierra smith is going to develop up there. but yeah, right now you're looking toward the past there and honor and certainly things opening clear but not for long. everything is about to change as we're going to see that storm system moving in tonight. got winter weather advisories going up to level expected drop down to about 4,000 feet. but you get

compare that to the five-year average it's got five times more debt now than it did prepandemic. recent revenues are light but seems to be this euphoria of possible growth prospects. if you look at the price action, look how that stock tested 28 and quickly reversed even in a market that's being void so i'm fading it >> steve >> yeah. i don't discount anything that bonawyn said if you look at the crown jewels inside gap, it's old navy, athleta, and those are going to gain market share in 2021. it is slightly overbought on the rsi -- did i not say trade it? it is slightly overbought. rung at 72 that probably means its takes a step back a little bit but i think you're going to see upward revisions in eps, same way morgan stanley put out a note saying you might see that going forward and that's led to a bunch of price target increases across the street. usually with these type of stocks they run as a mag jet towards those price targets. i'd say trade it but if you want to trade, aberc abercrombie. i know i'm not playing by the recalls. >> i'm going to move on. too much time spent on

. >> prepandemic, life was really good.porter: then when the cruise line industry sidelined by the pandemic -- >> i was like, okay, this is our new normal. let's figure it out. let's get back to work. >> reporter: dexter ramped up, posting content. tiktok becoming his lifeline. >> the work has been able to get me throughout this pandemic and just knowing that you can be your authentic self and that will be enough. ♪ >> reporter: now with a following of more than 500,000 people, opportunities are on the rise. dexter recently appearing in one of rihanna's savage fenty shows. >> the opportunities are endless. whatever space you want to exist in, if you just put it out there, it can be. >> three, four, five, six -- >> reporter: in new jersey, devin is also seeing tiktok as the path to the dance future. ♪ known for his viral dance "seven rings," he doubled down on his tiktok'ing during the shutdowns after his second home, his dance studio planet dance, closed. >> i utilize tiktok even more. i can really use tiktok and just spend

as life looks more like it did prepandemic in much of the country. 43 states have allowed most or allinesses to reopen. and 17 don't have mask mandates. this as much of europe is seeing another spike. and doctors say paris hospitals are about to hit catastrophic overload. >> the trajectory of the pandemic in the united states looks similar to many other countries in europe. i'm calling on our elected officials to sound the alarm. we must work together now to prevent a fourth surge. >> reporter: new jersey now seeing the nation's largest spike per capita. >> we have to push back against our pandemic fatigue. >> reporter: and florida seeing reported cases of the more contagious uk variant, more than doubling just in the past four days. but there is some good news. a new cdc of health care workers showing the pfizer and moderna vaccines are 95% effective after two doses. and 85% effective after just one. and that the vaccines can reduce asymptomatic infections. meanwhile as the death toll nears 450,000, the stunning admission from president trump's former pandemic coordinator. >> there w

he's a freshman who they say constantly received a's prepandemic. >> he doesn't seem to have a desire to learn anymore. he so demotivated by the whole experience. >> reporter: the couple is leading a recall effortmembers. that effort continues after the district andtively to return to the classroom, which was announced late friday night. students will stay with home room teachers all day and everyone will follow physical distancing guidelines in class. we also know that some students will not be able to at this time. the teachers union also put out a statement thanking negotiators and reminding the district, quote, we now need the city and the district to make good on their commitment to get school staff vaccinated asap. the district held a virtual forum today for parents and educators. >> you'll be working with a school planning known as the school plan for student achievement. >> reporter: helping them walk through budget issues and planning for the next school year post-pandemic. but some parents say the school board wasted valuable time focusing on unimportant issues instead of ge

. >> reporter: tonight as states reopen, crowded scenes that feel prepandemic now playing out in realtime >> for spring break, we're really excited we're going to open up, have djs, concerts, everything. >> reporter: businesses cashing in on spring breakers, st. patrick's day customers ready to move on. >> i wouldn't say we're really concerned about it right now, to be honest. i feel like it's tame right now. >> reporter: the mixed messaging on state reopenings confusing enough to prompt warnings from top health officials >> we are going in the right direction. that's why i get so anxious when i hear pulling back completely on public health measures, like saying no more masks, no nothing like that that is risky business when you do that. >> reporter: risk or not, reopening continues in states like texas, where this weekend marked the first with 100% capacity and no mask mandate. >> covid is not under control. >> everybody as an adult needs to make their own decision i don't think it should be forced >> reporter: in los angeles, the city starting their own reopening. the city loosening the

one gym owner told kpix it could take years to get membership back to prepandemic levels but he is ready for the heavy lifting. >> a few months ago i was stressed out but i am more optimistic now. i believe that we are going to do well. we have faith that things will clear up and we will get back to where we were before. >>> the restaurant we now have 25, maybe 30% of our staff back in place. we will probably get it close to 50% once we get the indoor dining open. >> public health officials say they could move into the red tier as early as wednesday. >>> bay area kids are back to the classroom tomorrow. including high schoolers in nevado. junior and seniors will return for flexible days. and they went back last week. students in grades 3-5 will be welcomed back tomorrow. to join younger students there. staffers at one school prepared their first lesson. an instructional video on the three w's, wear a mask, wash your hands and watch your distance. and in contra costa county the board is set to vote on wednesday on its proposed reopening time line. it would bring students back in phases st

here's morgan chesky >> reporter: crowded scenes that feel prepandemic now playing out in realtime. >for spring break, we're excited, going open up, have deejays, converts, everything. >> reporter: businesses cashing in on spring breakers, st. patrick's day customer and moving on. >> i feel like it's pretty much tamed right now. >> reporter: the mixed message on state reopening confusing enough amid the warnings from top health officials >> we are going in the right direction. that's why i get so anxious when i hear pulling back completely on public health measures by say no more masks. that is a risky business when you do that. >> reporter: risk or not, reopening continues in states like texas where this weekend marched the first with 100% capacity and no mask mandate >> totally under control >> everybody as an adult needs to make their own decision i don't think it should be forced >> reporter: in california, los angeles starting their own reopening are the city able to loosen rules after hitting the target of 2 million vaccinated in hard hit areas. the u.s. vaccination rate startin

>> as we look at prepandemic, i think it will be a slight net positive.x as we have seen a miss this with restaurants starting the reopen not all the schools w eopen, everyone is not back to work at office, no everybody is ever roing the recovery of away from home consumption i thinkjf is going be slower to react than a lot of people are currently anticipating >> two categories in particular r[d■lly help you jeff,e■ i feel like they were both major pandemic phenomenonons that is baking and breakfast at home especially breakfast at home,e1 which is not a thing that was q■érowing before the pandemic. what's giving you confidence that either those two trend are staying and you are going the continue the see higher sales there? >> you are right, you named two of the three categories we have seen kind of acceleras growth. one of those was in breakfast serial int■ okcereal. people rediscovered the joyse■ cereal as a breakfast food and as a snack we have seen consumers cominge1 in, we have seen a lot of boomers comingf■f■ back to cere, hispanic consumers coming back to cereal. the same woul

it's starting to look like a friday night prepandemic in the bay area.kpix5's katie nielsen is in the middle of the action in san jose. >> reporter: a busy night inside left bank restaurant. it's the first friday night rush since guests have been welcomed back into the dining room, a space that had been closed for months. >> it's a little nervous because i feel like people are really excited to come out to dine with us and do so in a safe manner. >> reporter: outdoor dining was allowed to resume when the shelter in place orders were lifted and counties went back to the purple tier, but when santa clara county moved to the red tier on wednesday, limited indoor dining was then allowed. left bank general manager giovanni jorris said in response they've staffed up this weekend not only to serve extra guests, but to make sure there are enough employees to keep up with the extra cleaning measures. >> it's wonderful absolutely. >> reporter: while outside jim full early fuller says he was able to snag his favorite table. jim and holly say they're practically exp

. >> i'm frances riff sverre in some states it looks like it returned to prepandemic normal health officials are warning it's much too soon to start celebrating. nbc's miguel almaguer has more. >> reporter: as restrictions are rolled back nationwide, the record number of americans are on the move hacking bars, nightclubs, restaurants and theme clubs. in the capitol of los gyms and movie theaters given the all clear to reopen with limitations. >> it's about people feeling safe we believe if they feel safe they will come back. >> reporter: despite warnings not to travel, the tsa said 1.3 million flew friday a high since the start of the pandemic. the subway system seeing record ridership as many emerge from a year of isolation during spring break. >> the beach is coming back to life the town is coming back to life. we're having some fun out here. >> reporter: but the cdc says there's no vacation from the virus. in florida and california the u.k. variant accounting for 25% of new cases citing a third wave of infections in europe, authorities say easing restrictions too quickly at home could lea

how big of a change did you see year over year prepandemic to right now?e sgloo. >> reporter: he said that his business has shrunk to virtual gatherings, and some of them

. >> experts say those high prepandemic rents are next. more than a year into the pandemic and san francisco is steel. the most expensive city in the country for renters. that's all according to the latest data from rental listing service. zumper kron four's. amanda hari has that story. >> well, rent has went down over the last year on told it's because of the pandemic comparable cities have seen there, but go down as well keeping san francisco at the top of the list. >> there is no indication not that this is the beginning of a tracked compared to this time last year. rental listing for has rent for a one-bedroom apartment in san francisco down 24.3%, but housing action coalition, executive director todd david says don't get used to it. i wouldn't be surprised if a year from now through and i were having this conversation that we're going to be heading all-time highs on rents a year from now, david says prices are down right now because of the pandemic. many people are working remotely and have moved cheaper and smaller metros as things r

but it's still only about 20% of what used to be prepandemic. there are still plenty a for lease signs and some shuttered windows. the san francisco chamber of commerce says about 50% of small businesses have closed since the spring of 2019. will some of the big businesses have said their employees can work remotely for ever. the san francisco chamber says others are looking at coming back eventually at least partially we do have a poll out currently to our members asking when you're coming back. if you're coming back going to be a flexible schedule, you know, going 3 days on 2 days off. >> full time. i have out staff. i do think each company is going to be unique, which is also exciting to see different kind of work models. >> they expect to have the results of that poll in the coming months. maureen kelly kron 4 news. >> lots of people are getting an unusual letter from the irs and some of them really are unsure of. this is real, but it is real. and in fact, you could face a big delay in getting your tax refund. if you don't take it seriously.

data from the transportation analytics firm also shows that miles traveled in a car have surpassed prepandemictionwide, transportation. researchers say the car travel can provide a strong indication of the direction of the economy that's because people often are driving to get to work school shopping or heading out on vacation and while more people are driving gas prices are going up. the price of gas has spiked $0.77 per gallon since november. 20th. here's a look at the latest prices around the bay area in oakland. it's $3.91 for a gallon of regular san jose. it's a penny more in the north bay in santa rosa. it's going to cost you $3.99. a gallon to fill up in san francisco. of course, always the most expensive at 4 bucks a gallon. traffic is back. >> take a look at this. so wild side show here that shut down streets in san francisco. this is last night. people doing donuts all over the place. intersection of folsom and 13th right under the highway. one o one overpass here. look out. dozens of people gathered around watching as well. witnesses say police showed up pretty quickly. and then the

but it's still only about 20% of what used to be prepandemic.re still plenty a for lease signs and some shuttered windows. >> the san francisco chamber of commerce says about 50% of small businesses have closed since the spring of 2019. will some of the big businesses have said their employees can work remotely for ever. the san francisco chamber says others are looking at coming back eventually at least partially a lot of companies are exploring flexible schedules. >> you know that making sure their employees are comfortable at how that might look. maybe september. october is what we're hearing initially for coming back to the office. everything's constantly changing. so it's hard to have date in mind, but it is exciting to see that some companies are looking at creative solutions, san francisco chamber of commerce currently has a poll out to their members trying to get a better handle on how many. >> companies are going to be having their workers come back to the office and what it will look like when they do, they expect to have the results o

as life looks more like it did prepandemic in much of the country. 43 states have allowed most or alltors say paris hospitals are about to hit cass strophic overload. >> the trajectory of the pandemic in the united states looks similar to many other countries in europe. >> i'm calling on our elected a. we must work together now to prevent an upward surge. >> new jersey now seeing the nation's largest spike in cases per capita. >> we have to keep up the fight and push back against our pandemic fatigue. >> and florida seeing reported cases of the more contagious mutant doubling in the past four days, but there is good flus a cdc study of health care workers showing the pfizer and moderna vaccines are 90% effective after doo doses an 80% after just one, and that the vaccine can reduce asymptomatic infectionnaking an announcement. >> as of april 19th, three weeks from today, 90% of adult, 18 and over will be eligible to get vaccinated. >> many while it is death toll nears 550,000, stunning admission from president trump's former pandemic coordinator. >> there were about 100,000 aths tcame

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prepandemic we were at 2%. we talked about this so many times y. are rates going up?we continue to see not only deep sent data but it is broadening that's a good thing. this week along the market pmis continue to stay in expansion. ism at the best level since 2018 chicago pmi up, we talked about manufacture asking the renaissance fair it is happening. it is for real i listened to a million different companies on the manufacturing side and they say all good things. it is only 12% of u.s. gdp but for every one job created in the industrial manufacturing sector 7.7 jobs are actually created around it. it is very, very important to see the manufacturing parts of the economy doing well flip over to the consumers which we know is 70% of the u.s. economy. continuing claims are still too high but headed in the right direction. the hiring intention up 96% for 2021 year the date that's a huge number that's all good on the job front. at least we are headed in the right direction. we talked about it, personal savings of 21.5% versus $5 that is huge potential pent up demand that i

without this bill real gdp would, quote, remain below the prepandemic level for the next several years. their gut tells them america needs this bill. that's why this bill provides families and small businesses the relief they need to stay afloat until we defeat this pandemic. once this bill is passed as it will be tomorrow and sent to the president, we will send it to president biden to be signed into law so that the administration will help get shots in arms. this bill is an extraordinarily piece of legislation that will make an extraordinary difference in the health and well-being of americans and america. it's now my privilege to yield to somebody who's been a fighter all his life for little people, for people who need a voice, for people who needed a strong person to stand up and say look at them and help them make them have a better life in pursuit of happiness. my friend jim clyburn of south carolina. >> thank you very much, mr. leader, madam speaker and my other distinguished colleagues. i don't think the headlines we saw in "the washington post" this morning -- in this article

fun and rewarding and may continue to making them for pillowcases even when she can get back to prepandemichis morning," the new guidance from the cdc for people who have received their covid vaccine shots. hugs for grandkids getting the green light in most cases. but still no traveling. a closer look at the guidelines, plus the college students now being paid not to travel during spring break. >>> trouble on the border. new numbers show how long migrant children are being detained and what the biden administration is now acknowledging. >>> royal fallout. new reaction to the prince harry and meghan markle interview. how will the palace respond? plus the new clip

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