>> well, i'm happy to report that all zynga employees are working from home very effectively right now. if you look across the industry, there's really a phenomenon with mobile gaming that allows you to build and continue to service yourgames from a work-from-hom deployment very efficiently. we saw very little productivity loss when we moved to a work-from-home environment and i think it's because our games are very well understood in terms of the technology, the processes, the technology itself, the file sizes are smaller and mobile, the engines are well known we don't require or counting on new hardware to be released. from our perspective, mobile games are easy to maintain in a work-from-home environment it doesn't suffer some of the same issues that you see with linear entertainment where they've had to close down production high-end console games have some of the issues where they have voice acting motion capture, 4 and 8k file sizes for art. in mobile games they're much smaller and much move nimble and from our perspective, we can stay in a work-from-home deployment for as long a

you worked at electronic arts for two decades before coming to zynga. have seen a dotcom bust in a recession. thewould you compare what industry is experiencing right now to what you have seen in the rest of your career? frank:-clean have never seen anything like this. -- i frankly have never seen anything like this. the interactive entertainment business is in a place right now to provide entertainment for people right now. just an audience like this across the board globally is unprecedented. we have experienced economic downturns before, like in 2008, and what we find is that video a very appealing source of entertainment when times are tough. if you look at the entertainment spectrum, free to play mobile games are very efficient. if you they can about what it costs to get into a game or get into -- if you think about what it costs to get into a game or get into a bar or go to a ballgame, versus jumping into a free to play game for hours, it is a very efficient way to spend time. emily: you said you are considering making games for platforms beyond s

here at wedbush, i still love zynga. siege the audience they've been attracting, they've been able to retain we are seeing elevated engagement levels. great management class and great games in the pipeline as well. zynga is my take for mobil game action >> you and your team have a great day. be well and safe thank you. >>> outside of the markets, a scene in hong kong's financial district police firing pepper pellets as people take to the streets again to express their anger over beijing's proposed security law which they feel tramples on their free speech rights president trump says the u.s. is working on a strong response to china's action there and is likely to be announced at the end of the week. let's get to more what is going on on the ground now reporting from the washington post tweeting live all morning long tell us exactly what is going on and how wide spread the protests appear to be >> this morning, there were calls for a protest over a planned national anthem bill that is currently being read in hong kong's l

emily: i speak to the ceo of zynga yesterday and they had a record-breaking quarter.ious, when life returns to normal, if life returns to normal, what does that mean? do the trends regress? >> i think it is a fair question. i get asked that a lot by our investors as well. the first thing i would start with is the fact that gaming pre-covid was already bigger than tv. it was three times the size of the global film box office, so it had already become the dominating form of entertainment for millennials stop in some ways, that trend had already established itself and was rooted. i'm sure we are all going to jump on our bikes or run out of to house -- just anything solve cabin fever. because gaming is the dominant form of entertainment pre-covid, we don't see any real changes in the types of engagement we are seeing in our platforms. the nice thing is, we were getting to this place of critical mass where we are building extensive community and rich content for viewing on our platform. as players engage more, the platform becomes more sticky. we think this is an opportuni

what do you think of zynga >> it's making a comeback. maybe buy zynga.ave games they're getting it together and the gaming industry is very strong despite the fact that people feel once this stay-at-home is over, it won't do well. i think you're okay. person [ buzzer ] let's go to tim in florida tim. >> caller: what's happening, jim? >> not much. >> caller: a company good, glad stone commercial they are offering 10% dividend -- >> don't trust it. don't trust it no we don't buy -- there are a bunch of stocks in the same business we have no idea what they really own. i don't want you to own that stock. >>> let's go to karen in new york karen. >> caller: hi, jim, thanks for taking my call >> of course >> caller: i'm calling to find out what you think about coty. >> why own a second rate company when you can have procter & gamble down big from its highs having a good quarter. >>> and that, ladies and gentlemen, is the conclusion of the lightning round. [ buzzer ] >> announcer: the lightning round is sponsored by td ameritrade ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> another day,

he gave $10 million and that inspired mark pincus, the cofounder of the online gaming company, zynga.d up donating the final $700,000 to the fundraiser. >>> and we have a nice-looking day tomorrow. temperatures today warm tomorrow, warm further. we are looking for temperatures generally in the 70s and low 80s tomorrow. these are the numbers and you can see the 80 in any canadian fairfield, 76 in santa rosa. that's today. tomorrow, warmer still as we can and do some low 80s. there is the live camera shot. that's oakland. preclear out there right now. as you can see, we've got the subtly image right there, the rain to the north and the east. windsor along the coast, there they are. basically out of the northwest. and without the five day forecast coming up. with the holiday weekend, the overnight lows tonight will be in the upper 40s, low 50s. like to have the last couple of nights. breezy conditions, but not quite as breezy. fog not an issue tomorrow. the forecast highs, yellows were 70s, oranges were 80s. 79 in napa, 82 in fairfield, 82 in an axle. and i stay tomorrow. saturday, sunda

that inspired mark pincus, cofounder of the online gaming company zynga to donate the final $700,000 to the fundraiser. >> we are so ecstatic at how quickly the community has come together. too seth hubbard with tech exchange says the organization is already distributing computers and hotspots, to the 25,000 students that are in need including those at charter schools. now with the fundraising goal met, more hotspots and chromebooks are set to be order to ensure every student has a computer and internet access at home, and at school, by august. >> the goal is to work through the summer in procuring those devices, begin distribute them and with the north goal of being starting next school year with every student having access they need. >> reporter: is welcome news for fila escobar, a mother of two who also lives with her and he said nephew. before the coronavirus shutdown schools, the family only had one computer and no internet. >> it was very frustrating, and disheartening to see my niece and nephew, mainly trying to connect and not being able to. >> reporter: the family was given

recovery eat what he really needs to do is have a partner state of michigan, but republican bill high zynga says the president is it to blaine i think the governor has is actually. >>help throw fuel on the fire this call to make sure that there's additional resources being added to be falls on deaf the air as we have and use the money that has been allocated this is the president's 3rd visit to michigan since december and a key statements plans for reelection this fall in washington raquel martin. >>and you want to see the picture because bay area congresswoman jackie grabbed a shot of trump wearing that mask though was brief and put that on twitter city could see that he did have the mask on and then removed it for the rest of the visit. >>well a new study by center health reveal some alarming numbers for african-americans with covid-19 it shows that they're nearly twice as likely to be hospitalized than non-hispanic whites. researchers looked at more than a 1000 cases of covid-19 throughout the state including here in the bay area and they found more than half of african-americans who tes

it be >> one stock right now i think the gaming companies, really activision, electronicguard and zyngahink they've run up too high already? >> huh >> you don't think they've already run up >> no. no because here's the thing, right? you have a new console cycle coming from sony and microsoft for the first time in seven years so that's going to be really powerful as we get towards the holiday season the second thing you have coming is you have streaming services from microsoft, amazon, hulu coming now you can play these video games on your cell phone, your pc, your tablet. that's 5 billion installed devices versus 150 million game con soles. those are flames we think tnamee vaccine is good. if you want to buy stocks that should do well regardless of the environment, i think you can have those stocks. >> okay. dan, always good to see you. appreciate your insights and perspective. look forward to seeing you again very soon. >> thank you, andrew >>> becky. >> when we come back, former white house economic advisor gary cohn will join us we'll be talking about what u.s. businesses need when t