on board the royal caribbean cruise was adelaide lawyer gavin dello his wife lisa and her 15 year old daughter zoe hosking. a really looking forward to on camera showing the creature of blue who's already going through should be. the boss trial new zealand. also on the ovation of the seas with sydney family the lang fitz mom and dad christine an anthony and their. children j.c. and when. there were lots of families taking i suppose an early christmas or a lead into their christmas holidays and paid a lot of money they planned for at which they can leave from work their mindset is i can let them look after me. one of the highlights offered to passengers was a day trip to visit volcano. they were provided with a bright show but was branded with royal caribbean branding they would have been provided with a ticket also branded with royal caribbean branding and they were told in the brochure that all they needed to do if they're attending this show was to wear in chorus shoes. the brochure promised tourists could get close to the drama gas masks help you get new boring steam vents bubbling

yes effectively the caribbean community has said this iteration and this is this is a continuation of the 1960 s. requests and been some of these islands became independent in jamaica barbados trinidad guyana many of the larger islands became independent and moved end the conversation about national independent on the table was the request for it compensation development plan and you remember this when the british for example and the europeans were were granton independence to some of the colonies. they developed for the issue colonies for the east indies colonies did develop the the colombo plan then met in colombo what was then sure lanka and there were through a development plan for the transition of east end in colonies into nations and mid tremendous provisions by way of capital injections trade preferences investments in education all of those arrangements were part of what was known at the colombo plan that transition the east indies and to nation and sovereignty to the west and then if i can jump into how that deafened development aid won't want kind of different kind of aid i

or the caribbean as well? professor rediker: this would include just direct imports from west africa, but a very important addition you make to the discussion, a significant number of slaves brought to north america were those reshipped from the caribbean. in fact, south carolina was >> you are watching americantion history tv, covering history c-span style with event coverage, eyewitness accounts, archival films, lectures, and visits to museums and historic places. all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. >> the korean war began 70 years ago on june 25, 1950. it ended with an armistice about three years later, in july 1953. next, an oral history interview with veteran mary reed recorded in the washington, d.c. in 2015. she talks about her training and her experience in korea serving as a u.s. army nurse. the interview project was underwritten by south korea's ministry of patriots and veterans affairs. mary: my name is mary reid. interviewer: m-a-r-y.

i meant caribbean. i'm sorry. >> what do you intend to do about the draft registration law that was passed during president carter's administration and in view of your opposition to it in the campaign, how is that consistent with your avowed intention to strengthen our national defenses? pres. reagan: to answer the last part first, i just did not feel that the advanced registration on all the evidence we could get would materially speed up the process if i was required -- process if an emergency required the draft. it did create a bureaucracy. it caused certainly some unrest and dissatisfaction. and we were told that it would only be a matter of several days if we had to call up in the draft that we could do that several days earlier with the registration than we would be able to if there was no registration at all. we -- this is one that is something to be looked at further down. i have only been here nine days, and most of these nine days have been spent in cabinet meetings on the economy, getting rea

san francisco, 60 meanwhile, san jose, the tropics are busy on both coasts let's take a look at the caribbean and atlantic first gonzalo max winds checking in here at tropical strength service strength as a 65 mile per hour winds. but even this morning this may pop to hurricane strength. so we'll let you know the next update is 8 o'clock our time making the b line it looks like right into the caribbean sea this weekend you can see weekend for a lot of locations but this is what we're thinking bow to a category one storm and it becomes back again a tropical storm while in the caribbean. it's unfavorable conditions around that is what causes all about and we watch it continue to trail onward, we'll see what happens in the western caribbean. up to the gulf of mexico, what's going on here. this is a tropical depression. it may become a tropical storm looks like heavy rain is headed for texas this weekend. but even some of the effects being felt just off the coast of western florida. meanwhile, there's mister douglass in the pacific here this is something to watch for hawaii, max winds at last che

, but for the people in the caribbean, it means a lot to us. there have been a lot of west indian fans who live here in england who would have been disappointed not being able to come and see the cricket first— hand, but they have been sending their love and messages as well to us all. again, it's a great start for us, but more or less we've got to knuckle back down and start again. no doubt about it if west indies can get the victory in this second test match and seal a series is when at the earliest opportunity what a success the earliest opportunity what a success story this tour would be for jason holder's site. you can follow this on the bbc, commentary from this on the bbc, commentary from this commentary box complete with the perspex screens and alcoholjoe wipes surrounding us in the bio bubble, that is on 55 sports at 10:25am, in play highlights on pvc sport that the day and then at 7pm, the team will be bring you full highlights of the day pass i play. all right, henry enjoy that. -- on bbc sport. it's far from over for bournemouth,

not to bad into the caribbean we've got quite a splash of showers to western areas particularly just around central america some heavy downpours on the cards here we have got some rather lively rain for a time just around the way in which and the leeward will see some wet weather coming in across trinidad and tobago heading towards barbados quite a rash of showers here so much drier and brighter the greater antilles. rewind continues. i can bring your people back to life i'm sorry with updates on the best of all diseases documentaries destroying the continuous bar from baghdad till now out of these districts revisiting this suv phase we're going back to a poor south african neighborhood where music and tradition come together in an annual competition these people would only rewind on al-jazeera. news or. world. look like you're watching al-jazeera at least the whole run a reminder of our top stories are all the atomic energy organization has acknowledged that last week's fire at a major nuclear facility cause significant damage that could slow down the country's production of advance

staggering 17.3 percent in fact there's a warning that the entire economy of latin america and the caribbean could contract by more than 9 percent this year roscoe to algiers daniel shauna who joins us live from buenos aires and there's a terrible numbers for latin america particularly mexico what more can you tell us . i mean the numbers are grim right across the region the numbers in mexico they're talking about up to 10000000 people they're being plunged into poverty but what coverage 19 pandemic has done in many ways is exacerbated already existing problem problems with infrastructure with unemployment with poverty and with gross inequalities indian distribution of wealth that is thought to have got much worse during the pandemic we're talking about numbers have been released today by the economic committee for latin america and the caribbean which talks about 45000000 more people being plunged into poverty bringing the figures up to 231000000 people across the region also large numbers being plunged into extreme poverty as well as these unemployment figures are rising dramatically so it

not to bad into the caribbean we've got quite a splash of showers to western areas particularly just around central america some heavy downpours on the cars here we have got some other live the rain for a time just around the way in which as the leeward will see some wet weather coming in across trinidad and tobago heading towards quite a rash of showers here so much drier and brighter the greater antilles. from imprisoned dissident to inspirational. and. from founding the independent state to fiercely defending his people from ethnic cleansing in the conclusion of a 2 part documentary series i just see a world explores the rise to power of the 1st luger of an independent bosnia herzegovina. is a bag of rage. from prisoner to president on a jazzier. order the war. a recap of our top stories on al-jazeera iran's atomic energy organization has a knowledge that last week's fire at a major nuclear facility caused significant damage that has slowed down the country's production of advanced centrifuges which are used to enrich uranium to libya's u.n. recognized government tests condemned a

that was especially in louisiana connection with the caribbean. a lot of ships made stops in the caribbean before coming to the united states, so there again, another chance for blending with west african and caribbean religions coming into louisiana. it's also important to note that these people were selected by slave traders for specific skills and traits that they had. cameof the people enslaved to different parts of the u.s. as slaves for different reasons. a lot of it had to do with the crops they were familiar with growing. the first two slave ships that came to louisiana, the captains of those ships were under orders to find skilled indigo growers because they were trying to , establish an indigo economy here in louisiana, and the european traders and planters did not have the skills to grow indigo. it was not grown in europe. they had to find people who knew how to grow it and process it, complicated, and who knew how to build those skills. same thing with rice. rice growers were wrought into -- brought into louisiana and south carolina. y

and so they are natives of the caribbean, and it shows that depth of the caribbean connection. and so, this is why it is so important to delve into these individual lives, because it helps to prevent us from kind of stereotyping. most enslaved people in new england were african or whatnot. it allows us to really see their backgrounds and flesh them out and who they were as people. from there, the book has three chapters exploring the institution of slavery in new england and the lives of enslaved people in the region. these chapters look at topics like slave law, slave labor. by the early 18th century, you can find enslaved people working in every part of the economy, whether it was in domestic servitude, in households, as women providing support for households, or men serving as valets or coachmen, but also every industry, every major colonial industry, rope making, shipbuilding. enslaved labor was central to it, especially in urban areas like boston. but in the rural farm economy as well, you see extensive use of enslaved labor, so it's everywhere by the early 18th century, d

in the caribbean. where holes lay all through those long single drop this issue it was for why those one needs are of a couple. of all time for a while so stop doing so well the missed almost gone. raids by militia supported by russia's f.s.b. secret police have become part of daily life for the crimean tatars. fearing for the well being of their people when taken into custody the community has set up a system of alerts as people rush to the scene to film will be arrests. an unknown number of those taken are currently languishing in prisons in both crimea and russia. plus a lot of the gears if you dig up on a lot of selective use of the plot holes what authorities knew my doubts i was gaza sort of the venue it all possible became public it just came up awesome personally i'm going to go to the bottom of for money or get taught. us that i am an upper middle not always goes. up is a good design if the ballot. was a lot of the category of a full scope and scale it. this stone rate time to catch their quar

the coronavirus crisis could set back latin america in the caribbean by a decade the un has warned the number of unemployed people in the region is expected to increase to 44000000 and china has more from what is arias on the grim outlook for the region. so new figures released by the economic committee for latin america are in the caribbean presenting grim statistics right across latin america talking about a more than 9 percent shrinking of g.d.p. and 2020 as a result of primarily of the covered 19 pandemic this is likely to translate they say it's a massive job losses higher and higher unemployment right across the region which will itself then translate into a growth in poverty up to 45000000 people falling into poverty they say across the region bringing the number up to 231000000 something like 37 percent of the population across latin america and also large numbers falling into its green poverty the situation worse in certain areas of the mexican economy has shrunk by record numbers over 70 percent in april may and june of this year that is likely economists say to translate int

for the caribbean islands, this is deeply worrying. in antigua, for example, more than half of the localjobs rely on tourism. in fact, let's go there now, where we're gonna have a chat with sean weathered, who runs a tour company on the island. so sean, there's only been a few dozen infections, so would you say that this crash in tourism is as bad as the pandemic itself? economically, everyone here is suffering. take the example where i'm at right now. as it stands right now, this is one of the newly opened resorts on the island but the beach itself is absolutely empty. the only person i see on the beach here is a security guard. that tells us that there is absolutely no employment going on on the island. so it's only a matter of time for those persons who have savings for that to run out. so we will say that we are heading on a slope where it's gonna get pretty slippery. yeah, of course. now, they're currently in the process of enlarging the cruise port, aren't they? this now looks like quite an optimistic project, would you agree? ah

take the number in the caribbean. it will see a contraction it will see a contraction of has not seen in 100 years. -7.2%.will be around sub-saharan africa, it east africa, central asian, regions exportersies with will see significant declines in growth rates. the commodity exporter will see historical contraction and we will contract by about 3.2%. next year growth will come back, recovery.ect a modest this is a truly historical global recession. if we go back to 1870, we have reasonably good data. there have been 14 global recessions and each, you saw the global economy contracting. this will be the fourth global -- fourth deepest global recession. the deepest one since world war ii. global recessions are important understand. two of them associated with world wars. if you take them out, this global recession will be the deepest since 1870 after the great depression. global economy will see the highest share of accounts experiencing contraction per capital households, slightly more than 90% this year. this is higher

work from the caribbean. this is a great place to do it. what is interesting here is that barbados did put a hold on travelers due to the coronavirus pandemic, but it is now officially open for business as of yesterday. they have lifted curfews and now allowing social gatherings of up to 500 people. so far, barbados has seen less than 100 -- >> dana: senator reed to lose you there. we have president trump taking some questions here. >> president trump: lawyers and him are embroiled in ultimately the final stages of what should have never happened. they treated him very unfairly, as i have many people on the side. >> you've said many times that the number of coronavirus cases is going up because testing is increasing. do you acknowledge that it is going up for other reasons too? that it is actually spreading, and what are you going to do to stop the spread? >> we have one of the lowest mortality rates anywhere. if you know biden and obama stop

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a ferocious storm barrels through the caribbean, gaining strength. is ied for florida? we'll have the latest storm tracker. and "profiles in service." the navy's first african american female fighter pilot soon earns her wings. tonight, her inspiring story. >> this is the "cbs evening news" with norah o'donnell, reporting from the nation's capital. >> o'donnell: good evening, and thank you for joining us. we begin tonight with a stunning number: 150,000. 150,000 mothers, fathers, sons and daughters, grandparents and friends now lost to the coronavirus in the united states in five months. more than 4.3 million cases have been confirmed. tonight, cbs news has learned that deaths across the country have recently surged by more than 30%. california, florida, and texas all smashing their daily death toll records today. supposeddent is in texas tonight, where he was supposed to be joined by texas republican louie gohmert, but just hours before taking off, congressman gohmert tested positive twice for coronavirus, especially concerning as he was in close contact with attorney

in 1948 as many of the caribbean countries were that same part of the commonwealth and the people who came across were automatically british subjects and entitled therefore to live and to work pamela lee in the u.k. if they saw worst among those coming across the 1948 was jeff palmer's mother and 7 years later at 14 years 11 months old godfrey parma arrived in the u.k. to join his mom and i'll take up that story worth professor of suggests power who joins me from his home in panic. welcome to the salmon show thank you very much for inviting me but 1st i was the beginning your mother came to london fortis a spot of course no no there's the windrush generation what's your mom actually on the empire when rush or did she come into another boat from jamaica you know she wasn't on the where she she was on the mauritania and all the canard line ships. at that time that was transporting people ended in i so i came on the ask gania and that was some years later you're 14 when you arrived to join your mother yes i came well i arrived at liverpool in 1955 and when i got to london i was 14 years

will soar to 60 million, america and the caribbean will soarto 60 million, up america and the caribbean will soar to 60 million, up from a5 million in 2019 816 million. it saysin million in 2019 816 million. it says in accident risks political conflict and unrest, forcing vulnerable families to migrate. the russian government is saying it's on track to approve a vaccine in august well ahead of other countries, including the us, uk and china. but as alanna petroff reports, human safety trials for the vaccine have been very limited. in russia, researchers are raising for a coronavirus vaccine. within just two raising for a coronavirus vaccine. withinjust two months of the state recruited military volu nteers of the state recruited military volunteers tried out their vaccine on 18 individuals. they say it is safe. they say it works. now it has being fast—tracked for approval in august. russia's deputy prime minister presented her latest vaccine plans to lie to me at burden, saying two were very promising —— that mia putin. translation: the vaccine state registration is planned for au

so, most of the people here in , there are aears few people born in the caribbean. are coming internationally. something that is important to note during the time of the atlantic slave trade is the vast majority of settlement was african, compulsory. of all the people who crossed from the old world to the new world, four of five came from africa. the vast majority of movement was enslaved africans. there are not- really good estimates of the number. the best historian was done that work came to an estimate of 12.5 million people. these are people who did not get to the coast. they got on the boat and came across. this is an and norman us -- and ormous the-- en aspera. -- the vastrity majority was into the caribbean. internationalthe slave trade in 1807, which did not cut it off, but significantly lowered the movement. people were still being pirated. still being smuggled. the last arrived in the united or 1860. 1859 right up until the end of the civil war, people were being snuck in. thehe exact same time, lines here were just beginning to be developed. so, at the s

and covid—i9 in the caribbean, lockdown has meant for that little piece of paradise. well, for a change let's start with some good news. it looked like holidays to many parts of europe are back on the cards this summer thanks to countries like spain, italy and france and greece reopening their borders to tourists from a list of designated countries. but assuming you do get to soak up that mediterranean sun, just what kind of holiday can you expect? recently, the black islands run a pilot project to test spain's new coronavirus objection measures for tourists and we went along to see how it went. —— protection measures. to test their covid—i9 countermeasures, spain invited 11,000 germans over two weeks to fly to the black islands. —— balearic islands. first lights arriving in mid—june, the aim was to show how spain could keep tourists safe. hello. we feel very safe at the moment. so it was very good, organised, and we are happy to be here. none of these arrivals were subject to the two—week quarantine imposed on all visitors since the beginning of spain's

more into poverty as it rips through latin america the economic commission for that america and the caribbean which is a u.n. agency says more than $44000000.00 people will lose their jobs by the end of the year that's worse than the 20082009 financial crisis as knock down measures hammer economies the region's poor will swell to move in 230000000 that means more than a 3rd of latin america and the caribbean's population will be forced into poverty and our upper low is in mexico city and many other economic warning as infections continue to rise across the region. absolutely these are warnings that are spanning from mexico all the way to go and there is this sense across latin america that this worsening health crisis is going to lead to a worsening economic crisis and with very few exceptions countries in latin america are struggling and failing to meet that critical balance between public health and the health of an economy now we are keeping a close eye on a certain number of hotspots across the region in the caribbean haiti and the dominican republic 2 nations that share an island have sh

and clover is reporting a surge in covert cases and deaths along its caribbean coast intensive care units in the capital are filling up the region accounts for more than half of the country's fatalities doctors say many deaths are going unreported. and libya's un recognise government has condemned raids on a recaptured air base in the west of the country it says a foreign air force carried out the attack the loss of the base was amongst the string of recent defeats for ward cleaver hafter. been protests against the turkish intervention in libya that took place in big gaza which is the stronghold of forces loyal to have to but he's fighting against the u.n. recognized government which is backed by turkey. at least 166 people are now known to have died in ethiopia during protests following the killing of a popular singer and activist officials blame the deaths on both the response to the unrest by security forces and into ethnic violence singer hutch alou one debtor was a member of ethiopia's largest ethnic group here moreover he was shot dead in their desire last week. by groups on board o

secretary general and so he has warned the covert 19 pandemic in latin america and the caribbean will plunge millions of people into poverty launching a policy brief on the future of the region he said 18000000 people would lose their jobs with the worst affected being women and black and indigenous communities daniel swam the reports now from buenos ira's. 3rd many in latin america the have it caused by the covert $900.00 pandemic has only exacerbated already existing problems in the context of already gaping inequalities i levels of informal labor and fragmented health services the most vulnerable populations and individuals i once again being hit the hardest. to tear this is one in the poverty across the region will rise by 7 percent an increase equivalent to 45000000 people extreme poverty is also expected to increase by 28000000 to 230000000 people and i don't see where the maximum number i learned on the street with my baby girl 4 months ago at the start of the pandemic your surviving going to a soup kitchen receiving donations just staying afloat. and there are many more about

a rise in unemployment and more extreme poverty is being predicted across latin america in the caribbean the u.n. economic commission for the region says its economy could shrink more than 9 percent this year as a result of the pandemic on top of that 44000000 people are expected to be without work and that is more than double last year's number the commission warns all of this will drive millions more into poverty. following developments across the region for us from one of the areas and daniel 1st up of course already at extreme levels in latin america this is going to be a real problem. certainly i mean they're pretty dramatic figures that we've seen being released by the by the commission i mean just looking at it in the in the numbers i mean percentages can be a little bit vague at times but the the number of people who are thought to be sinking into poverty by the end of the year as a result of the pandemic is 230000000 people across the whole region latin america and the caribbean and another $96000000.00 people going into extreme poverty so there is a very dramatic figures there

throughout latin america and the caribbean, brazil, mexico. we know it hit early on ecuador the dominican republic, caribbean, and other island nations and i want to know what is our plan with regards to the distribution of and otherlators, equipment, life-saving equipment? we could whine and complain about china, but the fact of the ander is they go in there, they take ownership of major projects. i know we have attempted to do that, but we have not done it in a significant way in the region. writing our own backyard. in our own backyard. we are being outflanked by waya, which, in a predatory which i disagree with, they are taking on major infrastructure projects that are critical to the development of those countries so i want to know, particularly now during this pandemic in the caribbean and in latin america, what is the plan ppe,said to distribute ventilators, or other important equipment to help those nations? mr. barsa? my experiencee of dealing with natural disasters at the department of homeland security, one of the lessons ingrained

not all of them can be used at the same time and now authorities are worried by a sharp surge along caribbean coast soldiers and police in full protective gear or on the streets of the port city of. to enforce quarantine measures. the atlantic of provinces registered almost double the number of deaths compared to with only one 3rd of the population. authorities say here people have been more openly flouting social distancing rules holding parties in other gatherings and doctors fear some could be 1000 related deaths are not being reported. many patients dying at home or arriving at the hospital dead are not being included in the statistics but from feedback from families and clinics it is clear that the person died of corona virus and we are not reporting it. the sharp upturn in colombia still pales in comparison with some neighboring countries like brazil it is very worrisome especially since health authorities say we're still weeks away from reaching the peak of infections and the government is excluding the return to stricter measures saying it's time to revive the country's battered econo

the vast majority of movement into slave society in the new world was into the caribbean. outlawunited states, we the international slave trade in 1807, which did not fully cut it off, but significantly lowered that movement. because people were still being pirated. they were being struggled -- smuggled into the united states. the last arrived in the united states in 1859 or 1860. and so that is really right up until the end of the civil war, people were still being snuck in. but it did cut off the majority of the trade. at 1807 at the exact same time, the lines down here in the mississippi valley were just beginning to be developed. the louisiana purchase happened in 1803. 1807, you cannot get more slaves into the united states. at the same time people are buying up large tracts of land and really increasing their need and reliance upon compulsory labor, slave labor. they did not have a supply of people coming in from africa. so this changes the culture here. and what happens is a very robust domestic slave trade developed in the wake of that. and so we can see this happe

because for so long, the continent of africa, african countries, the caribbean have been neglected in our priorities and policies. you have helped to really bring these unrepresented continents and countries to the forefront in this committee, so i am deeply grateful to you for that. thanks so the staff. they have been phenomenal in helping make sure all of our priorities were included. that never would have happened without your leadership. it has been a joy to serve in this committee and be with you weseveral very intense -- as look at somebody issues. wheelchairs for children. we have been on so many humanitarian and fact-finding visits and it has been a joy traveling with you. congresswoman roby, we are going to miss you. i will see you in alabama. let me say, in many ways, this is the time for you to be home given all the issues of racial justice. it has been a pleasure to work with you on this committee, but also with the politics institute. in your district in alabama each and every year. i see your commitment to justice and to equity and i know your voice and your work at this

there is a warning that the entire economy of latin america and the caribbean could contract by more than 9% this year. live to but is harris aires.ay race -- buenos what can you tell us? reporter: the numbers are grim. mexico looking at up to 10 million people plunged into poverty. what the covid-19 pandemic has done is exacerbated already existing problems with infrastructure, with unemployment, with poverty, and with gross inequalities in the distribution of wealth. that is thought to have got much worse during the pandemic. numbers that have been released today by the economic committee for latin america in the caribbean, which talks about 45 million more people being plunged into poverty, bringing the figure up to 231 million people across the region. large numbers being plunged into extreme poverty, unemployment figures rising dramatically. it looks grim across the region. any quality getting worse. very little in the way of solutions being put forward. bettertalking about equality, distribution of wealth, people sharing a little more, but they are vague predictions.grim >> lat

says the test can also come back negative in the early stages of infection while some countries in the caribbean have reopened for non essential travel how the kerry says that decision sitting come quickly should be gradual. >>and we did dynamic in terms of adjusting the restrictions he calls on countries to plan for the risk of having travelers possibly import the virus by having contact tracing procedures in place expanding the network labs to improve testing and by improving local health care systems for today's health minute. i'm mandy gaither. >>we will switch gears now and talk about our weather forecast as we take a live look outside here at san francisco's embarcadero calm and cool here. >>but our chief meteorologist lawrence karnow is watching a major tropical storm that could have some big impacts later on this week. >>yes, certainly as we're tropical storm gonzalo just putting itself together a rather compact system you see right here not a large system, but certainly storms like this come in sometimes they can really intensifying be extremely powerful but you can see it so well out i

the economic commission for latin america and the caribbean says more than 44 million people will lose their jobs by the end of the year. in mexico, tourist destinations are starting to reopen. there are concerns it could take years for the industry to recover. how hotels along mexico's caribbean coast have welcomed their first guests in months. ♪ the slow trickle of foreigners is a most welcome sign for the 4.5 million workers who make a living from mexico's tourism industry. >> it is good to know that right now they are restarting jobs and that tourists will come. the everything here in the hotel sector is reopening. we see a general invitation to all national and international tourists that they are welcome. therter: cancun was one of first mexican cities to reopen. while national and international flights to this idyllic destination are operating at reduced capacity, the city has already welcomed some 70,000 visitors since reopening it stores on june 8 -- it's doors on june 8. cry fromacked -- a far the days before covid-19. >> the recovery will not be fast. the travel industry h

they out-and-out lied to me. >> reporter: for the big three cruise lines, carnival, royal caribbean and norwegian, the date to relaunch their fleets remains uncertain. disney is also a part of the cruise industry. its ships remain idle as well. >> the cruise industry has not seen anything like this before, not from a financial perspective, and not from any other kind of perspective. >> reporter: how often do you go on cruises? >> once a year for the last how long? >> 20, 25 years. >> reporter: so you love cruisin'. >> love cruises. >> love cruising. >> no question. >> reporter: when fred and marleen left new york back in late february there weren't too many cases of covid-19 in america, although the cruise line prohibited people who'd recently been in heavily-infected countries like china. >> we called celebrity, and they said the cruise is going, and by the way, you're not getting any money back if you don't go, and it wasn't cheap. >> if there had been a warning from the u.s. >> don't go. >> we wouldn't have gone. >> reporter: they flew to south america to set sail on a two-week adven

a beautiful caribbean country and the world's number one exporter of ria. due to covid-19 shutting down the tourism industry barbados is trying to turn it to its advantage. ever dreamed of living on an island paradise that could be a reality for you, remote working is the new normal and barbados wants to turn its beaches adjacent to the crystal blew water into your new outdoor office. the caribbean country is going o introa does a 12 month barbados welcome stamp program which would allow visitors from overseas to stay for an entire year. and work remotely. barbados officials are hoping it could help jump start the island's economy. >> trevor: okay barbados, this sounds luke a pretty awesome deal. and there is no much ka. i mean st not like barbados is an island or something and you have to get in an uber to get in an airport to get on an airplane and maybe catch coronavirus ten times before you even set foot on the beach. i'm not going to lie, this is tempting but getting to barbados could be risky. you know, i'm just going to have to move to bar bod-- baf

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time for your weather here's everts and we're going well we're off to the caribbean has been a very stormy tropical storm season of course we've named just a couple there we had gonzales yes then design is actually the 7th earliest named storm in the atlantic basin and we could see another one by the end of the week so bit of a slump of cloud that we have in the middle of the atlantic that's going to make its way towards the caribbean as we go on through the next few days as it by a part of this week we could well see that being named as well and that will run up towards the the leeward side once again then just was that eastern side of the caribbean now ahead of that of course we did have gone salis you can see this little clutch of storms just so the north of caracas that is what remains of the system now it has been downgraded friend of mine in trade that sent this pitch he can just make out the northern ranges just in the distance there before the storm went through this is as how it looked when the storm did actually go through so you lose sight of those ranges lots of very heavy rain