Elon Musk Files a Lawsuit Against Alameda County; Shanghai Disneyland Takes Strict Screening
CHURCH: Welcome back, everyone. Well, in China, Shanghai Disneyland is reopening after being closed for over three months because of the pandemic. It's the first of Disney's theme parks to reopen in limited capacity. Tickets were listed online Friday and sold out within minutes. Visitors must wear face masks and follow other strict guidelines before they go in. CNN's David Culver has more.</s>DAVID CULVER, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: The happiest place on earth. However, some of the leadership here at Shanghai Disneyland say they are the most cautious place on earth as of now. Because they have reopened, albeit in a far limited capacity. Well under 30 percent, which is the cap of capacity that they had put. And they're testing this out in many ways. They've got a different procedure for folks who are coming in. For one, they require you to have the Shanghai local Q.R. code, which is the health code that essentially tracks your contact and prevents exposure to the virus. If you have a green one, they feel that they can assure folks you're coming in and that you're safe. They still do temperature screenings. And then once you're in here, while we're on an elevated platform right now, if you're on the ground and going from attraction to attraction you've got to wear a face mask. You'll also notice even as you get off the attractions, they have several different hand sanitizer stations. Some of the staff even go around with hand sanitizer to pump it into your hands. All of this is an effort to try to reopen from a business perspective but also try to maintain that health security. We spoke with the senior vice president of operations here at the park, Andrew Bolstein. He gave us an idea as to what else is changing here.</s>CULVER: In noticing that parade go by, obviously a distance --</s>ANDREW BOLSTEIN, SVP OF OPERATIONS, SHANGHAI DISNEY RESORT: Yes.</s>CULVER: -- but you can still see the characters.</s>BOLSTEIN: Yes.</s>CULVER: Not the big hug and high fives, right?</s>BOLSTEIN: Exactly. More of a selfie moment and take the photos. But again, it gives the guests that ability to have an emotional moment and that connection. Every other table or so has a table card on it, which asks for the guests' understanding that for your health and safety the table is unavailable. So basically, we're asking the guests not to sit here, sit there. And again, it creates kind of that separation.</s>CULVER: one of the things stressed there by Andrew and some of the other leadership is that Shanghai and arguably China is in a very different place than the other parts of the world, particularly where the 11 parks are that Disney owns and operates. And for that matter they feel that they can cautiously embark on this reopening. It is a bit different. Takes a little getting used to. And yet at the same time it's still that escape to find a little bit of joy in what has been a very dark period. And that's one of the things they're trying to balance, is this celebratory mood while at the same time respecting and acknowledging where the rest of the world is at in fighting this outbreak. David Culver, CNN, Shanghai Disneyland.</s>CHURCH: And that question of when and how to reopen is playing out everywhere right now, not least of course right here in America where almost every state has started reopening in one way or another. The rules are mixed to say the least. So now CNN's Natasha Chen takes us to Bristol, a town that straddles the border between Tennessee and Virginia to show us just how that's playing out and affecting people's businesses and way of life.</s>NATASHA CHEN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: I'm here on the Tennessee side of state street where restaurants, businesses can open at reduced capacity and we're seeing that right here on the marquee of this restaurant, saying that they're taking seating by reservation only, no walk-ins. And of course, they want to try and abide by those restrictions to keep a lower number of people inside their space. But once I cross the street, I'm in a different state. In Virginia they have not reopened anything quite yet. And now I'm in Virginia, where people can only get curbside pickup or delivery for food. And so that creates quite a dichotomy between the businesses on both sides of the street. Here are what two business owners told us about how they see the situation.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I really would like to see the other side open. I know there are some businesses that are competitors, but it's good for everybody I believe if we're all open. You know, I want to see everybody do well.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I just kind of wish the governor might come down here and take a peek at what we're doing down here and see if maybe the restrictions should be more about county, area code, region and maybe not statewide.</s>CHEN: The regional approach is an interesting idea. It's something that we asked the chamber of commerce here -- and by the way, the chamber is helping out both sides of the street because they are chamber of commerce for Bristol, Tennessee and Virginia. They said they've tried to advocate for the Virginia restaurants by talking to the Virginia government about maybe looking at a more local approach to reopening. And here's what she told me.</s>CHEN: It doesn't sound like there's any luck in letting one section of their state open first.</s>BETH RHINEHART, PREIDENT & CEO, BRISTOL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: That's true. We've been told he's not really interested in a regional approach for a number of different reasons. But for us here, I mean, when it impacts you at face value, you know, you have a restaurant who can look out the window and 30 yards across the street there are people walking into businesses, dining, shopping. And so that's a challenge.</s>CHEN: a group of leaders in northern Virginia actually wrote a letter to the governor asking for the same thing, a more regional approach, but for the opposite reason. They say they feel their population is not yet ready to reopen. So, a very interesting dynamic with people here in Bristol, Virginia hoping that they really can reopen sooner because one half of the town already has. We also talked to Chinese restaurants on the Virginia side called Shanghai. The owner's son there said he understands the governor's tough position of having to make a decision for the entire state. He said what's most important is the health of their customers and whatever they are told about the best decision in reopening they will follow those rules. Natasha Chen, CNN, now in Bristol, Virginia.</s>CHURCH: And Tesla CEO Elon Musk is threatening to move his headquarters out of California. The carmaker filed a lawsuit Saturday night against Alameda County after officials refused to let Tesla reopen its factory. In a series of tweets Musk said he would move the company's headquarters to Texas or Nevada where shelter in place rules are less restrictive. So, let's talk more about this with CNN's John Defterios. He joins me now from Abu Dhabi. Good to see you, John. So, Tesla's CEO flexing his muscles here. Where is this all going and where's it likely to land?</s>JOHN DEFTERIOS, CNN BUSINESS EMERGING MARKETS EDITOR: Well, it's extraordinary how fast the heat was turned up by Elon Musk, going to court on Saturday. He's saying that Alameda County, the local county around San Francisco, is making a power grab and almost ignoring what Governor Gavin Newsom is suggesting, if you can open one safety measures, which Elon Musk says tesla has done. Now, California is extremely innovative, especially around Silicon Valley and around this county in particular, but when it comes to healthcare matters, labor or environmental regulations it is a highly regulated area and some would say very progressive. So, they're not listening to Elon Musk. He's making it very clear -- and it almost sounded, Rosemary, he's already made his mind up that he's going to move his headquarters outside of California to more labor-friendly states like Nevada or Texas. But I would have to suggest here it's not helping Elon Musk if he hits these certain targets in 2020, he's due for a massive payout of some $700 million. You can see the David versus Goliath, California being a G7 economy on its own, and pushing the envelope here when it comes to health matters, wanting to reopen the factory. He's a factory of the future, if you will, because it's electric vehicles and of course California would like to keep the jobs there.</s>CHURCH: Yes, we'll see what happens there. And also, John, White House officials are urging caution on any new stimulus package with Treasury Secretary Mnuchin warning unemployment could go as high as 25 percent. But how likely is it that they'll need to approve another package with those sorts of numbers?</s>DEFTERIOS: I think it's a when, not if, if you will, Rosemary. I think there will be more money allocated here. Treasury Secretary Mnuchin just saying we have $3 trillion in the system, it's not spent yet, why are we rushing to judgment. And we're not talking about months but rather weeks. He's saying let's way a few weeks. But how desperate is the situation here? Kevin Hassett who's an economic adviser to the White House and one of those who's been very blunt since the start of the coronavirus, is saying because people are so desperate for funds right now and they're running out of cash they're looking at food aid at the White House and getting that cleared on Capitol Hill. Even ensuring that everybody has broadband access because they can't pay for it and if they need to look for a job, they need to of course be online. And this is looking towards the third quarter when perhaps we see the economy starting to recover. However, we do have disagreement now because the House Democrats are saying we're not going to wait to draft the legislation, let's move ahead, this is something that's meeting resistance from Mnuchin right now. But in context the U.S. have $3 trillion, represents almost half of the money allocated by the G20 of $7 trillion. It's a lot of money, but it's being spent very fast.</s>CHURCH: Yes, but we see people, they're really hurting and lining up at food banks. Trying to put food on the table for them and their families. It's a tough story. All here and across the globe as well. John Defterios, many thanks to you, joining us live from Abu Dhabi. I appreciate it. Well, the world's second oldest airline has filed for bankruptcy protection. Colombia-based Avianca filed its petition in U.S. court saying the decision was made due to the unforeseeable impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The airline says it's the most challenging crisis in its 100-year history. Avianca employs 21,000 people throughout Latin America. New developments in the shooting death of a black jogger here in the State of Georgia after threats against demonstrations supporting Ahmaud Arbery a man is under arrest. And that's not all. We have the latest coming up.