You all over again. Nightline starts right now with juju chang. Good evening. Thanks for joining us. The government spent 2 trillion to shore up our economy by helping struggling businesses hit by covid. Tonight, where did the money go . Critics say millions were squandered on companies who didnt need it or wasted on lavish spending. Why many Small Businesses say the promised government relief is nowhere to be found. Heres abcs rebecca jarvis. Reporter 14 years ago, rosie flores opened her shop in fresno. An American Dream rooted in a mothers dying wish. I promised her that i would do it on my own, since i worked for so many people for so many years. So i decided to open it. And my mom passed a couple of weeks after we opened the shop. Reporter but now her flower shop is on the brink of permanent closure. The pandemic cutting sales by 80 , and the federal aid that was promised to Small Businesses like hers doesnt seem to be coming. Theres billions of dollars that are there. Im hoping a
cream in it. red sox may not have a baseball team, but they have coffee. coffee franchise. need the extra caffeine. we have a lot to get to. democrats are reacting after their bill to expand abortion rights nationwide failed in the senate. democratic senator joe manchin voted against the bill but says he does support turning roe v. wade into law. we ll play his explanation. we re also following new reporting on where the supreme court stands right now on the issue, as justices prepare to meet for the first time since that leaked draft opinion. and from pennsylvania to georgia, some top republicans are urging primary voters to reject candidates endorsed by donald trump. we ll have that new reporting from the campaign trail. i ll tell ya what, it is getting ugly. getting crazy in pennsylvania. you look at who the republicans may be electing in pennsylvania. democrats, they may just go to france for the next six months and win. where d she come from? yo
Will be the lowest since 2008. Affordable gas is why robert came from tennessee to bradenton for the holiday. He realized he was not the only one with that idea. We came down here through ocala and gainesville and there was a lot of traffic. Airlines for american said 27 million will take to the passengers braved longer waits at other airports across the country, i got there two and a half hours early. It was it took an hour to get through. Thats the busiest i have seen. Thats evan lambert. Officials recommend you that leave an hour and a half to two hours through to get through security. This sounds like a no brainer you cannot take them through security. A lot of people head somewhere else. Some are staying here. Paul is now with a look at the weather. Boy, we love this weather here. Well be up in the mezzanine to the north and the northwest and rounds of rain and snow, a housey day in chicago. Damp and 43. And heading into the northeast and new york city. New jersey. A mixtu rain in
But turn out to be bogus forensic analysis and after all these years hes rue eye nighted with his reunited with his family. Overwhelming emotions in court. As 48yearold George Perrot learned he was free after 3 decades in prison for a crime he says he didnt commit. And today, a judge agreed the evidence was not there. Mr. Perot what is it like to walk out a free man. Freedom. Its free. Reporter way he was convicted twice of raping an elderly woman when he was 17 in 1958 but a new trial was 1985 but a new trial was granted based on faulty analysis. I want to thank judge kane and my legal team and my supporters. Reporter in court the prosecution called him a flight risk with a lengthy disciplinary record in prison. Is it difficult you ready for this . Absolutely. I got a Good Support Team i am grounded and i am good. Reporter part of the support team with him today, as he walked away from court helping his mother who mites she never thought who midst she never thought the who admits she
Brent below 42 for the First Time Since 2009. We begin with shares of chipotle falling hard. The company issuing disappointing guidance on another e. Coli outbreak. And a 14 billion acquisition, huge premium for Keurig Green Mountain. Its going private. And ges deal with electrolux is off. First up, Keurig Green Mountain has agreed to be taken private. The Investor Group led by j. A. B. Holding. Coke, which owns about 17 of keurig says it is fully supportive of the deal. Keurig will operate independently as part of j. A. B. s coffee platform. What else do we know about this. The main one they own is jacobs they did a deal with mondolese back in 14. It was completed in july, actually, of this year. 44 of that company is owned by mondolese. The rest is controlled by jab. Mondolese got 3. 8 billion euros for selling their Coffee Business into this. Theres an enormous platform that already exists for selling coffee. The key here is keurig, which has been Battle Ground stock, which has cert