today s hearing will be focused on the paycheck protection program. i would like to thank everyone that is joining us, both in person and virtually, and welcome our witnesses before the committee. i believe we have two virtually and to hear in person. this pandemic has affected virtually every part of our lives our health, our education, our jobs, our communities, our families, and our economy. even the way we conduct business here. speak with aon t mask on. i m doing a, because we have a lot of young people and others here who work in our our process who at this time of year go home to their families. i would hate for anyone to be unable to do so because somebody told him they set to close to me for too long, and as a result, they have to stay here over the holidays. out of an abundance of caution. if anybody has any problem hearing me, let me know, and we will work through that. the pandemic and nationwide lockdowns were, then, and remain now, a crisis for america s small
and to hear in person. this pandemic has affected virtually every part of our lives our health, our education, our jobs, our communities, our families, and our economy. even the way we conduct business here. speak with aon t mask on. i m doing a, because we have a lot of young people and others here who work in our our process who at this time of year go home to their families. i would hate for anyone to be unable to do so because somebody told him they set to close to me for too long, and as a result, they have to stay here over the holidays. out of an abundance of caution. if anybody has any problem hearing me, let me know, and we will work through that. the pandemic and nationwide lockdowns were, then, and remain now, a crisis for america s small businesses. in march, as the pandemic and the lockdowns began crushing small businesses, the senate and bipartisan members of this committee responded by coming together and enacting historic support for small businesses in fo
a lack of leadership from government. a sentiment that is shared by republicans, democrats, and everyone in between who say they are fed up with the instability in washington and it s effects on the future of this country. john: is this a wake-up call for the president and leaders in congress? steve moore and doug holtz eakin, and florida michael waltz. conditions are at bad or worse than the randall s island refugee camp, and the men came back and warned the residents of the hotel and told them not to get on the busses. how are you going to dump people in such bad conditions? sandra: this is the scene outside a three star hotel here in new york city where dozens of migrants are now refusing to leave. president biden, by the way, is just 30 blocks away, but instead of taking a look at how his immigration crisis is turning every state into a border state, he s spending the day touting his big infrastructure plans. hello, well come, everyone. i m sandra smith in new yor
wraps up ice cream from theft. aishah: shoplifters are committing crimes all over the country. you won t believe how much retail revenue has been lost to crime in 2022 alone. number will give you sticker shock. rich: welcome back as america reports rolls into a second hour. i m rich edson. aishah: even historic winter blizzard cannot stop the smash and grabs. videos all over the place appearing to show stores ransacked in buffalo, new york. we are going to have that for you all new this hour, but first this fox weather alert. no flights until the third maybe the 31st. we kept calling, you can t get through to anybody. four, maybe five cancels for the same flight. 500 people, nowhere to go. i never want to fly commercially ever, ever, ever again. rich: thousands of passengers stranded at airports across the country following the historic winter blizzard. aishah: southwest airlines is still struggling to get back on schedule, more than 90% of their fligh
tom: it is a backdrop for our conversation with alan greenspan, not a public official right now. chairman greenspan has a lot to say, particularly about the bubble that we see from quantitative easing. stan fischer is the vice-chairman of the fed. he brings to us not only the domestic conversation, but decades of experience in eight in international economics. let s get to our top headlines with vonnie quinn. vonnie: coming back to you later in the morning from washington, d.c., with those interviews. violence erupted at the demonstration marking the one-year anniversary of the death of michael brown. the unarmed black man who was killed by a police officer. [gunshots] get down. gunfire. police say a man began shooting at officers and was wounded when police returned fire. the suspect is in critical condition. donald trump is refusing to apologize for comments he made about fox news anchor megyn kelly. he is under fire for how he described her performance last thursday du