there is an inadvertent background noise. should a member wish to be recognized they must unmute and seek recognition at the appropriate time. 17 months ago during the early days of the covid crisis this committee and our counterparts in the senate worked together to create emergency relief programs to assist small businesses. at that time hundreds of thousands of small firms across the country were closed their doors to protect their customers and their employees. recognizing the dire nature of this situation, congress created the paycheck protection program. unprecedented government effort that thought to distribute hundreds of billions of dollars to keep lights on and play employees. over the course of the past year, congress replenished the funds multiple times and made critical improvements to make the program more equitable for the smallest of small businesses and the underserved. more than 800 billion dollars in critical ppp support was provided to small businesses dur
we continue now with our chief meteorologist doug kammerer. he joins us from the storm center to explain what happened down there in new orleans. how will this same system impact us? it s already affected us today with record high temperatures. any time you combine extremely warm temperatures with a storm system moving in, this is the kind of severe weather that you get into parts of the southeast this time of year. you can see what s happening here on the radar. you have rain all the way from canada down toward the gulf coast. look what s happening down here right now in towards parts of new orleans, even around mississippi, another tornado warning just to the east of jackson. but it s around the new orleans area where we saw the most damage. look what s happening right here. this storm was around 11:00 this morning. you can see the hook clearly defined here. this one just to the north of the city in towards new orleans east ju east. again this is all part of the same
criminating against muslims. reporter: the administration is confident they ll win despite 18 states, dozens of national security officials and nearly 100 tech companies arguing against them. we re going to prevail on this on the merits of the case because it is done so in a very lawful way. reporter: a rules is expected soon after tonight s argument to resume the ban or keep it on hold. depending on which way the judges seem to be moving here, the government s given them a bit of an out, a caveat that if they want to narrow this ban, it could only apply to people who are trying to get into the u.s. for the first time. i m looking at an update from the court as these arguments get underway. they re saying a decision is expected sometime this week. despite the legal wrangling over the president s immigration order, those who support the new administration have their own personal take. our chris gordon went to calvert trump supporters and asked them to weigh in on every
this movie we previewed tonight is great proof of this extraordinary office we have in the american presidency. unlike prime ministers, we put our presidents in a special house to live. we put them there to show them off torks remind them who they are and this is what creates the magic. the presidency s not just an important job. his or her life is connected to the life of the country. why we cheer when we see a president. why these scenes in a movie, people cheering the president. simply what we do in this country regardless of politics. so the challenge facing this president, barack obama, and he hasn t quite got it yet, is using the prestige of the presidency. he has yet to use the office s majesty to exploit the public s determination for action on guns, immigration, on jobs or entering a crucial stage. he has ample time to begin moving the country, but it is less each day and soon, it could be too close to the 2014 elections to get big things done. thanks for being with
this movie we previewed tonight is great proof of this extraordinary office we have in the american presidency. unlike prime ministers, we put our presidents in a special house to live. we put them there to show them off torks remind them who they are and this is what creates the magic. the presidency s not just an important job. his or her life is connected to the life of the country. why we cheer when we see a president. why these scenes in a movie, people cheering the president. simply what we do in this country regardless of politics. so the challenge facing this president, barack obama, and he hasn t quite got it yet, is using the prestige of the presidency. he has yet to use the office s majesty to exploit the public s determination for action on guns, immigration, on jobs or entering a crucial stage. he has ample time to begin moving the country, but it is less each day and soon, it could be too close to the 2014 elections to get big things done. thanks for being with