ainsley: ainsley was so much better than brian, give it to this team. it is fruitcake from claxton, my friend al parker, great tennis player. brian: watch fox nation christmas special. ainsley: janice, do you like cake? there s cake? star of the showdown. brian: the prompter is calling your name. ainsley: i m sorry, third hour of fox and friends starts right now. ainsley: it is a big day for the biden family on capitol hill. house will vote to formally launch impeachment inquiry into the president, steve. steve: hunter biden is expected to appear for a closed-door deposition. brian: awaiting hunter s arrival on the hill. if he does not show up, republicans warn he could be held in contempt of congress. lawrence: mark meredith joins us. it is going to be occurring behind closed doors, a lot of focus to see what the president s son has to say. he is facing tax evasion allegations. last month his lawyers offered to have him testify publicly. republicans
it is a tourist mecca. the sidewalks normally bustling on a weekend are virtually empty. unfortunately, this is a real shot in the solarplex and it takes the air right out of you. reporter: and it may be a wile until merchants like this are busy again. to understand why, you need to take a drive. this right here is the biggest problem, roads like this one have completely caved in. just look at the chunks of concrete in there. this is a major artery, and it s preventing folks from getting into the town and spending money and it could be like this for many months. there s no timetable yet for the major highway repairs. an alternative route exists, but it s not as convenient and it s not yet known how many people will use it. some of those marginal businesses, this might be enough to push them over the edge. reporter: despite the hardship, julie says there is no place she d rather live. a lot of people can say they live someplace beautiful. and a lot of people can say they live
repairs done is only part of the challenge for her and other small businesses in the town of estes park, colorado. the worry, according to the town administrator, is how long it will take for customers to return. when you have an event like this, what does it do to the town? well, we ve never had an event like this. this is the biggest event north carolina has ever had. reporter: the town sits at the foot of rocky mountain national park. elk graze out in the open. it is a tourist mecca. the sidewalks usually bustling on a weekend are virtually empty. this is a real shot in the solarplex and it takes the air right out of you. reporter: and it may be a while until merchants lake this are busy again. to understand why, you need to take a drive. this right here the biggest problem. roads like this one have completely caved in. just look like at the chunks of concrete in there. this is a major artery and it s preventing folks from getting into the town and spending money and it co
solarplex and takes the air out of you. reporter: to understand why, you need to take a drive. this right here is the biggest problem. roads like this one completely caved in. look at the chunks of concrete in there. this is a major artery and it s preventing folks from getting into the town and spending money and it could be like this for many months. there is no timetable for the major highway repairs. it s not as convenient and not yet known how many people will use it. some of the marginal businesses, it might be enough to push them over the edge. julie says there is no place she would rather live despite the hardship. a lot of people can say they live in the wonderful community, and we have both. a community that will come back, but the question is when. the key is getting the roads repaired. business owners know it s going to be slow going. more than 40% of the jobs