on tv, if you think about all the efforts and work and time and dedication they put into this sport. i was talking to one olympic athlete she missed all of her functions all of her friends were going here and there and travel to different states to find the best place to train with the best coaches it is a commitment and tough have parents that support you. so we recognize her mom, what hard work she has put into raising this amazing child. steve: i bet somebody buys the mom the food truck and she keeps that money and she will become one of the biggest faces out of the olympics for 2021 because she is proud to be an american and we are proud to bring you her story on this wednesday morning. lauren lawrence it is so great. you know, sean completed his show last night. i was watching and he was talking about the mental toughness of all of these athletes and the ones that have gone through some mental health struggles that they need to be showing a little bit of grace. these people have w
do something? two things. one is pay attention to your neighbors. people walk right on by and never make eye contact, never connect with the men and women surviving on the street, and they re both like you and me. 50% of new york families are living paycheck to paycheck. that means that 50% of our friends and neighbors are two weeks away from collecting bottles and cans. it is a sobering concept. i m really excited to see this. good luck at the academy awards. i ll be home cheering for you. i d love to go if you have an extra ticket. just saying. coming up next hour, a warning about the so-called u.s. debt time bomb while congress takes lots of time off. the wing and a fractured beak. surgery was successful, but he will be in a cast until it is fully healed, possibly several months. so, if the duck isn t able to work, how will he pay for his living expenses? aflac. like his rent and car payments? aflac. what about gas and groceries? aflac. cell phone?
backlog. a lot of the side streets, even though the main roads are in good shape, are a disaster. they re still buried. and that s why they cancelled school during the day tomorrow. the winds are calm. the power crews are out. those numbers are starting to go down out toward the cape. that s where the most work needs to be done. and telling us it might be a couple of days for the hardest hit areas, but they re hoping to get more people back up and running by tomorrow morning. oh, my goodness. if jason can put this picture back up. it s an aerial shot of the cars buried in a parking lot by logan or something. that s incredible. what a mess that s going to be just to clean those up. where is that? do you know? reporter: it s not even just the open parking lots, but i saw a couple of garages that we parked in, and the snow has blown into the covered garages. i don t even know how you get snow out of those. it s a mess in massachusetts. thanks for bringing us the latest.
with me now, john alpert and matthew o neal, producers of redemption. it s received an oscar nod for documentary short. big congratulations to both of you. very, very exciting for all of you. this is very fascinating because we ve all seen this on the streets, particularly those of us who live in new york city. take us inside this world, john. it s a world we pass by but never talk to the people doing it. it s a growing army every sipping l day. as the jobs disappear from new york city, people have to survive. they re going through the garbage. it s 5 cents for each can and bottle. i know hbo documentary producer sheila evans was getting out for work and seeing these people and thinking, wow, what hard work they re doing. they re not homeless people, are they? these are people working hard and struggling to survive. president obama talking about the middle class. these are the working poor,