small business administration. we all know the importance of small businesses and how they have been hit so hard during this pandemic. small businesses employ nearly half of all private sector workers and make outside contributions to the innovation that make america's economy strong. yet the coronavirus has put millions of people out of business, hundreds of thousands of these mom and pop brick and more tar -- mortar retail shops out of business, restaurants out of business, and we are so pleased that there is, as we say in minnesota, a lighthouse that we're looking to now. i was up in duluth on sunday and instead of the light at the end of the tunnel which so many of us talk about with the end of this pandemic, the mayor there referred to it as a lighthouse. they have a lot of lighthouses on lake superior, mr. president. and the end of this pandemic is our lighthouse. and we see the blinking lights from a distance but we know we are not there yet. and to get there, we not only need to get this vaccine to every per

so while it might not normally be as high profile as of the cabinet agencies the small business administration has recently been in the spotlight. over the last 12 months the small business administration has overseen two pandemic related programs that will dole out more than $1 trillion to our nation small businesses, nonprofits, and religioustu institutions moving forward, it will play a prominent role in implementing the american rescue plan, and today the senate will vote on president biden's nominee to take on that important job, ms. isabel guzman. ms. guzman could not be more ready. she comes from a a family of l business owners herself. her dad ran his own veterinary clinic.ma that only is ms. guzman a veteran of the small business administration serving as deputy chief of staff in the obama administration. she has just finished a stint as a top official at telephone is opposite business and economic development, helping support the fifth largest economy in the world. for many americans opening and operating a business is part, is their own part of the american dream. i have every confi

small business administration working to finance the growth of small businesses and ampac has provided funding to 135 with greater than $200 million of loans under ms. kennedy's direction. the second witness is ms. ms. linda lisa bombin of san antonio texas. it's a latino owned micro business operating in the event space. with a system from the ppp and other programs, she's been able to adopt her business to the changing reality of her industry and a voice. our third witness is lisa simpson, vice president of the services of the american institute of the cba. ms. simpson leads the company's practice section and works on the development of the practice management tools that address topics most important to accountants and owners. i would now like to yield to the ranking member mr. luetkemeyer to introduce our final witness. >> thank you, madam chair. next witness is ms. alicia frazier, president and chief officer of the bank of charlestown in charlestown, west virginia. she also holds several positions at the bank of america known as i cba. and today she's testifying on its behalf. i cb

including the ppp loans to help small businesses, discussing that on the same day that the senate confirmed mr. biden pause nominee to the small business administrationas confirmed yesterday by a vote of 81 to 17. we are going to be talking more about small businesses in this country in the last half-hour of the program today. at 9:30 this morning we will talk to small business owners and employees about what they need and what they received in terms of aid over the course of the past 12 months. the house coming in today, we will take you there for live gavel-to-gavel coverage as usual. for about 10 more minutes this morning, taking your phone calls about the filibuster. should senate democrats eliminate the filibuster? mike, miami, independent, good morning. caller: you can illuminate the filibuster if you eliminate political parties. it's the only thing standing in the way of making the country a true democracy and if it's a true democracy that would be the end of the country like it was to begin with under the articles of confederation. every democracy that has ever existed has failed because it doesn't work. get 100 people to vote for something a

owners and lenders know about this opportunity for the small business administration launched a series of conversations reaching thousands of community leaders through webinars every day. white house officials held calls that ended up reaching thousands of small business owners directly. and the administration partner with congress to help members spread the word about the changes and conduct outreach with their constituents. so now we are reaching the end of the two week exclusivity period the results are pretty striking. when comparing data from the exclusivity. with the ten days preceding the period, we have seen a significant increase the number of loans to the small firms, to minority owned and women-owned firms and the first time ppp participants. specifically we have approved more than 3000 loans for businesses with fewer than five employees at the increase compared to the pre-exclusivity. we've approved nearly first-time loans to borrowers which represent a choi 5% increase for that is my 20% increase in loans to minority owned businesses. and that translates

later in the week they may take votes for nominees for small business administrator, u.s. trade representative, and xavier becerra to be hhs secretary. the house for transfer legislative business tuesday. they are excited to work on women's rights-expected to- work on women's rights and immigration bill is providing a path to citizenship for migrant farmworkers and children. watch the house live on c-span, the senate on c-span2. >> tonight on "the communicators," founder and ceo of girls who code on what her company is doing to close the gender gap in technology. >> i've had a job since i was 12 years old, and in 2010i found myself running for congress, and as part of that i'm going to this computer science classrooms and i would see lines and lines and lines of boys clamoring to be the next steve jobs or mark zuckerberg. in those jobs in computer science, they pay pretty well. to me it just didn't make sense. i was like, where are the girls, and where are the girls like me who could get shot at a job? that is when i decided i wanted to build a program to teach girls to cod

small businesses during the pandemic. lawmakers heard from the inspectors general of the small business administration and justice department. the government accountability office official. this is one hour and 15 minutes. i now recognize myself for my opening statement. the paycheck protection program, or ppp, and the economic disaster loan program, have been essential lifelines for millions of small businesses in the coronavirus pandemic. more than $1 trillion has been dispersed by these programs. given a scale of the crisis. with so many tax dollars expended, it is vitally ensure the money is being used for its intended purposes, and not diverted to fraud. unfortunately, the trump administration failed to take basic steps to prevent fraud when it implemented the programs last year. thanks to the work of this committee, and our oversight partners, we now know that this failure led to another $84 billion in potential fraud, including $79 billion. and $4.6 billion in ppp loans. that means taxpayer dollars may not have reached the small businesses that most urgently needed support. last october, the sba inspector general fou

-t he term "administration" means the small business administration. (2)administrator.-th e term "administrator" means the administrator of the small business administration. (3)community navigator services.-the term "community navigator services" means the outreach, education, and technical assistance provided by community navigators that target eligible businesses to increase awareness of, and participation in, programs of the small business administration. (4)community navigator.-the term "community navigator" means a community organization, community financial institution as defined in section 7(a)(36)(a) of the small business act (15 u.s.c. 636(a)(36)(a)), or other private nonprofit organization engaged in the delivery of community navigator services. (5)eligible business.-the term "eligible business" means any small business concern, with priority for small business concerns owned and controlled by women (as defined in section 3(n) of the small business act (15 u.s.c. 632(n))), small business concerns owned and controlled by veterans (as defined in section 3(q) of

and consider a nomination for the administer -- ministration of the small business administration be -- administration. at 3:00 p.m. on c-span3, an independent review committee on their report on the armies's criminal investigation division. on c-span.org, at 11:00 a.m., a subcommittee holds an oversight hearing on u.s. military special operations. >> wednesday morning, homeland security secretary À la hunter mayorkas testifies for the first time since being confirmed. he will discuss the agencies mission and operations. watch live on c-span3, online at c-span.org, or listen on the free c-span radio app. >> next, what it will take to create a trump presidential library and the legal process for gaining the formal -- for gaining the former presidents akers needed. this is 50 minutes. >> maybe just by way of laying some groundwork, if i can get you to explain a little more about residential records. in particular, -- presidential records. in particular, i'm interested in what is and is not a presidential record and how the truck administration used a some of that ambiguity or freedom i

small business loans are high risk for fraud. those are their words. the inspector general for the small business administration earlier this year said more than 3 1/2 billion dollar, i believe, in p.p.p. loans were given to people who were on the treasury department's, quote, do not pay list. so, look, it's hard in legislation to stop all of this, but are there more safeguards in place so that that fraud doesn't happen? >> when the p.p.p. program was stood up last spring, congress acted so quickly in the face of an unprecedented crisis. and, you know, the imperative was not let the imperfect be the enemy of the good. the small business administration and treasury are working to ensure that the loans get to the right businesses and that there is accountability on the other end. what is important is that we aid those businesses, especially the small businesses that truly need our assistance. >> i want to ask you one other thing. you and i talked months ago in the height of the pandemic, the white house today acknowledging there is a lot of support for the next omb nominee, neera tanden's nomination has been with

. >>> the president's small business administrator was confirmed by the senate yesterday. she was approved by an 81-17 vote. she had been california's small business advocate. today the pick for united states trade representative is set to be confirmed. >>> rosie the riveter has a new message, get vaccinated. its being brought back been a handful of advertising and veteran groups to encourage americans to get their shots. a cbs news poll found more than one in five say they won't get the coronavirus vaccine. >>> and that's your cbs money watch report. for more head to cbs money watch.com. at the cbs broadcast center, i'm diane king hall. >>> and update this morning. tiger woods is out of the hospital after the crash that put his career and his life in danger. the golf legend announced it on twitter last night saying he will continue his recovery at home. last month woods was driving in southern california when police say his suv crossed a median and then hit a curb and a tree before landing on its side. the 45-year-old suffered severe injuries, especially to his leg. >>> al

application period, allowing the small business administration more time to process loans. the p.p.p. has been a vital tool for small businesses across the country and throughout new york's 22nd congressional district. extending the application period will give small business owners the tools they need to continue paying their employees and keep their doors open, helping to reopen our economy even faster. in my home state of new york, p.p.p. has provided 140,000 loans totaling $12 billion and saved hundreds of thousands of jobs. p.p.p. has been an effective, bipartisan covid-19 relief program, and i'm pleased to co-sponsor this legislation. it will extend relief to small businesses that need it the most. as a member of the house small business committee, one of my top priorities in congress is to deliver targeted relief to families and small businesses across new york's 22nd district. h.r. 1799 does just that. it will ensure that the remaining $120 billion, that's with a b, in p.p.p. funds under the cares act get to the small businesses that desperately need it. as we look t

then joe biden is joined by the small business administration for the signing of this protection act. on c-span2, the trial of former police officer derek chauvin. american history tv joins the reagan foundation for an event to mark the 40th anniversary of the assassination of president ronald reagan -- the attempt of the assassination of president ronald reagan. then the supreme court oral argument, a case regarding civil procedure law. >> c-span is your unfiltered view of government. today, we are brought to you by these television company's that provide c-span to viewers as a public service. . >> next, an event on covid-19 vaccine development and distributional with the ceo of moderna and former fda commissioner. this event runs one hour and 35 minutes. >> tell us about you. i have heard you say that you have and i -- an eye for out breaks. how did you end up doing what you're doing now? >> good evening, everybody. i spent my life in life science and i had a chance in my career to work in these. we were always trained to help. when i look at the news, i always look for what is goin

small business. >> he headed woman to lead the small business administration. >> meanwhile the policies championed arkdowns, school closures, targeting small businesses, these forced millions of women out of the workforce and their school is o zoom. joining this is laura logan. laura, you say there's a particular type of woman being targeted. explain. >> women heart independent and who are independent-minded and won't take any, people are basically trying to terrorize and silence and intimidate us and to break our will. strong independent women who think for themselves. if we aren't going to be kept down by men all these years, we're certainly not going to be kept owned by the politics of division and hatred. it's interesting that in that comment in the video you just played, it reminded me of because i remember being so shocked as a journalist on the ground in pakistan to just discover that around 80 percent of eight 80 percent of pakistan women could not read or write. gets who was the leader of pakistan at the time? a woman. just because you have a woman appointed to a position of power , doesn'

later in the week, they will take votes on nominees for the small business administrator, u.s. trade representative and javier becerra to be hhs secretary. the house returns for legislative business on tuesday. this week, they are expected to work on women's rights and immigration bills providing a path to citizenship for migrant farmworkers and children. watch the house, live on c-span. the senate on c-span 2. >> next, discussion on u.s. relations with china. house foreign affairs ranking member michael mccaul calls china the greatest long-term security threat to the next generation of americans. this was hosted by the hudson institute. >> thanks to viewers for joining us for questions with representative michael mccall. america's relations with the republic of china. first elected in 2005 congressman mccall represents the 10th district which stretches from austin to houston. he has distinguished himself as a leader in homeland security, technology and foreign-policy. as the ranking member of the house foreign affairs committee representatives mccall has also been an important

there's a provision on this, the small business administration, as i was reading through the 600-plus pages of this bill, that is a real picture of what this bill is shaped like. one provision the small business administration allocates $389 billion to administer the loan program but the loan program itself disperses $70 million. let me run that number past us again. the program cost for the administrative washington, d.c., cost for running the program, $390 million, the actual amount that they anticipate that they will actually distribute is $70 million. totaling $460 million program total, just $70 million of it actually gets to people, $390 million stays in washington, d.c., for the bureaucracy. all those things could have been fixed if we actually went through committee. and in this covid bill, there's things like new customs duty for south korea that have yet to figure the out what south korea and customs duty has to do with covid. there is also slipped in for the first time ever federal funding for abortion and i've yet to see what abortion has to do with covid, but this bill, f

they may also take votes on nominees for the small business administration, u.s. representative, and hhs secretary. dallas returns for legislative business tuesday. this week they are expected to work on women's rights and immigration bills, providing a path to citizenship for migrant farmworkers and children. watch the house to live on c-span, the senate on c-span2. announcer: for international women's day, hillary clinton spoke with "the washington post", about progress women have made in the fight for equal rights and representation around the world. she also talked about calls to end the senate filibuster. this runs 30 minutes. >> that afternoon, i'm jonathan capehart opinion writer for the "washington post" and welcome to "washington post" led to today's international women's day and who better to talk to on this day of global celebration and the woman who you just saw rarely declared beijing in 1995 that human rights are women's rights and women's rights are human rights. the former secretary of state, the former united states senator from new york and the f

they may also take votes on nominees for the small business administrator, u.s. trade representative, and hhs secretary. the house returns for legislative business tuesday. this week they are expected to work on women's rights and immigration bills, providing a path to citizenship for migrant farmworkers and children. watch the house live on c-span, the senate on c-span2. announcer: during prime minister's questions with british prime minister boris johnson members of the house of commons estimate about the government rubbing his response to coronavirus, nurses salaries, mental health treatment, and job training. we now have questions for the prime minister. i will call the prime minister to answer the engaged question. supplement. prime minister -- >> yeah. >> thank you mr. speaker, the whole house can be proud of the u.k. vaccination program with over 32.5 million people now received their first dose across the u.k. we can also be proud of the support that u.k. has given to the international covid response including the 548 million pounds we have donated to cov

small business? first he nominated a woman to lead the small business administration. >> laura: you see what i mean? meanwhile the policies championed by the biden administration, lockdowns, school closures, targeting small businesses, they have forced millions of women out of the work force and their schools on zoom. joining us now is laura logan on fox nation. laura, you say there is a particular type of woman being targeted. explain. >> yes. i mean, women who are independent and who are independent minded and won't surrender to this. people are basically trying to terrorize, silence and intimidate us and to break our will. strong, independent women who think for themselves, and if we weren't going to be, you know, kept down by men all these years we're certainly not going to be kept down by the politics of division and hatred. and, you know, it's interesting, laura in that comment in that video, it reminded me, i remember being so shocked as a journalist on the ground in pakistan to discover that around 80% of pakistani women couldn't read or write. they were illiterate. guess who was the leader o

meanwhile, small businesses will soon be able to apply for an increased small business administration loan starting april 6th small businesses and nonprofits can sign up to get a loan for as much as $500,000. >> in east a more than 30 elementary schools in the mount diablo unified school district have welcome back. preschool to second grade students for in person learning families can send their children to school as part of a hybrid model or have them continue with full time distance learning next monday, all 3rd through 12th graders will be allowed back on campuses with that hybrid model and the antioch unified school district will be opening more than 50 new learning centers. 40 k through 12th graders who may benefit, especially from it. classroom environment that will start the week of april 19th. while the school board decided to stick with distance learning for the rest of the semester. he's learning centers will be an option for parents who want their children back in class staffers will help students in the learning centers. san francisco. there is an updated plan to begin in

later they may take votes for nominees for small business administrator, u.s.de representative, and javier beccera. they expect to work on women's rights and immigration bills, providing a path to citizenship for migrant farmworkers and children. watch the house live on c-span, the senate on c-span2. announcer: tonight on the communicators. founder and ceo of girls who code on what her company is doing to close the gender gap in technology. >> my parents came as refugees and i have had a job since i was 12 years old. in 2010 i found myself running for congress. i would go into these computer science classrooms and i would see lines and lines of boys, clamoring to be the next mark zuckerberg. i knew that those jobs paid pretty well. almost one under $20,000 and it did not make -- almost $12,000 and it did not make sense to me. i wanted to build a program to teach girls to code. announcer: tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on the communicators on c-span2. announcer: next north carolina governor roy cooper and microsoft executive mike humphreys joint politico for a dis

small businesses and nonprofits starting april 6. they can apply for up to 24 months of relief from the small business administration. there is a maximum loan amount of $500,000 that they can apply for the previous limit for such businesses was 6 months with the maximum loan amount of $150,000. the expansion is due to the long lasting pandemic which has been especially tough on small businesses. the berkeley city council expected to make a nonlethal weapons ban permanent this week. still to come tonight here on kron. 4 news. we'll let you know why leaders want things like tear gas, rubber bullets, completely gone. >> opening statements set to get under way in a matter of hours in the trial against former minneapolis police officer derek chauvin. what you can expect to see in the courtroom both sides tomorrow. 2 businesses on the same block robbed multiple times in a short period of time. we'll let you know how, robert, as we're able to get in. and the one thing now connecting both of them. let us take you to a place you've been craving. where the aroma of authenticity turns into the scent of home. and the warmth of fr

to consider the nomination of the administrator of the small business administration. on c-span3 at 10 a.m. the house appropriations subcommittee looks at the role of fema in the federal covered response. and at 3 p.m. i house armed services subcommittee hears from the fort hood independent review committee about the report on the army's criminal investigation division. and on our website c-span.org at 11 a.m. the house armed services subcommittee holds an oversight hearing on u.s. military special operations. >> fbi director christopher wray stresses the importance of civic education and its link to national security, social media, trust in government, election security and disinformation campaigns. the center for strategic and international studies hosted this event. >> good afternoon, everybody. my name is john hamre, president europe csis i want to welcome you to what's going to be a very, very interesting conversation. this is a continuation of the series we're doing on the national security imperative for civics education. that may sound odd but during the last y

he was joined by kamala harris as well as the administrator of the small business administration.ignature the act would have expired tomorrow. >> nearly 90,000 businesses are still in line. >> the paycheck protection program has provided billions of dollars in in in >>> the pastor has been very difficult for workers especially those who were not making money to begin with. how will they regain some kind of economic stability after the pandemic distracted their jobs and paychecks? david lui looks at a new study of these workers and how their input will help shape the future. >> the pandemic costs a lot of low income workers pay and a sense of security. the institute for the future sent on with th th th th th th heard comments like this. >> you can get replaced. say one wrong thing to me your fire. there is a line outside of the door who wants your job. >> the research was done on behalf of the james foundation. >> if we want to solve the sort of pressing issues in an effective way. >> economic security with a key challenge identified. >> you don't have access to healthcare or retir

the biden administration set aside for small businesses with less than 20 employees. en waiting more than a week on new application rules the small business administration just announced in order to move her loan forward. >> what i can't actually understand is that the government would make new rules, and not understand that this two-week window and the new rules would cause a conflict. >> reporter: until then, she waits and so does diane bondera. she's a one-woman photography company with a 25-year career in new york city. >> my photography business definitely relies on people gathering. >> reporter: without that, she's down 88% in revenue. she's been waiting over a month for news of her ppp loan. >> these are the things that keep up me at 3:00 in the morning wondering what i'm going to do. and if i don't have the funds to stay here, i may have to leave. >> reporter: the sba which processes ppp loans said delays in funding are due to additional compliance checks introduced by the biden administration. for some, it is too late. for tuna sung and matthew garrison, ownin

the biden administration set aside for small businesses with less than 20 employees. as the sole proprietor, she had been waiting more than a week on new application rules the small business administration just announced in order to move her loan forward. >> what i can't actually understand is that the government would make new rules and not understand that this two-week window and these new rules would cause a conflict. >> reporter: until then, she waits, and so does diane bondera. she's a one-woman photography company with a 25-year career in new york city. >> my photography business definitely relies on people gathering. >> reporter: without that, she's down 88% in revenue. she's been waiting over a month for news of her ppp loan. >> these are the things that keep me up at 3:00 in the morning wondering what i'm going to do. and if i don't have the funds to stay here, i may -- i may have to leave. >> reporter: the sba which processes ppp loans says delays in funding are due to additional compliance checks introduced by the biden administration. for some, it's too lat

another 15 billion for venue operators and additional funding for small business administration. >>> now to the situation at the border. the biden administration is looking at a vacant nasa site in california for temporary housing for migrant children. staying in places that are simply not equipped for kids. just for comparison here, at the peak of border crossings back in 2019 there were around 2600 children in custody. so a real uptick here. here is president biden's coordinator for the southern border. >> we've seen surges before. surges tend to respond to hope and there was a significant hope for a more humane policy after four years of pent-up demand. the idea that a better policy would be in place led people to make the trip. we're relying on every method we have to get the message out. that leads me to reiterate like i did before. >> traps lags, the border is closed. officers encountered more than 100,000 migrants at the u.s./me u.s./mexico border. under the biden administration, unaccompanied children can remain in the u.s. >>> merrick garland will be sworn in as attorney gen

someone filed bogus paper work to get a $28,000 pandemic daiser loan from the small business administratione, the fraudster opened a account in chase bank and later opened another account with robinhoods. call it steal and conceal. authorities are seeing more criminals commit this double decker fraud they steal the money from the government programs and then they pump it into the investment accounts to hide the source of funds and maybe even plus up their gains. ultimately they hope to turn it into hard to trace cash. authorities say the victims are left with a huge headache. >> that's exactly what i'm trying to find out is what are they doing with these funds. what financial transactions are occurring under my name, under my social security number. it's been a pretty big ordeal. >> a law enforcement source four i vestment platforms are being targeted by criminals. the money is coming from the government's paycheck protection program and the economic injury disaster loan program. secret service assistant special agent in charge won't discuss specific companies but tells cnbc more than $100

my apologies. -- in the january 2021 high-risk list, they made recommendations to the small business administration to provide greater oversight of the ppp and idle programs to reduce fraud in both programs, including using data analytics for potentially ineligible businesses. i was encouraged to hear mr. ware site data analytics as one of the things that allowed sba and its oig to identify fraud. can you go into some more detail about how data analytics have been used to detect fraud in the ppp and idle programs, and what future plans are? >> yes, thank you very much. with access to the data warehouse that sba has, working a more direct relationship within idle. we were able to overlay a lot of the data coming in. for example, working with the do not pay list for the department of treasury, working with the department of treasury on that. we were able to see that quite a bit of money went out to folks who should have never gotten paid. using data analytics, we were also able to capture quite a bit of duplicate payments, as well. that is the speed by which you see law enforcement moving right now.

small business no matter how small your small business is. >> you're an independent contractor or freelancer, they've changed the rules biden administration tonder the paycheck protection program. when you do the calculation now you can use your gross income instead of net. but there's more money available if you're an independent person a solo entrepreneur or freelancer, you really should talk to an accountant or tiewk an sba lender a small business administration legender there are many banks doing this. and they're ready to help you with any of those loans you can find those lenders on sba.gov. arthel: very good a lot people work with 1099. >> they do. hairdressers independence, you know all sorts of people and there's more money available you know for those guys as well they should definitely be looking to apply. >> very good we have to run gene thanks very much. >> thanks arthel thanks take care eric. >> meghan markle and prince harry popularity sinking in the united kingdom that following their stunning sit down with oprah winfrey and everyone in royal family is seeing drop in support and brian chilcote follows interview impact no lond

place at 10:00 with the small business committee focusing on the paycheck protection program and a story saying that the it was changes made in the small business administrationausing some concern. i think he referenced in earlier. guest: the small business administration has done a good job. we worked with them hand-in-hand in pennsylvania and throughout my district. the level of loans that they extend has been 100 times what it normally is if not more than that, yet the staffing remains at the state -- the same level as before. they have a lot of partners at community banks and small businesses is working as effectively as possible and it has been pretty effective. but yes, we need to provide the sba with support and we need to analyze closely what you are doing and what they need in order to continue to facilitate in an efficient manner and we need to ensure of course that the loans going out that are forgivable are appropriately deemed forgivable and reviewed. we have a lot work to do, we need it to be organized, but we have to be there to support the small businesses and that is what we are going to do. i am ranking member on the small business committee

will allow borrowers to apply for the program through the end of may and beyond that the small business administration will be able to apply loans all the way through the end of june. this program was meant to help small businesses and keep them afloat during the pandemic, and so the step the president is taking today really provides relief to small business owners who have been scrambling to get their applications in time. >> the ppe is one issue, and surprisingly these days where there's broad bipartisan support in congress it does beg to question whether or not the white house is looking for another targeted issue that can, in fact, pass the senate. is there anything on the radar in that regard? >> yeah, it would be infrastructure. infrastructure week is upon us once again, and it was reduced to a punch line during the trump administration, and tomorrow biden is set to go to pittsburgh and unveil part of the infrastructure plan and this is something traditionally republicans and democrats have supported, and most americans don't have to go far to find a road or railway in their community that needs

the sunday night starting on april 6 small businesses and nonprofits can apply for up to 24 months of relief from the small business administrationnesses can receive loans up to $500,000. the previous limit for such businesses was 6 months, but the maximum loan of $150,000. the expansion is due to the long lasting pandemic which has especially hurt small businesses. now to our 4 zone forecast this sunday night. let's get you ready to head out the door for the start of your monday kron 4 meteorologist mabrisa rodriguez here tonight. a look at what we can expect. >> yeah. we're tracking dense, low clouds and fog. if you are heading out for your sunday night. make sure to turn on those low beams drive safely out there because we're noticing some pretty thick fog out there along the immediate coastline. downtown san francisco in half moon bay, even some coastal areas of the northeast seeing visibility at or near 0. so make sure to drive safely. it's something that we don't typically see until a grey june gloom. but hey, this weekend it's felt more like spring summer than spri g. so i guess it's warranted, right. let's take a look at

they may also take votes on nominees for the small business administrator, u.s. representative, and hhs secretary. the house returns for legislative business tuesday. this week they are expected to work on women's rights and immigration bills, providing a path to citizenship for migrant farmworkers and children. watch the house live on c-span, the senate on c-span2. announcer: during prime minister's questions with british prime minister boris johnson members of the house of commons estimate about the government rubbing his response to coronavirus, nurses salaries, mental health treatment, and job training. we now have questions

later in the week they may also take votes on nominees for the small business administrator and u.s. representative and hhs secretary. the house returns for legislative business tuesday. this week they are expected to work on women's rights and immigration bills, providing a path to citizenship for migrant farmworkers and children. watch the house live on c-span, the senate on c-span2. during prime minister's questions with british leader boris johnson, members of the house of commons asked him about the government's response to the coronavirus, nurses' salaries, national health service funding, and job training. speaker: we are now coming to question to the prime minister. i will first call the prime minister to answer the engagements question. i will then call daisy cooper to ask her supplementary. prime minister. pm johnson: thank you, mr. speaker. the whole house can be proud of the u.k. program with 22 -- with people having received

pennsylvania, with a visit to a black-owned flooring business near philadelphia, highlighting the aid that his administration is providing through smallusiness loans and stimulus checks. >> we're in a position where we're bringing immediate relief. $1,400 to 85% of the american public. i said yesterday, we're going to get 100 million shots in people's arms in the first 60 days of my administration, and 100 million checks out. 100 milliopeople are going to be getting-- not a joke-- a check for $1,400, which could change their lives. >> woodruff: here to break down the white house sales pitch, our yamiche alcindor. this is the second day of what the white house is calling their "help is here" tour. tell us what they're trying to accomplish. >> yamiche: that's right, president biden, as well as a number of white house officials are eager to take a victory lap after having the $1.9 trillion package become law. and they're eager to try to explain the details of the bill to the broader public. this is dubbed the "help is here tour" and it could be dubbed the "shots in arm and money in pockets" tour. and what we've heard from them as they've

small businesses. there's $25 billion set aside for restaurants and food and beverage facilities. it's time to continue the relief for ppe, p and the idol loans to the small business administration and focus on the smaller businesses of 20 or fewer. it's time to make sure that everyone who was unemployed has the ability to pay their rent put food on their table. until they can be re employed again. so the three or $400 federal support for unemployment insurance topped off with the state portion will be a welcome relief for so many californians. final question for you, congresswoman. how confident are you that this bill will pass before the federal boost and unemployment benefits is set to expire coming up on march? 14th i'm very confident that it's going to pass. it might be march 15th. or 16th about it will pass and there shouldn't be much of a delay for those who are holding out for that money. you know the games that are being played by some of my republican colleagues in the senate right now requiring the reading of the entire bill 600 pages, which will take upwards of 10 hours, eyes an effort to delay the process and so there will be an effort to do that, but in the end, it

the small businesses also nonprofits can apply for up to 24 months of relief with the maximum loan amount of $500,000 of this. look with a small business administration. the previous limit was 6 months. relieve and the top loading that was a 150 thousands of this expansion due to the long lasting pandemic, which of course, especially hurt, small businesses will disney plus subscriptions and its bundle package with espn plus an esport hulu are getting a price hikes have beginning tomorrow subscriptions for the service will jump from 7 to $8 a month. the annual subscription will go from 70 to $80 and the disney plus bundle will increase from 13 to $14 a month. well, big coin can now be used to buy a tesla ceo elon musk says they can keep the money in bitcoin or converted to dollars. but they do expect to keep it big point right now. this is just available in the u.s. and for those with the pandemic paintings for great. not cereal. take heart. the great, great that shortage a 2021 is officially over usa today says after months of being out of stock. the cereal is shipping at full capacity to stores nationwide. now, if you paid inflated prices for greatn

administration set it aside for businesses with less than 20 employees. but as the sole proprietor, she had been waiting more than a week on new application rules the small st announced in order to move her loan forward. >> what i can't actually understand is that the government would make new rules and not understand that this two-week window and these new rules would cause a conflict. >> reporter: until then she waits and so does diane vonderaf. she's a one woman photography company with a 25 year career in new york city. >> my photography business definitely relies on people gathering. >> reporter: without that she's down 88% in revenue. she's been waiting over a month for news of her ppp loan. >> these are the things that keep me up at 3:00 in the morning wondering what i'm going to do, and if i don't have the funds to stay here, i may -- you know, i may have to leave. >> reporter: the sba which processes ppp loans says delays in funding are due to additional compliance checks introduced by the biden administration. for some, it's too late. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: fortune na sung -- for tuna sung, she was ineligible for a ppp loan. they could qualify for the

small business finance products. we've been working on a bill to extend to small business loans to the small business but it. finally, the administration has taken a two week window with a small businesses with you within 20 employees can apply with the ppp forgivable loans. are there any similar actions along those lines he would recommend to ensure minority owned and underserved small businesses related to covert relief? >> thank you for the question. i think it's a very important action because in baltimore, similar financially, we target businesses with employees. we provide technical assistance to help the businesses understand what they are applying for, truly lending and disclosure. it's important to provide comprehensive assistance, helping understand apply for before and after receiving it. it helped mitigate risks for default but also just having resources to provide technical assistance because that's not income generating products. we provide them in-house and it would be great on what the industry is doing. when you put out a product like that, education is important, especially if they understand the risks they are taking

child tax credits, earned income tax credit and aid to the small business administration is going to have to stand up with new procedures in order to vet exactly who qualifies to try to get some of that small business money to small businesses in underserves areas that may not have been benefited from previous rounds and big slugs of money for the restaurant industry. interestingly, you have a republican senator roger wicker of mississippi who did not vote for the bill as did all of the republican senators and house members not vote for the bill. he's touting that provision because that is something that he had advocated for and when brian deese, the national economic council director was on the air earlier today, he didn't criticize roger wicker for taking credit for that. he offered that as evidence of the bipartisanship of elements of the legislation. not only many republicans around the country, but some republican ideas incorporated into the plan. that is going to inform white house strategy going forward as they go to the next plan, the recovery act, the rebuilding america act t

small business financing products. congresswoman velazquez and i are working on a bill to extend tila to small business loans. it's time to bring some sunlight to the small business credit. finally, the administration has taken the important step of setting aside a two-week window where only small businesses with fewer than 20 employees can apply for the ppp forgivable loans. ms. milano and mrs. bruce are there any similar actions along those lines that you would recommend to ensure that minority owned and other underserved small businesses get equal access to covid relief? >> yes, senator, thank you, senator for the question. yes, i think it is very important action because our product in baltimore and similar city nationally, we target businesses under 50 employees, and i think this act is important because we provide a lot of technical assistance and capacity billing to help those businesses understand what they're applying for. we just talk about the truth in lending and disclosure. but it's important to provide comprehensive technical assistance, helping them to understand the credit, what they are going -- what they are applying for before they receive the loans and after they receive the loa

additionally, starting april 6th small businesses and nonprofits can sign up to get a loan from the small business administrationor as much as $500,000. that money could go a long way towards helping local businesses reopen. and now that some establishments can loosen restrictions even further. yeah. people are getting an see counties in the orange tier, they can open more in one of requirements for doing that. is operating indoors and having improved air filtration and ventilation kron four's is live for us tonight outside one of those businesses in san mateo with a look at the changes that are happening. gayle. >> well grande. i'm here at u of l mchale bowl. one of the few bowling alleys that are open during the pandemic. it's kind of like a hospital. the owner did invest in air purifiers and plexiglass to keep customers safe. now the bowling alley closes hour at look at this a packed parking lot assigned people feel safe to go out again. >> good to be back. >> it's been a week since belmont reopen after being closed for 4 months. we were so happy and so ready for this. i've been so ready for this for such a l

someone stole his identity and got a $28,000 pandemic disaster loan from the small business administrationd another account with the stock trading platform robinhood. call it steal and conceal. authorities say they're seeing more criminals commit this type of double decker fraud first they steal the money from the government programs and then they pump it into the investment accounts to hide the source of the funds and maybe even plus up their gains. ultimately they hope to turn it in hard to trace cash but authorities say the victims are left with a huge headache. >> and that's exactly what i'm trying to find out is what are they doing with these funds? what financial transactions are occurring under my name, under my social security number? it's been a pretty big ordeal. >> reporter: a law enforcement source tells cnbc at least four investment platforms, robinhood, t.d. ameritrade, fidelity is being targeted it's coming from the paycheck protection program and the economic injury loan disaster program. special agent in charge roy dodson won't discuss specific companies but he tells cnbc

there's some good news for bay area, small businesses and nonprofits starting on april 6, the small business administration will be offering up to your loans. up to $500,000 previous loans were limited to just 6 months and $150,000. the sba says the expansion is because of the long lasting pandemic which has especially hurt small businesses. let's talk weather for this sunday night at 9 o'clock a live look who that is. absolutely gorgeous out there. a full moon tonight and we're tracking some warmer temperatures headed our way for this workweek. let's get you ready for the start of your monday. here's kron 4 meteorologist mabrisa rodriguez with a look at just how warm things will get. that's officially my favorite shot of the night. thank you so much joe. our producer for setting that up. i requested a full moon shot. i thought to be a little bit blurry or, you know, >> that was perfect. thank you so much. just leave that up all night with they really should get rid of this golden gate shot. we're tracking low clouds and fog out there right now for your sunday night. make sure to drive safely visibility ex

in washington, d.c., the senate confirmed isabel guzman to lead the small business administration where she will oversee the implementation of the paycheck protection program, a key part of the recently passed coronavirus stimulus package. the world health organization urged caution for countries considering vaccination certifications, including the potential use of vaccine passports. >> we have to be exceptionally careful because right now we're dealing with a tremendously inequitable situation of the world where the likelihood of getting a vaccine is very much to do with the country you live in, very much to do with the level of wealth, the level of influence that you or your government has. amy: in yemen, human rights watch published a report tuesday on the devastating fire that killed at least 60 refugees, most of them from ethiopia, at an immigrant jail in the capital sana'a earlier this month. the blazwas reportedly triggered after houthi security forces launched projectiles into the jail, where refugees had been protesting their conditions. this is one of the survivors of the fir