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Fort Bend County allocates millions to help small businesses and nonprofits KTRK Share: MISSOURI CITY, Texas (KTRK) -- As the deadline to spend COVID-19 relief money approaches, Fort Bend County leaders are allocating millions of federal dollars to help businesses, and nonprofits that serve struggling neighbors. Second Mile in Missouri City said the carts and lines never seem to slow down, especially during the pandemic. Isaac Somiah has found himself visiting the nonprofit during the pandemic. "I'm haven't worked since March," Somiah said. "It has been very hard." Second Mile helps people wi...

Opportunity, even if congressman ryan and his fellow republicans think otherwise. joining me now are congresswoman karen bass, democrat from california, and msnbc's krystal ball. thank you both for coming on the show tonight. >> thanks for having us, reverend. >> congresswoman bass, there are some dangerous ideas in this budget. what are you going to do to fight it? >> well, what we're going to do is first of all inform everybody about it. remember, now, mr. ryan just put out a plan a couple of months ago about poverty. he said that he had this huge commitment to attack poverty. but yet he wan...

He launched this war on poverty, he specifically talked about urban areas and rural areas. don't forget, he came from a very poor rural area. he was from a home that had no food. that had little clothing. that didn't have proper heat, what have you. so he was thinking about poverty for all americans, not just inner cities, but rural areas and specifically mentioned appalachia. so when he launched this war on poverty, as i look at it now, it was a great vision that he carried out started by president kennedy. but he knew that this was the right thing to do. he knew what poverty was all about. a...