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Now, so many are empty or permanently closed down. they re unable to survive these on and off lockdowns with no end in sight. people aren t earning as much so they aren t saving as much. even saving is a risky bet. brian hasn t been able to access his money in a small bank in china since april. we are referring to him only as brian. is that your life savings? i worked 10 years. that s all i have with my family. i am losing my weight. i am losing my mind. reporter: he s one of hundreds of thousands of depositors, according to state media, across china currently fighting to recover their savings from several banks in rural central china. many of them, including brian, traveled to hunan for answers. ....
I just have my little baby. i have nothing for the family now. reporter: they cry and wail exhausted. there s nothing these depositors can do. i would be really surprised if you didn t see this spread in a lot of different provinces. the country has enormous debt problems and very slow growth. this is the worst shape the economy has been in probably since about 30, 40 years ago. reporter: for brian, his vision of china is already shattered. . one day all you earned is gone. then you feel why do you still fight for it, fight for the future? reporter: so, selena, amazing when you talk to that man and he s in shadow and he s afraid for his safety. you have spoken to others whose bank accounts have been frozen. what are they telling you? ....
And he is still alive he is living in hell. this is a swampy area, 75% underwater. everybody is sort of trying now to turn brian laundrie in this rambo-like figure. he has been to the appalachian trail. we don t know his skill set. we don t know if he is there. if he is alive and in the carlton reserve he is living in hell right now and i think that is something, that because brian hasn t presented himself and the police haven t found him yet, at least his parents, at least gabby s parents can take a little comfort knowing that. rachel: what about the bounty hunter. dog the bounty hunter he is doing this because he suffered loss of his own daughter. there is a legal firm. this is really smart idea. the law firm has a 20,000-dollar reward for anybody s information with brian s whereabouts to get ....
Acting in the clothing of private enterprise and here that same government has immunized these companies from liability in the form of section 230. it s a 1-2 punch a carrot and stick approach. it s a novel legal argument but these are novel times. we haven t seen in our history companies that act in concert with government in the way social media companies do. brian: don t you think noteworthy too this was all done looking for an opportunity to try to control number one customer and that was donald trump. they know the power that he had, but are a they take him down, i have heard leaders, we saw leaders around the world concerned that they did this. that these competitors, so-called competitors combined to wipe him out and then destroy parler, the up and coming competitor, the next day. you are totally right, brian. the thing is not only leaders around the world i want to give credit to somebody on the far on the other side of this issue politically. bernie sanders came out and said ....
The latest on tropical storm elsa. yes, brian, the northeast is going to feel elsa s wrath. 45 mile-per-hour sustained winds. it s still a tropical storm. had it will remain a tropical storm. made landfall big bend. tornado watch in effect for parts of the carolinas. earlier tornado warn storm north of charleston. we don t have any warnings right now. we could see the potential for tornadoes, tropical tornadoes later on throughout the day today. and there is the track. you can sees a we get into friday still a formidable storm. this is a tropical storm as we head into saturday for atlantic canada. take a look at new york and boston. it s going to be strengthening becoming extra tropical. in some cases even worse. tropical storm warnings are posted from savannah, georgia, all the way up to boston. that s going to be significant august along the i-95 corridor. can you expect wind gust in excess of 40 miles per hour as well as very heavy rainfall and tropical tornadoes as well. keep tha ....