You all over again. Nightline starts right now with juju chang. Good evening. Thanks for joining us. The government spent 2 trillion to shore up our economy by helping struggling businesses hit by covid. Tonight, where did the money go . Critics say millions were squandered on companies who didnt need it or wasted on lavish spending. Why many Small Businesses say the promised government relief is nowhere to be found. Heres abcs rebecca jarvis. Reporter 14 years ago, rosie flores opened her shop in fresno. An American Dream rooted in a mothers dying wish. I promised her that i would do it on my own, since i worked for so many people for so many years. So i decided to open it. And my mom passed a couple of weeks after we opened the shop. Reporter but now her flower shop is on the brink of permanent closure. The pandemic cutting sales by 80 , and the federal aid that was promised to Small Businesses like hers doesnt seem to be coming. Theres billions of dollars that are there. Im hoping a
Not present, his father, Justin Ross Harris whos accused of killing the toddler. But he did call in from jail to thank funeral guests for supporting his son and apolog e apologized for not being there. His wife said he is not angry at her husband and said that the truth would come out. Harris could be heard sobbing over the phone as the crowd inside gave him a standing ovation. Earlier saturday, new details about the 33yearold. According to search warrants obtained by cnn, harris told police, quote, he researched child deaths inside vehicles and what temperature it needs to be for that to occur. The Police Officer went on to say, quote, justin stated that he was fearful that this could happen. What remains unclear is exactly whether that search was done. Friends and family say the man police paint as a murderer is not the man they know. I want that he would be able to forgive himself. Reporter family friend carol brown. Its just seems out of character for ross and i know people change.
Line in confronting isis and its savagery. As a nation, were united and when people harm americans, we dont retreat, we dont forget, we take care of those who are grieving, and when thats finished, they should know, we will follow them to the gates of hell until they are brought to justice. We will not be intimidated. Their horrific acts only unite us as a country and stiffen our resolve to take the fight against these terrorists. Those who make the mistake of harming americans will learn we will not forget, our reach is long, and justice will be served. It is our responsibility, the president , the Vice President , mine, all of us, to do everything we can to stop this now because it wont just recede into the gray recesses of history until we stop it. The latest barbarism from isis, the killing of the second american, seems to have ramped up the calls for taking action against the terror group. What action and at what cost . A representative dutch ruperberger is the top democratic on t
There and thethe mosque on the friday sermons to preach the idea that the isis is the enemy and modern arabs should really extrue on this brutal extremist ideology. And egypt with its weight in the region had a role to play there. He mentioned being grateful to be there. But what kind of reception is he really getting from saudi arabia, turkey, now egypt. All these countries kind of approach this in a different way, if you will. Saudi arabia, for instance, a lot of the extremist ideology that kind of stem from this isis issue comes from, you know, these kind of extremist islam that come from saudi arabia. You have 49 hostages government officials held hostage by isis. So they are going to be careful what they are doing. And egypt has its own terrorism problem they are fighting. And they see libya with this horrible military problem there. And they want the United States to take a whole of region approach. Everybody recognizes isis is the threat to the region. But they also have their o
Now Shepard Smith reporting live from the fox news deck. First from the deck the state departments point man in americas new war says were making progress against the Islamic State but told a House Committee this is a multiyear plan. Lawmakers from both parties took shots at the administration for not doing enough to defeat the militants but the official defendeds the white house pointing to more than 1200 air strikes in the past few months in iraq and in syria. He says those strikes have stopped the militants offensive but he also says the fight is still in its earliest phases. Meantime another deadly day in iraq. Officials there say more than a dozen people died in a series of attacks around baghdad. So far nobodys claimed responsibility, but the locals say Islamic State fighters have been constantly attacking parts of that area. Foxs top story and Jennifer Griffin is on it live at the pentagon. What are we hearing about syria today . Free syrian Army Commanders quoted in reports fro