Why can't I import photos into Lightroom 5.6?

I have Lightroom 5.6 on a Mac and when I click import, none of my photos will show up to import. I have deleted and re-downlaoded the program and updated it. I don't know what to try next. It has been working for the past year and a half and now it just won't work.

Thank you for your response.
Here is as much information as I can remember pertaining to my problem.
-Canon T3i,
-SD card is a Sandisk 16 GB Extreme Plus 80MB/s
-Windows 7 professional
-Lightroom 5.3, recently upgraded from 5.2. Not sure if there is a
correlation there with my importing
problem.
-I have been able to import images in the past and able to manipulate them.
   I select the import button, I then select the images to import, then
   select a new destination folder as I have always successfully done in the
   past, then click IMPORT.
   This is the point at which Lightroom deviates from the norm and slows to
   a crawl while importing the images. After a 1 ½ hour wait, I get a message
   stating that none of the images I have selected for import have been
   imported due to them being unreadable by Lightroom, or words to that
   effect. It lists ALL of the files that I had selected for import.
I have checked all the permissions of the files and have found no hidden
or locked images. I have watched every video I can find explaining the
proper method of importing images, written the steps down one-by-one, and
followed the instructions EXACTLY, numerous times.
Any help will be greatly appreciated!
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