following all of this for us. thank you. top of a brand-new hour on cnn newsroom. good to have you. i m victor blackwell. i ll bianna golodryga. the supreme court just finished hearing oral arguments in two cases challenging president biden s student loan forgiveness plan. the decision could affect 40 million borrowers. the program, which would provide up to $20,000 of debt forgiveness has been on hold after a lower court blocked it back in november. conservatives challenging the program argue it will have widespread economic repercussions. the congressional budget office estimated it will cost $400 billion over time, but justice ketanji brown jackson argued one of the largest servicers of student loans, mohela in missouri, is not a government entity. in fact, isn t that really as you say the most important thing if economic injury is the point? yes. i understood that the injury that was being asserted here was an economic injury, but if we look at mohela and we
what we don t know, obviously the numbers. we don t know when or how this will happen. we do know the way that it s written says it s an answer to an appeal, a letter from the head of the judiciary who essentially frames it as being many people who went out to protest, particularly the young, were misled, by foreign agents, propaganda from abroad, and that they now want forgiveness. and they re still described as riots, nothing more, nothing less. so, in terms of how the authorities frame this, obviously nothing has changed. also, it makes clear that people who are accused, who have been charged with more serious crimes, so that s spying, murder, destruction of state property, won t be pardoned. the issue about that is that many, many activists, many people involved in this say that those people who have been charged with the strongest offences have not had fair trials. they ve been summary trials. so they haven t had a fair look at what their case is anyway. i think this is
hill. this is cnn. mhm. donald trump inside trump tower right now getting ready to leave. for history. we re talking about his arraignment. we still don t know exactly what charges he is facing, but we soon will. we are following all the developments and we have new reporting coming in. the effort to expel three lawmakers in tennessee is now underway. republicans there are trying to remove some democrats for protesting for gun reforms as police now reveal new details about the nashville school shooter. we have just learned he s a billionaire. but could tiger woods soon be wearing green jacket number six. he s won the masters five times already has odds this week as the 87th tournament prepares to tee off those major stories and more all coming in right here. to cnn news, central. a former president gets arrested today. boy those words are something we are closing in on a historic moment. in a first in u. s history, you re looking at live pictures outside trump tower. donald t
subway series and all star menu are delicious. subs like number six. the boss meatballs with marinara and pepperoni so many times whose the boss the boss, you are the boss. subways tasting menu upgrade yet. good afternoon and welcome to a special edition of cnn newsroom. i m caitlin collins live outside of trump tower here in new york , phil mattingly alongside the one and only dana bash here in washington, and we are watching and waiting for historic moment in american history unfolding at this very moment. for the first time, a former president is preparing to face a judge as part of a criminal indictment. donald trump departed his home in florida a short time ago. he s now on his way to new york ahead of his arraignment in manhattan tomorrow, the details of the indictment are still under seal, but sources say he will face more than 30 counts related to business fraud. as we wait for that to be unsealed. trump is expected to arrive at the laguardia airport in about an hour
leaked audio revealed racist comments made by the council president. she has since i think some others need to step aside to. we will hear about an l.a. city council member about what happens next. i have something to say. the midterms aren t coming, they are already here. voting is underway in multiple swing states and it starts tomorrow in georgia. candidates are getting their final messages across in debates and polls are i need you to know something. while we talk a lot about these congressional gubernatorial races, because they are crucial, who you elect as secretary of state or who you elect to appoint your secretary of state, we will talk about that, we ll have a defining consequence for the future of our democracy. the secretary of state as the chief elections officer of their respective state. there are secretary of state races in 27 places across the country. that is more than half this november. at least four republican nominees in swing states have ref