putin s forces invaded ukraine. forcing millions of innocent civilians from their homes killing tens of thousands, threatening the world s food sup pry, the security strity struct up ending the global economy. the u.s. announced the largest aid package yet worth $3 billion and ukraine marks 31 years since it declared independence. this morning president zelenskyy says his nation is reborn standing in front of a burned out and destroyed russian tank in kyiv. let s begin coverage with david mckenzie live in ukraine s capital with this major moment. what are you seeing and hearing there? so many reflection of six months of war. reporter: it s extraordinary. look at the people from behind me gathering. they re ignoring warnings from the president and others to say there is the risk of possible missile strikes here in the capital and across the country. several times today, we ve heard in fact, kate, those sirens going off warning people about a possible strike. i think the mood
borrower. it s a game-changer. we re also fixing what is called this has been the bane driving me crazy when i was out of office. this program forgives student loans to encourage students with loans if they go into public service. think of the millions that are. public school teachers. local police officers, workers at local charities, members of the military and national guard. think of the folks that work for federal, state, local governments, responding to national disasters. all of the firefighters and cops. the program is designed so that if you serve in one of these jobs you ll be able to actively assist whether you do and make your loan payments for ten years even if it s not consecutive years. your remaining balance will be completely forgiven. it s a great idea, but the program is a mess. it s so inefficient and complicated. too many people give up. think of a service member, deferring their student loan payment while they re deployed. the system is so restricted t
they re willing to carry a protest sign for a day. with us now to talk about this, mark, senior national political reporter for nbc news digital. nbc news washington correspondent and moderator of washington week on pbs who is a professor at the cardell school of law. we ll have more on the polling in a moment. mark, what else did the judge say in his order a short time ago? for me, what really stood out is this was mentioned in court on friday when i was there, but the judge specifically mentioned, i m going to try to read it from the ruling that he said given the public notoriety and controversy about the search, it s unlikely that witnesses who aren t expressly named in the affidavit would be quickly and identified broadly over social media and other communications channels and that could lead to them being harassed and intimidated. the judges are putting a fine point, clear exclamation point on an argument the governor raised which is look, people can really be harass
In tone on what could come as the Washington Post reports that the white house is very, very, very worried that this war is going to get out of hand. National security adviser Jake Sullivan warning that this could spiral in to a regional conflict. Theyre now preparing for an Evacuation Plan if needed that would move hundreds of thousands of americans out of the region. Obviously that would be a herculean task. We remember how difficult it was to get 124,000 out of afghanistan in that very difficult exit back in august of 2021. Heres john kirby just moments ago. Watch. It would be imprudent and irresponsible if we didnt have people thinking about different scenarios. Were not at a point of execution of evacuations right now. Martha this is one of the women released from hamas custody yesterday. They still have her husband. We dont know when this first photo was taken. This is her before and this is her after she was held for 17 days. She spoke of being beaten with sticks, held in a spid
welcome to the programme. we start this hour with the latest on the uk general election. the leader of the scottish national party, john swinney, has launched his party s campaign ahead of the vote onjuly the 4th. at an election rally in glasgow, mr swinney pushed for independence, celebrated his party s record on fighting the cost of living as well as attacking both the conservatives and labour. he said people in scotland wanted rid of a disastrous tory government, and he accused labour of giving an awfully good impression of them. let s take a listen to some of what the snp leader said. look, there are some people telling me to forget about independence at this election. but you know what? after looking at sir keir starmer s serial u turns in the pursuit of power, i think people are crying out for political leadership that sticks to its principles. applause ..for leaders who argue for what they believe in. and i passionately believe independence is the best opportunity