executive action and take a look at how it could impact the economy. plus, with the primary election calendar winding down, we look ahead to november, and the key races that could decide control of congress. also ahead, new reporting on the communication between the government and donald trump s team before the fbi search of mar-a-lago. good morning. and welcome to way too early. on this thursday, august 25th, i m sam stein in for jonathan lemire. 43 million people are in line to have a chunk of their student loan debt erased. as many as 20 million could cancel all student debt and that is executive action yesterday by president biden, the president pushed back at criticism that debt cancellation will make inflation worse. 20 million people who can start getting on with their lives. all this many people can start finally crawling off from under that mountain of debt. again, to get on top of their rent or utilities. to finally think about buying a home or starting a
Cspan now. Today law makers are expected to consider 11 bills, including auto measure providing tax relief to victims of federally declared disasters, notably wildfires and the 2023 Train Derailment in east palestine, ohio. Another measure directs the justice departments Inspector General to conduct inspections of all federal prisons. Live coverage of the house here on cspan. Chaplain kibben would you pray with me. Holy god to enter into this day and live it understanding that we are your beloved children. Help us to see that this is not nearly an invitation but a privilege, an honor to discover that this is a day you have made for us to enjoy and employ. For with that privilege comes responsibility. The ability to respond to your grace by responding with grace as we are able to the needs of others. As your children, we are favored to have a relationship with you, established in your righteousness and compassion. From that relationship may we learn to bring the Justice Justice and merc
To 55 miles an hour as you see here. Calvert cliffs, that was a bowie recording a gust of 56 down there just off annapolis. So, now the wind is combining with the very cold temperatures and ill show you temperatures in a moment to bring us this. This is the next advisory you need to be aware of it kicks in at 10 oclock tonight and it will continue until noon on friday. It will likely be extended its a wind chill advisory because overnight its going to feel like 5 degrees to 10 degrees below zero and in the mountains where you see that purple, thats a wind chill warning even colder, 5 degrees to 25 degrees below zero. Last stop here, current temperature is 24 degrees but its already down 18 degrees as we look out toward the winchester area and wind chill temperatures already below zero in few spots. Feels like 9 degrees here in d. C. It is going to be a long pull with this cold weather. Well talk about what you should get ready for friday and the weekend coming up a little bit later sar
But it did frazzle some nerves. It was just a quick jolt. And then it just kind of shook for a minute and that was it. I just waited for it to be over. Reporter the seismology lab, earthquake Early Warning system sounded the alert this morning but because the epicenter was in berkeley the warning time was limited. The farther seismic waves travel, the longer the warning. The earthquake was right under berkeley. People in oakland would get one or two seconds of warning. In San Francisco about three seconds. Reporter seismologists here say even a second or two of warning is much better than none. Even with just a second or two every warning, everybody gets under a sturdy table we estimate we can half the numbers of injuries in an earthquake so thats a big reduction in the impact. Reporter seismologists at the usgs say theres the chance of bigger earthquakes could be coming. Statistically, every time we have an earthquake in california, theres a low probability of a larger earthquake foll
Getting into these childrens hands. How will washington respond . Here it comes. Much of the east coast bracing for a nasty winter storm this weekend, from snow to ice to freezing rain, al has the forecast. All that, plus tough going for team usa. Mikaela shiffrin just missing out on another medal. 0. 08 between fourth and a bronze medal. Thats definitely it stinks. A crushing night for nathan chen, while another american dazzles. Adam is the prince of the olympics. And shes back. Lindsey vonn set for her first race tonight. Well talk to her about her return to the olympic stage, eight years in the making. Today, friday, february 16th, 2018. From nbc news, this is today, with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb, live in pyeongchang, south korea. And good morning, everybody. Welcome to today, on a friday morning. Were glad to have you with us. We are. We have a lot to get to this morning from here in pyeongchang. We want to begin with the latest on that Tragic School shooting in florida. Tho