and we re also going to save billions of dollars on going after criminals who commit fraud. a lot of people are saying to me they don t like the idea i m prepared to forgive up to $20,000 if you got a pell grant or $10,000 for anybody who has a student loan during the recession. well, guess what, we pay the so called ppp program, we paid significant i think it s $900 billion. don t hold me to that number, but it s well over 9 for anybody who had a tough time with their business during the pandemic so they could pay employees. but guess what, you may remember, i was running for office at the time, you all may remember it that i had a big fight with the former president. and maybe future president. bless me father. anyway, all kidding aside, and here s the deal, what happened was the folks are really going after me for trying to, and by the way, 90% of all debt forgiveness for student loans will go to, under my plan, 90% will go to families making under $75,000 a year. okay.
. vice president kamala harris is in nashville, tennessee, throwing her support behind to tennessee democrats ousted from the statehouse for protesting gun violence, will have details on her meeting and the vice president s message. also tonight. israel reeling from an apparent terror attack, killing at least one person and wounding six, tele viv, there are new fears right now that the conflict could escalate and spread. cnn is on the ground in the middle east as violence in the region heats up, and justice clarence thomas firing back, claiming his luxurious vacations with a conservative mega donor. personal hospitality. but even some republican judges aren t buying his explanation. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. wolf blitzer is off today. i m alex marquardt, and you re in the situation room. we begin our coverage tonight in tennessee, where vice president kamala harris is meeting with two democratic lawmakers who were expelled from
we begin with our chief correspondent, jonathan hunt. good evening. good evening. the first u.s. president to be indicted on criminal charges. donald trump gathered together his supporters to air grievances. i never thought anything like this could happen in america. the only crime that i have committed is to fearlessly defend our nation from those who seek to destroy it. now, among the former president s target was alvin bragg, the manhattan district attorney leading the charge to convict trump on hush money payment to porn star stormy daniels. the criminal is district attorney because he leaked massive amount of grand jury information. [applause] for which he should be prosecuted or at a minimum, he should resign. and the former president hit out of the judge in this case, too. i have a trump-hating judge and trump-hating wife and family whose daughter works for kamala harris and now receiving the biden/harris campaign. before he wrapped up, he criticized othe
again in a $250 million civil lawsuit threatening the fate of his business empire. did the former president answer the new york attorney general s questions, and the u. s. supreme court is being asked to intervene in the legal fight over abortion medication. the u. s. justice department seeking emergency action after a new appeals court ruling keeps the pills on the market for now, but with restrictions welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. our top story tonight. the fbi s dramatic arrest of an air national guardsman now the lead suspect in connection with the damaging leak of classified pentagon documents. cnn s oren liebermann is over at the pentagon for us with all the new details. tonight a 21 year old member of the massachusetts air national guard is in custody arrested in connection to the massive leak of classified documents online, the fbi swooping in on titan, massachusetts, a tactical t
shot because of it. they re gonna have spears that they never thought about in their life that now they re going to think about all the time there is this culture within america that shoot first ask questions later. what is going on in this country? at least two people are dead this morning after severe storms tore across three states overnight tornado left down trees and power lines, creating challenges for first responders to find those trapped in a number of emergency crews all over this area. look at all the damage. the inflow is insane. access to the comment. abortion drug kristen still legal, at least for now, this is a really uncertain time for the abortion rights movement. pandora s box of potential legal issues. real question is, will they hear it? and where are they headed on this? we don t want a supreme court justice in our bedrooms, telling us what to do. not can you hear me? now? can you hear me? we saw a missile land very close to our vehicle. thousands have al