hello. i m abby phillip in washington. and happening right now, supreme court hearings underway that could effect millions of people who owe money on their student loans. justices are hearing arguments in two cases, challenging president biden s plan to wipe away more than $400 billion in student debt. six republican-led states and two individuals are challenging its legality. let s bring in cnn s jessica schneider and renee marsh. both are at the supreme court right now. jessica, i want to start with you first. it s no surprise, this is a conservative court. and so far, it sounds like they ve been pretty skeptical of the biden administration s argument so far. tell us about what s been happening. that s exactly right, abby. the conservative members of this court are really giving considerable pushback on the idea that president biden and his administration can even put into place this sweeping debt relief. they re really zeroing in on the price tag of this program, more th
records that were taken by the twice-impeached ex-president when he left office in january 2021. the new reporting also details team trump s months of resistance led by the ex-president himself to handing over records containing some of the country s most important and guarded national security secrets. it reveals that the search of trump s private resident was actually many months in the making and really just the latest chapter in a long, simmering investigation. here s what happened when the national archives got their hands on the first batch of documents from mar-a-lago back in january according to this new reporting in the washington post, quote, when archives employees began opening up and sifting the material they noticed an immediate problem. the boxes arrived without logs and inventories to describe their content according to a person familiar with the recovery. instead they contained a hodgepodge of documents including some that didn t come from trump s time in o
see president biden leaning in today in his remarks, as he tries to further the theme of the state of the union, that he s going to finish the job. but also, as he emphasizes the importance of affordable health care. abby? all right. priscilla alvarez, thanks for all of that reporting. with me now is keisha lance bottoms, she s the senior adviser to president biden for public engagement. thank you very much for joining us. tell us a little bit, what are we expecting to hear from the president in virginia today? well, what the president will remind people, abby, is what s at stake if the affordable care act is put back on the chopping block. what we re potentially facing, more than 100 million people with preexisting health conditions, having their coverage cut. tens of millions of people could see their precipitation drug coverage cut back. 40 million people with health insurance in this country today potentially could see that go away. over 7 million seniors and
that president biden ran on from the inflation reduction act to what we ve seen happen in cities with the american rescue fund, and i think that s often overlooked as well. people don t understand that even with the american rescue funds, as mayor, i was struggling to figure out how we were going to make ends meet with our operating budget, to allow us to be able to continue to pay our sanitation workers and our firefighters, et cetera, and we have to continue to get that messaging out, so whether it s on msnbc or on whatever platform my son is on this week, we ll continue to push that message, but i know the student loan cancellation is resonating with young people especially across the country and many families across the country. 43 million of them are getting this message today i m sure. keisha lance bottom s, it s
i believe my plan is responsible and fair. it focuses the benefit on middl. it helps both current and future borrowers and will fix a badly broken system. people can start to finally crawl out from under that mountain of debt, on top of their rent and utilities to finally think about buying a home or starting a family or starting a business. and by the way, when this happens, the whole economy is better off. president biden moments ago on his new executive action to help americans tackle student loan debt. the action will provide up to $20,000 in debt cancellation for pell grant recipients and $10,000 for all other borrowers. this will be capped at an annual