may 11th is the date that marks the end of the crisis officially. the crisis status that we have been in since january 2020. one thing that is not ending, though, the spending. president biden showing no signs of slowing down when it comes to hand-outs. his student loan relief measure looking more expensive than initially thought. new analysis that shows biden s newly proposed income driven repayment plan will cost you taxpayers, get this, more than $360 billion in the next decade. that s on top of the almost $4 hundred 70 billion in direct loan forgiveness. it all makes for a possible escalation in the battle between the white house and republican lawmakers who say the spending must stop. we finally reached that point in time where enough is enough. 18 trillion in debt when i got here. a little over four years ago. now 31 trillion. it has gotten to a point where if you don t start exercising a little bit of discipline like everyone else does in this country, all other enti
world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. president biden s ability to help democratic candidates is being tested tonight with just 19 days to go before the high stakes midterm election. cnn national politics reporter, eva, has our midterm countdown. democratic senate nominee, john fetterman, getting a boost tonight. john, thank you very much for running. president biden visiting battleground pennsylvania. appearing alongside the state s lieutenant governor to tout the administration s signature infrastructure law. this law is about more than rebuilding our infrastructure. it s about rebuilding the middle class. something john knows a lot about and talks a lot about. and to fund raise for the democrat who is running in one of the most competitive races in the country against mehmet oz. with the clock ticking toward election day, some campaigns taking a sharper approach like in georgia. for you, herschel walker wants to ban abortion. after weeks
where do the blues go next and what they push for a new president? at the political panel weizen. and the from the pulpit, some conservative pastors and say been muzzled. doctor robert jeffers will shar his view is it. with the polls opening an hour is, we begin with team coverage. mary ann rafferty takes a look at some of the most interesting referendum questions on ballots tuesday. jonathan hart is in las vegas too preview hotly contested statewide races in nevada. christina coleman abhors it is former president chavez said to make a major announcement. first, democrats on the fence and trying to hold the house an senate over under adverse conditions. kevin corke live in dc. great to have you back in th east coast and we have so much more to get to tonight. having a president stump for a guy who s essentially up by double digits at the polls the night before the election and a incredibly reliable blue state is he 2022. why isn t president biden stumping at a battleground
what the world could do to help. also coming up on the programme. just a day to go before the us: control of congress hangs in the balance, as democrats and republicans make their closing arguments to american voters. before the us midterms. and we meet the family all 72 of them as we visit the four generations of one indian family living under a single roof. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 7am in singapore, and 1am in egypt where the cop27 climate summit has started in sharm el sheikh, with the darkest of warnings from the head of the united nations. antonio guterres said the world was on the highway to climate hell with no sign of slowing down, and that humanity needed to co operate or perish . last year s climate conference in glasgow agreed a number of pledges on cutting emissions, but the un says progress on these has been woefully inadequate . our climate editorjustin rowlatt is at the summit in egypt and sent this repor
pummeled by higher gas prices. what is joe s solution? a good old-fashioned bribe. president biden is releasing another 15 million barrels, even though our reserve is at the lowest level in nearly four decades. the best part? biden isn t even being coy about his scheme. i ve been doing everything in my power to reduce gas prices since putin s invasion of ukraine caused these price hikes. without the steps we ve taken over the past several months, to ramp up production and lower prices and get relief to consumers, bring down the price charged at the pump to reflect what you pay for the product. you still make a significant profit. shareholders will still do very well. the american people will catch a break they deserve and get a fair price at the pump as well. seconds later, the same guy claimed that politics has nothing to do with it. what is your response to republicans who say you are only doing this as pr to help democrats in the midterms? where have they been the