following all of this for us. thank you. top of a brand-new hour on cnn newsroom. good to have you. i m victor blackwell. i ll bianna golodryga. the supreme court just finished hearing oral arguments in two cases challenging president biden s student loan forgiveness plan. the decision could affect 40 million borrowers. the program, which would provide up to $20,000 of debt forgiveness has been on hold after a lower court blocked it back in november. conservatives challenging the program argue it will have widespread economic repercussions. the congressional budget office estimated it will cost $400 billion over time, but justice ketanji brown jackson argued one of the largest servicers of student loans, mohela in missouri, is not a government entity. in fact, isn t that really as you say the most important thing if economic injury is the point? yes. i understood that the injury that was being asserted here was an economic injury, but if we look at mohela and we
and of course, computers. and now, the dutch government has announced that it will impose new export restrictions on advanced chips being sold to china. the dutch have some of the most significant companies in the field and china is keen to buy them but the us have been putting pressure on european countries to curb exports of sensitive technology to china on national security grounds. our correspondent anna holligan is in the hague. one of europe s smallest nations has found itself in the middle of a battle between the world s two biggest superpowers. and at the heart of it, microchips, that power everything from our mobile phones, to military hardware. and the us has been applying political pressure on countries to limit exports. the netherlands is home to asml, until recently, a relatively obscure company, but it makes the most advanced machines used in the manufacturing of microchips. in fact, it s europe s most valuable tech company. in a letter to parliament, the countr
good to be with you. we are about to see the president out on the road today working to convince americans he is making their lives better. better jobs. more childcare. affordable healthcare. he is in virginia beach trying to remind voters in that swing congressional district that the districts have their back, but broadly speaking is that he s a blue collar president for blue collar americans. the one the democratic party hemorrhaged in 2016 to donald trump. while president biden has made some of those gains back, a new report by the non-profit american family voices is warning the party and president they are on wobbly ground. we re going to explain what this group of democratic strategists are worried about for 2024 and that right there is not the only tough news. the supreme court is hearing arguments right this moment on president biden s executive order to relieve more than 400 billion in student debts. they have a reporter inside the court with what the justices are as
jean-pierre, and john kirby as the irs continues to stay silent amid growing questions over why the agency made a surprise visit to twitter files journalist matt taibbi s home, the same day he was testifying before congress on the weaponization of the federal government. john: house republicans are demanding answers over the unannounced house call and whether biden s beefed up irs will target democrats political opponent. is the agency being weaponized? here to weigh in coming up. we are probably not going to be able to do anything to stop, slow down, disrupt, interdict or destroy the chinese nuclear development program. i have a hard time seeing where we are. please tell us what we are going to do with this threat that s at our doorstep. we are interested in investing in the right capabilities that will support the war fighting concepts. can you look us in the eye today and say the dei strengthened the military or weakened it. sandra: our nation s top military l
biggest maybe truisms he s eve spoken thank you, my friend. and thanks to you at home fo being here it came as a shock, near the end of the january six committee s sixth hearing last summer when vice chair, liz cheney, dropped a bombshell. the prospect of witnes tampering in the investigation first, here is how on witness described phone call from people interested in that witnesses testimony. quote, what they said to me is as long as i continue to be team player that they know i m on the right team. i m doing the right thing, i m protecting who i need to protect. you know all continue to sta in good graces, in trump world as long as i continue to be a team player. while the news of potentia witness tampering by trump world was shocking, it wasn the last week hear about it. in december, the committee released transcripts o closed-door depositions with witnesses. through those depositions we found out that former whit house aide, mark meadows, an star january six com