men in uniform. active duty pilots are here with us today. i roll deep, and you guys. talk about an entourage. there they are. thank you guys. thank you, chloe. look of the draw is out today. by the book and chloe, congratulations. cnn this morning continues right now. we had 70-degree weather and now it is again cold and all over the place. we are out here on our own and usually the plows come by and it seems like we are being forgotten about. is not just the whiplash of warmth and cold. it is dangerous and it can be deadly. good morning, everyone. from the mountains of california to the streets of new york city, back to back winter storm staring across our nation. coming up. the dangerous situation unfolding in some mountain towns. will the supreme court scrapped president biden student loan forgiveness program? his education secretary joins us live ahead of today s crucial oral argument. the white house ordering government agencies to delete tiktok from
program, a ruling that will impact millions of people, one of the court s most influential cases this term with implications beyond the student loan issue. the plaintiffs which include six republican-led states, two borrowers who do not qualify for this program, are challenging the legality of the plan which would cancel up to $20,000 in debt for some borrowers. so just to give you an idea of the scope here, outstanding student loan debt in this country is more than $1.7 trillion. the vast majority of that, we re talking more than 90%, is from federal student loans and those are the ones that would be eligible for some forgiveness under biden s plan. so far 16 million borrowers had been approved for that relief. when the legal challenges put the plan on hold, officials estimate the program could cost some $400 billion. education secretary miguel cardona speaking with cnn this morning talked about why the administration is so focused on this and why the administration believ
top fox executive rupert murdoch under oath admitted election lies peddled on his network were simply a business decision, saying, quote, it is not red or blue, it is green. what else did murdoch admit? plus, when winning the battle does not end the danger. cnn treks across a booby tracked land littered with mines in ukraine. but first, the supreme court on the record. hear what the justices said about president biden s plan to cancel billions of dollars in student loan debt, and whether biden even remotely has the authority to do so. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we re starting today in the money lead in fate of president biden s plan to wipe out $400 billion, that s b with a billion now rests with the supreme court. justices today heard oral arguments in two cases challenging biden s plan. the biden administration argued yeah, they have the power to forgive financial loans in order to protect americans brought in by the covid pandemic. six republican states and
On Sunday, Aug. 13, several members of the Iroquois County Genealogical Society presented a program on “1-Room Schools of Iroquois County.” Many of those attending had attended a one-room school.