pursue every possible avenue, and it is just heartbreaking, to be very clear, the supreme court delivered two gut punches to the american people this week, by not allowing that debt for over 40 million people to be reduced, and also what they did with affirmative action. so president biden had no choice, he s got to look at every possible path, every everybody to provide that debt relief. what happens to the american public this week, there s no upside there. everybody loses. i want to talk about affirmative action in just a moment. but one more here on cancellation of student debt. there was some democrats who told the president upfront that if you wanted to do this, to use the higher education act of 1965, and do not go through the heroes act, of course, we all know that former speaker pelosi said that she didn t believe the president had this authority through the heroes act. do you think it was a mistake to use the heroes act to try to forgive the $400 billion worth of student lo
government has been talking about. nic robertson, appreciate it. thank you. the biden administration is expected to decide soon whether to send controversial cluster munitions to ukraine. the white house has been reluctant because of the risk they could pose to civilians. but the administration is now seriously considering it, as ukraine s counter-offensive is off to a slow start. cnn national security reporter natasha bertrand has details. reporter: cnn has learned that the biden administration is strongly considering sending controversial cluster munitions to ukraine as the counter-offensive kind of drags on there with no real notable progress. now, we are told that this has really intensified over the last several weeks, these conversations about the cluster munitions, because of the battlefield conditions inside ukraine. apparently, according to u.s. official, the ukrainians have been using a heavy amount of artillery ammunition, in order to prosecute their counter offensiv
prosecution is going to want to focus on when he does appear before the grand jury. so, you ve got this breaking news on kash patel. and then you have some newly released emails that show that trump attorneys back in 2020 describe supreme court justice clarence thomas as, quote, key to their plot to delay congress from certifying biden s victory. how did trump s lawyers hope this would play out? they were hoping this was a sort of a flyer they were taking. they were hoping that clarence thomas, that justice thomas, would be the person who could at least put on hold the certification of one of these states and, again, give an opportunity for the delay on january 6th and perhaps open the door for the former president to remain in power. of course, this is an email from kenneth chase, one of the other trump attorneys at the time. and they acknowledged, however, that this was a very small
in our politics lead, the first polls closing on this election night in less than an hour. on the ballots in all five states are candidates who have embraced election lies. there is real concern that trump supporters will try to overturn future elections and next time they might be able to pull it off. it was the 2020 trump team plan spelled out in the open just weeks before the january 6th insurrection. as we speak, today, an ultimate slate of electors in the contested states is going to vote and send those results up to congress. but that failed plan defined alternate electors and challenged certifying biden s win could have a better shot of working in 2024. according to a point and ascertain electors. that s the warning from jay
u.s. capitol. they continue to break through barriers, first on the east side, reaching the rotunda steps and the house plaza. ten minutes later they broke through the final barricade on the west side and the northwest side. the entrance near the senate chamber. then having smashed the windows on the building s south side they were in. officers tried to disperse the mob with pepper balls and house supporters fought back. the chambers were placed under lockdown, and the process of certifying biden s win was placed on hold. two hours went by before donald trump tweeted for his followers to, quote, go home in peace. seven hours after that first perimeter was breached at 8:00 p.m. the capitol was finally declared secure. an hour later the house reconvened to certify the election of joe biden with vice president mike pence presiding. the attack on the capitol one year ago today has resulted in 704 federal criminal cases, 106