Now the good part starts. Lets begin to talk about something before we start the id like to talk about something thats inspiration on and i have these stories every year and this is one thats recent. So you know i just ran into drew whittenburg whos here and he always brings me these bright Young Students from tipp city. And its such a pleasure to meet them. Theyre so inspiring to be here. And it reminded me of a story when i when devil grove first came out about ten years ago, i got a letter or email from a young law student at northwestern, and she wrote me this beautiful. She said, gilbert, after reading your book, ive decided what i want to do. I want to be a public defender in the spirit of, you know, Thurgood Marshall. And i said, thats beautiful and stayed in touch with her a little bit. And she said she moved down to florida. She got a as a public defender in west palm beach. Her name was claire. And, you know, she would keep me updated. Her progress and the cases that she was
Into this tree. You can see behind me there are Community Members that are coming by to pay their respects. Theyre leaving flowers and leaving messages of love. We were devastated. Thats how Anjali Maskey felt when she found out her best friends were gone. Although officials have not identified the family, she says her friends are tarun and rincy. George and their two sons. Seen in these images from social media, maskey says the family was coming home from a Birthday Party on wednesday night when the crash happened. Now shes trying to console her child who played with their kids. Its very hard for us to explain to children that a friend of their who is there, like last night and this morning, hes not there, maskey says. The boys went to Donlon Elementary School and hart middle school, where School Officials have sent grief counselors. One man, who lives off foothill, says he was outside when he heard explosions around 9 00 that night. Every five to 10s. They boom, boom. So maybe around
Foundation for research on equal opportunity. Gentlemen, welcome to both of you. Tell us a bit about the foundation for research on equal opportunities. Guest its a nonprofit nonpartisan think tank focused on using marketbased solutions to lower the costofliving for everyday americans. Host in the center for American Progress . Guest we are a nonpartisan nonprofit focused on building things like inclusive economy, tackling racial injustice, climate change, and of course, education. Host here is the article from nbc news, Biden Announces New plans for Student Debt Relief for millions. Millions. This is the second attempt, so whats different this time . Guest the plan this time, plan b, focuses on categories of borrowers unlike the broadbased options the president first pursued and announced in 2022. Or at least that was proposed. This time, you know, the first group of borrowers centers on those who have been paying interest or have been paying more than what they took out because of in
Comments live. Then Alex Rouhandeh talks about news of the day on capitol hill, including the delay by House Republicans and bringing articles of impeachment against Homeland Security secretary Alejandra Mayorkas to the senate. And then jared bass with the center for American Progress and Christian Cooper of the foundation for research on equal opportunity to talk about President Bidens revised student loan forgiveness plan. Also, lisa curtis, Program Director for the indo pacific on the japanese Prime Ministers u. S. Visit, and the Security Alliance between the two countries in the face of threats from china. Washington journal starts now. Host good morning. Wednesday, april 10. Yesterday, the Arizona Supreme Court imposed a near total ban on abortion, citing an 1864 law that forbids the procedure except his ailing mothers life. It also punishes providers with six years of prison time. The first halfhour, we will get your reaction to the arizona ruling. Publicans, 202 7488001. Republi
A senator mr. President. The presiding officer the senator from pennsylvania. Mr. Toomey mr. President , i ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be vitiated. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Toomey thank you, mr. President. I want to speak about our immigration debate and my amendment in particular. But first let me say, you know, were going to find out just how serious our colleagues are about granting not just legal status to the dreamers, people who were brought here illegally when they were children and shouldnt be held accountable for that action, but the proposal that will be available for a vote later this week, will not just grant legal status but will grant a path to citizenship. It goes well beyond the Legal Executive order that president obama issued, and it will be available to far more people than those who took up president obamas ilLegal Executive order. It will be an extraordinary moment. I hope we are able to reach an agreement on this because i think