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
forgive financial loans in order to protect americans brought in by the covid pandemic. six republican states and a conserve advocacy group, however, questioned biden s authority to do so, without congress play anything role. and they also asked whether it was fair to relieve those loans when so many other americans had already paid theirs off, or did not take any loans. here is how two of the justices reacted to arguments today. some of the finest moments in the court s history were pushing back against presidential assertions of emergency power. you know, this is an emergency provision. there is an emergency. it s an earthquake. congress used its voice. congress used its voice in enacting this piece of legislation. we start our coverage with cnn s jessica schneider, who has the big moments from the supreme court oral arguments today. cancel student debt now! reporter: big stakes for more than 40 million student loan