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
plan their lives around not seeking loans, and people who are not eligible for loans in the first place. and that half a trillion dollars is being diverted to one group of favored persons over others. reporter: so a lot is on the line for millions of borrowers. if the supreme court upholds this program, debt cancellation could come pretty quickly, because the biden administration has already approved 16 million applications. but it does appear, jake, from the questioning of this conservative-led court that they could strike down this program. and if they do, that will really end the hopes of debt relief, at least for now, for millions of americans. jake? all right, jessica schneider outside the court, thank you. crowds of people gathered outside the court today during oral arguments, many of them calling on the supreme court to uphold president biden s debt relief. rene marsh talked to some of these protesters and brings us their stories. hey hey, ho ho, student debt