al sand alexandria hoff with the latestest on all of this. reporter: so the president tried to the use the 2003 heroes act as a route to usher in this loan forgiveness plan. of course, the supreme court shot that down yesterday. now biden administration is looking at something called the higher education act as a means to the become a plan b. we re not going to waste any time on this. we re getting moving on it it s going to take longer, but we re getting at it right away. reporter: president sd the higher education act will allow the secretary the of education to waive or release are loans under certain circumstances. very few details on how or why this route could work, and it s likely to face the the same legal challenges. as part of a joint statement released yesterday, republican senator bill cassidy wrote, quote: president biden s sunt loan scheme is still illegal and does not forgive department, but with instead ares it to to those who willingly took on the d
mar-a-lago back to the national archives. there was back and forth. this was in the summer of 2021. trump is meeting with people writing an autobiography for mark meadows. they are talking about a story that came out in the new yorker that susan glasser published. it was on general mark milley, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. it was about his concerns in those waning days of the trump presidency that trump was going to take military action when it came to iran. what we re told is on this tape is trump discussing a documents that classified, that he says, if he could show it to the people that he s speaking to, it would undermine general milley s argument. general milley was pushing back on donald trump taking military action in aairan. the recording is in the hands of prosecutors. we know you can hear paper rustling on this recording. we know there are people laughing in the background. i m told this is about two minutes long and it pertains to iran. it s part of a
terrorist attack in new york and the plane that crashed in pennsylvania and the so-called plane that crashed into the pentagon. it s odd. there is never any evidence for a plane shown in the pentagon. after one full alex jones as you just heard sh marjorie taylor green has been rewarded by kevin mccarthy with a seat on the house homeland security committee. because, of course. kevin is also playing with fire over america s debt ceiling. maxing out the national credit card when they were in charge. republicans are threatening to simply stop america s bills. plus, gun fanatics believe in starting them young. putting guns into the hands of children, even marketing assault style rifles for kids. and now in multiple instances, we re seeing the disastrous of a results of a sick, sick aspect of a uniquely american culture. we begin the reidout with republicans rewarding the far right contingent that they just can t seem to break free of. after kevin mccarthy literally sold his s
elon musk says his takeover of twitter is sinking in but what will it mean for free speech on social media? a tale of two communities in the west highlands coping with the cost of living one has seen energy bills soar and the other hasn t. and cash is king the royal mint starts making new 50p coins featuring king charles iii. and coming up on the bbc news channel, england s hopes of progressing at the t20 world cup hang in the balance, after their match against australia is abandoned because of rain. good afternoon. in a moment of legal history, the sentencing of a murderer has been televised and broadcast live for the first time in england and wales. an old baileyjudge gave jemma mitchell life in prison, with a minimum term of 3a years, for killing her friend from church, and then dumping her decapitated body in devon. thejudge described her as extremely devious . laura foster is at the old bailey. mitchell has become the first murderer and the first woman to be sente
in japanese politics. and our other main story this lunchtime: durham police confirmed they are not fining keir starmer and angela rayner over allegations they broke lockdown rules last year. the race is on to replace borisjohnson as conservative leader and britain s next prime minister the first contenders throw their hats in the ring. another big rise in the number of people with covid in the uk infections are up 18%. and i am at wimbledon where britain s cameron norrie will play the six time champion novak djokovic for a place in the men s final. and coming up on the bbc news channel: former fifa president sepp blatter expresses his relief as he and former uefa boss michel platini are both found not guilty of fraud following a trial in switzerland. good afternoon. world leaders have been expressing their shock and grief after the assassination of japan s former prime minister shinzo abe. he was shot while making a speech in the city of nara, and later died in hospital.