beliefs. another day of decisions split 6-3 showing deep divisions at the nation s highest court in an opinion by chief justice john roberts the majority struck down the biden administration s plan to wipe out $430 billion until student loan debt. quote, we hold today that the act allows the education secretary to wave or modify existing statutory or regulatory provisions applicable to financial assistance programs under the education act. not to rewrite that statute from the ground up. the dissenters led by justice kagan argued the secretary did have that power. quote the statute read as written gives the secretary broad authority to relieve a national emergency s effect on borrowers abilities to repay their student loans. president biden who has repeatedly vowed to wipe out student loan debt while conceding he may not have authority blasted the court and promised to find other ways to benefit borrowers. i think the court misinterpreted the constitution. in today s oth
i will see you tomorrow. happening now, donald trump takes the stand in the civil seve defamation trial against him and what he said under oath and why the judge struck down his testimonies as they head into closing arguments. an unprecedented move to declare trump the presumptive gop presidential nominee siding with the former president and against his remaining opponent, nikki haley. i ll get reaction from the top haley supporters chris sununu. and breaking news, a record close on wall street after evidence of a booming u.s. economy with growth expectation and as he visits a key 2024 battle growth fund state and ramps up for his expected rematch with trump. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin with donald trump on the witness stand testifying in one of the slew of court cases where the former president is now a defendant. cnn s kara scannell has our report. in an extra
hamas is officially in effect. all to allow for the long-awaiting release of civilian hostages held by hamas since october 7. 13 expected to be freed by the terror group this morning around 9 a.m. eastern time. you are watching fox and friends first on friday morning, i m todd piro. carley: i m carley shimkus. they ramped up defense position in the hours leading up to the key west. they were below the al-shifa hospital early this morning and prime minister netanyahu is making it clear the war against hamas is far from over. we will continue with our warnings to eradicate hamas. hamas has promised they will do this again and again and again. they are genocidal terrorist cult. there is no hope for peace if we don t eradicate this murderous movement. todd: trey yingst live where the hostages are expected to arrive by helicopter in just a matter of hours. trey. trey: the first group of hostages is expected to be released to the red cross in just four hours and they will
israel and hamas officially in effect to allow for the long awaited release of civilian hostages who have been held by hamas sings october 7th. carley: 13 hostages are expected to be freed by the terror group this morning around 9:00 a.m. eastern time. the first of 50 in total over the next four days. joey: trey yingst is joining us now from israel. trey? trey: hey, guys, good morning. about four hours from now the first group of hostages is expected to arrive at this military base in southern israel. they will receive initial treatment and triage. they will also be able to call loved ones for the first time. after this they will be medical centers in israel. where they will be hospitalized in central secluded wards. this first group will consist of 13 people. all women and children they are reportedly from the same community in southern israel. being exchanged for 24 female palestinian prisoners and 15 male teenagers. chose the idf preparing supplies for the hostages,
shannon: olivia it gives the president talking points for the reelection campaign being out there on the trail he can say i fought for you and tried to get this done for you, the crazy maga courts and all the republicans, although he was among democrats who cast doubt on whether or not he could do this. a great talking point to say i fought for you and it s the court that stopped me from helping you. 100% and he s going to be able to say that. progressives might find a way to go around and find a way to oh leave 88 debt. but what i m looking for is does this motivate voters. after dobbs we saw abortion play a huge role in the midterms voters turned out in the a way house republicans did not expect and they did an autopsy report d it was a much bigger issue. i don t think this will be as big an issue as abortion but do these motivate younger voters or people of color or the other one, lgbtq voters, and, if so, how much. shannon: so let s talk about that free speech case which also