program, a ruling that will impact millions of people, one of the court s most influential cases this term with implications beyond the student loan issue. the plaintiffs which include six republican-led states, two borrowers who do not qualify for this program, are challenging the legality of the plan which would cancel up to $20,000 in debt for some borrowers. so just to give you an idea of the scope here, outstanding student loan debt in this country is more than $1.7 trillion. the vast majority of that, we re talking more than 90%, is from federal student loans and those are the ones that would be eligible for some forgiveness under biden s plan. so far 16 million borrowers had been approved for that relief. when the legal challenges put the plan on hold, officials estimate the program could cost some $400 billion. education secretary miguel cardona speaking with cnn this morning talked about why the administration is so focused on this and why the administration believ
murdaugh s own brother on the stand and what he said, why he broke down on the stand, and the defense arguing that there had to be more than one shooter. eva pilgrim tonight. there is also breaking news tonight involving fox news and owner rupert murdoch acknowledging under oath fox news hosts endorsed false election fraud claims saying any fox news executives who knowingly allowed lies to be broadcast on the air should be reprimanded or maybe got rid of saying in a deposition, i would have liked us to be stronger in denouncing it in hindsight. jon karl standing by. tonight the next question after that toxic train derailment in ohio. where should that toxic waste be taken? the new fight now, states blocking it, and in that community tonight questions over the drinking water. our reporter with erin brockovich. the war in ukraine and the intense fighting under way tonight for control of a key city, and this evening, the u.s. warning to china not to help russia with weapon
wife and son and today murdaugh s own brother on the , why he broke down on the stand and the defense arguing that there had to be more than one shooter.ton. t breaking ns owner rupert murdoch acknowledging under oath fox news hosts endorsed false election fraud claims saying any fox news executives who know knowingly allowed lies to be broadcasten 0 the air should be reprimanded or maybe got rid of saying in a deposition i would have liked us to be stronger in denouncing it in hindsight. jon karl standing by. tonight the next question after that toxic train derailment in ohio. where should that waste be taken? the new fight, states blocking it and in that community tonight questions over the drinking water. our reporter with erin brockovich. the war in ukraine and intense fighting under way for control of a key city and this evening the u.s. warning to china not to help russia with weapons or ammunionti. what the state department said about it today and what china is s
covid-19 pandemic. that s according to a newly updated classified intelligence report from the u.s. energy department. according to two sources energy officials have low confidence in this latest assessment. that means the information is either not reliable enough or it s too fragmented to know for sure. it only adds to this big divide within the u.s. government over whether the pandemic began in china 2019, as a result of a lab leak, or whether it emerged naturally. president biden specifically requested that the national labs which are part of the department of energy be brought into this assessment. because he wants to put every tool at use to be able to figure out what happened here. we need to do extensive hearings. i hope our democratic colleagues in the congress can support that. i know the republicans in the house are certainly supportive of that. but this is a country that has no problem coming out and lying to the world. steven jiang live from beijing with the
they re trying to hold every inch of territory in that city. how has that changed the way they re fighting this side? reporter: it s made it on the russian side, dirtier. on the ukrainian, more desperate. the last few days as the offensive gains in intensity, as the conditions on the ground worsen, those images geolocated by cnn that showed the conditions around bakhmut pretty grim with mud, making the roads pretty much impassable. what ukrainian authorities and president sens has said tonight is things are getting more and more challengichallenging. what we re seeing are a series of intense attacks, but it is the battle for the town of bakhmut that gets worse and more intense by the day with ukrainian officials describing it as the epicenter. there have been today hundreds of artillery barrages and rocket strikes by the russians as they try and encircle the town, and specifically the areas of settlements to the west of it. desperate pleas on the part of the ukrainians once