it is sunday, february 19th. welcome to our new home at 10 am. this is saint sofia church in kyiv, ukraine, the capital of this country. it is a beautiful night here. it s a mild night. it s not common to see the city lit up at night for various reasons, including the fact that it has been the target of air raids for almost an entire year now and because russia infrastructure has been hit. the city is lit a night. it s beautiful. it s 5 pm, 6 pm here in kyiv. on friday, we re going to mark one year since russia s unprovoked invasion. i was in ukraine last spring in lviv in the west of the country. they are now back to see what has changed what i stayed the same and what is next for this global fight for democracy. one thing, as you know, i keep saying this that remains the same as that russia continues to rain terror from the skies in the form of missiles and rockets and airstrikes and drones, even here in kyiv both in the battlefield and far away from it in places like i am
lethal aid in its war against ukraine. it comes the secretary of state anthony blinken met with china s top diplomat this weekend. exchanging strong words two weeks after the u.s. shut down a chinese spy balloon off the carolina coast. earlier today, and i see spokesperson john kirby stress the importance of repairing the u.s. china relationship. the president said he billing to dock to president xi in the future. and he will. we still have lansing on occasion open with china as you saw yesterday in munich. that s important. particularly when there s times of tension like this. you want to avoid the risks of misunderstanding and miscalculation. secretary blinken issued a warning to china about its spy craft to. key house republicans today amplifying their concerns over the blue and being able to fly across the u.s.. the reality is that the administration admitted that after it had shut down the balloon that it should ve been more proactive. in the three subsequent shutd
inside politics i am john king in washington. high stakes at the high court, 40 million americans have 40 million dollars on the line. whether biden plans to erase student debt is constitutional. how fox put profit ahead of politics and fairness and tipping off trump campaign about joe biden s advertising buys. nine-way brawl where crime concerns could see locked out of an april runoff. supreme court hearing arguments in a case that impacts millions of americans. case involves present biden s student debt relief program. it is massive and wipe out 430 billion dollars in federal loans, estimated 40 million people qualify, forgives 10,000 for borrows that make less than 125,000 and up to 20,000 who get pel grants. today nine justices hearing two cases, one is a challenge from six republican-led state who is want to block biden s executive actions they say administration exceeded constitutional authority here. second case two individual borrowers suing because they are not eli
hello. i m abby phillip in washington. and happening right now, supreme court hearings underway that could effect millions of people who owe money on their student loans. justices are hearing arguments in two cases, challenging president biden s plan to wipe away more than $400 billion in student debt. six republican-led states and two individuals are challenging its legality. let s bring in cnn s jessica schneider and renee marsh. both are at the supreme court right now. jessica, i want to start with you first. it s no surprise, this is a conservative court. and so far, it sounds like they ve been pretty skeptical of the biden administration s argument so far. tell us about what s been happening. that s exactly right, abby. the conservative members of this court are really giving considerable pushback on the idea that president biden and his administration can even put into place this sweeping debt relief. they re really zeroing in on the price tag of this program, more th
yasmin vossoughian. tensions between the u.s. and china reaching a dangerous point. after meeting between both of the country s top diplomats over this buying balloon controversy. i can tell you know, there was no policy, but, what i can also tell you if this was an opportunity to speak very clearly, and very directly, about the fact that china sent a surveillance balloon over our territory. violating our sovereignty, violating international law. and i told them quite simply, that was unacceptable. and can never happen again. on the ground in ohio, lawsuits now starting to be filed by residents worry that government is not telling them the truth. about the danger for that massive train derailment. former president jimmy carter at home and getting hospice care as his family is gathering around him. plus what comes next for mike pence? as the former vice president refuses to testify to the special counsel investigating his former boss. all of that, plus speci first annivers