the first one is brought by a group of republican-led states. the other by individual borrowers who say they were unfairly excluded. bill: the two cases present a direct threat to one of the president s signature policies. the plan would wipe out more than $4 hundred billion in student debt and pay $10,000 to people making less than $125,000 a year and $20,000 to those who got pell grants for low income households. dana: the high stakes legal battle is dividing lawmakers right down the middle. those of us watching this closely are praying and hoping that they will do the right thing and say that the president cannot be the congress and the executive branch. he can t be the legislative and the executive branch. he has no authority to do what he is doing. our government is supposed to be about people. not making money out of us going to school or seeking higher education. dana: shannon bream is live outside the supreme court. good morning, shannon. there are speaker
case over whether president biden had the right to forgive $400 billion in student loans that people hadn t paid back across the country. that put the burden on the backs of many people who had paid their own loans or who didn t go to college by choice. does the president have the power to move that money around from one group of people to another group of people? listen closely to this exchange. the first voice that you ll hear in the supreme court is white house attorney. then you ll hear her cut off from a question by justice gorsuch. listen. there s always the cost of the government of offering that benefit not just the cost of government. i m sorry to interrupt. i think they argue what it is missing is cost to other persons in terms of fairness. people that paid their loans, people that don t have plan their lives around not seeking loans and people who are not eligible for loans in the first place. a half a trillion dollars is being diverted to one group of pers
nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening and thank you for joining us we start off tonight with yet another late winter punch of severe weather across the country as we begin this week including multiple tornadoes confirmed today in illinois at least a dozen reported from the plains to midwest since yesterday. but we are also watching snow moving east tonight, potentially bringing new york city its first significant snow of the season. right now there are winter alerts affecting an estimated 42 million people. from wisconsin clear to maine for many high winds will make things worse. and there s no break for storm-weary california rocked by more rain and snow today al roker will take us through it all in just a moment but first let s go to morgan chesky in oklahoma where they are picking up the pieces from tornadoes tonight. reporter: tonight oklahoma facing a mangled mess homes shredded and cars tossed. from terrifying tornadoes striking overnight. there s possi
white house press briefing for reaction from the white house, as well as john kirby, actually, the spokesperson. china is pushing back, accusing the u.s. of a smear campaign, so how will the white house respond? we are going to first start with this fox news alert. john: america s crime crisis continues to plague residents in democratic-led cities from coast to coast, including here in the nation s capital, innocent civilians fight off violent felons and brazen teens who face no consequences for terrorizing america s streets. sandra: the latest incident, 82-year-old grandmother trying to make her way to receive chemotherapy, forced to fight off a vicious juvenile trying to carjack her. john: what a brave individual that guy was. but not stopping the d.c. far left city council overhauling the criminal code, critics say will put more criminals on the dangerous streets and supposed to be the crown jewel of american exceptionallism. sandra: jeff flock on a new bill in ill
day in congress. republicans who howled at republicans or democrats kicked marjorie taylor green off committees now turning around and kicking ilhan omar off the committee after giving green new assignments. congressman george santos who lied his way into congress, no penalties yet. today, he called on congress to fight bigotry and anti-semitism as well, pretty rich coming from a guy who repeatedly claimed to be jewish. plus we re waiting for the release of more than 20 hours of footage of the police beating that led to the death of tyre nichols. the talk in the country is about how policing has to change. the question is will that change come from washington or in a classroom. will we hear it from a local level and police chiefs themselves. and there s an investigation in ohio of an online home schooling network where parents allegedly shared messages of white supremacy and hitler quotes as educational resources for the students. why the state may not be able to do a thing a