science guy coming up. and also making the beat debut is one of the few live witnesses from the january 6th committee hearings, an expert who stuck to the fact about donald trump s lies and found telling the truth can become something of an act in the maga universe. all of that is coming up here but our top story right now is about democracy, and i d like to clearly tell you what we re trying to do around here. so let me tell you up front right now this is a little different than our typical start to this news program the beat. right now i m going to try to walk through the broader path of how democracy is in danger even beyond how that point itself has become a kind of rhetorical refrain in washington, a refrain that is also true. so we re going to go through that right now, me and you together, and then turn to a special expert on this a little later. the mid-term elections may occur on one day in november, and we know that, of course, is election day. but these primari
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come up with some yideas to try to ensure there is diversity in higher education. now, for months, the president s team has been working behind the scenes. that includes the white house counsel s office, and the domestic policy counsel to come up with some options in the event that the supreme court ruled in the way that they did. they talked about the possibility of executive actions and also met with civil rights groups, education groups, to try to feel out and hear what they thought other alternative actions could be and what their concerns would be moving forward as well. ultimately, for the time being, they have landed on the education department issuing guidance to colleges and universities to try to ensure diversity in their student body. they are also planning on holding the summit with students and educational leaders to talk about affirmative action, as president biden made clear in those remarks that this cannot be the last fight when it comes to the issue of affirmative
obama-biden administration. she joins us now from the white house on this big news day, domestic policy counsel director susan rice. thanks for being here. great to be with you, ari. thank for having me. let s begin with the good news. what does this program do for the affected individuals who have those loans? and what, if anything, do you think it does to help other americans who are looking at this as money during what has been a rocky economic time? well, first of all, ari, there are many aspects to what the president announced today and i think it s important to hear them as a whole. in the first instance he said because we are emerging from the pandemic it s time to end the pause on repayment of student loans, which began under president trump at the beginning of the pandemic and has been extended. that pause will end at the end of this year, december 31st. so he s going to extend it for one final period. secondly, to ease the burden on those who have suffered during