. a warm welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m bianca nobilo. and i m max foster. just ahead on cnn newsroom we are sadly now into the window where so many of the ambulances will likely be taking people who perished. i hate to disappoint you, but the biden economic plan is working. this is a blue collar blueprint to rebuild america. responsible nation would have put out some kind of statement saying head s up, this is heading your way. just want to let you know. it is thursday, february 9. in turkey and syria, the death toll is now more than 16,000. rescue crews are getting desperate to find survivors. in northern syria, there are mountains of rubble. officials in damascus say close to 300,000 people have been forced from their homes. this video shows a crew working to clear debris despite limited resources. and white helmets are digging mass graves for the victims. the syrian government wants international sanctions lifted so
from behind upset victory, a commonwealth that lot of people thought was very solidly blue, maybe it s purple now. you are term limited are you giving any thought running for a higher office, such as president? well, first of all, thank you for that humbling question. i just had to say that, 40 years ago, i was in virginia beach, and i was watching dishes, taking out trash at belvedere park of shop. and i had an extraordinary opportunity, with great education, and people took interest in my professional career, and i thought i was my dream job, when i had teach a chance to take over a firm that had worked out for 25 years. and then i found myself, with this real clear view, that virginia is heading in the wrong direction, and maybe there is a different way to do this. over there is a way to bring people together around common sense. great people are together around values, but aren t that controversial. we just need to express some clearly to another, and get moving, and i
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
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
the 11th hour with stephanie ruhle starts now. and i know stephanie loves a good argument i ve seen that with them. tonight, president biden is having a busy week in washington. focusing on his domestic agenda while the white house gears up for showdowns with house republicans. then, the testimony from rupert murdoch himself in that 1.6 billion dollar defamation suit against fox news. what he is saying about some hosts and their endorsement of trump s election lies. and special counsel, jack smith investigation into the former president is heating up. well a possible new challenger to trump emerge from the shadows? as the 11th hour gets underway on this monday night. good evening once again. i m stephanie ruhle. coming to you live from our nation s capital. dominion voting systems has dropped elaine this bombshell and it s 1.6 billion dollar defamation suit against fox news. the minions new court filing includes testimony, under oath, from the fox chairman himself, rupert