investigation. primary elections will soon be held in alaska and wyoming. why a republican trump critic, liz cheney, faces a difficult fight to hold onto her house he. and china has reportedly sanctioned officials in taiwan, claiming, the recent visit by u.s. house speaker nancy pelosi, is a sign of pro- independence activities. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom, with rosemary chance. good to have you with us. we begin this hour with a group of growing illegal troubles for trump and his closest allies and advisors. first, the u.s. justice department is opposing the release of the affidavit of used to get the search warrant for trump s for the home. the two apartments is, the ongoing investigation and vials highly-classified criminal materials, and making the details of could compromise their work and discourage cooperation from witnesses. in the meantime, prosecutors in georgia have notified trump s former attorney, rudy giuliani, that he is a target in th
high-profile affidavit concerning the search at mar-a-lago. this morning, more women will not have access to abortion as new strict abortion bans are now in effect in three different states, with one law making the professional a felony with life in prison. congresswoman jackie speier will join us with that. president biden announced his plan to help 43 million americans with their student loan debt. we ll take a close look at how this will impact students of color. later this hour, over two dozen people are dead after moscow unleashed new attacks on civilian infrastructure in ukraine. we ll bring you a live report from ukraine. we begin this hour in uvalde where the school board unanimously fired school police chief direct pete arredondo. it was a heat meeting that took place exactly three months after a gunman murdered 19 children and two teachers at robb elementary. for him to not be here and actually face the consequences to his actions, exactly. if it was one
intense debates inside the white house, tons of pressure from groups. there s three key elements here. the details are very important. there are income caps to actually qualify for this loan cancellation. if you are an individual who makes under $125,000 a year or a family that makes under $250,000 a year and you have federal loans, the president is going to basically sign the ability to cancel $10,000 of those loans. there s another element that s important. $20,000 could be canceled for any pell grant recipients with federal loans. that s incredibly important as the administration has worked continuously over the course of the last several months to target this relief and target this cancellation towards lower and middle income individuals. the administration officials believe roughly almost all of pell grant recipients make $60,000 or less. they would all qualify. when you look at the loan cancellation, it would affect about 43 million borrowers if they took advantage of w
afghanistan s capital city to show you what life is now like under taliban rule, and asking afghan leaders about a known terrorist who lived in their midst. plus, what may be a silent spread of polio. the virus detected in new york city waste water. why health officials fear hundreds of cases may be out there. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper, and we start today with our politics lead and an avalanche of major developments when it comes to trump s attempt to overthrow democracy. giuliani has been informed he s a target of whether trump and his allies tried to break the law and overturn the election in georgia. he s scheduled to appear before the grand jury on wednesday. this news comes hours after a federal judge ruled lindsey graham of south carolina must testify before the very same georgia grand jury. graham s legal team had been arguing that graham did not act inappropriately when he phoned georgia election officials after the 2020 election. georgia secretary of
our nations greatest rivals, china, now warning it is getting seriously prepared for the house speaker to potentially visit. seriously prepared, they call it. she s going to the island of taiwan later this month. the communist nation which is historically claiming the island as its own territory has had this to say on the speakers possible visit. here s a quote. if the u.s. side insists on making the visit, the chinese side will take firm and strong measures to safeguard our sovereignty and territorial integrity. the u.s. must assume full responsibility for any serious consequence arising thereof. taiwan s military is now bracing for a potential aggression china. the capital of taipei is staging its annual air raid drills yesterday and mobilizing for routine defensive exercises as the fear of war ramps up. and despite warnings from the pentagon and president joe biden that the trip might not be a good idea, both democrats and republicans have said they have backed the move i