midterm elections. in a hail mary, biden administration appears to be banking on the youth vote, i m john roberts in washington. you are all warmed up. sandra: and a lot more to dig into there, great to be with you. sandra smith in new york. this is america reports. biden administration is now just moments away from announcing that it is cancelling $5.8 billion in loans for borrowers who attended a for profit college. now middle class americans are left picking up the tab as experts warn a recession is just around the corner. it s the largest student loan cancellation in u.s. history as 560,000 borrowers are now off the hook. john: but could that just be a sweetener? the move comes a day after biden admitted gas and food prices are not going to come down soon. gas prices a new record high, up more than $0.50 in the past month. and new disappointing private sector job data out shows businesses are struggling to hire workers. sandra: it is a big problem and worse. south
over the weekend. all of it part of that effort to address the nationwide shortage. as more babies are hospitalized. the flight was the first of several shipments expected from europe this week. we have new details this morning on when we could see some other flights. let s begin this morning with president biden s trip to asia. jeremy diamond is in tokyo. selena wang is in beijing. jeremy, first to you, president biden s indo-pacific economic framework, as it s known, agreement of a number of nations, a dozen nations in the region, something of a replacement for the transpacific partnership, tpp, which the obama administration introduced but trump scrapped, but not quite. tell us exactly what this would do. reporter: yeah, that s right. this is a broad economic framework known as the indo-pacific economic framework launched by president biden earlier today. but the details of this still very much have to be negotiated. they will be negotiated over the next several weeks
John im john roberts. The story with martha starts rights now. Martha that will be on our minds for a while. Good afternoon, everybody. Im martha maccallum. New things happening in several big stories as we get started here at 3 00 eastern. Senator bob menendez in court with his wife, nadine. If convicted on the counts that they face, the couple could face 45 years in prison. Many of his fellow democrats say he needs to go now. They dont want to wait for a trial. Hes not budging for now at this point. And then theres this story. Watch what happened last night in philadelphia. Martha how is this the scene in Downtown Philadelphia . I dont know why that woman was cackling and laughing while she was videotaping that. Only she knows. The answer to that, its complete chaos in Downtown Philadelphia. Police say that these flash mobs have been in a Caravan Riding around the city and ransacking stores. Were going to talk about that today. Its not just in philadelphia. It has happened all across
Suspect about his movements tonight, trace. The fact that he is in custody, a small comfort. La county sheriff robert said today to the men and women who put their lives on the line for us every day and to their families. And in this case, ryans family will never see him again. Reporter deputy ryan was just 30 years old appear an 8year veteran of the Sheriffs Department in his patrol car at a red light on saturday evening when a driver pulled up next to him and with no apparent warning shot him. Investigators say 29yearold Kevin Salazar was the driver and shooter. He was arrested today after an hours long standoff. Now Law Enforcement sources say salazar was involved in a Road Rage Incident the day before, and the other driver in that confrontation helped to identify him. And in a chilling detail, we have also heard from one Law Enforcement source that salazar is believed to have attended a public vigil for klinkenbron, omer just last night. Salazars family says he has been dealing wit
wrongdoing. his son, hunter biden, snubbing a subpoena to testify today behind closed doors saying he ll only do so publicly and stating his father has no financial ties to his business dealings. will the gop move to hold the other biden in contempt of congress? also tonight, president biden welcoming the families of all eight americans still being held hostage by hamas to the white house. what they said to him in their private meeting. the record day on wall street. big news from the fed on interest rates. the supreme court taking up a major case over the abortion pill that could restrict access nationwide. the massive recall impacting nearly every tesla on the road in the u.s. safety concerns over its autopilot feature. our nbc news exclusive with holiday shopping in full swing. inside the undercover operation to bust retail thieves. and he was the emmy-winning star of hit nbc shows. remembering andre braugher. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester h