student loan safety net. under the plan which was first announced an august, federal loan borrowers would see a long lower monthly payment, have an easier path to forgiveness and unpaid interest would not be added to a borrowers loan balance. the plan would also reduce payments to zero dollars for borrowers who make less than $30,000 a year. and right now, there are about 8. 5 million federal student loan borrowers already enrolled in a number of repayment plants. this proposal is a path towards a single simplified option. but, it is still unclear when the new plan will be up and running. it has to go through a 30-day public comment period, and the administration will consider feedback before the plan is finalized. this is all taken shape as biden student loan debt cancellation plan remains stalled, awaiting the supreme court decision. moral arguments for their case are slated for the end of her. coming up on the second hour of ayman, some backroom deals, with the kevin mccar
she. it s important to point out that the biden push was very different. a very sharp contrast to donald trump s handling of the situation. in a moment i will talk to congressman jim clyburn, a member of the democratic leadership, about that and the looming debt ceiling showdown with house republicans this week. plus more calls for the removal of serial liar george santos from office. we will look into his mysterious political fortune. in missouri, democratic women fight back against an effort to police what they wear. i spent 1200 dollars on a suit and i can t wear it in the peoples house because someone who doesn t have the range tells me it s inappropriate. and that s not why any of us were elected, mister speaker. none of us. and that is state representative rachel who will join me this hour to talk about her battle to bear arms. we start this hour at the top here with president biden and his allies defending their handling of classified materials as a third disco
let s hand it over to kasie hunt and cnn tonight. you re right. we don t talk about grief enough. i m very much looking forward to listening to that podcast. thank you very much. i am casey hunt, and this is knight. we re in the midst of another general election season that will test donald trump s impact across the board. independents turned away from him in 2020. and as criminal investigations widen by the day, those independents are being reminded why they still don t like him. two third of independents say in a new poll that they don t want the ex-president to run for office again. and though he is not on the ballot this november, democrats, led by president biden, have tried to frame the midterms as a choice between democracy and trumpism, which the president defines as a threat to democracy. democracy voters, meanwhile are energized over abortion rights, trump, and more 62 days before the final votes are cast. where does that leave republicans who are on the ballot?
happy new year, my friend, we are actually gonna be talking just about the choices that democrats made and the unity that was on display. we have congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez cortez at the top of the hour thank you for a great show, as always, buddy. if you took a high school history class in the united states, you probably spent at least a day discussing this image. this is the iconic political cartoon of the campaigning of senator charles sumner preston brooks, entered the senate, and he entered the chamber carrying a metal tipped cane. and he walked over to the anti slavery senator, charles sumner. he beat senator sumner unconscious and then he walked out without anyone stopping him. it is one of the most famous instances of political violence in our country s history, that one member of congress against another. but it was not unique. in the lead up to the civil war, they were at least 70 instances of political violence by elected representatives a
director tweeted this. yes there is at the fetterman eggnog ration. was it a food tray or a veggie tray? on that note, i wish you all very good night. four of all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thank you for staying up late. i will see you tomorrow. omorrow. if you took a high school history class in united states, you probably spent at least today discussing this image. this is the iconic political cartoon of the campaigning of senator charles in may of 1866, a pro slavery congressman name preston brooks entered the senate and he entered the chamber carrying a metal tipped again and then he walked over to the anti slavery senator charles sumner, he beat senator sumner unconscious and then he walked out without anybody stopping him. it is one of the most famous instances of political violence in the country s history, by one member of congress against the other. but it was not unique. in the lead up to the still war, there are at least 70 instances of