executive action and take a look at how it could impact the economy. plus, with the primary election calendar winding down, we look ahead to november, and the key races that could decide control of congress. also ahead, new reporting on the communication between the government and donald trump s team before the fbi search of mar-a-lago. good morning. and welcome to way too early. on this thursday, august 25th, i m sam stein in for jonathan lemire. 43 million people are in line to have a chunk of their student loan debt erased. as many as 20 million could cancel all student debt and that is executive action yesterday by president biden, the president pushed back at criticism that debt cancellation will make inflation worse. 20 million people who can start getting on with their lives. all this many people can start finally crawling off from under that mountain of debt. again, to get on top of their rent or utilities. to finally think about buying a home or starting a
with the committee and that is according to reporting by abc and cnn. then you have mike pompeo confirm today that he is in talks with the committee. abc news reporting this about the state of the negotiations with the panel saying in part, quote, the house select committee investigating the january 6th attack on the u.s. capitol is in active discussions with former secretary of state mike pompeo for his testimony behind closed doors. sources familiar with the matter telling abc news. pompeo is tentatively scheduled to speak with the committee come the coming days, sources said. pompeo was among the few trumpa allies and officials that at least publicly stuck with the ex-president in the immediate aftermath of the attack. he said, quote, while we all think the violence that took place in the capitol was tragic, and i ve watched away people walk away from the president and they are not listening to the american people, not remotely. pompeo played a critical role in the trump a
more than 450 march for our live rallies taking place in cities or new york, to nashville, to austin. of course, in parkland florida where it all started four years ago with the first march for our lives. president biden making his voice heard with these marches in the backstop, calling on congress to pass a number of reforms including an assault weapons ban. let s turn now to our nation s capital where thousands assemble to call lawmakers to take some meaningful action on gun violence. let s bring in nbc s savannah sellers now, she is live in d.c. at this rally. savannah, i will ask you first, what are you hearing at today s event there in d.c., especially with the negotiations happening in the backstop trying to come up with some gun legislation? yeah, hey, aaron, we heard a lot about that and we saw a lot about that on posters all over the place. first, let me give you a little there are scheduled to go up until two, and 2:30 pm, this was full of the way back to the mo
january six insurrection took direct aim at former president donald trump for his role in inciting the events of the day. the prime time televised hearing paid into a picture of a president who at best was unmoved by the chaos he helped create. at worst, was intent on capitalizing on the arrest we, unrest, to overturn the 2020 election. [inaudible] multiple members of congress requested pardons from trump after the sixth. i was one of the first to call after that day a coup. the house select committee has only confirmed my suspicions. unfortunately, many of the americans who most need to hear the truth about what happened in the tumultuous final days of the trump presidency, remain in the dark. many of the largest conservative media outlets have chosen to play down or completely ignore the select committee s important work. joining me now, congresswoman robbyn kelly, democrat of illinois, who sits on the house oversight and reform committee. congresswoman, thank you for joini
but first we want to start with the breaking news out of buffalo new york. law enforcement sources say at least seven people have been killed in a mass shooting at supermarket tops. police say the shooter in the incident is in custody, into rifles have been recovered from the scene. including one with a racist term etched onto the weapon. police are investigating whether the suspect was motivated by white supremacist ideology, and may have livestreamed the incident. let s go now to my and msnbc, kylie richard louis with the latest information. yeah we are getting a lot of different occasions right now. this is common at this stage. we are about two and a half hours into this incident. in buffalo new york as you described we have a tops supermarket where this incident happened. and from what you described and what we are learning, yes the suspect from what we are hearing right now, walking and wearing a military style gear. we don t know whether that is pants, whether it s a