following all of this for us. thank you. top of a brand-new hour on cnn newsroom. good to have you. i m victor blackwell. i ll bianna golodryga. the supreme court just finished hearing oral arguments in two cases challenging president biden s student loan forgiveness plan. the decision could affect 40 million borrowers. the program, which would provide up to $20,000 of debt forgiveness has been on hold after a lower court blocked it back in november. conservatives challenging the program argue it will have widespread economic repercussions. the congressional budget office estimated it will cost $400 billion over time, but justice ketanji brown jackson argued one of the largest servicers of student loans, mohela in missouri, is not a government entity. in fact, isn t that really as you say the most important thing if economic injury is the point? yes. i understood that the injury that was being asserted here was an economic injury, but if we look at mohela and we
alleged members of the oath keepers, including its founder, for their role in the attack on the capitol on january 6, 2021. over the last month, the justice department presented witness testimony and shocking videos and damning text messages and more, all of it evidence that prosecutors say proves the five defendants attempted to carry out a coordinated conspiracy to stop the legal and lawful transfer of presidential power and keep donald trump in the white house. now, why is this case so different than the hundreds of cases facing alleged rioters. two words, seditious conspiracy. that s a rare charge. it s one that was put on the books around the time of the u.s. civil war when the confederacy declared war on the u.s. government. it s a charge reserved for only the gravest of threats to the u.s. government. and these five alleged oath keepers are the first to stand trial for this accusation in more than a decade. to really understand this case, you ve got to first understand
Rocky move any philadelphia. Can you believe it . Rocky, 102. No whatever it is. And you can be a part of t we have casting director, so chris murphy will put on this sweatsuit. And run from ninth and washington, to the art museum steps, live on tv. Because we have a technology. We can show you the entire run, 1. 3 miles not much after run. Hell do that in the cold. Single digit windchills. Oh, this will be great. Oh, the things we get chris to do. You will watch us live here on our air. Also, there is a school . Nazareth Academy Grade school in northeast philadelphia is closed today because of illness, there is an illness going around, so the school will be disinfect in the morning. Do we know what the illness is . No, not at this point. I would guess it was the flu. You think it is . There are a lot of places where it has become so widespread, that they want everybody to stay home for awhile, until they get over it. But, in the meantime, weve got weather out there just depend on wher
But private schools are exempt and that raises concerns they might crumble. San Francisco May change that. Lyanne melendez tells us whats at stake. Reporter i paid to have that Public School retrofitted. So did you if you live in San Francisco thanks to public financing. Now on monday a committee out of city hall will vote it require that private School Building be evaluated and heres why some people are concerned about that. San francisco has 24,000 students attending private schools. Thats onethird of all School Students in the city. Were all parents. We want it to be safe. Reporter heres a a Public School recently upgraded ap a concrete wall has been attached and cross bracing helped reenforce the building structure. But private schools in San Francisco have not been required to undergo any kind of seismic retrofitting. For some it would represent a financial burden. We have quite a few private schools that serve low income and working class communities. And we want to make sure tha
I just came out here today to open the windows and air the place out. Reporter she says she might not stay for a couple of nights. Now meanwhile the business is actually here on Mission Street with only a few exceptions that are open as if nothing happened. Ill have the stories for you coming up at 6 00. Live in San Francisco, katie marzullo, abc 7 news. Well see you then. Happening now, a large protest is underway right now in downtown oakland against the militarization of the police. More than 250 people have gathered outside the open convention center. They are upset about urban shield. Thats a fourday conference going on inside the convention center. It features training exercises and the latest in police equipment. That includes Armored Vehicles and military grade weapons. The sorts of equipment that may be needed to fight a war in another country, but its counterproductive for creating Safe Environments in a city like oakland. The Sheriffs Department is hosting the event and says