desantis, picked charlie crist, a former republican himself, as their nominee this fall. also, new details surrounding former president trump s handling of classified material. cnn learned overnight that the national archives told trump s legal team months ago that it wanted intelligence agencies to conduct a damage assessment on more than 700 pages of documents found at mar-a-lago. we ll get into that. also, a big announcement expected today from the white house, sources say president biden could cancel up to $10,000 in federal student loan debt for some borrowers and extend that moratorium, the pause on loan payments through the midterms. much more on that ahead. we have got our correspondents in florida and new york covering all the angles of tuesday s primary. let s begin this morning in new york with cnn national correspondent jason carroll. jason, you were out there yesterday as voters were going to the polls. you ve got new york s 19th congressional district offeri
right to choose. early this morning, i spoke to the communications director for the campaign, she told me they did notice a surge in energy in the district as of late. she said, though, heading into the final days of the campaign, they still felt somewhat cautiously optimistic, but she said in the end, what they were putting forth really resonated with voters. last night ryan was speaking to those who came out to support him, saying that the campaign was about securing fundamental rights. when the supreme court ripped away reproductive freedoms, access to abortion rights, we said this is not what america stands for. reporter: so, again, big surprise there, the 19th, not so much of a surprise what happened here in the 12th district, where jerry nadler came out on top, handily beating carolyn maloney
republicans in control of washington? so there is a real sense of urgency and a little bit of heat under these lawmakers here that they know they have got to get this done. yes. from an ideological perspective, but if the bill that goes through doesn t serve their constituents, is that going to help them get re-elected? reporter: well, you know, stephanie, it depends on how they sell it, right? deficit finance tax cuts, tax cuts that are sort of hard to track where they go and who really benefits the most. there s a long history of tax policy doing one thing and being sold as something else. but i would just caution that, again, until we see the actual bill, we only know what the framework is. i mean, you probably saw this paul ryan, gary cohn back and forth on tv a couple of hours ago. they know what they are trying to sell. they know a lot less about what s actually going to be in this bill right now, and that s what has led to a lot of this confusion and a lot of officials, part
idea that tax measures will primarily be a tax cut. i m glad he s doing that. we were saying that for a long time. they were calling it tax reform. we were saying it s a deficit finance tax cut. i m cool about just being honest about it. let s also be honest, though, when the president continued to call democrats obstructionists. right. as was the republican party. yeah. they didn t pass a budget yeah. they didn t pass a budget for years. so everybody is an obstructionist these days. now the senate needs to work out a compromise between their budget and a similar one that was passed by the house by house republicans. that s a typical process. speaker ryan is going to put the senate budget to a vote, and if the house approves it, then they can move ahead. in the statement last night ryan praised the vote as keeping congress on track to enacting historic tax reform. that s the question whether it s tax reform or cuts. nbc s garrett haake is live on the hill. you re talking
pelosi had will answer questions about her political future. will you plan to stay on as the leader? will you run again for the top slot? let s see, what time is it now? it s 2:00 on tuesday. i ll see you right here 10:00 tomorrow morning. while i love you all very dearly, i thought maybe i would talk to my own caucus before i shared that information with you. well, the person probably watching that 10:00 announcement most closely is her number two, congressman steny hoyer. we do believe we ll learn something before 10:00, by the way. house republicans will choose between washington state s kathy mcmorris rogers as they re conference chair to the number three position in house gop leadership. it s become a proxy fight, if you will, between speaker boehner, who has remained neutral publicly but considers a royal ally and congressman paul ryan who is supporting price. last night ryan responded to boehner s memorable line about whether ryan may step up and lead the republican party.