ok. in theaters april 5th. rated pg. good day, i m chris jansing live at msnbc headquarters in new york city. yet another norfolk southern train derails this morning just as the ceo faces members of congress who have a lot of tough questions but don t always get clear answers. a full month after the train crash that got many residents sick, will the railroad keep its word to be in east palestine, ohio, into the future, and what are lawmakers willing to do to make sure he keeps his word? plus, president biden about to lay down a critical marker ahead of the 2024 presidential race unveiling his budget just about 90 minutes from now, how it will frame the critical economic and political fight with republicans going forward. and more misery in california as a series of unrelenting storms escalates the danger and the disaster. at least a dozen people have been killed. now a new storm could dump another 8 inches of rain risking flooding in areas that are already buried under 16
and we re also going to save billions of dollars on going after criminals who commit fraud. a lot of people are saying to me they don t like the idea i m prepared to forgive up to $20,000 if you got a pell grant or $10,000 for anybody who has a student loan during the recession. well, guess what, we pay the so called ppp program, we paid significant i think it s $900 billion. don t hold me to that number, but it s well over 9 for anybody who had a tough time with their business during the pandemic so they could pay employees. but guess what, you may remember, i was running for office at the time, you all may remember it that i had a big fight with the former president. and maybe future president. bless me father. anyway, all kidding aside, and here s the deal, what happened was the folks are really going after me for trying to, and by the way, 90% of all debt forgiveness for student loans will go to, under my plan, 90% will go to families making under $75,000 a year. okay.
report. we have a lot to cover in our second hour of chris jansing reports, let s get to right to it. at this hour, demanding answers, nearly two weeks after that massive train derailment in eastern ohio, residents are growing more worried about the safety of the air they breathe and the water they drink. ahead of what s expected to be an emotional town hall meeting tonight, what the governor and the epa administrator said today on msnbc. and in an emotionally charged buffalo courtroom, a man lunged for the gun room just before sentencing in the mass murder in buffalo. later in the program, i ll be talking with the son of one of the victims. and nbc s shaquille brewster reporting from michigan state after the deadly shooting. trymaine lee covering protesters targeted governor ron desantis in florida, and nbc s julie on capitol hill. but first, students are set this hour to return to one of the buildings where the shooting at michigan state university happened. msnbc s
expect november 8th, exactly four weeks from today as we say hello. i m bill hemmer. got your election red on. dana: exactly. i m dana perino and this is america s newsroom. we love the mid-terms and catch you up on these latest ones. a couple changes you will want to know about. the latest forecast shows the republicans taking the house and win 231 seats. it could swell to as many as 246. bill: best case for democrats is 220 seats, about where they are right now. that would be enough for a razor thin house majority. dana: the senate is anyone s game. we have 47 races going democrat, 49 republican. that means it all comes down to the four toss-ups we ve been talking about, arizona, georgia, nevada, pennsylvania. bill: the nationwide conversation is shifting. majority of independents say they re more focused on the economy than voting rights and democracy. a trend that would favor republicans. dana: alexandria hoff has more from washington. the numbers just out. al
The polls have just opened in hawaii meaning voters in all 50 states are making their voices heard. We want to welcome our viewers here in the United States and Around The World. Im wolf blitzer. And im erin burnett and this is cnns continuing coverage of election day in america. Take a look. Weve got live pictures. This is a Polling Location were showing you just outside the philadelphia. So far only minor glitches with officials reporting no major Voting Issues so far, wolf. Heres whats at stake today, erin. All 435 seats are up for grabs, republicans need to turn five seats red to take it back. Over in the democratic controlled senate, 35 of the 100 seats are also in play today. All republicans need there is a net gain of one seat to change the Balance Of Power in the u. S. Congress and here in washington. As always we have our correspondents all over the map covering all the key races along with our entire cnn election team. Lets get straight to pennsylvania where there is an issue