program, a ruling that will impact millions of people, one of the court s most influential cases this term with implications beyond the student loan issue. the plaintiffs which include six republican-led states, two borrowers who do not qualify for this program, are challenging the legality of the plan which would cancel up to $20,000 in debt for some borrowers. so just to give you an idea of the scope here, outstanding student loan debt in this country is more than $1.7 trillion. the vast majority of that, we re talking more than 90%, is from federal student loans and those are the ones that would be eligible for some forgiveness under biden s plan. so far 16 million borrowers had been approved for that relief. when the legal challenges put the plan on hold, officials estimate the program could cost some $400 billion. education secretary miguel cardona speaking with cnn this morning talked about why the administration is so focused on this and why the administration believ
good thursday morning to you. i am jim shooter. and i m erica hill. the nation mourns the census loss of 19 children and two teachers. new questions are emerging about the timeline of events and how police responded. cnn say the killer was on school grounds for up to an hour before officers breached the classroom and killed him. why did it take as long as it did for the tactical team to go in? we know that several officers were off duty. they still responded to the scene. again, trying to establish exactly the timeline, as far as the response time, we know that officers were on scene, as i mentioned earlier. we had the school resource officer that was on scene. still again, they tried to establish his role. we had secondary officers that arrived on scene with gunfire upon entering the school. we know that law enforcement was there. there was immediate presence from law enforcement. again, trying to establish a timeline. we need to gather all the facts. we are trying to
it s ruined his credit. he has not been able to provide for his children in the way that he has wanted to. so the harm for him at this stage in life, he says, has already been done. as far as the decision, we don t expect a decision to come down from the court until late june/early july when they usually release their rulings. $1.7 trillion debt across the country. thank you so much. we re joined by cnn s senior supreme court analyst joan biskupic. so many issues here. personal experience should not be decisive for justices but they are human beings, they have their own experiences with college and paying for education. what do we know and how that might factor in? good morning jim and erica. big morning with the court, i m eager to get over there with rene. on the surface these nine justices might seem detached from this kind of problem, most are wealthy, graduates of the ivy league schools but they all have their distinct experience