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
for education in the first place? [cheers and applause] college should be free because guess what? when we get out, we are contributing to the society and this democracy and this economy and making it stronger. dana: david spunt live-out side court for us this morning. good morning. no matter where you land in this fiery debate i have yet to meet someone that has not formed some sort of opinion on this issue. off to my right you can hear noise. demonstrators have been out here since 3:00 p.m. yesterday fighting for the president s plan and fighting for this student loan forgiveness. some slept outside hoping to get a seat inside the court today lining up very early to watch this process unfold. if the justices rule in favor of the president, millions of people could have up to $20,000 in student loan debt wiped out. our government is supposed to be about people, right? they shouldn t be making money off of us going to school or seeking higher education. it shouldn t hap
good morning, everyone. it is saturday, february 25th. i m amara walker. good morning, amara, i m boris sanchez. we re grateful you are starting your weekend with us. you are live in the cnn newsroom and despite the vicious lies you may be reading on social media, amara and i didn t plan to coordinate our outfits, it happened naturally because great minds think alike. i think we re ready to welcome spring when it has ppen ukraine enters the second year of war with russia with a message to the world. [ speaking non-english ] [ cheers ] ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy acknowledging the grim milestones speaking before troops in kyiv. he declared 2023 as a year of ukraine s victory over russia and expressed confidence in his country s ability to fend off attacks. in the meantime, ukraine s international allies showed their solidarity with tributes and announcements of new weapons and funding heading to the region. the first shipment of heavy battle tanks arriv
are going through. four objects shot down by u.s. fighter jets in skies. this has been going on for a long, long, long time no. reason it can t be shared with the american people. welcome to tiger woods. genesis invitational. rusty. i wouldn t be out here if i didn t think i could beat you guys no, no. honey i m good i could have another i probably shouldn t. i got somebody at home if i stay i might not leave alone ainsley: well, that song puts new a good mood. that s a beautiful shot of charlotte, north carolina. about 45 minutes away from my parents. brian: is that the musical version? ainsley: yes, it is. good morning, america. aren t you glad i am anchoring the show and not on broadway? steve: we re so glad you were born listening to that welcome aboard. we missed you on valentine s day. ainsley: they had an event at hayden s school i didn t want to miss it. starts at 8:00 in the morning. steve: tonight, 13 hours from right now, 7:00 tonigh
president, not george w. bush, his father. i m christine romans, this is early start. just hours from now, transportation secretary pete buttigieg heads to the site of that train derailment in east palestine, ohio. buttigieg under pressure as residents and critics worry about the toxic chemicals. alex shaw faced some of that head on in a cnn town hall last night. i m 65 years old, diabetic, hearts disease, everything. did you shorten my life? i want to retire and enjoy it. how are we going to enjoy it? you burned me. we were going to sell our house. our value went jim, thank you for those comments. i hear you. i m terribly sorry that this has happened to this community. what i can do and what i will do is make it right. we ll get the cleanup right. we re going to reimburse the citizens, we ll invest in the long term health of this community. miguel marquez has more from east palestine. reporter: a massive effort under way to clean up creeks and water flowing in an