many are still missing good morning, welcome to way too early, speculation is swirling after the abrupt announcement from the january 6th committee that it plans to hold its sixth public hearing today. the only thing the committee has revealed is the hearing will quote present senior committee staff have been kept out of the loop. three people tell the post that the secrecy is due in part to a credible threat against the witness. the committee announced last week that it was taking a break until the middle of july and yesterday gave just 24 hours notice about the hearing that is scheduled for 1:00 this afternoon. and to add to the fact that congress is in the midst of a two-week recess. key water gls gate figure john dean tweeted, quote, better be a big deal. there was only one surprise witness during the senate watergate committee hearings on july 16, 1973, an announced witness appeared, alex butterfield, who testified to nixon s secret taping system, forever changing hi
executive action and take a look at how it could impact the economy. plus, with the primary election calendar winding down, we look ahead to november, and the key races that could decide control of congress. also ahead, new reporting on the communication between the government and donald trump s team before the fbi search of mar-a-lago. good morning. and welcome to way too early. on this thursday, august 25th, i m sam stein in for jonathan lemire. 43 million people are in line to have a chunk of their student loan debt erased. as many as 20 million could cancel all student debt and that is executive action yesterday by president biden, the president pushed back at criticism that debt cancellation will make inflation worse. 20 million people who can start getting on with their lives. all this many people can start finally crawling off from under that mountain of debt. again, to get on top of their rent or utilities. to finally think about buying a home or starting a
families. it helps both current and future bowers and will fax a badly broken system. and these actions build on my administration s efforts to make college more affordable in the first place. nbc s tom costello now with more on the plan and the mixed reaction to it. reporter: president biden fulfilling a campaign promise. cutting american student loan debt. it focuses the benefit on middle class and working families. reporter: but he s also stirred up a hornet s nest of backlash. i feel it is a little slap if the face to those who worked hard to pay it off. reporter: and from republicans who say it unfairly benefits americans who choose to go to college while ignoring those who don t. like truckers, plumbers, welders and retail workers. a lot of americans choose not to go to college. and then there are those americans who bought money to pay for school and paid it back. in what way is it fair to those taxpayers? reporter: many also argument the president exce
of hope. hope and the face of difficulty hope and the face of uncertainty . laura: now the democrat party is singing a different tune. i actually think there is a fair chance that we could completely lose our constitutional democracy for a couple of decades if we make ba decisions. oh my god, talk about lookin defeated. we note what a bad decision was don t we. deciding to endorse biden in th first place, of all people, bil clinton should ve warned the party of fearing too far from the left, a more centrist approach is what gave bill clinton to terms and the white house. by the way, it s not just the end of democracy altogether tha they re warning about, some are even predicting a civil war. they have been radicalized the late and many other things and have been pushing for violence and pushing for even civil war. let me say this, that was th most irresponsible comment comments i have heard in the longtime. we wholeheartedly reject this dark and pessimistic view of
Stuck in the mud. Some 70,000 people stranded at burning man. Heavy rain stranding them in nevadas desert while roads are expected to be reopened today. Were following the latest. Plus President Biden sticking with a familiar playbook, talking up the state of the u. S. Economy and shoring up union support. But is it working . New polling showing the economy could be the biggest threat to his reelection. And a leadership shakeup. Ukrainian president zelenskyy dismisses his Defense Minister and says its time for new approaches in the war with russia. What that could mean for the counteroffensive. Were following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central. Soon a mass exodus out of the mud. Organizers of The Burning Man Festival in nevada say they hope that in just a couple of hours tens of thousands of people whove been stranded in the desert can begin to drive out. For days now festivalgoers have been trapped in treacherous ankledeep mud adv