the crime. that is what we are watching this hour. hello, everyone, thank you for being here, i m kate bolduan. right now the supreme court is hearing the arguments for two cases that are at the heart of americans. at the heart of it is the biden administration student loan forgiveness program. the argument is that the president overstepped his authority here when he said he would give up to $20 million in student debt. that is a lot of money for a lot of people and hanging in legal limbo today. signs of how much interest there is in the court decision, take a look at the crowds out in front of the court this morning. jessica snyder is also live outside of the supreme court as this is playing out. she is joining us now. jessica, you are listening to the first hour-ish of oral arguments. what are you hearing? the justices are zeroing in on the price tag of the program, and whether the president way of the extensive program. these are the numbers. 40 million students are
with a strike by nurses. the family of yousef makki when the fight to have a fresh inquest into his death. a surprise fall in the amount spent by shoppers in december, as people cut back on their christmas spending. # it would be so nice. # and tickets have gone on sale for madonna s good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news channel. the ukrainian president volodomyr zelensky has appeared via videolink to make a direct appeal for tanks, at a meeting of western defence chiefs in germany. representatives of more than 50 countries are discussing the co ordination of stronger military support for kyiv. president zelensky called on the allies to agree the delivery of tanks and other advanced weapons as a matter of urgency. germany is under pressure to allow its leopard two tanks to be exported to ukraine, which isn t a member of nato. the uk has commited to sending 1a challenger 2 tanks to the frontline. here s our diplomatic correspondent, james landale. for western defence chie
they are coming under hundreds of military barrages as the russian forces are trying to break through their defenses and encircle them and cut them off, but for the time being, that is not the case. kate. thank you, melissa. a father of a u.s. veteran killed in ukraine described his son as very strong sense of what is right and wrong. state department confirms that andrew peters died february 16th. the afghanistan war veteran joined the international leegio of ukraine that was formed by president zelenskyy, and in a statement, petr s parents said this, he felt that he should use the combat skills to help the ukrainian people fight and liberate their country. he was 28 years old. we ll be right back. sometimes you re so busy taking care of everyone else you don t do enough for yourself, or your mouth.
it feels early doesn t it after andy murray s 4am finish. and the news is different from a british perspective too, because cameron norrie has been knocked out in the third round in melbourne, beaten in five sets by world number 71jiri lehecka. norrie who is the 11th seed has still never reached the last 16 of the opening grand slam of the year. he was twice ahead before lehecka came back both times to take it to a deciding set. it began with norrie having some tape applied to his knee during a medical time out. and whether it affected him or not the 21 year old czech, ranked 71 in the world, took it 6 4. meanwhile, 25 years on from petr korda winning the australian open another korda has made waves in melbourne again. petr s son sebastian beat two time finalist daniil medvedev to reach the fourth round, winning in straight sets against the seventh seed. world number one iga swiatek needed just 55 minutes to progress to the fourth round. she beat spanish qualifier cristina bucsa elsewh
CZECH REPUBLIC, November 18 - Dear guests, ladies and gentlemen, we celebrate a true holiday of Czech democracy today. The 17th of November 1989 brought back