beliefs. another day of decisions split 6-3 showing deep divisions at the nation s highest court in an opinion by chief justice john roberts the majority struck down the biden administration s plan to wipe out $430 billion until student loan debt. quote, we hold today that the act allows the education secretary to wave or modify existing statutory or regulatory provisions applicable to financial assistance programs under the education act. not to rewrite that statute from the ground up. the dissenters led by justice kagan argued the secretary did have that power. quote the statute read as written gives the secretary broad authority to relieve a national emergency s effect on borrowers abilities to repay their student loans. president biden who has repeatedly vowed to wipe out student loan debt while conceding he may not have authority blasted the court and promised to find other ways to benefit borrowers. i think the court misinterpreted the constitution. in today s oth
a new study laying out the real danger to your health when you do not get enough. this is what we re watching at this hour. thank you for being here. president biden is taking more steps to try to lower gas prices today, and it s no coincidence he s making these moves with the midterm elections less than three weeks away. this afternoon the president is expected to announce he s authorizing the release of another 15 million barrels of oil from the nation s emergency stockpile. gas prices have dropped significantly from the peak this summer, but they are still higher than this time a year ago, and they know it and are taking note. let s start at the white house. jeremy diamond is there. what are you learning that the president is going to say today? reporter: well, kate, president biden is expect to announce 15 million barrels of oil to be released from the u.s. strategic reserve. that would round out the 180 million barrels of oil the president had pledged to release last s
and welcome to cnn newsroom. i m erica hill. president biden a short time ago laying out his plan to keep energy prices down for americans which includes another push for oil companies to boost production and it comes, that push to lower gas prices as early voting gets under way in some states. we are now officially less than three weeks to go. who is counting? yeah. the president just announced he will release another 15 million barrels from the nation s oil stockpile beginning in december. this is in addition to the 165 million barrels of crude oil that s been put under contract since this past spring. the reserves are at a 30-year low. with my you a nounsment today we are going to continue to stabilize markets and decrease the prices at a time when the actions of other countries have caused such volatility, and i ve told my team behind me here to be prepared to look further look for further releases in the months ahead if needed. we re calling it a ready and
defamation case brought by writer e. jean carroll who alleges the former president raped her in the 90s. with early voting already underway in dozens of states across the country, we are requesting to take a look at the key races in arizona and florida as well including last night, a pretty heated debate between senator marco rubio and val demings over everything from abortion to gun safety. the government is in that room because she brought them in there. she wants the taxpayer to pay for that abortion. that s government involvement pay for them all over the world. how long will you watch people being gunned down in first grade, fourth grade, high school, college, church, synagogue, a grocery store, a movie theater, a mall and a nightclub and do nothing? all right, up first, though, the president is set to give a really major speech any moment now. as soon as it comes up, we re going to bring it to you, expected to announce the release of 15 million barrels of oil f