intense debates inside the white house, tons of pressure from groups. there s three key elements here. the details are very important. there are income caps to actually qualify for this loan cancellation. if you are an individual who makes under $125,000 a year or a family that makes under $250,000 a year and you have federal loans, the president is going to basically sign the ability to cancel $10,000 of those loans. there s another element that s important. $20,000 could be canceled for any pell grant recipients with federal loans. that s incredibly important as the administration has worked continuously over the course of the last several months to target this relief and target this cancellation towards lower and middle income individuals. the administration officials believe roughly almost all of pell grant recipients make $60,000 or less. they would all qualify. when you look at the loan cancellation, it would affect about 43 million borrowers if they took advantage of w
Set to speak to reporters before returning to the campaign trail. The critical swing state of north carolina. Live pictures from the Westchester County airport in new york, were awaiting clinton to make some remarks. This comes as President Obama slams trump just hours after they took part in a forum on National Security. The audience filled with currents and former military officials. Some of whom trump says have been unable to do their jobs due to the current administration. I think under the leadership of barack obama and Hillary Clinton, the generals have been reduced to rubble. They have been reduced to a point where it is embarrassing for our country. You have a force of 30,000 or so people, nobody really knows, but probably 30,000 people. And i can just see the great as an example, general George Patton spinning in his grave. Okay, so President Obama offered this response from laos, where he was attending the summit of Southeast Asia nations. Lets listen. Last night, sir, donald
President obama thinks. We will bring that to you live. Welcome to early start. Im john berman. Im christine romans. It is 4 00 a. M. On the east coast. Breaking news. Hillary clinton and donald trump giving surprising answers on National Security to surprising questions and nonquestions at a National Security forum in new york. Trump defended a tweet about women in the military and defended Vladimir Putin and issued new claims about information and impressions from inside his National Security briefing. Hillary clinton faced tough questions about emails and Foreign Policy choices. Do you know more about isis than they do . I think under the leadership of barack obama and Hillary Clinton, the generals have been reduced to rubble. I think that the decision to go to war in iraq was a mistake. We must learn what led us down that path so it never happens again. Im asking to be judged on the totality of my record. When referring to a comment about putin made of you, i think he called you a
Lets get right to our breaking news. Brianna keilar is here. Also elise labot. Both candidates were talking National Security. What stood out to you . A number of things but one of the things that donald trump said that i think stood out for a lot of people was him having to answer for his comments about how he knows more than the generals. This was the exchange between him and matt lauer. The generals under barack obama and Hillary Clinton have not been successful. Do you know more about isis than they do . I think under the leadership of barack obama and Hillary Clinton, the generals have been reduced to rubble, they have been reduced to a point thats embarrassing for our country. You have a force of 30,000 or so people, nobody really knows, but probably 30,000 people and i can see The Great General George Patent Spinning in his grave as isis we cant beat. Certainly we have discussed this, don, there are some in the military who may want to see more action but donald trump did not re
I appreciate the discussion to all our panelists. Thank you for watching tonight. Cnn tonight with don lemon starts now. Announcer this is cnn Breaking News. Breaking news, the president ial candidate goes head to head over National Security, bombshell emails released that show colin powell advised Hillary Clinton about using emails without going threw State Department servers. Secretary powell advised secretary clinton with a detailed blueprint on how to skirt Security Rules and Bypass Requirements to preserve federal records. I goes on to say clinton made it clear didnt rely on powells advice. As the new broke tonight, Hillary Clinton told nbc eaves Commander In Chief forum this. It was a mistake to have a personal account. I would certainly not do it again. I make no excuses for it. It was something that should not have been done. And at the same event tonight, donald trump goes on the attack against some of this countrys generals. I think under the leadership of barack obama and Hi