defense today. the lead starts right now. might there be a breakthrough? after months of tuber vville blocking military promotions. the secretary tells cnn in an exclusive interview this blockade by tuberville has become a threat to national security. and major questions for the secret service today as the agency says it s closing it s case and that they could not figure out who dropped a baggy of cocaine inside the white house. plus one of california s premier hospitals facing a new federal civil rights investigation into its alleged treatment of pregnant black women. welcome to the lead i m jam tapper. we re going to start with our world lead. president biden today made quite the bold statement about putin s bloody war against ukraine. putin s already lost the war. putin has a real problem. how does he move from here? what does he do? there is no possibility of him winning the war in ukraine. he s already lost the war. that stunning assertion from biden at a new
good evening, peter. good evening, bret. people with student debt can start applying to have some of it canceled in october. right before the midterms. but it s unclear how many democrats are going to make canceling student debt part of their midterm campaigns. the amount of deficit reduction we have seen is enough to pay for this program. peter: that doesn t clear up where the money is coming from. some democrats are seeking distance including congressman jake awesomen clots. i think with similar amounts of money you could have extended pell grants medical debt for household throughout the united states. this would be more fair. and congressman tim ryan. i think a targeted approach right now really does send the wrong message. a lot of people making 30, 40 grand a year that didn t go to college and they need help as well. peter: the vice president claims the republicans are being hypocritical. a are the of the same people who are criticizing what we rightly d
borrower. it s a game-changer. we re also fixing what is called this has been the bane driving me crazy when i was out of office. this program forgives student loans to encourage students with loans if they go into public service. think of the millions that are. public school teachers. local police officers, workers at local charities, members of the military and national guard. think of the folks that work for federal, state, local governments, responding to national disasters. all of the firefighters and cops. the program is designed so that if you serve in one of these jobs you ll be able to actively assist whether you do and make your loan payments for ten years even if it s not consecutive years. your remaining balance will be completely forgiven. it s a great idea, but the program is a mess. it s so inefficient and complicated. too many people give up. think of a service member, deferring their student loan payment while they re deployed. the system is so restricted t
we ll dig deeper. in russia, the 29-year-old daughter of a putin ally whose father is known as putin s brain was killed in a fiery car explosion outside moscow with the kremlin accusing ukraine for being responsible for what russia is calling a contract killing. with ukraine celebrating its independence this weekend also marking six months since the russian invasion, i ll be talking to retired general david petraeus. and congress members jerry nadler and caroline maloney are locked in a bitter intraparty primary battle in new york city tomorrow thanks to redistricting. we ll discuss that race. and i ll take a look at the rise in anti-semitic groups across america after leafletting in a small new jersey town this weekend just days after similar leaflets were seen on long island, new york. joining me is ken delanian and brandon buck. you ve got the new nbc news poll with some major headlines. voters are angry, frustrated. they re saying for the first time that threats to
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