al sand alexandria hoff with the latestest on all of this. reporter: so the president tried to the use the 2003 heroes act as a route to usher in this loan forgiveness plan. of course, the supreme court shot that down yesterday. now biden administration is looking at something called the higher education act as a means to the become a plan b. we re not going to waste any time on this. we re getting moving on it it s going to take longer, but we re getting at it right away. reporter: president sd the higher education act will allow the secretary the of education to waive or release are loans under certain circumstances. very few details on how or why this route could work, and it s likely to face the the same legal challenges. as part of a joint statement released yesterday, republican senator bill cassidy wrote, quote: president biden s sunt loan scheme is still illegal and does not forgive department, but with instead ares it to to those who willingly took on the d
stress when in fact it s causing mental illness, anxiety, depression, suicidal thinking. john: welcome back as america reports rolls into hour number two. i m john roberts in washington. that s pretty stunning, sandra. sandra: really serious stuff. sandra smith in new, i don t. all new at 2:00, we speak to a mother who lost her son to suicide. she blames years of heavy cannabis use that made her son s delusions worse. her story and her warning just ahead. as we top a brand-new hour, any moment now we are set to see the pentagon take questions as u.s. troops remain stationed at the southern border with thousands of migrants still making their way into this country. president biden claiming the crisis is far less serious than some feared. how do you think things are going at the border, sir? much better than y all expected. john: the president claims things are looking great, more than 83,000 migrants were detained in just the past week, and given court dates to app
migrants and they tell us this is a spring board. they cross the border and are trying to get to colorado, new york and florida. in and greg abbott sent another bus yesterday, not far from vice president kamala harris home. after title 42 ended last thursday, governor abbott will send migrants to dc and new york. fresh week has begun and border patrol tells fox news migrant encounters have drastically fallen. united states border patrol experienced a drop in the number of encounters, verses earlier in the week. it is still early, we are in day three. according to multiple cbp sources, last week in california, border patrol arrested an afghan national on the fbi terror watch list. that man crossed the border with a group of migrants and the fbi confirmed a match on the terrorist screening database. yesterday the president was asked how he feels the border is going overall. how do you think things are going at the border, sir? president biden: much better than y all exp
driver s seat in the peach state against his trump backed challenger former senator david perdue and a showdown to come this fall with stacey abrams. we re in a fight for the soul of our state. we win this primary and dana: following a runoff in texas. henry cuellar is fending off a challenge with the backing of the party s progressive wing including aoc and bernie sanders. gillian: another big race is in alabama. three candidates vying for the seat vacated by richard shelby. a late surge by mo brooks is making this a close race now with three strong candidates there again a runoff could be in the cards. dana: that race is interesting to watch. team fox coverage. we re in alabama. and also texas. let s begin in atlanta yeah, georgia with mark meredith is standing by. good morning. there are a lot of notable races to watch in georgia today. perhaps the one getting the most attention the race underway right now to be georgia s republican governor nominee. incumben
the country after he certified the 2020 election results for president biden. they held dueling rallies last night. that s why we re in the fight for the soul of our state. we re doing this for a reason. we got more wood to chop. let s bring this home. i m asking for your vote and your help and your support. this has been a race of people versus politicians. you see pence coming in and all the other governors, the rhino establishment politicians, career politicians coming to georgia to make their case. we ve taken our message to the people. i m running against an incumbent governor struggling to get to 50%. harris: the winner takes on unopposed democrat stacey abrams and it could mean a rematch with governor kemp who won in 2018. abrams is still hearing it from angry voters after she called georgia the worst state to live in. i wouldn t say it s the worst place to live in. i lived in chicago and i think it s a lot more expensive and a lot more dangerous to live in.