following all of this for us. thank you. top of a brand-new hour on cnn newsroom. good to have you. i m victor blackwell. i ll bianna golodryga. the supreme court just finished hearing oral arguments in two cases challenging president biden s student loan forgiveness plan. the decision could affect 40 million borrowers. the program, which would provide up to $20,000 of debt forgiveness has been on hold after a lower court blocked it back in november. conservatives challenging the program argue it will have widespread economic repercussions. the congressional budget office estimated it will cost $400 billion over time, but justice ketanji brown jackson argued one of the largest servicers of student loans, mohela in missouri, is not a government entity. in fact, isn t that really as you say the most important thing if economic injury is the point? yes. i understood that the injury that was being asserted here was an economic injury, but if we look at mohela and we
thank you so much for letting us into your homes during these truly extraordinary times. we re grateful the beat with ari melber start right now. never more extraordinary than now. right j hi, nicolle. thank you so much. good to see you. welcome to the beat. tonight we are here as a nation. everyone got up, everyone started their day. if you re on the east coast you re ending your day, and everyone s doing just about fine you can have the america and do what you re supposed to and not worry about who gets as long as it s faithfully and fairly executed. we re a day out from what happened yesterday and everything s okay. the reality, though, is one that is different for defendant donald trump this is his first full day deal welcome an open criminal case against him not his lawyer, not his cfo, not one of his many aides. this is something he never experienced himself, and only he can say how much he thought about or emphasized with all the other many people who wer
this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening like breathing fire 50 million people in the west from california to montana suffering under heat alerts and temperatures not just a little bit hotter than normal but pushing 15 to 30 degrees above average. a relentless heat wave now more than a week in smashing records. at 116 degrees yesterday sacramento recording its highest temperature ever in fact, over a million northern californians have experienced temperatures of 110 or higher a danger to people, the crippling heat also leaving the region s power providers and customers on tenterhooks. officials imploring californians tonight to conserve electricity use during peak demand hours, hoping to avoid rolling blackouts. miguel almaguer is there and has the very latest reporter: tonight across california, the lights are on for now. on the brink of blackouts again as power demand reached an all-time record high overnight, slivers of the golden state plunged into dark
behind, but that does not indicate he does not also have a weapon with him. police say he likely fired on the festivities from a roof top, a roof top he climbed up on to attached to the building and used what s described as a high powered rifle which was recovered at the scene. the tragedy comes less than two weeks after president biden signed a bipartisan gun law meant to help prevent mass shootings in the u.s. the president eluded to today s shooting in remarks last hour barely eluded. our senior correspondent mike tobin is in chicago with the latest on the deadly parade shooting. mike, good evening to you. reporter: good evening, trace. this is obviously a big development now that anyway have made the identification of bobby e.crimo iii. there is stuff coming up on social media now. this individual does appear to have left a footprint. we ve got to go through and vet it all before we relay it to you. law enforment said they will provide us a picture. they said he was dri
television has grown faster than a teenager, and now it is time to grow up. the tv was the center of the house. i don t remember a time without tv. by 1960, essentially every household in america had a television. it was a new way of bringing the world to you. when something big happened on television, it really did happen to the entire country and impacted the entire country at the same time. keep an awakened eye on the world. suddenly television was the main event. everything else changed, even the way in which you went about the business of getting someone elected president. david, will you hit the one-minute button, please. 30 seconds and the cut, please. in 1960, the nixon/kennedy debate was a first in television. a lot of people were watching that night, and it introduced a lot of people to kennedy. would you let me see the tight shot on camera one, please? can you hear me now speaking? is that about the right tone of voice? good evening. the