hello, mike. michael: taxpayer money to provide up to $20,000 for loan forgiveness for around 40 million americans but the court ruled 6-3, the biden administration overstepped its authority. we are covering this from all angles for you, justin and grace took out student loans. they have very different reactions to this ruling. you will want to hear them. they ll be joining us live in just a moment. begin with jacqui heinrich live from the north lawn. jacqui. hey there, mike. the supreme court said today the white house did not have authority to provide billions in student loan forgiveness absent any authorization from congress. it does not appear that there s any path for that there, and right now it is unclear what back-up plan the white house has. we just got a short statement from the president, we are going to hear more from him later, for now he says the fight is not over i will have more to announce this afternoon. i believe it s wrong, i will stop at nothing t
retaliatory strikes against iranian-backed militant groups. the latest on the rising tensions in the region, plus, trump s christmas message lashing out at special counsel jack smith as the former president tries to get his election interference case thrown out. so, is the former commander in chief immune from criminal prosecution? we ll see. we ll talk about that coming up. and later on, the presents opened and the cookies devoured, millions of americans set to travel today in the post christmas rush. i m going to speak to a travel expert about some travel tips to help you survive the misery. hey, everybody. good morning to you. merry post christmas. we begin this hour with the breaking news out of the middle east. president biden ordering retaliatory strikes against iranian-backed militia groups in iraq after three u.s. service members were injured in a drone attack in northern iraq on monday. since october 17th, there have now been at least 103 separate attacks on u.s.
a very good day to all of you. i m alex witt. our top stories this hour, israel says the war on hamas could last for many months as it carries out new deadly strikes in gaza, including on refugee camps. that s despite growing pressure from the biden administration to change course. michigan s supreme court rejects an attempt to remove donald trump from the 2024 primary ballot. the opposite of a ruling by colorado s supreme court. we will dig into what that means for the former president s campaign. top u.s. officials led by secretary of state blinken set to arrive in mexico to try to tackle the record number of migrants crossing into the u.s. 8,000 moving right now toward the southern border. new storm warnings on the east coast threaten holiday travel plans. a blizzard pounds colorado as more than 6,000 flights are delayed nationwide. we begin this hour with israel and the u.s. at odds over the war in gaza. a top advisor was at the white house to talk about what come
good morning, everybody, it is 11:00 a.m. in the east. 8:00 a.m. pacific. i m yasmin vossoughian. it s good to see you. in just a couple of minutes, the president is set to deliver remarks on this memorial day at arlington national cemetery. we re going to bring you that live, and you re seeing live pictures there. but first a major breakthrough on the bipartisan effort to raise the debt ceiling and save the economy from what would be a historic debt default. and now the race is on to get enough support from congress. we re going to talk to congresswoman jan schakowsky about that and much more. in south carolina a state judge has pressed pause on the state s restrictive new abortion ban. we re going to break down what s next in the battle over abortion rights, and then in turkey, president erdogan has won an unprecedented third term in a hotly contested election. we ll take you live to ankara. we re keeping a close eye on arlington national cemetery where president biden is
trump bowing to fight back after on the ballot in colorado. state supreme court ruling that trump violated the 14th amendment of the constitution because of january 6th. the colorado supreme court confirmed that the district court got it right, that he did engage in insurrection. section 3 of the 1st amendment has to apply to the presidency because, if not it s a get out of jail free card. literally, jack smith, who would charge donald trump absolutely everything, including jay walking if he could get away with it, didn t even charge donald trump or most of the rioters on january 6th with insurrection. presidential candidate and former governor current florida governor ron desantis calling it an abuse of power and the u.s. supreme court should reverse the decision. katie: the white house hopeful vivek ramaswamy taking things a step further. listen to this. saying i pledge to withdraw from the colorado g.o.p. primary ballot until trump is also allowed to be on the ba