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
supreme court. we re going to go through the arguments on both sides of the case. good morning and welcome to way too early on this tuesday, february 28th. i m jonathan lemire, thanks for starting your day with us. many of the republican party s biggest names will not be attending the annual conservative political action conference in maryland this week just outside washington, d.c. potential 2024 candidates will not be at the annual gathering. rnc chairwoman ronna mcdaniels, senate minority leader mitch mcconnell and house speaker kevin mccarthy are also sitting out this year. this year s conference comes as cpac s chair faces a lawsuit that alleges he fondled a male aide to then senate candidate herschel walker back in october. his lawyer says he denies those allegations. none of the politicians that have said they are not attending have cited the allegations as the reason for their absence. however, several republicans who spoke to nbc news anonymously have said the al
determine the future control of the upper chamber. that debate tonight, just a few moments ago, actually, between the incumbent democratic senator from georgia, reverend raphael warnock, and republican candidate, herschel walker, is the thing that could tip the scales. the stakes were already high headed into this debate, by the way, it s the only debate that candidates will participate in. for a race that could determine which party controls the senate. in other, words a lot of people have a lot of interest in how this debate went down. especially because, for the past few weeks, we have endured, seemingly, and this barrage of stories about the republican candidate in particular, herschel walker. there have been reports about domestic abuse allegations, having secret children, paying for an ex girlfriend to have an abortion because he wasn t ready to be a father, that the ex girlfriend was also the mother of one of secrets children, and had to press walker to pay for the abo
great show, chris, have a great weekend, my friend. you too! y fr thanks to you at home for joining us this evening. we have a lot to get to. every senate race in the country is essentially the most important senate race in the country, with dozens of election deniers on the ballot, and democracy itself hanging in the balance. not one of them is more critical than the georgia senate race. it is the battle that could determine the future control of the upper chamber. that debate tonight, just a few moments ago, actually, between the incumbent democratic senator from georgia, reverend raphael warnock, and republican candidate, herschel walker, is the thing that could tip the scales. the stakes were already high headed into this debate, by the way, it s the only debate that candidates will participate in. for a race that could determine which party controls the senate. in other, words a lot of people have a lot of interest in how this debate went down. especially because, for
critical than the georgia senate race. it is the battle that could determine the future control of the upper chamber. that debate tonight, just a few moments ago, actually, between the incumbent democratic senator from georgia, reverend raphael warnock, and republican candidate, herschel walker, is the thing that could tip the scales. the stakes were already high headed into this debate, by the way, it s the only debate that candidates will participate in. for a race that could determine which party controls the senate. in other, words a lot of people have a lot of interest in how this debate went down. especially because, for the past few weeks, we have endured, seemingly, and this barrage of stories about the republican candidate in particular, herschel walker. there have been reports about domestic abuse allegations, having secret children, paying for an ex girlfriend to have an abortion because he wasn t ready to be a father, that the ex girlfriend was also the mother of