so mj, we know the biden administration has been debate thg plan for months. why did they decide to do it? this is an announcement that has been in the works for so many months now, and the white house officially confirming earlier today some key details cnn reported earlier this week. let me walk you through those top headlines you just mentioned. as you said, $10,000 in debt forgive ness for people who make less than $125,000 a year, and then if you are a pell grant recipient, that amount goes up to $20,000. there is also going to be a pause that currently exists for loan payments for people. that was set to expire, remember, on august 31st. that is being extended one final time until the end of this year, and that s how people who are going to be paying back loans, that payment is going to be capped at 5% of their monthly income. now, as with a lot of policy announcements that come out of this white house, this doesn t have everything that some democrats and some advocat
first major announcement since then, forgiving student loan debt for millions of americans up to $20,000 per borrower. and it s angering republicans and some democrats. hello, welcome, everyone. i m sandra smith. another busy news day. john: i m john roberts in washington. this is america reports. we ll have the president s remarks as they happen during the next hour. republicans say the move will cost taxpayers billions of dollars and worsen an already historic inflation crisis. democrats say, though, that the plan does not go nearly far enough. calling for thousands more in loan forgiveness. reaction already mixed. the government shouldn t pay for it. if you go to school, you pay for it yourself. if you can t, get a scholarship. i think we can live with it. why not give the students a break, that s our future. if you go to school, you should probably pay for it. sandra: a california congressman will react in just moments. john: peter doocy on the north lawn. y
away abortion rights, we said this is not what america stands for. can we really make broad predictions about how abortion will play from what happened in a blue state look new york? well, yes, as one of the best political prognosticators out there, dave wasserman, will explain later on. it was also a good night for the mainstream candidates. jerry nadler bested a self-style progressive change candidate. and it seems like potentially daniel goldman might as well, though that race is still too close to call. while on the republican side, ultra maga candidates calling for the arrest of anti-maga candidates all lost. charlie crist is now the democratic challenger to ron desantis. and val demings will take on marco rubio. it s all happening and it all getting very interesting indeed. let s begin with that special election up there in new york s 19th. dasha burns is in kingston, new york. ryan put abortion front and center. he said this is about women s rights, it s about freedo
a 15% oncologists, so we are currently at a 15% shortfall of clinical oncologists nationally, and if we don t oncologists nationally, and if we don t do oncologists nationally, and if we don t do anything about it it will rise to don t do anything about it it will rise to 25% by 2027 and that is not very long rise to 25% by 2027 and that is not very long away and we will have a one in very long away and we will have a one in four very long away and we will have a one in four shortfall of oncologists. it is even worse for radiologists, about a 40% shortfall if we don t radiologists, about a 40% shortfall if we don t take action by 2027 so we are if we don t take action by 2027 so we are really calling on the government to invest in the workforce. they promise a workforce plan but workforce. they promise a workforce plan but we workforce. they promise a workforce plan but we haven t seen it yet and we would plan but we haven t seen it yet and we would like to see a
history. reporter: more than 400 years after the first european settlers arrived, jamestown, virginia, is struggling to survive not the passage of time, but the ravage of climate change. we are concerned that, if we don t take action, jamestown will be lost. reporter: what would america lose if this site is allowed to sink? i think part of its soul. reporter: elizabeth castoni runs the nonprofit overseeing the colony s original 22 acres along the james river, and is now racing to save it from rising water. it tells a national story, about our persistence, our democracy, and the beginnings of our race relations. reporter: the jamestown colony marked the start of representative government in the new world. it s where pocahontas married john rolfe. and it remains the site of hidden history, waiting to be unearthed. how often do you find things of significance here? every single day. reporter: but the river is