the mid-term 71 days away. listen. it was mon mentally unfair. unfair to people who didn t go to college because they couldn t afford it. unfair to people who paid their loans back and unfair for people who got higher education in an area the government didn t make loans and just bad economics. it s clearly trying to buy votes. simply putting a future cost upon taxpayers so that joe biden can do something about his terrible mid-term elections. not all members of the president s party are on board or even on the same page. progressives are by and large praising the plan but moderate vulnerable democrats are not on board. listen. the answer is not to deny help to people who cannot deal with these horrendous student debts. the answer is not to do what republicans want to do, oh, it s unfair to this person because we re helping that person. i think a targeted approach right now sends the wrong message. a lot of people out there making $30,000 or 40,000 a year that didn
abby phillip starts right now to president s two speeches to alternate realities. that s tonight on newsnight good evening. i m abby philip in new york tonight to stories with very different tones from the men who were vying for the same job. first, the sobering president s biden s of appeal to end the violence in gaza hamas is hobbled biden says, and the time to end this war is now. biden announcing a path forward for tomorrow. and the day after, in hopes of a lasting peace. now, to the response from donald trump to his conviction on 34 counts in his home state of new york trump pulled out some of his best words, rigged, scammed, et cetera to describe how the hush money case mostly papering over the fact that this jury of his own peers found him guilty of breaking the law that trump s words today also clash with the trump in all of our memories once upon a time, he claimed that hillary clinton couldn t run, shouldn t run for president because of the specter of a trial that
a fresh round of angry words in syria. united states today joined seven western nations in expelling syrian diplomats in outrage over friday s massacre of 108 civilians including 49 children in this syrian village of hula. this weekend s massacre is a horrifying testament to this regime s depravity. this was clearly a way to demonstrate the international community s absolute disgust and horror at the actions taken by the assad regime. jessica yellin was among those listening as the president denounced the killing. i understand mr. carr aney sayi it s important to show the outrage, but president assad is not exactly shaking in his boots. what is the administration hoping to accomplish? they re trying to accepted a message to further isolate the regime, but they acknowledge it s really meant as a symbolic gesture and another step to reflect the international communities disgust. but they admit that this diplomatic action is going to stop the killing. i know it s hard, b