debt as responsible and fair. the nation struggling for basic needs and thanks to the economy president biden himself created may beg to differ. blasting joe biden for overreach. it is unfair to people who paid loans before. of course, taxes and prices will get higher. i don t think he should do it at all. i really think he can care less the actual loan aspect of it. to put himself in a good light with younger voters. todd: kevin corke live from washington, kevin. good morning to you. this is one of those things you have to say to yourself, i wonder what was going on in the room when they were talking about this? the president as you heard by now it described his plan to forgive $10,000 in student federal loan debt. and on a campaign, he said that was the right thing to do to make a difference for families out there struggling and they need a break. a lot of other people feel like maybe that is not something, especially if you didn t have the money to go to coll
country. i believe in the very soul of this nation. and most of all, i believe in you, the american people. i believe it in my core, there isn t a single thing this country cannot do when we put our mind to it. just remember who we are. we are the united states of america. there s nothing beyond nothing beyond our capacity. that s why so many foreign companies decided to invest making chips in america. billions of dollars. we re the best. we have to believe in ourselves again. and now i m going to take action that i have been looking forward to doing for 18 months. going to sign this inflation reduction act. okay. here we go. it s now law. [ applause ] all right, we have been watching president biden at the white house signing what democrats are calling the inflation reduction act into law. that is sweeping investment in green energies, tax reform, and other measures related to health care. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. the $750 billion health care, tax, and c
hey, everyone. it s saturday, august 6th. thank you for waking up with us. phil i shouldn t ask about how you re holding up. how is your wife holding up with those four children? they have been fed, as far as i know right now. not watching on the cameras like you guys have. they are happy with their breakfast. i hope there s some cartoons going on. i have to be careful about tv stuff. it s saturday. you watch cartoons, right? phil, when are you coming home? after 11:00. don t worry, wifey. walk through the door and here s the children. it s the beauty of it. amara great to be with you. step by step, democrats moving closer to a major climate bill. that bill has passed a key hurdle in kyrsten sinema, who supports the legislation. her support is essential as democrats push for passage of the legislation, after what we will call a convoluted procedural process. here s a snapshot of what is in the bill. it includes $369 billion to combat climate change, which is the lar
taiwan in six different locations opening fire. so what is the cost/benefit analysis of this trip here? live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster. it is thursday, august 4, 9:00 a.m. here in london, 4:00 a.m. in washington and 11:00 a.m. in moscow where closing arguments are expected in just a few hours in the trial of u.s. back star brittney griner. it is the second hearing so far this week for griner who was arrested at a moscow airport back this february. she is being held on drug charges after being caught with cannabis oil in her luggage. griner pleaded guilty to the charges against her in hopes of securing a lighter sentence. the u.s. has attempted to broker a prisoner swap with moscow, but so far no agreement. fred pleitgen isle following the developments for us from moscow. and this could be the final day, we could get the result. reporter: we could indeed. certainly something that is not set in stone and isn t necessarily on the official agenda.
attorney for palm 3w5beach coun. where is this investigation potentially headed? good morning, erica. i think this provides further evidence that the department of justice is investigating donald trump. the doj clearly wants to learn what trump said and did on and about january 6. remember, they already interviewed marc short and greg jacob and now they want the two pats. last week we had reports that do skrchlt was trying to block the claims of executive privilege the reason why is to get at trump s communications. why do you want to get to trump s communications? not so you can indict rudy giuliani, although that may happen, but to investigate the former president. also to put water on this, it means that an indictment of donald trump is not imminent. because when you litigate issues of executive privilege, that normally comes at the beginning of an investigation rather than the end. how do you see that playing out in terms of executive privilege here? i think that do