parties today finally getting a briefing on the classified documents found at the homes and offices of president biden, former president trump, former vice president pence. will they get the details they have been demanding on what secrets may have been exposed? the latest on rupert murdoch. a live report from kier simmons in crimea. many civilians will be caught in the middle. 2.4 million people live here. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington where supreme court justices have been hearing arguments on two separate challenges to president biden s student loan forgiveness plan. the 26 million americans have applied for it. putting at risk a program potentially available for 40 million people. the program blocked late last year by a circuit court of appeals and a federal judge, would provide up to $20,000 in debt relief for borrowers earning less than $125,000 a year. at issue, whether the states have standing to appeal as well as the larger constitutio
they are saying, this is a really major issue, so congress needs to have been more explicit. the progressives and justice kagan said they were explicit. the major questions doctrine which you are using here is very amorphous. it looks as if enough members of the court will embrace that. it will come down to standing. standing means the people who are suing have to show they have been injured. the six states have not been injured here. the only injury is that an education agency in missouri says the state of missouri says that agency will be hurt. the agency is an independent entity that decided not to sue. that s why justice jackson s question was to the point. she was saying, you are talking about the major questions doctrine. that means separation of powers respecting congress. but standing, which conservatives it s a hobbyhorse issue for them.
at distraction, if you like. i mean, either borisjohnson is being badly advised or he s being very well advised and he s ignoring the advice. but, whichever it is, he s ending up trying to, as i say, sort of tick box populist policies to allow some of his potential critics on the backbenches to feel that their hobbyhorse issue is being advanced at the same time as the british public and the activists the tory activists can see that he looks a broken man, and those optics, i think, have a much more profound impact than any policy that he might try to put forward in a sort of kneejerk reaction. and helen lewis from the atlantic. i mean, in the sunday papers, various newspapers the telegraph and sunday times they were reporting it as a blizzard of crowd pleasing policies. you know, laura s touched on it but, you know, one of them was the announcement about the bbc licence fee. within a few hours, lo and behold, the culture secretary, nadine dorries, was tweeting
being very well advised and he s ignoring the advice. but whichever it is, he s ending up trying to, as i say, sort of tick, tick box populist policies to allow some of his potential critics on the backbenches to feel that their hobbyhorse issue is being advanced. at the same time as the british public and the activists, the tory activists can see that he looks a broken man, and those optics, i think, have a much more profound impact than any policy that he might try to put forward to in a sort of kneejerk reaction. and helen lewis from the atlantic, i mean, in the sunday papers, various newspapers, the telegraph and sunday times, they were reporting it as a blizzard of crowd pleasing policies. you know, laura s touched on it, but you know, one of them was the announcement about the bbc licence fee, within a few hours, lo and behold, the culture secretary, nadine dorries, was tweeting on sunday about that bbc deal. so does that mean that we should see
i mean, a pointless attempt at distraction, if you like. i mean, either borisjohnson is being badly advised or he s being very well advised and he s ignoring the advice. but, whichever it is, he s ending up trying to, as i say, sort of tick box populist policies to allow some of his potential critics on the backbenches to feel that their hobbyhorse issue is being advanced. at the same time as the british public and the activists the tory activists can see that he looks a broken man, and those optics, i think, have a much more profound impact than any policy that he might try to put forward in a sort of kneejerk reaction. and helen lewis from the atlantic. i mean, in the sunday papers, various newspapers, the telegraph and sunday times, they were reporting it as a blizzard of crowd pleasing policies. you know, laura s touched on it but, you know, one of them was the announcement about the bbc licence fee. within a few hours, lo and behold, the culture