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
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america s revival. we have shown it can be done. cnn s steve cantorno joins us now. i m to excited to get to steve i jumped in the middle of your quote. sorry. steve, how is desantis pitching himself in this book? victor, it is really interesting. he talks a lot about being someone who not only talked the talk on a lot of these culture war, conservative, ideological issues, but someone who has really walked the walk. he talks in his book extensively about how he actually had his staff come up with a list of all the, quote, constitutional and customary powers that were in the state constitution, in laws, so that he can find the pressure points that could help him push through this really, you know, contentious agenda, and all these policy victories. and this is something his campaign excuse me, his political team talks about,
and racism and the experience of minority americans, and keep us from moving forward systematic racism and our past. yeah, and we should note it s not just schools. it s workplaces. you can t even do sort of employee trainings we all go through here at cnn, that so many people go through trainings, that talk about diversity. those now in jeopardy. steve, thank you. nice to see you. local west virginia tv reporter is thanking everyone for their concern after being hit by a car while she was doing a live shot. in a tweet, she said, i m flattered by the kindness and well wishes. i m feeling fine. just a little sore. thank you so much. she was covering a water main break in dunbar on wednesday when she was accidentally hit by an suv. watch this. and now we re starting to experience unfortunately we see this water main breaks.
privately to primary kyrsten sinema in the 2024 election. he has not made a decision. i do want to emphasize senators kii kyrsten sinema and joe manchin have shrugged off. you ll stay on top of it. thank you. the first armed election police force. it s the latest in this list of eye-brow raising proposals desantis. everything from voting rights, roll backs to what s taught in public schools there. joining us now to dig a little deeper into the policies is cnn reporter steve cantorno. nice to have you this morning. tell us, how would the election security force work? are these police officers? reporter: yeah, this would be a dedicated sworn force of 20 police officers and another 32 individuals that would support them in investigating election laws in the country.