Welcome everyone. Its a very timely topic. The trump strategy with iran, maximum pressure is the theme of this stagnant situation. We will follow no one follows around as closely as we do and there isnt one where we wake up and see these incidents and the escalation happening in the region area this may well be a few more than a dozen incidents in the gulf targeting hackers and threatening the freedom of navigation. You asked the iranian abolition, this discontinued, 44 sanctions and around increase its enrichment of uranium. And eric, we have seen for explosions in two months targeting the afghan militia, program militia. In yemen, just this morning, the us confirmed that one of its drones were shut down. This is the second incident in yemen in, since june. So we need to discuss all of this as a very Diverse Group of experts and some i would, all of them actually i would call friends. Im going to start from the far left. With bottom, its, like right. Hes a senior fellow at the foundat
beliefs. another day of decisions split 6-3 showing deep divisions at the nation s highest court in an opinion by chief justice john roberts the majority struck down the biden administration s plan to wipe out $430 billion until student loan debt. quote, we hold today that the act allows the education secretary to wave or modify existing statutory or regulatory provisions applicable to financial assistance programs under the education act. not to rewrite that statute from the ground up. the dissenters led by justice kagan argued the secretary did have that power. quote the statute read as written gives the secretary broad authority to relieve a national emergency s effect on borrowers abilities to repay their student loans. president biden who has repeatedly vowed to wipe out student loan debt while conceding he may not have authority blasted the court and promised to find other ways to benefit borrowers. i think the court misinterpreted the constitution. in today s oth
administration impractical lifting title 42. now title 42 is the public health order that immigration officers have been using during the pandemic to block asylum seekers from entering the united states. over what they are calling public concerns. now, the tropical pointed judges robert our summer haze. and he said in his ruling that the cdc did not allow sufficient time for public comment before last month s announcement that the order will be lifted. just a few hours after the ruling, the justice department announced plans to appeal. and white house press secretary kareen jean pierre said quote, the authority to set public health policy nationally should rest with the centers for disease control, not with the single district court. well here at the latest is nbc news correspondent, in all things immigration grew, julia ainsley. welcome, julia. i first want to take a little bit deeper into the judges ruling. now, he has cited the administrative procedures act. what else we n
Well right now the Confederate Flag is no longer flying at the South Carolina state house. The honor guard took it down just a little while. It was a brief, short ceremony of huge crowds to watch the historic moment. Lets listen in for a second. [ cheering ] the flag coming down just a little after three weeks of the killing of people at a church in charleston. In that renewed calls for this moment, for the Confederate Flag to be removed from the South Carolina sit capitol. The flag was handed over to the director of the South Carolina confederate relic room where it will be displayed after 54 years of flying above the South Carolina capitol. Thank you christen. There will soon be a legal challenge to virginias decision to remove the flag from the license plates. It go go to court to keep the state from banning the plates. The governor asked the attorney general to work on phasing out the vanity plates. Breaking news right now. Former Virginia Governor bob mcdonald sentence up held. We
Website, and were emailing some of my contacts, calling them right now. We understand we are on time, but as you said Megan Mcgrath is going to be there in a little while at grosvenor. As far as traffic goes, 95 at newington, we are slow here due to lateclearing road work. 95 here, again, taking a look at 95, no problems there. Until you get a little bit north of dale city. Georgia avenue at randolph road, one left lane is getting by. Prince georges county overall looking good. Tom, dare i say, it was a little cool this morning when i stepped outside. I slept with the windows open. It was rather cool this morning. In fact, down near 60 degrees in some of the suburbs. Storm team 4 radar scanning the sky, no rain around. But its down to near 60 in montgomery and Fairfax County and parts of northern virginia. Upper 50s, shenandoah valley. In the low to mid 50s out of the mountains. Upper 60s, near 70 by the chesapeake bay. And walking to work and walking to the metro this morning waiting