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hello. im abby phillip in washington. and happening right now, supreme court hearings underway that could effect millions of people who owe money on their student loans. justices are hearing arguments in two cases, challenging president bidens plan to wipe away more than $400 billion in student debt. six republican-led states and two individuals are challenging its legality. lets bring in cnns jessica schneider and renee marsh. both are at the supreme court right now. jessica, i want t...

See president biden leaning in today in his remarks, as he tries to further the theme of the state of the union, that hes going to finish the job. but also, as he emphasizes the importance of affordable health care. abby? >> all right. priscilla alvarez, thanks for all of that reporting. with me now is keisha lance bottoms, shes the senior adviser to president biden for public engagement. thank you very much for joining us. tell us a little bit, what are we expecting to hear from the president i...

Is providing adequate and affordable health insurance coverage for individuals with pre-existing conditions? what is the metric? whos the account act? >> chuck, youre fully aware the center an reckon killiation rules we cant repeal n. that remains the face of the land. do you think a bureaucrat is more -- state and local officials arent going to care about the people in their state. im the guy thats been trying to protect the forgotten men and women of kobamacare. the folks bill clinton busting ...

Grant to the states. those busting it, working 60 hours a week, seeing premiums double, coverage cut in half. weve got to address that root cause and make sure those men and women arent forgotten. >> lets talk about something else thats on the table today. north korea. the presidents words, fire and fury. then you heard something different from the secretary of state, seeming to take the temperature there. this could be interpreted two ways. one is this is good cop, bad cop, a one-two punch. the...

Insurance companies, which they spread over the rest of the population. its a fair way of doing it. without tripling insurance premiums, which, again, if you make too much money -- these are the people bill clinton was talking about, 60 hours a week, their premiums doubled or tripled and coverage cut in half. thats unfair. and they were the forgotten men and women of obamacare. >> you seem to be making a very strong case for what needs to be fixed. but why do you have to repeal and replace whats...

I wont go through the troubles they had signing up. paid premiums, sending their check stubs to make sure they qualified for the subsidies, did their taxes in march of 2015, got the bad news that they made too much money, and had to pay $15,000 back to the irs. now the irs isnt real kind about being forgiving about it, in order to pay that $15,000 back because again, they made too much money, they first pleaed their 401k, then had to sell their home, that they intend to live in for the rest of t...

I wont go through all the troubles they had signing up. pay their premiums. sent in their check stublz to make sure they qualified for the subsidies. did their taxes in march of 2 0 2000115, got the bad news that they made too much money and had to pay $15,000 back to the irs. now, the irs isnt real kind about being for giving about is it, so in order to pay that $15,000 back because, again, they made too much money they completed their 401 k. then they had to sell their home that they intended ...

Of months. so how do we know why? >> we do but nobody wants to talk about it. you remember bill clinton talking about obamacare as a crazy system. hes talking about people are busting it and then theyre left with premiums that have doubled and their coverage cut in half. those are those forgotten men and women. but we know why those premiums have doubled. weve done something with our healthcare system like you would do with auto insurance. states that have innakt acted guarantee issue, which is ...

Portman and cop toe have been pushing far treatment for opioid addiction which was not in the draft circulating yesterday. it seems stunning given the numbers in this country. joining us from capitol hill, another senator with his own concerns. chairman of the homeland security committee, ron johnson of wisconsin, what are your concerns? >> well, let me read you a quote. youve got this crazy system where all of a sudden 25 million more people have health care, and then the people out there busti...

Have to factor in that a big chunk of the people will be voluntarily deciding not to buy insurance if this bill becomes law. that being said, there are some problems here, a number of people who did receive health insurance because of subsidies or being put on medicaid, they may be seeing their coverage cut and thats something that i think republicans havent quite figured out and that theyre hoping to figure out in the senate when the senate takes a look at this bill. >> and particularly the dif...