reporter: there s certainly more people out here today than we ve seen in days past, especially because today we know exactly what we will get decisions on because it s the last day. you mentioned those two big cases, of course at the end of pride month. that case that has to do with whether or not a web designer can refuse to design a wedding website for a gay couple. we could see some reaction to that. the biggest one we re watching for is on student loans, whether or not biden s student loan forgiveness program will stand. the biden administration was using a congressional act started after 9/11 in 2003. it was continued through the pandemic, even invoke bid betsy devoss under the trump administration. can student loans be forgiven in their entirety forever? this would affect about 43,000 people, sorry, we re starting to get some decisions just in now. so i m going to go listen for what those are, and i said 43,000, that s 43 million people, and i ll be back to you when
holiday this afternoon with the ceremony at the tomb of the unknown soldier at our benton national cemetery. that was just a couple of hours after president biden addressed reporters outside of the white house about last week s massacre of 19 children and two teachers in uvalde texas. the president told reporters that they gathered on the south lawn. they said that there was no rational basis to the ability to persist high caliber assault weapons that could fire hundreds of rounds, quote, it makes no sense. the idea that there should be at least limits on assault weapons in the wake of uvalde, buffalo massacre which together left 31 people murdered was echoed by the vice president on saturday. after giving remarks at the memorial service for 86 year old ruth winfield, one of the victims of the buffalo supermarket shooting, vice president harris said this to reporters at the airport. you know, we are not looking for a backseat. we know works on this. it includes having assau
are ready know that women 01 average $22,000 compared to men who only owe $18,000. when you talk about black women, they oh, on average, 37,000. then let s talk about people who have dedicated their lives to educating america s students while we are in the midst of the worst education shortage we have ever seen in this country. they are educators, they owe $58,000. this is an absolute blows of families who are putting off whether they are going to buy a house order whether couples are going to start a family. it is a blow to our students. i want to bring in former education secretary, don king junior and secretary king.
only going to worsen the teacher shortage we have in this country? we already have a record number of teachers dropping out and young people graduation college and saying, i m not interested in pursuing that field. maybe one of the most important jobs in our country. we are already seeing that, stephanie. we adjusted a survey and over 55% of our current educators say that they are planning to leave the profession sooner than what they thought they would. this is a crisis. it is not that it s near. we had an education shortage for decades. but the pandemic only made it worse. we are not treating our educators as professionals. and then, we are putting the weight of doing something about gun violence on them to? it is not right. it is not fair. and it is not what will keep our students safe. we know what that is. 90% of americans believe we should pass the common sense gun laws that you heard shannon talking about. 90%!