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following all of this for us. thank you. top of a brand-new hour on "cnn newsroom." good to have you. im victor blackwell. >> ill bianna golodryga. the supreme court just finished hearing oral arguments in two cases challenging president bidens 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 th...

Someone, they havent said who, some sort of cybercriminal group was able to break into one of their computer systems and lock up some of the data, and then also steal it. so it is what is known as a double extortion method, they have not only data to try to demand a ransom, but also encrypted the system. we dont know if there was a ransom that was demanded. the marshals service and the fbi counsel people not to pay the ransom. it would be ironic if they were considering paying the ransom. we don...