student loan forgiveness plan, but the president won t get the last word. their senior national correspondent s life in the nation s capital with more on this. a mixed bag for the presiden of the united states today heading into the weekend with a pair of bills on his desk. one of them a victory for the administration and a nation teetering on the brink of default. this takes could not have been higher. if we had failed there were extreme voices threatening to take america for the first time in our to hundred 47 year history into default on our national debt 50 gate the default bill goes as a victory lap happens at the white house in the meantime a rejection of the biden student loan forgiveness program in both houses of congress congress would be to feed for the president if not for his pen. to give the president is going to veto this bill 90 percent of the relief will go to americans who make $75,000 or less. this is part of the president s economic policy and economic
ballot, and we ll place judges on the bench who will do it justly. we do not seek to judge people by the color of their skin but rather the content of their character. everybody s quoting dr. king. for what purpose? for those on the right, it s usually to lie about the meaning of his words. such as that anything that helps non-white people or gives them a fighting chance against systemic racism is itself racist. also tonight, george santos claimed that not only was he a collegiate volleyball star, he said he had to get both knees replaced as a result. those are the silly lies. but there are also serious new questions about alleged links to a sanctioned russian oligarch, and a company accused of fraud. plus, the obama and trump administrations ended very differently, which goes a long way to explain why the trump and biden classified document investigations are so very different. first, happy martin luther king jr. day from new orleans, one of my all-time favorite citi
thank you so much for letting us into your homes during these extraordinary times. we are grateful. happy monday. happy monday and thank you. welcome to the beat. on this monday many are marking today s holiday which honors doctor martin luther king. you can see the replay at the king monument at the national mall. also present biden making it clear that he does not see today i work about commemorating some past history but a test for right now, for all of us about how america faces the rising hate with today s problem and not just yesterday s. also how we deal with what we know is the original sin of racism and racial strife, supersized in some way for this maggot era. we face another inflection point and one that will determine what this country will look like several decades from now. will we choose democracy and community over chaos? love over hate? these are the questions of our time and in the life and legacy of doctor king and remind us to show us the way forward
thank you so much. tonight, we have a report on some of the key evidence that can inform whether there are charges in the trump probe by special counsel smith. that s amidst new reports crossing the wire late today in the new york times about his aggressive approach to all probes, including this one. that s coming up. by the end of the hour, we turn to the director behind a movie obama says he lived. cameron crowe makes his beat debut tonight. show me the money, et cetera. but we begin right now with the top story in america. the new order in washington. this is the first formal week of speaker mccarthy s tenure after his late start. while there was talk about inflation and pocketbook issues, the gop s new house majority is using its power to highlight abortion and its stances against abortion rights, with votes on two separate bills. one appears to be a kind of while it does not apply to over 99% of procedures. the other using the force of federal law to basically take
and giano caldwell, but first this. john: to kick off america reports, life expectancy in america dropping to the lowest level in more than two decades, according to the cdc. deaths from drug overdoses and covid fueling the decline. john roberts in washington. sandra, good wednesday to you. sandra: i m sandra smith in new york city. plunged to an average of 76.1 years in 2021. fentanyl poisoning driving that number with more than 72,000 deaths by the end of last year. john: president biden s border crisis making it worse. officials are trying to stop the flow of fentanyl from creeping into the u.s., but despite efforts, parents are feeling the consequences of drugs in their family. fentanyl has changed the game. no longer can we say just be careful or it s not going to happen to my family. it took half of what he thought was a percocet. you have to talk about these pills and other forms that unfortunately they are now taking other than just pills. no mother want