and we re keeping the conversation going tonight, good evening everybody i m laura coates in washington, d. c.. and i m alisyn camerota in new york. this is cnn tonight. we re here with our panelists across the political spectrum. one team here with me and the other team, the right one, in washington, d. c. here with me. and after we get started to look at two key states that people have been hearing about, when we haven t been hearing enough about, and frankly it s under the radar, but it s still a very important race. i m talking of course about north carolina. he ll handle that, when i will take georgia. let s bring in our panelists right now will start. or with former democratic presidential candidate andrew yang, also former trump communications alyssa sarah griffin , and natasha alfred. great to have you guys here. so let s start in georgia with herschel walker and senator warnock.
i m alisyn camerota in new york. one team here with me. and the other team, the right one, in washington, d.c. here with me. we will look at two key states that people have heard a lot about and one that we haven t been hearing enough about and frankly it is flying under the radar, but it is a very, very important race. i m talking of course about north carolina. okay. so you ll handle that one. i will take georgia. we know former democratic presidential candidate andrew yang and natasha alfred. great to have you here. okay. so let s start in georgia with herschel walker and senator war not. only now, right now is senator warnock spotlighting herschel walker s problematic past and i guess record or whatever he has
scott jennings is here with cnn political analyst natasha alfred. good evening to both of you. scott, by this time tomorrow night, the president will have made his speech about the battle for the soul of the nation he has been calling out the maga republicans that support the president s anti democratic move seemingly no matter what and we don t don t we have evidence of that just today? that no matter what they don t really call them out? i mean, you got this and you got this and they re not calling it out. they re making excuses? joe biden wants to make this election about donald trump and republicans want to make the election about joe biden and inflation and other things. this is the eternal battle going on between the parties now and unfortunately, donald trump often gives joe biden the ammunition to do it and so this is a raw political matter. every day we re talking about this is a day we re not talking about stuff voters would care about and move people in elections. you
student loan debt from president joe biden today laying out his plan to cancel $10,000 in student loan debt for borrowers making less than $125,000 per year. and extending the payment freeze one final time until the end of the year. now, i understand not everything i am announcing today is gonna make everybody happy. but i believe my plan is responsible and fair. it focuses the benefit on middle class and working families. it helps both current and future borrowers. and will fix a badly broken system. all right, so joining me now to discuss cnn political analyst to natasha alfred, and cnn economics commentator catherine rampell. good to have you both here in studio. thank you so much for joining me, good evening. natasha, i m going to start with you. the presidents plan, and we ll put it up, also forgives $20,000 for program recipients and proposes a cap of 5% of monthly income for repayment. how big is this going to be for borrowers?
everything i am announcing today is gonna make everybody happy. but i believe my plan is responsible and fair. it focuses the benefit on middle class and working families. it helps both current and future borrowers. and will fix a badly broken system. all right, so joining me now to discuss cnn political analyst to natasha alfred, and cnn economics commentator catherine rampell. good to have you both here in studio. thank you so much for joining me, good evening. natasha, i m in start with you. the presidents plan and will put it up, also forgives $20,000 for program recipients and proposes a cap of 5% of monthly income for repayment. how big is this going to be for borrowers? i think this is really, really important. especially when you talk about black people who will benefit from this policy. there s been a lot of conversation about, does this actually impact the black community who showed up and showed up for biden at the polls?