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what are top cops saying about the disturbing scene. >> and decision time. will president biden fulfill a campaign promise and cancel student loan debt for millions of americans, and if he does that, might that make inflation worse? an announcement could be days away. >> good afternoon, welcome to "the lead." i'm jake tapper. we're going to start with our world lead and the mystery of who murdered russian propagandist darya dugina, the daughter of russian writer alexander dugin. an imperialist who things russia should occupy all of europe, not just ukraine, extending from ireland to ...

For florida's 20th congressional district was not exactly expected to be a nail-biter. it was a race to fill the seat of democratic representative, owl see hastings, who was in his 15th term when he died, last april, unfortunately. democrats outnumber republicans in this district, by nearly a 5 to 1 ratio. it's not even close, so it was not some kind of big upset when democrat, she lush fearless mccormack was declared the winner with more than 78% of the vote. her republican opponent, jason mariner, did not even top 20%. but, here's the important part -- but, the outcome is not definitive enou...

Second amendment, lgbtq rights, immigration and religious liberty. we should note justice roberts not in court today. he was home with the flu. let's start with the substance list of those controversial political cases. roberts' court, the chief justice in the middle. >> he's starting his 15th term and this could be his hardest term ever, because just on friday they agreed to take a big abortion case that isn't a direct challenge to roe v. wade, but it will certainly determine access to america of abortion clinics. you just saw those lines out there? that's for tomorrow's case. it's a trio of ...

Are going to hear an abortion related case. all eyes will be on kavanaugh there because kavanaugh took the seat of justice anthony kennedy, that swing vote. today is the one year anniversary of kavanaugh's confirmation but that abortion case comes out of louisiana. it requires doctors to have admitting privileges at a local hospital. critics say that it's not medically necessary. and that it's just meant to make it harder for women to get an abortion but the state says, look, it's a reasonable regulation. we want to look out for women in that case. what is interesting about it is these big cas...

Years and years, and here we're seeing the chief justice take on this role as this deciding vote. what does that tell you about how he sees his place in the court and really the place of the court? >> i'll tell you, we're in a new chapter. he's starting his 15th term on the court. but we're right at the beginning of his time as the key middle vote of this court. he's wearing that mantel pretty heavy. after his a appointment in 2015, the chief became the person in this court. he has been trying to tamp down all the politics around the court, so here he is now at the middle amidst all this polit...