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Then we have to work to make college more affordable. i would love to see the federal government double the pell grant program. in 1980 the pell grant program covered about 80% of the cost of college. no, it covers less than one third. we have transfer that cost from the federal government to students and their families in the form of debt. that is a policy mistake that needs to be corrected. >> let's listen to miguel cardona. >> from day one we have been making sure that our students are at the center. we have provided over $65 billion in debt relief and we are fixing a broken system. for exa...

Is the department of education doing about it? >> look, from day one, we have been fighting to make sure our students are in the center, focusing on students and our borrowers. we provided over $65 billion in debt relief, and we're fixing a broken system, for example, public loan forgiveness. we're waiting on the supreme court. it's in our dna to make sure we continue to fight for our students, and continue to make sure that higher education is accessible and affordable. >> secretary miguel cardona, thank you very much, we appreciate you coming on today. >> thank you. and a reminder, nicolle...

>> it sounds like it altered your career path. >> it did. it absolutely altered my career path. i didn't have time to wait for the infrastructure to catch up to, you know, the business that we wanted to have so i just had to let it go. >> broadband isn't a luxury anymore. it's a necessity. >> reporter: commerce secretary gina raimondo is leading the biden administration's $65 billion broadband push as part of the bipartisan infrastructure law signed in 2021. >> bravo. >> reporter: the broader mission is maintaining america's competitiveness with china. >> it's really essential to our competiti...

I think the facts simply belie that proposition. as i mentioned, our trade relationship reached the highest number that it's that it's ever hit. last year, about $700 billion in trade. american foreign direct investment in china has reached levels that we haven't seen since 14. >> yeah, our trade is huge. but what he left out of course ,is that in the first quarter of this year, we've already run a deficit of $65 billion with china every it's going up. now, during his remarks monday, blinken, like he kind of was auditioning to be beijing's minister. >> parenthetically, we've got about 300,000 ...

By the government. our medical editor fergal walsh explains. the drug suppresses appetite by mimicking a hormone released after eating, so making you feel full. in trials, obese patients lost around 15% of their body weight. the initial plan was for it to be available only via specialist weight loss clinics, which would limit it to 35,000 people a year. this two year £40 million gp pilot scheme will add several thousand patients to that, but if successful could open it up to many more. and there's no doubt about the scale of the problem. over 12 million adults in england are obese with a body...