Paul welcome to the journal editorial report, The Middle East is on as the world prepares to mark the 1year anniversary of the October 7th Terror Attack with the israeli military pressing forward on multiple frontend taking the fight to irans socalled Axis Of Resistance in gaza, lebanon and yemen. Benjamin netanyahu vowed to change the Balance Of Power in the region. How has the at least changed since the israel hamas war began . Lets ask seth jones, senior Vice President and director of the international Security Program at the center for strategic and international studies. Good to see you again, happy to have you here. How has October 7th and the Israel Response to that changed The Middle East . There is both a shortterm and longerterm impact in the change of the Balance Of Power. The first is in the short term, weve seen hezbollah knocked on its back for the Command And Control structure that has been severely degraded. The leader of hezbollah has been killed and its interesting to
al sand alexandria hoff with the latestest on all of this. reporter: so the president tried to the use the 2003 heroes act as a route to usher in this loan forgiveness plan. of course, the supreme court shot that down yesterday. now biden administration is looking at something called the higher education act as a means to the become a plan b. we re not going to waste any time on this. we re getting moving on it it s going to take longer, but we re getting at it right away. reporter: president sd the higher education act will allow the secretary the of education to waive or release are loans under certain circumstances. very few details on how or why this route could work, and it s likely to face the the same legal challenges. as part of a joint statement released yesterday, republican senator bill cassidy wrote, quote: president biden s sunt loan scheme is still illegal and does not forgive department, but with instead ares it to to those who willingly took on the d
Politicsnation. Tonights lead, law and order. But for who . Right now, President Biden is flexing the legal powers of his office to address the countrys deepening problems. And an exclusive interview with nbc news, the president talked about the difficult decision to send 1500 troops to the border to help is a refugee crisis. He also spoke about the possibility that he might invoke his 14th Amendment Authority to raise the debt limit. If he cannot convince some of the gop to back off threats to push the country, and to an economic crisis. Heres the deal. I think that first of all, this is not your fathers republican party. This is a different group. And i think that we have to make it clear to the American People that i am prepared to negotiate in detail with her budget. In the meantime, here in New York City, there is outrage after an alleged act of vigilante justice. A Young Black Mans life is snuffed out on the subway. Prompting tough questions about who has the right to take the la
politicsnation. tonight s lead, law and order. but for who? right now, president biden is flexing the legal powers of his office to address the country s deepening problems. and an exclusive interview with nbc news, the president talked about the difficult decision to send 1500 troops to the border to help is a refugee crisis. he also spoke about the possibility that he might invoke his 14th amendment authority to raise the debt limit. if he cannot convince some of the gop to back off threats to push the country, and to an economic crisis. here s the deal. i think that first of all, this is not your father s republican party. this is a different group. and i think that we have to make it clear to the american people that i am prepared to negotiate in detail with her budget. in the meantime, here in new york city, there is outrage after an alleged act of vigilante justice. a young black man s life is snuffed out on the subway. prompting tough questions about who has the ri
evening, there s breaking news and a big victory for the biden administration, the fda and the maker but widely used abortion medication that s been taken by millions of women from more than two decades. mifepristone about an hour ago, we learned that a majority of justices on the supreme court decided in effect that the pill will remain legal no restrictions on its usage while an appeal of a lower lower court ruling moves forward that ruling by a federal judge in texas, known as an opponent of abortion, put a hold on the federal approval of the pill by the fda in 2000. and raised questions about the scientific evidence provided by the fda supporting its safety. the fifth circuit court of appeals, then froze parts of that texas judge s ruling but still left significant restrictions on this distribution prohibited pills sent by mail narrowed the window of its availability and blocked healthcare providers who are not doctors from prescribing the pills. this new ruling by the su