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alex marquardt. thank you for that report. let s bring in cnn, s jeremy diamond, live for us from tel aviv. jeremy, what more can you tell us about this warning from the israeli defense minister on escalating tensions on the border with lebanon? well, there have been continued skirmishes between the israeli military and hezbollah forces on the lebanese side of the border. and amid all of, that there has been an intense round of diplomacy, american diplomacy where they are trying to prevent the skirmishes from turning into a wider conflict between israel and hezbollah. also to try to search for a longer term solution. that is indeed the message that israeli officials delivered to this envoy for president biden who arrived in israel today for these meetings to try to de-escalate the situation, both the defense minister as well as the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, both telling hochstein that they ....
Exchanges of fire continue but nothing broader. so now the defense minister saying that the window of time for that diplomacy to take effect, to be able to achieve some kind of a longer lasting security and peace across the border, that that window of time is closing. and netanyahu telling hawk scene, according to the israeli prime minister s office, that whether through diplomacy or another way that those civilians will eventually return to those areas that israel will reestablish some sense of security for those individuals. of course a lot of bluster there and very much hinting at the possibility of a military solution to this problem if diplomacy fails. jeremy diamond, live for us in tel aviv. thank you so much. let s take you now to the pentagon with cnn s natasha bertrand. natasha, you are learning more about the u.s. drone strike that killed the iranian-backed commander in iran. yes, boris. adding to all of these tensions that were just laid out there across the middle eas ....
Protections. we re covering every angle of this story only the way cnn can. we also have cnn s jeremy diamond at the white house and melanie zanona an capitol hill. quite a busy week for you. walk us through first this student loan forgiveness plan of biden s being scrapped by the court s decision. absolutely right. the supreme court moves to block this student loan forgiveness plan. it was supposed to give relief to millions of borrowers up to $20,000 in the wake of covid. and biden says, look, if the program was necessary, he wanted it to give some people some breathing room so there wouldn t be delinquencies and defaults in the wake of covid. but these republican led states challenged it right away, and they said, look, he can t just ....
The supreme court because justice neil gorsuch again for a 6-3 court said, look, this is on first amendment grounds. the government or colorado in this case can t basically force you, right, to give a message, create a custom product with a message that you disagree with. so that was really, again, closely divided opinion, a big win for her. jeremy diamond at the white house now. we have the president set to speak in just 30 minutes. this is a big day, a big day of defeat certainly for his agenda and his views. he s not happy, no doubt, about these decisions, but it seems perhaps he was prepared for them. reporter: yeah, no doubt about it. i mean, listen, this administration maintained publicly that they hoped the supreme court would uphold the president. they felt they were on solid legal ground, but behind the scenes officials were very much prepared for this outcome, which ....
J jeremy diamond is at the white house. possibility the president shortens his trip because of the ongoing negotiations? reporter: that appears to be exactly the case. the white house was very clear that the president is leaving tomorrow for japan, but the white house national security spokesman saying they are reevaluating the rest of the trip and told me directly a cancellation could happen of those last two stops, new guinea and australia where president biden is set to meet with the quad members, a key issue as it relates to u.s. leadership in the indo pacific. listen to john kirby moments ago. we re reevaluating the rest of the trip right now. i can speak to hiroshima, i can speak to the g-7. we re evaluating the rest of the trip. as you might expect, should there be changes made or need to be made to the rest of the trip, we will absolutely make proper notification. what s going on right now is ....