9 AM ET: Student debt relief, Iran attack expected, Johnson speaks with Trump & more

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🗓️ 12 April 2024

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The Biden Administration says its cancelling $7.4 billion student loan debt using existing relief programs. Israel is preparing for a possible attack from Iran and the US is trying to prevent it. Severe storms have led to flood rescues in parts of West Virginia and Pennsylvania. House Speaker Mike Johnson is in Mar-a-Lago today to speak next to former President Donald Trump. And, there are plans to expand two monuments in California. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:31.6	Hello from CNN, I'm Joe Beck, with the five things you need to know for Friday, April 12th.
0:38.0	The Biden administration says it's cancelling more student loan debt for more than a quarter of a million borrowers.
0:44.0	CNN's Aleet Science has more.
0:46.0	Joe, the Education Department announced it's using an existing program to cancel an additional
0:51.0	$7.4 billion in student loans.
0:54.0	Most of this relief will go to those enrolled in Biden's Save Repayment
0:57.2	plan, which ties monthly student loan payments to income and family
1:01.0	size.
1:01.8	That brings the total of student loans forgiven by
1:04.0	Biden to $153 billion for nearly 4.3 million people, the most by any
1:10.4	president in history. As the November election approaches,
1:14.1	the Biden administration has been eager to show
1:16.5	how much student loan debt it's canceled,
1:18.8	making announcements about relief roughly once a month.
1:26.0	Israel is preparing for a possible attack from Iran, and the U.S. is working to prevent it.
1:29.0	Secretary of State Anthony Blinkin recently spoke with the foreign ministers of Turkey, China and Saudi Arabia to urge them to help
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