top of the hour now on "cnn newsroom." i'm victor black well. >> i'm erica hill. the january 6th committee has subpoenaed donald trump. he has until november 4th to turn over a slew of documents requested by the january 6th

committee, and while the subpoena was expected, it is the committee's most aggressive step yet. it could result in an epic legal battle which frankly is also anticipated. the panel is asking for phone calls, texts, videos from the former president relating to the attack on the u.s. capitol and efforts to overturn the 2020 election. >> it's also demanding trump testify under oath on november 14th. in a letter accompanying the subpoena, the panel said this. as demonstrated in our hearing, we have assembled overwhelming evidence including from dozens of your former appointees and staff that you personally orchestrated and oversaw a multipart effort to overturn the 2020 presidential election and to obstruct the peaceful transition of power. cnn's senior crime and justice reporter joins us now. the january 6th committee making it clear that they see trump as the central figure of this effort. >> reporter: exactly, victor. the center of everything.

that is what this cover letter and the subpoena makes clear as they're seeking documents and testimony from donald trump, and they're putting this subpoena against the backdrop of everything that the house select committee has found so far in their sprawling investigation. hundreds of witness interviews, thousands of documents collected, and they do believe based on all of the evidence that they have collected, the testimony that they have taken that donald trump was at the center of a multipart effort that they explained was pressuring different parts of the government, members of congress, the court system, also riling up trump supporters asking for help from justice department officials. all of it comes together around trump, and this committee does believe that there are only answers that donald trump can provide to them, information that only trump may be willing to give. the other thing that they're doing with this subpoena is they're setting this against the backdrop of history. they're testing trump as a

former president. that office holder, will he do what people in the past have also done? they say former presidents the whole way back to john quincy adams up to gerald ford have sat for testimony with committees. they also mentioned that abraham lincoln as a sitting president testified to congress, and so they really are testing trump here, putting it on the line and seeing what he does to respond in just a few weeks. >> we know it hasn't been too long since this letter was released, which means we haven't had a ton of time to look it over. the president earlier saying he'd love to testify. have we heard yet from his legal team in response to the subpoena? >> reporter: well, we do have sources that say that trump's team is discussing how to respond. we know he has a couple of lawyers designated to be handling this particular legal issue that's facing him right now out of a whole lot of lawyers that he has around him dealing with lots of different things. we are going to have to wait and

see exactly what happens over these coming weeks. he has a couple of options. he could fight this in court. he could sue. he could claim presidential privilege, executive privilege, confidentially around himself and his advisers and lawyers and he could of course, run out the clock. there is an election coming up. the congress will expire, or he has the option to testify at the same time the house select committee has options of their own. that's including whether or not they want to look to the court system to the way they did with steve bannon and peter navarro and ask the justice department to prosecute donald trump if he refuses to comply. we'll have to see how that plays out. >> we'll talk about steve bannon in just a moment. stand by for us. we want to expand the conversation now. >> we want to bring in another case involving the former president. so we're learning about some of the documents that the fbi recovered from donald trump's mar-a-lago estate in early august. some of those documents include

highly sensitive intelligence which we had known. now "the washington post" is reporting specifically that some of those documents involved information with iran, china, sources telling the paper at least one document was about information about iran's missile program. just last hour we spoke with devlin barrett who broke the story. >> some of these documents we're told describe intelligence gathering activities targeting china and obviously china is one of the major u.s. adversaries in the world, and that relationship is very tense particularly on the intelligence front, and if you call back a couple of years, you'll remember that we -- our country recently lost a lot of intelligence assets in the china space, and so obviously anything that could cause further damage to our intelligence gathering capability over there is very concerning. >> all right. kaitlyn is still with us. elliott hoenig joins the

conversation as well as joshua school, who served as executive assistant director for intelligence of the fbi. good to have both of you. elliott, let me start with you. the next steps here as we look to what happens -- we have been anticipating this subpoena for some time now, and the trump team as kaitlyn says, they're now deciding how to move forward. >> yeah, victor. so first, donald trump has to make a decision. does he want to comply with this? does he want to turn over documents? does he want to subject himself to a deposition, to questioning under deposition by the committee? that's what the committee requests in this subpoena? does he want to try to negotiate some sort of middle ground with the committee or third, does he just want to defy the committee outright? if he does, then the committee is going to have two options here. one is they can go to a court, into a federal court and seek an

order from a judge. the problem though as kaitlyn said is that takes many, many months. that's more than time the committee has. the second option that the committee will have is if donald trump defies this subpoena is to hold him in contempt and then send the case over to doj for potential prosecution like we've seen with steve bannon. we don't know whether doj would charge that case. doj has received four referrals so far from the committee. they've only charged two of them, bannon and peter navarro. they declined to charge the other two. those are the two legal avenues available to the committee if donald trump defies this subpoena. >> as we're looking at this, josh, there is a detailed list of everything that the committee is asking for in terms of documentation. you know, at the end it says and anything else we forgot is the way i read it. one of the questions at the end. when you look at that list, what does it say to you in terms of what this committee already knows? >> i would say the committee knows quite a bit, right? and that they're smart, they're trying to put a catch all in there on anything that they

missed. my guess is they're putting together a strategy, obviously what "the washington post" reported is very concerning. this is frankly not about politics. it's about national security. >> elie, let me stay with you on this. the november 4th deadline for documents, november 14th for testimony. even after the election, you've got democratic control of a lame duck house. if they send over a criminal referral, do you think this ag moves forward with consequences for a president who doesn't respond to this subpoena? >> that's a great question, victor, and the calendar doesn't matter quite as much here if they go this route. if the committee votes to hold donald trump in contempt, as long as they get that vote done before january 3, 2023 when the

next congress take oever, then that referral goes over to merrick garland's house the make a decision. garland so far is 2 for 4. he's received four referrals and charged two of them criminally. he's charged steve bannon who of course, was sentenced earlier today and peter navarro who goes to trial next month, but he has chosen not to charge mark meadows. he's chosen not to charge dan scavino. i think part of the calculation if you ask, why these two and not those two is the strength of any executive privilege argument and it seems garland was looking at, did these people make some good faith effort to negotiate, to engage or did they just sort of flagrantly defy the subpoenas? so donald trump's legal team may be thinking about those factors. do we want to at least make a show of trying to negotiate because that could make it less likely that doj chooses to charge. >> it's interesting in reading through this, how much elie referred to a flex move on the part of the committee. there's that aspect of the and there's also, and you can see in reading through this letter that the committee is really trying

to blunt some of the arguments that could be coming their way in terms of precedent, in terms of privilege, in terms of why and how they got to this point. the fact that it is so detailed, was there always a sense in washington that they were going to put it all out there like this? >> well, we've seen them put it all out there in all of these hearings over the summer and even just recently, and so the committee has really put a lot of the information they have gathered, they're condensing it now into this. they're really putting the focus back on donald trump here, but one of the things that's so interesting in watching these house subpoenas play out and what their next move might be which we just don't know yet is that the committee has really struggled as elie was saying with enforcement and even with the steve bannon case. we saw steve bannon get sentenced to jail time today, four months in jail, and yet he still has an opportunity to appeal because the judge is

acknowledging that there are pieces of the law around congress' powers that he is going to want to challenge, and that is going to go up to the appeals court here, potentially even to the supreme court. all of that may need to be worked out. there's a lot of questions legally around how powerful the house subpoena can be even if they make a very strong case for why donald trump should sit for testimony and turn over documents. >> josh, let's shift to "the washington post" reporting about some details about what was seized from the mar-a-lago estate on august 8th when federal agents searched that property. at least one of the documents was related to iranian missile programs. the others, some documents focused on china as well. your reaction to the sensitivity of the documents seized? >> well, victor, i think that these documents are extremely sensitive. i mean, china is the most enduring threat to the united states as laid out in the national defense strategy.

iran is not a -- is a close third in that regard. they are clearly hugely sensitive documents which go to sources and methods not just for the united states, but also for our allies. >> when we look at this too, elie, you know, we heard from the doj recently there's some concern there are still documents at mar-a-lago. so with this new reporting from t "the post" that just really adds to the seriousness of what we've learned here, why does it seem this is all being handled with kid gloves? if they're concerned there are still documents there, highly sensitive, why would they not go in and get them at this point? >> it's a great question, erica, and i would echo it. doj and the archives have been incredibly patient and solicitous, arguably too much so in getting these documents back from donald trump and his team. they've allowed this to play over well more than a year. they tried to nice route and tried to get some back. they tried to subpoena.

this is a grand jury subpoena saying, give us everything. again, they got some more documents back, but not all. they did the search in august, and they got what they believed was all the documents they could have gotten at mar-a-lago, but if they believe there are other documents out there, and if this reports is correct that some of the documents they've already recovered go to the most classified information of iran and china, then it's a great question. what are they waiting for? why are they playing nice? you need to go get those documents for the reason that josh just laid out. >> elie, the trump team is reportedly offering this supervised search. i don't know what that is. i know what a request is. i know a subpoena. i know a search warrant, but the idea that the attorneys will say, can't go into that room. you can't open that door. is there any scenario in which they would agree to a supervised search? >> it's an interesting, creative hybrid i guess. there is such thing as what we call a consent search where a party says, yes, you can search

my car. you can search my home. here i'm not confident that that would play out well, and let's remember doj ultimately is in the adventageous position here. they go back to the federal judge and say we need another search warrant, and if they can make that showing, they don't have to be politely escorted around. they don't have to politely be told you can look here, you can look here. doj really holds the power here. if i was back at doj and i was given this offer, we'll walk you around mar-a-lago and show you where you can look, i wouldn't be all that interested, and i don't think it's likely to be fruitful or productive. >> elie, kaitlyn, josh, good to have all of you with us this afternoon. thank you. president biden is keeping his focus on economic issues. he's speaking on the student loan forgiveness rollout back in his home state of delaware. he also has a new midterm prediction. that's next. liberty mutual. they customize your car insurance, so you only pay for what you need. contestatants ready? go!

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just moments from now president biden expected to tout his student debt cancellation policy. he's doing that at delaware state university. the white house said in a beta test last weekend, 8 million people signed up for some relief from their student loan. >> the website went live officially this week. cnn's phil mattingly is at the white house. the president is making this speech focused on younger voters. >> reporter: that's exactly right, and to be clear, just a couple of weeks ago, it wasn't necessarily an obvious thing that the president would be out talking about this issue. the kind of arduous policy prs process that led to the president's decision to cancel up to $10,000 for student loans for borrowers making up to

$100,000 for those that receive pell grants, $20,000, and it had some detractors, even from the party, and certainly from republicans who opposed the issue outright. chast wh what's changed is a couple of things. the website is up. the website is working. millions of borrowers have utilized that process. they also had a couple of court cases based on republican lawsuits go their way in the last several days, but the politics is certainly important here. it was a campaign pledge by the president. that's why he ended up moving forward with it, you. the reality is young voters, particularly young black voters were critical to the president's coalition in 2020. his officials tell me that they have seen a very real resonance of this issue of the president's action with those groups in particular, groups that would be critical in the votes just a few weeks from now in the midterm elections. the president will be speaking at delaware state. that's a historically back university making a very clear pitch on the issue that maybe a month ago wasn't a plan to talk

about on a regular basis. now moving front and center, something that understcores the fact that the white house feels like this is an important issue, but the fact it could have an effect on the midterm elections, guys. >> in the meantime, the president did bring it up a little bit earlier when he spoke about the deficit. he also had a new prediction for the midterms, phil. >> reporter: yeah, it was interesting. the president's tone this morning, and i'm sure you guys with watching was different. it was sharper. it was certainly a more political attack message to some degree when it comes to the contrast between his party and republicans than we've seen before, but as you noted, there was a bit of a prediction about what might happen in the next couple of weeks. take a listen. >> the polls have been all over the place. i think that we're going to see one more shift back to our side in the closing days and let me tell you why i think that. we're starting to see some of the good news on the economy. it's mega-maga trickle down.

mega-maga trickle down. the kind of policies that have failed the country before and will fail it again. >> reporter: that last sentence or two definitely in the sharper contrast kind of box if you will, the first though, look. predictions are always a bit of a dangerous game. we've seen that over and over again the last couple of election cycles, but i think what the president seems to be implicitly referring to is there has been a drop in the gas prices and the correlation between the president's approval, the party's approval and the potential for holding onto majorities in the senate and even the house is very much tied to gas prices. they were down for almost 100 days and started to pop back up again for about a month. over the last several weeks and last week in particular, they started to drop again. the sense that might continue into the midterm elections has created at least some sense of positivity here in the white house, and it appears that's maybe what the president was basing that prediction on earlier today, guys.

>> 18 days. i know you're counting. phil mattingly at the white house. thank you, phil. you know who else is counting down? s.e. cupp. let's talk about that prediction, and i also thought it was interesting as phil pointed out there, that sharper, more political tone from president biden, but he says, look. these voters are going to swing to the democratic side in the next 18 days because of this good news you're starting to see on the economy. i wonder too, is that not also a message to voters saying, hey. don't sit back and not vote because you're hearing we're not going to win. i'm telling you we can. i need you. >> well, that -- that would -- that could work that way, but i think it could also work the other way if the goal is turnout, and you're saying, we're going to be fine, does that create is urgency to run out and vote? i'm not sure, and it was a bit of a mixed message from biden.

s that sharper political tone i think was trying to communicate an urgency over what's at stake here, but again, telling people you think there's going to be great economic news coming and so democrats are going to come out in higher numbers than we're seeing in polls, i don't know if that's a message of urgency or not. we'll have to see. >> i'm wondering what did we expect him to say? what's the alternative? 18 days, it's a wrap. we're not going to win this. don't throw out your amazon boxes. you're not going to need them. this is probably what any president would say. >> no. i would have said, it's neck and neck. it's anyone's game, and that i think creates the urgency that my vote, my one vote could actually make a difference. i think that's -- that's the urgent tone and politicians do this all the time, and donald trump actually did it a lot during the midterm elections he

oversaw. he said, we're going to be fine, and republicans were really frus frustrated, republicans in leadership because they know the name of the game is turnout, urgency. we don't think it's going to be fine. we need your vote. >> it'll be interesting to see. we are seeing big numbers in certain areas for early voting. what that tells about how they're voting, not a lot. et just tells us that people are voting, right? it'll be interesting to see how that plays out. i'm curious with the subpoena and the letter accompanying the subpoena that leads today for the former president, the clock starts now. one would imagine that this is easy for republicans to pick it up, take it, run with it, say, hey. this is why you need us in power come 2023 because we have to stop this. how much do you think that will be a focus? >> i think it is. you know, it cuts both ways. i think a lot of voters who are not diehard maga republicans are just sick of this. they're sick of investigations

and the ugliness of the al allegations that keep coming out of trump world. i think those voters that will include independents and moderates, they want to be done with that, and that enmeans bei done with trump and in some cases, done with republicans. in the maga world, they keep these stories alive, and they get to run on them and they get to play victim of the, quote, unquote, deep state that is out to get trump. the deep state that trump invented for moments like that. >> i planned a different conversation for us before this subpoena dropped and other things developed during the day, but there's one question i held. the arizona governor's race, katie hobbs, kari lake. i know you're no huge fan of kari lake. i want to play something she said here and get your reaction to it and another question. >> if mlk, reverend martin luther king jr. were alive today, if jfk were alive today, if our founding fathers were

alive today, they would be america first republicans. >> i mean, i guess i don't need to ask for your reaction because you're laughing through it. what do you think? >> um, you can say anything and not back it up. you can claim these icons of the left as the new leaders of the far right, i guess just because, but i don't even want to waste time trying to dissect how dumb that is. it's about as dumb as the idea in maga world that jfk jr. is coming back from the dead to run with donald trump in 2024. >> i forgot about that one. >> yeah. >> that's true. >> yeah. >> s.e. cupp, always good to have you on for your perspective. thank you. across the country, there is a surge in pediatric rsv cases. what's the impact? hospitals are now running out of beds.

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doctors nationwide are racing to treat a surge of young patients struggling are a common respiratory virus known as rsv. >> in connecticut, one children's hospital is considering even calling on the national guard to help expand its capacity. what are doctors there telling you, brit? >> yeah, erica and victor, it's overwhelming for them, the staff and doctors, the fact that this surge of rsv is a common illness among children, but it's really going to new heights this month in particular. at this hospital here behind me, they're seeing so many kids come in that they're actually having to treat them in the hallways, and they're having about 15 to 25 borders as they call them per night. a border is a child who can't get admitted into the hospital so they have to spend the night in the hospital beds that are

meant to be just for triage. that's a situation that they're dealing with. they kind of show us a graph of the numbers they're seeing in relation to covid which of course, has been the issue mostly for these hospitals in the last few months. october is the first month that the number of rsv cases have outnumbered covid cases. this isn't just a problem in connecticut. this is an issue here, but the cdc said yesterday, cases of rsv are surging all across the country. here i'm standing actually in an area where the governor has been in communication with the hospital, the national guard, the department of public health, and they are thinking about setting up a field hospital right where we're standing, just in case the issue gets worse. now what they're fearful of, guys when influenza cases go up, then they have to also deal with that in addition to the rsv cases that they are already seeing. so the number one thing they're telling obviously patients no matter the age, get a flu shot to hopefully keep those influenza cases down.

>> so far we have heard too there are predictions including from dr. fauci this is going to be a flu season that is definitely worse than last year's was. brynn, appreciate it. thank you. there's an announcement that someone new is joining the race to become prime minister. britain wants a new leader as soon as possible after what may be politely described as a chaotic few weeks. cnn's bianca nobilo joining us from london. at this point, has anyone else formally jumped in? >> reporter: no, we just have penny mordent who was the first ever female secretary of consequence here in the united kingdom. she's been in the house of commons deputizing for the prime minister in name only liz truss for her sense of humor, her authority and her charisma as she performed behind the dispatch box. it's interesting she entered the

race because there was chatter she made herself a kingmaker. she is trailing behind the other two big beasts that are vying for this position, the former chancellor and the favorite of conservative lawmakers here so far, and that blond elephant in the room, boris johnson who according to all reports is expecting to put his hat in the ring for a return. we know that johnson doesn't like to lose, so if it doesn't seem he can meet that threshold of 100 mps supporting him, perhaps he won't put his name forward, but the industry of mordent is interesting because she gets her support from the center ground which means she's likely to shave aoff votes for both other candidates. they're trying to make the argument that britain won't tolerate another prime minister who is not elected by the public at large and because johnson was the last one to be elected by the public at large back in 2019, he's the obvious choice to bring the party back together, but you would be forgiven for

raising an eyebrow at that remark because this is a prime minister whose downfall was in dramatic fashion with 148 of his own lawmakers voting against him in a vote of no confidence. there's still a parliamentary investigation into whether or not he broke rules and lied to parliament that could see him sus suspended. he's definitely still a controversial choice and one who inspires just as much love as loathing within the conservative party. >> never a dull moment with uk politics. that is for sure. bianca, appreciate it. thank you. in uvalde, an officer is now under investigation for his call to delay the classroom breach when the shooter was inside the room with the children. let's go now to delaware. delaware state university. president biden talking abalone relief. >> good to be home. [ cheers and applause ] please, if you have a seat, please take it. folks, my mother would say,

excuse my back. it's impolite to be talking whiff my back to you. i apologize. i can't do both. zach, you and i got through school the same way. i was an ra, resident adviser and it helped me get through law school, and i'm glad you were able to benefit from what we're doing. i want to thank you for that introduction. you're an example of why i'm so optimistic. all of you are, about why i'm so optimistic about the future. you are the most involved. you are the most educated. you are the most engaged. you are the least prejudiced generation in american history. everybody says, why am i so optimistic? not a joke. i'm optimistic because of all of you. i really mean it. so thank you for what you are doing, and please get involved no matter what position you take. get involved. we need you badly, and i didn't see the bleachers up there. hey, everybody. [ cheers and applause ]

don't jump. don't jump. now look. by the way, as tom carpenter can tell you, i got my political start at del state. this is a place we organized for sussex county and got going, and that was back in 1871, i think. [ laughter ] a long time ago. look. before i begin, there's a lot of people that might be wondering why i'm here. you're an hbcu and you play an important role in providing opportunity. here at del state, holds such a special place in my heart. there is no better example of a university that has changed so many lives as zach just explained about his. like i've said many times, delaware state brung me to the dance as they say, and i can't tell you how much i appreciate it. i understand you got a big game

tomorrow. howard university. [ applause ] well, i tell you what, man. in case you haven't noticed, my vp is a howard graduate. and she is a very vociferous howard graduate. i'm always bragging abdout del state and we got a little thing going. besides that, we have a lot more folks, you know, the divine nine kind of runs my operation. [ cheers ] y'all think i'm kidding? you think i'm kidding? i'm not kidding, but i tell you what. to guarantee your win, i tried to figure out how we could do this. how to get mike to play for you. he scored more receptions i think than any receiver in university of delaware history, and hell of a good mayor, but he

was even a better ball player, but folks, look. what you got to do, i want you to win, but take it a little easy, okay? because i got to go back to washington, and, you know, my vice president, extraordinary partner, i didn't go to del state, but my heart's with you, man. don't let me down. win one for coach bo. win one for coach bo. [ applause ] delaware has great leadership, and one of the best graduations in america. that's not hyperbole. we have each other's back. governor john carner used to work for me and he's now the governor. he's more important than everybody, including me because he has a wife who's an incredible writer. anyway, tommy warper, one of my friends in politics, we have

been friends a long time, and chris kunz, the boy can preach. he has a divinity degrees but he can't preach as well as the next woman, lisa blount rochester. y'all think i'm kidding? i'm not. you ever hear her? whoa. whoa, whoa, whoa. they had any back and i have theirs, and we have a great attorney general in kathy jennings who worked with my son, bo, and lieutenant governor bethany hall is here as well. and the mayor robin christianson, thank you for welcoming us to dover, mr. mayor, and i said, you know, presiki knows a lot about being mayor, but he's a better receiver. thank you for what you are doing for the city of wilmington. you're making a big difference, pal. you really are making a big

difference. we've got another mayor here today. she's no longer the mayor. she happens to be the head of the director of office of public enga engagement, keisha lance-bottoms. madam mayor, where are you? there she is. [ cheers and applause ] two things i learned you got to know about keisha. one, she's smarter than you. two, she's smarter than me politically as well. that's why i hired her. it's great to see you. welcome to del state i have been bragging about. the fact is she's a famu grad, and tony, you know where the real power is where i said in the divine nine and speaking of the president of this great university, this guy used to work for me. he worked for me when i was a

senator. he left because he wanted to become a doctor, a phd in public policy. he wanted to be president, and i got scared as held he was going to run. he wanted to be president of the university. by the way, i told you, a true story when i -- when i left the vice presidency after bo died, i wasn't going to get involved with politics anymore. so i became a full professional at the university of pennsylvania, but before that occurred, three universities came to me and said they wanted to interview me and consider my being a president of the university. my wife who's a professor at a community college, she has two masters and a phd, but she's smarter than me, and she looked at me and said, if you do that, i'm leaving you. she said, it's one of the toughest jobs in america, especially if you start arguing about parking spaces and office windows. tony, thanks, buddy. you're a good friend and i can't

say enough good things about you. a year ago i signed an executive order establishing a presidential initiative to strengthen hbcus all across america. i appointed tony to lead that initiative because he's the best. tony, keisha, kamala and i unction the critical role hbcus provide for all folks in this country, particularly in building -- basically a ticket to the middle class. hbcus are great value for all americans. that's why during the pandemic, my administration did something that's never been done before. we invested $5.8 billion in hbcus. [ applause ] some suggested we couldn't get it done, but we got it done and that money already is out the door being used very well. tony and his team used a lot of that money combined with the money from the university raise to help students at del state with their debt, reducing the debt burden for 225 graduating

seniors. that's 225 delaware university graduates that are going to start getting on with their lives without the burden of student debt holding them back. that's what i want to talk about today. eight weeks ago i announced that my administration was going to provide $10,000 in debt relief to everyone who has that much debt or up to that much debt, and 20 grand if you received a pell grant, and your income was under $125,000. it's a plan for people who took out federal student loans before july of this year, and a few days ago, i launched an online application process where you can apply for that debt lerelie. so folks, i wanted to make sure we didn't end up in a position barack and i were in during the affordable care act. we tested it to see how it worked and guess what? it worked. almost 9 million people signed

on. folks, if you have student debt, you got a time limit. now if you have student debt, you can go to studentaid.gov. studentaid.gov. fill out -- it's very easy. fill out your name, your social security number, your date of birth and contact information. no forms to upload. no special ligogin to remember. available in english and spanish, desk top and mobile. folks, it takes less than five minutes. if you need additional information, we'll follow up with you. this is a game changer. we're hearing from people all over the country. over 10,000 students have written me letters so far. literally 10,000 so far. it was easy to apply signing up while hanging out with your friends or at home or watching a movie. the vast majority are applying on their phones, and it's easy -- it's just simply -- it's easy. now less than a week, close to

22 million people have already given us the information to consider the slight change in relief. my commitment when i ran for president of the united states that if i was elected, i would make the government work and deliver for the people was simple application process keeps that commitment just as i'm ch keeping that commitment to relieve student debt, and the way i think about it, the way my dad used to talk about this, the way so many at home talk about it around the kitchen table, how much are the monthly bills, and how do you have to pay for those necessities? how much do you have? is there enough? just for a little breathing room as my dad would say, left over at the end of the month. our student loan plan lowers costs for americans as they recover from the pandemic to give everybody a little more breathing room. i want to be clear who's going to benefit most.

working people, middle class folks that earn under 125 grand. you get up to $10,000 knocked off the debt and you earn $125,000, and receive a pell grant, you get 20,000 bucks knocked off. 40 million americans stand to benefit from this relief, borrowers out of school, nearly 90% it'll go to people making under $75,000 a year. let me be clear. not a dime -- not a dime will go to the top 5% of incomes, period. it goes to people who really need it. across america -- [ applause ] across america, nearly every pell grant recipient comes from a family making under $60,000. two-thirds come from families making under $30,000 a year. here at del state over 75% of the students are pell grant recipients.

that matters for millions of working and middle class people. let's talk about who's against helping the millions of you who need the help, who might want to make sure you have a shot. republican members of congress do everything they can to deny this relief even to their own constituents. as soon as i announced my administration's plan on student debt, they started attacking it, saying all kinds of things. their outrage is wrong, and it's hypocritical, but, you know, we're not letting them get away they have been fighting us in the courts but just yesterday state court and the supreme court said no. we're on biden's side. [ applause ] >> president biden there in dover, delaware at delaware state university delivering some remarks about the student loan debt relief program. tens of millions of people who

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