Jimmy Barrett and Shara Fryer take you through the stories that matter on the morning of 06/26/2019, including: Democratic Presidential Hopeful Bernie Sanders floats a proposal to eliminate 1.6-trillion dollars in student loan debt… by taxing Wall Street speculation. Critics from both sides have blasted the program as completely unrealistic, but he’s still running strong in the presidential polls. Is this just the latest in a long line of election-year schemes to pander to a base? The US Supreme Court says it’s okay, so why hasn’t sports betting come to Texas yet?!?! A regional divide has opened as states decide whether to expand their gambling options. By year’s end, legalization is possible in a dozen states in the Northeast and Midwest. But most states in the Deep South and Far West — SEC and Pac-12 territory in college sports — are staying on the sidelines, at least for now. Kicking off the race to 2020, the first Democratic presidential debate of the 2020 cycle will be held in Miami on Wednesday and Thursday of this week. Candidates are expected to be grilled on all things policy, party and news of the day. The various potential challengers to President Trump in 2020 are battling to set the tone and stand out. Some critics may argue that some of the 2020 Dems are trying to out-radicalize each other.