US President Joe Biden Live at Wilkes University in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania ahead of the Safer America Plan

 

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President Joe Biden delivers remarks on his Safer America Plan that aims to reduce gun crime and save lives.

US President Joe Biden is heading to Wilkes Barre this afternoon for a speech. This comes about a month after he had to cancel his first scheduled visit.

President Biden will be on his way to the Diamond City for an afternoon address at Wilkes University, weeks after his initial visit was postponed when he tested positive for COVID-19. Barriers are set up outside the marching center awaiting the 46th president's arrival as the campus prepares.

The president's visit falls on Mara Adams and Evan Cole's second day at Wilkes University and just a week after the Biden administration announced sweeping changes to federal student loans, including ten thousand dollars in student loan forgiveness for anyone making under one hundred twenty-five thousand dollars and twenty thousand dollars in forgiveness for pell grant recipients.

The White House says the president's visit will focus on the "Safer America" plan, which is intended to address gun violence across the United States.

Air Force One is expected or scheduled to land at Wilkes-Barre. At Scranton international airport today around 2 p.m., the president's motorcade will head right here to the march center, and that is expected to cause some traffic delays for spots to avoid, as well as continuing coverage of Joe Biden's visit to Wilkes-Barre.