supreme court. we re going to go through the arguments on both sides of the case. good morning and welcome to way too early on this tuesday, february 28th. i m jonathan lemire, thanks for starting your day with us. many of the republican party s biggest names will not be attending the annual conservative political action conference in maryland this week just outside washington, d.c. potential 2024 candidates will not be at the annual gathering. rnc chairwoman ronna mcdaniels, senate minority leader mitch mcconnell and house speaker kevin mccarthy are also sitting out this year. this year s conference comes as cpac s chair faces a lawsuit that alleges he fondled a male aide to then senate candidate herschel walker back in october. his lawyer says he denies those allegations. none of the politicians that have said they are not attending have cited the allegations as the reason for their absence. however, several republicans who spoke to nbc news anonymously have said the al
we begin with the airline industry and hope for staff at the collapsed airline flybe. ryanair and easyjet say they are happy to snap them up. easyjet says it has 250 vacancies for cabin crew, ryanair says it has vacancies in all categories, including pilots, engineers and ground staff. flybe went into administration on saturday putting 277 staff out of work. in about 25 minutes we ll be getting ryanair s third quarter results which are expected to be strong due to pent up travel demand. joining me now isjohn strickland, airline analyst atjls consulting. good morning, lovely to see you. let s start with flybe. the staff were concerned about their future but easyjet and ryanair say they are ready and waiting. ryanair say they are ready and waitinu. ~ ryanair say they are ready and waitin-. . , ryanair say they are ready and waitinu. ~ , ., ryanair say they are ready and waitinu. ~ u, ., ., ., waiting. we could not have a better contrast waiting. we could not have a better c
i m rosemary church. just ahead, winter storms bearing down on both coasts in the u.s. one system could leave a foot or more of snow in parts of the northeast. another atmospheric river is said to dump rain on already flooded parts of california. plus, after the biggest u.s. bank failure since 2008, regional banks fear a broader financial crisis as their stocks tumble. former u.s. president donald trump in iowa taking swings at republican rivals, just days away from a potential indictment. good to have you with us. we begin here in the united states, where confidence in regional banks remains shaky, despite ashusurances from president joe biden that they are safe. a dozen of regional banks plunged to record lows following the collapse of silicon valley bank and signature bank. mr. biden promised to do whatever is needed to protect the u.s. banking system. and he promised to hold those responsible for the collapse f fully accountable. the management of the banks will b
those attacks in kyiv. friday, explosions in kyiv and elsewhere this morning two days after putin s bridge to crimea was damaged. reporter: yeah, certainly was a rude awakening for us here in kyiv early in the morning. a little past 8 when the first explosion happened. i ll get out of your way so you can see what s going on here, rescue recovery crews have been working this whole time. right now they re taking away some of the cars that were absolutely mangled by the explosion. we believe the impact crater is where those people are standing around there. you can see that water coming out as well. seems as though the water lines underneath were damaged, the explosions were that strong. there s also one person at least was killed here. we have seen the recovery crews remove at least one body from the scene as we ve been working here throughout the entire morning. in total, the authorities have said that at least five people have been killed, but of course, christine, as you c
surveillance video captured the moment that a pedestrian bridge was struck by an explosion and a children s playground was among the sites as well. a crater left feet away from a jungle gym. the mayor of kyiv urging people to stay out of the city, remain in shelters. explosions, reported in other cities as well. and happening now, vladimir putin is holding a meeting with his national security council after declaring an explosion on a key bridge, he called it a terrorist attack orchestrated by ukraine. translator: we have no doubt that this is a terrorist attack aimed at the destruction of the critical infrastructure of the russian federation. and authors, executors and master minds are the secret service of ukraine. ukrainian officials have not claimed responsibility but along with ukrainian civilians they ve been celebrating the explosion on that bridge. many people spotted taking selfies with art work in kyiv showing fiery blasts on the bridge. the kremlin spokesman h