. . . . you were in the cnn newsroom paula read in washington, jim acosta is off. we begin with the latest emergency act aimed at a time global banking crisis, switzerland ubs is buying the rival credit suisse after the bank lost 25% of value the past week as major depositors fled in droves. even as an emergency loan from the swiss national bank failed to shore up confidence. that bank says the take-over of ubs should, quote, secure financial stability and protect the swiss economy. joining us is cnn economics and political commentator catherine, first i want to go cnn anna stewart. put this in perspective, how big of an announcement is this. this was for the time one of the biggest banks in the world and definitely a major bank in europe. being in the midst of a huge set of restructure the last couple of years, it was already under pressure and you ve seen the pressures on the banking sector with silicon valley bank, you can say it was a weak link started to debuckl
dozens of people were kill and injured in greece when two trains collided head on at high speeds. what we know ahead. and we begin on capitol hill, where right now attorney general merrick garland is fielding questions from the senate judiciary committee. as the justice department investigates classified documents found on the properties of president biden, former president trump, and former vice president pence. today s hearing comes after congressional leaders received the classified briefing from the doj yesterday, which they said, quote, left much to be desired. and this morning, the washington post reports that leading up to the doj s august search of former president trump s mar-a-lago estate, two senior fbi officials who would have been in charge of leading the search resisted the surprise plan as too combative. and proposed seeking trump s permission to search his property according to four people familiar with the discussions. i want to bring in nbc news julia ai
voters in wisconsin after an eventful state of the union address. severe weather threat. thunderstorms, flash flooding, and possible tornadoes sweeping through the south. two children killed, six injured, when a bus crashes into the building. tonight, what happened to the driver. super bowl super security. an inside look at what it takes to protect one of the world s biggest events. and our new series you won t want to miss, living well. tonight, the author who says he has unlocked the secret to living a longer life. announcer: this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. norah: good evening to our viewers in the west and thank you for joining us on this wednesday night. tonight, president biden is taking his message directly to voters, one day after delivering his state of the union address to a combative crowd of republican lawmakers. the president s trip to the battleground state of wisconsin is a kickoff of what s exp
on the road bringing the receipts of republicans comments on social security after last night s address where he took on his critics in realtime. then the plot twist of the house oversight committee meeting where republicans hope to focus on hunter biden, but we ended up focusing on trump s attempt to censor tweets. then the bombshell murder trial prompted by a bomb threat today mid testimony, a lot to cover as the 11th hour gets underway on this wednesday night. good evening once again, i m stephanie ruhle, president biden turning up the heat on republicans as he takes his state of the union message on the road. today he went to the key battleground state of wisconsin to pitch his vision of america and he leaned into the agenda that he laid out for us last night. as the new york times reports that includes using government programs to help boost the economy, but today, biden amped up his promise to protect social security and medicare and he called out those gop lawmakers wh
eventful state of the union address. severe weather threat. thunderstorms, flash flooding, and possible tornadoes sweeping through the south. day care tragedy. two children killed, six injured, when a bus crashes into a building. what happened to the driver? super bowl super security, an inside look at what it takes to protect one of the world s biggest events. and our new series you don t want to miss, living well. tonight, the aut l announcer: this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. norah: good evening, and thank you for joining us on this wednesday night. tonight, president biden is taking his message directly to voters. one day after delivering his state of the union address to a feisty crowd of republican lawmakers. the president s trip to the battleground state of wisconsin is a kickoff of what is expected to be his 2024 reelection bid. plus, we ve got our exquisite interview tonight with the secretary of def