politics. i m john king in washington. thank you for sharing your day with us. a high altitude picture of the mud air encounterer between a drone and russian fighter jets. the classified video shows moscow putting the drone in its cross hairs, ignite ing a cloudf jet fuel and buzzing the drone twice. plus our banking system remains strong. the treasury secretary tries to calm nerves. she s on capitol hill today assuring americans your money is safe. and today the senate barrels toward a vote on undoing the force against iraq. it happens two decades after the run up of shock and awe. tomorrow is a moment of truth for the world. saddam hussein and his sons must leave iraq within 48 hours. at this hour, american and coalition forces are in the early stages of military operations to dearm iraq to free its people and to defend the world from grave danger. up first for us, 42 seconds of simply hold your breath video adding to tensions between the united states and russia. toda
hello and a warm welcome to our viewers in the united states and all and the world. just ahead the administration s top finance officials triggered a dramatic show of dual pronged government force. every american should feel confident that their deposits will be there if and when they need them. and heavy snowfall is coming down and that will continue tuesday. it is just the historic decision of whether to charge a former president is expected soon. he speaks in a code and i understand the code because i ve been around him for a decade. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it is tuesday, march 14, 8:00 a.m. here in london, 4:00 a.m. on the u.s. east coast. and 1:00 a.m. in california where at least 50 million americans are bracing for two separate storm systems. much of new england and parts of new york will be hit by a major nor easter. and in monterey county, a levee breech has added to the flooding there and so5,
top of the hour now on cnn newsroom. i m john berman. this morning president biden reassuring americans that the u.s. banking system remains safe. this despite the failure of two significant banks within 48 hours. silicon valley bank and signature bank have now been taken over by federal regulators. all customers who had deposits in these banks can rest assured. rest assured they ll be protected and they ll have access to their money as of today. that includes small businesses across the country that bank there and need to make payroll, pay their bills and stay open for business. no losses this is an important point. no losses will be borne by the taxpayers. the president emphasized the customers will be fully protected while the bank s managers and investors will be held accountable. he also outlined the emergency measures his administration took to protect the bank s customers. cnn s priscilla alvarez is with us. look, a lot of this is trying to ease the anxiety
parents of one of the wounded who say their son is just not the same. and u.s. president joe biden promises to keep battling inflation as prices for everyday items continue to spiral upwards. there is a growing sense of urgency among some members of congress ahead of monday s second hearing on the january 6th investigation. the select committee has planned six more hearings this month to present its preliminary findings. they say their investigation paints a damning portrait of then president trump as the central figure behind that failed coup. one committee member previewed what s to come. well, we re going to go methodically through each of the major problem areas with the former president. for example, examining his claims of fraud. that was important because it was false. we know that he was told that it was false. and yet he continued to stir up the american people with false narratives. now the former president donald trump firing back after the panel used his own
exercised sound judgment. meantime, another former trump advisor was arrested yesterday for that very reason. navarro is facing two contempt of congress charges for his refusal to cooperate. reacting to his indictment outside the courthouse. they are essentially acting judge, jury, an executioner. their mission is to prevent donald john trump from running for president in 2024, being elected president. now all of this just days before the house panel set the holders first travel files primetime hearing. also new today, minute oz win david mccormick it s now clear to me, that wreak route largely completely, that we have a nominee. and today i called minute on us to congratulate him on his victory. and i told him, would i was that you, that i would do my part to try to unite republicans and pennsylvanians behind his candidacy, behind his nomination, for the senate. some of these will face lieutenant governor john fetterman in november for the seat which could determin