we begin with a wide-ranging attempt to restore americans confidence in the u.s. economy, after weeks of troubling financial indicators. treasury secretary janet yellen spoke under oath today to answer questions about the controversial actions she and the federal government took to rescue silicon valley bank. our banking system is sound and that americans can feel confident that their deposits will be there when they need them. this week s actions demonstrate our resolute commit to ensure that our financial system remains strong. yellen also said that no taxpayer money is being used to reimburse those depositors. more on her testimony in just a moment. but first, let s check object markets right now. stocks are surging on word that major banks are in talks to rescue ailing first republic bank. cnn s matt egan is here with us. so talk about this potential rescue of first republic bank. yeah, bianna and victor, over the weekend, we had this government-led rescue. now i
and pentagon concerning the russian downing of a u.s. drone. new video shows when a pair of russian fighter jets approached the drone and brought it down. let s bring in oren liebermann and jeremy diamond. let s start with what the pentagon is saying about this new video. reporter: the video itself is pretty incredible. a close look at what happened early tuesday morning over the black sea. there are essentially two pieces to it. in the first one, a russian fighter jet makes a pass at a u.s. mq-9 reaper drone, dumping jet fuel. you see the drone itself is still operating. the propeller spinning, in the second clip of the video or the later part of the video, you see a russian fighter jet make another pass. you see the same dumping of jet fuel and this is where the russian jet collides with the u.s. drone, damaging its propeller and forcing it down. it s critical because this is what backs up the u.s. account of how this all played out over the course of 30 to 40 minutes o
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you said it s safe and healthy in the middle of the ocean. not as much when it s coming onshore. marty oddland creating an ocean community called running tide. he s using seaweed that sinks near iceland to look at this as a carbon sponge. maybe there should be clean beach credits for every fisherman who is ship in and keep that stuff from hitting the shore. it s much harder when it hits shore. a 5,000-mile smelly blob is a tourism turnoff. hopefully they ll get that fixed. there is time. it probably won t hit until july. a few months there. bill weir, thank you. top of a new hour on cnn newsroom. i m victor blackwell. i m bianna going lodryga. we heard from the white house