serve. he relied on his lawyer. that s quite the defense. in other news multiple federal investigations are now under way into the lead-up in the eventual failure of silicon valley bank. two of those sources say the investigation is still in its early stages but that part of it will look into company executive stock trades before the bank faltered the company s ceo sold $3.6 million worth of shares just days before the bank disclosed its financial losses the sales were part of a legal scheduled program by the ceo, but questions are rising about how much he knew when choosing to sell. the doj s probe will be led by an fbi team out of san francisco that specializes in white collar crime according to a senior law enforcement official two sources are also telling nbc news the securities and exchange
election commission yesterday. the paper does not require santos to run but does allow him to fund raise and spend campaign money. nbc news reports that santos has faced a series of scandals in recent months including claims that he stole thousands of dollars raised for lifesaving surgery for a veteran service dog, lied that his mother was at the world trade center attacks during the september 11th attacks and failed to file accurate and timely financial disclosures. santos is under investigation by both federal and local law enforcement. the freshman congressman is also the subject of a congressional ethics investigation elsewhere, ohio s attorney general has filed a lawsuit against norfolk southern after one of its trains derailed near the pennsylvania border spilling toxic chemicals in the town of east palestine the lawsuit accuses norfolk southern of violating state and
something doesn t mean it belongs to them. this is an invasion. i think it s a misunderstanding of the situation. this is not a territorial conflict, this war of aggression i think the governor of florida has been a great governor, but in my opinion if you don t get ukraine right, this is a chance to stop putin before it gets to be a bigger war. i would not agree with him on that i think it s pretty clear. historically speaking the importance of keeping vladimir putin in his lane. it s of concern to me we ve got a number of individuals i think looking at the 2024 race and we ll find out whether or not the rest of them feel the same way. we ll have more on this throughout the morning, but now let s move to some other headlines. later today former president trump s one time attorney and fixer is expected to resume testifying before a grand jury in new york city michael cohen first testified for three hours on monday. it s part of the manhattan district attorney s investigation in
commission has opened an investigation into the bank. the sec has not commented directly, but the chair said on sunday the commission is particularly focused on identifying and prosecuting any form of misconduct that might threaten investors, capital formation or the markets joining us now to talk about this financial services reporter at punch bowl news, brandon peterson brandon, good morning. thanks for being here. a lot going on right there give us the very latest on the multiple investigations as to just what went wrong that s right. i mean we have seen a lot of speculation in the last couple of days of what exactly happened in silicon valley bank and i can tell you the capitol is interested in what happened we ve all seen some real divisions between the parties. i can tell you in my discussions with progressives on capitol
pilots and air traffic control, it is down. and it has been down. so they re trying to figure out exactly what is going on. the transportation secretary, pete buttigieg monitoring, also the white house as well. kaitlan collins is in washington d.c. with information on that. what is the president saying, if anything? what is happening? he actually is set to leaf the white house in a few moments we ll see if he comments on this t . he has been in contact with pete buttigieg, who s been in contact with the faa about this. the press secretary said right now there s no evidence of any cyber attack at this point. they say biden has conducted d.o.t. to conduct a full investigation into the causes and the faa will provide updates to the white house. i do want to bring back in the congresswoman we were speaking with, she is a former navy pilot, show knows how critical the notices are to pilots as