glass to the bank s leadership as democrats tried to take steps to prevent it from happening again. then, a russian fighter je harasses and collides with a u s. drone as we get new reporting about planned wa crimes cases and a dangerous new drug ravaging american streets what you need to know from a doctor on the frontlines, as the 11th hour gets underway on this tuesday night good evening once again, i m stephanie ruhle. the feds are now scrutinizin the nation s second bigges bank failure nbc news has confirmed the justice department and the securities and exchang commission are investigating the meltdown at silicon valley bank two sources tell nbc the doj s inquiry is its early stages an part of it will focus on whether bank executives sold any stop prior to the collapse so far, svb is not commenting. as for claw backs, as senior administration official says the fdic has legal grounds t act in certain cases but som officials also say to stay tuned on that matter, and at t
u.s. drone over the black sea, forcing the drone down they say the russian jet dumpe fuel on the drone an recklessly flew in front of it in international airspace. the officials added the jets object did not crash and lande in crimea. the russian ambassador spent about half an hour at the stat department today discussing th incident meanwhile, the new york time reports the internationa criminal court is planning t open war crimes cases agains russia tied to the ukraine invasion back with me tonight to discus is michael mcfaul, former u.s. ambassador to russia and msnbc international affairs analyst. ambassador, this is really scary stuff. russia, no surprise, is denyin the jet came into contact with the drone. what is your reaction to this? well, we have evidence that it happened. so, they can t deny it we have a lot of monitors on these drones, right? they flew by 19 times, it been reported. i don t like it, of course this is dangerous. this is reckless these are the things that ca
gets wrong, is he someho thinks that what happens i europe is no big deal. but what really happens in china and taiwan is where we care about i care about both. and they are related if putin, god forbid, wins i ukraine, that sends a terrible signal to the taiwanese. i was just in taiwan fiv months ago there is no group of people know on the planet rooting for the ukrainians more than them. because they don t want to empower leaders, autocrats like mr. putin and mr. x jinping and so, if we lose in europe it means we are sending signal that we are not strong. peace through strength, as ronald reagan said - a republican - he was right then. and i think that is a good lesson for republicans t remember now peace through strength. let s talk about what is happening on the ground there. because both sides hav reported very high casualtie in the battle for bakhmut. tell us what is happening or how things are headed in eastern ukraine. what is happening in bakhmu
last trump indictment even i it is the first? what is your guess? i think it s not. in fact, fulton county, i woul bet very heavily on fulton county - producing an indictment as well there you go. peter baker, david enrich, and renato mariotti, thank you all for being here tonight and when we come back let s go to the sunshine state ron desantis breaks with man in his party, by saying suppor for ukraine is not a vital u.s interest yes, ron desantis, the republican michael mcfaul is here on that and other very important new on ukraine and then later, president bide taking executive action on gun as the gop race to the white house really heats up. we are going to talk to michae steele and amy mcgrath about follow-up. the 11th hour just getting underway on a tuesday night.
lead to escalation i m glad the biden administration responded forcefully and i m also glad they didn over respond and i hope it doesn t happen again. i think i m in safe territory saying, we don t believe anything russia tell us so, what do you think happened in that meeting with the ambassador well, they just - i m sure - i can remember these kind of meetings, demarche that s what they are called, when i used to be ambassador when it happened to me, when i had received them, i would deliver them and it s just warning and it s knock it off, don t do thi reckless thing these things can lead to bad outcomes and stop attackin these kinds of things. our drone was in a legal space it was around crimea, and by the, way we recognize crimea a being part of ukraine. this was an illegal act. illegal acts can lead to bad outcomes don t do it again. let s talk about ba outcomes because how big of a deal is i