struggling first republic, the hope is that this massive cash infusion will calm markets and stop a panicky selloff. plus trump special koubl takes sweeping steps to get questions answered. subpoenas for workers from trump s communication handlers to the staff member caught on video helping move boxes in ask out of a storage room. and next week china s president makes a state visit to russia. the trip has consequences for ukraine s war of survival, and it happens the day the hague issues an arrest warrant for the russian president. up first, another bank saved from ruin. 11 banks, $30 billion, that s how much money is and how many lenders it took to save first republic from going the way of silicon valley bank. $5 billion from bank of america, wells fargo, jpmorgan and citi, $2.5 million from goldman sachs. this deal from the mega banks included behind the scenes talks between the treasury secretary, the fed chair and the jpmorgan chase chief. the goal, the rescue retur
should all feel comfortable that while there s going to be a rot of drama here, we re going to get through this reasonably well. the other thing i will say, it s important for people to recognize on a daily basis, we re seeing ups and downs is and all around. just take a look at the stock market. the stock market today is pretty much where it was a week ago before this all began. so despite all the drama, the market itself i use that as a brom terse, it feels like it s hanging in there. that context is critical. reading a piece of yours that jumps out at me. there s policy, there s economic factors, there s politics involved. the chair blocked efforts to uncollude a phrase mentioning relate toir failures. the treasury department and the federal depositive sut insurance corporation. does the chairman of the fed not think there were failures or not want to put that out there because of how it might impact