good morning, everyone. it is wednesday, march 15th. thank you for waking up with us. here are five things to know this morning there are new tensions between the u.s. and russia over the downing of a u.s. surveillance drone. they clipped the drone over the black sea forcing it to crash. russia denies the accusation claiming the drone fell on us own. yeah. and another day of jitters over the fate of america s banking system seem to be easing slightly. stocks of some regional banks bouncing back after suffering declines. fallout is far from over. doj and scc investigating the collapse of silicon valley bank. also this morning high stakes case over abortion pills set to get its day in court. a federal judge in amarillo, texas, will hear arguments over a lawsuit that could disrupt access to the pills nationwide. protests are planned outside the courthouse. also the faa is convening a rare safety summit after seven close calls at airports. the faa says the flight cros
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in the capitol and being targeted by the mob. during all those hours refusing to call the pentagon or any law enforcement for reinforcements. in fact according to aides even refusing to take a call from pentagon officials offering their help. are you aware of any phone call by the president of the united states to the secretary of defense that day? not that i m aware of, no. are you aware of any phone call by the president of the united states to the attorney general of the united states that day? no. are you aware of any phone call by the president of the united states to the secretary of homeland security that day? i m not aware of that, no. did you hear the president ask for law enforcement response? no. as the men and women in charge of protecting vice president mike pence became more and more desperate about their ability to get him to safety or even save their own lives. and we ll replay in that context an insight to every key moment from last night
state department is rejecting steve bannon s sudden willingness to testify before the january 6th committee days before his criminal contempt trial is set to begin. bannon produced a letter from donald trump, trump saying he is waiving executive privilege so bannon can testify. here s the thing, the committee and most legal analysts say no privilege existed in this case to begin with. what s more, federal prosecutors argue, trump never invoked executive privilege here. so, this doj court filing also reveals that former president trump s attorney justin clark was interviewed by fbi investigators two weeks ago. let s go to washington, whitney wild is there for the latest on what we can expect in the committee hearing tomorrow. the oath keepers front and center. absolutely. this will be a very robust hearing and this hearing will focus on how the violent mob came together and the role of extremist groups in that deadly insurrection. to connect trump allies to militia groups, s
i don t know i don t want to say the election is over. the january 6th committee on how president trump did not quell violence at the capitol. president trump did not fail to act in the 187 minutes in telling the mob to go home. he chose not to act. even as secret service agents scramble to get vice president pence out of danger. if we re moving, we need to move now. and testimony that mr. trump took care to stay on the side of the mob. the president did not want to include any sort of mention of peace in that tweet. i ll talk to committee member luria about where the investigation goes next. also the economy. we re taking our own steps that we believe will be supportive in the short-term to get inflation down. i ll interview janet yellen on inflation, economic pessimism and whether we should expect a recession. joining me are yamiche alcindor, moderator of washington week. jake herman, maria kumar and stephen hayes. welcome to sunday. it s meet the pre