newsroom 11 banks stepping up to provide a financial life line to first republic bank, the regional u.s. bank facing significant challenges the last week. [ sirens ] this is an area that will see the line of storms move through the overnight hours and early morning hours friday. we know the intercept was intentional. we know the aggressive behavior was intentional and very unprofessional and very unsafe. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it is friday, march 17, 9:00 a.m. in london, 4:00 a.m. in new york where new trading day gets under way in just a few hours. investors may be wondering if another regional bank needs rescuing. it looks better for first republic after 11 major banks extended a lifeline to keep it afloat. a large percentage of uninsured deposits prompted many customers to pull their money from the bank. and shares soared after the news. right now futures are steady if not rising slightly and markets acr
everything. and what we ve been i m 57 and i ve been out here since i was seven. so we ve been out here 50 years. and my father and i have lost everything. no warning, no nothing. the town of pajaro remain under warnings. residents aren t expected to go back to their homes until sometime last week. just a yearerar ago the entire e was under a drought. now water restrictions in some areas are being lifted. still ahead, interest rates are going up again in europe, why the central bank said it had no choice in its fight against inflation. plus the u.s. releases video which it says russia is lying about the drone encounter over the black sea. and later a potentially critical moment for finland as turkey is supposed to decide on helsinki s nato bid. so i choose.
tonight, both the faa and pilots are expressing concern. tonight the faa is sounding the alarm about a dramatic spike in the number of close calls between pilots and drones. pilots have reported more than 650 drone sightings, compared to 238 in all of 2014. we were on the final range about 800, 900 feet was our altitude, 100 feet below us was a drone. it absolutely is an unnecessary risk. you know, we especially during the approach phase, we re busy up there in the cockpit. one of the last things we re going to expect is a drone encounter. reporter: despite faa rules that forbid flying above 400 feet near commercial planes or near an airport, hundreds and hundreds of drone operators have gone rogue.
the blood sugar is low. everything is different. so that s a good thing. and lotta says for him, it s been more about the journey than the end result. most people who are athletes and try to be competitive, they know that they can t climb mr. mountain without climbing a bunch of hills first. i think that s where we re at. . here it is. and at least until september do it, and that s it. dr. sanjay gupta, cnn, reporting. we have been telling you about a drone that flew just 100 feet from a delta passenger jet at new york s jfk airport. today, another drone encounter is under investigation in kentucky. but in this case, a man was arrested for shooting one down over his house. the story is the latest example of the right to fly a drone versus the right to privacy. natalya martinez was seen with