why are kids still going t school next to a plant toxic chemicals? as the 11th hour gets underway on this thursday night good evening, once again, i am stephanie ruhle. the nation s biggest banks mad a dramatic move today to rescu a smaller bank and head off potential crisis 11 at the top financia institutions, including bank o america, jpmorgan and chase an city bank will pump 30 billion dollars and two first republic bank to keep it from collapsing this huge cash injection comes as first republic struggle with a falling stock price and fleeing depositors it comes days after the sudden collapse of silicon valley ban and signature bank the new york times reporting that the plan to say first republic, are you ready fo this was hashed by quite the trio treasury secretary janet yellen, ventured jay powell and that chairman jim eat diamond yellen went before the senat finance committee, and she insisted that the u.s. banking system is sound and defended the emergency action to co
at the intersection of the second amendment, and the first protesters are rallying at the tennessee state capitol as three democratic lawmakers could lose their jobs today for doing this a week ago. democratic state representatives . justin jones, justin pearson and gloria johnson, using a bullhorn during a gun control rally at the capitol to call for action in the wake of last month s deadly shooting that left 39 year old children and three adults dead. the three democratic lawmakers are accused of breaking house rules at any moment. we expect their colleagues to vote on whether or not they should be expelled. cnn national reporter ryan young is live for us in nashville ryan lots of noise still ongoing, a lot of protesters that were with the lawmakers one week ago are back there today to support these three legislatures. yeah we really seen this swell fred. in terms of protesters, we have thousands earlier outside. now you can see this small crowd that s still behind me. som
janet yellen today appearing before congress. what she said about the safety of american banks. the u.s. threatening to ban tiktok over national security fears. how the popular app s owner is responding. the cross-country storm, tornado warnings and hail in texas. snow in the midwest, and caught on camera, the daring flood rescue in los angeles. nbc news investigates, why is this school still open near a plant the epa says emits a toxic chemical? families demanding answers. the first big upset in march madness. the tiny school pulling off a stunner in its first tournament appearance in 40 years. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, and welcome, everyone. the u.s. tonight offering compelling evidence that russian fighter jets were the aggressors in a confrontation with an american air force drone over the black sea this week. newly declassified pentagon video from the drone s camera captured a russian warplane spraying jet fuel dire
show boats and philadelphia star. brings us together from so many different background and that s what i love. ainsley: we begin this hour with a fox news alert. air national guard members accused of sharing intelligence secrets is set to appear in court today. steve: that s right. the fbi as you can see right there leading jack teixeira out of massachusetts home at gunpoint yesterday as fallout from one of america s most security breaches deepens. brian: alexandria hoff has the latest. alex? good morning. according to the pelc this was a deliberate criminal act but what motivated teixeira, that is still a mystery as is why a junior air guardsman was able to gain access to such secret military planning. the 21-year-old was based in cape cod and served as tech especiallyist for the air national guard. he was taken into custody outside his family s home. today the justice department arrested jack douglas teixeira alleged retention of classified national defense in
hello. we re going to take you straight to france, to paris. france, to paris. there have been weeks and france, to paris. there have been weeks and months france, to paris. there have been weeks and months of france, to paris. there have been weeks and months of protests - france, to paris. there have been. weeks and months of protests over controversial pension reforms that have been happening there, and what we are seeing here is a protest in paris. this is at the offices of the stock market operator euronext, which is just outside of paris, and we are seeing things being set on fire. to remind you that political opponents, trade unions as well, have all been urging protesters to maintain their campaign of civil disobedience, because this law was passed controversially without a vote through the lower house of parliament in france by using special constitutional powers, so a huge amount of anger at president macron who pushed this through. this is about the retireme