everyone. and welcome to cnn. this morning. saturday, march 25th. what victor? what? i m ambro walker. are we doing like another studio change? i m victor blackwell. so here s what happened. the air conditioner in the studio didn t work. so we did the six o clock hour in 80 degrees plus lights sweating. we were sweating. and then we said , we can t do this. so we moved to separate studios that were air conditioned. during that hour. at seven. they fixed the a. c. now we re back in this studio. hopefully it works first weekend back with us. you brought the chaos. bring the heat. you brought the heat. you sure did. i don t like it so much. alright. here s what we re watching this morning. when he came through. it sounds like helicopter real real fast, and it came so fast and quick. we can do nothing but get up on the cover. severe storms ripped through parts of the south more than 20. people are dead more than 100,000 people without power. one mississippi town is described as q
government is stepping in to calm the failure two of u.s. banks. everyone that had money in sign silicon valley bank and signature bank will have money. the president is going to address the public about it. oscars, stealing the show, best picturor, best actress, best supporting actor and best supporting actress. also overnight, saber-rattling once against from north korea with a missile test launched from a submarine. the u.s. and south korea begin joint military exercises. you know this name. michael cohen. set to testify in a case that could lead to criminal charges against donald trump. cohen expected to appear before a mat nhattan grand jury. he s been making hush payments to stormy daniels. and get this march madness your march madness bracket is set for the ncaa tournament. the one seeded, kansas, purdue, alabama, something like that never heard of them. cnn this morning starts right now. i can tell you, i was in washington this weekend. the collapse of
any moment now, president biden will address the nation from that podium right there amid concerning questions about potential contagion in the u.s. banking sector. what does that mean for your money? a very good monday morning to you. i m jim sciutto. and i m erica hill. president biden expected to try to calm fears in a matter of moments when he does make his way to that podium, this amid the failure of two u.s. banks. we re talking about silicon valley bank, which you ve heard a lot of this weekend, as well as signature bank. the biden administration is taking emergency action here and there is the president. let s listen in. for california. i want to briefly speak about what s happening to silicon valley bank and signature bank. today, thanks to the quick action of my administration over the past few days, americans can have confidence that the banking system is safe. your deposits will be there when you need them. small businesses across the country that deposit ac
top of the hour now on cnn newsroom. i m john berman. this morning president biden reassuring americans that the u.s. banking system remains safe. this despite the failure of two significant banks within 48 hours. silicon valley bank and signature bank have now been taken over by federal regulators. all customers who had deposits in these banks can rest assured. rest assured they ll be protected and they ll have access to their money as of today. that includes small businesses across the country that bank there and need to make payroll, pay their bills and stay open for business. no losses this is an important point. no losses will be borne by the taxpayers. the president emphasized the customers will be fully protected while the bank s managers and investors will be held accountable. he also outlined the emergency measures his administration took to protect the bank s customers. cnn s priscilla alvarez is with us. look, a lot of this is trying to ease the anxiety
and killed. two other americans, a writer and a dental student were mistaken for dea agents, also tortured and killed by the cartel. after the murder. the u.s. unleashed will hounds of hell for mexico, the message for the cartels and corrupt mexican government giving sanctuary to the cartels, 40 years letter, americans are still dying, and mis missing in mexico, this week 4 people were traveling for a susurgical procedure, two were killed, and two were kept alive. texas law enforcement is warning americans to think twice before visits mexico, trucks are big business in mexico, but so is tourism. and so is having a good relationship with the united states part of having a good relationship, is not letting americans die or go missing when they visit. some republicans now want to use the military to go after the cartels, which is a little surprising given the number of republicans who don t want to use the military anywhere else, not in afghanistan, where rape victim stoned or