on capitol hill, democrats unveil a new bill they say will prevent another bank collapse. we will speaker with senator bob menendez who helped introduce the legislation. battle over abortion rights in texas how one jeryl judge to block a medication used in abortions nationwide. the latest fallout after a russian fighter jet and u.s. drone collide in mid air now russia says it s intenting to recover the fragments of that drone. we begin this very busy hour with the latest on wall street where the dow jones continues to drop after shares of another major bank tumbled more than 20%. dow jones is down 552 points and 1.7% dropping this morning a swiss bank with large operations in the u.s. and around the globe is the center of the latest crisis in the banking sector that is affecting wall street. joining us now with more is cnbc sema mody. what is going on with the markets this morning and why can you hear me? let s try to reestablish communication with her on this we will k
overrespond. i hope it doesn t happen again former u.s. ambassador to russia michael mcfaul with his assessment of the russian confrontation of the u.s. drone over the black sea we ll have much more on the diplomatic implications of the incident just ahead. plus, some republican lawmakers are pushing back on comments from ron desantis about russia s invasion of ukraine with comparisons to neville chamberlain. things got tense between ari m melber and donald trump s lawyer an interview that s incredible revealing in many ways a little later on morning joe. it s wednesday, march 15th we have the host of way too early, jonathan lemire, david i ignatius mark mckinnon. first, we start with the new information that we re learning about a collision that occurred yesterday between a russian fighter jet and an unmanned u.s. surveillance drone over the black sea. the united states european command reports around 7:00 local time yesterday two russian jets began to track the drone
we re watching the white house where the president is set to deliver a speech any moment now. touting what he calls the achievement of the last 18 months. and while, yes, there are plenty of achievements for the biden administration to harold, like any leader, he faced his share of setbacks. if he runs, would he have the political momentum needed to win re-election. regardless, any 2024 plans announced by president biden will come under a cloud of covers. the doj s investigation into the handling of classified documents is just getting started. we re learning more about why president biden and his top aides chose to keep the first discovery a secret for almost 70 days before it blew up in their face. former fbi chief of staff is with us. joining me now is monica alba and a washington post reporter. thank you for joining us. monica, let s start with you. in listing the wins today, is president biden laying out a case for his re-election before announcing his bid for re-elect
this is a crucial moment the springtime is coming both of these combat forces will have at each other can we get advanced military technology to ukrainians in time yes or no? they probably neat deep strike artillery and missiles and this is where this will get decided and we will have to step up promptly. erin, you traveled to eastern ukraine. what did you see there reporter: yeah. we went to a cemetery, jose, in the city of denipro in the center of ukraine and it was there that we saw first-hand the toll that this war has taken on ukrainian fighters take a listen. outside the city of nepro, anger, grief, a growing sea of sacrifice. row after row of ukraine s
how difficult is this to see them like this it s really difficult because of war russian [ bleep ] from our land. you re destroying a lot of lives. reporter: outside the city of dnipro, anger, grief, and a growing sea of sacrifice row after row of ukraine s fallen warriors. on this rainy afternoon, olena is here to support her sister who is too grief stricken to talk she was notified of the death of her ex-husband ruslan who died fighting in bakhmut. he knew how to love, she says. facing ruslan s grave. does his death have meaning? he died for our children, for our country, so that we would be free, she says i want to say to the americans,