you are live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in new york. it s here 6:00 here in the big apple, 3:00 p.m. in california. what s likely to be a long, sleepless night and soggy weekend lying ahead for much of monterey county. the county is the epicenter of catastrophic flooding in that state. these are new images of the levee that failed around midnight local time. mandatory evacuations are now under way in parts of the that county. a string of deadly storms has unleashed massive flooding across the central and northern portions of the state. at least two people have died in this most recent storm. this week s atmospheric river is the tenth to hit the state this winter. it s dropped more than a foot of rain in some areas and several feet of snow in others. let s begin in monterey county, the site of that levee breach. cnn s mike valerio is there. mike, the state of that breach, could this continue to dump more flooding into that area? what can you tell us? reporter: tha
war, the u.s. and russia have had confrontations at air and sea. these incounters have only rarely blown up into serious incidents. that s because at least to some extent there are routines that are followed, less so for russia, everyone involved acts professionally. that was not the case today. an american reaper drone was intercepted by two russian fighters. it was damaged and then forced down. somebody could have gotten hurt. nobody wants to see that happen. and it could lead to miscalculations between two militaries that are operating not obviously in ukraine together, but certainly in proximity in the region. we don t want to see this war escalate beyond what it has already done to the ukrainian people, so this is clearly, this was inappropriate, unsafe, unprofessional conduct by the russian pilots. russia s ambassador to washington was summoned to the state department. we ll also get perspective from mark hertling, but oren liebermann joins us from the pentagon. r
america. the brackets are set. the teams are ready. and tonight, we sit down with a new man in charge thank you so much for coming in and talking with us. charlie baker just went from governor of massachusetts so help me god. to leading the ncaa and dealing with all its issues. you can t make progress on these things without acknowledging their issues and figuring out a way to actually solve and deal with them. here to break down the xs and os of those problems, two hall of fame coaches. i had an unbelievable group of players and coaches over these 47 years. newly-retired syracuse men s coach, jim boeheim, and former notre dame women s coach, mof fit mcgraw, along with a team of experts. this is cnn primetime:inside the madness. good evening. i m chris wallace. well, it s that time of year again when college basketball puts the madness in march. people who don t know a point guard from a pick and roll are missing up to 100 million brackets, trying to p
way she has not before about her time in the white house, promoting her third book, the light we carry, which dives into how she has dealt with relationships, self doubt, and anxiety. the cnn primetime special, inside the madness, starts now. it is march madness in america. the brackets are set. the teams already. and tonight we sit down with the new man in charge. thank you for coming in and talking with us. charlie baker went from governor of massachusetts to leading the and see aa and dealing with all of its issues. you need to talk about acknowledging all of the issues and figuring out a way to actually solve and deal with them. here to break down the xs and os, 2 hall of fame coaches. an unbelievable group of players and coaches over these 47 years. nearly retired syracuse men s coach, jim boeheim, and former notre dame women s coach, moffatt mcgraw, along with a team of efforts. this is cnn primetime. inside the menace. good evening, i am chris wa
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