mississippi. at least 23 people are dead and officials say more are likely trapped in the rubble. we will have the latest on the rescue mission, another hour of velshi begins right now. good morning to you, it is saturday march 25th, as 11 a.m. in the east atm in the west. i am ali velshi. for the past, week donald trump has been relentlessly attacking alvin bragg, the manhattan district attorney investigating the stormy daniels hush money payment for which the former president could possibly face a historic indictment. let s jump that aside for a moment because despite the attention and the vitriol, that trump percent alvin bragg s way since last saturday, there actually were not a lot of developments in that investigation in the past week. trump was not arrested, as he claimed he would be one week ago today. their grand jury only met once this week on that matter but in contrast, a pair of recent other court rulings in other cases found that trump may not be as privileged a
of the collapse of silicon valley bank. treasury secretary janet yellin said she has been speaking with financial regulators the treasury department is also been hearing from depositors themselves bid for president biden gavin newsom about efforts regarding this california-based bank. but earlier today, one thing janet yellin did completely rule out is there be any large-scale bailout for this bank and the weight that was seen back in the 2008 financial crisis. let me be clear that during the financial crisis, there were investors and owners of systemic large banks that were bailed out. we are certainly not looking. the reforms that have been put in place means that we are not going to do that again. but we are concerned about depositors and are focused on trying to meet their needs. the fate of those depositors on the money that has been held at this bank is really one of the looming questions regarding this whole situation. the fdic only ensures up to $250,000, leaving
no right to my testimony. that was mike pence last year talking about the january 6th committee which never sent him a subpoena, but now he is facing one this time from the special counsel investigating former president trump s role in the attack on the capitol. meanwhile on capitol hill the first hearing for the select committee on the weaponization of government goes pretty much exactly as you would expect with republicans hitting their usual list of grievances. and also ahead the state department releases new details about the chinese surveillance balloon. it comes as a prominent republican defends the response from the biden administration. good morning, and welcome to way too early on this friday, february 10th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. former vice president mike pence has been subpoenaed by the special counsel investigating donald trump s efforts to overturn the 2020 election. according to an nbc news source, pence s subpoena
some leopard tanks to ukraine while holding back the american-made abrams model. what s the difference, and can ukraine get some tanks before russia ramps up its war in the spring? plus, a new investigation opened in new mexico into a republican candidate s campaign possibly being laced with money from fentanyl sales just days after his arrest accused of plotting to shoot the homes of his democratic rivals. and julia roberts made her a household name. coming up, the real erin brockovich is here on a mission to help military families. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper and we start with the world lead in what appears to be a standoff between the united states and germany when it comes to giving more heavy weapons to ukraine. more than 50 countries and organizations met at ramstein air base in germany led by top military leaders but the group failed to come to an agreement on one of ukraine s most pressing request, whether or not germany will send the leopard tanks to i
calls, loved ones on the front lines. they sar their training just for the cameras. they re sitting ducks treated just like pigs. tonight after an arrest republican kari lake is not going to let it go. and world affairs expert ian gram an why he thinks the chinese president was escorted from that meeting. and good evening, i m erin burnett. out front tonight hell on the front lines. new video just into out front from an independent russian news organization. it s a jaw dropping reporting of a russian woman speaking to her husband on the front lines in ukraine. listen for yourself. translator: my love, how are you? translator: i wasn t listening to all the bull [ bleep ] people were talking about, but now we don t know where we re going. we don t have anything to eat and we don t know what our objectives are. translator: it s [ bleep ] hell here. translator: they re [ bleep ] us with rockets. we re in some village under constant shelling not far from where people