good morning, everyone. it is wednesday, march 15th. thank you for waking up with us. here are five things to know this morning there are new tensions between the u.s. and russia over the downing of a u.s. surveillance drone. they clipped the drone over the black sea forcing it to crash. russia denies the accusation claiming the drone fell on us own. yeah. and another day of jitters over the fate of america s banking system seem to be easing slightly. stocks of some regional banks bouncing back after suffering declines. fallout is far from over. doj and scc investigating the collapse of silicon valley bank. also this morning high stakes case over abortion pills set to get its day in court. a federal judge in amarillo, texas, will hear arguments over a lawsuit that could disrupt access to the pills nationwide. protests are planned outside the courthouse. also the faa is convening a rare safety summit after seven close calls at airports. the faa says the flight cros
le learned about you is how hard you are on yourself. sometimes there is nobody that holds the leader accountable. it was not always about winning and losing for me. it is about being worthy of winning. and good morning, everyone. we re covering a lot today. we begin with tensions on the rise after the pentagon says a russian fighter jet hit a u.s. spy drone and forced it to crash. two russian jets intercepted the drone over the black sea yesterday. u.s. says one of them dumped fuel on the drone and then collided with its propeller forcing the drone to go down. putin is about to make a public appearance in moscow. we re waiting to see if he weighs in on the incident. following the crash, russia s ambassador was summoned to the state department. he claims there is no collision and that drone crashed on its own. here s what the white house had to say about that to our very own jake tapper. well, it won t surprise you that we refute that the russian s denial. i think any
reporter: you ve already seen the former staffers from former president obama filing in. to some degree, a reunion, not just for the staff but also the president and the former president and obviously the president was the former vice-president as well. eight years together serving in the white house, obviously a close relationship, a very deeply personal relationship, one that s had its ups and downs, but there s no question throughout the roller coaster the two have remained friends and remained in contact since president biden took office last year. this will mark the first trip back to the white house for michelle obama since she left office on january a tradition, one that has been on a pause, at least for the last decade since george w. bush and laura bush had their portraits unveiled by president obama. president trump decided not to. we don t know why. but both the former president and first lady will have their portraits unveiled all for the former president obam
instead of demanding action, all biden could monster was a measly closed press event b of the president putting out a three-point plan to address the crisis vowing to cut the red tape. joe was apparently too busy to talk directly to the american people. and as usual with his presidency, it becomes too little, too late. jen psaki spending like crazy appears to have contradicted herself on when biden learned about the crisis. president biden has directed the administration to work urgently to ensure that infant formula is safe and available for families across the country. this is work that has been underway for months. when was the first am the president was briefed? i m not to get into internal briefings. there have been steps. as american families scramble to keep their babies fed, a g.o.p. congresswoman making a bombshell claim. releasing photos she says she got from border patrol that apparently shows pallets of hard to find ready for illegal immigrants to use. t