Second time. It was all too laid out, of course, in a fiery state of the union last night that the white house and analysts are calling a much needed win for the president. A cnn poll shows six out of ten americans who watched had a positive reaction to his speech, and even oddsmakers have now upped the odds for bidens reelection after the nationally televised speech. Joining us live now to talk about last night its impact and roadmap for the campaign. Doctor nolan higdon, professor of history and communication at cal state east bay. Doctor higdon, thanks for joining us. Hey, thanks for having me. Hey, so how would you describe the biden who showed up last night, i think, you know, the biden who showed up yesterday really, surpassed a lot of the expectations. One of the things that the Biden Campaign has been doing in recent months is theyve been reducing the amount of public appearances by biden, which i think a lot of people interpreted as biden being unable to speak publicly due to
good morning, everyone. this morning we have the latest on what is happening in mexico. two americans are been rescued, two others found dead after being kidnapped at gunpoint in dangerous border town in mexico. we have new details on where they were found and what we are learning about the man who has been detained in connection to their abduction. a trove of private emails and text messages expose drama, division and alarm behind the scenes of fox news over the network s coverage of false election conspiracies. and the city of memphis preparing to release more video from the deadly police beating of tyre nichols. we will tell you what we re expecting to see and hear from the new footage. we begin with that kidnapping of four americans in mexico. officials found two alive in a wooden shack you see here, one with gunshot owounds, the other two found dead. soldiers with humvees and machine guns brought the survivors to the border in an ambulance as you see that here. t
rates still attest. but in silicon valley it made for an epic pay day. it was soon reflected on the balance sheets of its biggest local lenders which was called silicon valley bank. in 2018, svb had about $49 billion on deposit. three years later that same bank had amassed more than $189 billion. that is a gargantuan amount of deposits over a short period of time. dramatic enough to have raised a serious question and an obvious one. what was silicon valley bank gonna do with all that money? even the san francisco bay area, it would be hard to find qualified borrowers for $189 billion. you could not responsibly loan all of that money even if you wanted to. so what would you do with it? that s the question you would have asked if you were paying attention, both from inside svb or the regulatories action. turns out nobody was paying attention. nobody thought to ask for questions. we thought stress test silicon valley bank in the middle of a room. with a narcissism complex who ta
Good evening. Were deeing highed have join us erre van dick, investigateoff journalist focusing on terrorism in the middle east region and our moderator, Senior Vice President of programs at World Affairs. Were recording tonights program so please take a moment to silence your cell phones. Im tim, the Program Officer here at World Affairs. If you enjoy the discussion and are interested to learn more about the organization, ill be around after the program. I want to turn it over to our modern rater. So, good evening, everything, and thank you for joining us. Its my great pleasure to introduce our guest this evening, erre van dick, journalist, author and cbs news consultant who covers afghan and pakistan. He has authored a book called captive my time as a prisoner of the taliban and another work in afghan. He is also written for such publications as the New York Times, newsweek, and national geographic. And in 1981, while working as a correspondent for the New York Times, van dyk lived w