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
tonight on the reidout we just learned about another shooting in tennessee. a school shooting. and i am truly without words. and our children deserve better. first lady and teacher dr. jill biden responding to the latest horrific acts of mass violence as politicians in states like tennessee worry more about drag shows and banning books than about actually protecting our children. also tonight, public protests in israel and elsewhere against the rising wave of authoritarianism. while here in the u.s., there s a shocking lack of urgency in repudiating the conspiratorial and violent rhetoric from our home-grown autocrat in waiting, donald trump. meanwhile, trump continues to lash out at the manhattan d.a. and the manhattan grand jury hears from a key player in trump s hush money scheme. bebut we begin with a tragedy that is unique to america. another school massacre. this time in nashville, tennessee. where a 28-year-old woman shot and killed three students and t
shook customers and investors alike. the question was, and really still is, would it also threaten the broader market and the banking system? so far the answer appears to be no. markets largely held steady closing the day mixed though shares in regional banks similar to the ones that failed did take a beating. joining us shortly former treasury secretary lawrence summers who accurately predicted the inflation to walk us through what he thinks of the federal response so far including this promise from the president. every american should feel confident their deposits will be there if and when they need them. in addition we have cnn s christine romans and phil mattingly on this tonight. we begin with christine. so is the threat of contagion in the financial markets, does that seem to have passed? these two banks in particular, they put a big ring around these banks and stopped the fire here and made essentially the depositors whole. these are people who would have to go a
two banks. both with deep ties to the tech industry. the collapse of fat silicon valley bank in the bay area and signature bank here in new york shook customers and investors alike. the question was, and really still as, what it also threaten the broader market in the banking system so so far, the answer appears to be no. markets largely held steady, closing the day mix shares in regional banks amongst the ones that failed to take a beating. joining shortly, lawrence summer, who actually predicted the current high insulation to walk us through the coming days and weeks and what he thinks about the federal response so far. including this promise from the president. every american should feel confident that their deposits will be there, if and when they need them. in addition to secretary summers, we have cnn s kristen romans and phil mattingly on this for us tonight. christine, on your money, and fill, on the white house response and what comes next. we begin with christin
-led congress, and why it really matters for everything from health care to global and national security, to the balance in your 401k. plus, i will talk to yuri salk, the adviser to ukraine defense minister about a very important week for ukraine, and a new evidence that ending roe was not enough for the anti abortion lobby in this country. the war against reproductive rights rages on, and it s worse than you would think. i will call this week s meeting of the velshi banned book club comes together. it is a celebration of mother daughter love and it has been banned. i will talk to the author, graceland, about why the story is so important. ahead. velshi starts now. . good morning, i m ali velshi, it is saturday january 21st. it is two years of the day since president biden s presidential moderation. we begin with a dire warning to the present day, but to do so, let s go back in history to this famous exchange. little did i dream you could be so reckless and so cruel ask