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
completely embarrassing to this administration and embarrassing to the democratic party. republicans getting new documents of the hunter biden financial dealings. comer says he has discovered another one of biden s family members may be involved in influence peddling. no denying it now with the bank records. we will keep following the money. davis. there it is. 3 for the win. it is no good, ball put back, no good and pittsburgh advances in the ncaa tournament. steve: now i m hungry again. good morning, capitol hill. if you were in that building walk out the door 33 degrees feels like 21 on this 15th day of march. that s right. beware the ides of march. remember what happened to julia caesar. he was warned. ainsley: saint patrick s day falls on a friday this year. so the pubs in boston and new york packed. brian: people show great responsibility during the work day and leave early. they got work or school the next day. ainsley: wear green. gentlemen wear gr
new revelations come from mike el morell. he says when blinken orchestrated the letter saying the laptop story had all the classic earmarks of russian misinformation. the new york post took a beating on that. democrats accusing the paper of being a puppet for putin. after the election the media admitted the story was true after all. dana: it s coming back to haunt this white house. i.r.s. whistleblower says the administration is mishandling the criminal investigation into hunter biden s taxes and according to his lawyer, he is ready to go on the record before congress. my client is a career law enforcement officer who is respected within the i.r.s. and teaches other agents how to properly do investigations. he knows when to spot when investigative steps aren t done in the traditional way to get at the truth. and he has spotted and observed things that are done differently in this particular matter which i can t identify. and he wants to talk about them and he believes
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