oscars the movie making history on hollywood s biggest night. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening, everyone president biden was up early in front of the cameras before the markets opened this morning in a move to calm jitters following a pair of bank collapses. mr. biden declaring the banking system is safe and telling customers your deposits will be there when you need them new york s signature bank following silicon valley bank down the road to collapse over the weekend. those banks are tonight in the hands of regulators. in addition to telling folks their money is safe, the president today called on congress and banking regulators to strengthen banking rules to prevent such failures in the future the government reassurance appeared to go a long way toward easing nerves on wall street however, concerns remain over whether it s all over. nbc s jake ward has much more. reporter: with two u.s. banks being forced into closure in recent days