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off. donald trump takes on rhonda scent this and the florida governor seems to be crumbling it s his presidential campaign over before it even begins then, judicial ethics, the cal to investigate clarence thomas are growing. i ll speak with congressma hank johnson, one of the democrats leading the charge t try to hold thomas accountable and or start the week, it s battle for the most tone tha the campaign announcements you will want to stick aroun for these once i am ayman mohyeldin, let s ge started. all right, so in politics, lik in life, the little things matter most. great politicians like joe biden, nancy pelosi, barac obama, they have an almost innate ability to appreciate the little things. think about bill clinton snack for remembering the names of voters he met years earlier or even ronald reagan s habit o enjoying a jog at the end of the day with then speaker ti o neill. it was those small gesture that mean a great deal to th people on the receiving end of the
extraordinary effort to reassure americans that the u.s. banking system is safe plus, poland is set to become the first country to send fighter jets to ukraine. it comes amid new reporting that china s leader will visit russia next week. those new developments are also straight ahead. and donald trump goes off on a frenzied defense amid a series of investigations. we will have the latest on the probes involving the former president. good morning and welcome to way too early on this friday, march 17th happy st. patrick s day. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. in the words of cnbc, wall street rides to the rescue 11 of the country s largest banks are depositing a total of $30 billion to first republic bank to avoid a third collapse of the u.s. bank in less than a week first republic serves a similar clientele as silicon valley bank and signature bank, both of which failed in recent days. those banks had a high number of uninsured deposits as d
agenda for the next two years. and the case they ll be making for reelection. a critical piece of the puzzle for democrats young voters. we ll dig into what they want in 2023. the president of next gen x. plus, the gop culture wars, attacking diversity in the curriculum. professors tommy about the cost of that. and real solutions for police reform. i ll talk to a colorado long make her about what her state has done. and, if it could be a model for the nation. this is american voices. we begin with a historic moment for the president on tuesday. president biden plans to frame his state of the union address by highlighting his administration s achievements during his first two years in office. the speech may also serve as a preview of what a possible 2024 reelection bid might look like. a person close to the white house tells nbc news biden will focus on his plans to reduce prescription drug costs and upgrade the nation s aging infrastructure. once the speech is over,
tracks and crashed and fire from it burned for days, releasing those killer chemicals into the air. norfolk southern train corporation and the transportation secretary pete buttigieg failed to show up. the city s mayor says buttigieg is missing in action. i m harris faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus. new problems we re hearing from people that we ve been interviewing in focus. they waited too long to evacuate people and let them go home too quickly knowing how bad it was. now thousands of people are living in fear. i mean even the governor says he is going to drink bottled water. problems are building. people are having trouble breathing. their pets are dying. thousands of dead fish in the local streams. still transportation secretary pete buttigieg seems to have lost his ability to speak on this disaster. the community wants to know where is pete? emotions running high at the so-called informational open house. they re telling us that everything is fine. we re