back in 1969. today, conservative justices are acting like a super legislative body to roll back rights, pushing a right wing agenda that the majority of americans do not want. also tonight, the culture of violence in america. and how the powerful gun lobbyists created a permission structure where it s not just about the right to own guns, it s fair game to use them. and sinking in the polls. ron desantis is now pushing his vulgar, hate-filled anti-lgbtq message all across america in lieu of any actual policy proposals to help the american people. but we begin tonight with the supreme court, which now days is acting more like a super congress, with last week s rulings on affirmative action and lgbtq rights and on everything from voting rights to women s right, labor policies and guns, they acted like unelected politicians and not a court. it s the result of a long game from a right wing that recognizes that they have lost the culture wars. so instead, they say fine. we
11 of america s biggest private banks have stepped forward with a $30 billion rescue package for the troubled first republic bank. fears had been growing that the regional lender might be at risk of failure as a result of market turmoil. our north america correspondent peter bowes has more. well, this clearly is a big boost. there were fears it could go underjust like silicon valley bank did last week, and this $30 billion from 11 major banks that includejp morgan chase, citigroup as well, crucially important to keep first republic alive, because first republic is a very prominent bank here in california, in los angeles. over the last few days, we have seen people queueing outside to take their money, their investments out of that bank and place them with other larger banks, such has been their concern that it could go under. there has been a ripple effect, if you like, throughout the banking communities, and a ripple effect that we have seen really now go right across the wo
after major concerns over the bank s finances. its shares fell by almost a third on wednesday at one point, forcing the swiss central bank to take action. it issued a statement saying credit suisse can borrow up to $54 billion us to boost its bottom line. today the shares have rebounded and are currently up just over 20%. the selling has continued in asia today, with japan s topix banks index falling more than 4%, after recording its worst day in three years earlier this week. we re nowjoined by craig erlam, who s senior market analyst at oanda. for the story to come out was unfortunate timing. it has the backing of the central bank. covering short positions? it keeps investors that they are holding onto something that is not going to become more innocuous. we will see more volatility over the coming days and now investors are going to be looking at more financial institutions to see if there are material weaknesses there as well. i don t think this is over at this point, i t
through his controversial pension reforms. we start with increasing warnings from western governments over the use of the chinese social media platform, tiktok. today the british government banned it on all government and civil servants devices. take a listen. we re also going to ban the use of macro when devices. we will do so with immediate effect. mr speaker, this is a precautionary move. we know that there is already use of tiktok across government, but it is also good cyber hygiene. on the face of it the app might not look like a threat to national security. it s exploded in popularity as a platform to share short videos of viral dances and comical voice overs. and has become a part of today s youth culture. tiktok claims to have more than one billion monthly users worldwide. and last year it was the most downloaded app in the world. the app is owned by the chinese company byte dance. and that s what s worrying governments. because the app can collect data stored on t
sean has a keg. but don t worry, it s light beer so y all will be fine. all right. great to see everybody, sean. great. love you too. anyway, have a great weekend. all right. i m laura ingraham. and this is the ingraham angle from washington tonight. thanks for being with us. the tock party, that s the focus of tonight s angle. well, mr. china came to washington today and it was quite a spectacle. we have heard important concerns about the potential for unwanted foreign excess to u.s. data and potential manipulation of the tick tock u.s. ecosystem. our approach has never been to dismiss or trivialize any of these concerns. we will firewall, protect us data from unwanted foreign access. can you do surveillance of other americans ? we will protect the u.s. user data and file it all from all our foreign access is a commitment that we ve given to the committee. i want to hear you say with 100 percent certainty that neither vytenis nor tiktok employees can target other america