the top of the hour here on your friday morning. i m erica hill. i m jim sciutto. there are deep concerns as china s president xi jinping is preparing to meet with vladimir putin in moscow, and the summit is not a surprise, but washington is on edge to see if china makes any move in particular to provide weapons for the war in ukraine. and this st. patrick s day guest in washington, and it is ireland s prime minister. and also, the wild week on wall street comes to a close, and the major company that just filed for bankruptcy. we will get you caught up on that ahead, but we want to begin with the news with that meeting between xi jinping and vladimir putin. will ripley is joining us now with more on that and what is on the agenda for this face-to-face meeting? well, there is the official meeting, and also the agenda that the u.s. is concerned about which is lethal support from china to russia. vladimir putin needs chips can, ammo and all of the tools that he can get t
help not from the government, but tell us about it. what a week. we have had bank failures and government rescue, and now this. this is the parent company of silicon bank filing for bankruptcy this morning. this does not include the silicon bang itself which is taken over by the significant step of the unwinding of the business. and now the u.s. markets are opening modestly and giving back the big gains. there was a modest enthusiasm over this u.s.-led bank was stabilize, but the regional banks are all down sharply this morning including the public