fox news at night. breaking tonight the state of texas getting marching orders from the biden administration telling governor greg abbott to lead federal agency back in or there will be consequences. governor abbott ordered the texas national guard to seize control of the park with the massive influx of illegal immigrants. the clock is ticking for the wednesday deadline. it doesn t appear either side is backing down between abbott and president biden. shelby park in eagle pass, texas it, is what the u.s. border control uses to process migrants crossing into texas. texas fenced that off to slow down crossings. the biden administration said that s unconstitutional. following the drownings of a mother and two kids the department of justice filed a request with the supreme court to get access. dan patrick said his state is not endangering migrants. he blames president biden s lack of action at the border i tells them to go in. if you drown so what. joe biden has a cold heart.
america s defence secretary says he s had a rare phone call with his russian counterpart in the aftermath of a collision between a russian fighter jet and a us drone. the race is now on to recover the wreckage of the unmanned aircraft. it s thought to be 1,200 metres deep in the black sea. russia has also said it will try to find the wreckage. meanwhile, america s top general said the whole incident was a result of russia s increasingly aggressive behaviour in the area. us defence secretary lloyd austin gave this update earlier. asi as i have said repeatedly, it s important that great powers be models of transparency and communication. and the united states will continue to fly and to operate were ever international law allows. and it is incumbent upon russia to operate its military aircraft in a safe and professional manner. 0ur diplomatic correspondent, james landale, has this report from kyiv. this is the kind of unmanned aircraft that crashed. an mq 9 reaper patrolling th
we begin with a wide-ranging attempt to restore americans confidence in the u.s. economy, after weeks of troubling financial indicators. treasury secretary janet yellen spoke under oath today to answer questions about the controversial actions she and the federal government took to rescue silicon valley bank. our banking system is sound and that americans can feel confident that their deposits will be there when they need them. this week s actions demonstrate our resolute commit to ensure that our financial system remains strong. yellen also said that no taxpayer money is being used to reimburse those depositors. more on her testimony in just a moment. but first, let s check object markets right now. stocks are surging on word that major banks are in talks to rescue ailing first republic bank. cnn s matt egan is here with us. so talk about this potential rescue of first republic bank. yeah, bianna and victor, over the weekend, we had this government-led rescue. now i
decision very, very shortly in that discussion to authorize the strikes against these particular targets. is there anything you can tell us about the u. s contractor killed. i m afraid not. i mean, we re trying to give the family some time and in space here to grieve. they just got devastating news yesterday. we do know that he was an american citizen and a contractor working for us at that particular base. but again , poppy, i think you can understand where we re going to give them a little bit of privacy right now, just to follow to poppy s question there. what are the things that us can the us do anything to help keep the personnel and u s contractsafe tre? well, the actions that we took yesterday are part and parcel that effort, don, i mean we re going to work to protect our people and our facilities as best we can. it s a dangerous environment. you said it at the top were there to defeat isis to ensure the enduring defeat of isis. they are still a threat in syria. they a