the federal government is now stepping in to calm financial panic over the failure of two u.s. banks. the biden administration announcing it will extend a federal backstop to all the banks deposits. treasury officials push back on the idea this was a bailout saying the burden is not borne by the taxpayers. we ll hear from president biden moments from now. water everywhere, causing chaos across central california. warnings of intense sustained flooding in the days ahead. it s unimaginable. folks, we are not done yet. former vice president mike pence telling a crowd in washington that history will judge donald trump for his actions on january 6. probably not a message that will be terribly popular with republican-based voters. three women who live in texas are believed to be missing in mexico. we really haven t had any other incidents that i can recall. and the oscar goes to everything, where every, all at once. this year at the academy awards, the
plus this. and the oscar goes to navowni. that is well deserved as it gets. cnn s documentary on alexei navalny who is in prison in russia took home an oscar last night. the director will join us live to talk about this moment. what it means for alexei navalny, putin s jailed critic. we do begin, though, with the biden administration trying to prevent financial contagion after two banks failed back to back in the last three days. a live look now at the white house, where the president will speak this morning as the federal government takes emergency action. silicon valley bank collapsed on friday, it became the largest u.s. bank failure since the 2008 financial crisis. regulators also shut down signature bank based here in new york. we learned about that late last night. they said signature bank was on the brink of collapse and threatened the broader banking system. so at the direction of the president and the treasury secretary, the fdic is now stepping in. they ar
additional funding available t help banks meet the needs of their depositors this comes just days after the collapse of silicon valley bank nbc news producer garrett grew back joins me now. gary, what more. do we know we do have the statemen straight from we will read a portion of it t you now. after a recommendation from th board, the fdic in the federal reserve, and consulting with the president, secretary yelle improved actions enabling th fdic to complete its resolutio of silicon valley bank tha mirror that fully protects the depositors what does this mean? basically, the depositors will have access to all of thei money starting tomorrow. and no losses associated wit the resolution of silico valley bank are going to b borne by the taxpayer. that is zero dollars there senior management of f s vp ar going to be completely removed from the company, according to treasury and they say that it i decisive action that wil protect the u.s. economy b strengthening public confid
out the second largest failed bank in u.s. history we re going to have the latest on this developing financial crisis. tell you what, it was a crazy weekend. yesterday, the white house working along with people across the financial industry, doing everything they could to stop a meltdown. yeah. and it looked in the early afternoon like that meltdown was coming they understood that china s markets were going to be opening at 8:00, 9:00 at night, and they had to get things lined up before then so the asian markets didn t collapse, which would cause u.s. markets to collapse this morning it was touch and go, as you know. yeah. because we were on a lot of calls yesterday afternoon. it was touch and go for quite some time. it looks like, for now, they ve stemmed the bleeding but this, for a while, was looking like it could spread much like 2008. absolutely. meanwhile, mike pence finds the courage to speak out on donald trump, but only behind closed doors and off camer