plus, russia s military falling apart. soldiers revolting against commanders calling themselves sacrificial lambs as the battle between russia s army and the private military wagner group spills out into the open. and hundreds of migrants trying to storm the u.s. southern border. frustration with biden s policies boiling over. this is the u.s. boarder you re looking at and we ll tell you what s happening there. let s go outfront. and good evening. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, bank crash. stocks of dozens of regional banks across the united states plunging to record lows today. the situation so volatile that trading had to be completely stopped, halted for roughly a dozen of those banks. here s just a few to show you what happened in the hours they were even opened for trading. first republic bank, 66% lower at one point. western alliance bank corp, 60% lower. pac west, 34% of its value gone. first horizon, about a quarter of its value erased. it was a head-spin
florida and will meeting with governor desantis to put their differences to help hurricane ian victims get back on their feet. we have you covered with a void in fort myers with the latest on that meeting. steve, the recovery is just beginning. the white house john kirby and where these recovery efforts are going. welcome, everybody, a very, very busy news day and something rare you seek cooperation from both sides of the aisle because the people in florida demanded it but more to the point, the leaders offered it. momentarily. let s go to nate boyd in fort myers with more. good afternoon, neil a cordial vision cor to mike visit between president biden and governor ron desantis and over s over into fort myers beach. they were there recently and the president just left under an hour ago at this point and you mentioned it was cordial. the president said he has done a good job responding to this hurricane but governor desantis is very thankful of the government assistance he r
Unlock all doors and i see the pride when they say i am an american. To see how florences program unlocks the doors of the american dream, go to cnnheroes. Com. Thanks for watching. Our coverage continues. Happening now. Hurricane lane battering hawaii with strong winds and deluge rain. Another ally appears to have broken with the president. The executive who helped kill stories about the president s affairs before the election cooperating with investigators. And a Predominately Black Georgia County could close most of the Polling Places before midterms. Critics say it is doing to muzzle the majority vote. Good morning. Im christine romans. Im dave briggs. Happy friday. August 24th. 4 00 a. M. In the east and 10 00 p. M. In hawaii. We start with Hurricane Lane on final approach to hawaii. It is now category three. Officials are warning the storm is a significant rainmaker. More than 19 inches fell on the big island. Governor david ige says some parts of the island could take 30 inches