cnn, which once defined cable news, is now under fire after this week s trump debacle. underilities new ownership, it s now just one more outlet for the libertarian billionaire point of view. also tonight, the unserious caucus, jim jordan continues to carry trump s water, pursuing a pointless investigation of manhattan d.a. alvin bragg. as james comer more or less admits he s got nothing on the bidens, but he s going to keep pretending he does anyway. and we begin with the continued clean-up on aisle five at cnn in the wake of widespread criticism over its decision to air a town hall with the twice impeached civilly liable for sexual abuse former president donald trump on wednesday night that played out more like a pep rally or a maga version of the jerry springer show. on thursday, cnn ceo chris lict mounted a defense of the town hall during the network s morning editorial call. insisting the spectacle served the public well despite the widespread condemnation even fro
this is cnn breaking news. i m max foster joining you live from london. bianca is off for the day. we ve got breaking news to bring you at this hour. it is that essentially the second largest bank failure in american history has been announced. first republic taken over by the authorities late last night. and they have sold a large proportion of the assets to jpmorgan chase. thos those assets we re being told is just announced by the federal deposit insurance agency. that s the agency that ensures deposts for customers. this is the third bank to fail in two months. there s a relief other banks haven t failed. as you can see, the medium-size banks are struggling in the united states. there s concern that contagion may spread to other parts of the world. but so far, the authorities seem to be handling each one on a case-by-case basis. as i was aing, j.p. morningen will take over the assets, the deposits held with the bank. customer deposits are safe for now. authorities tryin
also tonight the pentagon approveathize deployment of some 1,500 u.s. troops to the southern border with mexico as the u.s. braces for a new surge of thousands of migrants. the pentagon press secretary joins us live to discuss the timing and the scope of this new military mission. and senators clash over a proposed code of ethics for the u.s. supreme court justices at a hearing prompted by scrutiny of justice clarence thomas. i ll speak with chairman dick durbin who s accusing the high court of being in his word oblivious to these ethics issues. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. we begin with two very consequential deadlines for the biden administration and the country, for that matter. the u.s. facing the dire possibility of defaulting on its debt next month, and a major migrant surge across the southern border is expected next week when a key trump era immigration policy expires. our
f the debt limit isn t raised or suspended. that s a new really serious warning from the treasury secretary janet yellen. we did learn house speaker kevin mccarthy agreed to go to the white house and meet with the president next week. hollywood writers now on strike. it s the first time they have done so in 15 years. production will be delayed on some of your favorite television shows. for more you on that. also, at least six people are dead after a huge pileup on i-55 on central illinois. more than 70 vehicles crashed due to low visibility from a dust storm. also new this morning, the surgeon general has a plan to tackle america s epidemic of loneliness and isolation. his six-pillar approach to build our social connections. that s ahead. and serena williams, great news, pregnant with baby number two. the tennis superstar made the reveal during last night s met gala. cnn this morning starts right now. so i m so excited about the serena williams news. i know.
expanding access to affordable child and long term care. and body cam video released of the horrific moments that actor jeremy renner endured after a snowplow ran over him. rescue workers tending to him as you see, blood spilled across the snow and a life or death moment for this avenger and courtroom clash. the blockbuster trial between dominion voting and fox news is kicking off. opening arguments haven t even started and it s already getting ugly. cnn reporters are inside the courtroom, sending us all the details of this story, and many more coming in right now. on cnn news, central. so any moment opening statements in the biggest defamation trial in a generation are about to begin dominion voting systems suing fox news for defamation seeking $1.6 billion in damages in this sketch the fox lawyers seen on the right, the dominion attorneys on the left, the company said the network perpetuated false claims that dominion machines rigged the 2020 election despite repeated effor