going out to these protests, it s a mix, but the vast majority are people who ar carrying israeli flags these are the vast majority, still support the israel military occupation, and whe the simple issue of raisin israeli apartheid is raised, they keep telling palestinians not to raise that issue. so, on the one hand, they ar asking for democracy on the other hand, they don see how for palestinians, this has been a dictatorship an will continue to be dictatorship, because that i what it is to live under israeli military rule. it means that you don t have the right to choose your own governments, to be able to decide your own future but instead, you are living unde the thumb of another government so, even if you look at th current composition of thi government, out of the - best set - out of the 120 members of th parliament, 110 of them suppor the occupation it s only ten, and those ten happen to be arab, that don support the occupation so, only those ten support you will wr
what happened? erica, this happened so fast. it s stunning. silicon valley bank shut down by california regulators after the stock crashed by 60% yesterday after the bank said it needed to rapidly raise cash. this is easily the biggest bank failure since washington mutual fell apart in 2008 during the financial crisis. silicon valley bank, if you haven t heard of it, it is a major lender to tech start-ups. the fdic says that depositors that have $250,000 or less, they are insured here. they will get their money. they will get access to their money as soon as monday morning. but we know that some people, some entities, some start-ups, they have more than $250,000, and it s less clear what s going to happen to them. how did this happen? well, when the fed spikes interest rates, things tend to break. we know that the fed rate hikes have hurt the valuation of the tech companies that this bank catered to, also has hurt the value of the bonds that banks rely on to get cash. erica
in the key 2024 battle ground state of iowa. he has an event soon putting his presidential ambitions very much in the spotlight just days before donald trump campaigns in the state. this as trump has been invited to appear before a grand jury investigating his alleged role in covering up hush money payments to adult film star stormy daniels. the move signaling a decision whether to charge trump may happen soon. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf f bblitzer. you re the situation room. we begin with a historic collapse of a california bank. u.s. stock prices sliding amid questions about whether this is an isolated case or a sign of things to come. cnn s chief white house correspondent phil mattingly is following the story for us along with mark and our own matt edgen matt, first to you, how serious is this bank collapse? reporter: stunning collapse. silicon valley bank may not be a household name but it has more than $200 bil
state showdown. we begin with the fox news alert and we are awaiting the white house briefing next hour where karine jean-pierre will be pressed for the president s massive $6.8 trillion tax and spend budget plan. a lot to unpack in america reports in the next two hours. i m john roberts in washington and, s sandra, weather correspondent made it to washington. i m sandra smith, glad to be with you, john. this massive new tax and spend plan as inflation remains stubbornly high and as a brand new jobs report is just released by the labor department. it did show payrolls rising by 311,000 last month. that was higher than expected and as the wall street journal references what they see as evidence of resilient economic economy. the unemployment rate meanwhile ticked up to 3.6%, that s from the record low in january. but there s still a big question on what s coming down the pike as more rate hikes could be on the horizon. so with that in mind, let s get right to it wi
tv. like, did you get a haircut? we re glad you are with us. and it is wow. very busy news friday . let s get started with the five things to know for this. friday april 7th 2023, tennessee republican led tennessee s republican led house has expelled two of its democratic members for violating house rules during a gun reform protests. one of them is justin jones. and he will join us live this morning. a story that is we have so much to cover on that plus escalation in the middle east israel launching airstrikes into southern lebanon and the gaza strip. the move comes after a barrage of rocket attacks were reported in israel. biden administration proposing a rule that would forbid a ban on trans athletes. the rule, however, would allow some exceptions to be made also story. daniels speaking out, saying she is quote absolutely willing to testify in the manhattan district attorney s case against former president trump. she s telling piers morgan. she doesn t think the charges ag