rates still attest. but in silicon valley it made for an epic pay day. it was soon reflected on the balance sheets of its biggest local lenders which was called silicon valley bank. in 2018, svb had about $49 billion on deposit. three years later that same bank had amassed more than $189 billion. that is a gargantuan amount of deposits over a short period of time. dramatic enough to have raised a serious question and an obvious one. what was silicon valley bank gonna do with all that money? even the san francisco bay area, it would be hard to find qualified borrowers for $189 billion. you could not responsibly loan all of that money even if you wanted to. so what would you do with it? that s the question you would have asked if you were paying attention, both from inside svb or the regulatories action. turns out nobody was paying attention. nobody thought to ask for questions. we thought stress test silicon valley bank in the middle of a room. with a narcissism complex who ta
Pyromaniacs and saboteurs are the republican words about his colleagues responsible for removing the speak e of the house, and now furious phone calls in a fight the replace the speaker, and what we are hearing from those jumping into the race now. And reversal of President Biden now supporting a new barrier on the mexican border. A massive strike in ukraine today, and the deadliest russian strike in ukraine for over a year. Im kate bolduan with sara sidner and john berman, and this is cnn news central. This morning, the house is essentially frozen and unable to legi legislate, because it has no leader. The house members have gone home to their districts and that means any legislative work is stalled until the House Republicans can come together to elect a new speaker to replace Kevin Mccarthy hoohios jim jon and Steve Scalise say they will take the job, but the road to 218 votes is fraught. This is what one republican congressman told john berman last hour. If we dont change the found
outnumbered, i m harris faulkner with my co-host emily compagno and kayleigh mcenany. joining us today host of kennedy saves the world podcast, kennedy herself. co-host of bottom line on fox business, sean duffy is here. let s get started. breaking news kevin mccarthies he will be leaving congress this year. this shocking announcement after his historic removal from the speakership in october and his departure is set to make republicans already slim majority tighter heading into 2024. the former speaker announced his decision in op ed titled, i m leaving the house, but not the fi fight. i have seen the goodness of the american people and they will uphold the enduring value of our great nation. we all have a role to play in that effort, i never could have imagined the journey when i threw my hat in the ring, i left it on the field and with a smile on my face. looking back, i wouldn t have had it any other way. only in america, he says. sean. sean: kevin mccarthy was a memb
why wouldn t you want peace? the neocons were enraged by this. why desantis is talking about something far worse. he s talking about trashing the international order. he s talking about dismissing a full scale invasion of a sovereign european nation as a border dispute. this is so reckless. ron desantis basically said, so what, russia is in ukraine? let them alone. doesn t affect us. the narrowness of that vision, the narrowness of his statements it s more than upsetting. it s scary. tucker tail is wagging the dog. that s why. look at the forum through which he wanted to give this information. from a host on fox news who has been railing against the u.s. involvement in ukraine. as a national security person from my perspective, it is horrifying to me that you have
really say nothing about what is religious persecution, possibly. ukraine said they have found leaflets but that s all they re pointing to. they found some rubles and leaflets, not weapons, nothing particularly scary. so you have to wonder why the silence? tucker: it s absolutely shameful. they re closing churches and arresting priests and christian leaders here say nothing about it. it s genuinely shameful. thank you so much. good to see you. thanks so much, tucker. tucker: so one man who was at the capitol on january 6th, one of many thousands, saying he s being prosecuted by doj even though he didn t do anything. he was in the building for one minute. he left the second capitol police told him to. we have the footage to prove that. but they destroyed his life anyway. almost nobody has told the world about it. that man joins us next to tell