on capitol hill, democrats unveil a new bill they say will prevent another bank collapse. we will speaker with senator bob menendez who helped introduce the legislation. battle over abortion rights in texas how one jeryl judge to block a medication used in abortions nationwide. the latest fallout after a russian fighter jet and u.s. drone collide in mid air now russia says it s intenting to recover the fragments of that drone. we begin this very busy hour with the latest on wall street where the dow jones continues to drop after shares of another major bank tumbled more than 20%. dow jones is down 552 points and 1.7% dropping this morning a swiss bank with large operations in the u.s. and around the globe is the center of the latest crisis in the banking sector that is affecting wall street. joining us now with more is cnbc sema mody. what is going on with the markets this morning and why can you hear me? let s try to reestablish communication with her on this we will k
walensky will join me. our conversation on the brand-new covid boosters. the potential for a once a year covid shot and the pandemic that s still killing nearly 500 americans every day. but first, it s decision time for the justice department. faced with the hugely consequential choice of whether to appeal a florida judge s decision to appoint a special master in the case of those classified documents seized from mar-a-lago. that ruling is now the subject of a ton of push back, even from conservatives including former attorney general bill barr. the opinion i think was wrong and i think the government should appeal it. it s deeply flawed in a number of ways. i don t think the appointment of a special master is going to hold up but even if it does, i don t see it fundamentally changing the trajectory. when you think the stakes can t be any higher, the washington post is revealing one of the documents taken last month revealed details about another country s nuclear cap
lamborghini. that s what prosecutors say the president s son spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on instead of paying his taxes. his lawyers and his father s campaign say this is all about politics. taking the stand donald trump is prepared to testify in his civil fraud trial. why does he keep choosing the courthouse over the campaign trail? and, i m sorry, the president of harvard is apologizing for saying calling the genocide of jews harassment. why is it so hard for so many to call out jew hate? i m dana bash. let s go behind the headlines and inside politics. we start with hunter biden facing nine new charges in a federal tax case that, if convicted, could put the first son in prison. the 56-page indictment filed in california alleges that he schemed to av eevade at least $ in federal taxes. he s facing federal gun charges and is at the heart of a republican-led impeachment inquiry into his father, the president. this morning, we heard from hunter biden himself
ut uterus that is medical speak for saying it s safe and humane to give this to probably 64 million women who will not have access to it and the millions more trans and nonbinary persons as well. barbara, what is the issue that this is such a legal challenge? i think in ordinary times, jose, we would be stunned to find any kind of challenge against a drug approved more than 20 years. i think the only thing unique about this drug is that it can end a pregnancy and is where we find ourselves where we are. i would say in ordinary times there would be zero chance a judge would substitute his own judge for scientists and professionals at fda that they allow the patch of more than 20 years to consider such a claim when you think about the research and development that pharmaceutical companies put into drugs after they get that fda approval a ruling here that building drug
and good morning to you. it is tuesday, december 13th. i feel like it s a homecoming. a long time since the three of us have been together. good to see you. as usual a busy, busy news morning. breaking news now. four soldiers are dead after two army choppers went down during a training exercise. it happened a joint base lewis-mcchord in washington state. crash investigators are trying to find out what went wrong right now. pliv on the pholive on the phon crash site. what do we know? i m watching the lights of the recovery teams that have been looking throughout the night to go in the grim task of recovering those bodies of the four aviators that lost their lives. still don t know what went wrong. at about 11:00 p.m. eastern last nim, sometime after 11:00 p.m. two helicopters crashed killing everybody aboard both helicopters. these are small observation helicopters, ali. the eyes and ears of what s on the ground. flying maneuvers over a training area when this crash to