racing to protect the flooded town where thousands had to evacuate plus, president biden hours away to sign an order reducing gun violence we will talk to brandon tsay, the man that disarmed the gunman former president trump in iowa tears into florida governor, ron desantis we will play for you what he had to say we begin this hour with breaking news. the wall street journal now reporting that the justice department and the sec are now both investigating the collapse of silicon valley bank according to people familiar with this story. nbc news has not confirmed the report at this time. meanwhile, new data we just got in hours ago show that inflation increased 0.4 of a percent last night, and prices for key essentials are high. milk, eggs, butter, chicken and coffee cost more today than they did last year. the report coming one day after the government took emergency steps to prevent a major banking meltdown after the collapse of these two major banks. president biden
on the ground. israel expands its ground operations in gaza. we re going to fight in the air, ground, and sea. what does the escalation mean for the region s future? and for the hostages trapped there by hamas? national security adviser jake sullivan joins me live, next. and then, intelligence which he republican senator, james langford. plus, blackout, as israel s barrage picked up, gaza went dark with communication services cut. palestinian civilians must be protected. now with communications partly extraordinary, what is the latest inside gaza? and, new beginnings? finally, the u.s. house elects a speaker. one more sign of republicans embrace of donald trump. another? i have decided to suspend my campaign for president. gop candidate chris christie on what it all means, coming up. hello. i m jake tapper in tel aviv, where israeli bombardments of gaza lit up the sky overnight. cnn teams are hearing constant explosions and some machine gun fire with drones
undercutting the florida governor and protecting ukraine is not a vital interest for the u.s., and that sets him apart from republicans that support aid for ukraine. what do you make of this, michael? it s unfortunate, it s short-sighted and typical grand standing on an issue that he thinks will play to the base, and it goes counter to everything ron desantis said when he was in the senate. he was very clear about how he felt about russia s involvement there, noting that, you know, i think if we arm ukrainians, i think we would send a strong signal to putin that he should not be going any further and now he wants to appease putin and wants to coddle putin in his aggression, so he will have to reconcile his transformation in
it should be taken seriously. and for the fact that we have a president of the united states at a time that our country is being attacked and by the way, will do so again. putin has shown on the international scene that when he pushes and if he s not stopped or met by force, that he s going to continue to do this. and this president seems to be in many ways not only not stopping him but continuing to coddle putin, somebody who is a threat to our country. and so today s inquiry was all a legitimate focus, but unfortunately we did not get satisfactory answers from the attorney general. that s why again it s consistent. you re right, i blocked him beforehand. i thought he should have resigned after his being caught in not being forthcoming with the truth in his confirmation hearings. he would not tolerate that from a kid from newark in a judicial process, this law and order guy. his testimony was not forthcoming, and this is further proof to me that he should not
engaged in a major effort to undermine our democracy. so i m sorry. this is serious. it should be taken seriously. and for the fact that we have a president of the united states at a time that our country is being attacked and by the way, will do so again. putin has shown on the international scene that when he pushes and if he s not stopped or met by force, that he s going to continue to dthis and this president seems to be in many ways not only not stopping him but continuing to coddle putin, somebody who is a threat to our country. and so today s inquiry was all a legitimate focus, but unfortunately we did not get satisfactory answers from the attorney general. that s why again it s consistent. you re right, i blocked him beforehand. i thought he should have resigned after his being caught in not being forthcoming with the truth in his confirmation