here in the uk, this advert posted to the labour party s official twitter account is receiving cross party criticism. it suggests the prime minister doesn t believe adults convicted of sexually assaulting children should go to prison. so far the labour party have stood by the ad. with me is our political correspondent, david wallace lockhart. david just tell us a bit more about this controversy. this controversy. obviously, local elections coming this controversy. obviously, local elections coming next this controversy. obviously, local elections coming next month - this controversy. obviously, local elections coming next month andj this controversy. obviously, local- elections coming next month and this labour advert they have put rishi sunak, prime minister, front and centre and talk about the fact that under the conservative government under the conservative government under 60% of those idols who convicted of sexually assaulting children have not gone to jail. this i
plus, russia s military falling apart. soldiers revolting against commanders calling themselves sacrificial lambs as the battle between russia s army and the private military wagner group spills out into the open. and hundreds of migrants trying to storm the u.s. southern border. frustration with biden s policies boiling over. this is the u.s. boarder you re looking at and we ll tell you what s happening there. let s go outfront. and good evening. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, bank crash. stocks of dozens of regional banks across the united states plunging to record lows today. the situation so volatile that trading had to be completely stopped, halted for roughly a dozen of those banks. here s just a few to show you what happened in the hours they were even opened for trading. first republic bank, 66% lower at one point. western alliance bank corp, 60% lower. pac west, 34% of its value gone. first horizon, about a quarter of its value erased. it was a head-spin
viewers joining us here in the united states and all around the world. you are watching cnn newsroom, and i m rosemary church. just ahead, under fire from both sides of the aisle over a surge of migrants u.s. president biden makes his first visit to the southern border since taking office. echoes of january 6th in brazil s capital. hundreds of bolsanaro s supporters stormed top buildings in protests against the election results. plus the buffalo bills make an emotional and triumphant return to the field. well, one of the most controversial issues president joe biden faces will be front and center when he iron fence between u.s. and mexico. notably he did not appear to meet with migrants themselves. a senior administration official told cnn that was completely coincidental and the center did not have any that day. his handling of the crisis has been criticized by many republicans including the texas governor. i urge him in the letter to see the real chaos, what everybo
Now, let s discuss the us withdrawal from afghanistan , who could forget the chaotic pull out and those scenes at kabul airport in august 2021 , which resulted in the taliban takeover of the country. well now, the us presidentjoe biden s administration has blamed the way in which the withdrawal panned out , on his predecessor, donald trump. a 12 page summary of the report says mr biden was severely constrained by mr trump s decisions , including a 2020 deal with the taliban to end the war.mr trump responded that the white house was playing a disinformation game . i have been speaking to writer and journalist ahmed rashid and former us member of congress, peter meijer. firstly, ahmed rashid was reminiscing the sudden us withdrawal in 2021. it has been there had been a long negotiation in qatar between the taliban and the americans. and what was going to be made very clear was that the afghan government of the day, led by president ashraf ghani, did not have any role to play in it.
And i think he probably really liked it but isn t allowed to really like it so he has to say he hasn t seen it. but look. these guys are liars. that is what they do for a living. they lie and they lie and they lie. they are in the disinformation game and that is their industry and their economy is lying. and so i m not surprised that he would come out and say something like that and try and chalk it up to hollywood and minimize it and try and make this accomplishment seem smaller than it is but at the end of the day there is no minimizing this. this is an extraordinary accomplishment and it is the name navalny the name of our film and the name reverberating around the world today. so peskov can say whatever he wants but the film is called navalny and a lot of people are going to watch it including probably him and his entire family. for sure and as you point out given that some of those who were involved in the attempted poisoning of your father, dasha, are now missing, i mean it