biden s campaign gears up for a trump nomination. then, the state of the race for second place, ron desantis shifting focus to south carolina, while nikki haley faces a make-or-break moment in new hampshire. and moms for liberty pushing their agenda in the classroom, all at the expense of taxpayers. we ll get into the impact this could have an education as the 11th hour gets underway on this wednesday night. good evening once again. i m stephanie ruhle. the 2024 front runners are off to very different starts. president biden started to negotiate crucial aid money for our allies, earlier today donald trump was almost kicked out of a new york city courtroom after he complained loudly to his lawyers during testimony from e. jean carroll. the trial, of course, will decide damages, if any, in carroll s defamation case against donald trump. in a separate trial last, year a jury found him liable for sexual abuse and defamation. the judge warned trump to stay quiet and threaten
announce their participation. one of them former vice president mike pence submitted his government forms today. correspondent mark meredith is on the story tonight. good evening, mark. bret, good evening, like you said, it s getting bigger by the day. the three men jumping into the race this week are all former prominent trump supporters. clear candidates feel more comfortable taking on the frontrunner. the question remains will republicans want an alternative next year. hello, iowa. former vice president mike pence is challenging donald trump for the demonstration. today pence filed his paperwork with the fec and will formally roll out his campaign in iowa on wednesday. republican primary voters are going to look at the field, think very deeply about who can best carry our message and carry majorities to victory. pence will face considerable competition including from south carolina senator tim scott who tonight is generating considerable buzz after appearing on
well. it didn t end well. our administration did not end well. obviously, the administration did not end well. obviously, the administration did not end well. the administration didn t end well. it obviously didn t end well. it didn t end well. it did not end well. i think i m very clear in saying that the administration did not end well. hang mike pence! hang mike pence! yeah, that s not the fairy tale ending that you kind of hope for. tend to agree. it could be a while before we see new material from the late night talk shows. they re expected to go dark during the hollywood writers strike, which started at midnight on the west coast. it s the first major labor-related work stoppage in 15 years. meanwhile, on capitol hill this morning, there is more pressure on lawmakers and the white house to reach a deal on the debt ceiling. following a new warning from the treasury department. we ll also have the latest on the first republic banking collapse. the third financi
let s go to kelly o grady on why this is so different. kelly? well, great to see you, neil. yeah, when i woke up this morning and i heard that j.p. morgan chase had taken over first republic, it reminded of 2008 when you saw them take over bear stearns, when you saw them take over washington mutual. one of the key take-aways, the big bank banks keep getting bigger. j.p. morgan won out on a competitive bidding process. they re taking over all deposits. the bank will also make a 10.6 million payment to the fdic as part of this takeover. they were operating as usual today. the one that i m at, folks were coming in and out, checking their accounts. the president said he feels like the banking system is going to be okay. listen to this. regulators have taken action to facilitate the sale of first republic bank and ensure that all depositors are protected and the taxpayers are not on the hook. these actions are going to make sure that the banking system is safe and sounds. ma
a month before the attack. one of the strongest storms ever recorded in the southern hemisphere rips through mauritius and madagascar twice and is now heading for mozambique for the second time. it may have broken the record as the longest lasting cyclone in history, on record, it s been a named tropical cyclone now for 33 days. hello to our viewers on pbs and around the globe. we start in the us, and regulators have shut down silicon valley bank, a major lender to tech companies, after it ran into financial trouble. worries triggered a sell off on global financial markets. it s the largest banking failure in the us since 2008. james clayton has been explaining how it happened. this will go down in silicon valley history, certainly one of the most stressful days for silicon valley founders in modern times. we have spoken to people today who have been able to withdraw their money from silicon valley bank, and some who haven t. one person i spoke to said they put in a wire requ