chicago hit with severe flash flooding stunning drivers stunned by the sudden rushing water. nascar fans faced downpours for the city s first street race delayed by 90 minutes due to the weather and it was shortened by 25 laps. still exciting though, a lot of fun to watch and today on the west coast residents are warned to brace for extreme heat with temperatures in some areas expected to soar, get this, over 115 agrees so we check in with meteorologist adam klotz for our fox weather forecast. adam. very active weather across the country continuing to see at least some of that here early this morning and it will linger the next couple of days. all those thunderstorms have been largely on the eastern half of the country. this is a 12 hour radar loop and you see the explosion of thunderstorms every single afternoon and evening. expect to see something similar again today. early this morning you see those storms die down they pick up in the afternoon and evening hours but
that s a saving grace for customers of silicon valley bank as much as $220 billion in assets were uninsured. it s a move to prevent a run on additional banks and makes it so the tech companies that banked with svb can make payroll. at least 29 were impacted including big names like pinterest, fit bit, zip recruiter who name a few. separately the same has been done for new york signature bank shut down over the weekend. treasury secretary janet yellen says this action does not equal bailing out the banks. during the financial crisis, there were investors and owners of systemic large banks that were bailed out and we re certainly not looking into the reforms that have been put in place means that we re not going to do that again. but, we are concerned about depositors and are focused on trying to meet their needs. ceo of pershing square bill ache man says he agrees it s not a bailout. a term come to be used he said this on twitter, quote: more banks will likely fail despite
new york, city christmas. ainsley: there is the all-american christmas tree out on the fox square. we were here late last night lighting the christmas tree. patriotic, all red, white and blue. cardinal dolan a rabbi here and minister. it was really special. steve: it absolutely was. as you look at it. this year, just like last year, it is fireproof. something else that we are doing a little different is we turned the light off at midnight now. because what we have found, apparently, is it draws people throughout the night. so, they turned it off at midnight and turn it right back on at 6:00 a.m. and we just turned it on so you can get a good look because it feels like thehoods right now 3 # degrees in new york city. brian: that s where i just learned something already, steve. i thought this was mayor adams demanding everybody shut down the lights to save money. shutting down library wrears and closing down museums. i just was wondering if this was part of the budget c
house put an unofficial gag order on border agents. what appears to be a dangerous mountain bike accident turns into an epic proposal. the shocking plan from this wedding crasher. fox and friends first starts right now. let s get it started hot let s get it started here let s get it started. we are live from new york city and london and with that good morning, you are watching fox and friends first on thursday morning. benjamin: straight to extreme weather. millions of americans on high alert bracing for potential tornadoes across the southeast, 21 reported touchdowns slammed the deep south, the storm leaving a trail of destruction in alabama and mississippi. jillian: severe storms causing flash flooding, fierce lightning streaking across the mississippi tennessee sky and listen to this from the university of alabama. senior meteorologist janice dean tracking the dangerous line of storms. this is what you were afraid of. janice: we have another day of sever
the white house put an unofficial gag order on border agents. mask for the but not for me, john kerry lying maskless, his explanation as fox and friends first continues right now. another story we are covering this morning, talk about hypocrisy and it was a few minutes, he had his mask off, we will hear his explanation coming up later, regardless not a good look. not to mention he s the climate czar and yet he jets around the world, takes these private jets everywhere, it is hypocrisy and you wonder why you have to do face-to-face meetings to cut down on carbon emissions. he has answered and we will tell you what he says coming up. good morning, you are watching fox and friends first on thursday morning. let s get right to this extreme weather alert because millions of americans are on high alert bracing for potential tornadoes across the southeast. at least 21 reported touchdown slammed the deep south, stores leaving a trail of destruction in alabama and mississi