jansing in new york city. warning signs in the economy as worries about a recession, interest rates and the debt limit shave hundreds of punts points off the dow. now with a standoff over how to pay the nation s debts, will things get worse before they get better? and why wait until next week to find out? plus, no chief justice, no problem. senate democrats slam the supreme court as they push ahead with a hearing on ethics, even after john roberts declines to show up. chairman dick durbin arguing the justices ethical standards shouldn t be acceptable at a local city council, let alone the highest court in the land. and as the texas manhunt stretches into a fourth day, haunting new questions from family members about whether the police could have caught the suspect at the scene or stopped him before he started the massacre. i ll talk to a former police chief about what should have happened once those 911 calls started coming in. but we begin with congress and the white
a group of big american banks has injected $30 billion into a smaller regional bank, first republic, which had been seen as at risk of failure. it comes as fears grow of a crisis in the global financial sector. shares in european banks hit a two month low, after the eurozone s central bank hiked interest rates by a half of 1%. us treasury secretary janet yellen insists the us financial system remains sound, despite a series of bank collapses. let s cross to los angeles, and speak to our north america correspondent, peter bowes. peter bring us up on what the latest is and what is going on. it clearly is a big boost for first republic was that there were fears it could go under just like silicon valley bank did last week, and this $30 billion, from 11 major banks, that includejp morgan chase, citigroup as well, crucially important to keep first republic alive, because first republic alive, because first republic is a very prominent banker in california, in los angeles, over the
11 of america s biggest private banks have stepped forward with a $30 billion rescue package for the troubled first republic bank. fears had been growing that the regional lender might be at risk of failure as a result of market turmoil. our north america correspondent peter bowes has more. well, this clearly is a big boost. there were fears it could go underjust like silicon valley bank did last week, and this $30 billion from 11 major banks that includejp morgan chase, citigroup as well, crucially important to keep first republic alive, because first republic is a very prominent bank here in california, in los angeles. over the last few days, we have seen people queueing outside to take their money, their investments out of that bank and place them with other larger banks, such has been their concern that it could go under. there has been a ripple effect, if you like, throughout the banking communities, and a ripple effect that we have seen really now go right across the wo
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