silicon valley bank collapsed on friday, and the government of the state of new york shut down signature bank last night, claiming signature was on the verge of collapse. the federal government has since taken over that bank. president biden rushed out to the cameras this morning before the markets could open to try to calm the american people. he insisted there s no need for the public to worry, that their money is safe and the economy will not suffer. america can have confidence that the banking system is safe. your deposits will be there when you need them. every american should feel confident their deposits will be there if and when they need them. let me also assure you we will not stop at this. we ll do whatever is needed. the concern now is whether this was just the first part of a larger financial crisis and whether other banks or the markets will take a major hit in the coming days and the move by the biden administration to guarantee that the funds in those fail
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running the stretch of the entire border in mcallen, texas, that s a piecemeal approach and yet residents who have been living here for a very long time i talked to a gentleman who s been here his whole life in his 70s and he doesn t see the kind of crime that the president talks about. brianna? jim acosta in mcallen, thank you. president trump is trying to make the case, right, that s why he s there that a southern border wall would protect the country also from possible terrorist attacks but an administration official tells cnn more non-u.s. citizens on the terror watch list are encountered at the northern border with canada. senior national correspondent alex marquardt live for us from vermont. tell us about it. it s a northern border town and really crossing the border is as easy as, what, crossing the street? reporter: technically, yes,
newt gingrich, previously worked for rick perry. news out of the middle east this morning, syrian forces have converged on a northern border town with tanks and helicopters retaking control, after violent anti-government protests erupted last week, claiming the lives, the government says, of 120 policemen. an estimated 5,000 people have fled into neighboring turkey, setting up makeshift camps along the border to escape the bombardment. in response to the growing violence yesterday, senator lindsey graham had tough words for syrian president, bashar al assad. if it makes sense to help the libyan people, which they were going to get slaughtered, the question for the world, have we gotten to that point in syria? we may not be there yet. but we re getting very close. if you care about protecting the syrian people from slaughter, now is the time to let assad know that all options are on the table.