on capitol hill, democrats unveil a new bill they say will prevent another bank collapse. we will speaker with senator bob menendez who helped introduce the legislation. battle over abortion rights in texas how one jeryl judge to block a medication used in abortions nationwide. the latest fallout after a russian fighter jet and u.s. drone collide in mid air now russia says it s intenting to recover the fragments of that drone. we begin this very busy hour with the latest on wall street where the dow jones continues to drop after shares of another major bank tumbled more than 20%. dow jones is down 552 points and 1.7% dropping this morning a swiss bank with large operations in the u.s. and around the globe is the center of the latest crisis in the banking sector that is affecting wall street. joining us now with more is cnbc sema mody. what is going on with the markets this morning and why can you hear me? let s try to reestablish communication with her on this we will k
for democrats it s full steam ahead and working in a rare saturday session. the process is very lengthy. we ll see it kick off tomorrow afternoon and stretch over the course of the weekend because the rules would tell you once they go on the motion to proceed, the first process in order to get on to this bill, they then have to go through 20 hours of debate at least and then there are other things that republicans can do to try to slow it down before this so-called vote-a-rama period, an unlimited period of amendments and then they could ultimately pass it. we re only here talking about that because of senator kyrsten sinema, who was able to get the changes she wanted on the bill. they, contrary to what schumer and manchin may have wanted. i believe strongly in the carried loophole and i pushed for it to be in this bill. senator sinema said she would not even move to proceed unless she took it out so we had no choice. they re going to do lots of amendments. we don t know wh
director and a doctor. it s not an overstatement to say this is the most significant legal fight over abortion rights since the supreme court struck down roe versus wade last year the reason for that is because of the potential impact that you laid out if the plaintiffs get what they want from the judge in this case, it would restrict access to this drug which is the first step in the way that you induce an abortion through medication abo abortion through pills fountain judge takes it off the market he would be taking it off the market nationwide and not just in texas. means it would not be available, as the argument goes, in states in which abortion is actually legal. since we know that more than half of women actually get abortions through the use of these pills, that is why the impact would be so massive here. dr. patell, how does this drug work? it s been in the market for
the mail. we want to talk about it all with dr. patell. always good to see you. hospitals are reporting that concerning rise in severe strep a infections in kids. what is strep a? and given what we re seeing in the uk, how worried should parents be here? group a strep is the cause of these infections is a type of bacteria known as a strep throat infection. the bacteria that causes that. it can cause a number of other things such as toxic shock syndrome, these are words that sound scary because they are. and along with that, we re seeing a four-fold rise in children s hospitals in the united states with this infection. it s transmitted. this is why we re seeing it like all other infections with droplets, coughs, sharing common food con taunters. i hate to say it, but it goes
illness. joining me is dr. patell. we see what s happening in minnesota. i was at a clinic this week and people walking in without appointments were turned away. do we have enough vaccines for those who want them in a high-risk category? no, we do not. we have 3 to 4 million individuals who would be placed in that high-risk category. that s being incredibly conservative. we know there is spread outside these high-risk categories. it s just a matter of testing and time where we ll see some of this. we need to do more with what we have. that means educating people, trying to minimize risk and where possible getting the treatments and vaccine. dr. jha was asked about the availability of vaccines in the u.s. right now. let s listen. there is one small company in