extraordinary effort to reassure americans that the u.s. banking system is safe plus, poland is set to become the first country to send fighter jets to ukraine. it comes amid new reporting that china s leader will visit russia next week. those new developments are also straight ahead. and donald trump goes off on a frenzied defense amid a series of investigations. we will have the latest on the probes involving the former president. good morning and welcome to way too early on this friday, march 17th happy st. patrick s day. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. in the words of cnbc, wall street rides to the rescue 11 of the country s largest banks are depositing a total of $30 billion to first republic bank to avoid a third collapse of the u.s. bank in less than a week first republic serves a similar clientele as silicon valley bank and signature bank, both of which failed in recent days. those banks had a high number of uninsured deposits as d
All right. All right. I know. I know. I know. I know. I know. M i love. I love. Me too. Hashtag happy tuesday, everyone. Lets get started. This w this week is National Brain injury awareness weeeek, or as joe calls it, every week. Former White House Press secretary jen psaki is under fire for claiming joe biden. Didnt check his watch during the Memorial Services fortch du soldiers killed during the u. S. Withdrawal from afghanistarinr in 2021. She was right. U. S. Giden wasnt checkin watch. He was just surprised at those weird things at end of his arms called hands. D an Stormy Daniels actually wore a bulletproof vest to Donald Trumps hush money trial, which is weird because shes uset prd to taking shots to the face that back, hey, we aint playing tonight. But to make her feel at home,hoe a member of her Security Detail saw the vest and crumpled a 20 bill into it. Four years after joe biden picked Kamala Harris as his vp, hes still mints, mispronouncing her. Its contagious. He he said
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hi, everyone, we made it to friday. it s 4:00 in new york. the very first person to earn the dubious of being first of the republican party is at this very moment playing a game of chicken with the rule of law with practically every prominent member of the gop either silenced or acting at his henchman, the ex-president is talking like a mob boss, amping up his threats of retaliation against his perceived political opponents and enemies in the wake of his conviction on 34 felony counts for concealing a scheme to interfere in the 2016 presidential election. over the course of a single day, trump openly mused about revenge, not once, not twice, but three times. even when he was practically begged to back off the threats by friendly interviewers. watch. i think you have so much to do, you don t have time to get even. you only have time to get right. well, revenge does take time, i will say that. it does. and sometimes revenge can be justified, but sometimes it can t
pakistan. and north korea prepares for a rocket launch. we have an up-close look at the launch pad, could a nuclear test be next? i ll ask bill richardson why the rest of the world is so worried. i m wolf blitzer, you re in the situation room. but we begin with the obama administration, pressing hard right now for legislation that would ensure that the wealthiest americans don t pay a lower income tax rate than the middle class, this drawing iss let bring in our chief white house correspondent, jessica yellin. jessica, the president s getting ready to score some political points on this issue? reporter: the white house says this is all about policy, but on a campaign conference call they could not behind the push for the buff let rule. it s the front page of the website, president obama bushing the buffet rule. if you make more than a million dollars a year, you should not pay less than 30% in taxes. the buffet rule says if you make more than a million dollars a