Like this when a crisis hits, when our fellow citizens cry out in need, none of that matters. We are not talking about politics now. We have to get together and get this solved. We need a lot of help. We look out for one another and we pulled together and we pitch in and we persevere and we pull it through. That is the american spirit. That is what made america originally great and that is why today i have come to valdosta with large semi trucks, many of them, filled with Relief Aid and a Tanker Truck full of gasoline. We have a couple of the big Tanker Trucks filled with gasoline which they cant get now. We will be working to distributed throughout the day. I want to thank Franklin Graham and everyone. You people are fantastic. And people appreciate you very much. [applause] for the incredible Partnering And Work thAt They have done not only here but all the time. They seem to be the first ones at areas that need help. A short time ago i received a briefing on the situation here and v
bank failures, silicon valley bank and signature bank. christine romans, what is happening with credit suisse is different, but it s also spooking thing market. it is. so this is european banking fears that are now spreading back into an already fragile and vulnerable u.s. system. credit suisse down 20% to a record low. several european bank shares are halted in european trading. so that s just feeding into the worry about rising free agents and fragilely in the world. dow futures down 1.5%. if this holds this would take away the rally in yesterday. nasdaq, s&p futures also lower here. the regional banks that bounced back in the u.s. yesterday a sign of stability, a sign of relief, a mixed performance. first republic shares in premarket trading up a little bit. some of the other banks are down and again what folks are really zeroing in here is what are the exposure to these banks, these long-term treasuries, long-term securities that are going to be hard to sell in the near