failed within three days of each other. that led credit for moody s to downgrade its outlook for the entire u.s. banking sector. and those worries skyrocketed today because of troubles facing the global investment company credit suisse. the saudi bank failed to rule out giving funding to the already embattled company that combined with the recent u.s. issue sent stocks falling. i want to bring in business reporter rahel solomon, rahel, walk us through what happened today. well, jake, basically the mood for investors, as investors search for the next sign of weakness. to be clear, i think the nasdaq actually closed slightly higher which is interesting. but this is really just a confidence issue at this point. you can see that reflected very clearly in some of the bank stocks. i want to point your attention to some of the regional stocks, jake, you and i have talked about already. first republic bank off 21%, pac-west off 5% on top of the losses. it s been a rough go for some
ginger zee timing it out. the alarming headline breaking late today. police outside syracuse, new york, say they have stopped a mass shooting threat at another upstate tops supermarket. tonight, how they knew of this threat, and why they took it seriously. tonight, the federal investigations now launched after those two u.s. banks collapsed. the justice department and the s.e.c. did high-ranking bank employees know this was coming? did they take advantage of that information? and the video tonight. one of the bank s ceos and what he asked employees to do as this was unfolding. pierre thomas tonight. the race for the white house. and florida governor ron desantis declaring that supporting ukraine is not in the vital interest of the u.s. instead, calling the russian invasion a, quote, territorial dispute. rachel scott tonight. this evening, the epa proposing new regulations to remove what are called forever chemicals from the drinking water in this country. tonight, n
chief of the faa i asked him why do these near misses seem to be happening so often. and the bakery helping young chefs rise to their full potential and inspiring america. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening, and thank you for joining us we ll get to that major weather news in a few moments. but first, we want to bring you the latest in what we know about a dangerous aerial encounter in the sky today between the united states and russia the pentagon saying a russian fighter jet poured fuel on an unmanned american drone, then collided with it over the black sea. it sent the american aircraft into the water the confrontation escalating already high tensions between the countries which are telling different versions of today s event. courtney kube has the latest for us from the pentagon. reporter: the stunning showdown happening over the black sea near ukraine and russia when an unmanned american drone like this one called a reaper was c
wrote, i purchase a horse, that s inaccurate. that s a lie maybe, but there s no crime there because this filing was not for the purpose of influencing an election it wasn t something hidden there was no obligation to disclose this to an election campaign committee at all. the lawyer representing donald trumpin the stormy daniels hush money case presenting a defense for why the former president did not break campaign finance laws that payment. we re going to have much more from this heated interview straight ahead meanwhile ron desantis is facing criticism from some members of his own party after he called russia s invasion of ukraine a territorial dispute. and that comes as russia makes an aggressive move with a u.s. drone over the black sea we ll break down what happened and the possible fallout good morning and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, march 15th. i m jonathan lemire, thanks for starting your day with us. and we ll begin this morning on capitol hil
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