recovery efforts underway this hour for debris in the atlantic off the coast of the carolinas after the president ordered a suspected chinese bivalent to be shot down after hovering over the united states for several days. people nearby had their phones reeling, when fighter jets on the bloom around 2:30 eastern on the balloon off the coast of south carolina. au and senior military officials said the debris spanned seven miles. the u.s. is now working to recover that debris. a senior defense official tells nbc news that two of 22 raptors for the single missile took out the spy balloon as it flew at least 60,000 feet above us. the federal aviation administration paused all arrivals and departures at three u.s. airports in the carolinas. under an abundance of caution. it turns out president biden ordered the shoot down on wednesday. why did it take until today to carry out those orders? here is how president biden explained it a short time ago. on wednesday, when i was briefe
at this place shutdown so-called scorpion unit whose members included arbiters charged in the death of tyre nichols. is this a move in the right direction? plus donald trump hits the campaign trail for the first time since announcing his 2024 presidential bid. he says he is more committed than ever. will republican voters be just as committed to him? later, backlash continues to grow against ron desantis for his decision to block courts on african american studies. some students are ready to take it to the courts. all of that and more is coming up. a good sunday morning to you. i m katie thing. thanks for starting your day with us. there s new fallout in some major changes at the memphis police department after friday nights like the videos showed five former officers beating, kicking, tasing and pepper spraying tyre nichols, who died just a few days ago. the department has permanently deactivated what it called its scorpion unit. that included all of those officers we saw
overrespond. i hope it doesn t happen again former u.s. ambassador to russia michael mcfaul with his assessment of the russian confrontation of the u.s. drone over the black sea we ll have much more on the diplomatic implications of the incident just ahead. plus, some republican lawmakers are pushing back on comments from ron desantis about russia s invasion of ukraine with comparisons to neville chamberlain. things got tense between ari m melber and donald trump s lawyer an interview that s incredible revealing in many ways a little later on morning joe. it s wednesday, march 15th we have the host of way too early, jonathan lemire, david i ignatius mark mckinnon. first, we start with the new information that we re learning about a collision that occurred yesterday between a russian fighter jet and an unmanned u.s. surveillance drone over the black sea. the united states european command reports around 7:00 local time yesterday two russian jets began to track the drone
tonight on the reidout we just learned about another shooting in tennessee. a school shooting. and i am truly without words. and our children deserve better. first lady and teacher dr. jill biden responding to the latest horrific acts of mass violence as politicians in states like tennessee worry more about drag shows and banning books than about actually protecting our children. also tonight, public protests in israel and elsewhere against the rising wave of authoritarianism. while here in the u.s., there s a shocking lack of urgency in repudiating the conspiratorial and violent rhetoric from our home-grown autocrat in waiting, donald trump. meanwhile, trump continues to lash out at the manhattan d.a. and the manhattan grand jury hears from a key player in trump s hush money scheme. bebut we begin with a tragedy that is unique to america. another school massacre. this time in nashville, tennessee. where a 28-year-old woman shot and killed three students and t
shook customers and investors alike. the question was, and really still is, would it also threaten the broader market and the banking system? so far the answer appears to be no. markets largely held steady closing the day mixed though shares in regional banks similar to the ones that failed did take a beating. joining us shortly former treasury secretary lawrence summers who accurately predicted the inflation to walk us through what he thinks of the federal response so far including this promise from the president. every american should feel confident their deposits will be there if and when they need them. in addition we have cnn s christine romans and phil mattingly on this tonight. we begin with christine. so is the threat of contagion in the financial markets, does that seem to have passed? these two banks in particular, they put a big ring around these banks and stopped the fire here and made essentially the depositors whole. these are people who would have to go a