or terms. our support to israel s right to defend itself is ironclad as you ve heard me say a number of times, and that s not going to change. it s critical, as i said earlier, that hamas not be able to threaten israel from gaza or even threaten gaza anymore. you know, that s an interest that we all share. that s a common interest with all of us, and so today we had great discussions about the status of the campaign, about goals and objectives, and about how to reduce harm to civilians in the battle space, and to and the need to ensure a sustained flow of humanitarian assistance into gaza. you know, we can offer some insight based upon our own experience in fighting terrorist groups and certainly that enabled us to have great discussions and we also have some great thoughts about how to transition from high intensity operations to lower intensity and more surgical operations, so we had great discussions on all of those issues. on lebanon, we ve been clear that we don t want
As he holds his Christmas Eve mass in the vatican. And looking ahead to the inevitably stressful cooking of christmas dinners well be getting tips from a chef from inside his restaurant kitchen. Hello and welcome to bbc news. An icy blast is affecting nearly 250 Million People in the us and canada, as one of the most severe Winter Storms in living memory takes hold with snow blizzards, strong winds and freezing temperatures. At least 19 people have died. Hundreds of thousands of american households and businesses are without electricity and thousands of flights have been cancelled. The Us State Of Montana registered a record breaking low of minus 45 celsius. Nomia iqbal reports. For much of america, this is the coldest Christmas Eve. Millions of them had plans to get away for the holidays. But the powerful bomb cyclone has thrown everything into chaos, causing Car Accidents, destroying power lines, leaving millions without electricity. The warning is, dont travel unless you need to. Do
to hear her first here outfront. plus, the collapse of the second largest bank in american history that happened in the span of 48 hours and is affecting the entire banking industry and perhaps beyond. i ll speak to the ceo of a company whose money was with that bank, got a call from a panicked investor to get out now. you ll hear what happened. and the president of a little known group of islands calls out china s xi jinping accusing china of bribery, personal threats to his safety, all over xi s potential invasion of taiwan. good evening, i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, executed by russian soldiers. her son s death was seen around the world. she had to watch it herself, and the mother of that ukrainian soldier is now speaking out for the first time. the video of his death difficult to watch, but important to show the depravity of what s happening on the front lines. it sparked global condemnation. the ukrainian was executed after he said glory to ukraine. an
that ensures bank deposits and overseas financial institutions. the agency says all insured depositors will have access to their deposits no later than monday morning. the fdic ensures deposits of up to $250,000. why did this bank fail so quickly? it is an old school bank run in a modern economy. you can point to two reasons. the first is that the fed has been increasing interest rates since 2022. that has an effect on thing bank s assets, which means its unrealized bonds were worthless money. those increased interest rates has had a devastating effect in the tech sector at large. the tech sector has seen layoffs and funds been sold off. that has led to panic. that s led to group chats of founders of vcs all abuzz with what to do with svp. that led to panic. nobody wants to be the last customer held at a bank. help break down all those affected. svb was the premier bank in silicon valley. we ve seen tech companies banking at svb as kind of a badge of honor. right now we
trump with quite the opening statement on the chinese communist party and president xi jinping. we have a lot to unpack from last night s hearing held by the new house committee on china. plus a new nonpartisan report is detailing more of the failures that led to the january 6th capitol attack. and also ahead, we ll break down what happened at the supreme court as justices heard arguments on president joe biden s student loan forgiveness plan. good morning and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, march 1st. march already. i m jonathan lemire, thanks for starting your day with us. amid rising tensions between the two countries the new house select committee on the strew edgic competition between the united states and the chinese communist party held its first hearing last night. in prime time a bipartisan group of lawmakers set the stage for what republican chairman mike gallagher called an existential struggle over the future of america. we may call this a strategi