its closing arguments in donald trump s civil fraud trial after a dramatic scene in which the former president himself addressed the court. the judge had only allowed trump to speak on the condition that he focus on the facts but the president quickly veered into other territory claiming he is an innocent man being persecuted d the judge telling defense counsel please control your client. th former president has already been found liable for inflating properties to get loan deals. the judge will attempt to issue his ruling by the end of the month. yasmin vossoughian is reporting for us outside the courtroom in new york. vaughn hillyard is urbandale, iowa, also with us, renato, former federal prosecutor. somebody might argue at least in terms of drama donald trump s a tough act to follow. reporter: yeah, i think that person would likely win that argument. nonetheless, i think lee tee james has a lot in store. she is not likely to offer closing arguments to other attorneys.
assured they will be protectednd have access to their money we have an obligation with payroll. we have an electrical business and we have to meet payroll this afternoon. that s why i am here. everything is insured. we are not worried. going to collect my share and go home. wow. yeah, wow, right? it s a full-on bank run. these are old-school bank runs. let s not scare people. no, i m saying what we re seeing. a few banks. yes. let s hope it s not more. good morning. it is the top of the hour. glad you are with us. customers getting their money back after the stunning collapse of silicon valley bank. concern is growing as don was indicating for other regional smaller banks across the nation. their stocks are tanking. how much danger are they really in? former treasury official roger altmann is here to weigh in. a massive winter storm slamming the northeast. right now with powerful winds and up to two feet of snow. we will take you live inside the stor
west and winter storms out east. and now, rite aid and how the drugstore is being accused of fueling the opioid epidemic. this is what we are watchingt that hour. thank you for being here, i m kate bolduan, and we are beginning with the turmoil, the fallout, and the wild ride that has already been this week since the abrupt collapse of silicon valley bank. and the federal reserve is looking at the oversight of the bank and what went wrong and who missed what. the regional banks are bounce back after confidence of the institutions were shaken yesterday. this is how the stocks are performing right now. that is not all that is shaking up the economic picture this morning. we got the latest read of inflation. the government reporting that inflation fell for the eighth straight month in february. matt egan and john solomon joining us u no. matt egan to you, what are we seeing? we are seeing that the pressure is easing here, and the fact that the regional bank shares fell, an
In august from a year ago is americans pay more for everything from electricity to shelter to food with Grocery Prices seeing their largest 12 month increase since 1979 democrats celebrating unless with white house heralding the passage of their inflation reduction act. The president claiming measures cutting costs for american families. The bill cut cost for families, help reduce inflation at the Kitchen Table because thats what they look at, how much are they monthly bills and how much they pay for necessities gave Breathing Room as my dad would say. Paul Wall Street Journal columnist dan henninger, Kim Strassel And Mary and a stray zia ogrady. Why do you think the Financial Markets and investors were caught and surprised by the Inflation Number . I think the main thing right here as Milton Friedman said effects of Monetary Policy give us a long variable lacks so when you have the feds tightening the responsibly economy will take a while to feed and so thats one problem and i think t