two banks. both with deep ties to the tech industry. the collapse of fat silicon valley bank in the bay area and signature bank here in new york shook customers and investors alike. the question was, and really still as, what it also threaten the broader market in the banking system so so far, the answer appears to be no. markets largely held steady, closing the day mix shares in regional banks amongst the ones that failed to take a beating. joining shortly, lawrence summer, who actually predicted the current high insulation to walk us through the coming days and weeks and what he thinks about the federal response so far. including this promise from the president. every american should feel confident that their deposits will be there, if and when they need them. in addition to secretary summers, we have cnn s kristen romans and phil mattingly on this for us tonight. christine, on your money, and fill, on the white house response and what comes next. we begin with christin
officials in florida now say at least 66 people are confirmed dead, more than half the fatalities are here amid the widespread devastation in lee county, home to fort myers. the sheriff there says there have been more than 600 rescues in that county alone. near sarasota police officers evacuated a neighborhood early this morning as a levee appeared in danger of collapsing. that threat, a 15-foot wall of water crashing into the neighborhood. just a short time ago the state reopened a 12-mile stretch of interstate 75 in both directions bet an over flowing river has forced a closure there. governor desantis said overflowing lakes and rivers have also created havoc. there s also other areas where we may expect additional flooding. i was touring central florida with some of the aerial tours. there was more standing water in central florida than there was in southwest florida from the imp immuno impact of the storm serurge. i want to bring in jim acosta in fort myers, one of th
us i m eric shawn. ian made land from the south carolina coast just over 24 hours ago. it was weaker than the category monster that stamped entrance lamp florida. ian did plenty of damage with high winds and storm surge flooding. ian s remnants are now bringing heavy rain to the mid atlantic and northeast. areas of west virginia and those are at risk now we are told a flash flooding today. ask newest team coverage alexandria hoff is in fort myers, florida. molly and pawleys island, south carolina. rich edson with the latest on the federal response. but first we are going to go to adam tracking the storm s path what is the most important information that you have to give us now, adam? it is still a rainmaker print yes it s no longer a tropical storm. running over to the mid atlantic eventually up into new england all through the weekend as it makes its move. this is a future forecast. you can take a pay attention to the time step in the quarter. the heaviest rain over easter
ahead of the commonwealth leaders summit and defends his controversial asylum deal. and the lasting impact of music on the lives of children from one of scotland s most deprived estates in stirling. and coming up in sportsday at 6:30 on the bbc news channel, we ll be live at headingley as england hunt a test series whitewash against new zealand. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. taliban officials in afghanistan say the search for survivors from wednesday s devastating earthquake in the south east of the country has ended. doctors say many children may have been the victims of the quake, which is thought to have killed more than 1,000 people. heavy rain and the destruction of road and communication network have hampered relief efforts in paktika province, the worst hit area. entire villages have been destroyed, with survivors saying they are finding it difficult to find means to bury their dead. secunder kermani is there and has just sent this report. homes redu