Its been loaded with around 200 tonnes of food and medical supplies. But, without a working port, its not clear yet where the ship will actually dock or how its cargo will be distributed inside gaza. 0ur middle east correspondent Quentin Somerville is in the Port City Of Larnaca in cyprus and sent us this report. Its a drop in the ocean of gazas need, but this is the first direct aid shipment by sea about to leave cyprus. The spanish ship the open arms, seen here in larnaca port, getting ready to set sail. It has a long journey ahead of it. The barge has 200 tonnes of desperately needed essentials rice, flour and pre prepared meals. This has taken months in planning. The cargo was loaded all weekend. The final Security Clearances from israel came through in the last few hours. Well, weve done truckloads of food through the rafah crossing. Weve done airdrops with thejordanian army. This is the next step into providing food aid into gaza. They are suffering and this is what were doing. B
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plus, russia s military falling apart. soldiers revolting against commanders calling themselves sacrificial lambs as the battle between russia s army and the private military wagner group spills out into the open. and hundreds of migrants trying to storm the u.s. southern border. frustration with biden s policies boiling over. this is the u.s. boarder you re looking at and we ll tell you what s happening there. let s go outfront. and good evening. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, bank crash. stocks of dozens of regional banks across the united states plunging to record lows today. the situation so volatile that trading had to be completely stopped, halted for roughly a dozen of those banks. here s just a few to show you what happened in the hours they were even opened for trading. first republic bank, 66% lower at one point. western alliance bank corp, 60% lower. pac west, 34% of its value gone. first horizon, about a quarter of its value erased. it was a head-spin
government is stepping in to calm the failure two of u.s. banks. everyone that had money in sign silicon valley bank and signature bank will have money. the president is going to address the public about it. oscars, stealing the show, best picturor, best actress, best supporting actor and best supporting actress. also overnight, saber-rattling once against from north korea with a missile test launched from a submarine. the u.s. and south korea begin joint military exercises. you know this name. michael cohen. set to testify in a case that could lead to criminal charges against donald trump. cohen expected to appear before a mat nhattan grand jury. he s been making hush payments to stormy daniels. and get this march madness your march madness bracket is set for the ncaa tournament. the one seeded, kansas, purdue, alabama, something like that never heard of them. cnn this morning starts right now. i can tell you, i was in washington this weekend. the collapse of
silicon valley bank collapsed on friday, and the government of the state of new york shut down signature bank last night, claiming signature was on the verge of collapse. the federal government has since taken over that bank. president biden rushed out to the cameras this morning before the markets could open to try to calm the american people. he insisted there s no need for the public to worry, that their money is safe and the economy will not suffer. america can have confidence that the banking system is safe. your deposits will be there when you need them. every american should feel confident their deposits will be there if and when they need them. let me also assure you we will not stop at this. we ll do whatever is needed. the concern now is whether this was just the first part of a larger financial crisis and whether other banks or the markets will take a major hit in the coming days and the move by the biden administration to guarantee that the funds in those fail