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president lula da silva is paying a visit. president xijinping president lula da silva is paying a visit. president xi jinping told president lula da silva is paying a visit. president xijinping told his brazilian counterpart that chinese development would create new opportunities for brazil. the also an opportunity for beijing to reinforce ties with one of the world's emerging economic powers, a member of the group of economies which also includes russia, india and south africa. he said he viewed relations with brazil as a diplomatic high priority. the countries agreed a deal to dit...

politics." i'm john king in washington. thank you for sharing your day with us. a high altitude picture of the mud air encounterer between a drone and russian fighter jets. the classified video shows moscow putting the drone in its cross hairs, ignite ing a cloudf jet fuel and buzzing the drone twice. plus our banking system remains strong. the treasury secretary tries to calm nerves. she's on capitol hill today assuring americans your money is safe. and today the senate barrels toward a vote on undoing the force against iraq. it happens two decades after the run up of shock and aw...

unfolding in the banking sector has boosted the odds of a recession in the u.s. within the next year. but treasury secretary janet yellen is about to wrap up her senate testimony and she argued the fallout has been contained. >> i can reassure the members of the committee that our banking system is sound and that americans can feel confident that their deposits will be there when they need them. this week's actions demonstrate our resolute commitment to ensure that our financial system remains strong and that depositors' savings remain safe. >> now, the market seemed skeptical until ...

>> we begin with a wide-ranging attempt to restore americans' confidence in the u.s. economy, after weeks of troubling financial indicators. treasury secretary janet yellen spoke under oath today to answer questions about the controversial actions she and the federal government took to rescue silicon valley bank. >> our banking system is sound and that americans can feel confident that their deposits will be there when they need them. this week's actions demonstrate our resolute commit to ensure that our financial system remains strong. >> yellen also said that no taxpayer money is b...

and pentagon concerning the russian downing of a u.s. drone. >> new video shows when a pair of russian fighter jets approached the drone and brought it down. let's bring in oren liebermann and jeremy diamond. let's start with what the pentagon is saying about this new video. >> reporter: the video itself is pretty incredible. a close look at what happened early tuesday morning over the black sea. there are essentially two pieces to it. in the first one, a russian fighter jet makes a pass at a u.s. mq-9 reaper drone, dumping jet fuel. you see the drone itself is still operating. the p...