pregnancy and during childbirth. that number is soaring, and some groups are hit worse than others. coming soon to a florida beach near you, a 5,000 mile wide blob of seaweed. and frankly, guys, it stinks. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start today with our money lead and a $30 billion, with a b, dollar rescue than. america s largest banks announced they are going to step in to try to prevent what could lead to a domino effect that would theoretically wreck the economy. the group of banks are all going to provide a $30 billion rescue for san francisco based first republic bank. first republic saw its stock plummet after two other banks failed over the weekend. and moody s downgraded its outlook for the entire banking industry. stocks rebounded today over the rescue news, the dow closing up 373 points, signaling that experts are, at least for now, breathing a sigh of relief that further economic damage may be avoided or at least delayed. our business correspond
that damage. reporter: the newly declassified footage appears to directly concept rah dictate russia s claim that the aircraft did not make physical contact. there was no collision. the problem is that we didn t contact to this drone. the russians have been just flat out lying. flat out lying about their account. reporter: the u.s. has not yet determined whether the pilots intended to directly hit the drone, forcing the u.s. military to crash the drone into the black sea some 80 nautical miles from land. we know that the intercept was intentional. we know that the aggressive behavior was intentional. we also know it was very unprofessional and very unsafe. the actual contact of the fixed wing russian fighter with our uav, the physical contact of those two, not sure yet. reporter: but cnn is learning that the russian pilots did not go rogue. u.s. officials familiar with the intelligence say the pilots were ordered to harass the drone by senior officials in russia s
a troubling new cdc report reveals the maternal mortality rate rose by 39%. birthing is such a critical piece of our society. that s our next generation. norah: tiktok s ultimatum from the biden administration. the biden administration is also demanding that tiktok s chinese parent company divest itself from the social media platform, or it might see a nationwide ban. [buzzer] norah: and check those brackets. it s time for march madness. furman has not been to the ncaa tournament in 43 years! and they have pulled the first-round upset. norah: good evening, and thank you for joining us on this thursday night. well, tonight, tens of millions of americans are under weather alerts, with severe storms sweeping across the southern plains, bringing heavy rain and possible tornadoes. plus, america s military services are falling short of their recruitment goals. how the u.s. army hopes to change that. but first, the dramatic new video showing the physical co
russian fighter jet hit an unmanned american drone, damaging the drone and causing it to go down in the black sea. russia has claimed their jets did not touch the american drone. but since the video was released russian officials have been silent. this comes as the u.s. believes russia has recovered some pieces of the drone. we re going tostart our coverage with cnn s natasha bertrand as national security spokesperson john kirby says this video shows that clearly russia has been, quote, flat out lying. reporter: this is the moment just before a russian fighter jet collided with a u.s. drone over the black sea. the thick plumes of smoke, jet fuel being vented by the russian su-27 as it passes. we don t see the moment of impact. but here s the propeller of the mq-9 reaper drone undamaged. and here it is later, clearly damaged. there had to have been some kind of an impact. i don t think a while the fuel spill on top of the aircraft, on top of the mq-9,
unmanned american drone, damaging the drone and causing it to go down in the black sea. russia has claimed their jets did not touch the american drone. but since the video was released russian officials have been silent. this comes as the u.s. believes russia has recovered some pieces of the drone. we re going tostart our coverage with cnn s natasha bertrand as national security spokesperson john kirby says this video shows that clearly russia has been, quote, flat out lying. reporter: this is the moment just before a russian fighter jet collided with a u.s. drone over the black sea. the thick plumes of smoke, jet fuel being vented by the russian su-27 as it passes. we don t see the moment of impact. but here s the propeller of the mq-9 reaper drone undamaged. and here it is later, clearly damaged. there had to have been some kind of an impact. i don t think a while the fuel spill on top of the aircraft, on top of the mq-9, would have been significant, i don t think it would have