hello, bill. reporter: hey, mike. good afternoon to you. yeah, the latest information we re hearing is at least eight people dead after two of these suspected human smuggling boats capsized off the coast of san diego. and this just highlights the fact that we ve got more death at our southern border now. any way you slice slice it whether it s people crowning in the river, dying of dehydration out in the desert, boats sinking in the florida keys or off the california coast, it goes to show you the risk a lot of these migrants take as they try to get here to the united states. fiscal year 2022, more than 800 my granter deaths migrant deaths at our southern border, the all-time record. and it goes to show these human smugglers don t care if people get their alive or kid. they get paid either way. we saw that firsthand in san antonio last summer when that horrific incident happened with the trailer of 53 migrants dead, baked to death in the heat, essentially, outside the cit
the fact that the decision on tanks must be taken. standoff on military aid, u.s. and nato allies push germany to provide key tanks to ukraine. we re live in london on the diplomatic stalemate. and blow to republicans as the justice department signaled it won t hand over documents they demanded. how it impacts the biden and trump investigations. plus anti-abortion activists rally in washington, d.c. for the march for life demonstration. protestors say even though roe was overturned, there work isn t done. despite intense negotiations among the west s most senior defense officials, determine any still won t agree to send its coveted leopard 2 battle tanks to ukraine and they won t even allow other countries who have them to supply them about on paper it appears ideally suited for ukraine plus thousands are already deployed to more than a dozen nearby european countries, so getting some into ukraine would be relatively easy. poland for example is eager to give some of
more. i have great respect for secretary yell, but i think we need to have yellen, but i think we need to have more clarity and greater strength this what treasury s saying. first, the principle needs to be that all depositors will be protected and have full access to their accounts. reporter: venture capitalist david saks is calling for help from the federal government tweeting, quote: announce that all deposits are safe, end the crisis. it will cost very little, if anything, because svb actually has plenty of assets to pay off depositors. the cost on the banking system and economy will be far greater if they underreact. this morning house speaker kenning mccash think said concern kevin mccarthy said the federal government is working on a solution before markets open. he and many others are speculating that silicon valley bank may be sold. former fdic chair sheila bair said this morning that would be the best possible outcome here. back to you, mike. mike: we ll follow it.
bills. that threshold was reached on thursday at $31.4 trillion. ist secretary yell been warns te is a global ricksk of default. here is what she told christiane amanpour. failure to make payments that are due, whether it is to bond holders or to social security recipients, to our military, would undoubtedly cause a recession in the u.s. economy and could cause a global financial crisis. hard line republicans who control the house with a slim majority are demanding spending cuts before they will vote to raise the debt ceiling. it is a position the white house won t consider saying in a statement, quote, house republicans should think very hard before they spend months telling the american people that they want to reverse the best unemployment rate in 50 years in order to slash medicare and