the u.s. invasion of iraq. >> i am thinking about the invasion and occupation 20 years later, thinking about the incredible destruction and vastatn that iraq and iraq society has expressed. the huge gap between wha actually happened and to my mind, particarly women, have been the biggest victims of the invasion. amy: all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. the pentagon has released video of what it says is a russian fighter jet forcing down a u.s. surveillance drone over the black sea on tuesday. the 42-second video shows an su-27 russian fighter jet pouring fuel on an mq-9 reaper drone and making a pair of close passes. after the second fly-by, the video glitches before revealing damage to the drone's preller. the u.s. says a collision caused the drone to crash into international waters south of the russian-annexed ukrainian territory of crimea. on wednesday, u.s. defense secretary lloyd austin said he called his ru

and by the way, like the u.s., the u.s. don't have the first dollar available, you also -- what will we do? we ball, we ball, we ball. so we have to -- it's for good reason. the reason is to fight against climate change. and we have also today -- as commissioner of the international market, let's be very clear. i was advocating to have an act, an environmental act. like we did for the chip act. to make sure for the clean tech industry we will have all the same rules and obligations, very easy for all the member states. accelerating permitting. accelerating access to financing. making things will be more easy for technology. like we did again for the chips. this is why i'm extremely pleased that i presented the net zero act. which is the framework to make sure that every member state behave the same way for this clean tech industry. second pillar, of course, we need to finance it. so now we have different options. some member states can borrow easily. for example, germany, netherlands, france. they borrow -- germany announce

the u.s. interests go beyond simply coming to the area, because there's a country that needs help with security, needs help with dealing with some of the issues that kabir mentioned, of displacement of people. right? the u.s. has economic interests and security and military interests in this area, too, that it's seeking by this visit . -- by this visit. >> related to this visit by antony blinken, i think such visit has a double significance in which you know that america, the u.s. is playing a cure all, in terms of defense and the security issues in the country . -- in the country. niger now has an opportunity. because it's the first time that niger receives a very important personality from america and in this particular time. in this way, it is i think an opportunity for niger to discuss more in order to overcome about what is going on, fighting terrorism, fighting the budgetary, kidnapping, etc. etc. sami: let me bring in daniel now. is there an element of competition between world powers g

the u.s. continue to decline, and tensions persist with the eu over russia and ukraine. so, what impact will xi's unchallenged leadership have for china and the rest of the world? we will be discussing all of that with our guests in a few minutes, but first we report on a what xi jinping faces at home and abroad. >> eugene peng has been reelected as president and will begin his third term in office with a new leadership team behind him, but they face many challenges at home and abroad. at home, the issue of the environment is still a problem, as you can see behind me. beijing has been blanketed with intense smog this week. but there is a bigger focus on the government and the slowing economy. they set a target of 5% for the year 2023, the lowest target we have seen in decades. that is because china is still struggling to recover from almost three years of a strict zero covid policy where consumer spending took a hit, as well as investment. have seen a rising unemployment rate among the youth a

a u.s. senate panel says credit suisse helps americans evade taxes and the bank committed major violations in its plea deal with the justice department. at cited what may be an ongoing tax concern with almost $100 million in secret offshore accounts. credit suisse says it is cooperating to clear concerns. regulators in singapore describing the outage that hit the digital banking services when state is unacceptable, the monetary authority asking southeast asia's biggest bank to conduct a thorough investigation into the 10-hour outage. the ceo says it will review what happened. it follows a similar incident in november 2021. global news 24 hours a day on air and on bloomberg quicktake powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i am vonnie quinn. this bloomberg. >> a busy time for geopolitics when it comes to china. several key events happening. the new premier is expected to make a pitch to foreign businesses. we are also expecting to hear from him in his sp

because of what types of u.s., what u.s. capitol is going to pport adaptatio diffusion, whatever you want to call it. you were on the receiving end of talent programs, etc. whereaps in chinese capabilities were often being filled by u.s. capabilities, either through our education systems, through acquisitions like complete genomics back in 2012, 2013, and a lot of other things. china has every right to expand its economy to be a great nation, which it is. the question is, what are we doing advance the ccp's goals, both in education, which we are talking about, but also in terms of supplying the capabilities, integration enhancements. i would argue what we did to allow while woody into our market early on with its pricing techniques gave them diffusion capabilities. keeping a blind eye to the standard setting approach that china was pursuing. i am going to stop, sorry. what is your response to that? are we enabling china, the c's activities, and if we arewhat steps should we be taking, if any, to address it? mr. ding, do you

a u.s. air force veteran from texas was sentenced to two years in prison for his role in the january 6 capitol insurrection. 55-year-old larry brock entered the senate chambers in full combat gear and rifled through senators' desks. in florida, the city of miami beach declared a state of emergency, imposing an overnight curfew sunday after two fatal shootings this weekend and "excessively large and unruly crowds" during spring break. officials are meeting today to consider enforcing the measures again from thursday to next monday. and elsewhere in florida, hundreds of farmworkers and supporters led a five-day, 50-mile march demanding humane working conditions and better protections. workers are calling on food retailers to join the fair food program, an initiative that launched in 2011 to improve conditions for farmworkers and end modern day slavery. the march began outside a labor camp in the agricultural community of pahokee, where hundreds of farmworkers were forced into brutal working an

e u.s. army will establish the u.s. army garrison poland in march 2023. the garrison is one of the endung improvements to the dod posture based on assessments from the 2021 global posture review and consultations with nato allies and announced by president biden in june of 2022. joining the existing seven installation management command europe garrison, europe garrison poland will deliver quali base operations support, infrastructure and services to soldiers and civilians to enable u.s. army, africa, europe readiness. the unit will be comprised of team military personnel an 140 civilian personnel. installation management look forward to the continued strengthening ofhe bond between our military commuty and the hosnation communities of poland at the local, regional, and national levels of the alliance. for additional questions, refer you to the u.s. army. finally, secretary millie and -- secretary austin and general millie -- this showed the continued commitmenthat is indicative of thetrong u

because of what types of u.s., what u.s. capitol is going to support adaptation, diffusion, whatever you want to call it. you were on the receiving end of talent programs, etc. where gaps in chinese capabilities were often being filled by u.s. capabilities, either through our education systems, through acquisitions like complete genomics back in 2012, 2013, and a lot of other things. china has every right to expand its economy to be a great nation, which it is. the question is, what are we doing to advance the ccp's goals, both in education, which we are talking about, but also in terms of supplying the capabilities, integration enhancements. i would argue what we did to allow while woody into our market early on with its pricing techniques gave them diffusion capabilities. keeping a blind eye to the standard setting approach that china was pursuing. i am going to stop, sorry. what is your response to that? are we enabling china, the ccp's activities, and if we are, what steps should we be taking, if any, to address it? mr.

u.s. intelligence thing the first that the attack on u.s. forces was conducted by a one-way attack drone made in iran. one of the two most recent ones also using drones. president biden authorized the retaliatory airstrikes saying just a short time ago that the u.s. does not seek conflict with iran but is prepared to "out forcefully to protect our people." word at least one u.s. service members has been injured in the newest attacks tonight. it is early. correspondent martha raddatz is reporting. >> four separate attacks on u.s. forces in syria in 36 hours. one of them deadly. in response, he was f-15s destroyed two iranian aligned training and equipment facilities in syria. >> make no mistake, the united states does not emphasize the conflict with iran but be prepared for us to attack forcefully to protect our people. that is exactly what happened last night. >> martha: it was 6:38 a.m. on thursday when an explosive laden iranian drone came hurtling down aren't they u.s. base in northeast syria. leaving one american contractor dead, one wou

u.s. fighter jet and u.s. drone over international airspace, pentagon secretary pep writer took questions from reporters. he says u.s. military leaders are calling on the russians to conduct themselves professionally and safely as the pentagon continues to assess what happened. this is about 20 minutes. click thank you all very much first of all at like to highlight u.s. european command's statement released earlier today confirming the two russian su 27 aircraft conduct unsafe and unprofessional intercept with a u.s. air force intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance unmanned mq9 aircraft that was operating with an international airspace to recap at approximately 7:03 a.m. central european time one of the russian struck the propeller of the mq9 causing to bring it down in international waters. several times before the collision su to seven dump fuel on influent front of the mq night in a reckless and unprofessional manner. this incident demonstrates a lack of competence in addition to

the u.s. has accused russian war planes of intercepting and then damaging the drone, but russia says the united stes provod the incident. we will speak to investigative journalist jeremy schahill about u.s. drone operations, the war in ukraine, as well as conflicting reports about who blew up the nord stream pipelines. then we look at the fight to protect reproductive rights in united states as a trump appointed judge in texas is deding whether to ban the abtion pill mifepristone across the united states. >> we e talking about a texas judge who any day now could aben access aill that is part of the most popular method of abortion nationwide, impacting patients in states from california new yor if nothing else, this should put to rest any claim by th antiaboron movent that this was ever about state rights. it is always been about banning abortion nationwide through whatever means possible. amy: and news of americans kidnapped in mexico make headlines, we look at a story that has received less a

est: when the u.s. and china started increasing their trade relationship you saw a lot of american multinationals go. we saw that effect jobs in the united states. and he saw china uses an export platform for the rest of the world. a lot of the trade we have between the two countries, companies that are doing businessith china in china, for china, those whose china as their global supply chains are still there but moving to southeast asia, india. you are seeing a transition in the way the industry is run. china was primarily competitive at the lower end of technology anclothing, toys, games. now they are competitive at the top of the market. it's a very different kind of relationship. we are both targeting the same instries, the same positions so that makes our relationship more competitive than it was two decades ago. host: our guest is with us until 9:00 if you want to ask him questions about the economic relationship between china and the united states. the lines are (202) 748-8000 democrats, (202) 7

he says the u.s. military leaders are calling on russians to conduct themselves professionally and safely as the pentagon continues to assess what happened. is is out 20 minutes. e corp. 2023] >> just a few things at the top and i will get right tyour questions. first of all, i wou like to highlight u.s.-europe statent confirming to russian su27 aircraft conducted unsafe and unprofessional intercept with a u.s. air force intelligent unmanned aircraft that was operating within international air space over the black sea. to recap at proximately 7:03 >> l right, thank you all very propeller of the mq9 forcig forces to have to bring it down. several times before the collision the s.u.27 dumped fuel on and flew in front of the mq9. this demonstrates a lk of compensation. u.s. air fces in europe. africa routinely fly aircraft over sovereign territory and internatiol air space in tkaord nation th applicable hocks naon and international laws to bolster defense and they support allied partner and u.s. national

owned and u.s. headquartered and u.s. values versus china is sort of how that might be used to influence again, and i mentioned the misinformation about the fundamental aspect of democracy like elections, but i found it really interesting when the ceo said that his kids are not on tiktok. because it is not permitted under the age of 13 in singapore. and i wasn't sure whether he fell into a trap. but by acknowledging that there are other countries around the world that think that this isn't suitable for kids under 13, and then he talked about the user experience for an eight-year-old here in the u.s., and it's very protected. but what he also didn't seem to get is how easy it is to sidestep those age restrictions. so i think there were just a number of these kinds of issues that went unanswered yesterday. nastasya: well, i see the conversation around this issue got particularly heated. i want to play you another excerpt from the hearing yesterday. >> your technology is literally leading to death. mr. chew, yes or no, do yo

u.s. china economic security review commission held a hearing to review china's military committee, power, and global influence. the committee was created in 2000 and was tasked with investigating the national security relations with u.s. relations with china. this hearing is more than four hours. good morning everyone. lock him to the first hearing of that economic security review commission 2023 annual report cycle. before we begin, i would like to extend a warm welcome to the commission's newest member, commissioner reva price. commissioner price has many years of experience working in congress on china related issues. we look forward to her many contributions to our work. thank you all for joining us today thank you to our witnesses for sharing your expertise and for the work you put into your testimonies. i would also like to thank the senate committee on environmental public works for allowing us the use of this hearing room in the senate for livestreaming this event. i also want to

u.s. grown commodities to feed those in need. farmville development programs help to build resiliency on the ground. the farm bill also creates opportunities for american farmers to connect with consumers around the world by providing marketing assistance and credit access. agriculture experts have grown from 66 billion dollars in 1996 to a record 191 billion dollars. in 2022. that is more than 1 million american jobs on and off the farm. our witnesses today will highlight how those model program support the diversity of american agriculture. the success of our agricultural economy requires continues investments in markets and opportunities for farmers. whether they are selling to neighbors or exporting products globally. whether they are growing traditional commodities, specialty crops, or organics, the farm bill will help farmers put food on tables here, and around the world. we all have a stake in continuing to make sure that that happens. that is what this farm bill is all about. i wou

u.s. by the chinese government including china's intelligence collection efforts and influence operations. homeland security hearing is about one hour 45 minutes. ♪ [background noises] the committee on homeland security subcommittee and counterterrorism law enforcement and intelligence will come toom order. good morning the purpose of this hearing is received testimony from expert witnesses and security realm that will educate our efforts to mitigate threats posed by the chinese communist party too the u.s. homeland. i now recognize myself her openingd. statement. good morning. i would like to thank all of our witnesses for testifying today be bringing your expertise to this committee informing members of congress of threats we are currently facing. despite years of attempts by the united states to develop a productive with dishonesty and aggression. the government run the chinese commerce party at manipulated us at every turn committing espionage in her homeland and working to overturn

u.s. military surveillance drone causing it to crash into the black sea. washington calls this incident reckless. >> approximately seven: oh 3 a.m. central european time one of the russian su-27 aircraft struck the propeller of the mq-9 causing u.s. forces to bring down the mq-9 in international waters. >> stock markets rebound after rmoil caused by the collapse of silicon valley bank >> the nra has got to go. >> president biden expected to sign a newclashes in pakistan bn police and supporters of the opposition leader imran khan as they try to arrest him at his home. kasia: welcome to the program we start in the united states where washington has summoned russia's ambassador after a russian jet fighter collided with an american drone over the black sea. the u.s. military's european command says the russian fighter plane struck. propeller of the unmanned u.s. aircraft, causing it to crash. president biden has been briefed about the incident and this appears to be the worst publicly acknowl

>> u.s. officials say this drone this drone left its position in eastern europe, routine surveillance flight over the black sea. the u.s. sends these drones into the black sea because they can see into crimea and depending on where they are, into russia itself. and reminder mk-9's are big, 35 suite long -- 35 feet long. a military official says that this drone was unarmed, these drones have been harassed intermittently by russia before but never what we saw today. never has a u.s., sorry, russian jet harassed a drone for 30 minutes and -- and dumped fuel on the drone and ran into the drone. let's listen to pratt rider -- to the brigadier general earlier today. >> while intercepts are not uncommon the fact that this type of behavior from these russian pilots, that is uncommon and unfortunate and unsafe. >> the u.s. official who watch the video of the incident goes much further telling me this was not a controlled tap. the russian pilot was barely -- barreling towards the drone and tried to pul

the u.s. s.e.c. it raised questions of the cash statements in 2019 and 2020. the swiss lender statement says the u.s. financial regulator made a late call on march 8th in relation to certain comments about the technical assessment of previously disclosed revisions of the cash flow statements we confirm the 2022 results as previously released are not impacted now we also have from the bank saying the management believes it is prudent to delay the publication to understand the comments received. again, going on to say this does not impact the 2022 results that were released on february 9th of this year. it has gone from crisis to crisis every time the bank wants to communicate to the market it is moving forward you get a story like this with shares down 3.6% and you have to think harris associates, the last shareholder to exit its stake, and leaving behind the middle east shareholders is the biggest one in credit suisse leaves you the point of why invest of a bank burning cash when you could inv

we knew that u.s. authorities for some time were investigating binance for potential misconduct, but today the united states made its first set of allegations. this raises the stakes a lot for binance. in 2019, they set up a u.s. arm which they claim is separate as an entity. this raises the stakes for binance on a global level in terms of where they will go from here. haidi: what is the bigger ramification when it comes to crypto more broadly which we know has been suffering from all kinds of pressure? >> if you think about the gamut of regulatory action we have seen, the sec has been saying almost every crypto product you can imagine. they are same big banks should be very careful in involving themselves at all in crypto. and today the derivatives regulator filing a lawsuit in federal court in chicago accusing the world biggest exchange of years of misconduct effectively. it is a pretty big deal. this is arguably the most concrete step yet that the u.s. government has taken in terms of leveling alleg

. >> reporter: the u.s. reaper surveillance drone was flying in international airspace over the black sea when the russian fighter jets rapidly approached and began what would be more than 30 minutes of reckless aerial harassment, much like this encounter with a u.s. b-52 bomber in 2020. interceptions are common, but never before like this. not only did the russians shadow the drone, they made 19 close passes, sprayed fuel on the unmanned aircraft multiple times, while one of the jets pulling up vertically as it approached the drone, then colliding with the drone's rear propeller. >> they collided with the aircraft, damaging the propeller, and essentially putting in a situation where it was unflyable and uncontrollable, so we brought it down. >> reporter: the u.s. then crashing the drone into the black sea. the pentagon saying the russian fighter jet that hit it was damaged, but managed to land. the big question, was this simply a reckless interception or was the collision done on purpose? >> it's clear that

the u.s. senate has passed a resolution to block a controversial washington, d.c. crime bill, the republicans call dangerous and irresponsible. the u.s. president has said that he will not veto the republican-led legislation. the issue divided senate democrats and put some who are considered vulnerable on the spot. >> the crime bill was initially vetoed by washington's mayor who said that reducing penalties for robberies, carjackings and home invasions does not make the district safer. but the city council overrode the veto. >>> and two major announcements from the justice department after the deadly beating of tyre nichols. the federal government will now investigate the practices of the entire police department. >>> and the u.s. attorney general merrick garland wednesday revealed the findings of the federal investigation into louisville, kentucky police. the report comes just days before the three year anniversary of the death breonna taylor, a black woman shot dead during a no-knock police

u.s. industries and supply chains and enhance national security all while remembering when the most important ways to counter chinese communist party's ambitions to build an economy here at home that works for working people and show the world our american system of democracy and freedom is more effective in lifting people up in the ccp model of autocracy and repression. democrats are committed to doing this work in collaboration. last year to the leadership of president biden congress passed bipartisanship act to invest 280 billing dollars and domestic semiconductor to enhance national security and great jobs, reduce inflation and improve competitiveness with china. cia launched a dedicated mission center and state department launched a new office of china coordination to strengthen the rest of the medic military intelligence capability meeting the threats. it is my hope today's hearing will further illuminate strategies to undermine democracy and economy and way of life and congress can

in response, u.s. destroyed two iranian equipment training facilities in syria. >> make no mistake, the united states does not emphasize to seek conflict on iran but to protect our people. that's exactly what happened last night. >> reporter: it was 6:38 a.m. eastern time on thursday when an explosive-laden iranian drone came hurtling down on the u.s. forces. four of the americans medically evacuated. central command immediately planning counterstrikes. and just hours later, president biden aboard air force one authorizing the retaliatory attacks. sending two f-15s into the air and hitting their targets. there are currently 900 american service members and hundreds more contractors in syria as part of a counter-isis force. the attacks to those forces by these iranian-backed attackers have been relentless. more than 80 rocket or drone attacks in the last two years. this is the first time the u.s. has hit targets in syria since august, and the first time an american has been killed in syria in a drone at

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on u.s. citizens. the biden administration said it wants to see tiktok's chinese owners sell off the popular app. on thursday the u.k. government moved to ban tiktok from government phones and mobile devices. meanwhile the global banking sector remains on edge, one week on from the collapse of silicon valley bank. for more on both of those issues i spoke earlier to our north america business editor. why is the u.s. justice department investigating tiktok? correspondent: this is an investigation that has been going on for about a year now. it seems to have revved up when there was an admission in decemberby bytedance, the owner of tiktok, that there was some spy in by some -- some spying by some individuals against some technology reporters in the u.s. and some u.s. citizens as well. that admission has really upped the ante in terms of the u.s. government's view on tiktok and how involved the chinese government is in the data collection. david: all of this coming as the white house is demandin

the u.s. will continue to provide training and work with our allies and partners to ensure ukranian people have the assistance they need to keep their country safe and we will support ukraine as long as it takes. i would like to provide an update in regard to our recent air strikes in syria and the status of our forces who were wounded in attacks by those groups. . . . . again these precision strikes were taken to protect and defend u.s. personnel. second, the six u.s. personnel wounded in the march 23 attack against a coalition base near hasaka in northeastern syria are all in stable condition. two of the wounded have already returned to duty. one was medically evacuated to receive treatment, and two u.s. service members and a u.s. contractor are receiving medical treatment in iraq. separately, the u.s. service member injured in the attack on march 24 is also in stable condition and continues to receive medical care. as secretary austin made clear in congressional testimony this week we'll ta

so in the u.s. it feels like the regulations around banks will be wrapped up and therefore their lending patterns will slow and there will be much more to impact the u.s. economy then will happen in europe. the other thing i think is that whenever we get a crisis, we forget about things. what are the things we have forgotten about now? china reopening, probably better for european companies more. we have forgot about the u.s. that crisis, which i know your team is all over and is something that we will come back and possibly demand more of a discount to the rates we see in the u.s. and in the future. yes, i think that europe is the better place to be. alix: if that's the case and we go to the fx market as a proxy, why can't europe break out at 110? there's still an energy crisis that is felt more acutely with a close proximity? does that explain it? rebecca: well, i think there's a lot going on. normally in a situation with stress or a crisis, everyone goes to the dollar has the safer of the currenc

u.s. senate agriculture nutrition and forestry to order. senator brown was just indicating sitting in senator pat leahy's use caring more about organics this morning so we welcome you into this. speaking of a welcoming new members we are so pleased to have senator welch and senator fetterman as members of the committee. we appreciate you and are so glad you're joining us particularly at this moment we have such important work to do in the farmville so thank you. also, we welcome our witnesses undersecretary taylor really, really important topics. i know ranking member boozman and i share the fact we know we have a big job ahead and we are working closely together to be able to pass the next farm belt with strong bipartisan support. i'm really confident this committees up to the task to be able to do that right lester usda research and energy programs and now we be in the new congress with a review of the farmville's horticulture and trade titles represent the breadth of american agricultur

. >> the u.s. military says it was able to extract this video in the last 24 hours after the first video was less conclusive. cnn national security reporter natasha bertrand joins us now from the pentagon. natasha, explain what we're learning from this video. just walk us through it. >> yeah, victor. so what we're seeing is this video taken from the drone's perspective. we see the fighter jets kind of rushing up to the drone suddenly, releasing a whole lot of jet fuel on top of the drone, and then the camera kind of cuts out. and that, we are told, is the moment of impact. that is when the jet actually collides with the u.s. drone that was operating over the black sea. after that camera footage comes back, we can see that the propeller on the back of the drone has been damaged. that is proof according to the u.s., all of this is proof, i should say, that that russian fighter jet did physically hit the u.s. drone. it is important to note here what the russians have been saying about this, which is a

the u.s. has a narrative, u.s., that u.s. companies sustainable fuel. companies like interlake, crowley, are all on the cutting edge of greener fuels which is something the chinese companies and their shipping companies are resistant to. with all these other areas at a disadvantage, how important is it we push the sustainable fuel side of things. incredibly important. everybody is talking about got to be a solution particularly in shipping. potentially in aviation. the question is how do you obtain? there's four different types of hydrogen. and where the oil companies say are going to capture all of the co2, the excess methane emissions and were going to sequester it in the ground somehow. and then you move on to green. how do you produce the green could be very sustainable will be using renewable power. it's a very mason industry. parts of the ira, the investment reduction the inflation reduction act very and aptly named. might call me as a what's the big ira deal? what's it going to do to my clients? [laughter] so, you know, they're going to subsidize

as the u.s. and its allies navigate the strategic competition with china it is imperative that we understand both the drivers of the foreign military activities and the implications for the international security. china's military relationship with russia deserves particular scrutiny and the fallout from russian president vladimir putin's work against ukraine. finally, as beijing continues to promote the still vague ideas of a global security initiative led by china a thorough examination of the military diplomacy will provide valuable insight into what the world should expect in years to come. we look forward to exploring the topics in detail in the hearing today and discussing actionable policy recommendations in the u.s. congress. i will now turn the floor over to my colleague and cochair for the hearing, commissioner randy shriver. >> thank you. i join commissioner chair bartholomew by welcoming the witnesses and to those watching online. the chinese party of the people's liberation army will

u.s. fed and treasury are said to be considering an emergency landing program to backstop deposits as officials raced to avoid a wider ankara after seb's haidi: collapse. haidi:traders are stealing themselves as market scrap the -- grapple with shery: new data this week. shery:china signal stability with a surprise reappointing of top officials, including naming a u.s. sanctioned general as its new defense chief. take a look at how u.s. futures are opening right now. we are seeing little upside after we saw the worst week for the s&p 500 since september. the s&p 500 coming very close to wiping out its gains for the year. volatility rattling markets around the world, the vix hit the highest this year. the futures extending those gains up .4%. we are watching the treasury space because a rally, everybody running toward the safety of bonds. the two year yield plummeting at 28 basis points in the new york session. we are watching next week's cpi report as we got a very strong jobs report when

the u.s. finance team, sally bakewell. what do we know about the support from the swiss national bank? sally: after a tough day, credit suisse saw people saw this talking about contagion and banks like bnp stopping talking credit stops. we saw that the snb, the swiss regular came out and said it would be ready to backstop liquidity for the bank if needed. it made a few points. it did not see direct contagion. as per liquidity capital ratios the bank was meeting those. it raises questions, whether the swiss are able to provide the kind of liquidity that credit suisse would need and whether this does have contagion effects for the board of european and banking system and beyond. haidi: the u.s. treasury has a reviewed exposure for banks. sally: that's right. we saw some of the big banks like j.p. morgan, bank of america and citigroup. they have been, over the past few months, reducing their exposure to credit suisse. they have also seen, as you would expect, increased inquiries from u.s. regulat

>> u.s. officials are considering this but i think of what we are hearing as this would be a dramatic measure. they are not expecting to have to unleash just yet. they probably want to wait to see how some things resolve. we have the sale of silicon valley bank ongoing this week with hopefully some bidders emerging tomorrow, wednesday or friday. we also solve the signature bank found a buyer for some of its assets. first republic although falling now did see a rebound today. we are also picking up some of these banks that had seen a lot of outflows are starting to see some of these deposit withdrawals stabilize and perhaps even reverse. i think u.s. officials and regulators before unveiling dramatic measures, they do want to see if things stabilize. the fact they are considering this shows they are prepared to do whatever it takes to contain the crisis. shery: we heard from secretary yellen talking about how they want to preserve regional and community banks. what is the likelihood of seeing

u.s. economy. and the top school of business professor, talks about stricter banking regulations following the collapse of silicovalley bank. watch washington journal live at 7:00 easrn, on c-span or c-span now are fe mobile video out. join the discussion with your phone calls, febook mments, text and tweets. >> each day at this time we are taking a look at aspects of china and particularly what it means for u.s. policy, today w are talking about military, we will look at economic and other issuesater this week. but today the topic is military, and to guess are joining us today, elbrie colb, he served in the trump administration as the depy secrery for strategic development. and a visiting professor from brown univeity, lyle goldstein thank you for your time. what are china's capabilities and what does that mean for the united states? >> china is certainly moving forward on the military front fairly rapidly across the board. board, there is hardly an area of military development where you

su: u.s. defense secretary lloyd austin has spoken by phone to his russian counterpart about the downed u.s. spy drones after an encounter with russian warplanes. he called russia's actions are dangerous, reckless and unprofessional, but says it is key to keep communication lines open. russia, for its part, says it's warplanes did not come into contact with the drone. i am su keenan. this is bloomberg. shery: shery: we are getting breaking news, the u.s. demanding that tiktok owner bytedance sell a stake in the company or face a ban. bloomberg had already reported that we might have been seeing some moves to consider tiktok being separated from the parent company. that is beijing-based bytedance. they had been discussing the possibility of separating. and now we are hearing from the wall street journal that the u.s. is in fact demanding bytedance sell a stake in the company or face a ban. haidi: and still ahead, sticking with chinese tech, baidu is set to unveil its check chatgpt on friday. we

laura: when beijing says the u.s. has got to change course, what does it mean specifically, and is washington going to do it? >> beijing's litany of complaints to the united states is long, and if we had another hour of the program, i might be able to get through most of them. beijing's concern is the united states has now moved into a much more aggressive, hostile phase with its china policy, and i think that's true. what is missing from beijing is any self reflection on how its own foreign policy, threats of an attack of taiwan, for example, might be contribute into the downward spiral. laura: his tim on the obvious place where a u.s.-china conflict could happen? >> it is one, but as the overall relationship becomes more tense, the united states and china rub up against each other in a lot of different places. this is why we need to be cognizant of the possibility of this billing over, because the south china sea, east china sea, there are number of are where the military is operating in close proximity. laura: what

the u.s. military says a russian fighter that has collided with a u.s. drone. russia's jets tried to intercept the drone according to american officials, but russian officials say there was no physical contact. the u.s. justice department is said to open an investigation into the collapse of silicon valley bank. cyclone freddie which made a second landfall in southern africa has killed more than a hundred people. pakistani opposition leader imran khan speaks to the bbc after his supporters clashed with police as they tried to arrest him in his home. the tiny data center being used to keep this u.k. pool at the perfect temperature. ♪ welcome to world news america in the u.k. on pbs and around the globe. we begin tonight with news that an american surveillance drone has crashed and the black sea after an incident involving two russian fighter jets. the u.s. and russia have given different accounts of what happened. here's the u.s. version given by the pentagon press secretary. >> had 7:03 a.m.

the u.s. banking system remains sound following the recent collapse of two banks. she made the comment while testifying before the senate finance committee about the u.s. economic outlook and president biden's 2020 for budget request. you can watch the entire hearing tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span and also our free mobile video app, c-span now, or online at c-span.org. fridays at 8:00 p.m. etern, c-span brings you "after words," a program where authors are interviewed by journalts gislators, and more on fire latest books. this week, journalist kathleen mclachlan looks at how and w selling blood plasma has turned into a $20 million business in her book "blood money." watch every friday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> up next, pentagon press secretary patrick ryder takes reporters' questions on tuesday's russian jet collision with a u.s. drone over the bck sea. the briefing is about half an hour. >> goodfternoon, everybody. just a f things to pass along here, and then we will get right to

u.s. allies and partners melodie ha -- we have distinguished witnesses here with amazing careers. there is more information available about their backgrounds. thank you so much for your testimony and i would like to remind you all to please keep your remarks to seven minutes to preserve time for questions and answers. dr. weitz, we will begin with you. >> thank you so much, commissioner, for allowing me to contribute to your deliberations. what i will do is i will discuss the evolution of the russia military exercises, speculate some of the skills learned or at least practice, briefly touch on how this might support greater military industrial cooperation between russia and china, and then the implications, some of the knowledge gaps, things like that, that we would like to learn more about. and then some recommendations for the commission to consider. it's clear that the russian and chinese armed forces have become each other's most important exercise partners. these exercises began over

since the u.s. education system is highly decentralized, it has a much less uniform approach -- approach to ai education than china. the u. is currently prioriting computer science educion mo than . well this an esntial component of training talent to potentially perform ai work, china has shown is a step ahead through its incorporation of cs education into formalized ai study programs. these programs are designed to include some of the latest cutting edge ai research funng and are directly informed by partnerships with leading chinese ai companies. furthermore, resrch has shown that despite china's two decades of talent recruitment drives, nationals either do not return or do so part-time mostly due to weariness of working in china and potentially confronting workplace politics. a recent scien study found that for those who return to the talent plan, recruits are are of high calendar and show a productivity on due to larger access to funding and resources in china. however, their performance is sti

u.s. invasion of iraq, we will look at a new documentary about the father of julian assange and his fighter for his son. >> i urge the department of justice to drop the charges. >> the maximum jail sentence is 155 years because he published the truth. >> how does it feel to be the father of such a controversial figure? amy: we will speak to julian assange's father and brother. did we look at the cost of the iraq war from civilian casualties to soaring pentagon budgets. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. wall street's largest banks have moved to prop up the ailing san francisco-based first republic bank after the sudden collapse of regional banks signature and svb last week sparked fears of a financial meltdown. bank of america, citigroup, jpmorgan chase, wells fargo, and -- will each make $5 billion in uninsured deposits into first republic while seven others will deposit a further $10 billion. the federal r

anin time the u.s. west had democracy and the u.s. had freedom and i wanted to come to learn about thisountry and to learn new things. that is why i came to the states and that is lying tens of millns of students come to study here. host: here is a text from charles wanting to know why the chinese president triedo emulate durpasshe toll at terrien system of [indiscernible] guest: the party came to power in 1949 in a very vital way. it haslways been brutal to i own people. in the past 40 years there's been economic development. and there have been more liberalization. but then xi jinping came to power and they felt that there was too much liberalization. if we were allowed to access the internet and have more freedom maybe they would be ouof control. maybe they do not want the communist party anymore. and that feels very threatening. that is like the president there xi started this repression and over time became more and more to totally in. -- two toilet terrien -- totalitarian. becausthey are very scared of losing control over the co

top u.s. officials accusing china of a plot to possibly send weapons to russia, warning against what the u.s. calls lethal support. >> we did very clearly warned china about the implications and consequences of going through with providing such support. >> this is a red line that both the u.s. and many other western countries and the eu itself have drawn for china, and told china directly not to cross it. >> china denies planning to arm russia, positioning itself as a potential peacekeeper, publishing a 12 point document without calling putin's war an invasion. now entering its second year. >> president xi claims to be neutral in all this, and yet, he's widely believed to be preparing for a possible putin visit in the coming months, while the same time, refusing to even speak by phone with ukraine's president, volodymyr zelenskyy, about the so-called peace plan. instead, he's joining forces with fellow strongman like lukashenko, as the russian president appears to be determined to win this war

. >> a u.s. contractor was killed and five u.s. service members and one additional u.s. contractor were wounded. >> why was there not a contingency to shoot down the drone if it was coming into the base? >> again, we take a variety of measures to safeguard our people. it is an inherently dangerous place and again, we'll look into the details of the actual type. >> reporter: the u.s. response was swift. president biden directed defense secretary lloyd austin to launch precision airstrikes with fighter jets against facilities used by iran's revolutionary guard core in eastern syria. iran launched ten rockets at another u.s. base in northeast syria. there are no u.s. casualties and no damage to the base. there are about 900 u.s. troops in syria fighting isis. this was not the first time iran targeted u.s. bases. >> since january 2021, the numbers about 78 times that we have been attacked. what iran does is they use iranian proxies of uavs or rockets to be able to attack our forces in iraq or syria. >> reporter: defense official tells fox the air defense system that should h