alone welcome to our viewers joining us here in the united states and all around the world, i am rosemary church. just ahead on cnn newsroom, a tanking swiss bank gets a lifeline, but nervous markets are taking a beating as fears of a broader financial crisis whom. is it safe to fly right now? after a series of near runway misses and no clear answers on why this keeps happening, u.s. aviation authorities host a rare safety summit.

plus, georgia investigators have another reporting of donald trump pressuring a state official to overturn the 2020 election. >> live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. >> good to have you with us. global markets are jittery another bank teachers on the brink of failure, but credit suisse will be getting a helping hand from a swiss national bank as it plans to borrow up to 54 billion dollars in the hope of reassuring investors. now this comes after two credit rating firms downgraded americas first -- after concerns that depositors could pull their cash. all the sent u.s. markets plunging on thursday, and all they gain back some ground before the closing bell, the dow and s&p 500 end of the day down significantly.

meantime, economists are trying to reassure people that this will not be 2008 all over again. >> look, americans money is safe. i do not think that this is a time for panic or alarm, this is not 2008 where people need to be worried about whether they can get their money from the atm machine. it absolutely is not that. >> markets across asia are also seeing declines amid fears of instability in the banking sector. cnn's marc stewart joins us live from tokyo. good to see you mark. so global banking jitters continue with trouble now at credit suisse, what is the latest on this market reaction to the swiss national bank offering a lifeline? >> always good to see you, rosemary. what's happening in europe is certainly being felt around the world and that includes my spot

here in tokyo, japan. we have been watching the markets since early this morning at all of the major indices in asia have been in the red, that includes the nikkei here in japan, the hang seng in hong kong, and the shanghai composite in china. most likely, again, because of concerns over stability of the banking system around the world. now, there are some promising signs for, perhaps when markets open in just a few hours in europe, they will see this loan by the swiss government, the credit suisse, as perhaps some kind of stabilizing factor. right now, -- they want a roadmap for the future and indeed this was government can provide that for one of the largest banks in europe, the credit suisse, well that perhaps we could see some more confidence. as you mentioned, there is concern in every corner of the globe about just how strong

banks are. we know that investors certainly act when they are greedy, but they also act when there is fear. and there is a lot of fear right now, so, it will be interesting to see what happens, not only from europe, but also from what we hear from the united states. from regulators, from members of congress, about what will be done to perhaps create some more -- as we have just heard, the banking system in the u.s., it is much stronger than it was in 2008. over the past few years, we have seen no banks collapse. so now the question is, what can be said to perhaps put banks back on course, rosemary. >> marc stewart joining us live from tokyo, many thanks. two u.s. officials saying that the russians have reached the site where an american drone crashed into the black sea near ukraine. the u.s. military says that they will not find much, the

joint chief chairman chairman mark milley reports that the drone probably broke up when it went down in international waters. u.s. officials claim that the drones sensitive software was erased remotely before it crashed. russia denies one of its fighter jets clipped of the drones propeller, forcing it down. russian foreign minister, sergei lavrov, says that the drone ignored aerospace restrictions imposed by moscow over parts of the black sea. the u.s. says that there is surveillance video of the incident, which may be released to the public. defense echo terry, lloyd austin, spoke by phone on wednesday with his russian counterpart, sergei -- austin says that american aircraft will continue to fly wherever international law allows. >> this hazardous episode is apart, it is part of a pattern of aggressive, risky, and

unsafe actions by russian pilots in international airspace. it is incumbent upon russia to operate its military aircraft, in a safe and professional manner. >> u.s. sources say that senior officials in the russian defense ministry gave orders for the fighter jets to harass the u.s. drone over the black sea. but, there is no indication that those in the kremlin, including vladimir putin, knew about the planned -- in advance. oren liebermann has more on the incident. >> after what the u.s. called an unsafe and unprofessional intercepts of the u.s. drone, officials now say that the end q nines operators erased sensitive software from the drones before it crashed. pressure now says it will try to recover the wreckage from the black sea. the u.s. military insisted that they will not stop flying reconnaissance drones over international waters. >> the united states will continue to fly and operate wherever international law allows. >> the drone is taken down

after a nearly 40 minute encounter southwest of crimea when russian su-25 seven fighter jets flew in front of it and dumped fuel in its path. one jet a few underneath the drone, likely trying to get in front of it all dumping fuel, and clipped the propeller on the back of the mq-9. >> because of the damage, we were in a position to have to, essentially, crashed into the black sea. >> but russia denies that the two aircraft collided. the russian ambassador for the u.s. trying to calm tensions after the biden administration summoned him to the state department. >> we resort, do not to create a situation where we can face unintended collisions or unintended incidents within the russian configuration and the united states. >> with both u.s. and russian aircraft operating over the black sea a nearby russian invasion of ukraine drags on, so to do the chances of a dangerous miscalculation. >> we know that the intercept was intentional. we know that the aggressive

behavior was intentional, we also know it was very unprofessional and unsafe. the actual contact of a fixed wing russian fighter, with our uav, this is nickel contact for those two, we're not sure yet. >> russian aircraft have had other dangerous confrontations with the u.s. in the black sea before, such as this interception of a b-52 in 2020, like a scene from top gun, the russian pilots tearing down his american counterpart while flying dangerously close. for this intercept of the b three plane in 2018, rushing jet turned on its afterburners causing the plane to shake. the pentagon says that the incidents are getting worse. >> there is a pattern of behavior recently where there is a little bit more aggressive action being conducted by the russians. >> two u.s. officials tell cnn that russia was able to get to the scene of the crash site in the black sea, some 70 miles southwest of the crimean peninsula. the russian navy has -- there so it wouldn't be that difficult for them to get to the sea of the crash with senior russian officials promising to at least attempt to recover some of the wreckage

of the drone to see what is possible to learn from their. even though the u.s. says it took steps to make sure that there is no sensitive information, or sensitive software that could be recovered from the drone. still, the russians were able to get to the crash site, it is unclear if or what they were able to recover their. oren liebermann, cnn, at the pentagon. >> u.s. aviation officials are trying to figure out why there are so many close calls on the nation's airport runways. at least seven times this here, commercial planes have come to close to one another during takeoff or landing. on wednesday, the faa held a rare safety summit trying to get to the bottom of the problem. transportation secretary pete buttigieg was among the participants. the faa says that it is looking for new technologies to alert aired traffic controllers about possible near collisions. buttigieg says that the stress among aviation employees could

also be a problem. >> instead what we are finding is that pilots, ground crews, and controllers alike seem to be experiencing this object, some have described it as a -- that needs to turn into a concrete diagnosis and specific action steps mary -- is the cnn aviation analyst as well as a former inspector general of transportation, and she joins me now from charleston south carolina. it was good to have you with. us >> thank, you it's good to be with you. >> so we have all been alarmed by this increase in close calls on u.s. runways, so the faa held this emergency safety summit wednesday to try to figure it out. why are we seeing more near collisions now than ever before? >> well, you know, that was the topic or the major topic of the safety summit today and this desist are, they are hard

statistics. we are seeing more, it's not just that we are paying more attention to it, for example last year i think the number was 1700, a little over 1700 for the whole, year for 2022. this, year already, just through the first week of march we have had 630. so, if you extrapolate that to the rest of the year it would be over 3000, a dramatic and greece. but the safety summit today, there are lots of inputs and over airports, outdoor, and they settled on several factors. one of the most interesting ones was complacency, a lot of the participants said that because aviation has been so safe in the united states has not suffered a major aviation disaster in many years, that people have grown complacent. they just expect safety just to happen. safety doesn't happen, it you have to work out. a couple of other factors, they

blame covid because of the shutdown about everybody, as they said, a little bit rusty, under practiced, and then in the covid years, so many people were laid off, and then a massive rehiring that a lot of retraining, a lot of training of new prints, and a lot of getting used to this system again is necessary. so those are some of the reason that they gave for suspecting that there are so many errors being made at the airport. almost all of them are human errors, it is not equipment failure, it is people failing in communications, taking their wrong taxiway, crossing the wrong runway. you made mistakes. >> unbelievable. according to the u.s. airline industry, 25,000 flights take off every day, carrying around 2.3 million passengers. but, our profits being put ahead to safety, think at this time? >> well, you know that's interesting because so much of the profits from the airlines or made on the extra fees. the bag fees, the change fees,

the cancellation fees, all of the extra charges. they really account for a lot of the money, so in today's safety summit, the airlines said that well, no, what we really need is actually more cash, and they wanted the government to put the cash in for additional air traffic controllers. for extra safety equipment, equipment that would actually alert the pilots when we were crossing the wrong runway, lined up in incorrect places of soda, or just what is called airport hotspots, those airports that the faa have decided really pose a danger of a runway encouragements. by the way, that equipment has been available, or that technology has been available literally since 2000. and the eu is looking to put it in, but the united states still has not made it fully operational. so lots of requests at the summit, today but really no conclusions except that, my goodness, what these numbers are alarming and something must be done. >> really, as you said, they

are so alarming. surely they could put in motion these solutions now and get something done quickly because it is not only equipment, it is also more staff. >> equipment, more staff, and really at some airports, particular in the united states, some of them are very old and they have a configuration where runways and taxiways intersect and they have intersected. in fact there are many airports in the u.s., there is an old configuration where the runways cross, and that was a configuration, literally before the second world war. and there is not much that can be done about that, because the airports now are hampton with traffic. so in the short term, because we have seen a massive ramp up of aviation demand, and the system is congested, it is very crowded right now because of the demand, literally at these different called airports, or at the airport hotspots, where runway incursions and maher

misses happened, the only short term solution is to reduce traffic at those peak periods to get the stress off of the air traffic controllers, and off of the airline. something that the industry does not want, but the statistics say that you've got to get the pressure of the airports and the controllers. >> let's hope solutions come fast, many thanks for joining us as always. >> thank you. >> former u.s. president donald trump is facing new pressures on multiple fronts. there is new evidence that he tried to get election results overturned and his former attorney is testifying about hush money payments to an adult film star. those stories are just ahead. because it stinks. ♪ tell me why ♪ no, you tell me why i can't get ririd of this odor? ♪ have you tried new downy rinse and d refresh ♪ it doesn't just cover up odors, it helps remove ththem 3x bettr than detergent alone. ♪ yeah ♪ guess the odor went bye bye. no, that's not us.

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in the u.s. state of georgia, investigators are looking into former president donald trump's behavior after the 2020 election, have another recording of him pressuring a state official over the phone. the new reporting is from the it landed journal-constitution newspaper, the recording has not been made public, but a source confirmed to cnn that it does indeed exist. according to the newspaper, trump called georgia how speaker david rolston, a fellow republican, to push for a special session to overtime joe biden's win in the state. rolston died last year. the newspaper also reports that

five members of the special grand jury that investigated the former president, say that the audio of that phone call was played in court and there were other phone calls from trump to georgia officials around that same time, including the secretary of state. >> what this would show me, as a prosecutor, is that donald trump had a very specific strategy and approach or how he is going to go about pressuring the state officials. he called them separately and tried to lean on them, essentially on the assumption, of well, you are republicans and i'm up, la quinta you're going to use your authority here to swing things my way. so i think it gives prosecutors a powerful argument that this was done intentionally and strategically. >> according to the special grand jury foreperson, they recently wrapped up their work and recommended multiple indictments. it is now up to the fulton county district attorney to make any decisions on formal charges. former trump attorney michael cohen has racked up his second

day of testimony before a new grand jury, it is looking into alleged hush money payments to adult film star stormy daniels days before the 2016 election. >> this is not a question of indication, it's not a question as i stated before about revenge. it is, my position is that, at the end of the day, don't trump needs to be held accountable for his dirty deeds, if that in fact is the way that the facts play out. >> stormy daniels attorney says that his client met with prosecutors by zoom on wednesday, offering to make herself available as a witness is necessary. prosecutors say that they are nearing a decision on whether to take the unprecedented step of indicting the former president. north korea has launched another missile and the kind of timing is no coincidence. it fired a long-range ballistic missile off the east coast of the korean peninsula just hours

after a high stakes summit between the south korean president and japanese prime minister. the u.s. and both allies have condemned the missile test. meanwhile, south korea's -- is getting ready to meet with prime minister -- in tokyo in about 90 minutes from now. they are trying to mend fences after decades of disputes and mistrusts, dating back to japan's colonial occupation of the korean peninsula. the talks are the first of their kind in 12 years and are aiming at helping these based asian neighbors -- to confront security challenges from north korea and china. opponents pushed back against proposed judicial performs in israel. still to come, a huge traffic jam sends a blaring message to prime minister benjamin and yahoo. we'll have that and more after the break.

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prime minister benjamin netanyahu. on wednesday they slowed traffic to a crawl near tel aviv airport ahead of his flight to germany. israel has been rattled by weeks of demonstrations against the reforms, which opponents say would undermine the system of checks and balances in the government. and now israel's president is putting a compromise on the table while issuing a warning about the state of the country. for more, elliott gotkine joins us now from tel aviv. so elliott, what is the latest on this compromise and of course the warning from israel's president that his country is on the brink of a civil war in the midst of more protests? >> that's right rosemary. as you can see i'm in the midst of where the protests in tel aviv are just starting. they are going to do a circuit and then head down to the government buildings. this is been going on mid week for about a month in terms of the large-scale protests

against the governments, and for two months on the weekends on saturday evening. as you say, they are objecting to government bans to -- which would effectually see all the checks and balances on the government removed, they would be able to choose the judges and then the supreme court would -- be unable to -- that it feels goes against the constitutional. we heard from president of israel last night talking about the judicial overhaul, trying to get some kind of compromise and he did not mince words. >> translator: i'm going to use a phrase that i have not used before. an expression that there is no israeli who is not horrified when he years at. whoever thinks that the real civil war of human lives is a limit that will not reach, has no idea. precisely now, in the 75th year

of the state of israel, this is within touching distance. >> so alarm bells -- by the president herzog. benjamin netanyahu, he says no, the presidents proposals do not go far enough in terms of doing what the government wants to do, which is is to restore the balance between the different branches of government. so these protests going on today they are expected the much larger, for now rosemary, back to you. >> elliott gotkine joining us there from the streets of tel aviv, many thanks. still to come, my freedom day, students around the world are speaking up and taking action in the to raise awareness of modern day slavery and human trafficking. we are live in hong kong and dubai. that is next. o both of you. our smart sleepers get 28 minuteses more restful sleep per night. proven q quality sleep. only from sleep number.

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teams up with young people worldwide for a student-led day of action against modern day slavery. here are some messages from students in india about what freedom means to them. >> freedom means happiness. >> freedom means the opportunity to make your own decisions. >> freedom to me is expression and art and i'm so lucky to be able to express myself every day through song writing a music. >> cnn correspondents are covering this day of action at schools around the globe and let new job offs is the standing by at the school in -- and kristie lu stout is live for us at the hong kong international school. good to see you both. kristie, our students marking this day of action? >> i rosemary, here in hong kong i met one of many schools around that region and around

the world marking my freedom day, the day of student-led action to raise awareness and ultimately fight and and modern-day slavery. you see it at the campus through art projects like the colored folder that you see behind me, sort of impactful workshops and discussions, even a sweatshop simulation program and lessons for elementary school students, primary school students at age k as. i want to introduce you to a very special guest. joining me now are ian and carroll who are two students here at age chaos. they have been learning a lot about modern day slavery. first, ian, tell me how many people are enslaved today? >> 50 million people are trapped or have been, their freedom has been taken away and they are considered slaves. >> tell me, what does it mean to be a victim of human trafficking? >> different slave owners can take advantage of more vulnerable groups and illegally smuggler transport them away to remote countries by tracking

them or promising them something too good to be true. >> the problem is gotten worse in recent years right. tell me why? >> due to covid-19 people is losing jobs and also have the urge to travel more, this has caused more cyber scammers to become, to have more things to do -- >> to pray on people who think that this is a dream job and they end up in a human trafficking type situation, right? >> more people are starting to fall for the scam. >> which is so unfortunate. a number of people who are enslaved our children, not that much older than you. do you think about them and how do you reflect upon that? >> i was quite shocked to hear that. half of the people who are trafficked today are children, especially because we are children living in hong kong and i think that those children are going through a lot of trauma because they're taken away from their families and they forget the life that they had before and they lose their

freedom. >> very quickly, how to act. what can you do as a consumer to fight modern day slavery? >> so some simple things that we can do is be more aware of what we are buying. sometimes items might go through child labor or forced labor to make these things that we buy. sometimes clothing or cocoa beans. >> very well said. thank you for joining, us these early primary school students here in hong kong, but absolutely astounded by their level of awareness and empathy about the issue. back to you. >> they are two incredible students, thank you so much for that. now lanny, you are out the american school in dubai. how are students there marking this day? >> well, rosemary, it is super fascinating to see that it is not just about marking the, day but it is embedded in the curriculum. teacher elizabeth hickey is running a class called race,

culture, and human rights and they have started to investigate institutional racism. you have students who are deconstructing -- i want you to read you some of them. an economy built on slave labor, it can -- post play trade, -- 21% of u.s. banking actions. they're engaging. it's interesting because slave labor, human rights abuses are coming up and you can actually see students engaging in this topic and it is also, i wish i had elizabeth, the teacher growing up. listen, we have students here who have been engaging in those topics and it's not just about deconstructing their own class, but it is also, how do they engage in these teams as they enter the real world? this is a third grade class, we've got kirsten williams joining us. great to have you on. what does it mean to you when you are deconstructing big seems like this and engaging in these modules throughout the school career? >> to me it is a very important,

it means it's really looking into yourself under implicit biases in order to combat negative stigma that leads to prejudice and discrimination institutions. >> what about freedom, what does that mean to you? have you've been engaging in this topic where you are thinking about it deeply, not only in your context, but in the people that you meet? >> freedom to me is more having the right to make your own choices, and to have your voice. i've been trying to encourage it with my friends, including people. i think it is important people have their own voices. there's a huge sense of awareness, rosemary, i have to say with students like -- seeing what they are writing on the board. and it gives you a sense of the new generation of students that are thinking very deeply about freedom. what that means for future leaders. rosemary. >> if these students are our future leaders, we are in very good hands. very impressive.

eleni giokos and kristie lu stout, many thanks to both of you. you can join cnn as we observe my freedom day. tell me what freedom means to you and share your message on social media using the hashtag my freedom day. i am rosemary church, for our international viewers, world sport is next. and for those over here in north america, i will be back with more cnn newsroom in just a moment. please do stick with us.

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filing and the drug companies attorney said that serious side effects occur in less than 1% of patients with the risk of death nonexistent. the women's march, another abortion advocacy group say that the plaintiffs could -- to find someone that they believe would rule in their favor. by filing the case in amarillo, where there is one federal judge, matthew -- eight trump appointee who went from working at a low religious liberty law firm on anti-abortion advocacy to the federal bench. >> it would be unprecedented for a single judge to say that the fda got it wrong, 23 years ago. there is not been an instance where anyone is overturned a ruling of the fda against the fda's bushes. >> judge has merrick's handling of today's hearing has been surrounded in secrecy. he said that he did not want to publicize the proceedings out of security concerns, pointing to unnecessary death threats and voicemails and harassment. sparking outrage over the lack of transparency.

>> i am dressed like a cloud to show what a circus he has created. it's just a joke, he is making the american court system into a circus. >> more than half of all abortions in the u.s. in recent years or medication abortions, most using mifepristone. a ruling against this drug would have white implications. >> mifepristone is not just use in abortion care, it is also used for miscarriage management. >> the judge did not rule from the bench today and said that he would issue an opinion as soon as possible. >> about that order, look, there is no question that the judge is sympathetic to the plaintiffs here, no question about it, but the nuance is important. because practically, what the plaintiffs are asking this judge to do is to yank this medication from the shelves. but, if you listen to the many questions that the judge asked the plaintiffs, he shows skepticism of being that aggressive in one clear scope. cnn, amarillo, texas. >> the biden ministration has

given an apparent ultimatum to the chinese company behind tiktok. off their share of the popular social media platform or face a ban in the united states. the demand marks a possible turning point in the long running negotiations between tiktok and washington. federal officials and u.s. lawmakers have raised concerns that beijing good pressure tiktok or a chinese parent company bytedance to hand over personal information of tiktok users. more than 100 million people use the app in the united states, tiktok sell cnn that new ownership would not solve the dispute, as that would not necessarily change access to data. the company's ceo will be in the hot seat next week testifying before a u.s. house committee. we are learning more details about investigations into the finances of congressman george santos. a law enforcement official says

that federal and state investigators are now looking into desantis's role in the sale of a 19 million-dollar yacht and to visit wealthy donors. controversy has swirled around santos, who has lied repeatedly about his resume and background. but questions remain about how he obtained the money to help underwrite's campaign. the university of alabama's head basketball coach calls in a heartbreaking situation. an armed a security guard accompanied the team's star player to their news conference over concerns for his safety. the team is supposed to be preparing for their opening round game in the annual march madness college basketball tournament, alabama is one of this year's favorites to win the men's championship, but looming over their tournament are nagging questions about a deadly incident off the court and its impact on the team's

top scorer. cnn's andy scholes has details. >> i never lose sight of the fact that, the family has lost one of their loved ones. the whole situation is just really heartbreaking. >> brandon miller is alabama's best player and topic in the upcoming nba draft. the freshman forward has led alabama to its best season in the school history, earning the top seed in the ncaa tournament for the first time. but, the team's success this season has been marred by the shooting death of a young mother near campus. >> we have been fully cooperating with law enforcement the entire time. >> in january, a backup on the team, darius miles, and michael in davis, were charged with capital murder saying the davis pulled the trigger. a law enforcement officer later testified that miller transported the gun to miles. melissa tierney later issued a statement saying that miller never touched the gun, it was

not involved in giving it to davis, and it did not know any illegal activity involving the gun would occur. miller has not been charged in the case, and the chief -- telling al.com that, quote, there is nothing that we could charge him with. for its part, alabama athletics as calling miller a cooperating witness, but it has received heavy criticism for allowing miller to play, never sitting about during the investigation. athletic director greg byrne was asked if greg's talent and the ongoing season for the reasons why he was still on the court. >> i think that is a fair narrative that people can immediately go to and what i have tried to think about this entire time is, let's do what we think is right. let's make sure that we are honest. >> brandon has not been in any type of trouble, nor is he in any type of trouble in this case. wrong spot at the wrong time. >> after those comments, alabama kate -- head coach said that his words came across poorly.

miller never missed a beat. shortly after being named in court as the person who transported to the gun, he scored 41 points in a win over south carolina while many question whether he should be playing. before one game in february, one of miller's teammates gave him a path down during a pregame introduction, which oates said had been going on all year, but into criticism after the shooting. >> it's not appropriate, it has been addressed, and i can assure you that it definite will not happen again. for the remainder of this year. >> on the eve of alabama's first run game, miller was asked how you can focus on the tournament, with everything that has happened off the court. >> i just lean on my teammates really, they help me like of family away from home. >> cnn's andy scholes reporting there for us. well, the nba has suspended memphis grizzlies player -- for eight games without pay. it is in response to a livestream earlier this month in which morant is seen holding a gun at a denver area

nightclub. league officials called moran's actions irresponsible, reckless, and potentially very dangerous. morant told espn on wednesday that he does not condone any type of violence and said that he made a terrible mistake. he has already missed six games and will be eligible to return to play on monday. morant will not face charges for the incident. now to the nfl where the green bay packers quarterback aaron rodgers says that he is moving on. the 18 year veteran says that he plans to play next season for the new york jets. the packers would have to agree to a trade to make that happen. here is what rodgers told the pat mcafee show on wednesday. >> i think since friday, i made it clear that my intention was to play and my intention was to play for the new york jets. and i have not been holding anything out at this point, --

that the packers are trying to get for me. on my side levin appreciation and gratitude for everything that green bay is done for me. so much love and gratitude. and what it meant to be their quarterback. and also the reality of the situation. you know, it is what it is. i would just like to move on. >> if the packers trade -- to the jets, it would be similar to a move they made in 2008 when they sent a 16-year veteran brett favre to new york. well a stunning new image from space, experts say that they have discovered the first direct evidence of an active volcano on venus. analysis of radar images taken during nasa's -- mission in the 90s revealing changes in shape and size to a volcanic event in the span of just eight months. experts say that it is a crucial discovery that raises questions about earth, experts

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