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that panic can spread to other banks, it is called contagion. >> the fed has to tip toe very carefully through what is certainly a mine field at this point. >> donald trump lahad a very specific strategy and approach. >> at the end of the day donald trump needs to be held accountable for hils dirty deed. >> we have absolute evidence of the contact and it was very aggressive. >> it is important that great powers be models of transparency and communication. >> live from london, this is "cnn newsroom" with max foster and bianca nobilo. >> it is thursday, march 16, 5:00 p.m. in tokyo, 4:00 a.m. in new york where all eyes are on global stock markets as they

react of yet another bank collapse. >> and here is how u.s. futures are looking. as you can see, everything is ticking up after was what was a very volatile trading session. >> credit suisse will borrow up to $54 billion after a slump in its shares left investors on edge. saudi national bank rolled out further support. >> credit suisse shares ended about 24% down wednesday after initially crashing by as much as 30%. the dow dropping more than 700 points at one point before recovering slightly by the end of the day. >> european markets are just about opening. we'll bring you those numbers when we have those. asia also seeing declines amid fears of instability in the banking sector. mark stewart is joining us live.

it is pretty shocking what we saw with credit suisse, but the reaction from the swiss central bank seems to have reassured the markets. >> reporter: right, max. as we have discussed many times before, traders not only like certainty, they want good news so that they can give back to the market after they have abandoned it during hardship. and that is certainly what the hope will be today especially where you are in europe with the swiss central bank agreeing to this loan of tens of billions of dollars to credit suisse. perhaps it will be reassurance and lift credit suisse shares and markets across europe and eventually into the united states. but i have to also mention about the perspective from where i am. here in asia, if we look at the last eight hours or so of the trading day here, we saw declines in all of the major indexes here in asia including

the nikkei here in japan where i am as well as the hang seng in hong kong, kospi and as well as shanghai composite in china. but again, this jolt of money, if you will, from the swiss central bank could just be what markets in europe need at least to try to make up the losses. but there are these bigger concerns about contagion. will financial concerns in one part of the world transcend to other parts of the world. and that is what may be happening here with banking. as the stability of banks in the united states are now raising questions about the stability of banks in other parts of the world. but it is also important to stress it is not the only challenge facing the markets these days. we still are dealing with inflation. inflation certainly hits consumers hard, but it also makes it very difficult for banks to do their jobs, to invest our money, try to bring ineturns.

e expensive too. and we also can't underestimate the ongoing stress that we're still seeing from the war in ukraine. so when we add all these things up including the concern about bank liquidity and stability, it makes for some very rock of course everyone is hoping that the storyline in the hours ahead in your part of the world is much more encouraging than we've seen here. >> and let's see those latest numbers coming out in the first few minutes of trade here in europe. all the markets are up quite significantly off the back of intervention yesterday. >> and of course all of this is right before another crucial decision by the u.s. federal reserve. some policymakers will sit down in washington in a few days time to decide whether or not to hike interest rates amid the banking turmoil. >> the fed has hiked to quaush

infl inflation, but larry summers says your money is safe. >> american's money is safe. american's money will be safe if they don't raise rates at all. american's money will be safe if they do raise rates by 25 basis points because the government has indicated that it is standing behind bank deposits. and as that message is repeated and becomes clear, as people see that those who deposited money even in the banks that failed, even the people who were not insured are getting their money back in full. but we are still also seeing very substantial rates of inflation. and if those substantial rates of inflation continue, they will erode people's purchasing power and their ability to spend. they will be incorporated in yet higher interest rates which will mean further financial strains. so i think the fed has to tip

toe very carefully through what is certainly a mine field at this point. >> economists say the fed rate hikes and banking fears are having an effect on american consumers causing some people to curb their spending. >> with interest rates getting higher and higher, the hope is that inflation comes down. however, i'm sure as you probably noticed at the grocery store, things still feel quite expensive. and on top of that, we're also starting to see this slew of layoffs. so broader market trends i would say there is going to be a continued focus on more staples versus discretionary brands and those that provide those services. >> retail sales are one area feeling the pinch. u.s. census bureau reported a 0.04% drop in february from the month before. consumers are pulling back electronic stores too, gas stations and auto. >> and a key measure of

inflation slowed dramatically. the producer price index increased at a slower pace, about 4.5%, down from nearly 6% in january. in the u.s. state of georgia, investigators are looking into donald trump's behavior after the 2020 election and have another audio recording of him pressuring a state official. >> he has been recorded multiple times trying to get president biden's victory in georgia overturned. katelyn polantz has the details. >> reporter: cnn has confirmed the existence of a third phone call donald trump made to top officials in the state of georgia after the 2020 election trying to put pressure on them to gum up the results. so what is happening here, we know already about two phone calls that trump made, we've even heard some of the audio from them where he was encouraging the secretary of state's office to find votes after the election that could help him.

this third recording though was to the georgia house speaker, a man named david ralston. it was recorded but ralston had spoke about it before, he said trufrnl trump would like a special session of the assembly. he was clear on that in the phone conversation yesterday, this is in december 2020. you know i shared with him my belief that based on the understanding i have of georgia law, that it was going to be an uphill battle. so ralston was pushing back in this georgia grand jury investigation looking at possible criminality that may have taken place in that state. this came into the evidence there, there were five jurors this week that confirmed the existence of this phone call recording they were able to hear to the atlanta journal constitution. so that was in news reports. ralston has been deceased since november of last year, so he would not be able to testify about this going forward. but that evidence, the recording

of it, still exists and it was memorable enough for those jurors to remark upon it. we haven't heard it yet. and so we don't know exactly what trump said and exactly what ralston said back to him, but it clearly is another piece in this puzzle of what happened in that state in 2020. katelyn polantz, cnn, washington. >> so what does it moonit mean prosecutors in the case? our legal experts weighed in. >> it appears that it is the former president attempting to influence others in the georgia sort of in the political hierarchy in georgia that could speak to intent, but again, it will come down to what the words were said on this recording. >> as a prosecutor it would show me donald trump had a very specific strategy and approach for how he was going to go about pressuring the state officials. he called them separately and tried to lean on them essentially on the assumption of

you are republicans, i'm a republican, so you will use your authority to swing things my way. so i think it gives prosecutors an argument that this was done intentionally and strategically. >> and michael cohen has rawrapd up his second day of testimony before a grand jury that is looking into hush fund payments of stormy daniels days before the 2016 election. >> this is not a question of vindication or about revenge. this is -- my position is that at the end of the day donald trump needs to be held accountable for his dirty deeds if in fact that is the way that the facts play out. >> stormy daniels' attorney says she offered to make herself available as a witness if necessary. prosecutors are nearing the decision of whether to take the step of indicting the former president. >> and we're learning more

details about the investigations into george santos too. a law enforcement official says federal and state investigators are now looking into santos' role in the sale of a $19 million yacht involving two of his wealthy donors. >> controversy has swirled around santos who has lied repeatedly about his background and questions remain about how he obtained the money to underwrite his house campaign. top u.s. military officials are stepping up their criticism of russia after they say that its warplanes forced an american drone to crash in to the black sea near ukraine. >> we know the intercept was intentional. we know that the aggressive behavior was intentional and very unprofessional and very unsafe. >> u.s. officials say senior members of the russian defense ministry approved the jet's harassment of the drone. others tell cnn russians have reached the site in the black sea where the mq 9 drone

crashed. they were able to erase intense diff sensitive information on it before it went down. >> this episode is a part -- is part of a pattern of aggressive and risky and unsafe actions by russian pilots in international air space. and the united states will continue to fly and to operate wherever international law allows. and it is incumbent upon russia to operate its military aircraft in a safe and professional manner. >> salma abdelaziz is following the developments and she is joining us now. this seems like it is now a race to retrieve the drone. they don't know how big the debris field is. the u.s. claim that they wiped the drone of sensitive information, but it would be a real due to the russians if they manage to discover it.

>> an absolutely mad dash in the black sea, you're right. right now this is of course a sensitive matter, this is intelligence in this drone. the united states absolutely does not want russia to obtain. but it is complicated. even the u.s. admits that it is very unlikely that you could reach it. if you look at the black sea, you will understand why this is so difficult. according to u.s. officials this drone crashed some 70 miles southwest of crimea, that being an area occupied by russia illegally for many years now and that that drone whatever remnants are left of it are a mile deep into the black sea. again, a place where there are russian navy ships stationed, that they have been launching operations, attacks on ukraine from the black sea. and the united states has no physical presence in the black sea. we know according to u.s. officials that moscow has already reached that crash site. it is unclear if they were able to obtain anything. but the united states says don't worry about it, we erased all the sensitive information on

this drone. it is going to be okay, it won't be a security concern. and then you have the diplomatic spat playing out as well. you heard there lloyd austin accusing russia of this provocation. but russia saying it is the united states that is to blame, but it is the u.s. that acted in an area that is known to be a place where russia is conducting military operations. take a listen to how russia's foreign minister explained it. >> translator: they ignore the fact that after the start of a special military operations, our military declared the relevance areas of the black sea adjacent to the coach to have a limited status for use by any aircraft and such defined ignorance suggests that the american side is constantly trying to look for some kind of provocation to escalation its con 23r07b tags al approaches.

>> the united states says these are international waters. we absolutely have the right to be there and the u.s. will continue to operate there. but i think that this is a reflection of the narrative kremlin has been pushing. they have accused the united states of being directly involved in the conflict whereas the u.s. has tried to stand back and say it is partnering with ukraine. so for russia right now, it is very much going to be pushing that rhetoric, pushing that narrative, pointing to the u.s. and saying see, i told you so, they are the ones on the ground, we're fighting the u.s. >> and we've heard that from the secretary of russian security council as well that u.s. is actively supporting ukraine. >> and trying to escalate. >> that tends to be the rh rhetoric, everything is viewed in terms of a provocation. salma, thank you so much. and right now, historic summit is under way in tokyo between the leaders of japan and south korea.

south korean president standing shoulder to shoulder with the japanese prime minister. >> after decades of dispute and distrust, japan and south korea are trying to fix frayed ties. they are scheduled to hold a news conference in just over an hour. ahead of the summit, north korea expressed its disapproval by launching another missile. they fired an intercontinental ballistic missile into the waters between the korean peninsula and japan. >> the south korean president warned the north that they will pay the price for its reckless provocations. u.s. and japan also condemned the launch. still to come, all eyes on texas and an important dispute involving a widely used abortion pill. the latest ahead. and plus dangerous landslideses in california after rain hammered the state. we'll hear from some residents who saw part of their properties disappear. and plus judicial refaorms n

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welcome back. in the u.s. the storm system that has hammered california this week is now heading east, but not before dousing the state with more rain and winds. >> a state of emergency is in 3 o3 -- 43 out of the 58 counties. look at that house. the torrential rain has caused landslides in some areas forcing many residents to flee their apartment buildings. >> almost like an earthquake but not really. and it kind of like shifted the ground a little bit. >> we had probably between 15 and 20 guests here last night. and everybody is out safe, nobody lost anything. at this moment it is just the backyard. >> meanwhile severe weather is also expected to hit the dallas area and extend north over southern oklahoma damaging winds, large hail and possibly tornadoes expected to wallop the region. heavy snow is forecast across portions of the plains and upper

midwest where winter alerts are already in place. minneapolis is expected to pick up another 4 to 8 inches of snow. a federal judge in texas is promising to issue an opinion as soon as possible following a high stakes hearing in a medication abortion case. >> he has to decide whether to grant a preliminary injunction. it would require the u.s. food and drug administration to suspend or withdraw approval of an abortion pill that has been available for more than 20 years. rosa flores has the details. >> reporter: during the four hour preliminary injunction hearing the judge raised one possible scenario where he could keep approval of the drig drug mifepristone intact. >> it is used to save women's lives. >> reporter: legal concerns, already redistricting access. walgreen's announcing that it plans to stop the sale in states where abortion remains legal

after republican-led states threatened to sue. in this case the plaintiffs are arguing the drug is unsafe and the fda approval process was flawed. mainstream medical groups saying the plaintiffs used misleading information in the filing and the drug company's attorney says serious side effects occur in less than 1% of patients with the risk of death nonexistent. the women's march and other advocacy groups say the plaintiffs went judge shopping to find someone that they believe will rule in their favor. by filing the case in amarillo where there is one federal judge, a president trump appointee who went from working at a religious liberty law firm on anti-abortion advocacy to the federal bench. >> it would be unprecedented for a single judge to say the fda got it wrong 20 years ago. there has never been an instance where everyone has overturned a ruling by the fda pr.

>> reporter: the judge didn't want to publicize the proceeding out of security concerns pointing to unnecessary death threats and voice mails and harassment sparking outrage over the lack of trance parnls city. >> i'm dressed like a clown to show what a circus he has created. he is making the american court system into a circus. >> reporter: more than half of all abortions in recent years were medication abortions, most using mifepristone. >> mifepristone is not just used in abortion care, it is also used for miscarriage management. >> reporter: the judge didn't rule from the bench and said that he'd 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 to is 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 swoop. rosa flores, amarillo, texas. and we're following developments in texas where leaders of the houston independent school district will be replaced by a new board appointed by the state said indication commissioner. here is how the texas governor reacted. >> this is really unfortunate in this regard. there has been a long time failure by hisd and the victims of that failure are the students. >> this takeover move is under texas law that allows removal of a state's superintendent and board. this decision has sparked anger amongst students and officials. >> this takeover could be the

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welcome back to "cnn newsroom." >> if you are just joining us, let me bring you up-to-date. shares of credit suisse jumped more than 30% as european markets opened this hour. the gains come as a result of the swiss central bank agreeing to loan credit suisse up to $53 billion. investigators in georgia say they now have a third recording of former president trump trying to pressure state officials to overturn the 2020 election in his favor. u.s. aviation officials are trying to figure out why there have been so many runway close calls at the nation's airports. commercial planes came too close to one another seven times this year. the faa held a safety summit on the issue. pete muntean has the details. >> reporter: close calls on america's runways are landing under new scrutiny. >> are we emphasizing efficiency

over safety. >> reporter: the federal reserve aviation administration hosted a rare safety summit bringing together investigators and regulators including pete buttigieg. >> when you have this many things happening at once, it points to the need to make sure the whole system is strengthened. >> reporter: near collisions continued to climb nationwide from hawaii to the latest incident at reagan national airport outside washington, d.c. the faa is investigating a total of seven dramatic runway incursions since the start of this year. buttigieg told me that there is an uptick in incidents at airports. >> what we're finding is that pilots, ground rules and controllers alike seem to be experiencing this uptick, some have described it as a kind of rust. that needs to turn into a very concrete diagnosis and specific action steps. >> reporter: airlines insist safety is always their top

priority, but unions say airlines are pushing the limits as they struggle to bounce back from the pandemic. >> these incidents, things that we've been talking about well over a year ago, are starting to show up on the flight deck and in operations. >> reporter: so far the faa sees no apparent common 2rtrigger, b the national stransportation safety board says we need to find the cause. >> we get concerned when they say we couldn't afford this or that change. these are lives. our goal is lives saved and that has to be the focus. >> reporter: right now the ntsb is not launching an investigation into that latest incident at reagan international. it happened last week but just coming to light just now. and we got a readreadout, and discussions ranged from overstressed pilots to seasoned workers leaving the industry to

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protestors again hitting the streets in israel trying to stop a controversial judicial reform plan. similar rallies have been rattling the country for many weeks now. >> and a traffic slowdown was staged when benjamin netanyahu was about to fly to germany. israel's president is now stepping into the debate and putting a compromise on the table, but also issuing a warning about the state of the country. for more, elliott gotkine is joining us in tel aviv. what is this compromise? >> reporter: not too much into the weeds, but essentially means in contrast to the current overhaul, the government would not be able to choose all the judges who sit on the supreme court and the supreme court would still be able to strike down certain laws which under the government's current proposals would only be allowed to do in narrow circumstances. but we did hear yoit loutlining

details which also is rights to freedom of expression to not being discriminated against. and as you can see to be able to protest. but when he did speak in primetime to the israeli people, he certainly didn't mince words. >> translator: i'll use a phrase i haven't used before. an expression that there is no israeli who is not horrified when he hears it. whoever thinks that the real civil war of human lives is a limit that we will not reach has no idea. precisely now in the 75th year of the state of israel, that this is within touching distance. >> reporter: and he will be meeting with the chancellor and effectively said that these proposals by president herzog

are too similar to the way that they are already. and so far as far as the government is concerned, there will be judicial overhaul the next couple weeks before the jewish festival passover. and as you can see, the protests behind me, they are still continuing. it is still relatively early here, so it will build up throughout the day. this has been going on now for the last two months. and it seems that although herzog's words were certainly very striking, that there is still no opportunity or compromise between the government and between the protesters and the opposition in parliament, judicial reform, that these protests will continue. >> elliott, thank you. on the battlefield in eastern ukraine, one commander says ukrainian soldier destroyed a russian military jet near bakhmut with new video appearing

to show that very moment. >> and it shows the jet's wreckage burning and what appears to be a white parachute suggesting the pilot may have been able to kree jeeject from plane. ukraine says they are down 300 russian aircraft since the start of the war. hoping for favorable news about nato application when he visits turkey on thursday. so far erdogan has not approved finland and sweden joining the alliance, but the suspicious seems to be getting traction in turkey. for more, let's go to nada bashir who is in istanbul. obviously turkey has a veto on any new countries as seeding to the alliance. and if you can explain to our viewers what their main issues are. obviously sweden and finland both accused by turkey of

supporting pkk, but majority of the complaints are against sweden and finland perhaps guilty by association. >> reporter: absolutely. you've seen sweden and finland since russia's invasion of ukraine pledging to end decades of nonalliment, to join the alliance. together that has been their attention and continues to be finland's preference to join alliance alongside sweden. but as you mentioned, it requires the unanimous ratification of all 30 existing members, turkey being a key member there, and has for the last few months thousand refrained from offering its acceptance or approval of finland and sweden joining nato. turkey's primary concern as you mentioned of course, targeted at sweden, they accuse the swedish government of being too lax in its approach to organizations, to groups that turkey accuses of being terrorist organizations, namely kurdish groups currently

in sweden. but over the last few months, we have seen intense negotiations as well as some policy changes even in helsinki and stockholm and it appears as though this may be shifting. certainly that is the message we've been hearing from the turkish president erdogan on wednesday speaking to reporters, he suggested oral alluded to t used that turkey may be willing to offer its a approval of finland joining the nato alliance. he told reporters wednesday that turkey would do its part and fulfill its promises. and we had a similar hint from the fininish president speaking ahead of his trip to turkey saying that it was understood that should turkey make the decision to accept finland as its intention to join nato, that turkey would seek a face-to-face meeting with the finnish president and that finland has accepted this invitation. so that will certainly be high on the agenda for talks which are set to take place in

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today"my freedom day" and cnn is teaming up with students worldwide. >> student s are looking to raie awareness. >> small actions go a long way. let's stay united. >> knowing signs saves lives, let's take action together. >> let's end modern day slavery. >> "my freedom day"! >> correspondents are covering this day of action at schools across the globe. scott mclean is in london and stephanie busari is in lagos. >> reporter: so this is a queen

ann school just outside of london. and this is an all-girls school, and they have been learning about modern slavery and human trafficking. and this is an issue that they learned feats millions of people around the world. and one quarter of the people affected are actually children. and it is not just something that happens in far off places but affects 10,000 people in this country alone. so the students here have been doing performances, poetry readings, speeches, dances, musical performances to try to draw attention to this issue and also to express what freedom means to them. so i'll introduce one of these performances, this is a dance by the upper fourth year students about freedom. go ahead, girls. ♪

>> reporter: so just one snippet what we're seeing throughout the day. we'll continue to check in with them. >> scott, thanks so much. and stephanie, what is happening at your school? >> reporter: good morning, max, bianca. we are at a high school in lagos, nigeria. and the students here have been engaged all month long,

preparing performances, spoken word, poetry. and also they even dressed up as super heros. behind me here, they have dressed up as freedom fighters from the past. we have nelson mandela, rosa pa parks, a nigerian feminist, first woman to drive a car in nigeria and the mother of a famed musician. and what the students are saying is that the lesson is that you must remember the lessons of the past to not repeat them. and they are very engaged in fighting for freedom and also raising awareness. it is the fourth year they are doing it here. and one of the teachers tells me that the head teacher here has actually been very engaged in fighting for freedom of children. and she was involved in prosecuting -- helping to prosecute a children's home that

was abusing children in its care. and so this is an issue that is very important to this school and the students here are very passionate and excited about being involved in this day. >> steph and scott, thank you so much. it will be a busy day. >> and you can join cnn as we observe "my freedom day," share your message on social media using #myfreedomday. stunning new image from space, experts say that they have discovered the first direct evidence of an active volcano on venous venus. >> analysis reveals changes in shape and size to a volcanic vent in just eight months and it raises questions about earth. experts say venus may once have been like earth in fact until it was smothered in carbon monoxide. >> optimistic snapshot of what is to come. >> unveiling the spacesuits the

astronauts will wear when they return to the moon. >> nasa partnered with a private company to design the modern lunar apparel for the mission. the suit allows greater mobility and protections for walking on the moon. the artemis 3 mission will include the first woman and first person of color to land on the moon. planned for 2025. >> why does he need a lightsaber? >> it is always handy to have one and apparently they will make the suit white. >> and news that has nothing to do with space, the new spinoff company behind popular snacks like pringles. the kell comes from the parent companyi on kellogg, but the noa is -- >> it is latin that means new.

kellogg's north american cereal business will be called wk kellogg company a hat off to its founder. the plans were announced last year saying the split would help each business unlock its full potential. >> exciting stuff. and finally perhaps the cutest story of the day depending on your taste, french bulldogs are now the most popular breed in the u.s. first time that labrador retrievers were not top dog. >> the club says that the small size and quiet demeanor make them perfect for apartments and smaller homes. but here in the uk, they have been overbred and they struggle to breathe. >> that is very sad.

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