in america this morning markets on edge amid concerns about two more banks, possibly in jeopardy , including one of the world's largest credit suisse, the new move overnight to provide a financial lifeline. danger and destruction, the rescues and the landslides in the aftermath of two major storms, plus hikers and skiers stranded in feet of snow. teenagers trapped up to their chests for hours. new overnight a possible move to ban the popular social media app tiktok nationwide the new threat from the biden administration to the apps, chinese owners a developing story. the army investigating the death of a female soldier athote the effecd have on your weight loss and the

latest space fashion the new suits designed for walking on the moon. walking on the moon. from abc news in new york. this is america this morning. good thursday morning, everyone. i'm andrew denver. good morning. i'm re in an alley. we want to begin this morning with new jitters in the financial markets. more banks are in the spotlight, with some investors growing nervous about stability. one of them includes credit suisse, a major european bank and overnight asian markets were down sharply until a new financial lifeline was announced. one top investment banker here in the u. s warns this could all be a slow rolling crisis. abc s lindsey watts is here now, with the very latest lindsay. good morning. good morning. rhiannon. analysts are still trying to reassure people your money is safe, with the fed now guaranteeing all deposits. but fallout continues after the failure of those two u. s banks and the impacts are

being felt across the world. fears of a banking crisis are keeping markets on edge this morning. both here and overseas . the stock price of one of europe's biggest banks credit squeeze, plunging 24% to an all time low wednesday that bank also has a big presence here in the us overnight, the firm announcing that it will borrow up to $54 billion from the swiss central bank to shore up its liquidity and investor confidence back here at home concerns still looming over america's regional banks. first republic stock diving 21% after its credit rating was downgraded into so called junk territory, bloomberg reports the bank is now exploring a potential sale ahead of wall street's biggest investment firm, blackrock, telling the guardian. this is a slow rolling crisis, with more seizures and shutdown's coming. but analysts say no matter what happens, your bank account is secure. if you have your money in first republic, it is still

safe. there's an implicit guarantee by the feds over the weekend that said, depositors aren't going to get hurt here. we're going to look at all the regional banks and make sure that depositors get their money back despite unfolding turmoil in the financial world, the economy remains strong. new data shows retail sales fell only moderately in february and wholesale prices posted an unexpected decline. good news for inflation. all the indicators and everything under the hood suggests that the inflation should continue to moderate if we're not at the end of the federal reserve's rate hikes, we're getting pretty close. and all eyes will be on the federal reserve when they meet next week. another interest rate hike was expected before the banks failed. now, some believe the fed could hold off on that, andrew. alright, we'll have more information next week. lindsay thank you. the pentagon admits it will be very difficult to recover the u. s surveillance drone that was ditched in the black sea, but two officials now confirm russian ships are at the scene and may have already picked up pieces of the wreckage . the u. s. says the drone went

down and about 5000 ft of water after being struck by a russian jet officials say after the collision, they were able to remotely wipe out the drones sensitive information. probably not a lot to recover, frankly, as far as the loss of anything of sensitive intelligence, etcetera, uh, as normal we would take and we did take mitigating measures. so we are quite confident that whatever whatever was of value is no longer a value the price tag on that surveillance drone about $32 million now to the danger and destruction after two major storms on both sides of the country from landslides to home explosions, too dramatic rescues in both the snow in the water. the storms that dumped record rain in california have left danger and destruction in their wake. a very tense situation. a dramatic helicopter rescue in los angeles a man trapped in the l. a river cruise fighting the fast moving water. this is what happens when we see rain. we see

this l a river just continue to swell. the 51 year old was rushed to the hospital to be treated for hypothermia. the whole hill is just struggling right now danger on land to the heavy rains. triggering landslides. in san clemente. at least four apartment buildings were evacuated after a landslide left them teetering on the edge of this cliff possible. we've lost everything. mudslides in nevada to this home badly damaged, but no one injured. one silver lining all that rain is easing some drought concerns. mandatory water restrictions are now being lifted for nearly seven million people in southern california. it wasn't just the rain. but wind causing this tree to come crashing down onto a church in the san francisco bay area. meanwhile on the east coast, millions are now digging out from that powerful northeastern massachusetts. two hikers stranded in more than two ft of snow were rescued at two

am after an hours long search, and two teenage skiers also rescued after spending three hours in chest deep snow. in the meantime, homeowners are now being warned to make sure their gas meters are buried in snow after this home explosion in south dakota, one of two recent explosions in the state blame unburied gas meters. the planes in the upper midwest getting more snow today. we'll check your forecast coming up in just a few moments another recording has reportedly emerged if donald trump asking for help in overturning the 2020 election, the atlanta journal constitution reports a grand jury heard a phone call trump made to georgia's house speaker after the election, urging him to convene a special session to investigate voter fraud. the speaker declined the request. an adult film star stormy daniels has met with new york prosecutors investigating former president trump's hush money paint hush money payment to daniels and indictment could be near now that former trump lawyer michael cohen has wrapped up his testimony to a grand jury

. the fbi is now investigating a fire in a new york penthouse that started hours after agents arrested a chinese billionaire was taken into custody and six hours later. flames erupted while agents were still in his apartment, the former ally of trump's debt strategist steve bannon, is now charged in a billion dollar fraud scheme a possible turning point in the fight against tiktok, the app, which has already been banned in some schools, and state governments, could now be facing a nationwide ban. abc is elizabeth scholesy reports. this morning. the biden administration is demanding that tiktok's chinese owners sell their stake in the company or theapp could be banned in the united states. the demand marks an escalation from the administration as the white house looks to resolve national security concerns about the app , with many worried the chinese government could force tiktok to hand over americans user data. the director of the fbi last week, said the app quote screams of security concerns could they use tiktok to control data? on

millions of users. yes in tiktok has won bipartisan support, but some republicans won an outright ban. this company should be banned. i don't know why they're allowed to operate in the united states republicans overnight responding to the administration's new threat, i think they're right on this phone that everybody has, uh tiktok is able to harvest your data all the time. and provide it through bytedance to the chinese communist party. the white house has until recently been more reluctant to ask tiktok's chinese owners to sell their shares, looking instead to work with the app to installt we thwhite house came out in support of bipartisan legislation that could be used to ban the app in a statement, tiktok said the best way to address concerns about national security is with the transparent us based protection of us user data and systems with robust third party monitoring. vetting and verification, which we are already implementing. tiktok's

chief executive, is scheduled to testify before a house committee next week. elizabeth halsey abc news washington, elizabeth thank you, by the way, a ban on tiktok could face a legal battle, the company could argue a ban violates the first amendment. the army is investigating the death of a combat engineer at ford hood, according to a spanish news agency, the mother of the army private said her daughter had claimed she was sexually harassed. her death comes nearly three years after another soldier at fort hood. vanessa guillen was brutally murdered after being sexually harassed a major merger in the railroad industry. just one final approval. canadian pacific will by kansas city southern and critics are raising safety concerns. it comes weeks after the toxic derailment in ohio involving a different rail company. some fear the merger will lead to more cost cutting in the industry. it is time now for a look at your thursday forecast. country storm brings snow to

denver this morning, and then it will move on across the plains into the upper midwest. the twin cities could get five inches. the eastern part of the storm also has plenty of rain, and that same system will bring severe storms to texas in the surrounding states this afternoon and tonight, damaging winds, hail and even tornadoes are possible checking today's high temperatures, the northeast warms up that could also be mild across the southeast and in the desert southwest. dirtiest fruits and vegetables at the supermarket. the new rankings to boy falls to his death from a popular amusement ride. the settlement reached in his mother's push for change, and later the major league baseball star injured while celebrating eeded a wheelchair to leave the

interview, so what was she revealed this morning on good morning america. under there can't believe we saw that terrifying moments at the san antonio zoo after a large tree branch fell onto a group of people, seven were injured. one person suffered life threatening injuries. one mother is fighting for change after her son fell to his death from a popular amusement park ride. a settlement has also been reached a bcs andrea fuji reports. this morning. the florida amusement park ride were 14 year old fell to his death is coming down. the boy's mother has been pushing for the orlando freefall to be dismantled. she saw it for the first time yesterday. unfortunately, when he passed, i wasn't there for him. this is i had to do this. i have to do this. i didn't want to come on the circumstances, but i had to do this last march. tyree samson was visiting from saint louis when he slipped off the ride, considered the world's tallest

tower drop at more than 400. ft report found. tyree weighed more than £100 more than the ride allowed in order to fit he rode while not being properly restrained. horrendous right should have never have been built. the family sued the amusement park and ride operator . they have now settled the case. but the family's attorney claims the ride manufacturer, a european company is trying to evade responsibility. please remember it was, the manufacturers said. you don't need seatbelts. on the right that goes 420 ft in the air. tilts forward 90 degrees. it comes down at 75 miles an hour. tyree's mom is now working with the florida lawmaker to pass the tyree sampson act to require more regulations and worker training. it will save another child and family life, so the extra restraints were needed prior to this happening if it passes that law would take effect this summer. the movement park where tyree died, says it

supports the proposal. as for the ride manufacturer, it did not comment. andrew rhiannon, andrea thank you in chicago, recently elected politicians news conference erupted into chaos when his defeated opponent and her supporters took control of the microphone. we are here to make our voices heard with regards to the voter suppression late. one of the city ald supporters tried to shout down the woman before grabbing the microphone back. the chicago board of elections declined to comment. crazy video. they're coming up the new study on caffeine and obesity, keeping kids safe in the class the new kids safe in the class the new school safe room if your moderate to severe crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis symptoms are stopping you in your tracks... choose stelara® from the start... and move toward relief after the first dose... with injections every two months.

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kumasi: we are monitoring a big backup on the bay bridge. jobina is tracking what you should do if you're trying to get into san francisco. reggie: financial crises keeping the markets on edge following bank failures. the effect is having on the global market. kumasi: a hiring freeze in oakland. why the pauses necessary. >> we are working through the aftermath of the 13th storm event in the last 75 days. reggie: widespread power outages impacting parts of the bay area. pg&e saying the service interruption was so extensive it marked yesterday as the single worst day for bay area outages in 28 years. kumasi: good morning. reggie: we are going to get to the weather, but first, jobina, there is a traffic alert on the bay bridge. jobina: this is the worst commute i have ever had coming into work.