Morning Wire - Russian Jet, U.S. Drone Collide & Ohio Sues Norfolk Southern | Afternoon Update | 3.14.23

Episode Date: March 14, 2023

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This is Daily Wire editor-in-chief John Vickley with Georgia Howe. It's Tuesday, March 14th, and this is your Morning Wire afternoon update. Two Russian fighter jets were reportedly harassing a U.S. military drone over international waters on Tuesday morning when one of the fighter jets collided with the drone, forcing the drone to crash into the Black Sea. U.S. European Command said the Russians acted in a, quote, environmentally unsound and unprofessional manner. Details about the incident are still emerging. Fears that the U.S. banking. crisis could go global, widened early Tuesday as shares of lending giant Credit Suisse dropped in value.

The Swiss Bank delayed its annual report after it found, quote, material weaknesses in its balance sheet over the last two years. Here with Moore's Daily Wire senior editor, Cabot Phillips. Shares in the Zurich-based international financial giant dropped nearly 5% in pre-market trading to an all-time low. As of this afternoon, the stock did bounce back a bit, but it's still down by 1.5%. The bank tried to reassure markets Tuesday and does have a new executive team, but has not been able to shake longer-term financial problems. Bank stocks more broadly have been hammered since last week's collapse Silicon Valley Bank and the smaller New York-based signature bank.

The Department of Justice and the SEC are now investigating Silicon Valley Bank's collapse, as well as actions taken by banking executives in the days leading up to the collapse, according to one report. Here to break it down is Daily Wire reporter Tim Pierce. Federal authorities are reportedly investigating the bank, but the details remain murky. Now, probes like this are standard after a financial institution collapses, and it's not certain that any criminal charges will be filed. That said, investigators may look at any suspicious stock trades before the collapse or if the bank

misled investors about its financial health. Some reports have pointed out a series of stock trades made by the bank C-suite leaders, such as former chief executive Gregory Becker. He sold about $3 million worth of shares in late February before the collapse. Google's new artificial intelligence model known as Med Palm 2 performed at expert level in the U.S. medical licensing exam. Here with Moore's DailyWire Deputy Managing Editor, Eric Kintanar. Google's AI model scored an 85% accuracy on a U.S. medical licensing examination practice test,

which is the highest score ever recorded by an AI model. An earlier version of this technology earned a 60% on that same test. The exam featured both multiple choice, as well as open-ended questions. A doctor with Google Health told the medical news outlet MedPage that the true benefit of AI could help physicians and medical staff save time, thereby allowing doctors to spend more in-person time with patients. The stunning AI results were announced Tuesday.

Ohio's Attorney General announced a lawsuit today against Norfolk Southern, the company whose trained derailment led to the release of hazardous chemicals into the community of East Palestine. The Environmental Protection Agency is enforcing Norfolk's Southern, Southern's cleanup and is monitoring the effects of the derailment and chemical release. The Environmental Protection Agency unveiled its first proposal to ban forever chemicals or polyfluoro-alcohol substances from drinking water nationwide. The new rule would require water systems to monitor and notify the public about six forever chemicals while setting

the limit for such substances much lower than it is today. This is something that communities like Wilmington have been demanding for years and today we are finally answering those calls. Specifically, EPA's proposing to establish legally enforceable levels for six PFAS known to occur in drinking water. The proposal now moves to public comment before the finalization process. And Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell was released from the hospital late Monday afternoon after suffering a fall last week. The 81-year-old Kentucky statesman is being treated for a broken rib and a concussion. Well, those are your drive-home updates this afternoon To learn more about these stories, go to Dailywire.com, and for more in-depth discussion of the biggest stories of the day, listen to our latest full episode of Morningwire every morning.