Tonight, a financial frenzy, a new bank collapses as the White House ships into crisis mode.

The Trump-era banking law that loosened the rules plus how the collapse is turning into

another culture war.

Then Michael Cohen testified in front of a grand jury, something his former boss is refusing

to do what it could mean for prosecutors.

And running mates turn political rivals, Donald Trump and Mike Pence go head-to-head over

January 6th.

The wind up to 2024, as the 11th hour gets underway on this Monday night.

Here we go.

Good evening once again, I'm Stephanie Ruhl.

Normally, I start this program giving you an overview of the most important stories of

the day.

But tonight, there's only one story.

And it is all about banking, money, government, and politics.

And that is exactly what we cover here every night.

I made it to dig into all of it, like NBC colleagues, Jake Ward and Shannon Petty

piece, and former Wall Street banker, turn journalist, my friend Bill Cohen.

Before we get into it, let's remind our audience of how we got here.

Silicon Valley Bank, the pre-eminent bank in the valley for tech.

It's where all the startups did their business.

In many cases, we're forced to do their business.

Well guess what?

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