Why do people think US Treasuries are risk-free?

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Chuck Zodda and Brendan Hayes react to the Senate Banking Committee grilling Federal Reserve officials over the collapse of SVB. Regulators revealed that customers of SVB tried to withdraw $100B the day the bank failed. Why are people getting confused about US Treasuries? What is a toxic asset? Todd Lutsky stops by to help you from leaving your children a massive tax bill.