There has only been, listen to this, one such whale killed off the coast of South Carolina in the last 50 year. On the other hand, the windmills are causing whales to die in numbers never seen before. Nobody does anything about that. Theyre washing up on shore. I saw it this weekend, three came up. They wouldnt you wouldnt see it once a year. Now, theyre coming up on a weekly basis. The windmills are driving them crazy. Theyre driving theyre driving the whales, i think, a little batty. Theyre washing up on shore at levels never seen before. They want to stop your boats. One in 50 years, can you imagine that . Donald trump yesterday in South Carolina continuing his weird war against windmills. Well have more from his rally yesterday, including another moment where he seemed to be confused about his opponent. This is at least the second time in a week. Plus, trumps former Defense Secretary is defending outgoing Joint Chiefs Of Staff mark milley after the former president suggested genera
Cash and gold in exchange for political favors, the allegations against a sitting u. S. Senator are damning. Nearly 500,000 stuffed in envelopes, a mercedesbenz, even gold bars, the gifts allegedly given to senator bob menendez and his wife. New video of ukraine on the attack after more than a year at war. This team they confirm a successful hit on a russian ship. And more workers hit the picket lines in dozens more locations. This could impact you if your car needs to be repaired. Welcome to the lead. Im pamela brown in for jake tapper. We start with senator bob menendez accused in a sweeping indictment today charged with accepting bribes, pressuring a u. S. Official and spilling sensitive u. S. Information to benefit a foreign government. The indictment lays out how federal agents raided menendez home last summer finding a stash of gold bars, nearly 500,000 in cash stuffed inside envelopes and a gifted mercedes convertible. Menendez wife is also charged. According to the indictment s
thank you so much for joining us tonight. ac 360 starts right now. good evening. first it was the i.t. guy. now members of the mar-a-lago household staff might also end up testifying against the boss. that s what multiple people familiar with special counsel jack smith s classified documents investigation are telling us, and it s a cnn exclusive. they say federal prosecutors may call as witnesses a plumber, a maid who cleaned the former president s bedroom, a chauffeur, and a woodworker. people who might not get a lot of attention on a trump property, but who see and hear a lot on the job. people who cnn has also learn have had already been talking in detail to investigators. they re now likely witnesses. so are secret service agents, sources tell us, and others who are in the room when the president was captured on multiple recordings, apparently showing off a classified military document about bombing iran. . let s see here. isn t that amazing? this totally wins my ca
too early with us. morning joe starts now. biden signed an executive order to control a.i. there is no one i trust more to save us from the rise of the machines than joe biden. as long as none of those machines is a bicycle. he s fine. he s fine. the late show having fun with president biden s executive action earlier this week on artificial intelligence. we ll have a lot more to get to on that this morning. including donald trump jr. taking the stand. how did that go? we ll get legal analysis on his testimony, which i think will continue now. plus, the latest out of the middle east. more wounded palestinians and foreign nationals are leaving gaza. it comes as there is a new threat from hamas. and on capitol hill, republican george santos survives an effort to expel him from congress. that s thanks to some help from democrats. meanwhile, it appears republicans are finally getting fed up with senator tommy tuberville s antics. we ll show you what his colle
on the ground. israel expands its ground operations in gaza. we re going to fight in the air, ground, and sea. what does the escalation mean for the region s future? and for the hostages trapped there by hamas? national security adviser jake sullivan joins me live, next. and then, intelligence which he republican senator, james langford. plus, blackout, as israel s barrage picked up, gaza went dark with communication services cut. palestinian civilians must be protected. now with communications partly extraordinary, what is the latest inside gaza? and, new beginnings? finally, the u.s. house elects a speaker. one more sign of republicans embrace of donald trump. another? i have decided to suspend my campaign for president. gop candidate chris christie on what it all means, coming up. hello. i m jake tapper in tel aviv, where israeli bombardments of gaza lit up the sky overnight. cnn teams are hearing constant explosions and some machine gun fire with drones