Tonight, a sitting United States senator is accused of using his official position to help a foreign power in exchange for riches and rewards. And while the allegations of cash, gold bars, even the convertibles, are getting all the attention, the other end of those alleged bribes is downright chilling. The Justice Department indicting senator bob menendez and his wife among allegations he sought and received Sensitive Information about u. S. Diplomats in egypt, information that eventually made its way to people with ties to the government. In addition, prosecutors say that he gave nonpublic information about u. S. Military aid. Also accused of ghost writing a pitch to senators on behalf of a foreign government. That would ease restrictions on arms and ammunition to egypt. Those restrictions in place in part due to concerns about human rights and democracy. All of this as he is chairing the Senate Foreign relations committee, one of the most powerful positions in the entire government.
morning, including the lest on the temporary truce in gaza. israel and hamas agreed to extend it one more day, but there are signs those talks are becoming more contentious. we ll get a live report from jerusalem in just a moment. also ahead, president joe biden was on the road yesterday pushing his message on the economy, jobs, and the contrast between his administration and former president trump. but he s dropped a key phrase from his speeches. we ll tell you what it is and why he may not be using it anymore. it comes as donald trump continues to rail against a policy that is popular with many americans. plus, we ll take a look at the life and legacy of former secretary of state henry kissinger, who passed away yesterday at the age of 100. along with joe, willie, and me, we have columnist and associate editor for the washington post, david ignatius. white house editor for politico, sam stein. and nbc news chief foreign affairs correspondent and host of andrea mi
we also need to be focused on the day after, and so in conversations that we ll be having through the course of this weekend, i expect you ll see a focus there and particularly how we can get over time to two states for two peoples, which in our judgment remains the best guarantor and maybe the only guarantor of a secure jewish and democratic israel and palestinians with the state that they re entitled to. so these will be the things that we re focused on. these are challenging times. these are intensely difficult issues, but i am convinced that american diplomacy can make a difference in moving everyone to a better place. that s what we ll be working to do. thank you, mr. secretary. do you assess that israel has shown restraint up to this point, and what are the concrete steps you ll be pushing them on? and are you confident you ll actually be able to get them to make any movement on this given the maximalist positions we ve seen? as has been said and it s important, isr
the cast of dallas. we re the best of friends and have been for 30 years. linda gray and patrick duffy from the immortal dallas. the moment you thought you d never see. plus, only in america. the 14-year-old playing with the pros at the u.s. open. this is piers morgan tonight. good evening. two big stories tonight. an extraordinary day in the sandusky trial. we begin with my exclusive conversation with casey anthony. i spoke to her and her attorney just a little while ago. she s been in hiding ever since she was found not guilty in the death of her daughter caylee. what she told me was about her life now. and she says she was wrong by not being honest with officials. cheney mason. a member of the defense team. he joins me now exclusively. it was an extraordinary moment. we were in my office. you put your client on the phone. you put it on loud speaker. it was your phone. we had a sort of ten-minute conversation. a random conversation in many ways. it gave me an