Good day. Im Chris Jansing live at msnbc headquarters in New York City. Could the war in gaza break what had long been considered unbreakable. The alliance between the u. S. And israel being tested as never before with Prime Minister netanyahu openly defying President Biden and pressing ahead with plans to invade the Southern City of rafah. Biden called it a red line. So what happens if netanyahu crosses it . New jersey senator robert men den dez and his wife back in court today pleading not guilty to more federal charges. At the heart of the newest allegations, whether they tried to hide an alleged Bribery Scheme even after the feds were already on to them. The prosecutor who described President Biden as an elderly man with a poor memory set to testify on capitol hill tomorrow. Will the hearing undo the president s attempts to put worries about his age to rest . We begin now with the growing split between the u. S. And israel. Unlike anything in the long and strong history of that all
Eyes that magic number to officially secure his nomination. All as they trade verbal fire like never before. Plus, a massive week ahead in georgia. A judge set to rule any day on whether fani willis will stay in charge of trumps sprawling election case. Also ahead, back in court, new jersey Senator Bob Menendez expected to be arraigned again on new charges this morning. Later, a new doj investigation into that midair scare on an Alaska Airlines flight. What it could mean for that airline and boeing. I hope you had a wonderful weekend. Its good to be with you. Its 10 00 eastern. Im Ana Cabrera Reporting from new york. We begin this morning with the intensifying and newly combative race for the white house. President Biden Planning a big Campaign Swing this week fresh off his state of the Union Address. With tomorrows primaries in georgia, both he and the president in that state over the weekend trading verbal jabs and sharing two vastly different visions for america. Two nights ago we a
they were trapped for 17 hours and they shared their incredible story of survival with continue r cnn s ed lavendera. at 1:14 tuesday afternoon, martin ma den dez was replacing broken locks in abdomen accounting office on the fourth if floe floor of this building when the world around him started to crumble. so the building moved back and fourth two or three times? when the shaking stopped, martin found himself trapped with three women he had never met before in the building. could you move? he said he could only move like a worm. he said they started getting
insisi they did nothing wrong and they are being smeared. let me get to the statement just released tonight from the spokes woman for senator men den dez, once again, we see anonymous sources making outlandish allegations, our office works each year with hundreds of individuals and families seeking help with the immigration process, who review each and every request we receive. if we feel any inquiries appropriate. we make it. in this particular case, senator menendez believes this family has been personally persecuted, which were critical of the government, we are not aware of any inquiry into the senator s actions on this matter. is this consistent with the way that they have held themselves in, throughout these, as these questions have been raised in the past? or is this no? in terms, this is their first statement on this matter. they have denied and offered explanations in each case that the senator acted appropriately in each of the questions when a major campaign donor came u
statements from one former ambassador on the record who says the issue of them being in florida remains a real concern, a major concern between both countries and there is a lot of questions about what s been done on, why haven t they been extradited? why haven t they been kicked out of the country? according to state department officials we spoke to, everyday was lost. how that everyday got lost, that is a big question about what went on down in ecuador. again, the brothers insist they have done nothing wrong and that their only crime was being rich and victims of an economic collapse. i think dick fold, if you will, here in the u.s. and that he did noclaim crime and yet his bank collapsed, if that analogy kind of works, that sort of paints the picture of their defense and that they insirs they did nothing wrong and they are being smeared. let me get to the statement just released tonight from the spokes woman for senator men den dez, once again, we see