This week on q a, a professor and former federal prosecutor randall allies and who writes a blog called sidebars talks about the federal Corruption Case against u. S. Senator bob menendez new jersey. Eliasson, before i ask us about this case, give some background about how you got into the business of the law and the relationship between the federal prosecutor and somebody in politics . i came to washington for my first job at a private law firm. I worked there as a federal prosecutor for 12 years. Both of the time in that office i was in what they call the public corruption and government fraud section. I was focusing on cases involving public corruption and fraud against the government, both medical both federal and local officials. By the time i left, i was serving as the chief of that section. I was supervising the attorneys focusing on those cases. I left the office in 2000 want to help test so i could start teaching and writing on a parttime basis. Teaching whitecollar criminal l
Senate for pass. And over on the house side republicans to approve a bill to ban most abortions. Lawmakers will vote in the house on legislation allowing congress to review any nuclear deal. The senate has passed the bill and the president said he would sign it if there are no major changes added. In philadelphia investigators are still determining what caused amtrak train 188 to derail. The train had been traveling 106 Miles Per Hour and that part of the track had not been equipped with safety programs to limit train speed. Well begin this morning with a debate in washington on amtrak and whether or not the government should be increasing funding for the rail way. We want to get your thoughts on that this morning. If you live in the eastern part of the country dial in. Mountain pacific area and amtrak riders riders remember you can also join the conversation on twitter cspan wj and also spend an email journal. The phone lines are open so you can start dialling in. Well get your though
Coordinated brussels bombings at the airport and the subway. Something authorities have kept very closely to themselves. Belgium media reporting that this man in the hat and the light colored jacket at the airport before those bombings is, in fact, abrini, captured a short time ago, along with osama krayem, accused of having a quote unquote operational role in the brussels attacks. Lots of pieces to throw at you. Well have it all together and understand it as we go to brussels. Cnn journalist kelly morgan is standing by with more. Lets begin with the significance of this abrini arrest. What do we know about him . Its extraordinary, big fish for the belgian authorities to have this man in custody. We know that he grew up in this area, in brussels, in the neighborhood where paris suspect whos also captured, salah abdesl abdeslam, also grew up, these men, longterm friends. Were starting to piece it together. The attacks between brussels and paris and the role that these two men played in
Growing questions about whether he used more than a quarter Million Dollars from his own charity to fight his own legal battles and for selfpromotion. Mystery man wanted for questioning. Fbi looking for these two who found one of the new york city bombs. What might they know . Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. Two cities bracing for protests after the deaths of two black men killed by Police Officers. We saw violent demonstrations last night in charlotte, North Carolina, hours after Keith Lamont Scott was shot to death in an apartment complex parking lot yesterday afternoon. The officer who shot him is also black. Scotts family told cnn he was reading a book. But today the police chief said no book was found at the scene but scott did have a gun. In tulsa, oklahoma, new revelations today about what we did not see in the two videos showing the shooting death of Terence Crutcher, the unarmed man who had his arms up seconds before being shot last friday. Prote
Plus, massive protests across russia. Demonstrators are saying they are fed up with corruption. But is the kremlin listening . She combines just kill yourself with words of love. At what point do Text Messages become criminal . A young woman driving her boyfriend to commit suicide. Its all happening now. We are just minutes away from the White House Briefing this monday. Welcome to the second hour of happening now, i am jon scott. I am heather, thank you for joining us or sticking around. Jeff sessions will testify probably tomorrow before the Senate Intelligence committee to answer some questions raised by russian interference in the 2016 election. Earlier today, the president held his first full cabinet meeting. He did not answer any of the questions about the investigation, but he did go through his and ministrations accomplishments so far. Never has there been a president with few exceptions, fdr had a major depression to handle, whose past more legislation, who has done more thing