Verdict at all at this point. We are going to bring it around the table. A lot of people who know the senator and the situation and here to share their reporting, bloombergs margaret from the new york times. We will start there again. Karl is where the new york times. Michael is with the Weekly Standard and with the wall street journal. Michael bender. Let me start with you. You covered senator menendez for a long time and are familiar with the trial. He was charged with 12 counts of experience, bribery, and fraud. Refusing the power of this office. What do you think this says about the fact that the jury said it . No surprise. They have been struggling and the judge is trying to keep them to make a decision. These are very tough cases. The public Corruption Cases. The Justice Department does not have a good record in getting guilty verdicts here. There was a lot of expectation in washington that he might be found not guilty. This means it will drag on for a while. They try again or wh
But raise taxes for some. For the president its a challenge of quintessential 2017 multitasking. Its can he slander and legislate at the same time . Cnn is all over this as senators await his arrival. Christine romans here in new york. Suzanne malveaux live. Where do we stand with the votes . Reporter its a critical task for the president and his party, and the Senate Budget committee will vote on this, expected to vote on this, and they have a dozen members of republicans on the committee and they can only afford to lose one of the republicans, and so far you have two that have been outspoken critics about this or at least about their concerns, and one is ron johnson and he is talking about the fact that he doesnt believe its doing enough for Small Businesses, they need bigger breaks. He has been in contact with the president and white house officials. They think that maybe hes a bit malaable and can help him out and his concerns, but its senator bob corker, he is not going to listen
Office event is raising questions about the president s sensitivity and judgment, and well get to all of that, with chris. Joining us is anthony scare phaoufpy. Where you have been . On the road, and working on closing my deal with sky bridge and that has been it. Been fun. How do you feel about what you see coming out of the white house and the general state of play with the nation . I think the president is doing a good job. I am not here as a trump loyalist but i am looking at it objectively, the economy is booming and the unemployment numbers is fantastic, and getting middle class and lower income wage growth, and thats the first time in 11 years you have seen that kind of wage growth and activity, so i think all of those things are positive. I think hes mired down in his legislative agenda because of what i call the political establishment on both sides giving him a hard time, which, im hoping, he will figure out a way creatively to figure out the log jam. How much of it is on him
The police chief says it may be a possible serial killer. Detectives arent 100 confident that all four killings are connected. However, the serial killer theory is the working theory that investigators are going with. What tampa is dealing with is an Early Morning serial killer. Early Tuesday Morning two days ago at 4 00 a. M. Someones Security Camera caught this man, it was in an area where a person was shot and killed. Right around the time the first victim was shot on october 9th. Similar appearance on this man. Tall, thin build, hoodie, same stride and possessing a flip cell phone. Four random victims, one neighborhood, all shot to death in the dark in four weeks. Police suspect this killer also lives in that neighborhood. A crazy person. Thats all you can explain it. Why . They are targeting innocent people and shooting them . Who in their right mind would do such a thing . The reward has skyrocketed up to 91,000 for anyone who can provide police with the tip that leads to an arre
Its the same process that is typically followed. Sometimes they actually have a white house attorney present in the room. This time it was something that was relayed via phone. And, again, was following standard procedure for an instance like this and something that will likely happen again on any other number of occasions, not just within this administration, but future administrations. The white house instructed bannon not to answer questions related to his time in the white house or during the transition, an unusually broad interpretation of executive privilege. But nbc has confirmed that those restrictions will not stand in bannons way when it comes to his conversations with special counsel bob mueller. Quote, hell answer any questions mueller wants to ask. Thats according to one source close to bannon. And after mueller took the rare step of issuing a subpoena to compel bannon to testify before a grand jury, the New York Times is now reporting that, quote, bannon has agreed to coo