His Home State Governor is now urging the democrat to resign from the u. S. Senate. This as menendez has already been forced to step down at least for now as the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. First lets go to cnns kara scannell. Shes outside the courthouse in new york where the charges were announced. Kara, the new jersey governor isnt the only one calling for menendez to resign. Reporter theres a growing chorus of lawmakers frommage new jersey calling for Senator Menendez to step down. Thats after federal prosecutors announced this allegedly brazen bribery scheme. They detailed how an fbi search of the senators home turned up the proceeds of this alleged crime. Some of the cash was stuffed in the senators jacket pockets. Reporter indicted again. New jersey senator bob menendez facing corruptionrelated charges for the second time in ten years. Prosecutors announcing a threecount federal indictment against the democratic senator and his wife over their dealings wit
Republicans, they are definitely going to dig in and go for trump. So, i think it is really for both Desantis And Nikki haley. Interesting times, makeorbreak. Yeah, interesting times. Nikki haley did get some good news, she got the endorsement of former Maryland Governor Larry hogan. And im sorry, did i get that right . Yes, she had Larry Hogan and senator Joni Ernst, said that she is, well, Joni Ernst isnt ruling out an endorsement for trump. But the whole point of this question is, do endorsements even matter . They matter a little. And i just want to, i have to add one more that just came out, Marco Rubio just endorsed, wait for it, donald trump. His home state governor, desantis is in the race. Nikki haley was the first really prominent person to support him in 2016 and campaign for him. And even when he was on the ropes was out there working for him. And he endorses donald trump. He says, i got a lot of work
Obviously, the metro versus rural splits is number two. Im not sure were asking this tonight, but im sort of interested in the firsttime caucusgoer. The trump people have been putting a lot of stock into their firsttime caucusgoer recruitment. Though they dont have a long demonstrable history of showing up at the caucus, obviously, trumps people tend to be the most enthusiastic. Id like to see if they brave the Weather Tonight and turn out. And the final thing really is just the margin. Does donald Trump Match what the polling says he ought to do . Does Ron Desantis outkick his coverage . Does Nikki Haleys Dependence upon democrats and independents cause her to fall short . All of those things will play into the margins, and well have a big to do about how we view new hampshire and south carolina and beyond. Let me get your thoughts because you live in florida, ana. Mark marks, your senator in florida just endorsed donald trump over his Home State Governor of desantis. What do you make
republican voters. it was a fake and put out by biden and they put it out because they can t win a fair way. election interference. biden put it out because he can t win the fair way. he s way down on the polls. he took the opportunity to troll desantis. they have endorsed trump over the home state governor. just another example of how these two men are tracking with each other in the gop contest so far. president biden, meantime, also trying to build more momentum heading into next year s presidential race with his economic agenda this week. reporter: president biden hits the road again this week to tout his domestic agenda. on tuesday he heads to wisconsin where we ll talk about the inflation reduction act, a day before its anniversary. it s a bill the white house has
we re in danger of being the first generation that turns over less opportunities to our kids than the opportunity we ve inherited and that is unacc unacceptable. reporter: he was playing fair games with his family and meanwhile trump reminded people why he is the republican frontrunner. he showed up for a few short showers but many were there to hear him speak. and he talked a lot about the legal troubles that have dogged his campaign but continue to make him popular among voters. they put it out because they can t win an election in the fairway. it is called election interference. he is way down in the polls. reporter: and he also took the opportunity to troll desantis a little bit, he brought with him several members of florida s congress a al delegation who endorsed trump over their home state governor,