Hello and welcome to inside politics. Im dana bash. Live from california, but we begin back on the east coast because any second, we might see senator bob menendez appear at microphones and talk to reporters. This morning the new jersey democratic senator pleaded not guilty on federal bribery charges. Hes accused of using his influence to help a foreign power, egypt, in exchange for cash, gold bars and a luxury car. That is some of the charges that he is facing in the courthouse today. Cnns paula reid is live there at the federal courthouse in new york city. Paula, what do we know . Reporter as you can see right behind me, media assembled waiting to see if the senator will make remarks following this hearing. The senator and his wife entered pleas of not guilty during this arraign the. They did so through their attorneys. Then the Magistrate Judge took a few moments to lay out the terms of their release. The senator is being released on a 100,000 personal recognizance bond. He has to s
today on inside politics, four-hour pauses. the white house says israel agreed to stop its attacks on hamas for four hours every day to allow aid to get in and civilians to get out of gaza. plus fighting for second place, five republican candidates make their case to voters on the debate stage. they trained most of their fire on each other rather than the far and away front runner. can anyone breakthrough? and a cnn exclusive, kevin mccarthy is speaking out. his message to aid republicans responsible for removing him as speaker, we ll give you a hint. it s not friendly. i m dana bash. let s g behind the headlines and inside politics. i want to start with a major development? in the israel-hamas war. the white house says iz rattle will begin four-hour daily pauses in gaza. this announcement came minutes before prime minister benjamin netanyahu release d a statement saying there would be no cease-fire without the release of hostages held by hamas. jeremy diamond is li
The support of republicans in the senate, including mitch mcconnell. but really this marks a key test for both president biden and house speaker mccar thi as they are dealing with these power dynamics of an era of divided government as the u.s. economy could be at rusk of potential default. thank you. let s bring the conversation in the room. with me to share their insights is jeff zeleny, francesca chambers and sotomayor of the washington post . both sides are dug in. sdwrous remind people at home, this is the treasury secretary. she says just about everything. that something that could produce financial chaos would mean that social security recipients and veterans and people counting on money from the government, we just wouldn t
A acting in good faith. but will the end result be in good faith. the speaker says other reporters are jealous because tucker carlson could get, depending what s in the video, a pretty huge exclusive. he says this is just sour grapes by reporters. or is it that tucker carlson criticized speaker mccar thi saying he s giving an exclusive to somebody to say be nice to me. this is a play to his far right. this is a continuation of the narrative from when he was running for speaker. and trying to appeal to that far right. what i find very interesting is the political risks that he s taking. just what we were talking about just a few minutes earlier about the republicans who want to move on from trump. this is not moving on. some of those moderate republican who is are ready to move on are going to this could be politically risky if they are in swing districts if
It those three are absent, republicans have 219. democrats have 212 in the chamber. that adds up to 431. the magic number there would be 216. meaning that with those three absences in any scent vote, mccar thi now can only afford to have three defections. so while he s made significant progress here, and we ll see if he continues to make progress with the rest of the names called, keep in mind as you look at this list, to win today with who is in the chamber, he can only have three defections. you see who has continued to defect. boebert, crane, gaetz, bob good, andy harris, three with the math right now is the max he can afford. steve kornacki, it certainly looks as though he s shown some momentum, as he told garrett haake on the way into the floor,