Today on inside politics, defiant, bob menendez seeks to beat a federal indictment. On the clock, congress is shrinking a sixday window to stop a shut down. And guess what, donald trump just made the house speakers job a whole lot harder. Plus a picket line gamble, joe biden hopes to edge the gap between automakers say they can afford. Im manu raju for dana bash, lets go ahead to inside politics. Up first, Bob Menendezs big fight and one he vows to win. Minutes ago the new jersey democrat responded directly to a federal indictment. The allegations leveled against me are just that. Allegations. When all of the facts are presented, not only will i be exonerated, but i still will be the new jersey senior senator. Now, menendez took the microphone and National Attention to flatly deny he did anything wrong. And all of the ways he has stood up to egypt over decades of service and make what sounded like a case for reelection. Well start in new jersey with cnns Kara Scannell in the room. Kara