On your screen there the Podium Set Up at the Department Of Justice where federal officials will be holding a Press Conference to announce Bribery Charges against democratic senator bob menendez along with his wife nadine. Well bring you the remarks when they begin. A Federal Grand Jury allege they received, quotes, Hundreds Of Thousands of dollars in bribes using his influence in washington to enrich several new jersey businessmen, as well as the egyptian government. As for menendez future on capitol hill, a source says he will be stepping down as chairman of a committee while this goes on. We are awaiting that News Conference to begin. Ken, what else is inside this indictment . How serious are the charges . Reporter extremely serious. This is a Bribery Indictment against Senator Menendez and his wife nadine. This involves new jersey businessmen who sought and got the senators Assistance Intervening in criminal cases. The indictment says menendez went into Business Transactions for a
would never go for, to do an infrastructure bill, and by the way, the president indicated aides beforehand something i kind of forgot to put in playbook he wanted democrats to stop the investigation before they negotiated, before they came to the white house. so this was not, it didn t appear to be a spontaneous thing. podium set up, a placard, you noted. seemed an ambush. everything we could see publicly, seened it was a premeditated, preplanned thing to kind of lay the blame at democrats feet. we are, again, expecting speaker pelosi to take to that podium. roughly 90 seconds from now. we saw a young lady, i assume is a congressional staffer come out and give the two-minute warning about 60 seconds ago. any moment now anna and jake, we ll go to that podium. anna, quickly here. again, this idea that the president won t do business with
here in florida with him. they had everything to go overnight, a podium, briefing room, a podium set up in case there was announcements to make. a north korean provocation, or u.s. response to the provocation. but what we ve seen is the president out playing golf this afternoon as he did yesterday as well. the white house staff footprint, we are told by an official, intentionally light, so the president can spend some time with his family and top white house advisers could do the same. i have to tell you, anna, there is a sense of relief here. but certainly that they are not out of the woods yet. we re seeing vice president pence on his way, make his way to the region, to the asia-pacific region. he is going to be in south korea on sunday. and that is where he s going to be meeting with the acting president of south korea to talk about u.s. strategy, and alliance dealing with south korea and the north.
flag set up, the podium set up, waiting for the president to be speaking. that will be happening momentarily. now, of course we re taking a look at how the events a world away impact your security, our standing in the world. we ve got a few details ahead of the speech. the president is expected to say that the post-bin laden area is a time to reject terror and extremist views. the president will emphasize that the united states doesn t take a one size fits all approach to change in the region. and he s going to announce $2 billion in aid to help egyptian democracy take root. a tape was released that is bin laden speaking just days after his death. the speaker expresses support for the revolutionary change in the arab world.
about 40 minutes from now. we re taking a look at live pictures showing you there the flag set up, the podium set up, waiting for the president to be speaking. that will be happening momentarily. now, of course we re taking a look at how the events a world away impact your security, our standing in the world. we ve got a few details ahead of the speech. the president is expected to say that the post-bin laden area is a time to reject terror and extremist views. the president will emphasize that the united states doesn t take a one size fits all approach to change in the region. and he s going to announce $2 billion in aid to help egyptian democracy take root. a tape was released that is bin laden speaking just days after his death. the speaker expresses support for the revolutionary change in the arab world. if. former imf chief dominique strauss-kahn will ask a new york judge to release him on bail. that s happening today. he is offering $1 million cash to be confined at