Phillip starts now. Tonight, a sitting United States senator is accused of using his official position to help a foreign power in exchange for sxrichz rewards. And while the allegations of cash, the gold bars, even the convertibles are getting all the attention, the other end of those alleged bribes is downright chilling. Geeng. Im abby phillip. The Justice Department indicting democratic senator bob menendez and his wife and his wife. That he sought and received Sensitive Information about u. S. Diplomats in egypt. Information that eventually made its way to people with ties to the government there. Now, in Addition Prosecutors say that he gave nonpublic information about u. S. Military aid. Hes also accused of ghostwriting a pitch to senators on behalf of a foreign government. Now, that would ease restrictions on arms and ammunition to egypt. Those restrictions were in place in part due to concerns about human rights and democracy. All of this as he is chairing the Senate Foreign rel
hi, everybody. good to see you. i am yasmin vossoughian. we are following some extreme weather impacting millions of people right now. a storm system wreaking havoc in the northeast. the same system leaving tennessee reeling today from the impact of terrifying tornadoes. the funnel clouds caught on camera, the damage is extensive, six people killed, including a two year old. we took a tour this morning of the affected neighborhoods. and there is devastation everywhere. but one thing i love about this city, when there is a need, we rally around that need. also this hour, the president of the university of pennsylvania resigning after congressional testimony and antisemitism and calls for her to step down. now, pressure is growing on the other president to appear. and we just a day away from donald trump taking the stand again in his new york fraud trial, this time, testifying in his own defense. this amid growing concerns about what a second trump term would look l
the same outfits. putin is basically ruthless dictator barbie. all right. good morning. and welcome to morning joe. it s wednesday, december 6th. we ve got a lot to get to this morning, including donald trump s response to questions about his promise to use a possible second term to seek revenge and retribution. we ll show you what he said. plus, republican senator tommy tubervillle finally drops his hold on hundreds of military promotions. but he s trying to spin it as both sides not getting what they want. let that breathe. also ahead, the partisan fight over the senate s foreign aid package. one contentious issue is threaten to sink the bill. we ll have the very latest from capitol hill. along with joe, willie and me, we have the host of way too early jonathan lemire. congressional investigations reporter for the washington post, jackie al mayny and white house editor for politico, sam stein. good to have you all with us this morning. our top story this hour,
good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the government has signed a new deal with rwanda today, the latest attempt in plans to send some migrants there. the supreme court ruled the last version of the policy was against the law as migrants sent to rwanda would then be at risk of being sent back home dangerous countries. today the home secretary james cleverly insisted the new deal addressed those issues. but he couldn t guarantee that any flights carrying asylum seekers would take off before the next election. our political editor chris mason travelled with him to rwanda. this was james cleverly s first foreign trip as home secretary, but hang on a minute, a spot of east african deja vu. priti patel came here as home secretary in april of last year and suella braverman was here in march. three home secretaries making it to rwanda before a single migrant. last month, the supreme court said the rwanda plan was unlawful. this is what the government s hoped for solution