Well, good evening, im laura coates. A week that began with Merrick Garland being accused of weaponizing the Department Of Justice against republicans ends with one of the most powerful democrats in washington, d. C. Now indicted for corruption. The chairman of the Foreign Relations committee, new jersey senator bob menendez stands accused of conspiracy to commit bribery, conspiracy to commit fraud, conspiracy to commit extortion under color of official right. Essentially using his official position to force someone to give him something of value. Tonight, we are taking a deep dive into all of it from the investigation to the indictment and, of course, the political fallout and here are the Big Questions ive been asking all day, after seeing all the reports ive cut through all of it, here are the real questions, number one, did he do it . Right did he do it . Could a senator who left a hung jury in his last trial for conspiracy, bribery and Honest Services fraud, sound familiar, led to
Well, good evening everyone, im laura coast. A week that began with merrick garland, one of the most powerful democrats in washington, d. C. Now being charged with corruption. Conspiracy to commit bribery, conspiracy to commit extortion under color of official right. Essentially using his official position to force someone to give him something of value. Tonight we are taking a deep dive into all of it from the investigation to the indictment and of course the political fallout and here are the Big Questions ive been asking all day after seeing all the reports thats cut through all of it. Here are the real yes, sir, number one, did he do it . Did he do it . Could a senator who left a hung jury in his last trial, led to personal favors really have been so imraizenbrabrazen a a second sometime around . Is corruption at its very finest, could the rules force him to step down there his position as chairman oar from the senate or maybe will the better question is will he actually do that .
red cross and on the move. the idf operation dubbed heaven s door giving hope that all of those held by the hamas terror group could eventually return to their loved ones. welcome to a special edition of the faulkner focus. i m in for harris today. the temporary cease-fire between the two parties took effect as 7:00 a.m. local time, midnight eastern. shortly after, aid trucks began entering the gaza strip from egypt. several hospitals were also instructed to be prepared to receive the released israeli hostages. now those releases are in motion. general jack keane, though, warning the deal is all part of hamas s strategy. watch. at the end of the day they ll use hostages to preserve their regime and preserve as much as their fighters and military infrastructure as possible. if they re able to achieve it. it will be a strategic defeat for israel despite the physical destruction you see in northern gaza and what will eventually take place, much of the war that israel is figh
on the stand in new york today? so i increasingly feel, and you ll have to let me know at 7:00. i don t have the training to analyze donald trump anymore. i need a psychologist or a psychiatrist. i don t know how much of this was as some of the journalists suggested was performative deflection, and i don t know how much of this is actual holy you know what, they took my toys, right. i think that he cherishes his company more than democracy. i accept the journalism that supports this trial means more to him than some of the federal ones that are to come. i don t have a good enough answer for you about whether it is performance art or an actual meltdown. quickly, i have to ask, we ve got the political lens, and then we ve got the actual legal lens. i m not going to ask about the legal lens. there s tons to talk about that i ll be going over in the next hour. politically, do you think this was a successful strategy for the former president today? i think those are, you kno
historic moment for the country. one of the most important moments in the life of donald j. trump closing arguments about to begin in a criminal case that could land him behind in bars. this morning, the white house is looking for more answers after the israeli airstrike killed dozens of people at a camp for displaced palestinians and rafah prime minister netanyahu who calls it a tragic error. did it cross joe biden s red line? and an american detained in turks and caicos will learn his fate today. four more americans charged with carrying ammunition to the island. will they be allowed to return home or will they faced years in prison for what they call an honest mistake i m kate ball well, i m john berman. sara is out. this is cnn news central we, are standing by for historic moment in legal and political history, closing arguments this morning no criminal case against donald trump. you ve charged with falsifying documents to cover up hush money payments to an