Now. Expelled from the hermit kingdom, the u. S. Army private who bolted into north korea is in u. S. Custody. North korea saying their investigation is finished. Plus, senator bob menendez faces a federal judge and growing calls to resign. But the democrat is fighting back against bribery charges. Well have the details on what went down in court. Plus, skipping the debate stage for a swing state. The elephant not in the room. Former President Donald Trump will be a noshow at tonights republican president ial debate as his business faces serious trouble in court. Were following these developing stories and many more coming in right here to cnn news central. For the second time in his senate career, bob menendez has pleaded not guilty to federal bribery charges. A short time ago, the new jersey senator and his wife were arraigned and he is set to leave the courthouse at any moment. And we have our eyes on that. You can see this live shot here of the courthouse. Prosecutors saying that t
with carvana. we re following breaking news on a new homeland security warning of potential violence at the u.s. capital on sunday when supporters of the january 6th rioters plan to rally. this comes as president trump is once again embracing and encouraging the insurrectionists. joining me now the democrat of delaware and a member of judiciary and foreign relation committees. senator, thank you for being with us. does former president trump risk inciting more violence on saturday with this statement in support of the january 6th attackers? what was your reaction to that?
politicsnation. we re starting on the hill. joining me now, senator ben cardin of maryland, a democrat who sits on the finance and the foreign relation committees. senator, since you sit on the foreign relations committee, i want to start with the breaking situation in afghanistan. we just got some breaking news from the white house that the president has authorized the deployment of roughly 5,000 troops to make sure the last safe and orderly drawdown. what is your take on how the biden administration is handling it? reverend sharpton, first of all, it s good to be with you. this is a very tragic moment for the people of afghanistan. there s going to be massacres. no question about that. but i think we have to understand this course was chartered by the trump administration. when president trump announced our troops would be withdrawn, he originally said may, and he would negotiate a settlement with the taliban, which never
president trump is calling a solution to turkey s takes on our allies the kurds, quote, a tremendous success, an amazing outcome, a situation where everybody is happy. he calls the deal for a five-day pause in the fighting, quote, something that turkey has always wanted, unquote. as for the u.s. allies, the kurds, who are being driven out of their homes or worse, the president today said the area where they lived needed to be, quote, cleaned out. as you might imagine, he is getting pushback on much of this, including from a number of republicans. earlier i spoke to former republican senator bob corker, who chaired the foreign relation committees, about it. senator corker, president trump says, quote, it s a great day for the united states, it s a great day for turkey, a great day for the kurds, it s a great day for civilization. is it? well, first of all, i think all of us who care about the kurds and people in the region, i m glad there is a five-day ceasefire. i don t know what com
regional allies that have in the past and will once again come to their assistance. that is namely iran and the various different militias that it supports. led by hezbollah from lebanon as well. ar ka thank you very much. let s talk about all of this and more with senator james risch of idaho. on the intelligence and foreign relation committees. thank you for coming in. let me quickly get your thoughts on some of these republican presidential candidates other republican senators what they re saying about the president of the united states and the secretary of state. you were relatively mild in your criticism, saying john kerry had been bam boozeled by the iranians iranians but mike huckabee saying the president is leading the israelis the jews in israel to the door of the oech a reference to the holocaust. is he going too far? i don t want to get between