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Now details about the army soldier who has been in north korean custody since july. He is now back in u. S. Custody. North korea announced just this morning that it was expelling, those are the words they used to Army Private Travis King and this whole thing, the all of the circumstances around this are quite extraordinary starting with the u. S. Government believes that he intentionally crossed into north korea during a civilian tour of the demilitarized zone. Cnns Alex Marquardt is at the state department. There is nothing, but questions about this. Theyre starting to get some answers. What more are you learning . We are starting to see a fuller picture of what happened, not just today, but in the course of the past few months. The u. S. Has said private travis king had crossed into north korea willfully and without Authorization Back in july. Everything wed heard until just moments ago had come from the north korean side especially from north korean state tv. We are now getting a little bit more from the Biden Administration and a u. S. Official saying that private king is now in u. S. Custody. That means he would then be on his way home after two months, just shy of two and a half months of being in custody in north korea. Kate, just moments ago i spoke to the Swedish Embassy in washington, d. C. That confirmed that sweden did, indeed, play a role in the release of private king. Thats important because the u. S. Does not have an embassy in pyongyang. Sweden represents an embassy in protective power. There is a role of sweden and it is not clear at this point what exact three that role was in terms of negotiations to get private king out. Were also trying to figure out how it is that private king got out of the country . Did he cross over the dmz into south korea . Did china play a role . There is a good chance that china did, indeed, play a role and the u. S. Has an embassy in beijing that would monitor and be on top of all kinds of north korean issues and north korea and china being very close allies and these are the details that we are trying to figure out. Kate, what is clear is this is still an extraordinary story that we will want to be hearing from private king directly about, why he crossed into north korea back in july, why he fled the airport when he was being sent home and what drove him to go to that border, and of course, his family is going to be very happy to see him, kate, but there will be a lot of questions about the condition that hes in. So theres good news for the king family today that their son, their grandson is on his way home, but certainly he is going to be facing a lot of questions in the coming days and month, kate. Absolutely. Alex, thanks for being on top of it for us. Sara . Right now, senator bob menendez and his wife are at a Federal Court waiting to be arraigned on Bribery Charges and they are expected to be charged with hundreds of thousands in bribes and prosecutors are misrepresenting his normal work and many of his fellow lawmakers are demanding that he resign. Cnns paula reid is joining us outside of court. This is normally an arraignment and something that is a natural progression as the case goes forward, but what is unprecedented this is a sitting senator going through it. What are you expecting today . The senator and his wife arrived in federal Court New York a short time ago and any minute theyre expected to appear been are before a Magistrate Judge for the first hearing since these charges have been filed, but this hearing comes as over half of senator menendezs democratic colleagues in the senate are calling on him to resign. Lets take a listen to how he has responded to those calls. Will you run for reelection . Will you run for reelection, sir . I am here to do the work for the people of new jersey. Why wont you resign, sir . Because im innocent. As he remains defiant, he often points to the fact that hes previously been charged with corruption and he was not convicted and the Justice Department has had a pretty weak record on successfully trying Government Officials when they have been charged with accepting bribes or gifts for wielding their political influence. That is accurate, but what is different about this case is the fact that the senator here is also accused of sharing Sensitive Information with a Foreign Government against u. S. Interests. Sara, that is a grave allegation against the sitting u. S. Senator. As menendez says he is innocent until Proven Guilty and so far defiant against those asking him to resign. Cnn legal analyst Jennifer Rodgers and chief Law Enforcement untelejens analyst john miller. John, i want to start with you. What will happen today is prepro forma, but soon there will be discovery. Bob menendez and his team will get to see all of the evidence and then you say some key decisions will have to be made. Why . Well, because then theyll know what the case really is. Weve all seen the indictment that lays it out pretty clearly, but he wants to see whats behind that. All of the texts and emails that was obtained in the search of his home. That will be the time for them to make decisions, is he going to seek a plea in this case or is he going to agree not to run again and those sorts of decisions will be. Why do you think that is more or less likely in this case . The guidelines are very high and the case seems open and shut from what weave seen in the indictment and i think the discovery will bear that out because they got a title 3 and got the Text Messages that way and its pretty open and shut in that sense. Is he going to go in and get some sort of deal that will be less than what he is facing on the counts which will lead to a 12year sentence unless a judge decides to go below. John miller, when you look at not so much what will happen today, but the case at large, you see major questions not completely on the law, but intelligence, why . You have to look at this case and ask first, is it a public Corruption Case . Yes. Does it involve bribery . Those are the allegations. It would strain credibility to believe that a new jersey businessman was arranging meetings between egyptian generals, intelligence officers, officials to get things done for the government while getting a contract, an Exclusive Monopoly Contract from the Egyptian Government worth tens of millions of dollars without the involvement of the Egyptian Government and the egyptian intelligence service. So the question is where is that involvement . Is it in the case . Will it come out in the case if it exists and was the attempt to recruit a powerful u. S. Senator being directed by the Intelligence Services of a u. S. Ally that gets billions of dollars . These are questions that lurk in the background that are not inthat indictment. And there are u. S. Officials who dont want that in a courtroom which could lead to more conversations about a deal for both sides. I want to ask you about another major legal moment out of 24 hours which is a new york judge in a Summary Judge that lied and stripped them of controlled of some of their businesses. For a judge to do this in summary judgment, how rare is that and what does this mean over the next few days . This is a civil action and not a criminal act and the facts are so clear that as a legal matter they need to be dissolved. These Companies Need to be dissolved and the trial will only be about the amount of money, right . The damages. So its fairly rare, but certainly not unprecedented and of course, its appealable so after the trial and everything is done, trump will have an opportunity to appeal and well have to see if it holds up. His businesses are one thing he holds very dear and he may be stripped of control of some of them. House speaker Kevin Mccarthy, we are hearing, spoke to reporters on capitol hill. This was shut down three days away and very real questions about whether mccarthy can maintain his speakership. Lets listen. I want to sit down with the president to secure that border. What are they going to do with the president its not my problem. Its americas problem. Its the house responsibility to fund the government right . Lets compare that. How many bill has the Senate Passed . How many Appropriation Bills has the Senate Passed. You ask me questions every day. Name me 12 Appropriation Bills the senate has passed this year. It has not passed any. Five bills. 73 . Okay. Okay. Im sorry, what does an Appropriation Bill do . How many Appropriation Bills does it take to Fund Government . 12. The senate has passed zero. [ Inaudible Question ] let me answer your questions and first lets get the facts right. Your first question was and i answered it. The senate has done nothing. The senate has not done one thing when it comes on to appropriation. Is that different from what we have in the past . The senate has done nothing. The house is passing 73 of all of the Appropriation Bills of the job were supposed to do on thursday. Were bringing up on friday the ability to fund the government, but at the same time secure our border, so yes, were doing our job. So what does the president have to do with that . If he has to sit and hide in the white house and put government into a shutdown thats on him, but thats the wrong thing to did. Id like to see anything out there, if its a challenge, i want to solve the problem. If you look at what the senate is doing, too, we have the faa to deal with. That goes away on september 30th. Has the Senate Passed an faa bill . No, it has not. Have they passed bills themselves. Theyre a different body on something to deal with the border and even if the leader from the senate comes from new york and the mayor are crying for something to be done, no, theyve done nothing on it because if the house passed a bill we can go to conference and solve that. The senate has not done their job. The senate has not taken up the house work so no, the president should step in and do something about it otherwise the government will shut down, just like we had strikes in michigan and the strike in california and embassies evacuated around the world. Thats a lack of leadership. Social leadership. This was your policy and this wasnt a policy that opened up this border. It was simply your decision and you can do something to change it. It would keep government open while we finish the job and hopefully the senate can get around to the Appropriation Bill. Thank you all very much. A somewhat irritated House SpeakerKevin Mccarthy there. A Government Shutdown looms just three days away. Mccarthy there trying to deflect some of the blame to the senate and the white house though the real issue over the last several weeks has been that mccarthy has not been able to corral his own caucus, republicans, in the House Of Representatives to get them on the same page to fend off this shutdown, but there trying to say dont look here, look elsewhere. We will see if that bears any fruit. We will talk to our Manu Raju Senior capitol Hill Reporter in just a few minutes to learn about the latest development in that. That was an interesting twist. Thank you so much, john. Tonight, seven republicans will take to the Debate Stage Minus the frontrunner and new polling saying that debate may not matter that much in the long run and a deathdefying challenge. The journey from Central America to the United States is excruciatingly dangerous and cnn is on the ground speaking to people who made the trek and first hand what they saw. The Accused Gilgo BeachSerial Killer is back before a judge today. What we can learn coming up. I have one job and one job only. Its debate day in america, friends. Thank you very much, kate. Indeed, it is. Seven republican president ial candidates will make their case to voters tonight. None of them are named donald trump. What do the numbers tell us about the task that these people have in front of them . One man has the answer. Cnns senior data reporter harry enton. How tall is this task . Where is donald trump in the polls . Im not sure ill be ready to top that intro. Lets take a look here. All right, donald trump is well ahead nationally, right . The polls have looked the same basically for months. Donald trump has gotten stronger and stronger and stronger. 58 of the vote. Ron desantis at second place at just 15 and we basically got a clown car for third place and nikki haley technically in third and this is well within any margin of error at 6 . I just want to know historically speaking and these are the other notes in the primary. Al al gore, george w. Bush, hillary clinton, what do they have in common . They all went on to win the partys nomination. Its true these are National Polls were looking at and what matters more are the state polls and is iowa closer . Not so much, a little closer, but basically its the same idea here, harry. All right. The historic again and all these people won. These indictments against donald trump and the legal problems he has been having and what impact have they been having . I mean, i think this gives you an understanding. Gop voters concerned that the criminal indictments make trump a weaker candidate. Just driv25 of republican vote are concerned. The vast majority, 74 are not too or not at all concerned which, of course, makes sense, folks, because the fact is if they were very concerned donald trump wouldnt be getting nearly 60 of the vote nationally and near say 40 to 50 of the vote in the early states. Any way to tell what impact this has in a potential general election matchup . To give you an understanding, the most likely gop candidate to beat donald trump 72 thank you very much. Sometimes that happens, folks. To beat joe biden, donald trump, 72 believe its donald trump compared to just 25 someone else. They believe Donald Trumps the most electable and they believe him most on the issues and thats the reason why donald trump has this mammoth historically. Lets see how it translates on stage tonight. Trump cant win because of the problems facing him. Thats not what voters are saying. Voters dont believe them and thats what makes it difficult and they are trying to pierce the armor and they havent been able to yet. Stand by to stand by. Joining us now, joining us now s. E. Cupp and former president ial campaign and Founding Partner of firehouse strategies. Okay, lets have some fun. Two questions. What should the candidates do on stage tonight . What should the candidates in reality do different on stage tonight . What they should do is try a novel concept. Go after the guy in first place or heck, go after the guy in second place. Last time it was a bun of people in the Single Digits attacking people in the Single Digits and it didnt make much sense and thats what they should do, and it seems rather obvious. I dont know if thats what theyre going to do and if theyre sending out the early positioning last night that theyll be aggressive. Donald trump is 58 in National Polls and hes walking away with this thing and its not to consolidate the antitrump vote and in order to do that they have to go after him. If youll continue to score analysis, you have to watch the tape. Lessons learned from debate one. What was the moment in debate one that these candidates should learn from from debate two. You believe it was the hand raise moment. Just r