Straight from the source tonight, republicans now accusing ukraine of interfering in the u. S election because president zelenskyy just went to pennsylvania, is the house speaker. Now so someone needs to be fired. Pennsylvania senator john fetterman is here to respond. And vice president harris tonight, as far enough a message for donald trump in a new interview, hear her response to him saying he'll be women's protector if he's reelected. And tonight there's even more secret service turmoil after an agent is now on leave over allegations of sexual misconduct against a staffer for vice president harris's campaign. I'm kaitlan collins, and this is the source a battle in the battlegrounds is playing out tonight as vice president harris is laying out her economic plan in pennsylvania while donald trump is talking about his in north carolina, at one point in that speech, referring to harris as a quote one woman economic wrecking ball but after he went after his opponent in the 2024 race, trump dedicated part of his speech to attack backing another world leader lashing out at ukrainian president zelenskyy for saying in an interview that trump quote, doesn't really know how to stop the war, even if he might think he knows look at the war and ukraine and i think it's something we have to have a quick discussion about because the president of ukraine is in our country and he's making little nasty aspersions toward your favorite president. Those cities are gone. They're gone and we continue to give billions of dollars to a man who refuses to make a deal with zelenskyy all of this comes after zelenskyy visited an ammunition plant in pennsylvania. This earlier this week, where he was thanking workers who were making the critical munition munitions that are being used in his country's war against russia. He was there as you can see here alongside pennsylvania's democratic governor, josh shapiro. But that all set off a firestorm on capitol hill today, where the republican house oversight committee chair james comer said he's going to open an investigation into the matter as house speaker mike johnson directly accused zelensky interfering in the 2024 election and demanded that he fire or the cranium ambassador to the u. S happened and cannot have foreign nation interfering in our elections. And i think that's what amounted of course i should note as we are taking all this in that trump himself has hosted a series of world leaders at maralago in recent, recent months in recent days, really, that includes the prime ministers of qatar hungry and israel i'm joined now by democratic senator john fetterman of pennsylvania, senator. It's great to have you here. What is your response to house speaker mike johnson tonight calling for calling for president zelenskyy to fire the ukrainian ambassador that's what the that's even beneath the kinds of things that he has said and done. And now that that committee and incredibly ironic because they're using that commission for absolute political kinds of things, just like that. And i'd like to remind everybody, trump actually really filmed campaign videos literally in the white house. So that's absurd and it's insulting to the pennsylvania workers that work as part of the foundry of the just where they make these kinds of munitions that help keep ukraine free that and the president was just there to thank those people and now to turn that into some kind of political thing, it's a disgrace and i can't think anything that i can't say that i'm shocked, but it's just absolutely pathetic before we all go out in session and now get with before the election, they have to end on that kinds of a note what johnson is speaker johnson is arguing is that not just because he went to visit this arms manufacturer on your state, but the fact that he did so with governor josh shapiro, obviously, a big harris surrogate. He's arguing that that going to a swingstate this close to the election is as he put it in his letter to zelenskyy election interference. Do you think that visit had any kind of campaign undertones to it? you'd be surprised how many people in pennsylvania really could care less what he thinks and even understands and knows about any of this. He's trying to turn this into an issue and that's just was zelenskyy visiting to thank the workers that made some of the munitions that kept ukraine free. And that's all it was. And it's just pathetic. And remember, they are on the team that filmed campaign, their own campaign commercials literally in the white house and they were proud of that kinds of thing. So when the house oversight chair, i mean, you're in the senate, but over in the house, the house oversight chair james comer says he's asking for documents and letters that you don't do believe that investigation go anywhere oh, no. I think i'm just like he was going to impeach joe biden and all this other stuff. It's just like, hey, you know, like, oh no, please. I'm begging you, please go easy on this representative there are certainly republicans in the senate that still support arming ukraine and sending ukraine funding to help them from a political perspective, though, is there any, any normal american would support arming ukraine on that when i grew up, we all, we all understand that russia was the bad guys and then trump developed this kinds of connection with putin. I'll never understand that and then now enough, for the republicans now decided to turn against ukraine. And that's a disgrace and that is profoundly unamerican. And i actually met with members of the ukraine community earlier today and i said, i can't explain it myself, but my vote my vote, my voice, and we all leaned in to deliver the kind of critical aid that helps keep ukraine free. And those kinds of munitions and that factory that they visited just a couple of days ago and they're trying to turn this into, like i said political theater and like i said, it's all beneath both of them. Well, zelenskyy seems to think it's coming too far gone if it is trump and vance who are elected today, he was saying to the new yorker the advances too radical and trump. He was saying essentially it doesn't know what he's talking about when he talks about ending the war, but but i do want to ask you, because vice president harris was in the commonwealth of pennsylvania today pitching voters on her plan for the cost and of course, out of the tell you that inflation is the dominant issue in your home state because it's 20 points above any of the other matters that voters are looking at abortion or immigration. Donald trump still has the advantage though, on inflation and the economy. Why do you think vice president harris hasn't been able to change that? even as inflation has been coming down well, actually inflation is down significantly though that's all been addressed now, it's down back to the lowest level. But in march of 2021, on that. And now let's also talk about the other incredible economic things like this stock market. And then all of the unemployment mean rate and all of those things. And now i've been saying this consistently since 2016. It's going to be very close in in pennsylvania and that's not going to change. And now we're at that same conversation and i don't have anything, anything sexy to say about or spicy. It's just i do think harris is going to and now it's going to be it's going to be close. And i can understand why some people might want four more years, like trump, but there are a lot of supporters of his in pennsylvania eyewitness that i'm going all across pennsylvania to talk about that. And just tomorrow night, i'm going to be in butler county to rally democrats and then on saturday and i don't go into somerset, another red county to rally democrats and we're going all across pennsylvania and being in the rooms that no one else wants to be in. And maybe campaign. But we're going to show up and we're going to fight for every vote across every county, across pennsylvania. You mentioned that you're going to rally democrats. There was a moment in her for speech today that seemed to be met to rally maybe some republicans. I want you to just listen to what she said today in pennsylvania look, i'm a capitalist. I believe in free and fair market i believe that most companies are working hard to do the right thing by their customers and the employees who depend on them. And we must work with them to grow our economy senator, you can almost expect to hear a probusiness republicans like mitt romney of the past saying something like that. And when she says that it, she says that she won't be constrained by ideology. Is that kind of signaling enough to reach out to some disaffected republican voters. Yeah. Well, of course, that's what a normal candidate talks. And the kinds of issues that they addressed. And of course, trump is talking about eating dogs and eating cats and geese and now, could you imagine if harris said that if i lose its, it's going to be because of the jews the kinds of abuse sir things that the republicans and trump are saying. And if you, anyone that listens to any of his speeches, i wouldn't even call that i wouldn't it would be it would be actually a complement to call. He is being uncertain, serious i mean, it's just bizarre rants and it just goes in no particular direction and i have watched one with the the israel event. And now when he was in indiana in the same county, i was then just a couple of days to and i can't really make sense of what he's talking about, except he likes to say the word beautiful. A lot of times. And now it's like the media has to confront this. You have one candidate, candidacy like harris talking king about issues and making an argument for a new way forward and trump just says bizarre things and it's a double standard and it's absurd with some of the things that trump is saying. And these not being called on these things. Yeah. I mean, trump has said, jews who don't vote for him should have their heads examined. Catholics who don't vote for him should have their heads examined i mean, we've definitely covered all of that, but on that i'm curious when you're out on the ground and pennsylvania, why is this race so close then if it's that kind of contrast that you just painted there i've been saying i describing it is the choice. It's the choice people that now have an already made up their minds are going to be like, what do i want four more years on that? and i do believe that enough people are going to realize that paris is the duration that we want to go on. And it is going to be very close. Just like what happened in 16 and 2020 when joe biden happened to pull it up by 80,000 votes. That's an incredibly small margin. And i would expect that it's going to be a small margin. No one has gone on a run away with it in pennsylvania, unless you have good mark robinson kinds of situation. And we will my gosh. But even then, i'm not sure really, there's not much left. Trump can say or do to himself that he's already filed himself with and now at where we're at, it's going to be close and very competitive. And that's why for the next 40 some days i'm going to be across making that argument all across pennsylvania in the kind of counties that we have to jam up to make sure that trump is unable to create the kinds of margins that he did had in 2016 and tried to actually produce back in 2020 close and competitive that is safe to say senator john fetterman. Thank you. If for your time tonight. Thank you for having me also, we're hearing new reaction from vice president harris tonight talking about what trump said at that rally recently that he would be women's protector if he is given a second term more highlights from that rare so low interview of hers also tonight, catastrophic new projections are coming in about for a kane helene, as it set to hit florida in just hours from now, as a category four storm, we'll have the latest for you those source with kaitlan collins brought to you by jp morgan wealth management thinking i'm thinking about her honeymoon, about africa so far, hot air balloon rise when with elephants 24 to safari, great question, like everything, it takes a little planning for what the mind towards a down payment on a ranch in montana with horses. Let's take a look at those scenarios jpmorgan wealth management has advisors and chase branches and tools like wealth plan to help keep you on track when you're planning for it. 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I have enough money. I could just shut up. Carbon. Winning is every things stupid. Saturday, october 5 on cnn tonight, vice president harris is responding to former president donald trump portraying himself as the protector of women he said he will be the protector of women if elected. Can you respond to that donald trump is also the person who said women should be punished for exercising a decision that they rightly should be able to make about their own body and their future. So look, i think the thing about donald trump, trump is that you know, i don't think the women of american need him to say he's going to protect them. The women of america need him to trust them can we trust you? yes yes. I am not perfect but i will tell you i'm always going to put the needs of the people first i want to get straight to the source tonight with the national cochair of the harriswalz campaign, mitch landrieu, great to have you here. You heard harris, you know, she hasn't do a lot of interviews until it was notable to hear from her a lot of it focused on her economic plans. What you heard from her there tonight, as we've heard from voters, undecided voters who say they want to know more about her. Do you think she gave the mud of answers and that interview thought she had a great day today. She did two things. She had a very detailed thoughtful, commonsensical approach to her economic plan today and then tonight, she sat for what everybody we consider to be a really thoughtful interview where she answered to the lots of questions, lots of details, and i think she checked a lot of boxes today. When you look at that j. D. Vance responded and said that every time she does do an interview, he said, and this is his quote, every time she answers a question, i think we gained about 100,000 votes. What do you make of the question? i mean, voters don't have as much, as many questions about trump buchan as you heard fetterman saying, you know, these are not fair comparison here but they do want to know more about her. Well, i'd say two things. The people who know donald trump, the best, like him the least and people who have worked for him have admonished us and has said to those, please don't bring him back to the oval office. So it's understandable that people want to know more about her. She has been in office though for over 20 years. She has an incredible record. She has traveled this country we she laid out her agenda today in very specific terms. And the one thing that is really so different about these two people because they both talked today, they both supposedly gave economic speeches. Trump, you could not understand and he didn't really speak about the economy. She gave a thoughtful, coherent advocation of what her thoughts are about why the middleclass is going to be the main they of the future of america. And i think she did very well. Mr. Mayor, i want you to stand by because we are getting some breaking news just in to cnn the new york times is now reporting that new york city mayor eric adams has just been indicted tonight by federal prosecutors. It's still under seal as of this hour, so we're still waiting on a lot of the details hill's here, but this comes as there has been a flood of resignations in his administration. And of course, we have seen several of them embroiled in investigations from his administration. The phones seized by several of them, including the police commissioner, the school chancellor, the deputy mayor several officials in his administration. This has all been going on as today, we saw congresswoman alexandria ocasiocortez, one of those prominent voices in the democratic party who doesn't often get involved in the politics of new york city on the local level, calling for atoms to resign, saying she did not see how he could continue can you to govern the city. He responded to that by saying that he had not faced any charges yet. Of course. Now, we see that he has been indicted. I want to get more on this breaking news with cnn legal analyst jennifer rodgers, who is joining us and devote obviously we're still waiting to learn a lot about this, but, but what the new york times said is that this coming after that federal corruption investigation, and it's just notable given this is coming three years after he promised to help come in to rein in corruption. What do you make of this indictment tonight? well, it's hard to say kaitlan about seeing of course, which on the investigations he's been indicted in, there actually, i think for federal investigations going on, not necessarily to eric adams personally, but into either him or people in his administration. So it's hard to comment before we know which one, but i think it's fair to say any indict that is faced by the mayor is likely to result in his resignation. You just really can't run the city and face federal criminal charges at the same time. But asked for more than that will suck to wait and see southern district of new york has i think three of those investigations, the eastern district of new york has the other one so whether it relates to the campaign finance allegations or whether it relates to the potential bribery case that surround some of the people who are high ranking officials in his administration will find out more when the indictment is unsealed, how soon do you think that could happen? because i mean, that is the question you are given. There has been this shroud of investigations and phone seizures and searches that have been happening from people close to him. I mean, it was a year ago that was last on this show. We've talked about this. How soon could we see the details of an indictment like this? i think we'll see it very soon now, once that the news has broken, they probably were working on facilitating some sort of surrender instead of trying to go do an arrest, that sort of thing. So now that it's out in the open, i would expect it to happen really soon. So as soon as he is technically willie arrested and appears in court, then the indictment will be unsealed and we'll see what he's facing. I mean, as soon as likely tomorrow. Well, i mean, that's a great question because how do you go about indicting a mayor? what does that what does that look like for prosecutors behind the scenes? it looks the same as any other case. I mean, they've been investigating obviously, collecting evidence, talking to witnesses as we know executing search warrants and seizing devices. They put their case together, they go into the grand jury with their witnesses in the federal system, you can actually use a summary witness who can testify to here, say you can put in one asr from the fbi who had talk about the whole investigation, everything that you should crown during the course of the investigation, then you ask the grand jury to vote and you have your indictment and from there it's just a matter of getting your ducks in a row to figure out how the irreparably executed or how the surrender will happen. So i think if they actually have an indictment hand, they will have moved to the technicalities of getting him under arrest and into court. So that's why i'd say now that this news has broken, even if they were planning on doing it a few days from now, i think they'll probably move the timeline up and go ahead and try to do it tomorrow identify standby, and just for our audience, we are covering this breaking news as of this hours the new york times is now reporting that the new york city mayor, eric adams, has just been indicted following a federal investigation into him. We're still waiting to learn more details, hoping to get those any minute now, i do have andrew kirtzman on hand a longtime new york city political insider, and we've always talked a lot about rudy giuliani and his downfall. That's happened in recent years. But on this news tonight, i mean, we had scheduled to be on the show tonight to talk about the wave of resignations that we're seeing happening in new york city aoc's call for it for adams to resign. What do you make of this breaking news? well, i have never seen a administration collapse so quickly. See just as a slew of law enforcement actions, you've seen his raids of his of his age. It's since police commissioner quit. It has just been a steady drumbeat for the last several weeks so rumors have been swirling around eric adams. There have been no reports that have directly tied him to any of this. So this indictment is in that respect, too surprise. Well, and look at the list for people who haven't been paying attention. This is kinda happened and like a drip, drip, drip fashion new york city police commissioner had his phone seized. This sheena wright to first deputy mayor, phone seized. The deputy mayor for public safety phone seized the special adviser to him, subpoenaed his campaign. Treasurer, had the fbi raided her home a few months ago. I mean, this is pretty remarkable after his police it's commissioner was forced to resign. The man who adams picked to replace him had his home rating. I mean, this has been within days within days, this has been kind of a carnival of corruption going on new york, has never seen anything like this since the days of jimmy walker. I mean, ed koch had a scandal but nothing that has risen to the heights of the administration to this extent, and nothing with that kind of sweep and the breadth of that. It's it'll take your takes your breath away i mean, i just mitch landrieu. I you are here as a harris surrogate. So this is breaking news. You are the former mayor sure new orleans. You've let a city you know what it's like and what happens just from that perspective. What do you make of this breaking? we're just learning about this. Everybody surprised and shocked by it, even with the information about the previous investigation. But this is really terrible, terrible news. It's obviously terrible for him because the feds don't wrap somebody audie up this prominent without having substantial evidence. But it's also terrible for the city, new york, of course, is one of the great cities of the world. This is a very traumatic thing for city to go through. It's going to be very hard and they're going to, you're going to have to fight your way through it yeah. And of course, he's a retired police captain. He knows the city well, that was held what helped coast him? and bring him into office when he was elected, mr. Mayor standby, andrew as well because we do have cnn's chief law enforcement and intelligence analyst, john miller here with us, john, what are you learning about this indictment of the former new york city of the current herrick city mayor. I should note well, kaitlan as stated a moment ago, this is something that is not unexpected. This federal investigation has been going on for many months. It started when the mayor was in washington visiting the white house and learned that the home of his campaign treasurer juror had been raided by the fbi and since then, we've seen a flurry in separate kind of flurries of subpoenas demanding records and what they've been looking into. Is allegations that the mayor excepted either upgraded to first class on turkish airlines we have heard that they are investigating reports that he got free trips from the airline to multiple cities around the world cities other than turkey and that the theory of the case was that turkish businessmen allegedly bundled campaign contributions by having their employees make it within the legal limits, and then allegedly paying them back particularly the owner of the construction company the vice president or the former vice president of turkish airline? finds was also interviewed by the fbi and the predawn hours and his his home and devices searched so this has been something building, but as you know, from prior cases, all of this hinges not on. Did you get campaign contributions that money go to a pac? but was there a quid pro quo then in return for these goods, services, benefits that you do something and that has focused allegedly on the obtaining a certificate of occupancy for the turkish consulate or the turkish mission to the united nations particularly before the president of turkey arrived to do the ribbon cutting and redtape had to be cut from the fire department from the building's department to get that done but in the mayor's defense, what he's always said was that's what you do for constituents when they asked for a favor, you talked to the officials and say, how can this be worked out an arrangement was put together where fire marshals were posted on floors there must be something in this case for this to come together and result in a federal criminal indictment allegedly handed up today unsealed tomorrow goes beyond what we've heard that ties these things together in that conspiracy do you think given the web here of other officials in new york city that have had their communications ceased or their homes, their offices, searched do you think that means we could see other indictments of other officials in new york city government yeah. But kaitlan, it's complicated because what you've got is three or four cases here. Case number one, the fbi investigation into the mayor that is what we are seeing come to fruition with this announcement tomorrow. Case number two, the u. S us attorney's investors with other investigative agencies, including the irs into the activities of the deputy mayors, the school chancellor and as you mentioned before timothy pearson, this special adviser to the mayor and that seems to center around allegations that particularly for migrant services and other things things that nobid contracts were steered to friends and then there is the third investigation into the police commissioner, the former police commissioner, ed gabon, who allegedly may have been working with his brother in his twin brothers plot to allegedly shakedown manhattan nightclubs in order to decrease police enforcement so that's the mayor's case. The deputy mayors case, the police commissioners case. Then there's the fourth piece, which is a foreign influence case being run by a different us attorney in brooklyn into alleged foreign influenced by china by recruit putting senior officials in the mayor's office similar to that case we saw with the governors aide so there's a traffic jam of investigations, subpoenas, searches, devices being seen. But this is the first thing we've seen that will actually result. We are told in a charge being brought forth tomorrow. Yeah. I mean, just the breadth of what you've just laid out and the multifaceted part of this investigation, this cloud that is hanging over the government here in new york city. I wanna go to elie honig. Are senior legal analyst, who is also here joining us. Elie what's your reaction to this? first off? okay when it's shocking to see the sitting mayor of new york city indicted important for people to understand. These are federal charges brought by the southern district of new york. So there is no overlap here. There is no jurisdiction that eric adams has over this office just to give you a sense, though, of how close it will hit two home, i used to walk to this the district of new york. I'd walk past the mayor's office. It's maybe 200 yards away, so it's a very small world down there in southern manhattan now, as john miller just said, it looks like there will probably be a court appearance tomorrow in federal court at that point, we and eric adams will see the indictment. So then we'll know exactly what these charged with. The other thing to watch for. And we remember this from a few weeks ago when sean combs was indicted in this same district is will there be a bail argument? i do not think federal prosecutors will try to lock up eric adams. I think it's borderline impossible that they will ask that given that he is the sitting mayor and even if he wasn't, but let's watch for that. Let's see whether they agreed to let eric adams out on bail. I think it's likely he will be bailed, but then he's going to have to contend with this indictment either way. But elie, i mean, that's just that in and of itself is remarkable that you are even saying that we'll see the mayor of new york city in a courtroom tomorrow as this indictment is being unsealed, which i should note, he gave a statement the new york times tonight and said, and i'm quoting him now, i always knew that if i stood my ground for new yorkers, that i would be a target and a target, i became if i am charged, i am innocent and will fight this with every ounce of my strength and spirit sure and to your point, kaitlan not what not only what we see, eric adams, the sitting mayor in a courtroom tomorrow in lower manhattan. We will see him sitting at the defendant's table with his criminal defense lawyers by his side, and he will enter a plea of not guilty. He will be advised of the charges against him in the indictment as to his playing that he's being targeted because he's the mayor. New york city has had mayors for hundreds and hundreds of years. Of course he is the first one to be charged while sitting in office. So that's how fund to ever be charged while sitting in office. He's the first is the first sitting mayor to be charged in new york city in the history of the city, and kaitlan, by the way, one thing i should add add here, the southern district of new york, the office that's prosecuting this federal prosecutors has a long history of prosecuting corruption crimes in the city and the state of new york, just within the last several years, the sdny's has successfully prosecuted the top democrat in the new york state assembly, sheldon silver and the top republican in the new york states senate. A guy named dean scala, the southern district of new york. No knows how to do these corruption cases. They usually have them buttoned up by the time they get to this point of an indictment. Will walk us through what this looks like. If you are a prosecutor in the southern district of new york and you're leading up to this. Obviously, prosecutors should use discretion with every every indictment that they bring. But but to indict a sitting mayor of new york city, which as you noted, has never happened in the history of new york city. I mean, what is the bar like for something like that i'm going to put this real and scientifically for you if you're going to charge the sitting mayor of new york city, you better be damn sure that you have the evidence on him because if you don't it will be a disaster. Know look, as john miller laid out, there were a lot of indicators, not so subtle indicators over the last several months, pointing in this direction, a series of subpoenas, search warrants, charges of other people around them there. But the big question that we now have an answer to is we're prosecutor is going to be able to link all that to the top guy, to the mayor. It does sometimes that you're investigating a case and you have a lot of smoke around an individual, but you can't necessarily tie the key player, the boss, the mayor, whatever it may be into that criminality. But we now know that the sdny does believe it can do that and ultimately prove it beyond a reasonable doubt to a unanimous jury. By the way, of new yorkers jury pool that will be drawn from manhattan in the bronx and the other northern counties. So they better be darn sharp in this charge if they're going to bring it yeah. Elie honig, standby because we are continuing to get updates by the moment here, i want to go back to john miller, who is with us. Also as we are just getting this news in and don't miller, can we just talk more? about the investigations themselves and what this looks like in the fact of the allegations regarding what any gifts he accepted or what he accepted from turkish officials in exchange for official government business and what that looks like is there, they're getting the phones and whatnot of other officials it's around him. I mean, what do we know about what they would after go go after the mayor's device himself. Would they take a step like that as they're pulling together an investigation like this. Well, kaitlan, as you remember, in something that was equally unprecedented, the after searching his campaign treasurer is home, the mayor came back from that trip to washington and then two days later was approached by fbi agents on the street who separated him from his security detail highly unusual. Then asked for and seized his phone. His other phone, city hall, then turned over a add another device voluntarily after that so they've been going through that. What does that mean? that means that they have access through subpoena to his telephone records text messages, emails, things like that. But i think from an investigative standpoint, when they did that, they wanted to get into that phone to say what lives just on that device? are their notes in there? are there apps that they can't access because they're encrypted by using subpoenas to the provider that they can see things on telegram or a signal, or whatsapp and so on. So they have been through his devices during a period. Contemporaneous with this, but to other points important for right now one we will learn about these charges tomorrow when they unseal this indictment and bring it forward it is not entirely clear whether the mayor will be in court tomorrow or whether they'll unseal the charges there's that and then by arrangements understanding that he is the mayor of the largest city in america and has a very important role to play and is innocent and approve it until proven guilty, that they may have to schedule an appearance, possibly more someday. Next week, where he goes before a magistrate and answers these charges and an initial appearance. Yeah, that's a great question of what this looks like because clearly he's making it obvious in his statement tonight, he wants to fight whatever charges are coming. John miller standby. I want everyone i think is statement tells us a clue to the defense, which is i stood up for new york. So what we get there is that preview, which is i yelled at the white house. I fought washington and suddenly i'm the target that's the preview. We're getting by that statement. Yeah, it seems like a sign of a defense to come. John miller standby because we're getting breaking news every minute of this hour as we are now learning saying that the new york city mayor, eric adams has been indicted according to the new york times, we're going to have more for you. We're going to take a quick, quick break presidential debate. Tuesday at nine with powerful, easy to use tools, powered etrade makes complex trading easier. Reacted fast moving markets with dynamic charting and futures ladder that lets you place, flatten or reverse orders. So you won't miss an opportunity. Etrade from morgan stanley when it comes to amgen life changing medical break first second counts. But without investment, those breakthroughs are often paused. Cities seemed mostly connected. 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We're told and i should note he's previously denied any wrongdoing and tonight, in a statement, eric adams says this quote if i am charged, i am innocent and will fight this with every ounce of my strength and spirit. We've got a slew of political experts and new york city reporters here with us tonight as we are covering this breaking news, elie honig, i want to start with you, just given what we were just talking about, the idea of mayor adams having to turn himself in. We're hearing from sources that he would have several days to do so. You referenced an investigation into sean diddy combs that we saw play out where he was arrested himself. How does that work out behind the scenes where they make this decision of letting the person turn themselves in or going out and actually arresting them that's a good question. Kaitlan, the short answer is it's always subject to negotiation as the prosecutor, you can really make one of two decisions. First of all, we have to grab this person, put hands on his person right now. He's a danger. He is a risk of flight that was clearly the decision that was made with sean combs a couple of weeks ago alternatively, you can decide this person is not it's going to flee. This person's not an ongoing danger to the community in which case you can negotiate a surrender and a court appearance of few days down the line. It appears from the reporting you just talked about that that's the way this one looks like it's going i think it makes sense. I don't think there's any realistic, quite eric adams could flee and i think given that there's an indictment, it would be incredible i believe foolish of him to try to commit some other crime or obstruct justice and john miller is also standing by with us. John miller, can we just for those who are just joining us on this breaking news and stunned by the fact that this is the first time a sitting mayor of new york city has been indicted. While an office walk us through just the main piece of this investigation that we know as they were looking into to foreign influence and foreign ties. And the mayor and those around him so this began many months ago with a series of search warrants against people connected to the mayor. The key search warrants was at the home of a woman named brianna scruggs, who was his campaign finance manager. She controlled about 19 million in contribution another their search was done at the home of a turkish business man, the owner of k s k construction where they were looking for evidence that he as the owner of the business, had gotten employees to bundle campaign contributions to the mayor, which she then reimburse them for allegedly in violation can of campaign finance laws. In meantime, we've seen other city hall officials from the mayor's office, including an individual named ron i'll get to that last name his liaison to the turkish community and the united nations also have search warrants and subpoenas been as issued. The mayor's office dismissed her saying she had allegedly asked other people to get rid of records so we've been on this slow bill. But the essence of the case, kaitlan, is that between a cadre of turkish businessmen and the turkish government the mare received free airline tickets three upgrades to first class trips around the world and may have allegedly pushed the influence of the mayor's office to get a certificate. A certificate of occupancy for the turkish yeah, mission to the united nations, which the president of turkey wanted to cut the ribbon for it. So what we see here is a lot of allegations, a lot of smoke, what we have not heard in any of this discussion is anything about what the quid pro quo was. If you do this i'll do that, which is almost fired, bring a bryan murray, a bribery charge or anything about a bag of money. A lot of this is that occurs in the course of politics which is why the mayor has come out swinging tonight saying, if i stood up for new york, i knew they would come for me is an essence. Yeah. And obviously we'll want to the closely what they lay out in this indictment. Obviously, they'll often cite the allegations pieces of evidence there. Standby, john miller because we have the perfect person to ask about this tonight as the former mayor of new york city built a blasio who is joining us. Mr. Mayor first your reaction to the first time a sitting mayor of new york city has ever been indicted tonight have two reactions that they probably sound kind of different from each other. One is, of course, shock and concern for our city. And then another is a very strong reminder that innocent until proven guilty is the american way. And, i went through an experience with the southern district where i saw a lot of things that did not true despite allegations i do think we have to be really careful here. We haven't seen anything specific. We don't know what this is yet. We haven't heard of defense, so i'm feeling very, you know, two different feelings at this moment. Yeah. And that is an important reminder. Of course, everyone is innocent until proven guilty. And mayor adams is making clear in his statement tonight in response to this this indictment that he will fight he says, if he's charged, obviously it looks like that is imminent. In this situation, but but mr. Mayor, just as someone who ran this city and governed it to see what we have seen since last november when that first search of an aide's home happened to what we've seen happen. It's almost headspinning to try to keep up with who is resigning, whose phone is being seized? choose home is being searched in recent days, new people are being hired and within days of being hired, their phones have been seized by investigators just speaking to that, that is obviously not normal and that is how the adams administration has tried to portray this is just staff turnover. I think you can speak to the fact that certainly not what you're used to seeing know it's painful to watch is the truth and it's very worrisome. I think first we owe to the mayor, again, the presumption of innocence because that's how our system works. And again, i get to size. I have seen from prosecutors at time ambition and other factors that led them to do things that turned out not to be the whole truth. So i don't think we should say as a prosecutor does something that's the whole story. That's why we have a court system. But that said i respect the mayor. I think it is absolutely urgent that he stabilized things that he give you yorkers and clear message about how he's going to make sure that the administration has strengthened that this difficult moment. He can do that. Amir or any leader could do that in a moment of crisis, but it takes leveling with people and saying, yeah, we have a tough situation here not sugarcoating, but here's what i'm going to do to fix it. Here's what to do to handle it so that everyday new yorkers needs are taken care of and obviously the primaries are coming up in new york. This are they political season. I mean you've done this job and you could speak to just how difficult it is, how wide ranging it is can you do that job if you're under federal investigation, federal indictment, i should say well, i think it's a valid question, but it also begs the point i'm raising that if someone's accused of something and they didn't do it that's not a reason for them to lose their job so the real question here is what's the underlying truth? again, i'm, i'm coming at it with two very different perspectives. One deep concern for the city and recognizing how hard it is to do the job even in the best of times but to one point, kaitlan, 2016, my administration was undergoing five simultaneous investigations which resulted in little probably nothing, no indictments, no charges, no nothing. So we for a year, we lost an immense amount of time and energy dealing with that. But in the end, there was nothing there. So i think it's i'm sorry to give you a nuanced position, but it's the truth if he truly believes he's innocent, he has a right to stand up and say that and keep his job but he does owe it to new yorkers to explain how he's going to navigate that reality. And provide leadership. We need. It's possible, but he has to be really clear how he's going to do it. You're allowed to have nuance on cable news. Is mr. Mayor. Thank you for joining us. I like that about you. Thank you. Thank you for joining us. I mean, it is just stunning news and i think you're you're the perfect person to hear from us. Thank you so much, mr. Mayor built a ball as you were going to take a quick break, but we're going to have more on this stunning indictment of the sitting mayor of new york city, something that's never happened, right after this everything you want right disney hulu max bundle. 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I should note, we are told tonight the mayor is expected to have several days to turn himself in and he has denied any wrongdoing. Tonight. He says, quote, if i am charged, i am innocent and will fight this with every ounce of my strength and spirit i do have andrew kirtzman still here with me a long longtime new york city political journalist and consultant. Can we just first talk about, were heard from former new york city mayor de blasio saying in everyone's innocent until proven guilty, he's holding his fire on this but congresswoman alexandria ocasiocortez called on eric adams to resign today. There is going to be 1 million questions for governor hochul, for senator schumer, for leader. Hakeem jeffries, who's very close to atoms, to all weigh in on whether they think you should resign, right? and that's exactly right. And i think it's going to be a fascinating political the whole situation and a very tense once. So, eric adams is only the second black mayor of new york city, and he has never been reluctant to play the race card when ever attacked whenever accused of any ethical transgression of which there have been many instances. He he just played it today when aoc called for his resignation. It's going to put a lot of white politicians on guard and it's going to be a lot of pressure on chuck schumer on kathy hochul, the governor, and on president biden right? president biden called on cuomo to resign and the weren't even criminal charges against him will see what happens. Yeah. And i should note, president biden was here in new york city today. They were both at the met. We don't know if they actually spoke, but we'll be watching all this closely. Andrew kirtzman thank you for being here with us on this breaking news tonight. Great to have you. Thank you all so much for joining us on this breaking right now with cnn newsnight ge with abby phillip