menendez and his co defendants were found guilty across the board in all of these charges that will be waiting for this senator to leave the courtroom. he usually walks out on his own, even without his attorneys and often speaks to the cameras behind me, waiting for the senator to make his way out. it will be a few things left that the judge will do, including sentencing, set a sentencing date, but we ll be standing by to hear what the senator have to say every has been found guilty on all these charges, charges, dana okay. kara? absolutely. extraordinary that we have this united states senator senior senator who has a lot has had a lot of power. now, being found guilty, as you said, on 18 counts of corruption using that position that he has elected by the people of new jersey according to this jury, to sell his office to foreign powers and also to corrupt business people. really remarkable. brianna keeler is going to pick up our coverage now stay with us cnn breaking n
derek chauvin murder trial is getting started soon. we re reporting live from brooklyn center, minnesota. good morning. you can see right now poils and national guard are here in tactical gear protecting the brooklyn center police department. it was the target of rioting and demonstrations last night. 5 to 7 miles north of downtown minneapolis. this area has been on edge as the chauvin murder trial is happening. set to resume in 30 minutes. the state is getting close to wrapping up its case. this situation started around 2:00 yesterday afternoon when officers stopped a car for a traffic violation. during the stop police say they learned the driver, 20-year-old daunte wright, had an outstanding warrant. his girlfriend was also in the car. they tried to take write into custody but he got back into the car. unclear why officers ended up firing and shooting and killing that man. the car traveled a little bit and crashed. police say there is an independent investigation underway
nonprosecution policies. we were not going to let anyone steal our shine. the american christmas tree is back and brighter than ever on fox square. 3, 2, one, lights! what a great moment that was there s the tree on fox square shining very bright, the first tree burned to the ground by a repeat offender still on the streets of new york but let s focus on the positive country is point. todd: beautiful, brighter than ever, such a great crowd, we will get into that in a moment. it was a fun night. you are watching fox and friends first friday morning. carley: former empire actor jussie smollett is found guilty on charges he staged a hate crime against himself applied to chicago police about it. todd: this high-profile trial finally comes to a close. reporter: the jury has spoken, the disgraced actor is found guilty on 5 counts of disorderly conduct for lying to police about an anti-gay racist attack he staged against himself. he was acquitted on 6 counts of lying to ex
todd: it is friday, beautiful. carley: our new and improved fox square all-american christmas tree. if you want to take a picture in front of it is up and we love sharing this christmas tree with everybody who passed it by. todd: on awesome night last night, so beautiful, so uplifting. with that you are watching fox and friends first . carley: let s get straight into this is a fox news alert. former empire actor jussie smollett found guilty on charges he staged a hate crime against himself and lied to chicago police about it. carley: at least are meyer with details as this trial comes to a close. reporter: the jury has spoken, the industry sector is found guilty on 5 counts of disorderly conduct for lying to police about an anti-game racist attack staged against himself. he was acquitted on the sixth count applying to a detective in the weeks after, the actor said he was attacked. smollett s attorney says they won t stop fighting. we feel 100% confident that this case
end of the hour tonight we have california s assembly member marc berman, who is the guy who has put into law, got the governor s signature on this law, that now makes it law that in every election in california voters will be mailed a ballot. every single time you go to the mailbox for the election in california in the future. sober tour turner there has skyrocketed with the vote by mail. it may continue to. well california is not the first state to do this. we have other states that have done this, pretend damik, there are states that have been working this for using this policy effectively four years, to get some of the higher voter turnout in the country, not a controversial shooting at all. but a huge leap into the next century. as big as an important as california to be doing it. and of course leading off for us tonight senator, who had very big moments and had very big hearings today to probe pramila jayapal, is going to be here with the latest on what s happenin