Any moment democratic senator bob menendez is expected to be arraigned on a dozen new charges reallive outside the Federal Courthouse, plus a cnn exclusive. Russia is producing three times more for Artillery Shells and the United States and europe as funding for Ukraine Stalls in the us congress and passengers say, people quote flew through the cabin well, we know about a terrifying moment on a flight to do zealand. Hello, im wolf blitzer in washington and youre in the cnn newsroom any moment now, embattled senator bob menendez is due to appear before a judge in Federal Court. This is video of him arriving just a few moments ago. The new jersey democrat, once chairman of the powerful Senate Foreign relations committee, is accused of trying to obstruct an investigation into bribery. Menendez and his wife are about to be arraigned on these new charges. The senator remains defiant, calling it, and im quoting him now, a flagrant abuse of power, end quote cnns Jason Carroll is outside the c
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Public radio before he left for vacation, the president said quote now you ve got republicans in a position where it s not enough for them to simply grind the wheels of congress to a halt and then blame me. the full interview on npr airs on monday julie. and so what will be some of the issues taken up first? if you could maybe start with the top couple. there are so many. reporter: certainly i know republicans really want to tackle immigration. for them it starts with border security on the southern border. they also want to do something about the corporate tax rate. they want to cut that corporate tax rate. and there seems to be some willingness in the white house to do that. we can also expect them to pass laws that would chip away at obama care. one that has a chance of getting signed would be eliminating the tax on medical devices. and there s the keystone xl pipeline which will likely be passed in the senate. then there s the threat of a veto. political observers while though
E-mails next year in advance of an e book. peter deucy is live in washington to explain. peter, what stands out from all these e-mails? reporter: julie, it stands out that the governor responded to a ton of concerned constituents. most of the messages are pretty brief. others are very detailed. there s one from september 12 2001 to someone asking him to consider shutting down schools in the wake of the terrorist attack. he write this quote it is an interesting question and a real dilemma. a return of normalcy is critical but it needs to be done with respect for the historical impact of 9/11-01. i don t have an answer on how to calibrate this perfectly. then there was this following the dramatic federal raid that forecefully removed 6-year-old illian gonzalez from a florida home and sent him back to cuba bush wrote i believe that a dad has rights that outweigh all others. and so probably would a judge why the attorney general didn t follow that path is a mystery to me.
With the money it has, it just need to be more efficient. which is it? reporter: it isn t just about lois lerner so says a new report from house republicans on the irs targeting of conservative groups. the report says there were eight senior leaders who were in a position to prevent or stop the the harassment of conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status. it was in fact all the way to the top of the commissioner level that this was allowed to continue. and i think that gives a good reason for the next congress to continue the investigation until they ve looked at all the documents and then put in the reforms to make sure this never happens again. reporter: tax law specialist hillary go has an e-mail from an agent in 2013 quote i think there may be a number of ways to deny them. let me talk to sharon light tomorrow about it and get some ideas from her as well. this sounds like a bad org. this org gives me aicy feeling. there s a june 2012 e-mail from then deputy commissioner st