Washington, d. C. Today and covering the news wherever it happens. Right now its happening on the East Coast as well. Breaking news, democratic mayor Eric Adams is expected to speak at any moment after federal officials have just unsealed indictment charges against him. He is now charged with those federal counts, five of them, including wire fraud, bribery, solicitation of contributions from a foreign source. We are told a federal prosecutor will give an Update And News conference. Dont know if theyll take any questions but certainly have a statement to read, were told. That will also happen in the next few minutes. Were on it. All over this. Eric adams is already making history at this moment as the first new York Mayor to ever be charged with a federal crime while in office. Phil holloway, former Assistant District Attorney and legal Advisor And Marc thiessen, Fox News contributor. Im harris faulkner. This is the Faulkner Focus live from d. C. And are you there focus with me. Lets s
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not fit to take part in the trial, but in court the whatsapp messages were raised. and because of that, coleen rooney s barrister drew this conclusion about caroline watt s involvement, telling rebekah vardy, it s not her who betrayed you. it was you who was betrayed her by throwing her under a bus. and the issue of the whatsapp messages would get more complicated still because in a pre trial hearing, coleen rooney s barrister had told the court, regrettably, ms watt s phone was apparently dropped overboard into the north sea, and the loss of the phone led to this exchange, as described by the bbc s colin paterson.
live from the scene once again. marcus, this congregation had been training for active shooter situations ever since a new law there was passed? reporter: yeah, that s right, whit. the law passed just a few months ago allows people to bring guns into places of worship. and this church s volunteer security team was formally organized after that law passed. the state s attorney general has called this church a model, and whit, once again, praised that hero parishioner for stopping this attack that lasted just six seconds. as you pointed out, could have been a lot worse. marcus moore, thank you so much. we want to turn now to the suspect in that machete attack at a hanukkah party in new york. he s now been charged with federal hate crimes. grafton thomas was already facing attempted murder and burglary charges for the stabbings at a rabbi s home. within hours, he was under arrest. and what authorities say they found in his car and on his phone led to those new federal charges. here
body. the two suspected terrorists culled killed in there, bodies were recovered and that of a 26-year-old woman who hey have been his cousin an now saying diet died in the battle but likely did not blow he was if with a suicide belt. any word on the ringleader s movement? reporter: a lot of information coming out about the tips that french police received about abaaoud s movements of first the french government was tipped off by morocco he was inside the country of france, and then phone attaches on his cousin s phone led to his location in saint-denis. he was seen on security footage from a parissan metro station, but too little too late for at the french. didn t help them stop the attack, and the french interior minister expressing frustration that one of the most wanted men in all of europe, man who has an international warrant on his head, who took part in four of six failed terror attacks, was