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prosecutors laid out their charges earlier today. >> there are things that senator menendez says he can do for his constituents and things he says he cannot do for his constituents. he put it all on his senate website. so for instance, it says he cannot compel an agency to act in someone's favor. it says he cannot influence matters involving a private business. it says he cannot get involved in criminal matters or cases, period. but we allege that behind the scenes, senator menendez was doing those things for certain people, the people who were bribing him and his wife. >> cara skinnel joins us with more. it's not the first time he had been investigated. previous charges years ago ended in a hung jury in that case. these are remarkable charges, bold, brazen. how is the senator responding?

>> reporter: this is the second time that senator menendez is facing a criminal indictment in ten years. now, he has come out defiant against these charges. he's saying that the excesses of these prosecutors is apparent. they have misrepresentatived mi work of a congressional office. he's responding to these charges in this three-count indictment where prosecutors say that menendez and his wife violated three different laws. one of them is conspiracy to commit bribery, another conspiracy to commit honest services fraud, and another of a conspiracy to commit extortion under color of official office. now, these charges carry a maximum of 20 years in prison if he were convicted. these allegations all stem from this investigation that has looked at conduct from menendez and his wife dating back to 2018. fbi agents executed a search

warrant on menendez's home and a safe-deposit box, where they found the nearly $500,000 in cash stuffed in envelopes and put in a jacket bearing the senator's name. they also found multiple gold bars as well as the mercedes-benz. that was one of the bribes that menendez and his wife received to help these three businessmen in new jersey. it's alleged that menendez used his office, his position as the chairman of the senate finance committee to help egypt. that's one of the allegations. the other is that he tried to influence two criminal investigations, one involving one of the defendants, and another the associate of another one of those defendants. prosecutors say their investigation is continuing and menendez and the others are due in court next wednesday. jim. >> quite a set of charges. cara skin nel, thank you so much. so the clock struck noon and

the workers streamed out. a couple of hours ago membered of the united autoworkers union walked out of dozens of facilities owned by gm and stellantis. they say they failed to show enough progress negotiating a new contract. ford will not see the strike spread to other facilities because the uaw says real progress has been made with ford. this is going to be felt pretty widely. they're scattered across 20 states and the walkout could impact repairs at dealerships. a short time ago gm called the union's escalation, quote, unnecessary. let's get the details. bring us up to speed, vanessa. >> reporter: you have 5600 uaw workers from gm and stellantis just heading out on the picket lines joining the nearly 13,000

from all three automakers that had been striking since about eight days ago. uaw president shawn fain saying that gm and stellantis need a strong push in order to come up with a contract that meets their demands. as you mentioned, though, ford, on the other hand, uaw president saying they have made real progress with the company. some of what we've heard from shawn fain is that ford has offered cost of living wage increases again, better profit sharing and they are also transitioning their temporary workers to full-time workers in just 90 days. this will have an economic impact, no doubt. we're going to see this impacting dealerships trying to get parts from these two campaigns. this is also going to impact consumers who are looking to take their vehicles into these dealerships to get their cars fixed. one thing we didn't hear about, boris, wages. we know the last public offer from these companies was 20%.

union has been demanding 40%. i haven't heard any updates on that from the big three or the union today. boris. >> we look forward to getting more details on that soon. i want to bring in a guest who's been on the picket lines. mioshi edwards has worked for gm for 26 years. she's also an alternate committee person for uaw 22 in detroit. she goes by mimi. your reaction to the strike expanding this afternoon to dozens more plants? >> thank you so much for having me to speak about this. we weren't expecting this, but we see that it's a big move and we now appreciate ford for their offer. i just wish gm and stellantis would follow suit. >> i want to ask you specifically about ford, because they weren't included in this expanded strike.

we've learned the latest progress that ford is offering includes reinstating cost of living adjustments, income security for up to two years with health care, also greater benefits to temporary employees. in your mind, would that be enough to get ford across the finish line with the uaw? >> absolutely. people don't realize how hard it is to work directly across from someone who makes half of what you make and they may work even harder. so i can appreciate that. the cost of living, i'll tell you in my 26 years, i never thought that would come back. so for them to do that, yeah, that speaks volumes. i think that would be enough to get them across the finish line. >> meantime, gm says it put a fifth record-breaking offer on the table. it accused uaw leadership of wanting to extend the strike. i see you laughing. what's your response?

>> we think that what they offered is a joke. i don't think that it's enough. i stand behind our president, mr. fain 100%. if we keep giving concessions, they'll never stop. you know, it's a joke. try harder. >> thank you so much for sharing some of your time with us. keep us posted on what you're hearing. we'd love to have you back on sometime. >> thank you. i'd gladly come back. thank you for letting me voice my opinion. >> of course. thank you so much. now to scenes of desperation on both sides of the southern border. a new surge of migrants has overwhelmed some border towns. they're now pleading for help. our cameras captured people navigating those crossings with toddlers and small children, trying to wiggle their way through barbed wire in eagle

pass, texas, which is in a state of emergency over this new influx of asylum seekers. an official said wednesday into thursday there were some 8600 arrested made along the southwest portion of the border. last may at the end of title 42 which dated from the pandemic, about 3500 arrests took place. so as you can see there, well more than doubling. ed lavandera is in eagle pass. you're hearing about people dying this week trying to reach the u.s. tell us in what numbers and also why this particular time? is there a reason why it's surging now? >> reporter: well, the timing of all of this is difficult to really get a full grasp on, because in the months since title 42 ended back in may, it had really slowed down dramatically compared to what we have been seeing in the months

earlier this year and in recent days and weeks. what we hear from migrants is that the sense of desperation and exhaustion with waiting on the mexican side of the border for appointments to be able to request asylum. so that could be part of all of this. obviously there's also a great deal of forces at play in terms of the cartel and the human smuggling operations they run and how they move people around. that is obviously a factor that federal authorities have been attributing to as well. you mentioned how this has been a deadly week on this river. that river might look peaceful, but the currents are very strong. two people were swept away attempting to cross this week in the eagle pass area. one of the victims is a 3-year-old boy. that is obviously one of the concerns. what is striking is that this morning as we've seen smaller groups of migrants here, you can watch on this path many migrants

have taken throughout the week as they cross. there's a little island in the middle of the river there. there were actually state law enforcement officials on airboats monitoring people as they crossed downstream from them, presumably the reason people who were holding hands as they crossed have been swept away in all of this. they're concerned even though it's slow today, what is coming. the mayor says there are 50,000 to 60,000 people in southern mexico and they're trying to brace for where they might go next. jim. >> boris. we have brand new cnn polling to share with you today. for the first time in a while, it's good news for president biden. plus, the office of gun violence prevention. this hour the president is going to announce the creation of the first office at the white house whose sole focus will be curbing

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new hampshire is, of course, the first in the nation when it comes to presidential primaries. now, it is one of the first polls to show a potential biden/trump 2020 rematch that is not a dead heat. a new cnn poll in the granite state has president biden with a 12-point lead for the poll. let's dug into these numbers. you look at the national poll. it shows a dead heat often. this is a swing state that shows a very large lead for biden, similar to his win in 2020. is that giving democrats confidence? >> sure.

i will say of this poll the same thing i say of polls you just mentioned, the ones that have joe biden and donald trump neck and neck, which is that the campaign needs to and will run as if joe biden is ten points behind. that's the only way we will win. that is the only way the campaign is going to continue to be focused on investments and getting their message out to what they have done for american families on the economy, on reproductive rights, on everything. what matters most are the special elections that have happened. there was just one in new hampshire where democrats flipped a seat that trump won in 2016 and 2020. >> there's been a string of those special election wins for democrats. >> exactly. >> if you break down the numbers a little bit more, the one weakness you see is that biden is losing independence here. he leads trump by a large margin among democrats. it's 94% among democrats.

trump gets about 79%. what does that tell you? is that a worrying sign for biden? >> it should be. look, this is a good poll for biden. it's in an important swing state. it's more than a year out, which means it's not set in stone obviously. there are some incumbent weaknesses biden has as a candidate. it speaks to where biden is and why independents are dissatisfied with the direction of the country, and that translates into biden. >> let's show the dissatisfaction ratings for all the republican candidates in this race. goodness, folks aren't happy. bottom line is that voters by large margins with the exception of just a couple candidates just aren't satisfied. tim scott comes out the best. you have to hread these in

reverse. a high number is bad because that means you're dissatisfied. scott is the only one below 50% dissatisfied. what does that tell you for the chances for trump? >> it shows there's not much enthusiasm behind anybody. any candidate starts at that tim scott number of 48%. what we see in this poll for new hampshire should give republicans running against trump permission to go after him. >> just now? >> it should have happened long before. when your opponent gets indicted in politics, you use that against them. you certainly don't reenforce their messaging, which is what we've seen. with the debate next week, we see more opportunity for republicans to go after trump as if he's an actual opponent, something most of them have been hesitant to do. >> there's something that came out from the new york time that is the dnc is no longer polling a biden/desantis matchup. they're really getting him to sharpen his anti-trump message

here. have they basically decided he's going to be the opponent here? >> yeah. if you look at what's going on with the desantis campaign, it's kind of nonexistent. the day he announced was his high point, and every day since then has been a downward spiral. everything he has put out there is completely opposite of what the majority of the american people want. it's been kind of a head-scratcher. i know so many republicans had their heart set on him being the one that would be able to knock trump out. that's certainly not happened. you seeven see some other candidates rising above desantis. at this point, i think it's way too late. >> the one advantage desantis has is that no one's actually voted yet. from your point of view, have the party given up on desantis? >> by and large, yes. the second debate will be very

ininst ins instructive. if he uses these numbers to demonstrate i'm a winner and donald trump isn't, he has an opportunity. >> the campaign spokesman, they're kind of like your mom. no matter how you did, you did a great job. >> trump's not going to be there, so you're not even going to compare him to the person they want to beat. >> thank you so much. boris. a bus carrying 40 students tumbled down a ravine. two people were killed, dozens injured. officials are on site right now trying to figure out what happened. we're going to take you there live. plus, new details emerging about the crash of an f-35 fighter jet, its remains discovered in south carolina after its pilot ejected. you see some of the damage there. cnn obtained the 911 calls from that day when the pilot knocked

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new york state investigators think a single faulty tire may have led to a high school band bus crash yesterday in new york. the band director and a chaperon were killed, according to the latest update. five injured students are in critical condition. the bus was just 40 minutes from a band camp in greeley, pennsylvania, when it plummeted down a ravine. omar jimenez is not far from the police station where the wreckage was taken.

the governor credited first responders with getting to the scene quickly enough to save lives. >> reporter: yeah. i mean, getting into the scene to begin with, it was down 50 feet off the side of the hi highway, it presented the first hurdle for first responders. it didn't stop them from doing what they needed to do. we are right next to where the wreckage of the bus was taken. you can see it just behind me here, the wreck of it. the ntsb is on scene. you can actually see some investigators that have been going through this bus, taking out certain pieces, taking pictures of it, likely trying to push through to get to some sort of conclusion as to what may have caused this crash. we know state police believe it was an issue with the front tire that may have been a contributing factor to the crash. this was one of six buses on its way from farmingdale high school on long island on its way to pennsylvania for a band camp. it was thursday afternoon that

this bus then careened off the side of the intesinterstate. 44 people on board total, 40 high school students, four adults. take a listen to what one state trooper told us. he was among the first to get to the scene. >> all i saw was a horrific scene. i gloved up, went down the hill. i see the bus. the bus rolled over numerous times. i see the children. i couldn't even figure out how many at the time. they were crying. they were asking for their parents. >> reporter: in total, two people were killed here, five others critical and many more wounded or injured, i should say here, though minor injuries. th one of those killed was gina pellettiere, 43 years old from

massapequa, new york, but also the band director at farmingdale high school, which is where those students were coming from, also beatrice ferrari. she was described as the heart and soul of this marching program. again, they were on their way to a band camp, something we understand is an annual event. bottom line, something that was supposed to be a fun weekend for these students to play music at that particular camp. it changed in just a matter of moments. school was open today as we understand from the school district. the other buses took students back home to reunite with families and parents. they did say counselling services were open to students as they try to process what happened. boris. >> omar jimenez, thank you so much. jim. for the first time, we are hearing the 911 call following the crash of that f-35 fighter jet that was missing for a while.

its pilot ejected, parachuted into a south carolina back yard. on the call, we hear from both the home's resident and the pilot himself, who requested an ambulance and says he is unsure exactly where that $100 million plane ended up. have a listen. >> i'm the pilot. we need to get rescue rolling. i'm not sure where the airplane is. it would have crash landed somewhere. i ejected. >> what caused the fall? >> an aircraft failure. >> what part of the body was injured? >> ma'am, i'm a pilot in the military aircraft and i ejected, so i just rode a parachute down to the ground. can you please send an ambulance? >> cnn's or en liebermann joins us from the pentagon.

are we learning what brought the plane down? does the pentagon know any more? >> reporter: not yet. the exact cause of the downing or the ejection of the pilot from the marine corps f-35 is still under investigation. according to the marines, that investigation could take several months. as you noted, the pilot does say an aircraft failure. but what that failure was or why it happened, that's exactly what remains under investigation. take a look at this rough timeline. the plane crashes after the pilot ejected sunday afternoon just northwest or so of charleston, south carolina. it crashes some two hours news, weather, and sports -- north of joint base charleston. because of that the commandant orders a two-day pause in flight operations across all marine corps aviation operations. that's because of a number of other crashes that happened in recent weeks.

he essentially just wants that time to stand down, to review safety procedures and everything else that goes into making a marine corps aircraft fly and to operate them safety. that is a precautionary measure to make sure everyone here is on the same page. we have learned a little bit more about the flight. the pilot was operating at about a thousand feet when he was forced to eject. what made the aircraft so difficult to find is one of the key questions here. first, it flew for some time. according to a marine statement, that's because even after an ejection, the plane is designed to try to seek 1g, normal, stabilized flight. that may explain why it kept flf flying after the ejection. after the ejection, the plane is to wipe all of its secure data and emit a signal for tracking. all of that goes into why it took some 24 hours to find this

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shooting. you called on president biden at that moment to open an office to address gun violence at the white house. that is happening today. i'm wondering how you feel about it. >> i feel very happy this is finally something that is going to happen. i'm not the only one. i want to be very clear that i'm not the only one that has been demanding this office for the last few years. but yes, i was the one that interrupted president biden that day with that specific call. we're all celebrating. i'm not in the white house for reasons that we all know. i think once you're ejected from the white house, you should not go back again. but i am very happy, along with my wife, watching the news. >> last hour we spoke with the new head of that office.

she said their priorities include making sure the latest biets legisl bipartisan legislation is fully implemented and looking for creative opportunities within existing law. in your mind, is that enough? >> no, it's not enough. i had a conversation with stephanie and i also saw today part of the intentions of the office coming from her. we're here to support each other, all of us. but it's not enough. of course it's not enough. today a hundred or more americans will die from gun violence. i guess that the most important thing here is that now we have an entity where we can address our frustrations, where we can address our demands. and that was not there before. i have the feeling that this administration is now actually really prioritizing gun violence

prevention. >> that's interesting, because i know you've been frustrated many times and you've been outspoken in your frustration. you've been arrested at hearings on capitol hill, you've demonstrated publicly multiple times that has gotten you in some measure of trouble. what are you hoping to hear from president biden today that confirms your belief that this is now a very high priority? >> well, the fact that the office is opening, it's for the moment good. it's good news. but again, you have to understand that since that day in the white house, we have done thousands of things. we have been traveling all around the nation looking at this issue in a very close way and trying to understand what's going on. i haven't been just waiting here in my house for this office to

be open. we, the movement behind the gun violence prevention, we, the fathers, the mothers of the victims, have been very active. we just want that leading voice and president biden is showing that today. and, yes, i try to not stay on the political map, but i have to give a lot of credit today to the president, to the white house, to the administration itself. >> you mentioned not wanting to get political. however, there is an important election coming up next year, and one of the frustrations for a long time among parents like yourself who have lost. l loves ones to gun violence has been inaction in congress. we saw a gun bill passed last year after the shooting in uvalde. many felt it didn't go far enough, banning sou ning assaul weapons, et cetera. what's your message ahead of

next year's election? >> that's exactly what i mean with my way of looking at the political map. as we've been talking through the whole interview, i've been demanding actions to the white house, the white house that i voted for. so the sympathy or ideology that we might have with a party or not is secondary reason to ask for answers. so next year we have to look at the profile and intentions of anyone that is running for office and make sure they prioritize the life of americans, the life of our kids over the gun manufacturers or the gun industry. >> manuel oliver, we know you'll be watching this event at the white house closely. we appreciate your sharing your time with us. >> thank you very much. have a great day. >> you do the same. now to some of the other headlines we are watching this hour. residents of lahaina, hawaii, will be allowed back into their homes or what remains of them

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for the past year cnn's donie o'sullivan has been investigating a group which some

call a cult that believes that kennedy and his son john f. kennedy jr. are alive and in hiding. this sunday on "the whole story with around con cooper" o'sullivan takes us on a journey across the country to meet the believers, confront their qanon conspiracist leader and spend time with the frustrated families like this one whose loved one never came home. >> claus stayed in dallas and went to a series of trump rallies. photos and videos suggest he was having a good time like here dancing in front. but his sister carmen says at one point he began to express concerns. >> he goes, something is not right here. and i go -- i go, what are you going to do? do you want to get -- let's get you out. he was like -- he goes, just give me a day or two. >> reporter: but he never did leave the group. on april 14, 2022, his sister carmen got a call from michael

protsman. >> there was an accident and claus is in the hospital. i'm like, what? >> donie joins us now with more on this report. donie, you investigated this accident. on the accident first, what did you find out? what do you believe really happened here? >> yeah, so as you saw in that clip, the man michael protsman was the leader of this group, it's a qanon offshoot group that believes that jfk or jfk jr. is alive, working with trump somehow. you know, to save america. a few years ago people -- he brought people, people showed up in dallas at the grassy knoll expecting one or both of the jfks to show up.

when the kennedys didn't show up most went home, but some people stayed. they didn't go home. in this case of clause richter he never got to come home. he was involved in a car accident when he was in this group, his family didn't learn about it until 42 or 78 hours after the accident itself and they never got to speak to their -- to claus alive again. the accident happened in alabama, a grand jury ruled that it was no foul play and, you know, refused to bring any criminal charges. >> explain, if you can, the motivation, what fuels this cult. this is an assassination that took place 60 some years ago, on film, right? repeatedly investigated by the senate. what fuels this? and along with, of course, john f. kennedy jr. who died in that plane crash some 20, 25 years ago. >> yeah. i mean, look, obviously this is

is a conspiracy theory that is totally irrational, very far out there, and, you know, i think it's easy for us to get distracted by the conspiracy theory itself. what we really wanted to do with this cnn special was talk to people like claus richter's family and to other families who have had loved ones who have been pulled into this, right, because, you know, this is an irrational belief, but really what we're trying to find out is why. what has drawn these people to that. oftentimes what we've heard from relatives is something has happened in somebody's life. i mean, a lot of members of this group weren't always lifetime quacks or anything like that, they were normal productive members of society that got drawn into this, whether it's through loneliness or anything else. >> it's interesting because it's often a pattern that folks have seen with folks who join terror groups, that they have some sort of personal tragedy, look for cause, some feeling of o'sulliv

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