thank you, ed turzanski, for joining us. the feds, this week, brought their case. bob menendez had known for a long time they were working on this case. it dropped 14 counts against him, a 68-page indictment. the keyword here, out of all these counts, is bribery. he says he had a friendship with a florida ophthalmologist named salomon melgen. they said what he was really doing was taking luxury travel accommodations, hundreds of thousand of dollars in campaign contributions, for quid pro quo. menendez came out and reacted this week, and let's say he's making it really clear he's not going to make it easy for them. here's what he said. >> i'm angry because prosecutors at the justice department don't know the difference between friendship and corruption. they are dead wrong, and i am -- >> okay, now, here's the question -- is this what friendship looks like? melgen is famous as getting the greatest amount of medicare paybacks in the country. he's an ophthalmologist. he does all these procedures. the feds said, "you improperly billed $8.9 billion. you got to pay it ba