peggy: llorando soplÁndose la nariz y con la voz entre cortado el ex senador bob menÉndez de 71 aÑoslo habÍa perdido todo y le pidiÓ piedad a un juez momentos antes que lo sentenciarÁ a 11 aÑos en prisiÓn. " soy inocente voy a presentar una apelaciÓn, este proceso ha sido una cacerÍa de brujas por el departamento de justicia" agregÓ que donald trump tenÍa razÓn su abogado pidiÓ una sentencia de 8 aÑos en prisiÓn la fiscalÍa de 15. >> cuando dicen de 11 aÑos van a ser 9 aÑos y medios. peggy: fue una caÍda estrepitosa para una de las voces mÁs poderosas de el senado en corte se mostrÓ serio resaltÓ sus logros extraordinarios como servidor pÚblico y estuvo acompaÑado de su familia, segÚn la fiscalÍa abusÓ de su poder y el juez dijo que perdiÓ el rumbo y trabajÓ por su propio bien. >> el juez en le mando un mensaje no sÓlo al acusado a todos los senadores y todos los congresistas de este paÍs. peggy: en julio menÉndez fue declarado culpable de aceptar sobornos en lingote de oro ciento de miles de dÓlares que fueron hallados en chaquetas y botas en su casa un auto de lujo a cambio de favo

el senador bob menéndez por 16. delitos de corrupción.que élatomah bob menéndez fue sentenciado a 14 años de prisión junto a 2 comerciantes de nueva york inmiscuidos en delitos de corrupción. el implicado aseguró que su causa judicial tiene motivaciones políticas. pero vamos con yolanda vázquez. ella nos cuenta la expectativa y la atención fueron una constante hoy enn la corte federal de manhattan, donde se dictó la sentencia contra el ex senador bob menéndez y 2 comerciantes de nueva jersey por 16 delitos de corrupción. menéndez recibió una condena de 11 años en prisión más 3 de probatoria. al término de la sentencia. menéndez se pronunció de manera tajante presidente trump is right. this process is political. el presidente trump tiene razón. estos son casos políticos y yo soy inocente. pero vamos a apelar, insistió durante la diligencia que inició pasadas las 14:00 de la tarde, donde sus 2 hijos, alicia y bob menéndez jr. y también su hermana caridad, estuvieron presentes. el ex senador tomó la oportunidad para hablar frente al juez ant

noticia importante el democrata bob menendez fue condenado a 11 anos de prision por corrupcion. senador por nueva jersey ya habia sido encontrado culpable de los 16 cargos en su contra, entre ellos, extorsion, c conspiracion, obstruccion de la justicia. todo esto por ber aceptado casi 1 millon de d dolares en efectivo. lingotes de oro, un auto de lujo. carla hunt by t >> by the justice departments nsd prosecutors who are more interested in political scouts. >> con una actitud desafiante, salio del tribunal. >> el ex senador por nueva. >> jersey, bob menendez, di diciendo que apelara su sentencia. pero minutos antes, dentro de la sala, entre lagrimas, pedia clemencia al. >> juez. >> con la voz entrecortada resaltaba sus logros desc describiendose como el primer latino en el congreso que solo se dedico a servir a su comunidad. pero el juez stein lo sentencio a 11 anos tras las rejas, cuando la fiscalia habia pedido 15 y sus abogados menos de dos. >> cuando uno considera la los las alegaciones contra el, yo pienso que fue una buena sentencia para el. >> menendez, de 71 anos, uno de

the prosecutor said that bob menendez's time in the senate was a privilege, and that should have been he was not corrupt. rehema ellis is joining us from outside of the courtroom. rehema, can you give us a little bit more about what it was like inside that courtroom, how the senator responded to this sentence. >> for sure. based on notes we're getting from our our producer in the courtroom, this was a dramatic end to 50 years of public service, 30 years in the senate. and the judge had an opportunity to hear from letters from more than 100 people in support of former senator bob menendez. and at the end of it, the judge said, what bob menendez has done is that he has that he diminished that faith that the people had put in him. he said, your efforts to assist in the government of egypt, sharing nonpublic information with cairo, you took considerable efforts to sway a u.s. attorney and federal officers. you accepted enormous bribes, official acts by you that were a quid. >> pro quo. >> in exchange for bribes. you lost your good name at the end of the day. somewhere along the way, you f

if you're bob menendez, they'll take your call. they'll read your letter.t a better shot than you ever would. >> with the. >> formal official means of getting a pardon. >> when we go back to the more traditional system, bob menendez, his wife nadine, also has a trial coming up. she had a cancer diagnosis, so things got pushed back. but where does that stand? >> well, that's going. >> to be. i mean, if you're her attorneys and you're looking at how the outcome of this case went, both in terms of the trial and sentencing, and you're going to wait and see what bob menendez gets, because he's the most closely situated to nadine. i mean, there is some argument to be made that the receiver of the bribe is in a slightly different position than the one making the bribe. but really, at the end of the day, the sentencing guidelines are going to be pretty close. and nadine menendez needs to think about whether she really wants to go to trial using this trial. and this sentencing as a bellwether to inform her decisions. >> the sad. >> reality for most criminal defendan

hoy se conocerÁ la sentencia al ex senador bob menÉndez, quien llegÓ a ser uno de los legisladores mÁsn una corte federal de nueva york tiene lugar la audiencia despuÉs de que un jurado hallara el aÑo pasado a menÉndez, culpable de 16 cargos de corrupciÓn, incluido soborno, fraude y obstrucciÓn a la justicia. la fiscalÍa ha pedido una larga pena de prisiÓn para el polÍtico demÓcrata de 71 aÑos de edad. >> vamos hasta la corte de manhattan en vivo con javier vega, quien estÁ siguiendo de cerca algunas sentencias de los acusados en este caso. tambiÉn ya se conocieron. javier? >> y octavio. ya hemos conocido algunas de las sentencias del caso, pero lo que tiene toda la atenciÓn de los medios de comunicaciÓn en este momento es cuÁl va a ser la sentetencia par el ex senador bob menÉndez. cuando son las 12 y 31 minutos en el pacÍfico de estados unidos, en este momento, aquÍ adentro, detrÁs de esta corte federal en manhattan, estÁ hablando el juez stein, que es el juez federal que lleva la sentencia del ex senador menÉndez. despuÉs de que tambiÉn hablaran los fiscales y que hablara el propio

. >>> former senator bob menendez sentenced to 11 years in prison after being convicted of taking bribes. the gold bars, cash and luxury car that led to his fate. >>> the military jet spinning out of control landing in a fiery crash. the pilot ejecting and parachuting to safety. >>> breaking news in the middle east. hamas naming the new group of hostages set for release tomorrow. president trump's special envoy meeting with israeli prime minister netanyahu. >>> a.i. accusations. open a.i., one of the top leaders in artificial intelligence cries foul over the new china-based a.i. program deepseek. >>> good news tonight. an important mission to save the steelhead. >> this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >> good evening and welcome. vaccines, conspiracy theories and abortion rights made for heated exchanges with senate democrats today as rfk jr. faced his first senate confirmation hearing for health and human services secretary. a job that would put them in charge of more than a dozen agencies focused on the health of americans. armed for inevitable questions about his past statemen

handing down an 11 year sentence to bob menendez, a democrat from new jersey. for numerous crimes including bribery, extortion and acting as a foreign agent. >> this process is political and it's corrupted to the court. >> judge sidney stein slamming menendez saying he lost his way and failed the voters. menendez was convicted of taking cash, gold bars and a new mercedes and exchange for actions that in part benefited foreign governments. an fbi search of his home turned up hundreds of thousands of dollars, somestuffed in bags, clothing even shoes. prosecutors also say he used his position as chair of the senate foreign relations community to help new jersey businessmen, two of them sentenced today, 1 to 7 years in federal prison and the other eight. menendez asked for a lesser sentence citing his years of public service. he resigned from the senate in august after his conviction. the 71-year-old emotional in court recounting his life story come of the child of cuban refugees who became a mare, congressman and finally a u.s. senator. >> i am innocent and i look

borja: el ex senador bob menendez es sentenciado hoy por corrupciÓn y por actuar como un agente extranjero juicio prÓximo en marzo. vamos hasta nueva york con detalles. reportera: estamos afuera de la corte federal en el bajo manhattan esperando de que se conozca la sentencia contra el exsenador demÓcrata bob menendez por soborno. se le encontrÓ culpable de 16 cargos, incluyendo a actuar como un agente extranjero de egipto y qatar. y la fiscalÍa le estÁ pidiendo al juez que le den un castigo de 15 aÑos, pero la defensa alega que no debe recibir mÁs de 27 meses en la cÁrcel por su servicio pÚblico. y que la mayor parte de su vida la viviÓ bien. y el juez emitiÓ un fallo en contra de dos empresarios implicados en este caso de soborno, uno de ellos recibiÓ una sentencia de siete aÑos y una multa de 1.7 millones de dÓlares, y el otro una sentencia de ocho aÑos. y la esposa del ex senador tambiÉn estÁ implicada en este caso, pero su juicio fue pospuesto por cÁncer de mama. seguimos pendientes. borja: gracias. es una informaciÓn de Última hora. hacemos una pausa. al volver, la prueba de un vuelo

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cbs new york says former new jersey senator bob menendez was sentenced to 11 years in prison on federalption charges. menendez was convicted last year of accepting cash, gold bars, and a luxury car from businessmen in exchange for political favors from the egyptian government. a tearful menendez told the judge he lost everything he cared about except his family and called the judicial process political and corrupt and asked president trump to reform it. his wife faces trial on similar charges later this year. >>> and cbs chicago says an illinois township board meeting ended abruptly when a fight broke out. the fight started after a man made derogatory comments about township supervisor tiffany henyard. he was confronted by her supporters including her boyfriend. henyard ended up involved and was thrown to the floor. >>> up next, a super bowl ad preview. this one involves a famous scene from "when harry met sally." ha" but sometimes, you gotta put on your game face. that's why tylenol provides fast, effective pain relief. that's tylenol. that's care without limits. gold bond believes tou

the 11 year prison sentence handed down against former democratic new jersey senator bob menendez is e longest ever imposed against a senator in our nation's history. menendez must report to federal prison by june 6th. now, priewshts had recommended that menendez be given a 15-year prison sentence, noting that menendez is the first senator convicted of acting as a foreign agent amid a slew of corruption charges. now, after court today, an angry menendez maintained his innocence amid reports he is now seeking clemency from president trump. >> president trump is right. this process is political and it it's corrupted to the core. i hope president trump cleans up the cesspool and installs the integrity to the system. >> in court today menendez cried as hing abouted usage for mercy. 8 years speaking in front of his family menendez said, quote: every day i'm awake is punishment and that in his 50 years of public service, he has done more good than bad. now, a jury last july convicted menendez of 16 federal charges, including bribery. menendez was found guilty of selling his influence to egy

. >>> in new york, a federal judge sentenced former senator bob menendez to more than a decade in prison for his conviction on bribery, extortion and other charges. we have late details. >> reporter: tonight, a stiff sentence for a man who was once one of the most powerful members of the senate. a federal judge handing down an 11-year sentence to bob menendez, a democrat from new jersey for numerous crimes including bribery, extortion and acting as a foreign agent. >> president trump is right. this process is political and corrupted to the core. >> reporter: judge sidney stein slamming menendez, saying he lost his way and failed the voters. menendez was convicted of taking cash, gold bars and a new mercedes in exchange for actions that benefited foreign governments. an fbi search of his home turned up hundreds of thousands of dollars, some stuffed in bags, clothing, even shoes. prosecutors say he used his position as chair of the senate foreign relations committee to help new jersey businessmen. two of them sentenced todaday. one to seven years in federal prison. and the other, eight. me

sidney stein handing out an 11 year sentence against former democratic senator of new jersey, bob menendezg to prosecutors this is the harshest criminal sentence ever handed down to a u.s. senator in our nations history. you're still waiting on more details as to whether or not you will have to pay a fine. this follows two of his coconspirators, two new jersey businessman dentons to seven and eight years in prison and they had to pay over $1.2 million fine. this extraordinary sentencing comes after a jury last july convicted menendez over those 16 federal charges including bribery and acting as a foreign agent on behalf of the government of egypt. menendez was found guilty of selling his influence to the new jersey businessman but also the government of egypt and exchange for the gold bars and hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash found at his home in new jersey. of course who could forget that convertible mercedes-benz as well. prosecutors asked the judge to sentence menendez to at least 15 years in prison and pay over 2 million-dollar fine. they said in court today it was a truly grav

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the new jersey globe and others are reporting that former new jersey democratic senator bob menendez has been sentenced to 11 years in prison for corruption and acting as an unregistered foreign agent. the new york daily news molly crane newman posted about the sentencing, writing that federal judge sidney stein addressed the former senator, telling him somewhere along the way you became, i'm sorry to say, a corrupt politician. she continues, noting that after mr. menendez, now 71 years old, tearfully pleaded for leniency, the judge told him, again, i don't know what led you to this. greed was certainly part of it. hubris was part of it. i don't know. you'll have to try to figure that out yourself over time. mr. menendez was first elected to the u.s. house in 1992, before becoming a u.s. senator in 2006. live today on c-span, 10 p.m. eastern, president trump's nominee for director of national intelligence, s tulsi gabbard, will be on capitol hill to take questions about her nomination this week for the senate select committee on intelligence. on c-span two at 10 a.m. eastern, robert

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and former senator bob menendez of new jersey has been sentenced to 11 years in prison after being found. nbc news chief justice contributor jonathan dienst has the latest. >> what a stiff sentence for a man who was once one of the most powerful members of the senate. a federal judge handing down an 11 year sentence to bob menendez, a democrat from new jersey, for numerous crimes including bribery, extortion and acting as a foreign agent. >> president trump is right. >> this process is political. >> and it's corrupted. >> to the core. >> judge sidney stein slamming menendez, saying. he lost his way and failed the voters. menendez was convicted of taking cash, gold bars and a new mercedes in exchange for actions that in part benefited foreign governments. an fbi search of his home turned up hundreds of thousands of dollars, some stuffed in bags. >> clothing. >> even shoes. prosecutors also say he used his position as chair of the senate foreign relations committee to help new jersey businessmen. two of them sentenced 1 to 7 years in federal prison and the other eight. menendez asked for a

former senator bob menendez was sentenced today to 11 years in prison. new jersey democrat took hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes, including gold bars from businessmen connected to the governments of egypt and qatar. >> maurice: a test of america's fourth and eighth graders shows reading skills are near historic lows, but there is at least some improvement in math. >> john: the federal reserve cut interest rates at their last three meetings. but not today. it left a key rate unchanged because it says inflation remains somewhat elevated. >> maurice: at that senate confirmation hearing today, health secretary nominee robert f. kennedy jr. testified he is not anti-vaccine but pro-safety. kennedy denied he wants to dismantle medicaid but struggled to explain how he would reform the program that provides health care for nearly 80 million people. >> john: we are joined now by our chief medical correspondent dr. jon lapook. jon, start our conversation off by telling us what rfk jr. would oversee, massive department. >> dr. lapook: you are right john. h

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. >>> former senator bob menendez sentenced to 11 years in prison after being convicted of taking bribes. the gold bars, cash and luxury car that led to his fate. >>> the military jnn

. >>> this evening, the once powerful democratic senator from new jersey bob menendez sentenced to 11 years after his conviction for taking bribes of gold bars, a luxury car, and cash. authorities say he acted as an agent of egypt while he was chairman of the senate foreign relations committee. >>> we turn to the economy tonight, and this evening, the federal reserve with its first interest rate decision after president trump was inaugurated. after three rate cuts in a row, the fed chair leaving interest rates unchanged. the fed citing inflation still above the 2% target, and the uncertain impact of new trump policies, including potential tariffs. the markets were down on the news today. president trump tonight on social media criticizing the move to hold rates where they are. late today, fed chairman jerome powell when asked by abc news said the fed will remain independent and not succumb to political pressure from the white house. >>> when we come back tonight, the horror in philadelphia, after the eagles' big win. the celebration turning tragic. a fan up on a light pole falling to

. >>> former senator bob menendez sentenced to 11 years in prison after being convicted of taking bribesash and luxury car that led to his fate. >>> the military jet spinning out of control landing in a fiery crash. the pilot ejecting and parachuting to safety. >>> breaking news in the middle east. hamas naming the new group of hostages set for release tomorrow. president trump's special envoy meeting with israeli prime minister netanyahu. >>> a.i. accusations. open a.i., one of the top leaders in artificial intelligence cries foul over the new china-based a.i. program deepseek. >>> good news tonight. an important mission to save the steelhead. >> this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >> good evening and welcome. vaccines, conspiracy theories and abortion rights made for heated exchanges with senate democrats today as rfk jr. faced his first senate confirmation hearing for health and human services secretary. a job that would put them in charge of more than a dozen agencies focused on the health of americans. armed for inevitable questions about his past statements opposing vaccin

say from the bench, letting us know how much of, or what the sentence will be for former senator bob menendezederal corruption charges. >>> a terrifying fighter jet crash was caught on camera. you can see video of it as it spun out of control and crashed. jennings now is - who has been following the developments. that video is incredible. what exactly happened and how is the pallet? >> reporter: the pilot is expected to make a full recovery. officials say he was taken away in stable condition but was evaluated as a precaution. the investigation centers on what officials are calling an in-flight malfunction justsouth of fairbanks, alaska. officials indicate it was a scheduled training mission and the pilot was attempting to land when, according to officials, there was a malfunction causing the pilot to eject just seconds before the plane made that impact. incredible to witness that scene that this video captures. in the meantime, they are still having flights go on with f-35s at the base that was selected back in 2016 to host more than 50 f-35s, specifically as part of an expansion. this is a

senator bob menendez was sentenced to 11 years today.e was found guilty acting as a foreign agent and accepting gold bars in exchange for political. menendez was in tears as he addressed the judge. the judge told him quote, you stood at the apex of our political system. somewhere along the way you lost your way and working for the public good was your good. a democrat, maintained his innocence outside court and said he was the victim of a political witch hunt. >> president trump is right. this process is political and it is corrupted to the core. i hope president trump cleans up the crest pool and restores integrity. >> asian community mark the beginning of the year of the snake with festivities today. in beijing, people rank bells and wished for good fortune as they celebrated the spring festival in china. and performer took parade. the lunar new year is time to wish good luck and prosperity. still to come, new national test scores paint a bleak educational picture in the aftermath of the covid pandemic. and we remember more of the vict

senator bob menendez was sentenced on wednesday to 11 years in prison for corruption and accepting bribesound guilty of taking cash, gold bars and a mercedes-benz as bribes in exchange for acting as an agent of the egyptian government. >>> straight ahead on "cbs news roundup," egg prices keep climbing, and there is no sign of when they're going to come back down. we're going to show you what's driving those costs up, and what you can do to adapt. they say there are no excuses. - they say to just push harder. - they say to just go faster. - but when we're on the field, they don't know what's going on inside us. - how hard is too hard? - when do we get support? - when do we raise our hand and ask for help? we need each other. - love, your mind. we're with bridget, whose husband won't be home for months and whose daughter is due any day. we're with mike, who's leaving home to protect his family, and yours. we're with all service-members and their families who need community, connection, and maybe a bit of magic. are you with them? learn more at uso.org today. we're with liam, after his fourt

also former new jersey democratic senator bob menendez sensed of avenues in prison for the role of thes convicted of taking bribes including gold bars of gold in exchange for political favor, the harshest sentence ever handed down to any u.s. editor. menendez calling a president trump to bring back integrity to the justice system. watch this. >> welcome to the southern district of new york the wild west of political prosecution, president trump is right this process is political and is corrupted to the court. i'll president trump cleans up the cesspool and restores the integrity to the system. >> finally, president trump have reached $25 million settlement of the 2021 lawsuit that came from trump's account suspension following generally six the deal includes a 22 million for trump's presidential library, the rest goes to legal fees of the other plaintiffs were importantly that were had signed onto the case, meta is awkward to have to admit any wrongdoing by the way would they send it to the president appetite, his legal team is calling this victory in general over censorship by big tec

former new jersey senator bob menendez was sentenced to 11 years in prison for his bribery convictionas found guilty last year of acting as a foreign agent of egypt, and accepting bribes of cash and gold bars, in exchange for political favors. court sketches showed menendez in tears as he addressed the judge today. but the judge told him, you stood at the apex of our political system. somewhere along the way you lost your way and working for the public good became working for your good. the long-time democratic senator maintained his innocence outside court, and claimed he was the victim of a "political witch hunt." >> president trump is right, this process is political, and corrupt to the core. i hope president trump cleans up the cesspool and restores the integrity to the system. amna: earlier today, two of the former senator's codefendants were also sentenced. new jersey businessmen received sentences of seven and eight years respectively. stocks slipped after the federal reserve held steady on interest rates. the dow jones average fell more than 130 points on the day. the nasdaq i

federal court in new york city, a judge is about to sentence former senator bob menendez. >> shannon: you may remember the new jersey democrat was found guilty of corruption and bribery by a manhattan jury back in july. live from the courthouse with breaking news as soon as we get it on the sentencing. >> john: a live look from the white house where president trump continues to follow through cracking down on illegal immigration. he's set to sign the first bill of his new term, bipartisan laken riley act during a ceremony alongside the family. emotional one. we roll into a second hour. i'm john roberts. >> shannon: gets to see you today. sandra smith is off so i'm subbing in. the laken riley act, any illegal, can be held in detention until deported. if it had been the law at the time of laken's death her killer would have been behind bars instead of on the streets. >> john: bret baier is here to break down trump's early flurry of activity in his new term as we say day in and day out, like drinking from a fire hose. >> shannon: let's get to peter has the latest. >> president trump's fi

. >> the new jersey globe and others rept bob menendez has been sentenced to 11 years in prison. molly crannean posted that sidney stein addressed the senator saying youece a corrupt politician. mendez pled for leniency and the judge said i don't know what like you to this. you will have to trtoigure that out over time. he was elected to the house in 1992 before becoming a senator in 2006. >> president trump side the -- signed an act dictating immigrants for violent crimes. the president talked about

federal court in new york city, a judge is about to sentence former senator bob menendez. >> shannon:und guilty of corruption and bribery by a manhattan jury back i

x new jersey senator bob menendez faces sentencing on corruption charges.he democrat was convicted last year on 16 counts of bribery and acting as a foreign agent for egypt and qatar, gold bars, new mercedes binns and hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash. federal prosecutors are pushing for 15 year prison term but menendez' lawyer say he should only be sentenced to two years. and today president trump will sign an executive order kicking off preparations for the 250th anniversary of american independence. it will establish, quote: task force 250 focused on coordinating and plans and activities surrounding the celebration of america's founding. that's happening on the fourth of july, 2026. the order also establishes the national garden of american heros to p pay tribute to americans. protect mums, memorials and statues from destruction or vandalism. and take a look at this chaotic video from a town board meeting in thorton township illinois a large brawl broke out when a supervisor and dalton mayor was called derogatory name. video shows people kicking a

bob. menendez just. went to. >> jail for specifically.s is charged. >> with taking bribes. >> from a foreign. >> country 12 year sentence. >> you know. >> menendez from. >> egypt and adams from turkey. >> so i think. >> the combination of adams's. recent signs of fealty. >> to. >> trump, the. frequent conversations. >> that they've had. >> the fact. >> that the. >> justice department. >> conversations that have. >> were. >> reported today. >> apparently went. >> through emil bove office. emil bove, who until a week ago was trump's personal lawyer, who's. >> now the acting deputy. >> attorney general. i think it's very hard to. ignore the likelihood that something's up, and it could well, it could well be that the threat of a pardon. will bring the southern district. to the table on this. typically, they want to be independent on this. typically they would be independent and be dragged kicking and screaming to the table on something like this. but we'll have to. >> see. >> we'll have to see. and interesting that you point out the similarit

and then there's this former new jersey senator bob menendez is set to be sentenced today after his conviction on 16 corruption charges last july. menendez could face more than a decade in prison after taking cash. a mercedes, gold bars as bribes in exchange for helping three new jersey businessmen and the government of egypt. and newly released footage shows los angeles county sheriff's deputies helping to rescue a 100 year old woman from inside her senior living facility. as the deadly eaton fire wildfire approached in altadena, california. you can see we're going to show you you can see some of the flames that were. well, trust me, flames were exploding outside. and rescuers then went inside to look for anyone who could have been left behind. and then this happened oh, hi. >> okay, perfect. >> is there anyone else with you? >> no. >> i've been trying to. find a way out. >> let's get you out of here. >> let's get. >> you out. >> okay. where do i go? >> don't lose me. >> i promise i won't. >> lose you. >> don't worry. >> don't lose me. and then he

we should note that we saw former democratic senator bob menendez sentenced to 11 years in prison today, a case that was pursued under biden's department of justice. as you're well aware, trump has long claimed that the doj was weaponized by democrats. when you connect these cases, is it fair to see that trump is using his justice department to help his friends? >> the connective tissue certainly is the theme of weaponization. now, it was accused from menendez as almost an outlier to suggest that that was a coincidence, that it happened to go against the democrat. but the overwhelming theme was weaponization against republicans. you know, 11 year sentence certainly belies that very notion. but taking a step back, the fdny and any u.s. attorney's office that's under the purview of the executive branch of government, whose job it is to enforce the laws they will serve at the at the pleasure of the president of the united states as political appointees, the career prosecutors we've already seen this week do not curry favor if they are going against things that trump perceives to be against

senator bob menendez is set to be sentenced for bribery and extortion. earlier this month, prosecutors called for menendez to be put behind bars. for 15 years. he was convicted of 16 corruption charges in july 2024. dramatic video out of alaska, an f-35 fighter jet. you can see it there plummeting from the sky ends up in a fiery crash. the pilot was able to escape using a parachute. that crash, happening during a training exercise. the pilot, who thankfully is safe, says he experienced a quote, in-flight malfunction. and a wave of tuberculosis cases, has killed two people and infected dozens of others in the kansas city area. kansas state health department has not said what triggered the outbreak. it started about a year ago and it's still ongoing. the cdc is working with local officials to do contact tracing and testing. coming up on cnn this morning, he once called president trump a fascist to the core. now, former joint chiefs chairman general mark milley is facing retribution. plus rfk jr.. s senate confirmation hearing about to begin on capitol hill

in our law and justice lead, former democratic senator bob menendez of new jersey could be facing a lengthy prison sentence after prosecutors called for a 15 year term for his conviction on bribery and foreign agent charges. menendez, the first u.s. senator convicted of abusing a committee leadership role and acting as a foreign agent, is set to be sentenced on january 29th. join us sunday on state of the union. i'll talk to biden, national security advisor jake sullivan, something of an exit interview. we'll get the latest on the fires from fema administrator deanne criswell, and we'll talk to republican senator katie britt of alabama. that's sunday morning at nine eastern and again, noon only here on cnn. until then, you can follow me on facebook or instagram or threads or x, and at least for the time being, on the tiktok at jake tapper. you can follow the show on x at the lead cnn. if you ever miss an episode of the lead, you can listen to the show. the whole two hours of it. whenever you get your podcasts. the news continues right now on cnn with a man named wolf blitzer. he's right nex

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efectivamente, los fiscales federales buscan la sentencia mÁxima para bob menÉndez. 15 aÑos de prisiÓn de seno que padece ha dicho que necesita mÁs tiempo para poder continuar con el tratamiento. Él le ha escrito una carta al juez pidiÉndole mÁs tiempo para seguir con este tratamiento mÉdico y Él se la ha concedido. entonces, esto ahora ha logrado posponer el juicio para el mes de marzo. menÉndez habÍa argumentado que se le debe hacer o que se le debÍa hacer un nuevo juicio porque se dieron cuenta sus abogados de que a los juzgados se les ofreciÓ informaciÓn adicional en una computadora mientras durÓ el proceso, pero el juez negÓ esa peticiÓn producto de que dijo que no pensaba que los jurados habÍan tenido acceso a ella. en la tarde serÁ la sentencia y por supuesto que tendremos la informaciÓn. satcha: muchas gracias por brindar estos detalles en vivo. mÁs de 200 inmigrantes fueron repatriados a colombia luego de ser deportados por estados unidos. aunque la administraciÓn de donald trump lo califican como delincuentes, autoridades colombianas dicen que ninguno registra antecedentes pe

. >> bob menendez. >> the judge gave businessman wale. >> hanna about eight years. >> in. >> prison. fred daibes. >> received a seven year sentence. >> menendez is. >> set to be sentenced at 2 p.m. eastern today. kelly, back to you. >> all right. thank you very much. >> now, it's been a heated. >> senate confirmation hearing which just wrapped up for rfk jr. president trump's controversial pick to head the department of health and human services. let's get to some of the highlights with angelica peebles. i caught the warren exchange earlier. angelica. yeah, kelly. >> it's actually. >> still underway. >> but. >> you. >> know, so far. >> what we've seen. >> is that rfk jr. >> is defending his record and. >> managing to stay on message. >> he's saying that he's. focused on. chronic disease. >> and that's what president. >> trump hired. >> him to do make. >> america wealthy again. now. >> senator biden zeroed. >> in on. >> rfk jr. >> s anti-vaccine. >> history. >> attempting to, quote, blow the whistle. >> on what is. >> really are. >> i support the measles vaccine. i support the polio v

i think it is crazy that they are not talking about the bob menendez, who was sentenced for -- host: he's no longer a senator. he is not a senator. caller: he has stepped down? host: yes, absolutely. that was a while ago. caller: ok. host: and he was replaced temporarily. and then there was an election, and andy kim is now in his seat. caller: one thing i wanted to mention was yesterday, the white house correspondent kept trying to correlate with the white house representative that trump had changed his policy from violent criminal to who he was going around up first, rounding up people who were illegal immigrants. i don't understand why the national news media is listening to all the different services when they said that they are going to the most violent people first and nine times out of 10, those people that they are for, that are the biden criminals, they are just supposed to leave them there? i don't understand why the national news is trying to propel that there is some change in method, rounding up illegal immigrants and putting them where they need to be and sending them ba

federal prosecutors seek at least 15 years for bob menendez.tors was found guilty on 15 felony charges for large-scale bribery plots. prosecutors in the southern district of new york described menendez as a historic figure. in a sentencing memorandum this week, he is the first u.s. official found guilty of acting as an agent of a foreign country and the first whose corruption offenses have reached a top position in a senate committee. he was the ranking democratic member and then the chairman of the influential foreign affairs panel during the bribery scheme, which ran from 2018 to 2020 according to records from his trial. over nine weeks last year, prosecutor showed how three businessmen, wael hana, fred daibes, and jose uribe showered menendez and his wife with hundreds of thousands of dollars of cash-filled envelopes, checks, gold bars, jewelry, household items, and a mercedes-benz convertible in exchange for menendez's help securing business deals with officials affiliated with the governments of egypt and qatar. he also tried to disrupt se

federal prosecutors seek at least 15 years for bob menendez.tors was found guilty on 15 felony charges for large-scale bribery plots. prosecutors in the southern district of new york described menendez as a historic figure. in a sentencing memorandum this week, he is the first u.s. official found guilty of acting as an agent of a foreign country and the first whose corruption offenses have reached a top position in a senate committee. he was the ranking democratic member and then the chairman of the influential foreign affairs panel during the bribery scheme, which ran from 2018 to 2020 according to records from his trial. over nine weeks last year, prosecutor showed how three businessmen, wael hana, fred daibes, and jose uribe showered menendez and his wife with hundreds of thousands of dollars of cash-filled envelopes, checks, gold bars, jewelry, household items, and a mercedes-benz convertible in exchange for menendez's help securing business deals with officials affiliated with the governments of egypt and qatar. he also tried to disrupt se

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former new jersey democratic senator bob menendez, sentenced by a federal judge to 11 years in prison. >> this comes after his conviction last year on bribery and corruption charges. cnn's kara scannell was in court for the sentencing. she's been tracking this story throughout. kara, take us through what you saw. what was the former senator's reaction so the. >> former senator did not betray any emotional reaction when. >> the judge. >> handed down that sentence. >> of 11 years. but he did address the court before the judge. >> did issue the sentence. >> and during. >> that time, menendez told the judge that he was standing before him as a chastened man. he said that every day i'm awake is a punishment. i lost everything i ever cared about, at most. at various times he became choked up, having to stop when he was speaking, talking about the ways he had helped certain constituents over the years and the achievements that he had achieved for not only himself, but the hispanic community. he said through his election. but as the prosecutors had said to the judge that at some point menende

out about it. 2:00 bob mebebbdez faces kr corruption charges including bribery and acting as foreign agent for gooich and egypt and qatar. pushing for 15-year prison term, menendez's attorney says two years. president trump restrict chemical and surgical sex change operations for minors. it is policy of the united states that it will not fund, sponsor, assist or support transition of a child. president trump is directing federal agencies to cut off funding from facilities that provide barric medical procedure. super bowl 59 is set for next sunday on fox, kansas city chiefs take on philadelphia eagles. we showed you a new poll revealing majority of americans think monday after the game should be a national holiday. we asked what you think. kim says absolutely, it should be a holiday. another viewer thinks the game should be played on saturday instead. i totally agree with that. and bob says, only brian kilmeade should have monday after super bowl as a holiday. this will give greg gutfield another reason to make fun of him. what? >> brian: full circle. i don't think he needs another reason, he has plenty reasons. >> steve: talking about upper zoo bowl, everybody doe

new jersey globe an others are reporting that former newkirk -- new jersey democratic senator bob menendez has been sentenced to 11 years in prison for corruption and acting as a unregistered foreign agent. the new yorkaily news posted about the sentencing, writing that federal judge sidney stein address the former senator, telling him somewhere along the way, you became, i'm sorry to say, a corrupt politician. she contue noticing -- noting that after menendez tearfully plead r leniency, the judge told him, agai i don't know what led y to this. greed was certainly part of it. bris was part of it. i don't know, you'll have to try to figure thatutourself over time. mr. menendez was first elected to the u. use in 1992 before becoming u.s. senator in 2006. >> c-span's washington journal, alive form involving you to discuss the latest issues in government, politics, and public policy. from washington dc and across the country. coming thursday morning, abe cogan of the center for american progress will discuss the trump administration sending a federal aid freeze and then brian blaze of paragon