what an honor for us this morning here on "tiempo" to have via satellite new jersey senator bob menendez, the main sponsor of the legislation. he's in washington, d.c. good to see you this morning, senator. thanks for being with us. >> good to be with you, joe, and your viewers of "tiempo." >> let me jump right into it, 'cause there's a lot of ground to cover here. senator, if i can summarize it correctly, i know that there's a $400-million payment that puerto rico has to pay on may 1st, and then another big one in july. this stability and recovery package wants to provide a wide restructuring authority, correct, that allows for the readjustment of all its debt. senator, from my vantage point, it looks like bankruptcy, it sounds like bankruptcy, but it's not? >> well, it's not quite bankruptcy because restructuring is an element of the bankruptcy law, a actual part of the law that puerto rico was part of and years ago was stripped out. no one knows why. i try to look at the legislative history. so it had the right to restructure its debt, and it is the essential element of any package fo

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new jersey senator bob menendez wants to put an end to airline price gouging. he is calling on the department of transportation to open an investigation into the way airlines price their tickets. >> this time it comes in the form of exponentially higher costs for buying a multi-city trip ticket when the flights can be purchased for far less money when purchased individually. ernie: he says delta, united and american are the worst offenders. united disagreed with the price gouging claim and american call for an investigation is unfounded. >>> netflix is raising its prices, starting next month. your subscription will jump to 9.99 a month and 11.99 a month if you're a premium netflix account member. netflix says it is planning more original programming during the year. >>> we're talking about the weather right now. nick is joining us. it's been a little chilly. i have to ask about the weekend weather. on sunday, we have the greek parade on my 9, our sister station, at 2:00. how's the weather going to be? nick: it's sunday, not tomorrow. tomorrow, it would be rain

judge merrick will also sit down with senator bob menendez this afternoon. >>> do you think your morningcommute is horrible? new research shows us congestion may not be as bad as it could be. you may be able to make things better actually. the national cap region national transportation planning board is out with its latest travel trends. and we are driving more, but even though population has increased in recent years, vehicle traffic has not spiked. at the same time, the number of increased. experts say that helps road congestion. >> you think of it, they put the greatest stress on the regional transportation network. they live the farthest out, they have the longest trip. >> it's now recommended that people who commute long distances to take a serious look at tele xhun xhun commuting. >> it's hard to say, yes, we'll put more public transportation, but to convince people is the hard part. >> people like the freedom of being able to get in the car. >> i'd love the freedom of working from home. that would be nice. >> a studio right in our bedroom? >> although a second thought a picture o

bob menendez will hold a news conference this morning. his office wants investigators to look at what they're calling deceptive practices and price gouging. >>> meanwhile, proposal to regulate the seat size was not new york senator charles schumer called for the faa to set minimum standards in an effort to stop shrinking seats on planes. also would have required the airlines to post their seat dimensions online. senator schumer will continue to fight to pass that legislation. >>> in connecticut, lawmakers are moving forward with a proposal to tax and regulate daily fantasy sports sites like draft king and fan duel. companies would be required to pay $50,000 to operate in the state and nearly 9% surcharge on entry fees. lawmakers say it could generate more than $90 million a year. one parent, our parent company, comcast and nbc sports have invested in fan duel. >>> in new jersey, a port short reform bill heads to governor chris christie's desk. the bill calls for the chairman to rotate between new york and new jersey every two years and al

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bob menendez said he believes the president has the law and moral authority on his side. >> we believe at the end of the day, even though there are only eight justices, there will be enough justices to uphold it and keep families together. >> reporter: with just eight justices, we are facing the possibility of a tie. if that happens, the lower court ruling stays in place. in this case, they put the president's programs on hold. they have to hope they have convinced at least five justices today. bret? >>> more troops are headed to iraq to help in the fight against isis. ash carter made that announcement today. national security correspondent, jennifer griffin reports on the latest. >> reporter: when pentagon officials asked the iraqis to deploy attack helicopters to help fly cover, iraq's prime minister denied the request. defense secretary announced not only will the u.s. send apache gun ships, but deploy the troops to retake mosul. >> we will replace additional advisers with the forces down to brigade and battalion headquarte headquarters. a powerful mobile rocket system to cover troo

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. >> reporter: senator bob menendez and corey booker the head of the cdc and u.s. health and human services director who just returned from puerto rico, which she called the epicenter of the threat. as the infected mosquitoes will likely travel north as the weather warms. she told a group of experts, lawmakers and doctors gathered there are 550 zika cases in puerto rico. 40 are pregnant women, pregnant will being their main concern since the virus causes micro zealous -- microcephaly in babies. prevention are needed here to stem the potential for major problems. the senators supporting president obama's request for nearly $1.9 billion to put preventative measures in place, and to put up a fight against zika causing a major crisis here in the u.s. >>> please understand we in new jersey, this very diverse state, we are a traveling state. have a very busy airport and that makes the potential for the spread of zika all the more of a reality. we know it is not a question of if we are going to have to deal with the threat in our cities, but really to what extent and how

bob menendez said he believes the president has the law and moral authority on his side. >> we believe at the end of the day, even though there are only eight justices, there will be enough justices to uphold it and keep families together. >> reporter: with just eight justices, we are facing the possibility of a tie. if that happens, the lower court ruling stays in place. in this case, they put the president's programs on hold. they have to hope they have convinced at least five justices today. bret? >>> more troops are headed to iraq to help in the fight against isis. ash carter made that announcement today. national security correspondent, jennifer griffin reports on the latest. >> reporter: when pentagon officials asked the iraqis to deploy attack helicopters to help fly cover, iraq's prime minister denied the request. defense secretary announced not only will the u.s. send apache gun ships, but deploy the troops to retake mosul. >> we will replace additional advisers with the forces down to brigade and battalion headquarte headquarters. a powerful mobile rocket system to cover troo

also senator bob menendez. should say his is not a hotly anticipated endorsement this year because frankly, no one wants your endorsement when you're under inindictment. sorry senator, it's true. there's also john of montana. not sure why he's not endorsed yet. there's also senator king. he's technically an independent. maybe it makes since he hasn't endorsed yet. before today, there was one other senator who either is a democrat or caucuses with the democratic party who did not make an endorsement in the presidential race. year because frankly, no one wants your endorsement when you're under inindictment. sorry senator, it's true. there's also john of montana. not sure why he's not endorsed yet. there's also senator king. he's technically an independent. maybe it makes since he hasn't endorsed yet. before today, there was one other senator who either is a democrat or caucuses with the democratic party who did not make an endorsement in the presidential race. that was senator jeff. the liberal senator from the

also senator bob menendez. i should say his is not a hotly anticipated endorsement this year because frankly, no one wants your endorsement when you're under inindictment. sorry senator, it's true. there's also john of montana. not sure why he's not endorsed yet. there's also senator king. he's technically an independent. maybe it makes since he hasn't endorsed yet. before today, there was one other senator who either is a democrat or caucuses with the democratic party who did not make an endorsement in the presidential race. that was senator jeff. the liberal senator from the great state of oregon. before today, these were the only senators who were democrats who haven't endorsed between sanders and clinton anbefore today, of all the rest of them, every single other one of the 40 democratic senators who have made an endorsement in the primary that 40 senators have endorsed. before today, every single democratic senator was 40 for 40 among senate democratic endorsements. today, that iconic liberal oregon senato

. >> concerns for price gouging has bob menendez crying foul. >> it comes in the form of higher costs for buying a multi city trip. >> reporter: he and his staff liberty to san francisco with a connection in l.a. using a single round trip ticket and three one-way fares. round trip came in at 1141. the one way tickets amounted to just over 600, a difference of $521. >> that makes no sense. you're riding the same plane with the same crew using the same amount of jet fuel, even sitting maybe in the same seat. it shouldn't cost hundreds of dollars more. >> reporter: he says delta, united and american are the worst offenders and the discrepancies became evident last month. he asked the u.s. department of transportation to open an investigation, adding the industry is pursuing sky high profits at the expense of travelers dealing with endless extra fees. american airlines said the call for an investigation is unfounded. united disagreeing. here's what flyers at newark-liberty had to say. >> how come one time the seat is 800. it does happen. >> right now these plane tickets are really expensi

. >> max can now call himself successful lobbiest, he convinced senator bob menendez every his home statenew jersey to support the bill. >> i'm really happen. >> i it passed the committee could come up with full vote on the senate floor as early as next week. williamstown, trang do, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". >> imagine or league baseball celebrated jackie robinson day. on april 15th, 1947, the brooklyn dodger made his major league debut breaking baseball's color barrier. many gathered for a celebration to honor robinson at the philadelphia stars memorial park, at 44th and mark side. last month, city council passed a resolution apologize to go robinson for the racism he faced in philadelphia decades ago. >> the flyers will try to get to their first rounds, rounds one, they will try to get their first win, rather, rounds one of the stanley cup playoffs. take on the capitols tonight in washington, but they'll have to do it without center sean. he'll miss the first of the rest of the first rounds series because after shoulder sprain he suffered in game one on thursday. losing him is significa

pablo: perdÓn, con nosotros estÁ el senador bob menÉndez es de nueva jersey.les escenarios ahora que han escuchado argumentos por ambos lados. con un mÍnimo de ocho votos la corte fallarÍa a favor. o podrÍa decidir en contra de la acciÓn ejecutiva, ahÍ acabaría por siempre. el otro escenario, serÍa el caso de un empate. entonces si hay cuatro en contra y cuatro a favor, prÁcticamente esto impedirÍa que se implementarÁ la acciÓn ejecutiva del presidente obama. pero no impide que el gobierno apela en otro distrito mÁs favorable. el Último escenario, la corte podrÍa esperar que el senado nombre al noveno magistrado antes de tomar una decisiÓn. vamos ahora a regresar a washington, pero que tenemos listo al abogado ezequiel hernÁndez, que estuvo presente durante toda esta audiencia. para que nos diga si hay algo que podrÍa ser positiv para una decisiÓn que llegarÍa convertida en acciÓn ejecutiva del presidente obama. adelante abogado. pablo: estamos aquÍ con ezequiel hernÁndez. los congresistas han sido optimista con respecto a lo que han escuchado. ezequiel: llegÓ

here's senator bob menendez, democrat out of new jersey. >> we believe at the end of the day that even though there are only eight justices there will be enough justices to uphold daca and dapa and keep families together and end the nightmare that the knock on the door is nothing more than a neighbor who wants to come in. >> reporter: gretchen, of course, you mentioned the eight justices and that's northern because if this ends in a tie case, of course, the lower court ruling stays in place, so a tie here would mean that the lower court's ruling putting these programs on hold and stopping the president, that would stay in place, so really the advocates here need to get 45-3 if they hope to uphold the president's programs. gretchen? >> donald trump says this yore's gop convention needs some showbiz, needs some excitement and could get it if he's denied the nomination. >> you're going to have a very, very upset and angry group of people at the convention. now, i hope that doesn't happen because if i win, people are going to be very happy. >> so what's he trying to say? hour political pan

democrat bob menendez expressed concern that the u.s. in his words is walking on egg shells in order to avoid problems with the president's nuclear deal. and one particular assertion by the add stragsz is getting special attention. >> do you believe iran is giving up its ambition of a nuclear weapon? that's an accurate portrayal of your statement? >> at this point. the jcpoa as it is implemented prevents iran from achieving a nuclear weapon. >> yes or no. do you believe iran hopes to put a nuclear weapon on top of a ballistic miss snl. >> at this point no, because they can't. >> mr. shannon, in conversations i've had with allies in the region, nobody there believes they've given up their nuclear weapons ambition. >> shannon told lawmakers today they should be in no rush to renew the iran sanctions act which expires at the ends of the year. let's get analysis from indicated columnist charles krauthamer in washington. you listened to that from the administration and the lack of an answer about the ambition of iran to get a nuclear weapon.

senator bob menendez. i believe that many of the justices questioned exposed the political theater going on here. the reality is about the standing question, which dominated and amount of time for the justices, there is no question that for 50 years from , eisenhower to the current president, the president has used executive actions on immigration, time and time again. we see a set of circumstances that the argument that a potential cost to the state of texas, or to other states would , open the floodgates in which any action of an administration or for that matter and act of -- any act of congress would then create a flood of lawsuits that would come to the united states supreme court. so i do not believe, and i think the justices will come to the conclusion, that texas and the other states do not have standing, on a question that is clearly immigration law and is use ofcussion of the whether or not to deport someone. and the second thing, congress has failed to act if in fact it wanted to limit this disc