you are right, perhaps the most notable is his colleague from new jersey, senator cory booker, who inss, the thinking he went through before settling on the conclusion that he believes it's time for senator menendez to step down. booker making it clear that he has every right to argue his case in the court of law, that he is innocent until proven guilty. but the allegations are too great and too big of a cloud hanging over him for him to continue to effectively serve the residents of new jersey. you will remember booker served as a character witness for senator menendez during his original corruption trial in 2017. this is a remarkable turn for booker to now come out and say that he should step down. he enjoins with several other members of the senators, including warren, bennett, klobuchar, mark kelly, john tester, bob casey of pennsylvania. these are all members of the senate who have said that it's time for senator menendez to step down. jose, you and i watched that yesterday. he was defiant in his belief that he had no reason to step down. he said he will be the sitting senator fr

let me just read this cory booker statement. he said, quote, senator menendez fiercely asserts his innocence, and it's understandable that he believes stepping down is fair, but i believe this is a mistake. we were talking about how significant this is for his fellow senator. to do this. >> this has come really quick. you saw a handful of senators in vulnerable seats up in 2024 say ing he should step down. in montana, ohio, nevada, wisconsin and pennsylvania, and that matters politically for the party, but for menendez's seat mate and the person who stood by him when he was indicted before to say it's time to go, they can't force him out, but this is about as much political pressure as he's going to face from those people calling for him to step down. >> it gets to the point when sometimes when these things happen when the dominos start to fall very quickly. and you're seeing that this morning. it's happening as we speak. let me just put up on the screen. john fetterman was a couple days ago. now it's jackie rosen, cory booker,

klobuchar and gillibrand, but none more notable than long time friend and colleague, new jersey senator cory booker, says it was "mistake" for senator menendez not to resign yesterday. in a statement released this morning, senator booker writing it's not an admission of guilt but acknowledgment that holding public office is tremendous sacrifice at great personal cost. senator menendez has made sacrifices to serve and i believe he has spent his life serving. senator booker testified on menendez' behalf during his last federal bribery and corruption trial in 2017 that ended in a mistrial. senator booker and republican senator lindsey graham served as character witnesses, booker calling menendez then "honest and trustworthy," adding that menendez was -- that he had the backs of the forgotten, those who struggle with poverty and hurt. this time yesterday like i said, there were about three senators, now that number is approaching to half of the democratic senators in the senate. former house speaker nancy pelosi also saying it's probably a good idea for senator menendez to step down, too. this as peopl

cory booker, his fellow senator in new jersey who not only stood behind him at the beginning on the first day of menendez's trial several years ago, booker made a show of going to the courthouse and sitting in the front row right behind menendez to show that level of support. governor phil murphy, nothing from him yet. the state democratic chairman, nothing from him yet. i saw congressman josh gottheimer was on last hour, he said i'll get back to you on that. nothing from him yet. a lot of decisions within the democratic party in new jersey are made by consensus of county political leaders. they could have a hand in deciding menendez's political fate. nothing from them yet. the key question is those stakeholders in new jersey, they all unanimously stood with bob menendez the last time he he went through this. they prevented a serious primary challenger in 2018. he had a hung jury months before that election. he was rep remanded but with all the democrat in the state behind him, he had astronomical disapproval numbers on election day, but he beat his republican opponent by 11 points. new j

does cory booker say i'm standing with menendez again. very interesting the last time menendez ran, all the major democratic leaders stood behind him. a no name democrat with no money and no name recognition got her name on the primary ballot and she got nearly 40% of the vote against menendez in 2018. it seemed that democratic primary voters then were sending a signal that they wanted to pick somebody besides menendez. 40% for somebody they had never even heard of. he ended up winning but a lot of ambitious democrats may look back at that 2018 primary and say this is now happening again, this is my chance. you think of mikie sherrill, josh godheimer, do they look at this here today and see a potential opportunity and challenge menendez even if he goes forward and runs. >> and it is a big question for cory booker and phil murphy, both of whom have further ambitions as well potentially to stand with him when this indictment on the face of it is much more specific and graphic than the previous case. >> and i think that is the immediate test

who -- cory booker, his colleague from new jersey, the last time around, booker showed up on the first day of that trial and sat right behind bob linda's in the courthouse as a show of support. and now cory booker is calling for him to leave. >> i think, by our count, 30 democrats in the senate democratic caucus have called for him to leave office, to step down. do you think, at this point -- what is the calculation here, if you are bob menendez? is there anyone who can say anything, at this point, who will convince him? he has been defined in every public statement he has made. he pleaded not guilty to the charges this morning. we were talking about this in the break. he's got to be speaking to democrats, i think, behind closed doors tomorrow. but is your expectation that he hangs in there? indefinitely? >> for the short term, yeah. he's a proud man, is a strong willed man. he is somebody who did what a lot of folks thought was impossible in the first place. he beat a federal corruption charges a few years ago, and got reelected. and so i think he thought, when this broke, when this i

that's what cory booker said about frank in. and, it's what sherrod brown said about al franken.i agree, time must come from senator franken to step aside. sherrod brown is the only senator who called for franken to resign, who was also calling for senator robert menendez to resign. i'll franken did resign, and he said he did it for the good of the party. he was convinced, by majority that he had to resign with an election looming in alabama, -- in alabama. i could understand why democrats did not want robert menendez to resign from the senate, from the first time he was indicted, because there is a republican governor of new jersey at the time who have andrew romeo appointed a republican to service senator. that is a really change the ethics of the situation, but i can understand the politics of it. but, now there's a democratic governor of new jersey, who can easily appoint a more honorable and honest senator than the twice indicted robert menendez. when the republicans forced the chairman of the finance committee to resign from the senate, they lost that senate seat. republica

first rodeo through this -- cory booker has supported him. he's been quiet so far. if cory booker calls for menendez to step down, it's hard to see how it's tenable. george santos, i think in a similar light, the reality is as long as you're there, being there is part of your political leverage. part of your leverage in a legal sense as well. when you're negotiating potential pleas and things like that with doj. you stay in office because you have that one piece of leverage. >> yeah, chuck. the problem right now is that he has an election. the last time this happened, he was 3 1/2 years before his election. now he has an election in less than a year. a bunch of congressmen in new jersey would love to be senator, bottom line. a lot of folks in the latino community are really sad. they have been with bob menendez, he's been a leader in our community, did amazing things for the community. now folks are lining up, a lot of congress who would love to be senator. >> what do you think? you've been involved in campaign politics for some time. >> it c

senator cory booker is a democrat of new jersey. and he joins me now. let me just get your reaction. everyone was racing. the people in the world of policy on this were bracing for this number was going to be. and what was your reaction to seeing it? >> not surprised. we do what we have done and we are talking about child poverty today. note that this was the biggest middle class tax cut -- >> yap -- >> -- in our life, time chris. -- families in new jersey, tax breaks, more of their federal tax breaks back. this was an extraordinary program. by the way, it mirrors what our industrial competitors have. they keep their child poverty rates a lot lower, because what they often call a travel allowance is higher. america is the one that chooses to put such a financial strain on families, holding a lot of their tax dollars. this was a great program, because it fully refundable, which basically means, if you didn't earn enough money to pay that level of federal taxes, you still got that anyway. it lifted millions of american children out of poverty and lifted s

>> fellow new jersey senator cory booker says menendez should step down.r testified as a character witness for menendez during his last trial in 2017. that case ended in a mistrial. but, booker says it's a, quote: mistake not to quit. vulnerable democrats facing competitive re-elections next year in swing states now insist menendez resign. that includes pennsylvania's bob casey. wisconsin's tammy baldwin, and gary peters of michigan. he is in charge of the democrat's re-election efforts next year. the top republican on the ethics committee does not buy the senator's excuse that he kept cash at home because he worried the government could seize the assets. >> a member of the united states senate that says they don't trust their own government enough that they would have to be able to maintain that much cash at home that is a challenging issue to explain. >> senator tom cotton disagrees that menendez should quit. he says the senator's fate is up to the jury, not democrats who find menendez, quote: inconvenient. menendez appears in court tomorrow. bret? >> br

the most notable is cory booker. the other democratic senator from new jersey who said the allegations have shaken the faith and trust of the people of new jersey. he says quote, stepping down is not an admission of guilt but an acknowledgment that holding public office often demands tremendous sacrifices at great personal costs. the senator has made these sacrifices to serve in the past. in this case, he must do it again. again, that's cory booker calling on his fellow new jersey senators to resign. among that, we have other democratic senators including those up for re-election in red states calling on menendez to resign. sherrod brown in ohio. jon tester in montana, saying that he does not have the right to continue to be a senator if he is not trusted. you need allies. you need people to co-sponsor your bills. people to vote with you. if democratic senators no longer believe that, it calls into question. one other person calling on me nen menendez to step aside is nancy pelosi. >> right now, sadly, because of the

cory booker has been one of his allies.was a character witness in that 2015 indictment that you have been discussing, that led to the hung jury in 2017. it's unclear if there will be any statements today. we are watching and waiting. today in the courtroom behind me, all parties pleading not guilty. senator menendez and his wife were in one row. others were behind him in another row. there were conditions for release that the judge said. $100,000 bond for senator menendez. he has to surrender his personal passport. he can travel internationally on official business. >> jim messina, adding to what lindsey was telling us, what is the president likely to do, what is chuck schumer likely to do? i was interviewing john kirby. he said we don't discuss anything in the justice department. that's what they have been saying about hunter biden and about donald trump. are they going to break precedent and say something about this out of the white house? >> reporter: you have just two very different reactions from the two major politica

including the governor of new jersey but the senior senator from new jersey cory booker has been silentn this so far. and democratic leaders have been grappling with this as well. you heard senators, like dick durbin, the number two democrat, aligned himself with where chuck schumer was stopping short on calling him to resign. >> terms of resignation, that's a decision to be made by senator menendez and the people of new jersey. >> i think senator menendez has to think long and hard about the cloud that's going to hang over his service in the united states senate. >> i do believe it's in his best interest for senator menendez to resign. there are absolutely ways in which there's systemic bias, but i think what is here in this indictment is quite clear. >> and that last point was in reference to menendez's paper statement from over the weekend, where he said that he's being targeted here because he's a latino. >> yeah. i agrewi elliott, i think it's interesting he thinks he can talk his way through. we saw him appealing to his constituents. speaking in spanish at the news conference. but

the one that probably does sting a lot is cory booker.y booker stood by menendez in the last trial proceedings, testified, was a character witness for menendez and i know they have a strong bond. i don't think bob menendez sees resigning -- i'm known him for 30 years. he's tough. he hails from one of the toughest districts in new jersey hudson county, new jersey. these people eat nails for breakfast. i don't think resigning is anything but giving up an admission of guilt. it would tie his hands and sorely limit his ability to raise funds. remember, being in the senate allows him to continue fundraising and having a legal defense fund. that becomes much more difficult if you resign. >> ana, there was something he said yesterday that i think hit close to home for both of us. i want to play it now for our viewers. >> for 30 years, i have withdrawn thousands of dollars in cash from my personal savings account. which i have kept for emergencies and because of the history of my family facing confiscation in cuba. now, this may seem old-fashione

couple days, but a lot of democrats started yesterday, including his fellow new jersey senator cory bookere to go. do you think that's appropriate? do you think menendez will listen? >> it is appropriate, and i don't know menendez will listen because, obviously what you saw yesterday was not just defiance, it was shamelessness. the idea he had $480,000 stuffed in his clothes and in an envelope around the house with the gold bars and mercedes-benz in the garage, nothing to see here is pushing the boundaries of post shame politics. it didn't even meet the laugh test. it's totally appropriate. this is not a complex case. they had the dna of his crooked friends on the gold bars. this is not a -- there's not a gray zone here. so democrats have to police their own. i understand the senate is a very clubby place, but it did feel as if yesterday the dam was breaking and maybe the fact that his fellow new jersey senator cory booker came out in favor of his resignation was, in fact, a tipping point. we'll see. >> his political career might need a dnr and certainly, charlie, it also defangs attacks o

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everybody was waiting to see what cory booker would do. today, he said menendez should resign. booker went to bat for him during the last indictment. we're still waiting on what chuck schumer might say. what's going to happen next? >> well, schumer's going to the floor about now. i don't know that he's going to say anything on this. here's the signals that i'm seeing now. number one, senate democratic leadership clearly isn't doing anything to try to tamp down the resignation or the calls for resignation. that's a telling sign. number two, it's not in menendez's incentive right now to resign. true on capitol hill is that the best time, the worst time to resign is when you've been indicted, you have your seen, it's typically a bargaining chip. that's the maximum that most people follow in the situation that he's in. i've got no signals that he's imminently stepping down at any point anytime soon. >> and what happens if he does? does the governor of new jersey appoint somebody? >> yes. his wife has indicated she might be interested in running. so you could have someone close to ho

the pressure onmen is ramping up as his friend, cory booker, called on menendez to step down writing in part "senator menendez fiercely asserts his innocence and therefore understandable that he believes stepping down is unfair. but i believe this is a mistake. i believe stepping down is best for those senator menendez has spent his life serving." senator booker testified as a character witness for senator menendez in his 2017 corruption trial that ended in a mistrial. booker and republican senator lindsey graham told the court menendez was trustworthy, which he then appreciated. >> when your colleagues come to testify for you says a lot. says a lot for senator graham and senator booker. >> this time there's pictures of alleged bribery payments, gold bars and mercedes benz and cash found in his home. menendez says it's found stashed away because of his cuban heritage. >> for 30 years, i have withdrawn thousands in cash from my personal savings account. which i have kept for emergencies and because of the history of my family facing confiscation in cuba. >> senator menendez will be ar

among the most notable his longtime friend and fellow new jersey senator cory booker and the investigationeems to be growing. today an egyptian national was arrested, one of his alleged co-conspiracier taken into custody at jfk airport. he is facing shocking bribery and corruption charges. 13 gold bars and a mercedes-benz among the items he received. >> remember, prosecutors get it wrong sometimes. >> reporter: despite the federal indictment accusing him of accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes, among other allegations, despite more calls to resign today from senators from his own party, democratic massachusetts senator ed markey tweeting tuesday, the public's trust has been broken. fellow new jersey senator cory booker saying in a statement he has stated he will not resign but i believe this is a mistake. despite all the calls to go, senator bob menendez has said, he's not going anywhere. >> to those who have rushed to judgment, you have done so based on a limited set of facts. >> reporter: perhaps given the political climate few should be surprised by menendez's defiance.

durbin said new jersey's leaders and cory booker's decision swayed him in this decision. all eyes are on senate majority leader chuck schumer. he will have his weekly press conference today and hasn't yet called on the senator to resign. by the way, senate democrats are having a closed-door lunch for the first time meeting since menendez was indicted. >> harris: perhaps they will be snacking on what they'll do with him. good to see you, bryan. thank you, matt whitaker, former acting attorney general under president trump. i want to start and touch on the case going on with bob menendez. he faced charges before, a hung jury and all of that. what really stands out as something that they could get him on this time if he is guilty? >> well, it's good to be with you, harris. the most important piece of this case is obviously you need both the quid and the kuo in a quid pro quo. they have to demonstrate not only did he receive the gold bars and cash with this egyptian national's fingerprint's on it but prove that he actually did something to advance that relationship. that will

it's why i thought that this was the date that cory booker was almost certainly going to have to sayng. he was going to be followed in the halls by reporters. look, i am heartened by the fact that a number of democrats have come out today and set, this is too much. cash in jackets, and automobile in a garage, gold bars, how about googling are much a cold bar is worth? there comes a point which democrats and republicans have to call the stuff out for what it is, not based on the party, and we have seen this in texas, the texas house and senate tried to beat the attorney general. from the moment it got to the senate, everybody knew that would not happen, because of tribalism, right? republicans are going to protect republicans, mostly because they were scared of other republicans. i would say, good for democrats to have come out today and said enough is enough, this is too much to break the public trust. quite frankly, regardless of guilt or innocence, it's time for bob menendez to go. >> it's predominantly only democrats who are saying enough is enough. reed, what do you make of the f

senator cory booker of new jersey calling on senator bob menendez to resign. statement today, senator booker writing -- he joins a dozen other colleagues, 13 in all now, calling for menendez to step aside. senator menendez is vowing he will not leave office. he is defiant. last night, nancy pelosi spoke to jen psaki about whether menendez should step down. >> in we're going to say if you are indicted, you should resign, we have a situation in the house, as you know, from the state of new york, that that would hold, too. right now, sadly, because of the challenges that we face, because the skepticism that exists in our country about governance, about this republican party that doesn't believe in governance, doesn't believe in science, wants to take down everything to give tax breaks to the wealthiest, we have to stay focused on that. for that reason, it would be a good idea if he did resign. >> joining me now is former congressman tom malinowski. do you think this is the time for him to step down? >> i do. the democratic party in new jersey has come out and ask

i want to take a moment to say it is hard for a cory booker to stand up and say what he did today.t everyone listening to understand that, you know, you're tied at the hip with your colleagues. there's only two senators from each state, and you're very close, so what he did was the right thing to do, a hard thing to do. the governor, hard for him to do it. and i'm proud of them, and i want to see this distinction. the democratic party, the party of democracy, the parry of the rule of law, we're not going to stand and hide when it's one of our own. >> charlie, senator gary peters of michigan has just added his name to the list. that's 19 democratic senators. but he's the head of the democratic senate campaign committee and hence it's not the same as sort of the top leaders in the senate, but now this is moving into the ranks of republican -- democratic decisionmaking in the senate. at some point, what's the tipping point for menendez? as you said, the calculus in new jersey is clear. his fellow junior senator and his governor have called on him to resign, so a lot of other people in

and we've reached out to senator cory booker for his thoughts his office have been silent on the case and senator menendez expected to appear in federal court on wednesday ish aishah. >> thank you so much. openly calling for new jersey ?artd menendez resignation the white house is distancing itself from the controversy. mark meredith is live at the white house with the latest. hello, mark. reporter: good afternoon to you so far white house not giving much comment that alex was talking about indictment of new jersey senator menendez while democrats are urging senators to step down far white house stopping short of that. >> we're going to be very, very clear about this. we're not going to get involved. it is a ongoing matter so we're going leave it to -- to the prosecutors. to move forward with, however, they see fit but neer not going to comment. >> the president is talking about ongoing autoworker strike in the med west next week he's going to be heading to michigan to meet with ford workers and demanding a higher wage and better benefits and he posted last night, quote, it is time fo

the most notable, cory booker the other democratic senator from new jersey initially silent when this came out but put out a statement, quote, the details of the allegations against senator menendez are of such a nature that the faith and trust of new jersey he must work with in order to be effective have been shaken to the core. he calls on menendez to resign. other democrats notable asking menendez to step aside, like sherrod brown in ohio, having a higher standard for someone to be a u.s. senator. they agree menendez deserves presums of innocence. >> we haven't heard from president biden. we haven't heard senate majority leader schumer. senator schumer, are they under any pressure now to speak up? >> yeah, they certainly will be specially after the flood of these democratic members in the senate as well as in the house almost the entire new jersey congressional delegation now calling on bob menendez to resign, it becomes a question of what kind of party the democrats want to be. they want to contrast with corruption and criminality of donald trump. it could muddy up the waters. sch

i mean, where is cory booker?ition on this. and i just love how he used the cuban defense of, you know, fleeing communism and corruption. >> brian: born in new york. >> lawrence: acting more like the leadership in cuba. >> ainsley: if he can prove that he did pull out cash occasionally from his bank account for the last 30 years. >> lawrence: they can pull those receipts, too. >> ainsley: they can look at those records. if they can prove that then maybe is he innocent. >> steve: yesterday in fox we took the press conference live because they said he was going it announce he was running for re-election. he did not; however, his son, rob menendez who is a congressman from the safe blue district from congress says his father will shortly announce. >> brian: the d.n.a. evidently from one of the donors was on the envelope of the. >> lawrence: fingerprints on the gold. >> ainsley: what's his in new jersey. >> steve: not good. >> ainsley: nine minutes before the the hour. coming up they got joe latta nerve. sounds like t

you brought up cory booker.ed we haven't seen more democrats taking a stand on the menendez indictment ? >> their silence speaks volumes. when menendez had these charges a few years back, the democrats rallied behind him. you're having silence with the exception of aoc and fetterman and a few who hit the sunday shows. i expect there will be more democrats asking him to get out of the way. certainly he can't run in 2024. new jersey is a blue state. why would you risk losing? and, you know, none of us are irreplaceable. you do something wrong, you admit it, make a deal. get out of the way. you know, as you mentioned, nixon, and i brought agnew, i always thought they looked bad in history, but in this era, the trump era, when they were busted, they admitted it and got out of the way. donald trump is teaching politicians, never say you did anything wrong, never admit it. at all costs be corrupt and get lawyers and money to get you out of the jum. >> thanks for coming on, i appreciate it. >>> there's new nbc polling

so the pressure is mounting, more and more of his colleagues, cory booker saying in a statement thatinal standard, they have a higher common ideals standard and saying that his constituents and the people he has to work with in the senate to get things done are shaken to their core, chris. >> thank you for that, lindsey. rocco, i was going to ask you about the pressure here because the senator has also reminded everyone that he was indicted before but the jury was hung, and the doj ultimately decided not to retry him. knowing that, i would think that the prosecution would make doubly sure they don't have any holes in this case. my question to you is going to be is there a lot more they have we don't know. now we have this reporting from our own ken dilanian and frank thorpe that he single handedly blocked passage of bipartisan legislation in 2020 that would have strengthened the law regulating foreign influence and lobbying in washington. i'll go back in that context to my -- what was going to be my original question to you. did they have even more than there is in this sweeping indi

changed his tune, posting "leaders in new jersey including the governor and my senate colleague cory booker have made it clear senator menendez can no longer serve." he step down. yesterday menendez reiterated that ain't happening. >> why aren't you resigning? >> i'm innocent. what's wrong with you guys? >> now, durbin indicated to reporters that it was actually menendez' long time friend and colleague cory booker coming out and asking him to resign, that actually pushed him over the edge. i believe we have some action here, somebody may be coming out, i don't want to miss that. but ultimately that's the latest from here, guys. >> sandra: so we do have a door opening and there is the senator exiting the federal courthouse in lower manhattan. bryan, i don't know if you have the shot, we have it live on the screen, he has departed. >> perfect. yeah, let's see -- >> sandra: it doesn't look like he's going to step up to the microphone. >> there he is. no, it does not. there goes his car with his wife. does not look like he's going to speak, sandra. >> sandra: thank you for that, bryan. keep tra

. >> the part about cory booker's statement is when he talked about how important public trust is in their ability to be effective as lawmakers, and that even if he is able to fight and win his case in court that public trust is already eroded. lindsey, we're also learning that now in addition to the bribery case, a separate fbi counterintelligence investigation is being conducted because of the connections to egypt and senator menendez's role on the foreign relations committee. what do we know about that investigation? >> right, ana, our colleagues, jonathan dienst and ken dilanian reporting that fbi officials want to know whether any egyptian intelligence officials and associates tried to get to senator menendez through his wife nadine. i apologize for the noise here as the siren comes behind me. but an attorney for hanna who was arraigned yesterday and pled not guilty denied that his client has any ties to egyptian intelligence. nadine's attorney declined to comment and we haven't gotten a response from menendez's office. that essentially means at this point we have three differen

i want to publicly thank cory booker and dick durbin on the committee for getting it done.ith their help i've appointed more black women appellate judges and any other president in the history of united states combined. more than everyone. with the largest increase in pell grants it over a decade helping students and families who nearly make less than 60000 bucks a year to afford college. it matters more than 70% of black undergraduates, borrowers are pell grant recipients it matters. our new student debt repayment plan is when help millions of borrowers including a significant number black students. when a black college graduates out after 25000 dollars more in student debt than white graduates. our plan is that black students and families cut their total lifetime payments per dollar and half, and half a. were going to get it done and keeping my promise no one should be in jail merely for the use of possession of marijuana, god almighty. those who are in jail are going to be released and their records are going to be expunged. folks, thanks to advocacy especially on past t

. >>> "politico" says new jersey democratic senator cory booker called for the state's other democratic senator, bob menendez, to resign. booker joined more than 20 other democratic senators saying menendez needs to step aside. it comes days after menendez was indicted for allegedly accepting bribes. he's denied any wrongdoing and says he will not resign. menendez is set to be arraigned today. >>> and the "san francisco chronicle" says the mayor's race is heating up with the addition of philanthropist daniel lurie. the 46-year-old heir to the levi strauss company declared his candidacy. he founded an anti-poverty organization tipping point and is taking on london breed. more than two dozen other candidates are running. it comes as san francisco struggles with a high crime rate and homelessness. >>> still to come, u.s. versions amazon. why the government is suing the online giant and amazon's reaction. is suing g amazon. chchoose betwewen a longer l life or qualility of lifefe? you dedeserve bothth. . an. d . a.a. m. a. z.z. o. n. '.'. s. . . . . reacacti. o.o. n. kikisqali is a a pill t

democratic caucus has called on the new jersey democrat to resign, including the state junior senator cory bookerleader chuck schumer reserved judgment. >> for senators, there is a much, much higher standard. and clearly, when you read the indictment, senator menendez fell way, way below that standard. >> reporter: senator menendez plans to address senate democrats at a lunch tomorrow at the capitol. meantime, he cannot speak with congressional staff or political advisers who have knowledge of the case. his next court hearing is set for monday. norah? >> nikole killion here in new york, thank you. >>> police near rochester, new york are investigating a deadly crash involving a bus carrying more than 20 high school students. police say the bus collided with a toyota, killing the driver. the bus caught fire, but everyone got out safely. look at these pictures. a student and an adult were taken to the hospital to be checked out. >>> tonight for the first time, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff general mark milley is responding to shocking comments posted online by donald trump. the former pr

and here in new jersey, fellow senator cory booker has not weighed in. nikole killion, thank you. >>> there were some terrifying moments today aboard a jetblue flight from ecuador to ft. lauderdale when it hit severe turbulence. the flight landed safely, but seven passengers and a crew member were sent to the hospital for evaluation and treatment. the plane was taken out of service for inspection. >>> turning now to the crisis at the border, tonight cbs news can report that more than 9,000 migrants were apprehended at the border just yesterday. the mayor of el paso says his city is reaching a breaking point with more than 2,000 migrants arriving per day. a dozen buses of migrants pulled into chicago over the weekend. america's third largest city is now spending $29 million to set up winterized tent camps for the migrants. >>> turning overseas, ukraine says it killed the commander of russia's black sea fleet in a missile strike last week. the attack targeted the russian navy's headquarters in crimea. the claim comes as president zelenskyy announced today

democratic caucus has called on the new jersey democrat to resign, including the state's junior senator, cory booker. majority leader chuck schumer reserved judgment. >> for senators there's a much higher standard, and clearly when you read the indictment, senator menendez fell way, way below that started. -- that standard. >> reporter: senator menendez plans to address senate democrats at a lunch thursday at the capitol. meantime, he cannot speak about -- with his congressional staff or political advisers who have knowledge of the case. his next court hearing is set for monday. nikole killion, cbs news, new york. >>> the house of representatives is debating four of the 12 appropriations bills needed to fund the government. it's likely their work will not be done in time to avoid a government shutdown. skyler henry has more from capitol hill. >> reporter: house speaker kevin mccarthy says he needs more time to pass the 12 spending bills needed to fund the government, so he's push for a short-term continuing resolution that would temporarily avoid a government shutdown. >> we will pass a continuing r

new jersey's other democratic senator, cory booker, is among those calling for menendez to step down. >> now to the case against amazon. is the trillion dollar online shopping behemoth a monopoly? the government says yes. and now amazon is fighting back. this morning, a groundbreaking lawsuit, the federal trade commission and 17 states are suing amazon, claiming the online retail giant has created a monopoly. they're claiming that amazon punishes vendors if they offer their products for a lower price on a competing website. >> they also are forcing or allegedly forcing these vendors to use their login sticks. they're warehousing, they're shipping. >> and the suit claims amazon deters rivals and punishes sellers from lowering prices on other sites by making them invisible in search results the $1.3 trillion company is accused of prioritizing search results for its own products and coercing sellers to use amazon's fulfillment service. nicholas parks is the president of snob foods.com and has been selling on amazon for 21 years. >> we have to more than double our prices in order to compe

fellow new jersey senator cory booker now among the more than 20 democratic senators saying menendezstep aside. menendez is back on capitol hill today but is set to appear in court tomorrow on three counts of federal bribery charges. this afternoon, menendez once again rejected calls to resign, claiming he is innocent. >>> now to president biden's historic trip to michigan to walk the picket line with united auto workers in their strike against detroit's big three automakers. cbs's robert costa reports the president stood in solidarity with union members and told them to stick with it on day 12 of the walkout. >> reporter: wearing a union ball cap and armed with a bullhorn, president biden told the striking united auto workers to keep fighting for higher wages. >> unions built the middle class. that's a fact. so let's keep going. you deserve what you've earned, and you've earned a hell of a lot more than you're getting paid now. >> reporter: for president biden, who exchanged fist bumps with the workers, the historic visit to the picket line was personal and political, underscoring a

fellow new jersey senator cory booker now among the more than 20 democratic senators saying menendez. menendez is back on capitol hill today but is set to appear in court tomorrow on three counts of federal bribery charges. this afternoon, menendez once again rejected calls to resign, claiming he is innocent. now to president biden's historic trip to michigan to walk the picket line with united auto workers in their strike against detroit's big three automakers. cbs's robert costa reports the president stood in solidarity with union members and told them to stick with it on day 12 of the walkout. >> reporter: wearing a union ball cap and armed with a bullhorn, president biden told a striking united auto workers to keep fighting for higher wages. >> unions built the middle class. that's a fact. so let's keep going. you deserve what you have earned, and you have earned a hell of a lot more than you are paid right now. >> reporter: president biden who exchanged fist bumps with workers. the historic visit to the picket line was personal and political. underscoring a long career back in l

cory booker is now calling for menendez to resign after menendez was indicted on federal corruption charges. an fbi raid of his home uncovering gold bars and nearly half a million in cash stashed in the senator's jacket. menendez said yesterday the cash was, for, quote, emergency spending. today, he once again said he was innocent. >>> now, to the abc news exclusive tonight. the special counsel investigation looking into president biden's alleged mishandling of classified documents. tonight, what sources are now telling abc news about the scope of this investigation, who has been interviewed, and this list is long. here's our chief justice correspondent pierre thomas with what our team has learned tonight. >> reporter: tonight, sources tell abc news the special counsel investigating president biden's alleged mishandling of classified documents has already interviewed as many as 100 witnesses, including secretary of state antony blinken. it's a first glimpse into the sprawling investigation, largely kept under wraps since the appointment of the special counsel way back in january. >> i'm her

democratic caucus has called on the new jersey democrat to resign, including the state's senator, cory cory bookerty leader chuck schumer reserve judgment. >> for senators, there is a much, much higher standard, and clearly, when you read the indictment, senator menendez fell way, way below that standard. >> reporter: senator menendez plans to address senate democrats at a lunch tomorrow at the capital. meantime, he cannot speak with congressional staff or political advisors, who had knowledge of the case. his next court hearing is set for monday. norah? >> norah: nikole killion here in new york, thank you. well tonight, army private travis king is back in u.s. custody 71 days after crossing into north korea. pyongyang deported him with help from swedish diplomats, who arranged his safe return via china, where u.s. officials met him before heading to a military base in south korea. cbs's elizabeth palmer has the new details from tokyo. >> reporter: tonight, private king is on his way home, in good spirits, according to one u.s. official, and looking forward to seeing his family. king has already s

white house stopped close of calling for his resignation coming in here in new jersey, senator cory bookerorah: nikole killion, thank you. some terrifying moments of board a jetblue flight from ecuador to fort lauderdale when it hit severe turbulence. it landed safely, but seven passengers and a crew member were sent to the hospital for evaluation and treatment. the plane was taken out of service for inspection. now to some lingering weather problems caused by the remnants of tropical storm ophelia. the storm lashley east coast over the weekend with strong winds and up to 10 inches of rain from north carolina to the jersey shore. while the worst is behind us, states up and down the coast are in store for more stormy weather. so for all of that late spring and meteorologist alex wilson form our partners at the weather channel. good evening, alex. >> reporter: norah, it's going to be a tough week on the east coast as conditions remain unsettled, particularly at those areas along the beaches. we have the remnant circulation of ophelia, keeping rain showers stronger and high to the north. that