he can be kicked out by the governor, kathy hochul, the democratic governor.he mechanism is, even kind of getting kathy hochul to kick him out. it's never been done before. so that's a complicated process. but it's going to put the spotlight on the democrats generally. it's going to put the spotlight particularly on kathy hochul. how does she deal with this? if this indictment, which most of the lawyers that i'm hearing at the moment are saying, "listen, the new york city prosecutors would not have come up with this detailed an indictment unless they were pretty sure of what they had," if kathy hochul allows him to stay on as mayor of new york while he's fighting these charges, what does that mean for those three really competitive districts that democrats want to get back from republicans? and they were lost, many people thought, because voters around new york city were fed up with kathy hochul. they didn't like the democratic leadership. influx of immigrants that have come up. they didn't like prices and... congestion pricing. there's a lot of things they do

so what sort of pressure will kathy hochul be facing on that?very very good question, you know, she's kind of dammed if she does, and dammed if she doesn't. either way, new york city and the democrats are going to look absolutely terrible, right? if she tries to cut them loose, there's not a lot of time to resurrect the democrats' reputation. it doesn't stop with kathy hochul, right? there's chuck schumer, right? there's president biden, right? the democrats, that they feel that eric adams is going to jeopardize the democrats' standing in any way, then they are going to step in. but like i said, it's, you know, racism minefield, so this is an excruciatingly difficult question for all of them. >> this is a story about a new york city mayor. it's highly local, as we have been talking about, it's got some real national significance, especially as we are, i think, 41 days until a presidential election where the margins are just so tight. andrew, tom, lisa, and basil, guys, thank you. again, i could keep talking about this. it's my favorite story of

new york governor kathy hochul expressing outrage tonight, calling it a betrayal of trust. abc's senior investigative correspondent aaron katersky leading us off tonight. >> reporter: tonight, a former aide to two new york governors has been arrested and charged with spying for china. authorities searching the long island home of linda sun and her husband, chris hu. federal prosecutors say the couple received millions in kickbacks from china and “laundered the monetary proceeds” to buy the mansion in “manhasset, new york, for $3.5 million, a condominium in honolulu, hawaii, for nearly $2 million, and various luxury automobiles, including a ferrari." sun worked for former governor andrew cuomo and his successor governor kathy hochul for more than a decade, and "never disclosed any benefits she received." instead, prosecutors say she "acted as an undisclosed agent" of china, allegedly "blocking representatives of the taiwanese government from having access to the new york state governor's office" and changing the governor's "messaging regarding issues of importance" to the ch

in 2021, she became kathy hochul's chief of staff.her husband served as double agents for ccp, charged with violating, visa fraud, alien smuggling and money you laundering. it shocked kathy hochul. >> it was betrayal of trust, trust of government and people and the second we discovered some levels of misconduct, we fired her and alerted the authorities and we're here today. >> griff: sun's attorney says she is innocent, she and her husband are back in court on september 25. lawrence. >> lawrence: unbelievable this happened. thanks. carley, you got headlines. >> carley: venezuelan president maduro trying to use christmas cheer as he faces backlash following july's election. moving christmas to october 1 to disracket the american people. he does not have to worry if he's on santa's naughty list, not checking it twice. and tourists visit rome to throw a coin into this icon ic fountain. >> make a wish. >> in rome with my best friend, i'm good. you make one. >> okay. okay. ♪ ♪ >> carley: here is the question, how much money is thrown into

agent. >> kathy hochul said that she requested expulsion of china consul general. >> the consul general reached the end of regular scheduled rotation and rotated out of position. >> carley: kathy hochul former deputy of staff violented with foreign agent and money laundering conspiracy, that is quite the list. a california mayor says he was sucker punched by a homeless career criminal in an unprovoked attack in the middle of a sidewalk. >> todd: we talk about lawlessness, this mayor says it started with former attorney general kamala harris. if that name sounds familiar, she's running for president. that mayor is here to explain next. . . ) hina: ichi, ni, san, shi... (1,2,3,4 . . ) akari: ichi, ni, san, shi... (1,2,3,4 . . ) others: ichi, ni, san, shi... (1,2,3,4 . . ) others: ichi, ni, san, shi... (1,2,3,4 . . ) (♪) (♪) you were made to chase your passions. we were made to put them in a package. clogged gutters can cause big problems fast. until now. call 833-leaffilter today for your free gutter inspection. i've had terrible flooding problems on my porch. now i understand why. right

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. >>> in new york, a former aide to governor kathy hochul is charged with being a secret agent for the chinese government. how prosecutors say she and her husband used her position to gain millions. >>> donald trump and kamala harris continue to rally their bases in key swing states. with both setting their sights on pennsylvania, where the philadelphia eagles and the harris campaign are denouncing fake ads, falsicely claiming th team endorsed the democratic candidate. >>> millions of americans losing their medicated coverage, often due to clerical errors and red tape. where advocates say the problem is especially bad. >>> and four years after missing out on gold, an american paralympian finds redemption. his incredible comeback on this wednesday, september 4th. "early today" starts right now. >>> good morning, glad you're with me. i'm frances rivera. the justice department has charged six senior leaders of hamas with terrorism for their role in the october 7th attack on israel. chief among them is the group's leader in gaza. yahya sinwar. he is largely regarded as the main architect o

. >> john: fox news alert, the former deputy chief chief of staff to new york governor kathy hochul is due in court at this hour. linda son is charged with acting as an agent for the chinese government that enriched the defendant's family to the tune of millions of dollars, according to an indictment unsealed today. >> gillian: he asked. she and her husband arrested at their long island on this morning, prosecutors now say they bought it with laundered money. they are expected in court any minute now and we will stay on top of any updates from the courtroom and bring all the details in a speech will report just a little bit later. but first, we take you to another fox news alert. >> john: moments from now the white house will brief reporters to the very first time in more than two weeks at the administration ups the ante on israel to move forward with a deal with hamas after the grim discovery of six hostages executed in gaza. and right now, live pictures out of tel aviv showing protesters and families of the remaining hostages pleading for a deal. the state department saying this, las

the fbi has arrested fbi kathy hochul former chief of staff.da and her husband are accused of acting as foreign agents for china in exchange for financial benefits worth millions of dollars. correspondent nate sphoi following this story from new york. good evening, nate. >> good evening, bret. new york governor kathy hochul tonight says she is shocked and outraged after her former aid linda sun pleaded not guilty to acting as a foreign agent for the chinese communist party. sunni and her husband are accused of accepting and laundering millions of dollars in pay backs from chinese government officials. take a look at this new video of them leaving court tonight. sun is charged with violating the foreign agents registration act. she is also charged with visa fraud and alien smuggling. prosecutors say she provided unauthorized and fraudulent invitation letters to chinese officials so they could visit the united states. >> it is obviously very disturbing that this person was in the top administration. not just the governor's office but serving in t

if he doesn't go willingly, will governor kathy hochul remove him herself? >>> hurricane helene is about to make landfall, now being called unsurvivable. we're live with the impact. >>> and right now, he, this man right here, owes half a billion dollars to the state of new york, but could donald trump's lawyers get the whole judgment thrown out? we'll take you inside the courtroom to hear what they're trying to argue right now. let's begin, though, here in new york city with the historic federal corruption case against the city's sitting mayor, eric adams in the 57-page indictment. prosecutors have charged adams with five counts of conspiracy, bribery, fraud, and illegal campaign contributions. they argue he ran a criminal scheme dating back ten years, where he accepted cash, lavish travel, expensive meals, and stays at five-star hotels from foreign nationals, including at least one turkish government official. here is u.s. attorney for the southern district of new york, damon williams. >> public office is a privilege. we allege that mayor adams abused that

what sort of pressure might force kathy hochul to remove him?released a statement last night that was pretty interesting. she said that he should make the right decision for the people of new york city, and she could force him out, and he could also face pressure from behind the scenes. from hakeem jeffries and other democrats, several congress people have called on him to resign. and he's facing a lot of local pressure, but the mayor has been adamant he's not going to vine, and one reason he might want a speedy trial, he's facing reelection next year, and the primary is june. his team is hoping to get this out of the way and for the mayor to be exonerated before that primary, when he's trying to get a second term. >> why might hakeem jeffries want to pressure the governor to get him to remove mayor adams? >> al sharpton said yesterday that he was frustrated that the mayor had criticized the white house and said that perhaps this prosecution was in response to the mayor's criticism of the white house over the migrant crisis. we received 200,000

amna: new york governor kathy hochul, thank you for joining us. on behalf of me and everyone in the room, thank you for your time. ♪ >> please welcome this morning's final speaker, sam levine. >> thank you, sam. as the regulator in the house you get to have the last word. i wanted you to talk about the federal trade commission's role in how the agency has been approaching social media, especially with the current administration. the agency has been pretty aggressive on that front. recently in december the $275 million penalty for epic games, the maker of fortnite, because of some violations the agency found in regard to the children privacy act. your agency's referral to the justice department on tiktok regarding violations on those fronts also resulted in the justice department's recent lawsuit against that platform. explain the ftc's approach to this, especially when it comes to protecting kids online, teenagers, and the remit that the agency has. obviously it's powers are limited, but it seems like you are using what you do have pretty prolific

does he get pushed out by the governor, kathy hochul what happens now? because the pressure is mounting. yeah. well, right now, i think the question of who's running new york city is a legitimate one and for eric adams, i mean, if you've been following this, i don't think anyone is surprised that it it's come to this point and he's been very arrogant throughout all of this, knowing that these things have been swirling around, right? self pride comes before a fall. and i think this is a perfect example of that in politics with eric adams. and it is a shame because he doesn't have a great american story as gretchen mentioned, of coming, overcoming his childhood and to become the mayor of the greatest city in the world in my opinion and but you can't do this with corruption. and the southern district of new york would not have made a move like this unless they were pretty rock solid on the evidence that they had. and once your phones are seized by the feds, that's never a good sign. and so we all know that that had happened. and the fact that it's coming fr

go to: guthealthsecret.com maria: welcome back former top aide deputy chief of staffing to kathy hochulrged as acting agent of the chinese government 41-year-old linda sun accused of using high rank to serve china communist party, in exchange for millions of dollars gifts her husband also arrested joining me florida senator rick scott ask member of homeland security armed services budget committee good to see you. thanks very much another situation china communist party able to get inside the gates of government this time in new york apparently she was able to stop any taiwanese officials from meeting new york shl officials able to send out invitation to say leaders in beijing to come to new york, see that obviously, was a -- a high-ranking official in the governor's office deputy chief of staff. your reaction. >> well, the party was communist china, iran -- a dictator problem they're okay with appeasement of xi in china communist party wants to destroy your way of life think about what china is doing fentanyl across the borders to kill over 70,000 americans a year, everything about eco

how does kathy hochul not see this?erve americans and not xi jinping. kathy hochul employed alleged foreign agent of the chinese regime, but the indictment doesn't accuse hochul of anything. it basically excuses her and she had to overlook many signs that seeing she was port of the beijing operation in new york and for instance jimmy quinn report that had hochul had a cozy relationship herself with the chinese consulate general and in contact with the business group that represents chinese state owned firms and the u.s. government actually blacklisted her ties to the liberation army and hochul herself waved a chinese flag at lunar new year and the organization and hochul to elise stefanik's proposal and should be investigated and not just this agent soon because hochul oversaw this scandal. liz: what did you think of all this, carol? america house oversight probing harris' run mate tim walz over dozens of trips to china and we have house education virginia foxx subpoenaing governor tim walz and his state education commi

new york governor cath reigns leading hoche -- kathy hochul signed a new law demanding that retailers like wal-mart and target install panic buttons in all new york state locations. no state has done this in the nation and no one is doing this. why do we need panic buttons when we have 911? how are panic buttons going to stop crime? >> yeah, all kathy hochul needs to do is repeal the bail law and allow for criminals to be released over and over and over again on the streets and your city should be doing is appeal ago sanctuary policy that will allow the nypd to once again cooperate with ice to deport criminals. it's that cement million. we are seeing this crime surge in new york city. why? because of policies coming from the democrats at the city, the state, and the federal level. it's as simple as that. if people don't like it, they need to reject the democrats on the ballot this november. so it's really that clear. liz: new york city alone, 41,000 complaints of retail theft this is year and that's like 112 complaints a day and stores like target had to shut locations. are you gettin

how governor kathy hochul is responding to the new pressure. it is there today. >> dana: a fumble in miami. their star player was in handcuffs. >> writing a ticket? i'm a normal person. if i did something, write me a ticket. do whatever you have to do. but i'm just saying don't be disrespectful. veteran homeowners, car payments are getting out of control. get a newday 100 va cash out loan at lower mortgage rates to pay off those high rate car loans. - bye, bye cough. - later chest congestion. hello 12 hours of relief. 12 hours!! not coughing? hashtag still not coughing?! mucinex dm gives you 12 hours of relief from chest congestion and any type of cough, day or night. mucinex dm. it's comeback season. (tony hawk) skating for over 45 years has taken a toll on my body. i take qunol turmeric because it helps with healthy joints and inflammation support. why qunol? it has superior absorption compared to regular turmeric. qunol. the brand i trust. ♪ i wanna hold you forever ♪ hey little bear bear. ♪ ♪ ♪ i'm gonna love you forever ♪ ♪ ♪ c'mon, bear.

we're also waiting on the governor of new york, kathy hochul who will address the looming port striked we'll monitor that and bring you headlines as they come in. now this. i'll queue it again. now this. [laughter] we've got these. the port strike is due to start tomorrow. president biden says he will not intervene. you will be hearing reports from shortages of maybe fruit and vegetables and gift items for the holiday season. this strike, if it goes on for days or even weeks, is going to be costly. four to $5 billion a day, according to wall street. come on, now, let's dig deeper into this. the strike is about union power, when a very pro-union president is in the white house. biden walked the picket line with the auto workers when they went on strike. they won big. the dock workers are hoping for biden's support too and they are getting it, because biden will not intervene. there's political risk for the president here. he came into office promising supply chain reform with the port strike. that goes out the window. look deeper still, and you'll see that automation is a key issue. th

scarlet: you mentioned the governor, kathy hochul, has she said anything? myles: she is exploring her options and wants to give the mayor the opportunity to make this decision. if you know anything about eric adams, there is no quit in him. he works all day and all night so he will continue. scarlet: myles miller, thank you so much. he is bloomberg's managing editor for the americas. coming up on "bloomberg markets ," chinese stocks soaring. we will break it down for you, next spirit this is bloomberg. ♪ scarlet: this is "bloomberg markets." i am scarlet fu. time for the stock of the hour -- really the stock of the week -- it is fxi. it is up 18% this week. it rolled out a wide range of stimulus measures. joining us is our bloomberg news editor who writes about china in a saturday newsletter. this week long release of china's stimulus measures has been a long time coming. i recall people talking about this for months. does this package deliver the goods? chris: it certainly promises to deliver the goods. we are shifting toward a "show me the money" type of

kathy hochul saying she asked for wayne paying to be expelled following linda's son's arrest and no longerof the scheduled rotation at the end of august but the chinese consulate is claiming he is performing his duties as usual, now linda sun is accused of using her position to push beijing's agenda new york she blocked taiwan representatives from getting meetings with new york officials eliminated references to taiwan and uighurs from state to mitigation and sent on authorized letters and by the chinese officials for a u.s. visit allowing beijing to obtain visas for millions of dollars and gifts that went to her and her husband which is to the left of your screen. let's bring in hudson institute senior fellow alice organization factor and author of the decisive decade, jonathan dt ward, the big question right n now, what are the chinese operatives are here that are still undetected because this woman worked in government for years and was only quote unquote discovered investigated and fired last year. >> as the chinese consulate said the consulate was conducting business as usual so that

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the fbi arresting a former top aide to new york gofr your kathy hochul this morning. reporter: that's right. the department of justice has charged the former deputy chief of staff to kathy hochul and her husband with being unregistered agents of the chinese communist party. fbi officers arrested linda sun and her husband at their $3.5 . undisclosed agent on behalf of the people's republic of china and the china communist party at the time as a new york state official and her husband facilitated the transfer of millions of dollars in kickbacks for personal gain. the department of justice alleges that sun wielded her position of influence to promote communist party agendas, among her alleged actions here are blocking access of taiwanese representatives to new york state officials, changing new york state officer's messaging about chinese issues. arranging meeting for visiting chinese delegations and in exchange, sun received economic benefits representatives of the chinese government including facilitation of millions of dollars in transactions for the chinese business

and so we, under the leadership of governor kathy hochul, in partnership with senator kirsten gillibrand, feel as though we are prepared to do what is necessary to make our best possible case to voters in all of the contested congressional elections in new york. governor hochul should be commended for leading a significant effort to strengthen the new york state democratic party and in partnership with senator gillibrand, who has done an incredible job, stand up a coordinated campaign for the first time in modern new york history that rivals anything that we have seen in battleground states across the country. thank you. i will go back to this one. you got it. >> as people go home to campaign in a few weeks, what is your message to democrats about what your legislative agenda would be? >> house democrats will continue to put people over politics and to fight for lower costs to grow the middle-class and to defend freedom, including a woman's freedom to make her own reproductive health care decisions. we need to take decisive action in the new congress, partnering with enlightened leadersh

bill melugin. >> dana: eight former top aide to new york governor kathy hochul is accused of secretlyrating as an agent for china. her name is linda sun. she's also charged with visa fraud, alien smuggling, and money laundering conspiracy. former senior advisor to secretary of state mike pompeo, mary kissel, joins me now. this is from the u.s. attorney saying that, as alleged, while appearing to serve the new york state executive chamber, the defendant and her husband actually worked to further the interests of the chinese government and the ccp. the illicit scheme enriched the defendant's family to the tune of millions of dollars. i just want to get this in here, hochul spokesperson said the individual was hired more than a decade ago and they terminated her employment in march of 2023 after discovering evidence of misconduct. we immediately reported our actions to law enforcement and have assisted law enforcement drought this process. so it sounds to me they are trying to signal that they were helping catch this spy right in their midst. mary? >> dana, this is clearly an outrageous

new details in the case against linda sun, the former chief of staff to new york governor kathy hochulw charged as an acting agent of the chinese communist party. governor hochul responded yesterday. watch. >> i'm sorry i'm late. is was just on the phone at the request of secretary blinken, speaking with a high ranking state department official and i conveyed my at the desire to have the counsel general from the people's republic of china and the new york mission expelled and i've been informed that the counsel generals is no longer in the new york mission. i also requested the state department to take appropriate action in response to the dangerous and outrageous actions taken by the people's republic of china. maria: the state department says hochul played no role in china's new york envoy being removed from his post. >> the governor of new york, kathy hochul, said that she requested the expulsion of china's counsel general. the counsel general was not expelled. our understanding is that the counsel general reached the end of a regular scheduled rotation in august, so rotated out of

we now learn a former top aide, the deputy chief of staff to new york governor kathy hochul in andrewt to the chinese government. 41-year-old linda son accused of using her high rank to serve the chinese comet's party in exchange for millions of dollars of gifts her husband was also arrested to worked in state government for 15 years to block taiwanese leaders from accessing the governor provided unauthorized invitation to chinese leaders for travel to the u.s. and sought to state the states messaging on china local spokesperson given this statement to fox. she was hired by the executive chamber more than a decade ago we terminated her implement merger 2023 after discovering evidence of misconduct. we reported her actions to law enforcement and assisted law enforcement throughout the process as the house could vote on china related bills on the upcoming china week. i'm going to get to the china week in a second i would like to know why the chinese communist party is so effective at getting inside the gates of america and so effective at getting close to leading democrats look eric swa

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>>> plus, a stunning new indictment accuses a former top aide to new york governor kathy hochul of secretly working for the chinese government. authorities say the alleged scheme was designed to promote china's communist agenda in exchange for millions of dollars in kickbacks. the latest on the charges and the arraignment coming up. >>> we start with new eruptions of unrest and violence in israel and ukraine on the first day of the final push toward november. adding a complex new dimension to a presidential election that so far has been mostly focused on domestic concerns. in israel, dozens of protests are being held for a third straight day as thousands vent their grief. look at the size of this crowd. they are frustrated over the deaths of six hostages killed by hamas over the weekend. much of that anger, though, focused on prime minister netanyahu who many blame for blocking a cease-fire that may have saved their lives. when asked if netanyahu was doing enough to bring the hostages home, president biden said bluntly, no. there are also other major developments overseas this hour. horrifi

. >> john: new york city council members urging kathy hochul to waive sanctuary city holes that are puttingcity at risk. will she put new york residents first? leo terrell is on deck to react to that. >> sandra: plus a manhunt is underway for a suspect accused of opening fire on a kentucky interstate. do authorities have any new leads? this is the easiest, non-toxic swap you'll ever make. lumineux toothpaste was made by dentists designed to break up plaque and remove any toxins in the mouth, so it'll deep clean your teeth and whiten your teeth without any sensitivity. find lumineux toothpaste at a walmart and target. >> john: the anticipated trial of the perpetrator accused of murdering for university of idaho students will be moved to a new venue. bryan kohberger's team motioned to remove the child last month saying potential jurors would have a bias to the case. the judge called it the most difficult decision of his career and it is not yet known where that trial will be moved to. >> sandra: the white house briefing set to be underway at any now as vice president, harris prepares for her

new york governor kathy hochul says she's monitoring the situation.the power to remove adams from office. the adams administration has seen a swirl of investigations, subpoenas and resignations in the past year. the police chief, head of the city's school system and the mayor's legal counsel have all left. last november, fbi agents searched the home of one of adams' fund-raisers. adams himself had his cell phone and ipad seized at that time before being subpoenaed this past summer. as the headlines hit newsstands across the city, new yorkers took it in stride. >> it's a lot of cronyism. i really do hope that the city gets better and we identify a proper, suitable and well-fit candidate to run for our mayorship. geoff: and we're joined now by wnyc reporter brigid bergin. she's been following the story very closely. brigid, it's great to have you here. so, federal prosecutors alleged that, over nearly a decade, dating back to when eric adams served as brooklyn borough president, that he accepted improper gifts. to what end, allegedly? brigid bergin, wny

. >>> and now to a stunning arrest in new york state, a former top aide to new york governor kathy hochulkbacks. linda sun is out on bail after pleading not guilty in federal court yesterday. nbc's stephanie gosk has the latest in this one. stephanie? >> i became president and then the second time -- >> we're having some issues with stephanie's shot there. we'll try to get her back. >>> up next on "ana cabrera reports," new polling on the gen z vote. could they make or break the election margin in key battleground states? >>> plus, what issues matter most to them. stay with us. >> i wear it as a badge of honor to be in a state and also be organizing and mobilizing in a state that is such a battleground. it's transforming. but even after all these years, restoration is still possible. learn how at tedhelp.com. (man) what's my next step? ugh. (girl) dad. (vo) trade in any phone, in any condition for the new google pixel 9 with gemini. (man) give me a recipe with these ingredients. (girl) let's do that one. (vo) only on verizon. >>> welcome back. now, here is that report we mentioned just be

ran for lieutenant governor against kathy hochul. while campaigning said i was first elected to publicly support occupy wall street. i believe most democrats believe if democratic socialism. i am a democratic socialist and what most people want and said we have trump in the white house because bigots and naziss spouse their convictions and the democratic party didn't have the courage to do the same. he considers maga republicans bigots and nazis and thinks the democratic party is too far to the right. >> harris: to explain why he would be in the pecking order. he is not the deputy mayor. he is the public advocate. so we are talking about what would be next in all of this if adams were removed by the governor. i have been told by my team and thank you, it's germane williams. >> first of all. it is very hard for mayor adams to continue to do his job and fight this. he is an executive. the job of being mayor of new york is huge and you have to have 100% of your attention on it. if you can't do that you can't do the job. new york would t

and he says he has no plans to resign, but the decision may be out of his hands york governor kathy hochul may take the decision for him we got details from cnn's gloria pazmino the mayor kept a pretty low profile here in new york city on saturday, he went to church when he was entering church he was asked whether or not he would resign. >> the mayor did not answer the question. what we know from his comments in the past few days that he has no intention of stepping down and that he is going to fight these charges, at least he has said that he has every intention to do so. and we got a chance to listen and learn a little bit about what the defense in this case might look like. the mayor was arraigned on friday. he declared himself not guilty and his lawyer spoke to reporter outside of the federal courthouse saying that the gifts and luxury travel and the airline upgrades that are outlined in the indictment were nothing more than that, just gives and free upgrades. he said that the political donations that the mayor received were secured by staffers who did not tell the mayor that they were

she served as at one point as the deputy chief of staff to governor kathy hochul. she was also an aid to hochul's predecessor, andrew cuomo. but according to the u.s. attorney, sons real focus, they allege was to try and steer policy and a beijing friendly direction. now, both she and her husband pleading not guilty to multiple charges cnn's gloria pazmino has more on this tracking. what's coming out and what is a shocking set of events. and in this diamond, what more are you learning? >> yeah, again, i think the obvious question is when you hear chinese policy and you're thinking about the new york state government. you're wondering how those all go together? hi what the federal prosecutors are alleging that in her position than the sun used her influence and her job in order to steer the taiwanese community here in new york away from the new york governor at the request of the chinese government and the communist party. and she did that according to the prosecutors, because the chinese government was directing hard to do so in order to do this, she received a sev

the new york governor kathy hochul says she is monitoring the situation.e the power to remove adams from office. the adams administration has seen a swirl of investigations, subpoenas and resignations in the past year. the police chief, the head of the city school system and the mayor's legal counsel have all left. last november, fbi agents search the home of one of adams fundraisers -- adams himself had his cell phone an ipad seized before being subpoenaed this past summer. as the headlines hit newsstands across the city, new yorkers took it in strike. >> it is a lot of cronyism. i really do hope that the city gets better and we identify a proper and suitable and a well fit candidate to run for the mayor. >> we're joined by wnyc reporter bridget bergen following this story. great to have you here. federal prosecutors allege that over nearly a decade, dating back to when eric adam served as the brooklyn borough president, he accepted improper gifts. to what end allegedly? >> in the indictment and is kind of astounding. we are talking about plane tickets, o

governor kathy hochul, former deputy chief of staff who was arrested for allegedly o acting on behalf of the chinese the y 2020 clip of linda has resurfaced where she explains the importance of diversity, equity and inclusion. >> roll it, igor. nd when people say diversity and inclusion, i think everybody agrees or mosta people generally agree, go, right.a good thing but i think right now we also need to bring in the wordan equity. right? diversity is when you say that there is many different types of people with different backgrounds, they're all invited to the table. inclusion is when we includet ei all of the ideas. but equity is one way to makety sure that all the people who are at the table have equal access to making surean that their ideas and their thoughts are heardre heard. et >> all right. so let me get this straight and a age in the chinese communist party is lecturingpa us about diversity, equity and inclusiod equityn. >> and just take a look at the diversity in the ccp. >> it's all old chinese guys, just like my internet search history. >> since then, linda been charged

"the new york times" reports a former aide to new york governor kathy hochul and former governor andrew was charged with taking millions of dollars and other gifts in exchange for acting as an illegal foreign agent for the chinese government. linda sun and her husband were arrested yesterday at their $4 million home on long island. federal prosecutors say among the things sun blocked representatives of the taiwanese government from having access to high-level officials in new york. sun and her husband pleaded not guilty. >>> the "chicago tribune" says a 30-year-old man was charged with murder after four people were shot to death on a chicago area transit train. officials say three men and one womanwere shot at close range while they were sleeping on a train early monday morning. the suspect fled and was arrested later on another train. authorities say the victims likely did not see the shooter. there's no word on a motive. >>> and "the san francisco chronicle" says a 17-year-old suspect was charged with attempted murder, attempted robbery, and other crimes in the shooting of 49ers rooki

but kathy hochul had just become the governor six or so months or a little sooner than that but insidef a year basically. she was put in a tough situation, ran through the finish line and she's been a great partner for us in rebuilding the state democratic party. we flipped the seat earlier this year, a tough seat, took a number from 5 to 4 one step closer than winning back control. we've got others seats in new york we have to win and i believe we will put the work in with governor hochul and kiersten jell-o brand who has been a great --gillibrand. new york will do what we need to do to make sure on november 5th we take back the house. >> let me ask one thing about that. stipulating that the far right of the republican party causes more problems for mike johnson in the far left than for you, you are a moderate disposition politically, how much of a threat to democratic recapturing of the house, how much of a threat is the left wing of your party right now? >> we've been proud of the fact that in the 118th congress, and in the house democratic caucus, and the blue dogs, the congression

a former top aide to governor kathy hochul arrested at their $4 million home accused of acting as a foreign agent for china while working for the governor. stephanie gosk has the details on this morning. >> good morning. linda sun worked in new york state government for more than ten years, rising to high-level positions under andrew cuomo and kathy hochul's offices. she was operating illegal as an agent for the chinese government and making millions in kickbacks. linda sun and her husband chris yu walked out of federal court on tuesday released on bail. sun pled not guilty to taking millions in payments and gifts from chinese officials in exchange for influencing the highest levels of new york state government for years. her husband pleading not guilty to money laundering. governor kathy hochul's office said she was hired decades ago and fired in march of last year amid allegations of misconduct. >> i'm furious, and i'm outraged and absolutely shocked. the second we discovered some levels of misconduct, we fired her. we alerted the authorities. >> reporter: in a 65-page indictment, prosecu

one kind of foil to keep an eye i on here is what governor kathy hochul is going to do. her polling is not great. she's trying to basically you know rally her support within the state and she has this interesting power within new york government that she could. it's not really been tested, but she could remove him from office. she is definitely leaving that option open then based on the statement that she released last night, but basically said in that same statement, eric adams needs to do some thinking about what's best for the city of new york all right. >> kevin, for our process morning. kevin. so grateful to have you. thank you so much for being here on a friday. >> alright. so to come here on cnn this morning, tensions in the middle east boiling over and the possibility of a ceasefire between israel and hamas hezbollah becoming more unlikely this morning. >> plus, we're continuing to track now tropical storm helene bringing heavy rain and flooding to the southeast were going to get on the ground reports from all those areas is that have been directly hit overnight

we know that he does not plan on stepping down, but governor kathy hochul is the only person who hasor had told us that she was looking at the legal language just to make sure that she was keeping her options open this weekend. we're also hearing from the reverend al sharpton. he called on hochul not to use that power saying that the mayor deserves the right to due process and that there is no political precedent here in the city for removing a sitting mayor. that of course will be what? it'd be a very politically fraught choice for governor hochul to make. so we will see just how this plays out over the next several days of course, in the meantime, the mayor has to get back to the work of running the city in the question is whether or not he's going to be able to do that successfully while he also defended himself from these very serious charges our thanks to gloria pazmino there for that report dragon spacecraft successfully launched from florida's cape canaveral saturday, a two-man team is now on the way to bring two nasa astronauts home from the international space station. >> no

current governor kathy hochul says she's furious and outraged at what she calls brazen behavior by herormer deputy chief of staff, linda sun. some was arrested tuesday and charged include include with charges including violating the foreign agents restriction act, visa fraud, alien smuggling, and money laundering conspiracy. cnn's gloria pazmino has more now on this from new york well what prosecutors are alleging essentially amounts to the successful infiltration by a chinese government agents to the highest level walz of new york state government for more than ten years. >> earlier on tuesday, presser, federal prosecutors charged a linda sun and her husband chris hu lynda is a former aide to governor kathy hochul, and she also worked for former governor andrew cuomo as well as other state agents can she's now a federal officials say that linda and her husband enrich themselves and received a series of payoffs in exchange for actions that ultimately the benefited the chinese government and the communist party. specifically, they say that they laundered money, received tickets to speci

. >>> now to a former aide to new york goefvernor kathy hochul wh was arrested on charges of acting as a secret agent of the chinese government. prosecutors say linda sun used her position to act on behalf of chinese officials. in exchange they say she got millions of dollars. her husband was also arrested in the scheme, accused of money laundering. the fbi says the pair used the money to buy luxury homes on long island and hawaii. both pleaded not guilty in federal court. sun's attorney says the case is a result of the prosecutors being overly aggressive. >>> new this morning, a federal judge has denied donald trump's second request to move his new york hush money case to federal court. the judge essentially saying the former president did not have a good enough reason to justify the move. the defense wanted to transfer the case with hopes of eventually overturning the conviction, using the supreme court's recent immunity ruling to do so. mr. trump's attorneys filed a notice of appeal late last night. >>> let's get an update now on the race for the white house. both campaigns continue

. >>> a former top aide to new york governor kathy hochul was arrested today on charges of acting as a secret agent of the chinese government. chief justice contributor jonathan dienst is following this. john, according to prosecutors, how did this work? >> prosecutors say linda sun betrayed her official office by instead acting on requests of chinese communist government officials. sun is charged with acting as an unregistered foreign agent. her husband is also arrested today. he is accused of laundering millions of dollars from china into the u.s. the couple pleaded not guilty in federal court. argument the indictment, the scheme went on for years. in return, sun and her husband were allegedly given business opportunities in china and luxury gifts. the fbi says the pair used that money to buy a $4 million home on long island and a $2 million condo in hawaii. governor hochul's office says sun was fired last year after evidence of misconduct was discovered, lester. >> all right, jonathan dienst, thank you. >>> just nine weeks now until election day with both the harris and trump camp

first of all, look at what happened in kathy hochul he's office, look at the murder-for-hire plot thatran. look at the russian disinformation, that doesn't tart this year. this has been going on for years. russia, china and iran and north korea, they have spent years on the cheapest form of warfare, which is how to divide americans and cause chaos. they have done that. when i was running my presidential campaign, the fbi had a separate hearing with me to let me know that iran was meddling in our -- influencing the election through -- with our campaign. >> to hurt you or to help you. >> to hurt me. the murder-for-hire plot named me. that is by iran. this is been going for a long time. and americans need to wake up. don't just look at russia. just don't just look at china or iran. when you look at social media, i bet you a larger percentage of those are former engagements and when i was in taiwan, they could look at facebook, any time taiwan put something out, it was suppressed. anything china put out it was played up. why is this? our social media companies owe americans from a national

but kathy hochul had just begun governor about six or so months maybe a little sooner but inside of asically. and so you know, she was put into a tough situation. she ran through the finish line she did win that was necessary. and she's been a great partser in for us in rebuilding the state democratic party. we flipped the seat earlier this year in new york it was a tough seat but tom took number from five to four one step closer to winning back control. and we've got other seats in new york that we have to win. and i believe that we'll continue to put the work in with governor hochul and keir stand gillibrand a great partner in terms of rebuilding state democratic party. i'm confident new york is going to do what we need to do to make sure that november fifth we take back the house. [applause] >> question about one thing about that. stipulating that the far right of the republican party causes more problems for mike johnson than far left of the party causes for you -- you are a moderate dispositionly and politically -- how much of a threat to democratic recapturing of the house how m