linda sun and her husband pleaded not guilty at a court in brooklyn. f of staff and continued to work in state government until she was fired last year for alleged misconduct. let's speak to carl nasman now who's in our bureau in washington dc. quite extraordinary when you look at the details of this case. , ., , , ., case. tell us more? this is a re case. tell us more? this is a pretty wild — case. tell us more? this is a pretty wild story. _ case. tell us more? this is a pretty wild story, linda - case. tell us more? this is a pretty wild story, linda sun | pretty wild story, linda sun accused of being a chinese spy and operating within the state government of new york, she is facing ten criminal counts including visa fraud, including money—laundering, prosecutors say a lot of her alleged activity when the state government relates to taiwan. they say she was changing documents, changing speeches to eliminate references to taiwan, in terms of what the governor was actually saying, she allegedly cancelled meetings between the then president of taiwan an

linda sun was let down by the fact that she did not allow taiwanese politicians and diplomats to meetyork leaders, for which the official was complained about. as a result, the truth was allegedly revealed. now, american media claim that in addition to helping in she was involved in smuggling, illegal migration and laundering of bribes and kickbacks in china, the bill is in the millions of dollars, her husband helped her with all this, a real chinese mafia, not intelligence, but how realistic is it to pull this off? why do the americans so openly demonstrate such a scandal? first of all, what is happening is the us reaction to real social problems, an attempt at a radical restructuring of society by a democratic administration is causing... a very serious crisis, new values ​​that are being imposed on the americans, many do not share, this causes fear of hidden internal resistance. the fact that the americans are suspiciously, diligently looking for at least some chinese spy trail, is evidenced by the cases themselves, for example, even chinese dissidents are under suspicion, only bec

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 chinese. sun traveled to china, as seen in this photo included in the indictment, where prosecutors say she met with officials from the chinese communist party. she and her family also allegedly received gifts from china, “including tickets to shows, concerts, and events, as well

a key manager in the team of the former and current governors of new york, linda sun, a chinese by origin is accused of spying for china. the woman allegedly organized the arrival of chinese citizens to america to... solve the issues they needed , lured american officials to china, where they were actively worked with at the state level , crossed any criticism of the prc. linda sum was let down by the fact that she did not allow taiwanese politicians and diplomats to meet with new york leaders, for which they complained about the official. in the end, the truth allegedly came to light. now the american media claim that in addition to helping china, she was engaged in smuggling, illegal migration and laundering bribes and kickbacks. the bill goes into the millions of dollars, her husband helped her in all this. straight up chinese mafia. and not intelligence, but how realistic is it to pull this off? why do the americans need to demonstrate such a scandal so openly? first of all, what is happening is the reaction of the usa to real social problems, an attempt at a radical restructuring of

a key manager in team of the former and current governors of new york, a chinese by origin linda sun, is accused of spying for china. the woman allegedly organized the arrival of chinese citizens to america to solve the issues they needed, lured. causes a very serious crisis, new societies of the democratic administration, the values ​​that they are trying to impose on americans, many do not share, this causes fear of hidden internal resistance, the fact that americans are suspiciously diligently looking for at least some chinese spy trail, they themselves say cases, for example, even chinese dissidents are under suspicion, just because they often visit the prc, and even tourists, they say they deliberately walk near us military bases. it is dangerous to be a tourist from china, however, the american authorities do not even like port cranes, they say 80% of them are made in china, as well as the software for them, which means that in the event of a cyber attack, all american ports can easily be blocked, the us is investing billions in replacing chinese- made cranes in the country's po

one of the more shocking allegations that the government has made in this case is that linda sun at oneoint, use sure influence to get former governor andrew cuomo to publicly thank chinese officials for donating medical equipment. this was the height of the pandemic. and as new york was trying to respond, linda sun was allegedly using her position to make sure that chinese officials were being published quickly recognize, then governor cuomo went on to thank them publicly during a briefing and he even wrote out a tweet naming some of the officials and thinking that >> initially for taiwanese cultural week, all of this, she did at the behest of the communists party and the chinese government, according to federal prosecutors. now, linda son and her husband did appear in court with their lawyers. they have pleaded not guilty and their lawyer said that the alleys are all the result of an overly aggressive investigation by the federal officials. if it's all true, it will be that the state government here in new york was brazenly manipulated for nearly a decade at the highest levels and cer

linda sun and her husband were arrested in long island. previously ms hochul chief of staff continued until she was fired last year. it is allegedly followed from china's government representatives to advise on chinese interest. a bbc investigation has found there's been a rapid rise in israeli settler outposts in the west bank, an area occupied by israel since it captured the territory in 1967. russia's president vladimir putin has met his mongolian counterpart in the country's capital, ulan—bator. it's his first visit to a member country of the international criminal court since it issued an arrest warrant against him last year. anatol lieven is head of the eurasia programme, and director of the quincy institute for responsible statecraft, in washington. i asked him why putin has chosen to go to mongolia now, when there is an international criminal court warrant for his arrest. well, there is no chance that mongolia would arrest him. mongolia is a country with a tiny population sandwiched between russia and china entirely dependent on ru

>> the chinese consulate in new york is denying reports at the top double mat was removed after linda sunomo was arrested and charged with acting as a foreign agent on behalf of the chinese government. kathy hochul saying she asked for wayne paying to be expelled following linda's son's arrest and no longer at the new york commission according to the state department paying had reached the end of 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 questio

to linda sun's incident was certainly going to happen.re are probably more l linda suns they in the new york government. year going to see more incidents. maria: your reaction. >> if it's not tiktok messaging, it's the human spies, three if the last three weeks, or the spy balloons or it's ip theft and china just continues to circumvent any procedures or policies we be put in place. you look at nvidia. there's a blockage of nvidia's chips being sold to china so there was a story i read about a week ago where an entrepreneur went and built a data center in australia with a bunch of nvidia's chips that is now accessed by chinese firms. look, they are an adversary. i know this administration just wants to call them competitors or strategic competitors. they're adv adversaries withouta doubt. maria: the ceo of motorola walked me through a situation where they had chinese employees working and downloading patents and information about the flip phone they came out with they had were selling to the u.s. military. and i wrote about it in the cost

going back to your point about the propaganda that is being promoted, linda sun the former aide was aal to divide our country and separate us but why do you think that's an important factor. >> for the communist party they want to take on the united states, in other words destroy our democracy and they think they can do that by dividing the emerging people in de i is one way to do it, communist party is very racist they have the notion of the chinese are the world superior race so that you raise to the finer country because they know what works and very party and they say it's antic important way to get americans to argue among themselves. maria: they want to knock on the nuclear family. >> destroy the family. >> that's what he did when he formed the people's republic he destroyed the family so we could not be a competition against the state. maria: great to have you as always, thank you for your insights. a quick break then your morning forecast, everything you need to know about flash flooding across the country coming up after the break, families across the country waking up on hig

justice nbc chief justice contributor jonat jonathan jonathan deinst is following this for us. >> linda sun was working as an agent for the chinese they say government. they say in exchange, sun and her husband laundered millions of dollars out of china. linda sun and her husband were arrested at their $4 million home on the north shore of long island, the fbi says the pair also bought luxury cars, property in honolulu, and took travel and expensive gifts, all as part of this scheme. sun served in high ranking rolls in albany for hochul, cuomo and grace meng who is now in the fbi congress. the fbi says in exchange for those kick backs, sun used her position to help communist chinese officials. for example, the fed say sun worked to block representatives from taiwan, from meeting with new york state officials, that she allegedly changed public messaging from governors hochul and cuomo on many issues, including trying to edit out statements about china's record on human rights. the fbi says she also sent unauthorized letters of invitation from new york state to chinese officials to help facil

will there be accountability for linda sun? the ccp h yet to see ramificatis for the covid-19 origin. maria: that's right. eric swalwell and his girlfriend at the time. we've got a lot coming up. it's been a he slow start for markets for september, after envinvidia suffered a wipeout in market value yesterday. the selloff continuing this morning as the doj subpoenas nvidia over a growing anti-trust suit. we'll tell you about it in the word on wall street coming up. we have expectations of data coming out later in the week as well. you're watching "mornings with maria" live on fox business. stay withs us. ♪ the best ai assistant isn't one that knows the whole world. it's one that knows your world. a custom assistant, built on watsonx with ibm's granite models, can leverage your trusted data, be easily trained on your workflows and integrate with your apps. it can be tuned to do just what you need. because the more ai knows about your world the more it can help you do. ibm. let's create. when the sawdust settles and the engine ro

the fbi arrested linda sun and her husband. na's interest in exchange for millions of dollars in cash, gift, and business opportunities. cbs' jericka duncan has more. >> linda, what do you to say to the allegations? >> reporter: linda sun and her husband had nothing to say as they walked out of a brooklyn federal court. the former high-ranking aide to new york governor kathy hochul and her predecessor andrew cuomo pleaded not guilty to several charges, accusing her of a brazen scheme to serve as a secret agent of china. >> a lot of the obligations in this indictment are frankly complexing. >> reporter: fbi agents raided sun's long island home back in july. at the time, the reason was not disclosed. now the justice department alleges she shaped new york chinese priorities, blocked references to taiwan in government documents, and stopped meetings between state and taiwanese representatives. in return, prosecutors allege sun and her husband received millions of dollars in business in china, along with personal benefits such as pai

now one other thing that that linda sun is accused of doing is also blocking taiwanese officials from having any access to the governor's office. there are so many communities across a new york city that often seek to sue port and the help of the governor and the taiwanese community was doing exactly that. but because the chinese communist party and the chinese government did not like that, sun was making sure that the taiwanese were blocked. that's at least what the federal prosecutors are alleging now, sun and her for husband, who has also been charged in this indictment, appeared in court yesterday. they both pleaded not guilty and her lawyers have said that this is all the result of a very aggressive federal investigation and that they are looking forward to their day in court. in the meantime, both cuomo and hochul have tried to distance themselves from this aid as saying that she only worked for them shore for a short amount of time and that as soon as red flags were raised, about her activities, they were flagged to the proper people and that eventually she was let go from her

>> gillian, linda sun and her husband christopher are accused of using sun's political influence in therk state executive chamber to enrich themselves and also further the interest of the chinese communist party. fbi agents arrested them this morning. sun held several different high-level positions in the state government starting in 2012 under then governor andrew cuomo until her firing last year. you can see sun here in this next picture, protesting against taiwan in 2019. this protest in manhattan. prosecutors say, days before this, she blocked a meeting between the taiwan president and new york representatives, texting a chinese official's, "i sent you an email, just an fyi, i already blocked it." sun is also accused of repeatedly providing improper benefits to chinese officials. she was fired weeks after this picture was taken in february of last year. a spokesperson for governor hochul tells fox news, "this individual was hired by the executive chamber more than a decade ago. we terminated her employment in march 2023 after discovering evidence of misconduct, immediately reported

here is nbc's stephanie gosk. >> reporter: linda sun and her husband, chris hu, walked out of federal 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 says sun was hired a decade ago and fired in march of last year amid allegations of misconduct. >> i'm furious and 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, prosecutors allege sun blocked taiwanese officials have having access to the governor's office, drafted unauthorized invitation letters to fraudulently get visas for chinese officials, and changed messaging regarding issues of importance to china. kickbacks went to her husband's businesses, prosecutors say, to fund a lavish lifestyle. multi-million dollar homes in long island and hawaii, cash, and luxury cars, including a 2024 ferrari rom alike this one, that's priced over $260,000. the government sa

andrew cuomo is accused of being a chinese spy cnn's will ripley reports the dramatic downfall of linda sunonce a top aide to new york's current and former governors, accused of secretly working for china the headlines around the world but on beijing's tightly controlled state media and heavily censored social media silence china's foreign ministry refusing to even comment on what they describe as a domestic u.s. >> case prosecutors say sun was working overtime, pushing beijing's agenda for years. she's accused of forging documents to help chinese officials illegally enter the u.s. quietly removing references to china's human rights record from a lunar new year greeting in 2021 by former or new york governor andrew cuomo. in july 2019, attending this proton a rally in new york coinciding with this visit to new york by tsai ing wen then president of beijing's arch rival taiwan prosecutors say behind closed doors, son was coordinating with chinese diplomats blocking taiwanese officials from key meetings and securing favors for china. >> i'm al-nassr private on taiwanese political analyst wen-

linda sun and her husband were arrested yesterday at their $4 million home on long island.al 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 rookie wide receiver ricky pearsall. officials say pearsall was walking alone carrying shopping bags saturday when he was shot in the chest in an attempted robbery. he was released from the hospital the next day. prosecutors are deciding whe

reads like a spy novel accusing linda sun of acting as an unregistered agent of the chinese governmentring with her husband, chris hu to commit bank fraud, accusing both and money laundering, millions of dollars from china, bank rolling the couple's luxurious it's lifestyle, paying cash for their nearly $4 million long island manchin and 2 million condo in hawaii, buying brand new cars like a 2024 ferrari and range rover, funneling millions to her husband's businesses even sending her parents dozens of salted ducks. a chinese delicacy. the couple is pleading not guilty. sons attorney calls the investigation overly aggressive, and the indictment inflammatory that we're exercising her right to a speedy trial and addressing these the accusations and a warm where it's most appropriate, which is affordable us prosecutors say cases like this reveal just how far china will go to infiltrate and influence the u.s government. >> will ripley, cnn, taipei u.s. >> gas prices are falling as a friday, aaa reported the price of a gallon of regular unleaded was $3.29. that's cheaper than the 331 a gall

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 to focus on the key battleground states this week as they prepare for next week's debate. here's nbc's gabe gutierrez. >> re

prosecutors say linda sun used her state government position to act on requests of chinese communist government officials. in exchange, they say she got millions of dollars. her husband was also arrested in the scheme, accused of money laundering. the fibi says they used the mony to buy luxury homes. t governor hochul's office says sun was fired last year after evidence of misconduct was discovered. >>> september off to rough start on wall street. stock futures are in the red after the worst day for markets since the big selloff last month. the dow dropped over 600 points, while the nasdaq fared even worse. chip stocks suffered the biggest low. nvidia tumbled nearly 10% over a bloomberg report that the company received a subpoena as part of an anti-trust investigation. >>> turning to northern california where crews are battling a fast-moving wildfire. the bear fire has devoured some 2,000 acres and is 0% contained. hundreds of homes and businesses in the sierra county area are without power, and more than 500 people have been forced to evacuate. the cause of the blaze is still under

will ripley is outfront with new details tonight the dramatic downfall of linda sun, once a top aide to new york's current and former governors, now accused of secretly working for china, making headlines around the world. >> but on beijing's tightly controlled state media and heavily censored social media. silence. china's foreign ministry refusing to even comment on what they described as a domestic u.s. case. prosecutors say sun was working overtime, pushing beijing's agenda for years she's accused of forging documents to help chinese officials illegally enter the u.s quietly removing references to china's human rights record from a lunar new year greeting in 2021 by former we're in new york governor andrew cuomo. in july 2019, attending this pro-china rally in new york, coinciding with this visit to new by tsai ing wen, then president of beijing's arch rival taiwan prosecutors say behind closed doors, son was coordinating with chinese diplomats blocking taiwanese officials from key meeting things and securing favors for china this is just the latest high-stakes scandal involving

linda sun. linda sun. i'll read this indictment it says on april 4th, april 4th, politician number one-- politician number one publicly thanked prc official number one, both public remarks and in a post on twitter, that's this right here, for helping arrange the donation which was scheduled to arrive at jfk airport in queens, new york that day. so, mr. cuomo, you were thanking china, the prc, while you had a woman named linda sun working for you who has now been identified as a chinese spy. now, today you have come before the american people and our committee, you have insulted many people, including people in this room and people watching this hearing who lost their loved ones because of your march 25th directive and at the same time, you were thanking the chinese government while you had a chinese spy working for you. so mr. cuomo, i've read a lot about you, including the fact that 13 women that worked for you accused you of sexually inappropriate behavior which thanks to the democrat doj help

linda sun is accused of acting as an unregistered agent of the chinese government. is accused of using her position to advance china's agenda while raking in millions for herself. sun worked for two governors recently serving as deputy chief of staff. >> i'm furious and i'm outraged and absolutely shocked at how brazen her behavior was. it was a betrayal of trust, the trust of government, the trust of the people. and i'll tell you this the second we discovered some levels of misconduct, we fired her. >> sun is a naturalized u.s. citizen born in china. her husband is also charged with laundering the money they allegedly took from china as kickbacks. the jewish community here in the united states is mourning the six hostages killed in gaza over the weekend, including american hersh goldberg-polin. >> hundreds gathered for a vigil at a washington synagogue, including vice president harris's husband, doug emhoff, who spoke at the gathering. protesters in israel poured into the streets for a third night, demanding a ceasefire deal to free the remaining hostages. emhoff s

>> 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 campaigns intensifying their efforts in key battleground states. and we're getting new details on how they are prepping for their critical debate. here is gabe gutierrez. >> reporter: tonight the final stretch of the 2024 presidential race is under way. >> good after

it comes a day after former new york state employee, linda sun, pleaded not guilty to taking millions from china in exchange for influencing top levels of the new york state government. >> from the moment we discovered the misconduct, we fired this individual. i am furious. i'm outraged by this behavior. >> reporter: the couple allegedly living a lavish lifestyle with multimillion dollar homes, luxury cars, and expensive gifts. >> the department of justice says that she was a threat to our national security. in what way? >> well, agents of influence are subtle. they're difficult to see. while they don't steal secrets, they can alter information. >> reporter: the u.s. government says it's not just china and russia, but also iran and their efforts to influence the election are only ramping up. >> the justice department's message is clear, we have no tolerance for attempts by authoritarian regimes to exploit our democratic system of government. >> and stephanie is joining me here in the studio. did officials disclose if this foreign interference is impacting one party more than the other

linda sun, a former aide to the new york governor, has been charged with secretly acting as an agentt the presidential palace in the indonesian capital jakarta, kicking off the longest and farthest trip of his tenure to the asia pacific region. hello, i'm sally bundock.

. >> presidente gubernamental, linda linda sun, salio bajo fianza junto a su esposo, chris hughes, traslpable de actuar como agente para el gobierno chino a cambio de regalos millonarios. >> en la acusacion formal de 65 paginas revelada este martes, fiscales federales alegan que promovio la agenda del gobierno chino y del partido comunista. >> la acusan de evitar que funcionarios de la camara de diputados y de la camara de diputados de la camara de diputados de la camara de diputados de la camara de nueva york, de manipular mensajes a favor de los chinos y de fraude de visas, entre otros cargos. >> a su esposo lo acusan de conspiracion para lavar dinero y cometer fraude bancario. >> el tambien se declaro declaro no culpable. >> son trabajo en el gobierno estatal de nueva york durante 10 anos, bajo el gobernador andrew cuomo y mas recientemente kathy hochul. >> fue despedida en marzo del 2023 tras alegaciones de mala conducta. >> de mis de maldicion, la disparamos, alertamos a las ventajas que son y su esposo habrian recibido segun la acusacion, esta en para financiar su casa de tres pun

linda sun continued to work in state government until last year when she was fired when evidence of misconducttion over the deaths of almost 130 people in an attempted prison break in the democratic republic of congo. 2a people were killed and the rest of the victims were ever crushed or sophisticated. despite reports of mass casualties, the government initially said that only two people had died. that european union naval mission and the red sea says an operation to salvage a burning oil tank has been called off because it is too dangerous. the greek tanker was left after it was attacked by overseas. it raises fear of an environmental disaster. more for you at the top of the hour, join me then. bye for now. hello. a lot brighter out there today than we saw through yesterday, but still enough cloud around to produce some showers here and there, especially across eastern and the far west of the country. but overall a much better day than we saw through yesterday. showers this afternoon mainly will be across parts of east anglia, the southeast, the odd sharp one, still humid here and some across

linda sun is accused of acting as a foreign agent for china in exchange for millions of dollars.mong other charges, prosecutors say she blocked taiwanese representatives from meeting new york officials. she and her husband have pleaded not guilty. >>> september is off to a rocky start in the financial markets. big tech groups, including chip maker nvidia led a broad wall street sell-off as weak data from the manufacturing sector sparked investor concerns about an economic slowdown. all the major indexes took a hit. the dow fell 626 points, or more than 1.5%. the nasdaq is down 577, and the s&p 500 lost 119 points. >>> straight ahead on "cbs news roundup," as the school year gets under way, we show you how some school districts are some school districts are cracking down it's hard to always know what's going on with your kids. the talk. they hear you. mobile app and screen4success tool can help. the mobile app shows you how to turn everyday situations into opportunities to talk with your kids about alcohol and other drugs. screen4success helps you find out if your child needs more

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, prosecutors allege sun blocked taiwan officials from having access to the governor's office, drafted unauthorized invitation letters to fraudulently get visas for chinese officials and changed messages regarding issues of importance to china. kickbacks went to her husband's businesses to fund a lavish lifestyle. multimillion dollar homes in long island and hawaii, cash and luxury cars including a 2024 ferrari roma like this that's priced over $260,000. the

kathy hochul andrew cuomo arrested charged as acting agent of the chinese government 41-year-old linda sunk 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 economy trade deals everything to kill family's jobs taking your dollars when you buy their crap

linda sun and her husband each pleaded not guilty to the array of criminal charges.y're free on bond this morning. their case is the latest in a series prosecutors have brought meant to stop china from trying to secretly wield influence in all corners of american life. >> george: quite a story. okay, aaron. thank you very much. now the latest on the war in gaza. u.s. justice department charged multiple senior hamas leaders in connection with the october 7th attack while demonstrators face off with police in israel demanding a cease fire to bring the hostages home. marcus moore is in tel aviv. good morning, marcus. >> reporter: george, good morning. the department of justice charging the head of hamas for his alleged role in the deadly attacks and kidnapping of american citizens here in israel on october 7th. attorney general garland pointing to the terror group's killing of more than 1,200 people including 40 americans. doj accused six top leaders of, quote -- at the same time, here in israel we've seen thousands back in the streets trying to up the pressure on prime

longtime former agent former governor andrew cuomo former chief of staff to governor kathy hochul, linda sunccp a lot has been happening the spring hudson institute alice organization founder and author of the decisive decade jonathan dt were, i would go back to the port issue, this after the balloon flew across the united states as biden administration finally shot down, worries about the national security facility loss almost, the list goes on and on of how the chinese had tried to also treat spy on our country and are not stopping. >> they're not at all, the concerns over the ports and cranes specifically ship to shore cranes see pmc as a company that is a subsidiary of one of china's major state owned corporations china communication construction corporation which is directly owned by the communist party of china deployed in 140 countries worldwide with over 200 overseas branches, were dealing directly with the chinese states ccc seek china communication construction corporation also built the military islands in the south china sea, you really have the situation where this is what happe

fbi officers arrested linda sun and her husband at their $3.5 .f 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 operated by hu, also tickets to events and employments for employment for sun's cousin back in china. now with the proceeds of all this, sun and hu allegedly bought realize in new york valued at more than $4 million. $2.1 million condo in hawaii and 2024 ferrari. sun became the gover

cuomo, you were thanking china, the prc, while you had a woman named linda sun who was working for you, who has been identified as a chinese spy. today, you have come before the american people and our committee, you have insulted many people, including people in this room and people watching this hearing, who lost their loved ones because of your march 25th directive and at the same time, you were thanking the chinese government while you had a chinese spy working for you. mr. cuomo, i have read a lot about you, including the fact that 13 women that work for you accused you of sexually inappropriate behavior, which thanks to that democrat deyo jay, helped you out of that, but i would like to say this, and i will ask you, are you either the dumbest tool of the chinese government or did you know for a fact you were being used by the chinese spy working for you? >> i read a lot about you too, congresswoman. i think this is a very serious matter. >> it is serious, that's right. >> she was a junior member in my team, i would not recognize her in this room today. but i think it is a serious

her name is linda sun.'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 case of interference in our domestic political affairs.

new york governor kathy hochul tonight says she is shocked and outraged after her former aid linda sunaded 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 the role of deputy chief of staff, a position where she had tremendous amount of influence and probably advised the governor in many different ways and clearly was to the benefit of the ccp. >> bret, sunni held several high level positions in state government under then governor andrew cuomo. prosecutors say in 201 she canceled a possible m

linda sun's trip came two months before the fbi raided her home.in the governor's office to advance beijing's interests. last week sun and her husband were charged with violating and conspiring to the violate the foreign agents' registration act, visa fraud, alien smuggling and money laundering. they've pleaded not guilty. >>> and how about this, a rare copy of of the constitution is going up for auction. the unique piece of history that dates back to 1787 was full pulled out of an old filing cabinet when the owners were cleaning the house. how about that? this document is one of only eight known signed and ratified copies. it'll be auctioned off on september 2. bidding starts right in your price range at $1 million. pete: easy. rachel: totally worth it. pete: we could pool our resources -- [laughter] brian: can you pool more? rachel: everyone in the building, and then we could put it up. brian: it's it'd be amazing to see it, won't it? pete: i would love to see it. rachel: we'd pit out -- put it up, and some radical greenies would -- pete: not aro

linda sun is a former deputy chief of staff to governor kathy hochul and former governor andrew cuomo her husband are accused of receiving millions of dollars in kickbacks. both were arrested today at their home. they have pleaded not guilty. the fbi says their actions directly threatened our country's national security. sun was fired last year after the governor's office says it discovered evidence of misconduct. >> a southern california landslide is accelerating. the land has gone from shifting about an inch per year to a foot per week. next. hear from homeowners. some have been ordered to evacuate, i live in bloomington, illinois. i'm not an actor. i'm just a regular person. some people say, "why should i take prevagen? i don't have a problem with my memory." memory loss is, is not something that occurs overnight. i started noticing subtle lapses in memory. i want people to know that prevagen has worked for me. it's helped my memory. it's helped my cognitive qualities. give it a try. i want it to help you just like it has helped me. prevagen. at stores everywhere without a prescrip

linda sun and her husband left a brooklyn courhouse this afternoon, after pleading not guilty to chargeshat she used her position to help chinese authorities in exchange for millions of dollars in compensation and gifts. sun worked as deputy chief of staff for new york governor kathy hochul. she also held a position in former governor andrew cuomo's administration. in a statement, governor hochul's office said sun was fired last year due to, quote, "evidence of misconduct." the city of phoenix has set a new milestone, as it grapples with long-running summer heat on -- heat. on tuesday, the city hit 100 degrees for the 100th straight day. that's far beyond the prior record of 76 consecutive days. temperatures climbed to 102 degrees on may 27. they haven't cooled since, and there's no break in sight. the forecast calls for unseasonably high temperatures this week across the western u.s., with an excessive heat warning lasting through friday. on wall street today, stocks plunged to start the new trading month, on renewed concerns about the economy. the dow jones industrial average sank more

linda sun was arrested this week along with her husband.ral posts in new york state government before becoming hochul's deputy chief of staff. she is accused of accepting millions of dollars in exchange for influencing public remarks on china and blocking the taiwanese government from communicating with the governor's office. hochul's office released a statement saying her administration fired sun in march of last year after, quote, discovering evidence of misconduct. >> harvey weinstein may be charged with more accusations of sexual misconduct. a new york grand jury is expected to make a decision this week. weinstein's 2020 rape conviction was overturned in april, but the manhattan district attorney's office announced in july they were attempting to retry him for the same charges and interview more alleged victims. the trial was set for mid-november, and one source says any new charges would likely be grouped together into the one trial he is currently serving time at rikers island, new york, for the 2022 conviction. >> not doing enough ab

. >> her name is linda sun. 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 chin