menendez. can you hear me? rep. menendez: i can. laura: the floor is yours. you have 90 seconds. rep. menendez: i have the distinct honor of representing new jersey's eighth congressional district. two years ago i raised my hand to represent this place and go to washington and fight for you every day and that is what i have done. i'm standing up to mag extremists, fighting for a woman's right to choose, access to contraception no matter where you live, fighting to end the gun violence that has existed in our schools. i am standing up for our immigrant community. over 40% of the people who live here were born outside the country and i stand for them every day and when republicans came for our trans youth, i stood up against it and stood up for our brothers and sisters. here we've solved over 1500 cases for our residents, most of which are immigration related . we have kept families together and reunited families from as far away as afghanistan. we've brought back 11 billion dollars in infrastruc

's menendez: my name is rob menendez and i have a distinct honor out running this district. i raised my hand to represent this incredible place and go down to washington to fight for you and your family every single day and that is exactly what i have done. in washington i am standing up to mag extremists, fighting for a woman's right to choose, fighting for access to contraception no matter where in this country you live. i'm fighting to end the scourge of gun violence that has existed in our communities and schools far too long. i'm standing up for our immigrant community. 40% of the people that live here were born outside this country and i stand tall every single day. when republicans came for our trans youth i stood up against and stood up for our brothers and sisters. we solve 1500 cases for our residents most of which are immigration related. we reunited families from as far away as afghanistan. we brought back $11 billion in infrastructure funding for the gateway program for the northeast corridor, brought back money for environmental justice grants and making sure w

>> menendez has denied any wrongdoing. indicate he may try to blame his wife. [audience reacts] >> jon: yes, it's those three magic words every woman is dying to hear: "it was her!" "she did it!" you know, i'd feel a lot worse for her if she wasn't also demonstrably a terrible person. read up on it. i can't explain everything right now. i will just say this. [bleep] awful. but perhaps the dumbest thing about this entire, not-quite-believable, "real housewives" episode, is how unnecessary it all is. you, sir, are an elected official in america's most respected legislative body. it's like a license to print money! you don't need to break the law so cartoonishly when the legal corruption in the senate is so [bleep] lucrative! which brings us to our new segment: senator robert menendez, "how dumb is you?" ♪ ♪ [cheers and applause] as a new jersey resident, as a constituent of yours, senator menendez, i have to ask, with all due respect: "how [bleep] dumb is you?" promising favors to foreign entities for a little chump change o

vamos a pasar a nueva york que la esposa del senador bob menÉndez padece un avanzado cÁncer de seno.sados de aceptar sobornos a cambio de favores polÍticos, pero sus juicios para hacer por separado. esta tarde comenzÓ la presentaciÓn de testigos en el proceso contra el senador, cÓmo nos informa desde nueva york. >> en el cuarto dÍa de su juicio por corrupciÓn, el senador de nueva york, menÉndez anunciÓ que su esposa padece de cÁncer de mama en fase tres, y que se verÁ obligada a someterse a una mastectomÍa nadine menÉndez estÁ imputada en el caso, pero serÁ juzgada mÁs tarde debido a su salud, ha surgido como una figura clave en la defensa de su marido. los abogados han dicho de que logrÓ era de la esposa de pablo menÉndez y que Él no sabÍa lo que estÁ haciendo una cosa de Él. el dÍa comenzÓ con las declaraciones iniciales de los abogados de los dos empresarios acusados junto con menÉndez. los abogados no negaron que sus clientes dieran dinero a nadie y menÉndez, pero dije que no fue en un intento de comprar favores polÍticos, afirmaron que los regalos se basaban en amistad y dijeron

los menÉndez enfrentan cargos de corrupciÓn.o hizo, que otras personas quizÁs estuvieron haciendo esos negocios. claudia: hoy fue la selecciÓn del jurado. univisiÓn fue el Único medio en espaÑol que pudo entrar a la sala penal, vimos a un menÉndez tranquilo, de buen Ánimo incluso por momentos se reÍa. el senador de new jersey enfrenta 18 cargos, se le acusa de soborno, obstrucciÓn a la justicia y extorsiÓn. la fiscalÍa alega que los menÉndez recibieron sobornos y regalos de tres empresarios. indica que utilizÓ su posiciÓn para ayudarlo con acuerdos lucrativo con los gobiernos de egipto y qatar, lo que menÉndez ha negado. >> no recibÍ nada del gobierno de qatar, ni recibÍ nada en favor de abogar por el gobierno de qatar. claudia: en el juicio podrÍamos ver apariciones especiales como los lingotes de oro, los mÁs de $500,000 en efectivo, el mercedes benz convertible que recibieron los menÉndez segÚn la acusaciÓn. hace casi siete aÑos el senador se librÓ de la cÁrcel y su juicio de corrupciÓn se declarÓ nulo porque el jurado no lle

menendez has pleaded not guilty.is attorney telling the jury today, he was not an agent of the egyptian government, but an american patriot who took no bribes. menendez previously said that over $400,000 in cash the fbi found in his home in suit jackets, a safe and shoes was just money he took out of the bank over 30 years. >> i have withdrawn thousands of dollars in cash from my personal savings account, which i have kept for emergencies and because of the history of my family facing confiscation in cuba. >> reporter: and the menendez defense today suggesting his wife nadine was responsible for the gold bars found in their home saying they were in her closet. he did not have a key to that closet and did not know of the gold bars in that closet, the defense attorney said. >> and jonathan joins me now. nadine menendez has also been charged here. >> that's right, lester. nadine menendez has pleaded not guilty and will go on trial separately this summer due to illness. meanwhile, a businessman who pleaded guilty earlier

menendez did was way worse than what mr. trump did asking the media are they going to cover it as salacious leak as they've covered the other trial the donald trump trial saying please do that is in ohio. less than two minutes left here a week ahead in washington what did we get to? what are you coming this week? >> i have a story out today national security, that women who have national security background. some are leaving both of them come from very tough districts or swing districts for democrats. they flip the seats in 2018. now they are seeking higher office. abigail is running r for governr in his running for senate. my question to some members on the hill does this leave a gap and national security conversations and some people specifically and the republican party per the chair of the intel committee are spewing russian talking points. some of these lawmakers are essential in articulating to their colleagues what is necessary and how things are unfolding even though their colleagues don't have the accese the intel a

senador demÓcrata bob menÉndez enfrentarÁ la justicia maÑana lunes.gos de soborno y obstrucciÓn a la justicia. testigo clave en el juicio donald trump por los pagos a la actriz porno stormy daniels darÁ testimonio tambiÉn este lunes en una corte de nueva york. >> el abogado que es la estrella testigo es un abogado que trabajaba para donald trump. locutor: este es noticiero univisiÓn ediciÓn nocturna fin de semana con fÉlix. edwin: buenas noches desde washington le saluda edwin y comenzamos en mÉxico donde el ataque a 1 bar dejÓ un saldo de ocho personas asesinadas y al menos tres heridas. de acuerdo con autoridades, tras los balazos cuatro personas murieron de forma instantÁnea. sin embargo, se reportÓ que la noche y parte de la madrugada fallecieron otras cuatro vÍctimas. en un vÍdeo de seguridad frente al local se registrÓ como el mortal ataque lo realizan sujetos con armas largas a bordo de dos camionetas. cambiando de tema, maÑana subÍa clave para la fiscalÍa de nueva yorken el juicio penal en contra del expresidente donald trump que se verÁ cara

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presentador: los fiscales seÑalaron a bob menÉndez de haber creado un monopolio.or soborno. >> quinto dÍa del juicio del senador bob menÉndez. fue el contra interrogatorio del testigo de la fiscalÍa, un agente del fbi luego que contara como encontrÓ mÁs de $500,000 en lingotes de oro en la casa de los menÉndez, sacos de vestir y una caja fuerte. el agente del fbi aceptÓ que mostrÓ una foto incorrecta que daba a entender que el saco de menÉndez con dinero estaba en uno de los closets, cuando estaban una puerta del dormitorio. >> hay un buen punto que levantÓ la defensa. en la gente que hizo el registro de la evidencia estÁ parcializado hacia la fiscalÍa. >> tratando de inculpar a la esposa de menÉndez, quien tambiÉn estÁ acusada. el senador hizo pÚblico que padece de cÁncer de mama. >> es extremo y raro que ahora el senador le echa la culpa a su esposa. es una estrategia realmente de alguien desesperado, muy creativa, para eso le pagan a los abogados. >> la defensa alegÓ que los lingotes de oro no eran del senador. mostrÓ que algunos de los billetes decomisados era

menendez offered this explanation. sen.or 30 years, i have withdrawn thousands of dollars in cash from my personal savings account, which i have kept for emergencies and because of the history of my family facing confiscation in cuba. lisa: prosecutors paint menendez's wife nadine as as a critical go-between. but menedez' court filings have hinted he may try to pin all the blame on her. her trial is set for july. two businessman charged will be tried alongside the senator. all four defendants have pleaded not guilty. they may have been friends, but menendez is expected to stress they were also constituents. >> you cannot prosecute a lawmaker for talking on the floor and for acting as a lawmaker, including helping constituents. lisa: jonathan salant covered menendez as the washington correspondent for a group of new jersey papers for nearly a decade, including the senator's last trial. sen. menendez: to those who are digging my political grave so that they could jump into my seat, i know who you are and i won't forget you. l

jorge: se presentÓ un segundo testigo en contra de el senador demÓcrata bob menÉndez, fabiola estuvon la corte, allÍ el segundo testigo de la fiscalÍa, un funcionario del departamento de agricultora testificÓ que mientras trabajo en egipto escuchÓ de otros que menÉndez habÍa usado su influencia para crear un monopolio que beneficia al acusado y su empresa de exportaciÓn de carne, seÑala que el negocio basado en new jersey obtuvo exclusividad y luego de esto multiplicÓ por cuatro sus ganancias. seÑala que habÍa reportado sus sospechas de la creaciÓn del monopolio, pero que los superiores le dijeron no hacer mÁs ruido, dejar que el Árbol se asentara. partes de estas ganancias llegaron a menÉndez a travÉs de cientos de miles de dÓlares en sobornos, pero se desarmÓ el testimonio de diplomÁtico revelando que las compaÑÍas estÁn a manos de egipto, seÑalan que bob menÉndez sÓlo defendÍa los derechos de sus constituyentes, es decir de la empresa de hanna basada en new jersey. >> ahora viene lo mÁs difÍcil, establecer lo que Él hizo en el congreso y senado impactaba la vida de sus clientes y

bob menendez, a democrat and his wife, nadine. now us attorneys argue that the couple accepted bribes in exchange for favors, bribes like 13 gold bars or a mercedes ben's. investigators also found that there was more than 486,000 bucks in cash at the menendez home because under his own attorney told jurors not to be quote, blinded by the gold and cash as partially blame menendez, wife adding quote bob disseminates centrally know what's going on with nadine. >> but prosecutors insist that menendez knew what was going on and was motivated by nothing other than greed senator menendez maintains his innocence and of course, he has to that presumption as well. so what do you mean now, trial attorney seth berenzweig, washington post court reporter, a salvador rizzo. >> salvador. i want to begin with you because you have been following this so closely. you in fact been in court. i understand as well at different times, the attorney menendez, he basically he threw his wife under the bus that going to work. >> it's a high-risk strategy, of

lisa: menendez survived another bribery case in 2017.cutors alleged that he took nearly a million dollars worth of gift in exchange for helping a friend's business. the doj did not retry the case >> i just did not see the smoking gun. lisa: salant says in this case, there is a change in jersey political circles. >> it was outrageous enough that the delegation called his resignation. the governor called for his resignation. so this goes, in the opinion of those folks, goes beyond normal, rough and tough new jersey politics. lisa: congressman andy kim is the prohibitive favorite to win new jersey's democratic primary this june. menendez is sitting out that race, but could run as an independent in november. democrats face longer odds to keep the senate if new jersey becomes a battleground, but for menendez, much more than his political future is on the line . if convicted, he could face a sentence of over 200 years. for the pbs newshour, i'm lisa desjardins. ♪ amna: since the fall of roe v. wade, republicans have banned abortion in 14 state

the second component, those gifts were given to nadine menendez.hat's somebody who has known nadine menendez before she met the senator. prosecutors are saying, no, we can actually tie this to specific things, and it sounds like the second witness they're hearing from today, the usda auditor who took a look at that deal, that testimony is ongoing. we don't have a ton of details just yet. it sounds like they're starting to establish or trying to establish that component of this alleged scheme. obviously the first witness they heard from is the person who did the search warrant, and i expect here momentarily for us to get a flood of evidence, and information from the menendez home. >> i have to admire, you were right here keeping an eye on everything right on the set. go you. glenn, how far can menendez get with a defense that this is his wife's doing. it's not his. >> you know, it sounds like it's going to be challenging. but not surprising. once the cases were severed, you know, there's a preference in the law for codefendants to be tried together

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menendez stood on trial for unrelated bribery charges in 2017.ack then fellow new jersey democrat corey booker testified on his behalf. but booker has all but given up on menendez this time. >> i'm not going to follow the day-to-day. >> have you talked to him at all lately about the trial or anything. >> i have not discussed the trial in any detail or depth. >> jurors failed to reach a verdict in menendez's last trial resulting in a hung jury that cleared the way for the senator to run again and win in 2018. >> today's refresh your rucker's refresh yourrecollecti. innocent man. >> nadine his wife faces trial in the summer. expect defense council to try to place blame on her selling favors on behalf of her husband. >> now, jury selection continues tomorrow. the trial could run through the 40 of july menendez might run as an independent. the filing deadline, that is june 4th. bret? >> bret: chad, thank you. president biden's top diplomat is delivering some of the strongest criticism yet of israel's conduct of the war in gaza. secretary of state ant

claudia: se divulgaron conversaciones entre rob menÉndez y su esposa.or texto? estas pruebas podrÍan complicar su caso. la defensa de menÉndez dice que el senado no sabÍa quÉ hacÍa su esposa. >> es evidencia indirecta de que va a tener que explicar. claudia: se la —— maÑana serÁ tono de la defensa del senador que tendrÁ que contra interrogar a l agente especial del fbi. jorge: la fiscalÍa de manhattan realiza las acusaciones contra harry weinstein. cumpliÓ condena por delitos sexuales. florida se primer estado que le permite a lo mÉdico realizar cesÁreas fuera de los hospitales. walgreens redujo los precios de mÁs de 1500 artÍculos en internet y en tiendas y segÚn he a otro grandes minoristas como walmart y target para atraer clientes afectados por la inflaciÓn. en los Ángeles estÁn siguiendo de cerca las elecciones en mÉxico. eliÁn: sÍ. hay manifestante frente al consulado de mÉxico paraincentivar a los mexicanos a que ejerzan su derecho este domingo. al sur le california estÁn instalando cÁmaras para rastrear los movimientos de los residentes y entra

we may hear to what extent senator menendez plans to blame his wife, nadine menendez for this conducts not on trial today. she suffered an unspecified medical ailment, she'll go on trial later. a lot of the evidence in this indictment came from her phone, her text messages. prosecutors say she was clearly integrally involved in the scheme to solicit gifts and cash, including a mercedes benz convertible from some of these alleged bribe payers and to arrange for official acts by the senator. and in court papers, the senator's lawyer suggested he may argue he wasn't in the loop on all of these things and he may not have realized the law was being violated. we'll see how far down that road he intends to travel. it's a perilous one. we're going to find out in a couple of minutes the contours of these arguments. >> i think when we first saw the indictment, renato, there were a lot of people who were saying that they could see a defense that was here's a woman who came into his life. she's this kind of femme fatale, and she's the one who arranged all this, that he really didn't have an under

menendez, before she was married to the senator., folks who knew her looked at this as an opportunity for them to get rich. >> paul menendez's attorney argued that he was unaware that his wife had gold bars and that the jury shouldn't judge someone who they live with. is that a believable argument, wife didn't know what the husband was doing, husband didn't know what the life was doing. does that fly? >> a couple of days ago, we had the prosecutors handing out the gold bars. a prosecutor rule, if you got gold bars, you got to let the jury handle them. >> unofficial but it's a rule. the defense is he didn't know the gold bars were there. they're being, ostentatious, and there were 12 of them. 13. 12 were found in the home. after one of the meetings where they arranged the deal, according to prosecutors, next day, the senator googled gold bar, one kilo, wanting to know the price. >> it was also interesting and truly you can't make this stuff up that one of the lawyers for one of the codefendants, tried to down play the significance of

that. >> this is the second federal corruption trial for menendez.ing the senator nine years ago for failing to disclose gifts. a jury could not reach a verdict >> giving it my all every day. it is not ruling out that at the trial. the opening statement could last more than two months. on capitol hill chad program fox news. >> let's bring back in today's political panel. the street group president brad howard. bob menendez in this election year is facing 16 criminal counts. what is the impact? >> whether it is -- you have accusations of influence peddling by the biden family. when i think, when you look at those folks out there just upset , they've had enough about gas prices, groceries, the border, you know what, i'm sick and tired for all of it. >> should you be pushed out by party leadership. >> strongly pushing back. george santos who was almost headed towards that. you have cases like this and others. apparently crime. i'm glad he's not running as a democrat. i don't think he is up to the standards i would want my democratic nominee to be. i hav

menendez is charged with working for egypt and qatar but menendez was not -- will not step down. >> andi am hopeful that my exoneration will take place this summer and allow me to pursue my candidacy as an independent democrat in the general election. >> menendez had more support at the last trial and in fact is currently calling corey brooker served as a character witness and set in court for moral support. not this time. >> how closely will you pay attention starting next week to senator menendez' trial? >> not closely "i mean, this is a trial that will go on. not going to follow the day-to-day. >> menendez was chair of the senate foreign relations committee. that is why these qatar and egypt charges are so important. he gave up the gavel to the committee and he could face 200 years in prison if convicted and the are still trying to see this jury. sandra? >> sandra: chad pergram martinez for us. thank you. former president donald trump in and out of new york court after a massive rally in new jersey -- this weekend. is this a sign this trial is helping, not hurting, him on the trail?

senator bob menendez goes on trial monday in federal court in manhattan.ongressional correspondent chad pergram has more. >> bob menendez is accused of using his authority of chairman of the senate foreign relations committee to pedal influence with the governments of egypt and qatar and accepting lavish gifts for helping new jersey businessmen. the senator says he is innocent. >> all i can ask of you is to withhold judgment until his justice take place very. prosecutors allege menendez scored a mercedes-benz and more than a dozen gold bars which were found stuffed into a coach it. the senator it relinquishes gavel as chairman of the foreign relations panel and is running for reelection as an independent. some democrats might ignore the trial. >> are not going to fall the day today. i will be waiting for the verdict. books have not talked to him lately about the trail or anything? except not discuss the trail in any detail or depth treatment menendez refused to resign after the indictment disappointing and many of his colleagues. democrats cling to a narro

jury selection in new jersey, senator bob menendez corruption trial begins today. democrat is facing 16 charges, including conspiracy to commit bribery and conspiracy to obstruct justice. chad pergram is live in new york city. a lot of people can't believe he is still a sitting senator but now he will be sitting in court. >> no ethics investigation also there, dana. 118 is the number in the jury pool here and whittle it to 12 jurors, six alternates. this is bob menendez's second trial since 2015. the last trial ended in 2017, ended in a hung jury. now he represents new jersey but prosecutors also accuse him of representing egypt and qatar. >> what a chilling effect on the mere engagement of these conversations and inquiries would it be if the sum of those actions, taken in pursuit of your fact finding effort to inform of what your legislative actions should be can be turned into official acts in violation of the law and not within the protection of the speech or debate laws of the constitution. >> now as for egypt, prosecutors say menendez wrote ghost letters to un

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robert menendez betrayed the people. he was supposed to serve by taking bribes and what was his price gold bars, cash for his cash for his wife, and a job for his wife. of course, he's referring to the hundreds of thousands of dollars of cash that was found at their new jersey home when it was rated by raided by the fbi. and the defense for its part got right to that, jake calling what he said, the green and the gold elephant in the room? saying that what had happened between the senator and his wife, that they had lived separate lives. they did not share bank accounts. they then put up a slide so they could showed jurors the closet. may deans closet, a locked closet, where the defense says those gold bars were found and you could see where they're going to go with the defense when they said the following i avi weitzmann said the following. he said she wasn't going to let bob knows she had financial problems. so she tried to get cash and assets. anyway, she could. of course, referring to nadine menendez, but she kept bon

menendez has pleaded not guilty. his attorney saying he was not an agent of the egyptian government but an american patriot who took no bribes. he says the money they found was just money he took out of the bank over 30 years. >> i have withdrawn thousands of dollars in cash from my personal savings account, which i have kept for emergencies and because of the history of my family facing confiscation in cuba. >> reporter: and the menendez defense suggesting his wife nadine was responsible for the gold bars found in their home, saying they were in her closet. he didn't have a key to the closet and did not know of the gold bars in that closet the defense attorney said. >> our thanks to jonathan dienst for that report. >>> new this morning, another twist in the battle over voting in louisiana. the supreme court is allowing the state to use a new congressional map that has a second-majority black district. they blocked a lower court ruling that had invalidated the new map. the federal court ordered louisiana to redraw th

. >>> and then the other big trial in new york city, senator bob menendez is arriving this morning for another day of jury selection. we'll have the latest on his criminal trial. >>> good morning, it is 10:00 eastern. i'm ana cabrera reporting from new york, and lots of news this morning. let's begin with the breaking news in the race for the white house. president biden announcing a short time ago he will not participate in the three traditional debates organized by the nonpartisan debate commission, instead challenging donald trump to two non-traditional matchups with this video. >> donald trump lost two debates to me in 2020. since then he hasn't shown up for a debate. now he's acting like he wants to debate me again. make my day, pal. i'll even do it twice. so let's pick the dates, donald. i hear you're free on wednesdays. >> and just moments ago trump seeming to accept writing on truth social, just tell me when, i'll be there. let's get right to nbc news white house correspondent mike memoli, nbc senior national political reporter jonathan allen, democratic strategist, basil smikl

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reporting jury selection started in manhattan and the corruption trial for new jersey senator bob menendez. the jurors will be selected from manhattan, the bronx, one of several new york counties north of the city. senator menendez on his wife and two other new jersey businessmen have pleaded not guilty for their alleged role in international bribery scheme bold bars, cash and mercedes-benz. prosecutors with the u.s. attorney's office for the southern district of new york has said they expect to take as many as six weeks to present their case against the lawmaker. who said he believes he will be exonerated also guilty of running for reelection as it. [inaudible] >> is a scam is a terrible thing happening. we have one stay back and pass love jd vance what's going on today. persuading the respected front of the free world will be. politics is no place in this this is all politics. great legal analyst none of this is a leak there is nothing illegal. they are person who once it is he is conflicted. check that out. everyone is saying there is no crime. bread of evidence i participated in a bank

he also said that those gold bars belonged to nadine menendez, his family.e also went on to say this, listen to this, katie said she wasn't going to let bob knows she had finance central problems or problems. so she tried to get cash and assets any way she could, but she kept bob sideline. nadine made sure bob was kept out of conversations involving money in this case, we need to figure out where's bob, of course, making your reference to where's waldo, which made the cte some of the court laugh at that moment. that was the only moment of levity, if you will, during that proceeding during openings, he went on to told jurors that there are no emails, no phone calls, no text messages directly linking him between these two co-defendants and any bribes. so it's very clear at this point, there are gonna be laying part of the blame. the defense is going to be laying part of the blame on nadine menendez, who as you know, is being tried separately. her trial starts in july. kate. >> now, let's see what happens. good to see your jason. thanks for laying out for us. j

cheryl: jury selection beginning in the corruption trial senator bob menendez here he is earlier thisatest. >> afternoon 102 persons in this jury poll they're trying to whittle it down to 12 jurors and six alternate we could get opening statement sometime today he is accused of accepting bribes and also working as a foreign agent on behalf of qatar and egypt. >> would actually affect on the mere engagement of these conversations and inquiries were to be in for some of those actions taken in pursuit of the fact-finding effort to inform what your legislative action should be can be turned into official acts in violation of the law and not within the protection of the because of the constitution. >> menendez is accused of writing ghost letters to help the new jersey businessman with qatar, prosecutors say he worked with another businessman to get the approval of egypt to import muslims from his company democrats hope menendez would resign in new jersey democrat cory booker served as a character witness during the last child the senator he was also on the first day but not this time. >> a

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again nadine menendez being tried separately for medical reasons. there was another man who was charged initially with all of this, jose uribe here he was charged with bribery charges. he ended up pleading guilty and is now cooperating with the prosecution awaiting jury selection as it gets underway just at about 9:00 today sarah interesting, there are two trials here and that he seems to be putting some of the blame according to your court documents, on his wife, jason carroll. >> thank you so much for that update. appreciate get a kate. >> campus protests hitting college commencement ceremonies. now students at duke university walking out and jerry seinfeld. and why donald trump was praising hannibal lecter before a campaign crowd this weekend the late great hannibal lecter is a wonderful man. he oftentimes you would have a friend for dinner remember? for the last seen excuse me, i'm about to have a friend for dinners is for dr. he was trump's former lawyer and fixer now, michael cohen is expected to testify against his old boss. will we hear any

menendez also charged, not convicted and he is still in the senate.re able to do things different than republicans. republicans kick out their allies and friends before aexecuted occasion, democrats tonight i think it's 145eu78ful this double standard. henry cuellar democratic congressman down in texas charged federally for corruption there are a number of trials we are going to watch. if you are bob menendez in new jersey or manhattan, you probably have a little bit more favorable jury pool than, say, donald trump. a little deeper blue and a little more agreeable to the democrat persuasion; however, gold bars and cash, steve, that's pretty tough evidence in a courtroom. especially with people who don't make that much money. >> steve: i wonder if they will actually bring the gold bars. in they have a bunch of potential jurors today. jury selection starts here in manhattan and tonight 6:00 over on fox business, mr. duffy along with dagen will have highlights on fox business. is he also going to host outnumbered today at noon, so you got a busy day, sir

bob menendez and the second day of jury selection, menendez and his wife are accused of the acceptingationals including gold bars. senior correspondent clive berger what is latest in that case? >> they need to see a jury first and they have been active since early yesterday morning and they hhave not yet seen a single jurr in this case. now menendez does not have the support of his colleagues it's unclear if he is going to run for reelection, listen. >> what is it say about your senators coming to support you like last time? the filing deadline is the fourth are you going to run? are you going to file? after court yesterday said menendez i appreciate the jury's sacrifice for our codefendant, davies which they tried to get him to extend favor with a endorsement end ohio. one of the striking elements is that they say he gave the senator 13 gold bars. >> you have had some challenges in the past how is this against her other opponent? >> not bad at all. >> the gold bars? >> menendez even looked up the price of gold kilos online and as i say jury selection has been slow. the judge struck 3

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and the senator's jacket in the menendez home menendez and his wife, nadine, are accused of taking bribes in exchange for political favors. menendez and his wife deny any wrongdoing. cnn's jason carroll has been inside the courtroom and gives us this update. embattled senator robert menendez arrived at federal court facing cameras and not answering questions about corruption charges. >> he is facing prosecutors portraying the senator as a man who put greet first and as power up for sale. >> agents confiscated more than 480,000 dollars in cash and gold bars in june 2022 from the senator's home, the first witness in the case, and fbi special agent, who detailed two jurors how they discovered cash in closets in the basement and a home office, including $100,000 and a burberry bag, 7,500 and incited timberland boot 4,300 in the pocket of a congressional jacket with the senator's name on it. >> so much cash and so many places, the agents said his team needed to machines to count at all. >> the prosecution telling jurors these senator used his wife as a go-between to accept bribes, verse influe

. >> dana: day two of the federal corruption trial of bob menendez. new jersey democrat and his wife are accused of accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of bribes including cash, gold bars an a brand-new car as a scheme to benefit the government of egypt and qatar. congressional reporter chad pergram is live outside the courthouse. hi, chad. >> good morning, dana. menendez says he was just doing constituent service in this case. his second dance with the law. he had a 2017 trial on unrelated bribery charges. he had support from fellow senators last time. not now. [shouted questions] >> none of your senators coming here to support you. the filing deadline is the 4th. are you going to run? are you going to file? >> bill: sorry about that, chad. the former president now in court about to speak to the cameras. let's drop on in. >> speaking very beautifully. they are highly respected and they think it is the greatest scam they've ever seen. some democrats are embarrassed by what's going on. i want to start by saying that on the electric vehicle

, and senator menendez, and by the way, he also got the exclusive rights to sell kosher meat to egyptas well. senator menendez helped him get that and block the agriculture department from asking questions about it. it's part of the mosaic of evidence here trying to establish what prosecutors say was a bribery conspiracy, chris. >> let me ask you about another specific piece of evidence if i can, ken. prosecutors were dealt a setback after the judge blocked a text message evidence they had described as critical. what exactly is this evidence and why did the judge say it can't come in. >> yeah, this is a big deal, judge sidney stein based his ruling on the constitution speech and debate clause, and it's a reminder of why it can be so hard to prosecute corruption cases against members of congress, it holds that federal legislatures can't be prosecuted for official acts. at issue here, are acts menendez allegedly took to smooth weapons sales in egypt in what prosecutors say was a conspiracy. prosecutors wanted to introduce a 2019 text message assuring egyptian officials he had not placed

. >> brian: jury selection will begin in corruption trial of bob menendez.om early this morning. brooke singman joins us are details. >> brooke: big day in man hat knowa, second corruption trial the democrat faced over the last decade. he accepted bribes of gold bars, cash and luxury car in exchancelloring for his infl influence. opening statements could begin today. the senator's defense has questions to answer. >> it looks like senator menendez got his hand caught in the cookie jar. with the cash and gold found on him and connections, he will have a heavy burden to show reasonable alternate explanation why he had that cash and gold. >> uribe pleaded guilties and said he gave menendez a car. the government will try this case twice, the trial for nadine menendez is delayed until june due to medical issues. they have pleaded not guilty. the senator is leaving the door open to testifying after he indicated he could incriminate his wife. >> steve: stay tuned. thank you. listen to this. new innovation for school safety. states are turning to i ia, artificial int

expect about a nine week trial here for senator menendez. john. >> john: all right.p of the way. chad outside of the court. thank you. now this. >> he is what i call a pinocchio witness. one to prison for lying to banks, lying to congress, lying to everybody. he is still lying. he recently admitted that he lied in court. >> sandra: of the prosecution in the new york versus trump trial are tasked with the job of making michael cohen a credible witness. could his checkered past make or break the case? we have trial attorney mercedes colwin on deck jusa brt ahead. add-on treatment for specific types of moderate-to-severe asthma that's not for sudden breathing problems. dupixent can cause allergic reactions that can be severe. tell your doctor right away if you have rash, chest pain, worsening shortness of breath, tingling or numbness in your limbs. tell your doctor about new or worsening joint aches and pain or a parasitic infection. don't change or stop asthma medicines including steroids, without talking to your doctor. ask your specialist about dupixent. she runs and

it's the second time that menendez has gone on trial for corruption.d conviction the last time in 2017. >>> thousands of people in canada are being told to evacuate from more than 100 active wildfires. we're feeling the effects here in the u.s. too. wildfire smoke has triggered an air quality alert in minnesota. >>> and controlled explosions to break up the remains of baltimore's francis scott key bridge will take place today. the blasts were scheduled for sunday but were delayed because of lightning in the area. for more download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. pieper, cbs news, york. >>> israel expands its military operation in rafah to root out hamas. palestinians flee, fearing a full-scale invasion of the city. the world food program warning that would be catastrophic. >> i'm ramy inocencio in tel aviv. parts of rafah are now abandoned as israel pushes across southern gaza. but the military has now struck northern gaza too, fearing past gains may be lost. >> the question, will israel cross president biden's red line next? >> th