senator robert menendez is the keynote speaker tonight. we have an interview scheduled with him. we'll ask what congress plans to do about these threats. for now, thorx ereporting live in cherry hill, aundrea cline-thomas. >> thanks. a week ago, vandals knocked over headstones. the fbi is now involved in that investigation. >>> the white house is calling on congress to expand its investigation of alleged russian involvement in the 2016 election to include president trump's claim of wiretapping at trump tower. president trump turned to lawmakers for help finding evidence to support his claim that former president obama had telephones tapped at trump tower during the election. president obama's intelligence chief says no such action was ever carried out. >> if it is, this is the greatest overreach and the greatest abuse of power that i think we have ever seen, and a huge attack on democracy itself. >> the house intelligence

. >> reporter: well, walter, senator robert menendez made clear his support for the jewish communitynd encouraged his colleagues to do the same. the general sentiment from the attendees here was that the message could not have been any more timely given the recent incidence the anti-semitism. tonight democratic senator robert menendez's speech was punctuated with rousing applause as he voiced his support for members on local and international issues. >> the defacement of property or the delegitimatization of the jewish state of israel. it is up to all of us to stand up, stand together and speak out against it. >> reporter: menendez, a keynote speaker for the institute spoke out strongly against recent acts of anti-semitism, including a bomb threat at a local community center and the desecration of hundreds of headstones at a philadelphia cemetery. >> whether you're sitting in city hall or the white house, you know, we must strongly be speaking out against the discrimination in all forms. against hey fred in all of its forms. >> reporter: attendees say they were pleased to see such a

katherine scott is live of recent bomb threats, robert menendez spoke out about recent acts of antisemitism. he spoke of the bomb threats and did he say -- desecration of hundreds of headstones in philadelphia cemetary. he said it's up to to stand together and speare sittin city hall or the white house, we must speak out against hatred in all its form. >> i'm appalled about the hatred expressed throughout the community. efforts in the threats. 2:00 p. he was shot muslims, list,cme you see is a n e you had a go the trenton be problemic it r 19th on these right bus and market, instead. >> the white ice cube is norm, the georgia archives buildings collapsed in a cloud of dust. the building went up in 1965 hailed as the best archival building in the country. they plan to use the old state supreme court building. >>> hugh jackman, logan took in $85 million. that beat expectations as the film had the best box office debut of the year so far. get out fell to second. >>> wall street closed up slightly past the 21,000 mark on the dow. futures are pointing to losses. >>> pope francis has called on ca

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robert menendez from new jersey has been under indictment on corruption charges for nearly two years but he continues to serve the people of new jersey as he awaits trial. chaka fattah of pennsylvania worked for nearly 11 months and did not step down from his position until he was convicted. and kathleen kane stayed in office for a year after her indictment. on the nbc 10 app you can read the entire indictment to see everything he's accused of. >>> new at 6:00, pepsi saying it will stop selling two liters packages of its drinking and it's blaming philly's soda tax. pepsi said it will no longer distribute its drinks in those quantities to stores in the city. the soda tax charges 1 1/2 cents per ounce of sweetened drinks. pepsi responded saying there is much independent data that suggests this tax is not having the economically devastating effect the soda industry says it is. >>> also new at 6:00, the montgomery school district is being sued for allowed a transgender student into a locker room. two religious groups filed suit against the boyertown school district on behalf of a student

. >>> please welcome from the state of the new jersey, senator robert menendez. [ applause ] >> goodorning. thank you for that warm welcome. what a pleasure it is to be back at the aipac policy conference. i feel like rivera always called in to be the successful closer. that's not easy but we'll try. every year when i stand at this podium and look out into this convention hall i see a room full of leaders and advocates i'm proud to call my friends, people like howard core, your president, mad dam presideand o jersey's own and your president-elect. hundreds of aipac members here representing the great state of new jersey who have come down to be with all of you. it is always an honor to speak with you but to join hands with you, to be among people of all ages and all faiths and all political persuasions who stand together and stand tall for strong u.s./israel relationship. first you know it is in the national interest and security to have a strong unwaivering, unbreakable bond with the state of israel. second, you know i believe i believe in the right of the jew irk people to lif in p

thank you. [ applause ] ♪ ♪ >> please welcome from the state of new jersey, senator robert menendez. [ cheers and applause ] >> thank you. thank you very much. thank you. good morning, and thank you for that warm welcome. what a pleasure it is to be back at the aipac policy conference. i feel a little bit like mariana rivera of the new york yankees always called in to be the successful closer, and that's not easy, but we'll try. every year when i stand at this podium and look out into this convention hall i see a room full of leaders and advocates i'm proud to call my friends. people like howard core. your president. madam president. i thought i was going to say it more often, but i'll say it tonight. madam president. and, of course, new jersey's own and your president-elect, mort freedman. mort, congratulations. [ applause ] and the hundreds of aipac members here representing the great state of new jersey who i've come down to be with all of you. [ applause ] it is always an honor for me not just to speak with you but to join hands with you, to be among people of all ages and all fa

new jersey democrat robert menendez joined every committee republican in support of friedman, sending his confirmation to a vote by the full senate. the top commander of u.s. forces deployed in war zones told congress thursday he wants to send more troops to afghanistan to break a stalemate with the taliban. general joseph votel, head of u.s. central command, was speaking to the senate armed services committee. >> i do believe it will involve additional forces to ensure that we can make the advise and assist mission more effective. amy: the u.s. currently has 8400 troops deployed in afghanistan, alongside roughly three times as many contractors. general votel said he believes a few thousand more troops were needed but did not commit to an , exact number. the testimony came as the pentagon began deploying 400 additional marines to syria. former national security adviser michael flynn worked as a foreign agent for the turkish government last fall even as he served as a top adviser to to donald trump's campaign and failed to disclose his lobbying efforts as required by law. the revelatio

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with senator robert menendez, a democrat from new jersey and a member of that committee. you have been pressing clayton for answers and you got news that bernie sanders has joined the cause. what are your concerns with mr. clayton's nomination? chairman who is going to be the cop on the beat. we saw what happens when the sbc lets the market unbridled and creates excesses that at the end of the day, ultimately lead to the type of financial challenge we had during the great recession. were on thepayers line for the decision and we need a cop on the beat. we need someone who will be for transparency. and ceo workers pay ratio is the law and i have already had a rule promulgated. i am seriously concerned that the acting chairman has unilaterally tried to undo that. i want to see of mr. clayton ultimately gets confirmed as the chairman and will he follow the law that the congress voted on? the want to ask you about issue of potential conflicts of interest because democrats have raised concerns that mr. clayton has not been as transparent as other nominees but of also raised co

i suspect you've already seen how earlier my colleaguejames menendez was interviewing professor robertmake, but was overshadowed by his two young children. take a look at this. it happens all the time, the question is how democracy deals with those scandals. what will it mean for the wider region? i think one of your children just walked in. for the wider region? i think one of your childrenjust walked in. you think shifting sands in the region? relations may join de think shifting sands in the region? relations mayjoin de make change? —— may change? i would relations mayjoin de make change? —— may change? iwould be relations mayjoin de make change? —— may change? i would be surprised if they do. pardon me. my apologies... what is going to mean for the region? my apologies. sorry. south korea's policy towards north korea has been severely limited in the last... oh my gosh! what a professional. i think those kids need their own show and their mum is fantastic. that was live on television and that has gone absolutely viral online. we have much more on our website of course. no more surpr

robert kelly. he and his wife spoke to my colleague, james menendez. it's been pretty unreal.e didn't really expect any attention like this at all. we've certainly never had anything like this in our life before. of course, we didn't get a chance to properly meet your family last time. it was under slightly different circumstances, so perhaps you can introduce your lovely wife and children. this is my wife, this is my son and this is my daughter. it's very nice to meet you properly. and to be able to talk to you, rather than just seeing you running around in the background. how has it been for you these past few days? we have tried to handle it. we are fine, getting better. the reality is, for around 48 hours, you were the most famous family in the world. yeah, we didn't anticipate anything like this. we have had all kinds of commentary and feedback. i had a woman write and ask if i was a psychic, if i could see special numbers in the sky and stuff like that. we had a massive wave of e—mail. to the people in the media that we didn't respond to, we apologise if it seemed like s

my colleague james menendez was interviewing the renowned south korea expert, professor robert kelly,espite the unexpected interruption: what will this mean for the wider region? relations with the north might change? i would be surprised if they do. pardon me. my apologies. what is this going to mean for the region? my apologies. sorry. south korea's policy towards north korea has severely limited in the last year. that is fantastic. i liked it when the baby came in. let's not get ourselves in trouble. now we have the weather forecast. the show must go on. it is looking pretty grey over much of the uk, not everywhere. you will notice there are some brea ks you will notice there are some breaks here and there, and it has been a bit of sunshine for some of us. plenty of cloud across wales and we have had missed and fog which has come and gone from various places like dorset. there is a layer of grey out there, and some light rain. this is the rush hour across scotland. most of the rush hour is in the lowlands. bits and pieces of light rain and hill fog, nine, ten, 11 degrees, and a bit

my colleague james menendez was interviewing the renowned south korea expert professor robert kelly,r the region? my apologies. children cry sorry. erm, south korea's policy towards the north has been... severely limited for the last year. you have the impression he would like to be sorting the problem out. that is a great story. time for a look at the weather. we are looking at a cloudy picture, murky conditions in the skies, and this was the scene taken by when he of the weather watchers earlier in dorset. —— by one of. a lot of cloud over the country. and we have a few brea ks over the country. and we have a few breaks in the cloud, but as we head into the evening, many will be staying largely dry, if cloudy and mild. the theme continues as wales ta kes mild. the theme continues as wales takes on island in the six nations. quite mild —— ireland. moving through the evening, and overnight, rain in northern ireland and scotland, much of england and wales staying dry and certainly mild. 8—10 in terms of the temperatures. the start of the weekend, saturday morning, the reappearance of

my colleaguejames menendez on bbc world news were interviewing renowned professor robert kelly live froml the time, the question is how do democracies respond? what would it mean for the wider region? i think one of your children has walked in! shifting sands in the region? would relations with the north change?” sands in the region? would relations with the north change? i would be surprised... pardon me. my apologies! what will this mean for the region? my apologies. sorry. erm, south korea's policy towards the north has been severely...m just gets funnier! a fantastic bit of professional child wrangling by his wife as well. in a moment the news at one with reeta chakrabarti. first the weather with tomasz schafernaker. let's see what the weather is up to for the rest of the day. not a lot has changed. grey skies and mist will stick around through most of the day. hardly any clouds, just a layer of grey colour. this is much nicer, more spectacular in hull. a lovely sunrise. overcast conditions across lovely sunrise. overcast conditions a cross m ost lovely sunrise. overcast conditions a

roberts: i appreciate that. my time has expired, mr. chairman. senator hatch: thank you, senator. senator menendez, senator cardin was here. has allowed senator tumey to ask a question -- has allowed senator thume to ask a question. senator thume: i appreciate the senators for their comments. in lighthizer, welcome. there is no question you have a terrific background for this job. i want to talk briefly on narrow issues and on a big macro issue that i think is important and that i'm concerned about. the former is the two primary reasons that i was not able to support t.p.p. mr. toomey: incredibly important new field, an area where we need to get this right and intellectual property is a form of property that shouldn't be stolen like any other kind of property. so i hope we'll do a better job in the future on that. and i would like you to add to your list of canadian priorities and that is, as i'm sure you know, the canadians are very resistant to allowing american dairy products. and pennsylvania is a big dairy producing state and we can do quite well selling dairy products to canada. i ask you to consider that on your lis