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host: a photo here from the new jersey globe on the left, the senator robert menendez on the right. w jersey governor phil murphy, who was called after that indictment, called on senator menendez to resign. the senator has stepped down from his post as chair of the senate foreign relations committee. your top news story of the week. democrats, (202) 748-8000. republicans, (202) 748-8001. independents and others, (202) 748-8002. calling from ohio, this is carolyn, first up. good morning. caller: yes. c-span allowed me to get on. i was automatically dropped yesterday during delegate stacey plaskett's talk. i did not even know what was going on, but supposedly, there is a conference going on. i believe it is through the black caucus foundation. before the program yesterday, i had seen that c-span televised part of it. i just want to let the people know that they should watch it. it was fantastic. i could not believe how blunt delegate stacey plaskett was. one of the tennessee three -- i believe his name was mr. jones -- anyway. they just work so honest -- were so honest and straightforw

the senate should have expelled robert menendez that day. the senate staff was deeply -- indicating that there was no one working in the menendez office who tried, in any way, to put the brakes on the senators violations of federal law. senator menendez and his staff desperately trying to protect a doctor, who the senator called his best friend, who was charged with over bellowing overbilling medicare by eight point $9 million. the senator accepted lavish gifts in exchange for his attempts to corrupt medicare. democrats in the senate made the inexcusable mistake of instantaneously welcoming robert menendez back to the senate after he got a hung jury, as if he had just won a big election. it was a shameful display by senators who should have known better. and now they do. or, at least 30 of them do. as of tonight, 30 democratic senators now say that the greatest embarrassment to the democratic party in the senate since new jersey senators harrison williams, who was convicted of robbery 40 years ago, and who seat menendez now occupies, should r

reportera: asÍ reaccionaban quienes estÁn orgulloso del legado del senador robert menÉndez. >> Él tuvo renuncie tras ser acusado de corrupciÓn y recibir sobornos para beneficiar al gobierno autoritario de egipto. >> tiene que renunciar. es una desgracia por ser cubano, que haya sucedido esto. nos ha puesto en nombre de los cubanos en un lugar muy fuero. reportera en su domicilio se de lingotes de oro.tres kilos las acusaciones en contra del senador son profundamente perturbadores. son cargos serios en contra de la seguridad nacnal. " no se me escapa lo rÁpido que algunos se apresuran a juzgar a un latino y empujarlo fuera de su escaÑo. yo no voy a ninguna parte", contestÓ. el senador robert menÉndez y su esposa deberÁn presentarse ante una corte en manhattan el prÓximo miÉrcoles. paulina: una nueva tormenta tropical se formÓ el dÍa de hoy frente a las costas de carolina del norte. se llama "ophelia" y se espera que toque tierra la madrugada de este sÁbado. tiene vientos de unas 60 millas por hora y se espera que ese acerque a las costas de carolina del norte y afecta virginia y delawar

he has been a senator _ senator robert menendez is?ndez is? he has been a senator for decades, - senator robert menendez is? he has been a senator for decades, since . been a senator for decades, since 2006, from the state of newjersey, and what makes these allegations so compelling, in a way, is the fact that he headed the senate foreign committee and he had in fact been charged with bribery in the past, backin charged with bribery in the past, back in 2015, six years ago, but ultimately thorough trial, there was a deadlocked jury and so he was acquitted. and so here we are now, he's the first senator be charged twice in a criminal matter. and in a different bribery case but kinda very similar contours is the past one, this idea that he used his position on the senate foreign relations committee to try to influence bribe, these other public officials to help him help these businessmen and the government of egypt. so he is alleged to have tried to influence the department of agriculture to help this one businessmen securing a monopoly

the senate should have expelled robert menendez then. the senator's staff was deeply involved in that first corruption case indicating there was no one working in the menendez senate office who tried in any way to put the brakes on the senator's violations of federal law. senator menendez and his staff desperately tried to protect a doctor who the senator called his best friend who was charged with overbilling medicare by $8.9 million. the senator accepted lavish gifts in exchange for his attempt to corrupt medicare. democrats in the senate made the inexcusable mistake of instantaneously recommending menendez back to the senate as he got a hung jury as if he just won an election. it was a shameful display by senators. as of tonight 30 democratic senators now say that the greatest embarrassment to the democratic senate since williams who was convicted of bribery 40 years ago and whose seat menendez now occupies should resign. one of those senators will join us later in this hour. georgia's fulton county district attorney and her team began

special agents with the fbi executed search warrants on the residence and safety deposit box of robert menendez and amy menendez. they discovered approximately $500,000 cash stuffed in envelopes and closets. some of the cash was stuffed in the senator jacket pockets. amy: we will go to cairo and new jersey for the latest. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. new jersey governor phil murphy and a growing number of state democrats are calling on senator bob menendez to resign after he and his wife were indicted friday on bribery charges. congressmember andy kim announced saturday he will run for menendez's senate seat. federal prosecutors accuse menendez of accepting bribes in exchange for using his position to increase u.s. assistance to egypt and to do favors for new jersey businessmen. >> senator menendez allegedly provided sensitive, nonpublic u.s. government information to egyptian officials and otherwise took steps to secretly aid the government of egypt. we also allege senator menendez improperly pressured a s

senator robert menendez has been charged with allegedly accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars inor his influence. we have had a statement through from him, saying he is the victim of active smear campaigns, he has also said that he will not be distracted by baseless allegations. i will remain focused and continuing this important... sorry i don't seem to have the end of that statement. robert menendez, the democrats, facing these allegations of corruption is denying the charges against him, saying he has been the victim of an active smear campaign. prosecutors, who is chair of... robert menendez is allegedly received cash, gold bars, and also sensitive information to protect and enrich the businessmen, and then judgment... with head from new york prosecutors. we had a statement in france senator menendez, saying his victim of an active smear campaign. let's stay in the united states. police have found a large quantity of sentinel hidden under a trap door in a nursery in new york. these photos show bags filled with enough drugs to kill half a million people. police had been tipped

corruption charges, accused of using his position to benefit a major donor. >> prosecutors accuse robert menendezing his u.s. senate office to help a florida i doctor and big political donor, sullivan milligan, under his investigation -- he was also charged today. the indictment says that menendez urged the government to adopt reimbursement policies that would benefit melvin to honor a port security contract in which the country that milken was an investor and get visas for melvin's girlfriends. in return, prosecutors say that doctor melgen gave thousands of campaign contributions to menendez and she did the senator to luxury dominican vacations and private jet flights. >> two years later, senator menendez got off and a miss trial after the jury cannot reach a verdict. the judge and then dismissed all of the charges against him at the request of federal prosecutors. now, i think most people in that situation which is their lucky stars. keep their head down and get back to work, but not bob menendez. oh, no, according to a new 39-page indictment, he began another criminal conspiracy, almost immedi

it says robert menendez, the defendant, senior u.s. senator, i would point out separately and the chairman of the senate foreign relations commission. huge influential position he has served in for several years. so it says that the defendant engaged in corrupt relationships with three new jersey associates and businessmen, hana, uribe and daibes, in which menendez and his wife, nadine, agreed to and did accept hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes in exchange for using menendez' power and influence to properect and en rich these individuals and benefit egypt. he went on to say, damien williams, that there was in this indictment, that menendez provided sensitive u.s. government information to these sources for the benefit of egypt. jonathan turley is watching all of this with us today. it is a stunning indictment. jonathan turley, george washington law attorney and fox news contributor. you know him well. jonathan, your thoughts as you hear what was just laid out and we all get a look at this actual indictment. >> it's breathtakin

today i'm announcing that my office has obtained a three-count indictment charging senator robert menendez, his wife, and three new jersey businessmen for bribery offenses. the investigation that led to these charges has been run out of the southern district of new york. the inindictment alleges that between 2018 and 2022, senator menendez and the chairman of the senate foreign relations committee and his wife engaged in a corrupt relationship with others. the indictment alleges that through that relationship, the senator and his wife accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars of bribes in exchange for senator menendez using his power and influence to protect and to enrich those businessmen and to benefit the government of egypt. the indictment alleges that people provided bribes in the form of cash, gold, moment mortgage payments -- home moment payments, a job for ms. menendez, a mercedes-benz and other things of value for the senator and his wife. now, constituent service is part of any legislator's job. senator menendez is no different. there are things that senator menendez says he can

robert menendez is expected to speak shortly. those are the live pictures.d of the foreign relations committee over bribery charges. it's the first time he's spoken in public since the allegations surfaced. you may remember thejustice department prosecutors alleged he end is wipe accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars in exchange for aid to each�*s government. the couple have denied the charges, the senator has denied calls for fellow people to resign. he stood aside from the committee, but we are expecting his first public comments. you can see all the cameras in place, the journalists. we will have it live when he enters the room. hello there. apart from some rain across the north and the west of the uk, today potentially could be one of the better days of this week as things are set to turn very windy with gales and heavy rain, particularly around the middle part of the week. but this afternoon looks largely fine and dry. for most of us, that is a way from the north west of the uk, where here rain will continue to affect the north and west of scotland.

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yes, and i think it is worth pointing out - i think it is worth pointing out that robert menendez is 15, six years ago, but he was acquitted by a hung jury of another drive allegation so this is a separate case so here we have prosecutors in new york alleging that he abused his power to help three individuals and the government of egypt, and we see in a press conference they have laid out a photo at some of the items that the fbi found in a search at senator menendez�*s home, they said they found hundreds of thousands of dollars of cash and gold bars and they also say that he received bribes of luxury vehicles, home mortgage payments, so a real abuse of power is what they alleging here, using his influence as the head of the senate foreign relations committee to try to get those bribes, and what we also heard is that some of the public officials he sought to influenced invented the pressure. sought to influenced invented the ressure. �* , sought to influenced invented the ressure. , ., ., sought to influenced invented the ressure. ., ., ., pressure. any word on how he will lead. pres

senator robert menendez saying i firmly believe i will be exonerated.ople simply don't know the facts. the justice department, prosecutors allege in the senator and his wife accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars in exchange for aid to egypt's government. we are listening to that in washington, with our correspondent gary o'donoghue. gary, he has also said he he believes he will remain in newjersey�*s senator. is that likely, you think? get them is that likely, you think? get them i think it will all depend on the prosecution in the criminal process, of course. fist prosecution in the criminal process, of course. �* ., of course. at the end of the day, he can stay a — of course. at the end of the day, he can stay a senator— of course. at the end of the day, he can stay a senator if— of course. at the end of the day, he can stay a senator if he _ of course. at the end of the day, he can stay a senator if he goes - of course. at the end of the day, he can stay a senator if he goes to - can stay a senator if he goes to jail. but at the he is innocent unt

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we confirmed that he's also representing senator robert menendez in his bribery trial that will takee in the southern district of new york where you are right now. i will note that lowell did represent robert menendez in the past when he was indicted in 2015, charles. >> charles: before you go, david, this seems like a step in the right direction. any thoughts on just how much will be revealed or will we get a lot of taken of the fifth amendment? >> you know, why don't know. it's a transcribed interview behind the scenes. doj's preference is to have this in public. house republicans are pushing for a transcribed interview. i suspect we'll get some leak after it's done. it could lead to a full blown public hearing. i asked doj officials. they say the intention is still for david weiss who is now special counsel to testify about this issue over authority. >> charles: a step in the right direction. and first open borders, now new calls from america's liberal cities for taxpayers to open their wallets. this isn't just freight. these aren't just shipments. they're promises. promises of al

, not to write checks, especially now, when one of the main ukrainian lobbyists in congress, robert menendezught taking bribes. during a search, they found hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash and $24 billion in gold bars, which the white house is asking for. you intend to bring them up for discussion. we have a lot of misfortunes in america too. i think that america now in many ways needs new money for kiev, washington doesn’t have it and they are feeding the remnants of the package that is now they are transferring to zelensky six times less than what he received in december last year, then almost 2 billion. now they have barely left 300 million. today i approved the next tranche of military assistance, next week the first american abrams tanks will be delivered to ukraine announcement, so that absolutely not to upset the guest, three dozen old capricious weather abrams, they promised zelensky a little at the front. there are mystical attack missiles, but the main focus is on cluster munitions banned in a number of countries, we and so we invest we invest in democracy. and if we don’t

paula reid has the latest from washington. >> reporter: senator robert menendez facing corruption charges for the second time in just ten years. >> i'm announcing that my office has obtained a three-count indictment menendez, his wife and three businessmen. >> reporter: prosecutors allege he and his wife accepted bribes including cash, gold bars, and a mercedes to wield his influence for allies in the u.s. and earth jupt. >> senator maine innocent dez provided u.s. government information to egyptian officials in otherwise took steps to secretly aid the government of egypt. >> reporter: the senator travelled to egypt just last mo month. the powerful senator, who chaired the foreign relations committee until he stepped down, also allegedly attempted to influence criminal investigations of two new jersey businessmen, one of whom was a long-time fundraiseer for the lawmaker. and allegedly pressured the department of agriculture to help an associate maintain a monopoly on the importation of wheat to the united states. feds searched the home finding over $480,000 in cash, much of it stuffed in

oh hunny bunny, that's so sweet. (♪♪) (♪♪) >> when new jersey's indicted senior senator robert menendez and for senate democrats in the mansfield room, john fetterman said, unless senator menendez coming today to resign, i am not interested in hearing his explanation for gold bars stashed in a mattress. we're past the point of his tough talk and defiance, given the scope and scale of his alleged corruption. >> john fetterman was not a member of the senate. the first time senator menendez faced federal corruption charges and survived the trial with a hung jury, meaning some jurors voted guilty and some jurors voted not guilty. john fetterman had been in the senate than, he would have led the senate in calling for senator menendez's resignation, as he did this time when he became the one and only senator demanding the menendez resignation. and has now been followed by 29 more democrats, who are demanding the menendez resignation. zero republicans are in favor of senator menendez resigning because they believe keeping a corrupt democratic senator in office helps republicans justify their s

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robert menendez was accused of being bought and paid for by the egyptian government. he was indicted by the doj on friday on corruption and bribery charges that he denies. and let's be clear corruption is a huge issue for voters. it's a cancer in our system of government. but what happens when it's not elected politician that spawned paid. for a person you can go out of office would. happens if the supreme court justice with a lifetime gag on the highest bench in the land. accused of being bought and paid for. and yes i am referring to clarence thomas. darlin of the conservative movement. a man who according to pro public accepted luxury trips from republican megadonor. not see memorabilia collector and international travel on his private jet and his super yacht. it's not just thomas who benefited from the billionaires -- he currently lives rent free and a home robot from the family. , are reportedly paid school tuition for thomas's grand nephew. but the latest pro public bombshell pi drop on friday maybe the most damning. shocking and outrageous of the mall according

but there have been some growing calls for new jersey senator robert menendez to resign after he wasndicted on federal bribery charges last week. what more do we know about that? >> reporter: well, yeah, jericka. he says he's not going anywhere. that's despite members of his own party calling on him to step down. following allegations that he accepted bribes including gold bars, money, even mortgage payments. now, menendez did decide to give up his post as chair of the senate foreign relations committee, and saturday afternoon democratic congressman andy kim of new jersey announced that he will challenge menendez for his seat in the democratic primary next year. jericka? >> skyler henry on capitol hill. thank you. >>> well, some are calling it the biggest breakthrough in stroke treatment in decades. consider this. every 40 seconds someone in the u.s. has a stroke. cbs's chief medical correspondent dr. jon lapook has the details tonight on mobile stroke units and how they're helping patients. >> reporter: richard janelle was on vacation in new york city in 2018 when he suddenly lost s

that my office has obtained a three-count indictment charging senator robert menendez, his wife and three new jersey businessmen. >> reporter: federal prosecutors allege menendez and his wife accepted bribes including cash, gold bars, and a mercedes to wield his influence for allies in the u.s. and egypt. >> among other actions, senator menendez allegedly provided sensitive, nonpublic u.s. government information to egyptian officials, and otherwise took steps to secretly aid the government of egypt. >> reporter: the senator seen here, traveled to egypt just last month. the powerful senator who chaired the foreign relations committee until he stepped down today also allegedly attempted to influence criminal investigations of two new jersey businessmen, one of whom was a longtime fundraiser for the lawmaker, and allegedly pressured the department of agriculture to help an associate maintain a monopoly on the importation of halal meat to the united states. federal agents searched the menendez home in june 2022, finding over $480,000 in cash. much of it stuffed into envelopes and hidden

host: a photo here from the new jersey globe on the left, the senator robert menendez on the right. w jersey governor phil murphy, who was called after that indictment, called on senator menendez to resign. the senator has stepped down from his post as chair of the senate foreign relations committee. your top news story of the week. democrats, (202) 748-8000. republicans, (202) 748-8001. independents and others, (202) 748-8002. calling from ohio, this is carolyn, first up. good morning. caller: yes. c-span allowed me to get on. i was automatically dropped yesterday during delegate stacey plaskett's talk. i did not even know what was going on, but supposedly, there is a conference going on. i believe it is through the black caucus foundation. before the program yesterday, i had seen that c-span televised part of it. i just want to let the people know that they should watch it. it was fantastic. i could not believe how blunt delegate stacey plaskett was. one of the tennessee three -- i believe his name was mr. jones -- anyway. they just work so honest -- were so honest and straightforw

since the indictment against new jersey democratic senator robert menendez, 24 senators in total, allthem caucus of the democrats have now called for him to resign. that is at least that last count, including today perhaps the biggest name their, fellow new jersey democrat cory booker, a friend, a character witness in menendez's 2017 other corruption trial. this kind of thing is monumentally difficult for senator stewart, especially for the end party home state senator. the reaction that is we are seeing democrat after democrat called for this, it is not that surprising given what we have learned in last week's indictment. but what is shocking is that not only have zero republicans joined those calls, at least one arkansas republican time cops in defended menendez's decision not to step down. that does seem kind of weird and i mean usually what goes on in this sort of situation, the opposition party piles on during a scandal. the democrats calling for george santos but if you think about it for like one second, this of course makes perfect sense right? donald trump and the leader of t

. >> reporter: senator robert menendez, facing corruption charges, for the second time in just ten years charging senator robert menendez, his wife nadine menendez, and three new jersey businessmen. >> reporter: federal prosecutors allege menendez and his wife accepted bribes, including crash, gold bars, and a mercedes, to wield his influence for allege lies in the u.s. and egypt. >> among other actions, senator menendez allegedly provided sensitive, nonpublic, u.s. government information to egyptian officials, and otherwise took steps to secretly aid the government of egypt. >> reporter: the senator, seen here, traveled to egypt just last month. the powerful senator, who chaired the foreign relations committee, until he stepped down, also allegedly attempted to influence criminal investigations of two new jersey businessmen, one of whom was a long time fundraiser for the lawmaker. and allegedly pressured the department of agriculture to help an associate maintain a moan pole mon poly on the imporn of meat in the united states. his home was searched in june, finding over 480,000 dollars

this winter robert menendez democrat of new jersey was accused of being bought and paid for by the egyptian government who was indicted by the doj on friday, on corruption and bribery charges that he denies. now let's be clear, corruption is a huge issue for the voters. it is a cancer in our system of government. what happens when it is not an elected politician who is bought and paid for a person you can vote out of office, what happens if it is a supreme court justice with a lifetime gig on the highest bench in the land who's accused of being bought and paid for. yes i'm of course referring to clarence thomas, darling of the conservative movement. a man who according to propublica reporting from this, year accepted luxury chips from republican megadonor nfc -- harlan crow, including international travel in his private jet, and his super-yacht. not just on mr. benefited from the billionaires generosity, the justices mother currently lives rent free in a home crow bought from the family. crow also reportedly paid private boarding school tuition for thomas's grand nephew but the latest propu

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but robert menendez stood up and blocked it. he objected.single handedly prevents the passage of this legislation that had support from members of his own party. at the time he said it was because he thought he believed in reforming the law but thought it needed more consideration. now we know that according to this indictment, he was engaged in an illegal bribery scheme that included allegations that he was secretly aiding the government of egypt. and the egyptian american businessman who he's accused of accepting bribes from and helping with his business was meeting with egyptian government and intelligence officials and even said in a text message to an egyptian general, referring to senator menendez as our man. so it raised questions about whether this was an egyptian government effort to influence u.s. policy. it certainly had the effect of influencing the chairman of the foreign relations committee, and this effort to beef up the laws that would have tried to get it disclosing some of that conduct was blocked by the very senator now ac

at this moment new jersey's robert menendez is inside a new york city courthouse set to be arraigned on bribery charges. we're live at that court and getting reaction from capitol hill. >>> plus, breaking moments ago, american soldier travis king is in u.s. custody after he was held for months in north korea. what we know at this hour. >>> also, legally preposterous, a new york judge unloading on former president donald trump ruling he committed fraud and lied about his net worth. so what does this mean for trump and his businesses? >>> and later, a ransacking in philadelphia, what police are saying about this overnight looting involving 100 people. >>> great to have you with us. it's 10:00 eastern, i'm ana cabrera reporting from new york, and we begin with breaking news here in manhattan this morning. senator robert menendez set to appear in a new york city courtroom this hour after being indicted for bribery. you see him there arriving a short time ago. he'll soon go before the judge alongside his wife and two other co-defendants for arraignment, and as this happens in new york, ba

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. >>> new jersey senator robert menendez said today he's not stepping down from the u.s.e anytime soon. prosecutors say they accepted bribes of gold bars and cash. they pleaded not guilty to all charges. so far 30 senate democrats, a majority of the senate democratic caucus want him to resign. but today at a closed door meeting menendez announced he'll continue to vote on behalf of the people of new jersey. takes a two-thirds vote of the 100 senators to remove him. >>> we know election season is right around the corner, and vice president kamala harris is touring colleges trying to mobilize young voters. she's calling it the fight for our freedom college tour. she's visiting historically black universities, community colleges, apresentships, and hispanic serving institutions. the goal is to educate young voters and get them to the polls. today she stopped at florida international university in miami. she talked about reproductive freedom, gun safety, climate change, and voting rights. >>> hollywood just lost one of its most magical actors. his name was sir michael gambon

exonerated but i still will be new jersey's senior senator. >> that was new jersey democratic senator robert menendezay, resisting calls from his own party to step down in his first public remarks since he was indicted on friday alongside his wife, nadine menendez, for bribery charges. in the 39-page indictment federal prosecutors allege that menendez and his wife accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars in return for using menendez's political power to benefit the egyptian government as well as three new jersey business associates. new jersey democratic governor phil murphy as well as pennsylvania democratic senator john fetterman and just in the last hour ohio democratic senator sherrod brown have called for his resignation. menendez did not respond today to reporters' questions about whether or not he will run for re-election. we're back with former senator claire mccaskill. what say you, my friend? >> you know, i think it's really hard for any of my former colleagues to complain about republicans not standing up to the obvious problems that donald trump has in terms of his judgment and integrity

. ♪ ♪ senator robert menendez and his wife charged with corruption.rs say they found nearly $500,000 of cash in his home, stuffed in envelopes and clothing. plus the gold bars and luxury vehicles. >> here are three kilograms of gold together worth approximately $150,000. ♪ ♪

. >>> we heard from senator robert menendez monday for the first time since he was indicted for an alleged corruption scheme last week. as nikole killion reports, he is standing strong amid calls for his resignation. >> reporter: new jersey senator bob menendez says he's bracing for his biggest fight yet and showed no signs of backing down. >> i firmly believe when all of the facts are presented, not only will i be exonerated, but i will be new jersey's senior senator. >> reporter: flanked by a handful of supporters, the democratic lawmaker took no questions. >> are you running for re-election? >> reporter: as he responded publicly to a three-count indictment filed last week against the senator, his wife, and three new jersey business associates. the senator is accused of using his political influence on the powerful foreign relations committee to take thousands of dollars in bribes, including mortgage payments to his wife, a luxury car, 13 bars of gold, and around $500,000 in cash with some of the money stuffed in congressional jackets bearing his name. >> for 30 years, i have withdrawn t

new jersey senator robert menendez arrived at federal court hand in hand with his wife nadine.e same row as they were arraigned and pleaded not guilty to three felony charges, including conspiracy to commit bribery, fraud, and ex-portion. the senator responded, "yes, your honor" when asked if he understood the charges against him, and was ordered to surrender his personal passport. >> can you continue to serve effectively in the senate, sir? >> reporter: according to the indictment, menendez and his wife allegedly accepted bribes in the form of nearly $500,000 in cash, found in pockets of a coat bearing his name, over $100,000 in gold bars, and a $60,000 mercedes convertible in exchange for his efforts to direct federal aid and weapons sales to egypt. he is also accused of enriching a trio of business partners who also pleaded not guilty. >> i'm innocent. what's wrong with you guys? >> reporter: cbs news has learned the fbi is investigating whether egypt's intelligence services tried to gain access to the senator through his wife. >> they will be looking to see how direct the t

. >>> we are hearing tonight for the first time from senator robert menendez just days after he was indictede-ranging corruption scheme. the powerful democrat is accused of taking hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash and luxury gifts to help new jersey businessmen and the government of egypt. cbs's nikole killion spoke with his constituents as calls for his resignation are growing today. >> reporter: tonight new jersey senator bob menendez says he's bracing for his biggest fight yet and showed no signs of backing down. >> i firmly believe that when all the facts are presented, not only will i be exonerated, but i still will be the new jersey's senior senator. >> reporter: flanked by a handful of supporters, the democratic lawmaker took no questions. >> are you running for re-election? >> are you running for re-election? >> reporter: as he responded publicly to a three-count indictment filed last week against the senator, his wife, and three new jersey business associates. the senator is accused of using his political influence on the powerful foreign relations committee to take thousands

. >> reporter: new jersey senator robert menendez arrived in federal court hand in hand with his wife nadine. the couple were in the same row as they were arraigned and pleaded not guilty to three felony charges including conspiracy to commit bribery, fraud, and extortion. the senator responded, yes, your honor, when asked if he understood the charges against him and was ordered to surrender his personal passport. >> can you continue to serve effectively in the senate, sir? >> reporter: according to the indictment, menendez and his wife allegedly accepted bribes in the form of nearly $500,000 in cash found in pockets of a coat bearing his name, over $100,000 in gold bars, and a $60,000 mercedes convertible, in exchange for his efforts to direct federal aid and weapons sales to egypt. he's also accused of enriching a trio of business partners who also pleaded not guilty. >> i'm innocent. >> reporter: cbs news has learned the fbi is investigating whether egypt's intelligence services tried to gain access to the senator through his wife. more than half of the senate democratic caucus has