New Jersey governor calls for Sen. Menendez to resign

The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown

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3.2 • 865 Ratings

🗓️ 23 September 2023

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Hours after his federal indictment, Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) is out as the Foreign Relations Committee chairman. The Democrat is accused of accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars of cash, gold bars, and more, allegedly trading his influence to benefit business associates and Egypt. Also, a look at the security measures the star witness in the January 6th hearings undertook. Plus, Zelensky shores up support for Ukraine in Canada as his forces forces target Crimea. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:30.1	Happening now,
0:34.0	now, breaking news, Senator Bob Menendez is out as the Foreign Relations Committee
0:38.5	Chairman, at least for now hours after his federal indictment,
0:42.2	the Democrat accused of accepting
0:44.3	hundreds of thousands of dollars of cash, gold bars, and more. Allegedly trading
0:49.6	is influence to benefit Business associates and Egypt.
0:54.7	Also tonight, Ukrainian President Velodemir Zelensky takes his appeal for Western A to Canada
1:00.8	after getting a mixed reception from top officials here in Washington.
1:04.6	This as Ukrainian forces target Russian occupied Crimea with new attacks.
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