Senator Bob and Indus says there is a good reason he had nearly half a million dollars

in cash for the envelopes of jackets at his home.

The leak starts right now.

A defiant defense, Senator Bob and Indus denied federal charges against him.

How he justifies all that money, except in envelopes of jackets and close ties with

Egyptian officials.

But what about those gold bars and the Mercedes-Benz?

Plus, less than a week until a government shutdown.

What Speaker Kevin McCarthy just told CNN about his chances of cutting a deal with Democrats

and his fellow Republicans, threatening to oust him from office, if he does.

And Donald Trump back on the trail, playing to his MAGA base at a gun store in South Carolina.

Welcome to the lead, America Hill, in Virginia, we begin with our law and justice lead, a defiant

Senator Bob and Indus pushing back today on calls for him to resign.

To those who have rushed to judgment, you have done so based on a limited set of facts

framed by the prosecution to be as salacious as possible.

Instead of waiting for all the facts to be presented, others have rushed to judgment because

they see a political opportunity for themselves or those around them.

The New Jersey Democrats speaking publicly for the first time since he and his wife and

three others were indicted last Friday on bribery charges.

Menendez is accused of accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash, gold bars,

home mortgage payments, even a Mercedes convertible.

In exchange for his influence as a U.S. Senator, prosecutors say Menendez used that power to

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