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The bribery standard. since that decision in mid november for mistrial, federal prosecutors have been weighing whether or not to bring senator menendez back to trial. today, they have decided they will go back to this, that they will retry senator menendez. the justice department just announcing this. ill read you part that have irstatement. they say the conduct is serious. the decision to retry this case was made based on the facts and the law, following a careful review. they say the charges a...

Our justice correspondent is here. tell me more, jessica. >> federal prosecutors saying theyre going to give it another go when it comes to prosecuting new jersey senator bob menendez. back in mid november when juror, the second round of jurors, were hung. they told the judge they couldnt come to a decision in this case. it was an 11-week trial that involved numerous charges against senator menendez, including corruption, bribery. basically senator menendezs friendship, relationship with a docto...

Will retry senator menendez on these bribe ry, corruption and honest service charges. brooke? >> jessica schneider, thank you. back to our breaking news on the government shutdown. senator tim kaine from virginia talking about the meeting that just wrapped up between the president and minority leader chuck schumer. listen to senator kaine. >> budget deals that tell you where were going, provide certainty and help everybody. thats what we owe to our troops, to the federal employees. we can get ...

The tweet over the weekend where the tweet said he fired him because he had lied to the fbi and, remember, it was the day after he had fired him that he said to comey, go easy on this investigation. i think thats a serious question. all of this legal discussion, theres a subtly here that i think is important. john dowd and other lawyers for the president have asserted he cant -- nothing he does is legal. the nixon defense. >> exactly the nixonian defense. >> i think what theyre missing, theres a...

Senate, too. >> let me give you an example. suppose a member of al qaeda walks into the presidents office and says here is a suitcase full of cash. pardon someone who went -- >> thats such a simple, obvious case. hes guilty of bribery. >> so? >> you can convict of president of bribery. you can convict the president of telling witnesses to lie. what you cannot convict the president of is simply and merely exercises his article ii authority by pardoning somebody or by firing somebody. thats my poi...

The fell prosecutor referred to new yorks long history of political corruption when he announced the charges. >> the charges we unseal today demonstrate once again that a show me the money culture seems to pervade every level of new york government. it ensnares republicans and democrats, party officials and leaders and corruption in the city, the suburbs as well as the capital. >> six people including senator smith are accused of bribe ry, extortion and fraud. since 2006, nearly a dozen new york...