Washington, d. C. Today and covering the news wherever it happens. Right now its happening on the East Coast as well. Breaking news, democratic mayor Eric Adams is expected to speak at any moment after federal officials have just unsealed indictment charges against him. He is now charged with those federal counts, five of them, including wire fraud, bribery, solicitation of contributions from a foreign source. We are told a federal prosecutor will give an Update And News conference. Dont know if theyll take any questions but certainly have a statement to read, were told. That will also happen in the next few minutes. Were on it. All over this. Eric adams is already making history at this moment as the first new York Mayor to ever be charged with a federal crime while in office. Phil holloway, former Assistant District Attorney and legal Advisor And Marc thiessen, Fox News contributor. Im harris faulkner. This is the Faulkner Focus live from d. C. And are you there focus with me. Lets s
I will fight these injustices with every ounce of my strength and my spirit. If im charged, i know im innocent. That was new York City mayor Eric Adams taking a defiant tone in the wake of a federal indictment. Well break down the timeline of events leading up to this moment, what the sealed indictment reportedly includes, and what could come next for the firstterm mayor. Plus, Vice President Kamala Harris and Donald Trump each at the Campaign Trail in key Battleground States offering competing visions for the economy. And just hours from now, ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy will meet with President Biden at the White House as zelenskyy seeks aid in ukraines fight against russia. Well go over what to expect. Good Morning And Welcome to Way Too Early on this thursday, september 26th. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your day with us, and we have a jampacked show, and well begin with the breaking news out of new York City. Mayor Eric Adams is expected to face charges by fe
Foreign businesses and officials for nearly a decade. The mayor this morning defiant despite cascading scandals and resignations from top aides. Its an unfortunate day. Its a painful day. I look forward to defending myself and defending the people of this city as i have done throughout my entire professional career. This hour, the House Task Force investigating attempt against former President Trumps life in butler, pennsylvania. Questioning the secret Service Today and local Law Enforcement about critical failures in protecting the former president. Israels Prime Minister is coming to new york to speak to the United Nations tomorrow morning. The White House has no plans for a meeting with the president. The Secretary Of State tries to cobble together a temporary halt in the escalating fighting between Israel And Hezbollah in lebanon. Hoping for a ceasefire there as fighting in gaza fades. Israel, our closest ally, we provide them more weapons than anyone in the world, keeps raising ob
Claims of haitian migrants eating pets in springfield, ohio. He now says that Hell Visit the town, quote, into weeks. But that is a special kind of Fortnight Promise that he has a Track Record of breaking and will take look plus the latest on the investigation into the sinking of the Titan Submersible, new video from the u. S. Coast guard shows its wreckage at the bottom of the ocean. Were following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to Cnn News central days until November 5 Election Day and new polling out today points to an overarching theme the race for the White House will likely be one of the tightest contest in modern American History with Harris And Trump deadlocked across several Battleground States. And pennsylvania, the state that could determine the election. A new Cnn Poll of polls shows the two candidates in a dead Heat Race with no clear leader lets turn now to cnn senior Data Reporter Harry enten for a deeper dive on all of this. Harry,
Breaking news, major Breaking News out of lebanon right now hundreds of people have been injured and an attack thats targeting the pagers pagers of members of the iranian back militant group. Has valla, according to sources arounds ambassador to lebanon appears to be among the injured data according to an iranian news agency, cm has been wiedemann is joining us right now. What do we know about this attack then . This happened just a couple of hours ago, wolf, where there Was a series, perhaps hundreds of explosion small explosions in the southern suburbs of beirut in other areas of lebanon where his bella is present. It appears that these explosions were pagers exploding it simultaneously. These pagers belonging to we believe members of his butler causing hundreds, perhaps more than 1,000 injuries. Weve seen live pictures from the American University Of Beirut hospital where many of the injured have gone lebanese hospitals have called on staff to return to their places of work because