Be facing time here at home. And not guilty. Bob menendez is out on bond but a growing number of his democratic colleagues want him out of the senate. Were following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right now to cnn news central. Former President Trump heads to michigan tonight to give a prime time speech and make a play for Working Class Voters. There, hell take the stage in front of current and former union workers. That means he wont be on stage at tonights republican president ial debate. As with the first gop debate, trump is skipping the second showdown in california. This is the former president s Business Empire is under a major threat after a new york judge ruled trump and list adult sons committed fraud for years by overvaluing their properties to get favorable loans and insurance deals. We have reporters covering all of these stories. Cnn National CorrespondentKristen Holmes is there ahead of the speech. And we have kyung law in simi valley, the site of the republican complicate. And we have a reporter covering the trump fraud case. What more can you tell us about this effort to court blue collar voters, even though hes going to be at a nonunion location . The fact that President Biden was here yesterday, the fact that former President Trump is here today is not a coincidence. It goes to show you how important these Working Class Voters will be in a general election in 2024. Of course, trump is not the nominee but he is the frontrunner. This is the clearest look at him running for the general election. This is a nonunion shop called Drake Enterprises in macomb county. It is a county he won both in 2016 and in 2020. When we look at why exactly he chose to come here to this swing state to talk to Working Class Voters, that shows what you theyre trying to do, trying to pick off certain groups of voters in 2024. We know this group of voters, michigan in particular, helped carry trump to the white house in 2016. They also helped carry biden to the white house in 2020 and trump believed they can siphon off some of these voters. They can drive a wedge between Union Leadership which has essentially condemned donald trump. Theyve said his administration was antiworker, antiunion, pro business. They can separate them from the rank and file. And i did speak to a couple of work heres are coming tonight who told me some of the reason theyre coming to support donald trump has nothing to do with unions or working. It has to do with having conservative values. Thats why they would be here tonight. We will keep an eye on this. We will be talking to the people seeing who exactly shows up. If theyre going to come vote in 2024. It will be interesting to see. Again, hes not going to get the same warm welcome, at least from Union Leaders that we saw President Biden get yesterday. No. Theyve had some very harsh words for him. So youre in simi valley. What are we expecting to see tonight when the runaway front runner is not even going to be there . Reporter he may not be there in body but at least one of these candidates said that theyre going to make sure that his presence in this room is felt. Chris christie, former new jersey governor has said to cnn that he fully intends to make tonight about donald trump, telling cnn, this is going to be about trump. And that he plans to try to force that contrast between trump and his rivals. So his presence, if Chris Christie has anything to say about it, will certainly be felt. Underscoring all of this was something that he tweeted today as well. Its a lighthearted tweet referencing the weekend viral moment with taylor swift when she showed up at a kansas city football game. It underscores his strategy tonight. He tweeted, quote, after tonight, trump will know we are never, ever getting back together. I was going to sing that but my producer said i cannot. Lets give you a look at the stage tonight based on polling position. At the center is ron desantis. He is still in this tier at the top. Tim scott, Chris Christie, on the very edges, mike pence and doug bergum. The overall dynamics, they have not changed. Those little movements, thats what were looking at tonight. I wish you had swung that. You have many talents and dancing is one of them. I think youre a pretty good singer. To you in this fraud case. This judge is ruling really cuts to the heart of Donald Trumps identity. Yeah. It will knee cap his businesses here in new york if they actually go through it. There is an if because theres a lot of appeals in this process. Lets get to the core of what this new york judge decided, essentially saying that trump, his two sons and Trump Organization committed fraud for almost a decade, overvalueating His Properties to amass his fortune that we are very much familiar with because he talks about it all the time. O one tangible example. His trump tower in new york city was three time bigger than it actually is in square footage, basically overevaluating it over 207 million. The judge not mince go oing words saying the discrepancy by a Real Estate Developer sizing up his own living space can only be considered fraud. Whats the result . A judge has handed down some hefty penalties. Essentially canceling Business Certifications of trump entities named in this civil suit brought by Lettisha James last year. It is macking trumporing, two specific properties. One here in new york, 40 wall street, and also a Family Estate in Silver Springs in westchester county, new york. And an independent party will be appointed to dissolve these entities. How that will look, it will take time to figure exactly that out. Tell judges have to decide that. But this is just one part of a number of issues that she brought in her civil suit and that is expected to get started next week. It will be dealing with Financial Issues. Listen, this ruling yesterday ahead of the start of the suit clears the path for james to get what she wanted originally when she brought this chfrs basically to make the trumps, the sons and trump himself, never do business again in the state of new york. Also, they may be owing new york a lot, a lot of money based on this ruling yesterday. Well wait to find out. A lot of appeals in play that were keeping an eye out for. This is huge. We will keep watching. Thank you so much to both of you. We do appreciate it. Boris . New today, the u. S. Army private who ran into the most repressive nations on earth on purpose is now back in u. S. Custody. More than two months ago, travis king raced across the dmz while on a public tour in the area that separates north and south korea. This is the picture of the back of his head and it was taken shortly before He 34made A Run r it. Lets take you live to the State Department and the chief National Security correspondent, alex, walk us through how this all went down. Reporter we are learning a lot more about this decision by north korea to suddenly expel travis king. This was something not expected but were told in the last few days, this is according to the State Departments spokesman, matt miller, that sweden came forward to the United States and made it clear that north korea was interested in releasing private king why. Sweden . They represent interests in north korea where the u. S. Does not have an embassy. Miller said this is not evidence of any kind of breakthrough between the north korean regime and the United States. He said that it was essentially a one off, but it does follow months of what the Biden Administration has called intense diplomacy by multiple countries since miller really bolted, sorry, excuse me, since king bolted across that border into north korea on july 18th. How king specifically left north korea and is making his way home, this is what the spokesman had to say moments ago. Earlier today he was transported to the border between north korea and china where he was met by our ambassador to the peoples republic of china, nicholas burns. Then he boarded a plane and flew from china and then to Osan Air Force base in south korea where he was transported to the department of defense. We thank sweden and the peoples republic of china for assisting in that transfer. He is now on his way to the United States and we expect him to arrive in the coming hows. Reporter so multiple stops for private king to get home. I asked miller whether north korea had asked for anything or whether this was any kind of exchange. Whether they had gotten anything out of it. He and other officials in the Biden Administration are being very firm that no concessions were made to north korea in order to get private travis king home. We have heard from a spokesman for kings mother. I want to read a part of that statement. She said she will be foregrateful to the United States army and all its interagency partners. When king arrives back in the United States, he is going to texas to san antonio to a Medical Center called the brook army Medical Center where he will get evaluated and treated, both physically and mentally. He will be put into what is essentially a Reintegration Program to get him used to normal life again. There are, of course, questions considering the fact that he went awol and was being sent back to the u. S. In july for disciplinary reasons, whether he will face any kind of courtmartial. Those questions, were told, will be addressed once he has not good through that treatment in texas. Those legal questions still looming over his return. Thank you very much. Lets get you to seoul, south korea, with paula hancock. What are they saying about the release . Reporter well, what they said just a couple hours before u. S. Officials confirm he was in u. S. Custody was they were going to expel travis king. This was all through staterun media. They said that he had confessed to illegally intruding into the country. Now, i should say, this is all north koreas words. We have not heard or seen from travis king since mid july when he ran across the border. North korea claims that travis king said that he wanted to go across the border because of what he thought was an unjust u. S. Society. Ill read you part of the state media. Quote, he talked about maltreatment and Racial Discrimination within the u. S. Army and was disillusioned about the unequal u. S. Society. Now, again, this is pyongyangs words, not travis kings. Im sure we will be hearing from him at some point in the future. From north koreas appointment , point of view, it was an interesting to expel him instead of using him as a bargaining chip. In the past theyve managed to secure some very highprofile u. S. Visitors to pyongyang to negotiate for the release of a u. S. Citizen. They had former u. S. President s going to pyongyang for that reason. Experts ive spoken to say that is significant because at this point, it shows they have no interest whatsoever in speaking to washington. With the visit recently by kim jongun, he has made his diplomatic priorities very clear. Interesting as well that we hear from the u. S. Side that they dont believe this is any kind of significant breakthrough. So we are seeing a little different from what weve seen in the past with u. S. Detainees being sent back. There was no highprofile visit. The general assumption is he would have been questioned significantly, extensively while in north korea for the north korean officials to hear anything that he may have known, although there is an assumption that he may not have known anything of significance or concern, but of course, the north koreans would have debriefed him extensively to find out anything and potentially they knew as much as they thought he knew and then they wanted him to go home. Boris . Thank you so much, paula. We have a lot more news to get to as more than half of his democratic colleagues in the senate call for his resignation. New jerseys bob menendez and his wife make their First Court Appearance on Bribery Charges and enter a plea. Well take you live outside the courthouse in just hoemts. Plus, turbulence ahead on capitol hill. Thats how one congressman is describing the looming Government Shutdown. And later, a manhunt underway for the suspect a baltimorebased tech executive. Well be right back. Arraigned but unfazed. An not guilty plea to a flew of sly of Bribery Charges. Menendez is accused of receiving gold bars and wads of cash in exchange for Egyptian Military aid and providing information to the egyptian government. He maintains his innocence. On a political front hes facing near total isolation, at least three democrats in the senate. I want to go to the reporter outside the courthouse. She was inside during the arraignment. Tell us about what happened. Reporter so senator bob menendez, he walked into court today holding his wife Nadine Men Menendez hand in a sign of solidarity. Shes a codefendant in this case. His partner in crime is part of the bribery scheme. The Court Proceeding took only about 30 minutes of time. The senator entered a plea of not guilty as did his wife and two of the Business Associates who were accused of paying bribes to menendez in exchange for favors. During this hearing, menendez showed no emotion. He sat straightforward looking at the judge with his hands clasped on his lap, answering questions about whether he understood what was happening. After he entered the plea of not guilty, the judge released him on bond. The term of his bond, he has to pay 100,000 of personal reconnaissance bond. And then towed surrender his personal passport. He was allowed to keep his official passport and he is allowed to travel internationally with Pretrial Services approval, and otherwise, the travel is limited to the domestic u. S. He is one of the conditions is not allowed to have any contact with any members of his staff, any Staff Members of the Senate Foreign relations committee, or any political advisers who have personal knowledge of this investigation without the presence of attorneys there. So a signal that it is possible that some of his staffers could potentially be called as witnesses. Now, after the hearing wrapped, menendez left the courtroom again holding his wifes hand. He didnt answer any questions and hes due back in court next week. All right, thank you. So. I want to bring in National Security attorney bradley moss. Hes a partner in the law office. I want to dig into some details. If you look at the time line of the relationship between bob menendez and his wife and then we look at the wrongdoings here, the alleged wrongdogs, February 2018 they start dating. Shortly there after, nadine informs will hannah also indicted here that shes dating the senator. By the next month, theyre arranging dinners and meetings without staff between the senator and egyptian officials. What questions does that raise for you about the possible scenarios here of whether she is being exploited, she is being used to exploit him, she is exploiting him, what do you think . You notice in the leadup reporting, hands held closely together, a show of unity. How long will that unit last . There is a concern here based off these factual allegations in the indictment if she was being exploited, if she was ultimately using this as a means to advance her own interest at the expense of her husband. That will come up at some point. Corruption trials that involve spouses, think back to virginia a number of years back. His lawyers ultimately threw his codefendant wife under the bus basically pushing all the blame on to her. It didnt ultimately hurt her in the end because of the Supreme Court ruling that former President Trump would talk about but that was where this could go depending on how this proceeds toward trial. If there may be a legal split between these two codefendants despite the fact that theyre husband and wife. Lets look at another part of the time line. In june of 2019, freddie mac starts Foreclosure Proceedings on Nadine Menendez home. At that time, it seems the allegation here is that its not really a business. The next month you have hana paying his company 23 million to bring the company to current. Nadine texted the senator at the time saying it might be a fantastic 2019 all the way around. What does that time line tell you . It shows me that not jointly but at least his wife was under some sort of financial stressful this is the concern you have with Public Officials is that with the exception of some who are particularly wealthy, most do not have 20 million, 50 million sitting in the bank. They come from middle class means. So once they start facin