Thats where we need him. Entitled to a Presumption Of Innocence and a full trial but i think he should resign. He is entitled to have his day in court, but he does not entitled to remain in the senate and he needs to go. For that reason probably be a good idea if he did resign. John a live look at the courthouse in Lower Manhattan where Robert Menendez pled not guilty. Uphill battle for his freedom and keep his seat on capitol hill. Im john roberts in washington. We climb the top of the hill in terms of the week, sandra. Sandra no kidding, more than halfway there, a busy two hours ahead. Sandra smith in new york. America reports. Long time democratic senator and his wife appearing before a judge after being formally arraigned on charges of taking bribes of cash, gold bars, and a Mercedes Benz in exchange for using his political influence to benefit the Egyptian Government and others. John the calls for menendez to resign growing, more than two dozen of his democratic colleagues have urged him to quit immediately. Sandra Fox Team Coverage is here, Marc Thiessen moments away how it could affect the Balance Of Power in 2024. But lets get right to bryan, live on the scene outside the courthouse. Are we expecting to hear from menendez any time soon, bryan . Yeah, you know, that is the expectation, just given the fact we have been waiting for the senator to come out of court for the better part of an hour announcement senator bob menendez has been defiant, obviously, but look, earlier today he went in for his arraignment, him and his wife Nadine Pleading not guilty to so he pleaded not guilty. In terms of the bond, the senator was released on 100,000 bond, his wife was released on 250,000 bond, which was more, which is interesting. But in terms of their demeanor, they both walked into court today, actually pretty jovial, chatting with one another and with their attorneys this morning. They are represented by different lawyers. The judge decided Senator Menendez has to hand over his personal passports but he is allowed to keep his official passport that will allow him to go on official International Trips as a senator, as long as its preapproved by the court. Senator menendez is also barred from speaking about this case with any of his staff that may have knowledge of this case. He can speak about it with his wife, obviously, but not any of the other three coconspirators who allegedly paid him bribes. New jersey businessmen pleaded not guilty in court with the senator and his wife as well. Businessman egyptianborn will hannah pleaded not guilty yesterday, all of their bonds for these businessmen were set at over a million dollars, much higher than for Senator Menendez. This as the pressure continues to mount for the senator to resign. At least 30 Democratic Senators are calling for menendez to step down, including whip dick durbin who thought he thought he should have a fair trial first, this morning he changed his tune, posting leaders in new jersey including the governor and my Senate Colleague cory booker have made it clear Senator Menendez can no longer serve. He step down. Yesterday menendez reiterated that aint happening. Why arent you resigning . Im innocent. Whats wrong with you guys . Now, durbin indicated to reporters that it was actually menendez long time friend and colleague cory booker coming out and asking him to resign, that actually pushed him over the edge. I believe we have some action here, somebody may be coming out, i dont want to miss that. But ultimately thats the latest from here, guys. Sandra so we do have a door opening and there is the senator exiting the federal courthouse in Lower Manhattan. Bryan, i dont know if you have the shot, we have it live on the screen, he has departed. Perfect. Yeah, lets see sandra it doesnt look like hes going to step up to the microphone. There he is. No, it does not. There goes his car with his wife. Does not look like hes going to speak, sandra. Sandra thank you for that, bryan. Keep track of the breaking news and reaction coming up. Thank you very much. John im sure we have not heard the last from the senator. Bring in Marc Thiessen, former white house speech writer, Washington Post columnist and Fox News Contributor. Of the 26 democrats and seems to be changing almost by the hour, have said menendez has to go, and republicans are questioning well, wait a minute, why are they so quick to throw him overboard. In the United States we have a Presumption Of Innocence until Proven Guilty and the charges against him, they seem pretty serious, are just charges at this point. So why are they so quick to throw him overboard . They think hes going to put the Senate Majority at risk. They have a tilted field into the 2024 senate races, defending 23 seats, seven of those in states trump won or biden barely won. Republicans are defending ten seats, so the field is tilted. They have the work cut out for them for the majority, and if menendez is a candidate on the ballot and this stuff keeps going and turns out to be true, then new jersey is in play and they were not expecting to defend new jersey as well. John there were a couple of republican senators appointed given a vacancy in the garden state. The last time a republican was elected to the senate seat in new jersey was back in 1972, clifford case. That is a long unbroken streak at the ballot box. It is. I can think of one republican who has won statewide, Chris Christie, hes running for president and not doing too well but he could john he appointed the republicans too. Can you imagine if Chris Christie announced he is running for the senate now . Probably do well in new jersey with swing voters, he would be a threat. I would love to see him challenge bob menendez. John establishing a conviction against menendez may be difficult, bob mcdonald was convicted and then went to the Supreme Court and overturned, and with democrats as well. The way the Supreme Court looks at the parameters of bribery and corruption is fairly broad, and then youve got all the allegations against some of the judges who sit on the Supreme Court as well. So, he beat this once, the jury was deadlocked 102 and 10 of those people in favor of acquittal. So, i think a lot of democrats are looking at this as oh, doj has a Slam Dunk Case here, but anything but. May not be, and he violated Senate Ethics rules too. Senator cannot accept a ticket to a hockey game and hes got, you know, 250,000 worth of gold bars. [laughter] john his own money. A long way to go. Before we go, i want to ask you about this. New revelations in the hunter biden case, including a couple of payments from Chinese Business partners, july 6, 2019, 10,000 from ms. Wang shin. Another august 2, 2019, 250,000 from another, also known as jonathan li. Joe bidens Delaware Home was listed as address of the beneficiary, and turns out according to Congressman Comer joe biden knows jonathan li. Look, if i resell my taylor swift tickets the irs is going after me, but he can get a 250,000 transfer to joe bidens home, nothing to see here. The idea its not a serious case and joe biden, october 2020, said on the debate stage my son has not made any money from china. Yet in 2019, 250,000 wired to his son to his Delaware Home. I mean joe biden is was flat outlying in that debate. John he pointed to donald trump and said the only person who made money off china is this guy over here. But i dont understand how you say that when its clear that it was something completely different. And also, 50yearold man using his fathers address for business good lord, i havent done that since college. John a lot of people have kids living in their basements. Hate to break it to you. That worries me. Sandra thanks to marc, john. A mob of mostly teenagers cau causing problems in philadelphia, looted stores, lululemon, apple, foot locker, among the stores ransacked by looters, arresting 15 to 20 suspects but dozens more managed to get away. Eric shawn is following the story for us. How bad was this . Sandra, it was insane in downtown philadelphia, police call it a mass organized Looting Attack fueled by social media. Turns out a mob of about 100 looters, some Wearing Masks and hoodies, ransacked businesses in the heart of the city. Broke into the apple store, lululemon, Liquor Stores and other businesses. Police officers arrested some of the looters carrying plastic bags stuffed with items like clothes, sneakers, liquor, iphone and ipads. Not everyone seen in the videos on social media were actually taking part in the looting. The rampage came after there was a peaceful protest following a judges dismissal of Murder Charges against a Philadelphia Police officer who fatally shot a man last month. Police say that Police Officer fired in selfdefense. Officials are saying the rampage was not connected to peaceful protest at city hall but teens saw an opportunity to go out and steal. Somewhere around 8 00 we start to get multiple calls of certain businesses starting to essentially have their stores broken into or stores ransacked. Philadelphias progressive District Attorneys Office says it does disagree with the dismissal of the charges against the Police Officer. They wanted charges reinstated. But now there are new charges against members of that teen mob. The massive shoplifting is the latest example of teenage mobs breaking in and entering stores to just clear out all the merchandise and Smash And Grab operations. Despite that large crowd we said was about 100 people, right now, sandra, about 80 teens have still not been caught. Sandra wow, that is remarkable. And something many people watching have probably seen in their own communities. Thank you so much, eric. John. John we are talking more about that with leo terrell just ahead. Meanwhile, crime causing one major retailer to shutter some stores. Target says it will close nine locations in several blue cities october 21st, including three in the San Francisco area where President Biden just happens to be visiting. The company is citing theft and violence against staff as the reason for the decision. The ceo says target experienced 120 increase in theft involving violence or threats in the first five months of this year. Just across america there are so many crazy things that are happening, including in baltimore. This 26yearold ceo of a tech company bludgeoned to death in her apartment by a guy who the mayor says should have never been on the streets. Sandra without question that, is absolutely horrifying, and to the closure of these stores, not just because the employees feel they cant do anything about this theft that is happening, they dont feel safe working in these stores where this theft is happening. And think about the huge disservice this is to the communities who no longer have a Discount Store like target to locally shop at, john. John and you saw the people breaking into the apple store, appears there were people inside the store who were trying to keep them out, but they were overwhelmed. Sandra yep, and more and more of that happening. Well keep covering it here, john. The Republican Primary Field Set to face off hours from now in tonights second gop primary debate. Which candidate will make the case . They have the strongest plan to reboot americas economy. 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Seven candidates will take to the stage at the Ronald Reagan president ial library looking for a breakthrough moment. Charles payne, great to have you here. We know its a huge debate, there will be a focus on the economy and that could be happening no matter where the debate was because the economy is the number one concern for voters. Latest fnc polling shows the economic concerns of the American Voter right now is still the sky high prices. Inflation number 1, 91 say that they are extremely or very concerned about that. The cost of housing, 79 . Being able to pay their bill, 74 . People are feeling this and they want to know where these candidates stand on this. Give us your top line thoughts tonight. Charles inflation, i dont think they really did that in the first debate. What is bidenomics, this is how listen, the theory that somehow Big Government can do it all, including pay your bills by pouring trillions of dollars into the economy, its like going to a party. It felt great, beers are flowing, fantastic, but the hangover is long lasting and painful and dont ever want to go through it again. Its like everyone has been there. So, first like how do we make sure we never have to go through an inflationary period. But economists its been 40 years. So, we never really had to go through. We are going through artificial pain as a political experiment to rechange the donation. Secondly on the housing part, if you look at housing, all sides of housing, they are not just making homes, affordable homes. Not a lot you can do about the Interest Rate part of it. But the regulatory part of it, and i speak to bill pulte and others, regulations are destroying the business. Sandra under this administration . Charles a lot are exacted under this administration, but blue states, generally across the country too high, too many regulations and by the time the home is built, its 500,000. Sandra the average home price in the country over 400,000. We have never been there before. Mortgage rates the highest in 23 years. Data this morning showing demand for mortgages is shrinking. What people are saying about the economy, i know you have your ear to the ground, charles, a sampling. Im concerned in a few years when im ready to retire well have an economy that would allow me to or am i s