KATE BOLDUAN, CNN ANCHOR: Breaking news, the prime minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, will be charged with bribery and fraud by the nation's attorney general. This is according to a source with direct knowledge. This is following a long corruption investigation into Netanyahu. And this is potentially a major blow for any leader, but for Netanyahu, as he is seeking a fifth term in office. What exactly is going on here? CNN's Oren Liebermann is in Jerusalem with the latest. Oren, what do you know right now?</s>OREN LIBERMANN, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Kate, we have learned from a source with direct knowledge of the attorney general's decision that the attorney general intends to indict Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with breach of trust in two cases and, in a larger case, with bribery fraud and breach of trust. In that case, police investigators say Netanyahu gave regulatory benefits to one of his friends, a business owner, in exchange, investigators say, for favorable coverage in a news sight owned by that business owner. That has always been the biggest case facing the prime minister over the last couple of years and it is there we have learned from this source that we learned from a source that the attorney general intends to indict the prime minister with bribery, fraud and breach of trust pending a hearing. That hearing is still months away. Netanyahu's party fired back calling this political persecution, an attempt to topple Netanyahu's right-wing government, and calling it unfair because, though we know the attorney general's intent, Netanyahu's chance to defend himself, that hear is months away and will come after elections that just weeks away at this point -- Kate?</s>BOLDUAN: Wow. What an amazing moment that this is all coming together and this is nowhere near the end of it. A major blow right now it sounds like for Benjamin Netanyahu. Oren, thanks for bringing it to us. I really appreciate it. Coming up for us, sometimes you have to walk. That, from President Trump after he leaves Vietnam without striking a deal with North Korea. What happens now after the summit's abrupt end? We'll be right back.
Israeli A.G. Intends to Charge Netanyahu with Bribery & Fraud