- Well welcome to the 700 Club.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

is fighting for his political life.

Israel's attorney generalis planning to indict

him on charges of bribery,and breach of trust.

And today, Netanyahu is fighting back.

- The charges coming as Netanyahu faces

a tough election in April.

As CBN Middle East BureauChief Chris Mitchell

reports, the Prime Ministersays his political enemies

are trying to drive him from office.

- [Chris] Israeli PrimeMinister Benjamin Netanyahu

went on national TV to defend himself.

- The left is doing this because they know

they can't beat us at the ballot box.

They simply can't beatus at the ballot box.

For three years, theyhave been carrying out

in political pursuit against us.

An unprecedented huntingexpedition with one goal,

to topple the right winggovernment led by me.

And to bring to power theleftist party of Lapid

and Gantz.

- [Chris] Netanyahu saidthe left put enormous

pressure on Israel'sattorney general to influence

the elections.

And felt confident he'd be vindicated.

- I tell you, the citizensof Israel this house of cards

will collapse.

I'm absolutely certain of that.

I am certain of it 4000%.

I plan on serving you andthe state as Prime Minister

for many years.

- [Chris] Netanyahu's mainchallenger retired General

Benny Gantz said Netanyahu had to go.

- People of Israel,tonight via the publication

of the recommendationof the attorney general,

and in these circumstancesthis has happened,

sitting with Benjamin Netanyahuin the same government

is off the table.

I call on you, BenjaminNetanyahu from here tonight

to come to your senses,show responsibility,

and resign from your post.

- [Chris] Israel's attorneyGeneral Ivy Hai Mandelbid

announced he would indictNetanyahu in three ongoing

investigations.

In the most serious case,Netanyahu is suspected

of firing Israel'scommunications ministry director

in exchange for favorablecoverage in one of Israel's

top news sites.

- We are entering unchartedwaters, an incumbent prime

minister was never indictedin Israel's history

as he was still serving as prime minister.

From a legal perspective,nothing will change

in the immediate termbefore the decision on

the indictment is final.

Once the decision is final,there's legal ambiguity

on whether the prime ministercan remain in office or not.

- The indictments alsothreaten Netanyahu's

political future, thecurrent polls are so lcose

that even if Netanyahu'sLacood party lost a few

seats, it could turn the tideof the upcomign elections.

The elections will be held on April 9th.

Chris Mitchell, CBN News, Jerusalem.

- We all await theresults of the election,

but this is definitely a bombshell.

Underlying it, here arethe two major charges,

one is that there weretwo or three favorable

articles put out by a newsorganization in return

for Netanyahu sacking thecommunications minister.

That's supposedly themost serious and Netanyahu

said in the avalanche of all the negative

press by the sameorganization, you're going to

accuse me of somehow buying two to three

favorable articles.

That's one of the charges,the other is influencing

for a friend who happened tobe a political contributor

and pointing out, havingthe finance minister

point out that there's atax advantage transaction

that he could do that waslegal under Israeli law.

Those are the two majorcharges, and so we'll

see how the Israelielector responds to it.

But this has been atactic to try to take out

elected officials through litigation.

It happened in the US withTom Delay, he actually

was convicted, theconviction was overturned by

a Circuit court, but bythen it was too late.

Delay was out of office and out of power.

So we'll see what happens here,

the election is just around the corner.

And we'll see how theIsraeli people respond.

Well President Trump sayswalking out on Kim Jong Un

was a necessary step in a long journey

towards a lasting peace.

And while critics may callthe Hanoi summit a failure,

Trump says his negotiations will continue

and that his relationshipwith the North Korean

dictator remains strong.

Gary Lane has more.

- Despite the abruptend to the Hanoi summit.

President Trump is optimisitcabout eventually reaching

a deal with North Korea.

Thursday night he toldFox's Sean Hannedy that

relations with Kim JongUn remain friendly.

- We get along reallywell, he's a different kind

of a guy, and I just saidlook this isn't gonna

be working.

So I have a feelingsomething down the line

will happen, and it'llhappen, it'll be good.

- [Gary] CBN AsiaCorrespondent Lucile Taluson

was in Hanoi for the summit.

On CBN's Global Laneprogram she reported that

lower level negotiations withNorth Korea will continue.

- Our relationship betweenNorth Korea and the

United States is buildingup, it's developing.

And as secretary Pompeo also said,

they know each other better.

The teams from both parts North Korea

and the United States, theyknow their limitations.

They understand oneanother, and they hopefully

they will work together.

- [Gary] Foundation forDefense Democracies Vice

President Johnthan Schanzersays building a lasting

relationship with North Koreais a matter of devleoping

trust, and verification.

- If you loko at thehistory of our dealings with

North Korea, it's likeold peanuts cartoon.

It's Lucy and thefootball, where she holds

the football, Charlie Browncomes up to kick the field

goal and falls right on his back.

- [Gary] A history of NorthKorea deceiving the west,

agreement is reached to halttesting, western sanctions

are lifted, eventuallyNorth Korea resumes nuclear

development and missile launches.

In Hanoi, Kim wanted sanctionslifted without destroying

all his missiles and nucleardevelopment facilities.

Like Ronald Reagan whowalked out of the Rake Evic

summit with Soviet leaderMacycle Korbicha in 1986.

Trump said no.

- Whether it's Reagan,whether it's anybody,

I mean, you have to be prepared to walk.

And this just wouldn'tof been good for country.

- [Gary] Gary Lane CBN News.

- And certainly a developing story.

In my lifetime I'd neverthought we'd reestablish

relationships with Vietnam.

But we have, the stakesare really high here

if North Korea can leavetheir nuclear weapons aside,

it brings a whole lot ofstability to a very dangerous

part of the world.

So he's playing a very high stakes game.

Keep this in mind, noother sitting President

wanted to ever sit downwith them on the basis

that you could never trust the other side.

You could never get to a deal

and it would be badpolitically, so Trump's taking

it on and he's playinga very high stakes game.