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new york mayor corey booker. education secretary arne duncan. singer/songwriter james taylor.the symbol of our country, the american flag. how could you betray me like that, flagworth. i should string you up on a pole. ( laughter ) folks, all of these people were on my show and, therefore, received the coveted colbert bump. and the success, the success of the dem convention can mean only one thing-- the bump has gone rogue. ( laughter ) i've lost control of it. now, folks, i prayed this day would never come, but evidently, even god was powerless to stop the bump. probably because he's never gotten it. come on my show, mr. god! ( cheers and applause ) now, answer my calls. never answers. now i know what you're thinking, stephen, you created the bump. surely you can take it away from these democrats. no, it's not that simple. you see, all bumps operate on the same frequency. it's just like wifi-- only you can't tuz to watch porn at starbucks. ( laughter ) to recall even one bump, you must recall them all. but i have no choice, nation. tonight, i have to shut down the colbert bum

other stars include mayor julion castro and corey booker. for viis former vp form knee, paul ryan, at the top of the list. >> leadership matters. >> reporter: chris christie passed on a 2012 run, but 2016 could be a different story. there is a florida duo, marco rubio and former governor jeb bush. >> the republican candidates for president of the united states. don't forget those who fell short this go around. no word on the presidential prospects of michelle bachmann, rick perry or herman cane. expect focus on rick santorum who gave mitt romney a run for his money in the primary. i guess it's never too early to start talking about what could be a jam packed 2016 election cycle. >> if you have not had enough of politics this week, check out square off this sunday morning , the round table discussion show hosted by rich chair. everything from the election to the fiscal cliff battle. square off airs here on abc 2 at 11:00 a.m. sunday. >>> they have dogs and ducks and paintings and posts. >> you can always take in a spectacular view in easton,

. >>> when we come back, we'll huddle around the water cooler where corey booker makes an odd bet withon twitter. he's at it again. >> wow. >> but he's not saving babies. this is kind of interesting. i'm not sure i don't like this. we'll talk about ill-advised bets on twiter with joe, who knows something about them. [ fishing rod casting line, marching band playing ] [ male announcer ] the rhythm of life. [ whistle blowing ] where do you hear that beat? campbell's healthy request soup lets you hear it... in your heart. [ basketball bouncing ] heart healthy. great taste. mmm... [ male announcer ] sounds good. it's amazing what soup can do. yeah. then how'd i get this... [ voice of dennis ] ...safe driving bonus check? every six months without an accident, allstate sends a check. ok. [ voice of dennis ] silence. are you in good hands? time for citi price rewind. because your daughter really wants that pink castle thing. and you really don't want to pay more than you have to. only citi price rewind automatically searches for the lowest price. and if it finds one, you get refunded the diff

>>corey booker showing how twitter can be a powerful tool.ly read twisted a complaint that he was running out of hot pockets. that got to the company and they sent coupons to the mayor for free hot pockets to give out to vicims. new yorkers now have plenty of hot pockets. >> that will keep you going for a while. when you are snowed in, you will take what ever you can. i just heard from a friend, 80 days and counting without power. >> it is tough for so many people. it is getting better weather wise. that is good news for those folks. let's show you the satellite picture. we will show you were the nor'easter storm is right now. it is pulling off to the north and east. it is loosening its grip. parts of maine will see cloud cover and maybe a little snow but that is it. around here, skies are clear. it keeps us on the cool side. 43 degrees is our temperature at a reagan national. 37 at dulles gaithersburg, and frederick. 32 in winchester. culpeper at 30 degrees. yesterday we hit a high of 56 and our low was 40. you can see we were still well bel

. >> new york mayor corey booker, he is on the air every night. mr. mayor, welcome whaback. >> thank you. >> how are things in newark? we saw things with chris christie and barack obama in new jersey how are things where you are? >> the devastation in the southern parts of our state, demand our attention compassion and prayer. power is still out to half of our city. and you know we announced the number of fatalities and we had three now in our city. one was in the form of a drowning and two today young women who had a generator hooked up and died ofpoisoning. some of them are created by people using generators. >> very sad story. but on a positive note, newark airport is partially open today. >> you know, we are happy that it is open and there will be more and more activity. as we get the arteries open, we had the announcement that new jersey tran transit buses are going to be running. it will bring life into our community and give people hope. they are not as stranded as they have been. and again, we are a major transportation hub. and frankly, help

newark mayor corey booker has been inviting people to his house.ted this yesterday to a newark resident who asked him for help. he said, there's someone at my house now, eric, i've got space you can relax in, charge devices and even a working dvd player. come by, my serene love. this either makes him the coolest or creepiest mayor ever. i'm not sure. he's either extreme little generous or one of his friends is playing an awesome practical joke on him right now. around a dozen strangers showed up at the house yesterday. they watched movies, they orderorder ed food. i think he had more than 30 people over at his house tonight. we're actually thinking about having our afterparty at the mayor's house in newark. good for him. [ applause ] and you kn, if you've always wanted to ransack a mayor's medicine cabinet, now is your chance. as you know, the presidential election is on tuesday. according to polls, obama and romney are still neck and neck. both campaigns made their final push today. romney has a very strong lead among white voters but some promine

. >> greta: newark new jersey mayor, corey booker is going to live only on food stamps. it all started with a twitter spat. first, he tweeted a greek pro vehicle, imbalance between rich and poor is most fatal ailment of all republics. and redistribute the wealth. so he tweeted back, that investing in schools and nutrition would save money in the long run. ace army wife saying nutrition is not the responsibility positive of the government. mayor says we have a shared responsibility for kids to go to school ready to learn. >> woman agreed and food stamp challenge. what do you think of mayor booker's idea. we're back in 90 seconds. mr. margin? don't be modest, bob. you found a better way to pack a bowling ball. that was ups. and who called ups? you did, bob. i just asked a question. it takes a long time to pack a bowling ball. the last guy pitched more ball packers. but you... you consulted ups. you fod a better way. that's logistics. that's margin. find out what else ups knows. i'll do that. you're on a roll. that's funny. i wasn't being funny, bob. i know. a hybrid? most

. >> greta: newark new jersey mayor, corey booker is going to live only on food stamps. it all started with a twitter spat. first, he tweeted a greek pro vehicle, imbalance between rich and poor is most fatal ailment of all republics. and redistribute the wealth. so he tweeted back, that investing in schools and nutrition would save money in the long run. ace army wife saying nutrition is not the responsibility positive of the government. mayor says we have a shared responsibility for kids to go to school ready to learn. >> woman agreed and food stamp challenge. what do you think of mayor booker's idea. we're backkkk ♪ [ male announcer ] it started long ago. the joy of giving something everything you've got. it takes passion. and it's not letting up anytime soon. at unitedhealthcare insurance company, we understand that commitment. and always have. so does aarp, an organization serving the needs of americans 50 and over for generations. so it's no surprise millions have chosen an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. like

don't counsel down on me too soon if i give you a wet kiss if i run against corey booker?o. i think look, as long as the thoughts and depending on what he said was haley barbour. you don't get more conservative than haley barbour as a governor went through this. he understood what it was about. the other thing i'd sea to you, the tea party, you will have to show me where the tea party had an impact anywhere in the congressional races or senate races except to lose one and help mitt romney. you are talking about organization. >> tea party has infrastructure, you know it. >> bob: did a lot of good for allen west, didn't it? >> eric: the history of the tea party is after a president wins, after president obama won in 2008, 2010, they were strong. 2014, they will be strong in congress. >> greg: the republicans should act like democrats to immerse themselveses in pop culture and go in and entering that world previously they have been scared of. >> eric: can't we all just get along on the right? coming up, first it was twinkies now airports and big box retailers. what will bad l

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. >> he did a good job on "saturday night live" but corey booker may run against him and beat him.ho knows? >> i think chris christie is well positioned. marco rubio is well positioned candidate. i don't know that that's going to help them. you mentioned or someone mentioned a lot of women and minorities in their list of 2016 candidates but, you know, they had a woman and minority in the candidates and still chose mitt romney. i think they have an issue to get over with in terms of picking the right candidate. >> with finances, the right was pretty happy with the fact that paul ryan was chosen on the ticket considered to be a budget hawk on the hill. does he have a prospect, a brighter future because of the practice that he got out of going through this election and the lessons learned, possibly utilize that going forward? >> this conversation reminds me of the stephen colbert skit of a committee to explore the question of whether or not they should create a committee. you know, clearly ryan is i guess somewhat self appointed, new right young thing of the party and listening to joh

those issues, i think a lot of people with enthusiastic about defending the gains we have made >> corey booker, as always, very perceptive. i appreciate you coming on. thank you. >> i want to say one thing to your point earlier, here is a block with no power, houses severely damaged, i want to turn around and say are you guys gonna vote in this election? >> yes. >> you heard t. >> obama. >> we may be in tough times but the people here are tough and they understand how important this election is and we are going to get out the vote here in newark even though we are struggling. >> that's great to see. corey, thank you very much. >>> two days before this election, the race couldn't get tighter, joining me now, republican congressman jason chavit of utah, from the battleground state of new hampshire. welcome to you, congressman. >> thanks, piers. >> this is going right to the wire. david gergen, who knows a few things about elections, says he can never remember one quite this close. what do you make of the reality on the ground? where do you think you really are? >> we are fired up. i was with mit

corey booker the mayor of new york. >> now that he is chummy with the governor? political. i think you have a right, chris christie is doing what is the right for the state of new jersey. so is the president. but in the background of all that there are some ramifications. i'm not sure conservatives in this race are very happy with him right now. they may not forget it in the general election in new jersey. a year from now, there is going to be political ramifications. i'm not sure he is worried about that. >> is it possible for either candidate, president obama or governor romney to win right now without ohio? can either one win without ohio? >> both can. it's a tougher road for romney. romney, if he loses ohio probably has to put some combination of wisconsin and colorado or colorado, iowa and new hampshire, some combination of states. >> greta: it's possible but not so easy. it's not easy at all for romney. he has to thread the eye of the needle to do it. the president has other ways to get there if he loses ohio. >> greta: joe, thank you. coming up the obama a

we'll see a lot of corey booker.rnor, suzanna martinez from the state of new mexico. i think she's someone to keep our eye on, because i think her speech at the republican national convention was one that wowed somebody. >> open races on both sides, which makes it fun. >> or joe biden. >> greta: that's right. he said he might run as well. do you think hillary's in? >> gosh, you know, she would be the same age as ronald reagan when he was -- when he became president, a couple months younger. it's entirely possible. i mean, everybody says how tired she looks now. she's got a while to take naps, rest some. joe biden would be 74 years old on inauguration day, by far the oldest president. >> greta: panel, thank you. straight ahead, can america's small businesses survive a plunge off the fiscal cliff? plunge off the fiscal cliff? we ask one [ male announcer ] red lobster's hitting the streets to tell real people about our new 15 under $15 menu. oh my goodness! oh my gosh, this looks amazing! [ male announcer ] our new main

the governor ship, but the democratic most often mentioned to fill that spot is new york mayor corey bookere aftermath of hurricane sandy. >> according to politico, he said we work to shore up medicaid and social security but now is not the time to throw those into the fiscal cliff negotiation. mitt said he is not going to accept things like privatizing medicare. we're back after the break. ♪ the future of one great nation. but only barely, because the sun was like, way in my grill. george mcclellan, the general, hands me his pair of foster grant sunglasses, and i could see! my wife, mary todd, found them so fetching. >> he looked so fine i started to call him babe-raham lincoln. >> i was like, mary, please. >> you look like a baby, a literal child. i bought a pair online, shipped to 115 main st., that's my gettysburg address. i'm funny. i find them to be affordable frames, of the people, for the people, and, not, by the people, that's part of this freedom thing. end slavery, let people buy awesome sunglasses. who's behind those foster grants? abraham stinkin' lincoln. >> i came up with tha

haven't yet had a conversation personally with mayor bloomberg but i intend to and of course with corey bookerof the other great leaders in the region. my brother and i have already talked about this and want to offer all of the support. he's the mayor of new orleans. helped to lead the effort as well. we have to invest in infrastructure to help them particularly our water infrastructure, which is woefully underfunded for the whole country. people would be shocked to know that the core of engineers spends only $1.6 billion in new projects across the country every year. we already have a $40 billion backlog. we talk about one deficit, which is the deficit in the general fund. what we need to focus on as a nation is deficit and infrastructure. you see it play out in realtime in horrific detail in new york. i have been a strong supporter of water infrastructure projects. we're playing catchup down on the gulf coast and we'll help the people of the east coast get caught up with investments that should have been made actually years ago. and the money will come back to us ten-fold. the economic loss