senator corry booker, the democrat from new jersey, attended unveiling speaking passionately about this we do here now is a sacred occasion because ethel straights the voices of our history. >> reporter: outside event the senator weighed in more passionately on another important issue right now. tax reform. >> top economist in this country overwhelmingly condemned this tax proposal from the government. >> reporter: senator saying that the tax reform plan passed by house and coming up for a vote in the senate will hurt his state. >> there should be an anger in new jersey, this is not partisan. when they are talking about taking away, our state and local tax deductions, this is not a fair across the board, tax plan. certain states will come up big losers and new jersey will be the biggest of them all. >> reporter: but republicans in d.c. have a very different interpretation of the proposed tax plan, speaker paul ryan tweeting several times today saying g.o.p. tax plan will boost the country's gdp by three to 4 percent and create a million jobs. but the president today backing him up. >> i

day before he held a event with senator corry booker. on the other side lieutenant governor kim guadagno made a stop by good day last week. over weekend she continued on her bus tour that included stops at a church, hot dog spot, and the vfw post. both candidates hoping to follow term limited republican governor chris christie and right now murphy lead guadagno in the polls and in that campaign cash. murphy, also has a strong lead on social media which has helped electionness recent years. coming up at 4:30 we will hear more about who these candidates are and what their big political pushes are in the election, karen and thomas >> thanks, lauren. other big races, of course, voters in philadelphia will be heading to the polls in a closely watched race. district attorney beth grossman running against democrat larry krasner who has been a public defender for more than 30 years and has endorsement of the current mayor jim grossman. grossman has 20 plus years in the d.a.'s office and endorse by fraternal order of police. winner will take over

day before that an went senator corry booker. on the other side republican lieutenant governor kim guadagno made a stop on good day last week and over weekend she continued with her bus tour that included stops at a church, hot dog spot and vfw post. both candidates hoping to follow term limited republican governor chris christie and right now murphy lead guadagno in the polls and campaign cash murphy has a strong lead on social media which we know has helped in electionness recent years. so coming up in the next half an hour, we will look at candidates who they are and what their big political campaigns are pushing, mike. >> just not new jersey, thanks , lauren. voters in philadelphia will elect a new district attorney, republican beth grossman is running begins democrat larry krasner. winner will take over for kelly hodge, who became interim d.a. after seth williams pleaded guilty to federal corruption charges as you know. >> how about that game yesterday. >> so exciting yes. >> it was an explosion. >> screech of the eagle. >>