she concluded the most reasonable explanation for cory's arms appearing to levitate, is that cory was hours before police arrived on the scene. >> i -- viewed this material and reviewed it with the eye of a scientist and -- and what we know about the development of rigor mortis. >> reporter: what would a jury believe, science, or the words from two of cory's own sons? cory's brother, a dentist, found himself struggling over the conflicting facts. >> science is my living -- you know, it's -- i have to believe in that, but i also have to, you know, believe in the family at the same time. so i'm completely torn. >> reporter: i've never seen a more difficult case, more closely argued. and there doesn't seem to be middle ground to -- >> there's -- there's none. >> reporter: parkinson urged the jury to focus on the science and one image. cory in her bed, her body in rigor mortis. he said it proved she'd died hours before curtis claimed. it proved he was lying. it proved, he argued, that curtis killed her. >>> coming up -- the defense gets its turn and christine is feeling optimistic. >> i k

i'm cory booker and i'm running for president of the united states of america. >> so today cory booker answering one question, will he run for president? and the next question, how will he fair in this crowded democratic primary? one of the mott diverse in history if not the most diverse in history. one advantage he could have is that he has a rau political talent the democrats point to. one of the challenges, this is a year of the woman. woman candidates running. he's going to go on the view today for his first interview after he rolls out his campaign and then off to iowa, south carolina, and new hampshire in the weeks to come. >> rebecca buck for us in new jersey. cory booker announces he's running for president. certainly one of the more anticipated announcements in this 2020 race. let's bring in cnn senior political reporter nia-malika henderson, van jones, host of the van jones show, jackie kucinich, and john avlon here as well. van, i want to start with you here. where does cory booker fit in this new crowded field, and i don't think it's any coincidence at all that senator book

were they bundlers for cory booker? >> they were. >> it is interesting. >> they hosted a fundraiser for him. they were very close to him as far as donors go. as cory booker has pointed out, he's been asked about this in the past few months. he pointed out they were democrats at that time. that's how he explains the relationship. charles kushner, jared kushner's father is a huge democratic donor in new jersey. the kushners are from new jersey. it is not unusual or out of the ordinary that they would have supported booker being democrats. booker says now jared and ivanka are working with president trump, he would not accept money from them today and they haven't talked since they have taken on this new role. it is a very interesting relationship indeed. >> what a soap opera. rebecca buck, thank you for standing in the cold. david axelrod, van jones, nia-malika henderson. tough analysis of the challenges cory booker faces. >>> president trump claims his intelligence chiefs were misquoted when they contradicted him in testi

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turner was convinced cory had not died a natural death.omeone had used an object -- likely a pillow to suffocate the woman; left it under her arms and removed it many hours later. >> the manner of death would be homicide. >> reporter: for the detective cory lovelace's death came down to two competing narratives from two compelling women. one relied on science to explain a murder. the other relied on memory to describe an ailing mother just before she passed away. in the end, the detective believed the science. he believed that a crime had, indeed, been committed. but now chief copley had a little problem back at the quincy police officers who had conducted very different investigations of the same case. >> detective gibson, you believe that this was a homicide. >> i -- i do believe that. >> officer baird, do you believe that this was a death of natural causes? are you divided on that fundamental issue? >> i'm now uncertain. from what i've heard and been told, under the -- under the new investigation. much more uncertain than i was in 2006.

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i know that cory booker oftentimes is seen somewhat as a showboat.alked about him being a showboat when he was running for senator. he told the story about a guy named t bone who embodied a lot of people he interacted with on the streets of newark but wasn't specific that he had an interaction with him. >> first of all, it's dan rea and the show is night side. >> i'm sorry about that. of course. >> no problem. dan rea. it's a short name but it can be mis mispronounced. i think he'll be a formidable candidate. i think kamala harris had a great start last weekend. the democrats will have to figure this out. they have to decide whether they want to go with a joe biden perhaps or if they want to go in a bigger direction. the biggest mistake they could make is elizabeth warren. she doesn't wear well. >> earl? >> disagree with that. i think elizabeth warren will wear very well. i'll tell you why. i think her economical equity message will play well in those three or four states that are must win. namely michigan, pennsylvania, and wisconsin. i think she ha

i asked cory booker about this in iowa. he said he is not sure if it will be a winning political message, but it's the message he believes so it will be the message of this campaign tlmpt are a couple other things that set him apart from this democratic field. it is very crowded, one of the most diverse presidential fields in history. he is the youngest senator running. he mentioned he is the only senator that lives in the inner city and he is an unmarried vegan. a lot of very unique qualities cory booker brings to the table. >> great to see you. thank you so much. >>> joining me now cnn political director david challin. great to see you guys. an unmarried vegan. >> that's hilarious. >> your nutritional status sets you apart. what does cory booker's announcement tell you about his campaign? >> it tells us the big broad themes he wants to run on. this is what we are seeing from many democrats getting in the race as they shape how they are going to present themselves in the trump era, it's not so much to take on tweet by twee

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cory booker is someone hannah:s been on -- cory booker who has been on the other side, on the other side of the teachers union. is record as mayor of newark, pushing educational reforms, he closely with d now-education secretary betsy devos when she was working on school choice issues as a private citizen. randi imply those ould be concerns for teacher unions. while he has maybe those roblems with teacher unions, i think the rest of the peeled is really wide open. rest of the field is really wide open. i don't know there is a favorite. field.a huge we'll have to see what happens. agree with everything michael just said. teacher unions are a primary factor. with the a.f.t. and national education association. they have more than five million members. their war chest is huge. they can get out the vote. a very going to be deciding factor in who makes it hrough here in the to 20 election -- 2020 election. someone like cory booker poses a because of his background on education, on know, choice, even, you private school choice, so it will certainly interesting to see. to watch e thing here thou

and here it is, senator cory booker in newark, new jersey. >> i have the greatest comeback story for any american city right now. i'm proud to have you on my front lawn, but in many ways it's right up this street that my career started in politics. it was a bunch of tenant leaders who were perhaps -- i got my b.a. from stanford. they really believed that was the best way to make a difference in this neighborhood. i've long since believe that life is about purpose and not position and i tried to stay true to the purpose that brought me into the politics in the first place. if you're in my nofs washington, it's a map of this neighborhood that sits behind me to focus on the folks who first took a chance on me and put me into the game. what my neighbors are concerned with and i've heard all around the country, is that people in america are losing faith that this nation will work for them. they're beginning to believe that too many folks are going to get left out or left behind. they're beginning to believe that the forces that are tearing us apart or stronger than the forces that bond us

cory used the term corporate democrat, which is overused.exist, cory probably fell in that category of being a quote/unquote corporate democrat and there were issues when he was the mayor of newark and the school system, school vouchers and that type of thing. but he has turned that all the way around and has presented himself as a man for the people. so it remains to be seen whether or not that works. it is historic, hoe, because for the first time, you will have two prominent african-american candidates vying for the nomination, both with a very credible chance of winning, not to mention, at least for women, obviously, there's the overlap with kamala harris. so the democratic party has an embarrassment of riches at this point. i don't think that there's a losing strategy with either one. i think all of 24these candidat are great, including cory. >> how about you? stls a sheen of optimism to that part of the video that we watched there. it was an optimistic read on the where the country is going. and, mark, i'd like to dive a little deeper

i'm cory booker and i'm running for president of the united states of america".ken) the pool of presidential candidates just got a little more crowded -- new jersey democratic senator cory democratic new jersey crowded --little more yet. left. progressive energize the progressive left. (catherine) that was jason carroll reporting. there's no specific date set for the introduction of the green new deal legislation. it's still being worked on, so there's no final text yet. "together america we will rise. i'm cory booker and i'm running for president of the united states of america". (ken) the pool of presidential candidates just got a little more crowded -- new jersey democratic senator cory booker announced today he is running. he released a video that shows him walking through his newark new jersey neighborhood. booker announced his candidacy on the first day of black history month and mentions the discrimination his family faced when he was growing up. at 49-years-old, booker is one of the youngest candidates from the senate. he is also unmarried and vegan. toda

the latest entry is senator cory booker from newjersey.candidates, and the second african—american. booker is hoping a message of optimism and unity will set him apart. jane 0'brien reports. in america, we have a common pain. but what we are lacking is a sense of common purpose. cory booker, the charismatic senator from newjersey has been positioning himself for a presidential bid for some time. and like many of his rivals, his official declaration has come early. he portrays himself as somebody who can bridge america's eligible, racial and economic divides, making his formal ditch outside his home in a low—income neighbourhood.” believe in the american people, i think they will look to the american democratic party for leadership, i believe we are going to consolidate this country against the politics of hate, politics of division. in a crowded field that now includes four senators, name recognition is key. the candidate must also make clear their differences. i imagine that their differences. i imagine that the crowded democratic field o

no toes in the water for cory booker. in and all over the place with a full on media blitz this morning. what's so special about today? we'll explain and ask what he's really running on and what's his path? >>>

no toes in the water for cory booker. he is all in and all over the place with a full on media blitz this morning. what's so special about today? we'll explain and ask what he's really running on and what's his path? >>> in washington roger stone plans to resist a potential court order to keep him silent. we're live to explain what else stone wants to talk about. we have our team covering it live on this friday morning. we start with the president talking all things russia as his administration takes a serious step that they say sends a strong message to the kremlin but one that's putting allies on edge. president trump sitting down with the new york times in the oval office saying of the russia investigation i'm not a subject. i'm not a target. when asked about it. and what deputy attorney rod rosenstein has told him. we also are talking act what the president talked about with roger stone related to wikileaks. nothing, he says. telling "the times" he never directed anybody to get in touch on wikileaks. >> did you ever t

eater. >> if cory booker became president, america would have its first vegan president. >> is cory booker trying to impart his vegan animal-free diet on the rest of us? he says eggs, he discovered, do not align with his spirit. >> trevor: eggs don't align with his spirit? that sounds like a really classy way of saying eggs give me diarrhea. ( laughter ) cory booker is walking out of the bathroom, like, you might want to give that a minute, i had a spiritual crisis in there. ( laughter ) i don't understand how this is on the news. i say if cory booker wants to be a vegan president, he should go for it. his diet choices are his business. they don't affect anyone else, or at least that's what i thought. >> good luck running for president trying to take away meat. >> are democrats really trying to take the white house on a platform of banning meat? >> he wants to be the most powerful person in the world, and he wants to impose his meat rashing on the rest of us. when you're eating a steak and go, nyum, nyum, nyum, that is so delicious. what's cory booker counter that with? >> lock your

the late entry is senator cory w booker from rsey. the fourth list of candidates and second african-american. he hopes that a message of unity will set him apart. sen. booker: in amercoa, we have a on pain, but will we are lacking is a sense of common purpose. jane: cory booker, the charismatic senator from new jersey, has been positior ng himself fopresidential bid for some time. like many of his rivals, his cofficial declaration hasome early. he portrays himself as somebody who can bridge america's politica racial, and economic divides, making his formal pitch outside his home in a low-income neighborhood. sen. booker: i believe in the american people. i believe they will look to the atic party for leadershi i believe we are going to consolidate in this country against the politics of hate, politics of division. jane: in a crowded field that now includes four senators, name recognition is key. the candidates will make their desk for the differences. kellyanne: i imagine that thecr crowded demoatic field of democratic aspirants will

this is a video that cory booker posted earlier. take a look. >> together we'll channel our axon pain back into our common purpose. together, america, we will rise. i am cory booker and i am running for president of the united states of america. >> democrats have two african-americans in the primaries. kamala harris looking to be the first female african-american president and cory booker. this was before he announced he's running. they would vote for bookers compares to 33% saying they would vote for biden and 11% for harris right now. there is a strategy for kamala harris, she's putting a lot of efforts into african-american in south carolina. it is going to be crucial for booker's success here. >> he spent a lot of time in south carolina and georgia. the two things that i think are really important, there can only be one. that's really important. the diversity that we have experienced after barack obama's presidency enables us to run multiple candidates from diverse background and not have anybody say they can only be one of this

you specifically asked about cory booker. why? >> cory booker has been on the education reform side of the pendulum on the democratic side, on the other of the teachers union. his record as mayor of newark, pushing educational reforms, he supports school choice. he actually worked closely with now-education secretary betsy devos when she was working on school choice issues as a private citizen. and we heard randi imply those would be concerns for teachers unions. but while he may have those problems with teachers unions, i think the rest of the field is really wide open. i don't know there is a favorite candidate of teachers unions right now, it is a huge field, so we will have to see what happens. >> i agree with everything michael just said. teachers unions are a huge factor in democratic primaries. the, with -- the two national teachers unions, they have more than 5 million members. they can get out the vote. they will be a deciding factor in the 2020 election. and somebody like cory booker poses a problem for them because of h

is cory booker someone that could be that trump foe?edict how elections were going to go -- >> you've seen him. >> i do know him, though, and i know that he's -- two things that conflict with each other. he's very sweet, he's very idealistic and generous and gentle, but i saw him fight one of the roughest, dirtiest, slimiest candidates and campaigns ever in the streets of newark, new jersey. so he's no stranger to a tough fight. >> and just lastly, since you've had so much time with him which is when the cameras are rolling, you've been with him when the cameras are off. what's he like? >> he's a will the like he is in the movie. you feel like sometimes when he's doing things in the senate that, you know, he can get a little profisorial, but he's remarkable -- >> who is the real cory booker? >> i was just following him around today and it's amazing how similar he is to who he was as a 32-year-old city councilman running for mayor. he cares about the same things. he approaches issues sort of wonky but also very activist and idealistic at

cory has issues in more progressive field. he has got some issues that many progressive are not going to like. however, i think he can stand out. he is a good politician. he seems to constantly win. so he has got a chance. he certainly got a better chance than howard schultz at any point. howard schultz doesn't even have even a shot. ed: we shall see. i can see you, a lot of democrats seem to be a little bit worried about mr. schultz. >> he make as good cup of coffee. ed: we'll debate that maybe on another day. some people like dunkin' a little better. michael, i want to widen the lens and talk a little bit about the democratic field. the president is already sort of licking his chops, when you look at it, they're for open border, they want more crime essentially in his words. look what is happening in abortion in virginia and other states, the party, the democratic party is getting more radical. >> that's right. they're learning all of the wrong lessons from president trump. they see that president trump had success by taking

cory booker needs endorsement in the democratic party.oing to have a tough time getting ahead of the field. all of his work in the senate has really been about asking tough questions or falsely accusing brett kavanaugh not giving him any due process. it hasn't been about results legislation. what there is a record of that doesn't exist in washington for cory booker his record as mayor. when he left violent crime in newark. violent crime meaning murder, assault, sexual assault went up by 33%. that's a pretty significant margin especially if you are trying to run against president donald trump who has been all about trying to reduce violent crime. the other thing, too, yes, he has been for education. is he definitely for choosing schools. absolutely good. but there are a lot of questions about corruption during thinks time in newark about giving out contracts to his politically affiliated buddies. there is a lot of money given by didn't go to education as was promised. and also, i think his comments on race. you have to be very careful abou

cory booker is an enormously appealing person of substance.he race in the top tier, i would say. i don't know what the president is talking about. it's also sad because i believe booker worked with him on his only bipartisan accomplishment which was the bit of criminal justice reform. that's an unnecessary poke in the eye to someone who tried to work with you. >> does the president only say that about people that he thinks are legitimate? >> no. i think kamala harris can scare him. cory booker, i agree with joan. i disagree he's of substance. i grew up in this area and newark, he really took on a democratic machine. went after the corruption. was pragmatic and then he did a 180. he defended bain capital, charter schools and he ran from everything and he got paid $750,000 to leave the law firm he was with who had city contracts. he made $1.3 million in public speeches while he was mayor. i don't know what other than his spartacus moment he's done in the senate. >> criminal justice reform. he was a real leader on that. >> that was a big thing th

ed: let's start with cory booker if elected president what would be on his agenda. >> first off if coryor that i am not sure. the truth is a lot of democrat platforms look quite similar. all the ones we are talking about today embrace some form of medicare for all which would basically get rid of all private health insurance and some form of the green new deal which would fundamentally change life in america as we know it. cory booker, while he supports these, i think we are going to see him emphasize things like criminal justice reform in his campaign, legalizing marijuana. but he has an interesting path where he used to be moderate on platforms like school choice and then when he became sort of a public national persona he completely flip flopped and smeared education secretary betsy devos who he used to actually work with. ed: that's interesting as you say because you have someone like cory booker mayor of newark, of course. they had troubled schools. he was trying new things. maybe moving to the middle. now if you are going to run for president in 2020 and you are a democrat you hav

cory stuart came within one percentage point.ory stuart became the senate candidate in virginia last year. >> you're right. >> so there's still a considerable amount of acceptance of this racism. >> to not hide behind the statement, to hide behind a video where he's like i'm sorry, i'm a good person now, i'm sortry the pain i caused, is it stepping down coming on don's show and taking questions from all of us. they are noticing what the conversation is around this governor at this point, but there is northam sort of hiding at this point from the public, from the press in this crisis moment. also saying that he should still maintain power, right, without being -- without facing any questions. >> i've got to run. >> don, really fast. >> i can't, april, sorry. >> don. >> okay, go on. >> really fast. remember the governor of alabama who was very racist and he on his deathbed decided to say i'm sorry? well, he knew better that the time. yes, governor george wallace. so he knew better at the time. and when it came time for him to possi

the latest entrant, new jersey senator cory booker. his announcement m oming as nbc's kristen welker. >> reporter: new jersey senator cory booker making his esofficial. >> i believe that we can build a country where no one is forgotten, no one is left behind. where we see the faces of our leaders on television and feel pride, not shame. >> reporter: the former newark mayor launching his campaign on the first day of black history month, a sign he's courting critical african-american voters. >> i'm running for president. >> reporter: the white house wasting no time taking aim at him. >> i think cory booker often sounds like a hallmark card and not necessarily a person who's there to tell you everything he's accomplished. >> reporter: appearing on "the view," booker declined to target his fellow democrats already in the race. >> there will be some sibling rivalry, but at the end of the day, we're family. >> reporter: instead taking his own swipe at mr. trump. >> if you're tired of that kind of bitterness, of that kind of trash talking, i'

cory is not the name of a president.e name of the hot guy in high school who now runs his dad's gas station. that's what that is. ( laughter ) though i will already say, he's already got one advantage on trump, he's wind proof. that will work. ( laughter ) and finally, saturday was groundhog day, which leads me to ask what the hell is groundhog day? ( laughter ) doesn't say. people pull a rodent out of the ground and ask the animal to predict the weather. this is so unfair because if africans were doing shit like this and you heard we pulled animals out of the ground -- like there are villages in africa where they wear animal skin and if i explained this to them, they would be, like, what's going on in america? ( laughter ) the governor of virginia, if you asked most people to pick his face outof a lineup they would have been, i guess the bald eagle and the wig? but after this weekend, everyone knows the governor of virginia for all the wrong reasons. >> breaking tonight, a racist year book photo taken over three decades

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cory backer will be disgusted by the cory booker you saw. back then sexual politics seem more important than race politics. now it's the other way around. never-ending car crash of intersectionalty. here's reminder. >> how we deal with survivors who come forward now is unacceptable. the way we deal with this allows for the continued darkness of this culture to exist. your brilliance shining light under this speaking your truth is nothing short of heroic. >> tucker: short of heroic then, it was a light in the darkness of our culture, cory booker, because, he's an incredibly good person. he went to yale. he was gong to shine to make this a better society. now, who cares about this woman? will she shut up already. what did you make of this attitude. rob thank you for coming on. i'm little bit someone who sat figuratively at the feet of cory booker to learn how to be a good person to achieve the kind of enlightenment he has. i'm surprised by the abrupt change of tone. you're a hero coming forwards with allegations of sexual assault and shut up h

. >> in america, we have a common pain but what we're lacking is a sense of common purpose. >> cory! >> what's up? >> amen. >> i grew up knowing that the only way we can make change is when people come together. we are better when we help each other. the history of the nation is defied by collective and slaves and abolitionest and those who were born here and chose america as home and took up arms to defend our country and leaked arms to challenge and change it. together we will common our pain back into our common purpose. together america, we will rise. i'm cory booker and i'm running for president of the united states of america. >> booker announced his candidacy on the first day of black history month. never hurts to get a little symbolism in. last month, kamala harris in the field launched her campaign on martin luther king day. today harris marked the start of black history month but noting the congresswoman shirley chism and quoting her. quote, you don't make progress by standing on the sidelines wimpering and complaining. you make progress by implementing ideas. harris noted

i think cory is someone if you've ever seen him on the campaign trail, he's very inspiring.l these candidates, that is why we have a primary process that -- where you get to see, how do they do? can they flesh out their ideas about health care, how do we get to if it's medicare for all or do you maintain some form of private insurance? how do we get there? that's, what's going to be positive is that conversation. >> i actually think that cory booker's problem is going to be within the democratic party and it's going to relate to his job as mayor of newark. i think he was a terrific mayor of newark. he supported choice for public school children in newark, and he's going to have trouble with the teachers union, and it's very difficult to get the nomination if you have the teachers unions on the other side. >> and democrats were thrown a curveball with the possible entry, at least the testing for independent candidate howard schultz, the former ceo of starbucks. senator sherrod brown of ohio is contemplating running for president. he hasn't announced but does have some thought

where does cory booker fit? >> he's interesting because i think he is viewed in the democratic party as actually being a little bit more of a moderate, but he actually has quite a liberal voting record. he's talking about medicare for all, which is becoming kind of a litmus test for democrats in the primary. is he going to try to cast himself as more this moderate lawmaker, or is he going to go toward this liberal -- >> he's definitely on that page, but in 2012 we saw where his instincts were newark where he grew up, right across the street from manhattan, he jumped up to defend bayne capital. >> he gets money from law firms, money from security investments, money from real estate if he gets traction. the democrats are being nice to him right now. once he gets traction, this is the introductory phrase. iowa caucuses are next sunday. but if cory booker gets traction, you might see someone like elizabeth warren saying you're the democratic guy. >> right now there is a superpac supporting him but they're not endors

i know cory booker personally. what he's talking about, he really believes this, you know, and i think that this is a strategy that could in fact work for cory. look, he's saying that i can talking love and hope but that does not mean that i don't have a plan, that i don't have a policy platform. the question becomes, are there enough voters in particularly the key states, that that's a message that they want to latch onto, that they're susceptible to, is that something that gets folks fired up in iowa and south carolina. those are two places senator booker has been a number of times already. he's drawing great crowds, people are tongue ourning out t what he has to say. it's early, the first democratic primary debates aren't until june. it's too early to say whether or not love and hope is going to win this democratic nomination. but it could. >> ana, let's talk about lessons learned, because as these democratic candidates formulate their strategy, what should they take away perhaps from how trump tore apart the 20

i'm cory booker and i'm running for president of the united states of america".grant) the pool of (grant) tuesday. tuesday. monday and levels on lower snow bring even showers could bring even lower snow levels on monday and tuesday. "together america we will rise. i'm cory booker and i'm running for president of the united states of america". (grant) the pool of presidential candidates just got a little more crowded -- new jersey democratic senator cory booker announced today he is running. he released a video that shows him walking through his newark new jersey neighborhood... where he used to be the mayor. booker announced his candidacy on the first day of black history month and mentions the discrimination his family faced when he was growing up. at 49-years-old, booker is one of the youngest candidates from the senate. the stanford alum is vegan.... he's not married. today booker spoke to a crowd in newark after he announced his candidacy. he talked about his reasons for runinng. sen. cory booker/(d) presidential candidate: people in america are losing faith

cory booker did this in '02 before we heard in obama in '04. sea i h he said let's put this into new work. if you support me, you support newark. i think that's a message that resonates. if you see what's happening in detroit, philadelphia, in baltimore, across the country you are seeing -- you could see where people have said we're going to sort of put this city, this community back in the community's hands, and that's a kind of message that i think resonates across the country. >> robert, i have met cory booker. i have interviewed him, and he is one of the most charismatic, engaging, energetic politicians i have ever met. i have long been saying i am jealous the democrats have someone like that on their bench, but he was ridiculed mercilessly for that spartacus moment at the brett kavanaugh hearing. some democrats km complain he is a bit of a grandstander. he had a mixed bag as a record as mayor of newark. does he have some liabilities? >> i think he may have some liabilities. i do think though that one of his greatest experiences was losing

listen -- cory booker is obviously making a very smart play. his interview with vegan news that he is making a play toward a very specific part of the democratic base right now. part of that is the female. the female voting block. do i think that just putting a female on a ticket means that all women are going to all of the sudden voter cory booker and has running mate? no, because females are not that homogenous in their voting. they obviously are independent-minded and they are 50% of the country. there's going to be diversity within that voting block. but somebody like amy klobuchar makes a lot of sense for him, because she kind of brings in that more moderate democrat that -- >> harris: do you think amy klobuchar would go second tier ticket? >> i don't know, maybe! >> harris: interesting. i did catch him saying, it's time for a woman to be president. so has he been saying that as he recruits a woman, if he gets the democratic nomination -- we got a lot of ifs going on. supposed to get to that point. is he saying he will bow and let b presid

senator cory booker jumped in today so he's the newest candidate.ve ralph northam turning up in his 1984 medical yearbook photo as a man in blackface or the one in the kkk outfit. and now republican senator tim scott of that all-important early primary state of south carolina is speaking out about the virginia governor. saying the governor's quick apology is good but the people of virginia will make their voices heard. i'm betting the people of senator scott's south carolina will have some opinions as well. joining us now is jamie harrison, the associate chairman of the democratic committee and the former chair of the south carolina democratic party. he's also the author of "climbing the hill: how to build a career in politics a make a difference." thank you so much for joining us tonight, jamie. good to talk to you. >> thank you joy. >> thank you very much. we have lots and lots of statements coming out. senator kamala harris has called on governor northam to resign. you've got 2020 candidates beginning to weigh in. i believe elizabeth warren has a

>> senator cory booker announcing a run this morning.nk so far that is in this has the best shot at beating donald trump? >> i don't know. i think donald trump looks pretty weak right now based on the latest polls and perhaps a lot of candidates would be able to defeat him from our side. however, i think the key thing is we have to set forth a vision for what the country will look like in 2024, 2028 and beyond. it has to include all americans. >> life long democrat until now howard schultz thinks your party has gone too far left and makes promises like medicare for all that he says are unaffordable for this country doompt you welcome that? >> i think that if mr. schultz wants to join the debate, he should. i just question whether doing so as an independent might play into donald trump's hands because it would weaken -- >> why do you think he would pull more from democrats than republicans? what evidence do you see of that? >> we don't know for sure. however, in my humble opinion, i think that if he is trying to bring a progressive voice

and that brings us back to the vacant bachelor cory booker. things are pretty good in america, cory, and i don't know we are already rising. that was his big statement today, we are all going to rise. we just heard even your imaginary friend t-bone has found a job. maybe that is why he wasn't at your bigim announcement today. very sad. and that is the angle. >> all right, joining me now howie kurtz fox news analyst and media buzz sunday here on fox news and u.s. attorney joseph digenova, howie, let me start with you. i feel like we say this way too much, but it's not a good week for the media on a number of fronts. b >>howie: laura, by far the most egregious case has to do with late-term abortion bills in virginia and new york and i say this whether pro-life pro-choice, reservation, this is a dramatic shift yet "new york times," "washington post" framing as only a case of partisan republican's objection to abortion rights even though instead of having a debate on the morality of allowing abortions even up to the day of birth as ralph northam s

cory booker enters the 2020 race, and he's already making headlines. will the man who refuses to remain silent be muzzled by a judge? roger stone in court any time now. >>> and the mysterious calls with donald trump wejr. were no with his father, but do we know who they were with? >>> cory booker kicked off his campaign on social media with this message. >> i'm proud of not only who i am and my conviction, but this is a time where too many people, i think, are trying to pit people against each other, where the democratic party, i don't want it to be defined by what we're against but what we're for. if you're tired of that bitterness, that kind of trash talking, trolling, politics that are a race in this country, then don't vote for me. i'm trying to build this nation up, not tear it down. >> let's listen to president trump just moments ago at the white house. >> it's a disgrace. it's a disgrace. and now you have problems even with, i understand yesterday, even people from venezuela want to come through, everybody wants to come through. part of it is th