>>> governor chris christie and his new jersey pal senator cory booker burning all twitter on this cold day. that's next.

cory booker. cory booker now is no longer the mayor of newark because he's a united states senator now. one of the highest profile democrats in the country. there are not that many people who have jumped from mayor to u.s. senator, but cory booker did that. and the city he jumped from is new jersey's largest. the second largest city in new jersey is jersey city. and jersey city, too, is starting to become known for its rising star of a democratic mayor. his name is steven fulop, he is 36 years old. his parents were immigrants to this country. he grew up working in their deli in newark. he worked hard, went to college, got himself a great job after college working on wall street. he was working at goldman sachs. but then in 2002, he gave it all up to enlist in the marine corps. he signed up and shipped off to iraq. when he came back, he ran again -- he ran an against-the-odds campaign for city council in jersey city and he beat the incumbent and got himself a seat on the city council. then this pas

we have not heard whether cory booker, senator booker will be here, though. >> that is interesting. word we're hearing from capitol hill, apparently, is that cory booker is not going to attend. craig melvin, you'll be on top of all of this. we'll check in with you later this afternoon. >> two months ago, news that christie was stepping up to lead the republican governors association was met with enthusiasm. in a critical election year. >> everyone is excited. i'm getting great response from the donors and from my fellow governors. i'm looking forward to it. it's going to be a great year. >> but over the weekend inity first big swing as a surrogate for florida governor rick scott, christie ducked cameras. scott's team wasn't eager for them to be seen together. and any answer to any 2016 questions will happen next year. former mississippi governor haley barbour, friend and defender of governor christie of late. good morning, governor. >> good morning, chuck. i'm struck by the fact that you think it's newsworthy that christie said a run for president is something that has to wait until

cory booker. is no longer the mayor of newark because he's a united states senator now. one of the highest profile democrats in the country. there are not that many people who have jumped from mayor to u.s. senator, but cory booker did that. and the city he jumped from is new jersey's largest. the second largest city in new jersey is jersey city. and jersey city, too, is starting to become known for its rising star of a democratic

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cory booker is a great disciple of these politics. all over the country at the state and local level, you have these emerging leaders. in 2000, the year 2000 the year clinton left the white house we at the dlc did 100 g.i.s -- 100 rising stars and looked at people who are not yet in statewide office. out of the people we picked i think eight or nine of them have been governors. a number of them senators including chris coons who is now a senator from delaware, from delaware. so you know danny molloy the governor of connecticut. so one of the great things that happened because of the clinton years in the 1990s as a whole generation of leaders sort of adopted this politics. it it's not always obvious and the congressional level to be honest with you. washington is so dominated by the interest groups and debates but around the country where people have to deliver services you have this breed of young elected officials that i think those well for the country and i hope the same is true on the republican side even though i'm not familiar w

cory booker grabbing a shovel and tweeting, heading out in about an hour to shovel for seniors and others. if you're interested in joining, tweet back. senator booker always live tweeting tales of his shoveling outing. stopped to help a senior shovel out his car. turns out hfrls neighbor's car. and governor chris christie slamming a popular tv show. a parody account. if we have a snow day today, consider reading the tweets. better than "the price is right." the governor responding, well, certainly better than "the newsroom." and nothing says style like a pair of good suspenders. the actresses are in good company. a familiar fox news face also making that list, bob beckel. saying he looks best talking tough with his sleeves rolled up. congratulations to our good friend, bob. >>> coming up, different states, different problems. obamacare causing all kinds of confusion across the country. how bad is it in your state? that answer is next. >>> coast to coast confusion. a national review analysis showing obamacare is causing frustration for americans in all 50 states, from north carolina with m

this picture is of cory booker as he was helping to clear out paula ellis' grandparents' area, also this morning you saw bill deblasio the mayor of new york city just sworn in a couple of days ago, here he is shoveling snow in brooklyn. tony, there is a lot of attention that has been paid to this area of new york city just because in 2010 mayor michael bloomberg was criticized for taking days to clean up the streets of new york. >> inside your first week as new mayor you have a major snowstorm, and you've got thousands of homeless that you got to care for and get the city cleaned up and running again, and it looks like for the most part things have worked out okay, but it is still very cold. maria, thank you. >>> the snow has stopped, what about the cold. kevin is here with a look at temperatures in the overnight hours and then another system o my goodness. >> meteorologist: this is what the vide scenario looked like. new england a was socked in with snow and rain all the way down the east coast. this is what we're looking at right now. it is gone. that is good news for many people. we'r

senator, democrat cory booker, retweeted the fox graphic with a one-word caption -- "whoops." r booker, that's a good way to make sure fox remembers you next time. my final item on the b list today gets us back to what glenn beck was saying in the beginning about uniting -- using television to unite, not divide. pope francis is putting on his papal media critic hat in a message published on thursday he said the media can help us feel closer to one another, and he called the internet a gift from god. but the pope identified problems too. he wrote, "the speed with which information is communicated exceeds our capacity for reflection and judgment. and this does not make for more balanced and proper forms of self-expression. the variety of opinions being aired can be seen as helpful. but it also enables people to barricade themselves behind sources of information which only confirm their own wishes and ideas or political and economic interests. the world of communications can help us either to expand our knowledge or to lose our bearings. the desire for digital connectivity can hav

had some pretty disparaging things to say about cory booker during that race. see what happens. i think the establishment part of the republican party very much wants to play it safe and put in candidates they think can help them maintain their lead in the house of representatives, if not expand it. so we'll see what happens there with that seat. i think also one of the things that you are seeing from moderate republicans is they have formed a super pact. the defense of main street. they are looking at raising $8 million in targeting 10 or 12 races in 2014. so there is a sort of empire strikes back moderate republicans wanting to strike back. >> sam, the retirement phenomenon was always interesting to watch in congress, and usually there's more of a kind of rush to the door when you're in a minority body particularly in the house of representatives. and it looks hopeless. it looks like you'll never get out of the minority. it's watching the retirements from the majority party that is more interesting as we've seeing here. >> totally agree. you would think that

new jersey senator cory booker grabbing a shovel and tweeting: heading out in about an hour to shovel area. if you are interested in joining my volunteer crew, tweet back. tweeting tales of his shoveling outing. stopped to help a senior. turned out it business his neighbor. hash tag kindness. governor chris christie tweeting up a storm and slam ago popular tv show. parody account will mcavoy. if you have auto snow day reading snow day tweet better than the price is right. governor christie responding well certainly better than the newsroom. ouch. and nothing says style like a good pair of suspenders. page 6 tweeting jennifer lawrence and sophia top roger stone's best dressed list. the fashionable actresses are in good company. fox news face making that list the five's bob beckel. stone applauding bob for coordinated suspenders and boots saying he looks best talking tough with his sleeves rolled up. congratulations to our good friend bob. time to hash it out with us. use #greta in all your tweets and posts. coming up, different states, different problems. owe he bama care causing confu

like rand paul, ted cruz were sort of the breakout voices, you know, i think like cory booker, we'll start to hear more about him, and some people you can't quite predict yet. >> monica, i just want to go back to kirsten gillibrand. as we were talking, i couldn't help thinking but -- that assumes that hillary clinton would either run and not win in 2016 or run and win and not run for reelection. we're assuming a lot here, but let's just go with it [ laughter ] >> let's go with a real formula. >> or we're just going to start talking about her now and what happens in 2016 happens, but i think that this year people started talking about hillary's candidacy in earnest but even the slogan that people are using, ready for hillary, it sounds resigned, not excited. but i think that gillibrand is someone who's actually causing excitement and passion. it's not a sense of resignation, but a sense of forward-looking, and people feel strongly about liking her, which is a pleasant change. >> well, and one other woman i would add to that list, but might be right there with gillibrand in -- is eliza

actually of the new mayor doing the shoveling, pulling what is known in political circles as a cory booker. but there's no -- but there's no doubt that these kind of things do test a mayor. i don't know if he has the technology that you have. when we spoke earlier, you had that oversized thermometer. i've heard some in the newsroom call it a flavor-flaf thermometer, craig. there it is. go ahead. >> reporter: you've heard -- you've heard no one in the newsroom call it that. you're the only one who called it that. but this is -- it's very trustee. >> it looks great. >> reporter: that's actually -- >> i want to get your thoughts. >> reporter: as cold as its been. >> on your show this weekend, you're covering obamacare. we're going to go to steve kornacki and liz plank on that. what are you keeping your eye on this weekend as the president returns and we have the aca on track? >> reporter: president back from vacation on sunday. when we talk about health care tomorrow, we have invited a guest who is fresh out of the administration, his name is anton gun, they call him mr. health care, with hhs

he deliberately scheduled cory booker's senate election to take place three weeks ahead of his election. most democrats voted in booker's race. most republicans voted in chris i's race. of course christie did well but that's an abuse of power as obvious as any traffic jam. plus it cost taxpayers about $25 million. so, surprise, surprise, here we are. new week, new scandal, new hole in this guy's straight shooter image and we still have 146 weeks left until election day 2016. so -- >> that's pathetic. if that's the best you've got against christie, i'm going to endorse him. oh, he had an ad that was controversial. he won a landslide. >> he had appaologizeapologize. >> that's never happened to any other politicians. >> here's the thing, democrats -- >> barack obama had no issues in his ads. bill clinton. >> i'm sorry, go ahead. >> we didn't actually need this to happen for us to be credible against chris christie, to have a credible candidacy against chris christie. he's still outside -- you should like him more. he's outside of the mainstream. he's vetoed planned parenthood funding five

when cory booker ran his race he had an african-american men run his race. these apprenticeship experiences create and put people in place. i think we'll also have to make, raise our voices. if you look towards 2016, in particular will be a next major piece we have to be asking about this and pushing people at every level. i've seen now the career path, there is a woman who used to work for me, we were doing our, pac work in 2007 in california and wanted to move into ohio doing the statewide campaign, jen brown, that put her into position to be executive director in effort in state of texas. you move up from level to level. it matters to ask whether you're connected to, the county, region, the state, asking the question, who are you actually promoting, who are you investing in. i think it will be largely incumbent upon those of us who want to see this happen to both be a squeaky wheel around it and as well as trying to be nurturing an elevating next generation of people who want to do this kind of work. >> your statistics seem to be based on last, based on t

when cory booker ran for the senate, he had an african- american man who ran his race. type of apprenticeship expresses start to create and put people in place. we will also have to raise our voices. 2016, we'vetoward got to be asking about this and pushing people at every level. path of an the career woman who used to work for me -- we were doing our work in 2007 in california and we wanted to stateo ohio doing the campaign and that put her in a position to be the executive director. you move up from level to level. your county or region or state, you must ask the question of who you are promoting and who are you investing in. i think it largely will be incumbent upon those of us who want to see this happen to be a squeaky wheel as well as trying to be nurturing and elevating the next generation of people who want to do this kind of work. >> your statistics seem to be based on the last two presidential elections were a very charismatic african- american was up. what would have happened and how with those statistics have been fact, we very well might have a white candid

we are very supportive of cory booker, he's looking at reaching across the aisle around sentencing reform issues. i'm all for particularly since nothing can get passed in the current situation, where we can find agreement, i'm all for that. it should be a proposition that moves in that regard. there are a lot of things that democrats in particular have been slow on in terms of validating a lot of different pieces around the importance of faith in people's lives, the values that flow from that and building agenda that speaks to that we will. there is work to be done in that regard. surejust wanted to say i'm i speak for the community how proud we are of you and what have you become. i was reminiscing to think 35 years ago i used to is it in your small tv room and watch you dip french fries into your frosty and we used to think you were weird. i want to say how impressed we are and happy we are on what you try to achieve. i know your talk is the brown of america and the new states that would be the states to look at as far as texas. right now ohio holds itself around election time as a pivo

a visit to comcast headquarters in philadelphia, and insights from andrea mitchell, glenn beck, cory bookeris time for "reliable sources."

bill de blasio shovel in hand pulling a cory booker clearing his own sidewalk while giving reportersn progress of the city's response to the storm. his performance on this, his first big test as mayor of the country's largest city, matters to more than just snowed-in new yorkers because there's a national spotlight on the new york mayorality. also the first big test of whether or not this waive of nascent progressive populism is just a passing moment or a growing sustainable movement of meaningful reform. if mayor de blasio is to take his populist promises from ideas to implementation, he'll have to effectively marshal the city's considerable resources of municipal government, 300,000 employees, a $70 billion bum et in service of his agenda. liberal reformers beyond the city's five boroughs will be watching the city not only as a test case for the populist movement but also for its possibilities because over the past four years the most consistent prevailing image of populism in american politics has looked like this -- the tea party, fiscally conservative, opposed to tax increases a

he's the lawmaker who recently lost the senate race to democrat cory booker. now he's running for a congressional seat. >>> time for a fox news alert. because that southwest plane which landed at the wrong airport in missouri is set to take off now any moment. flight 4013 was scheduled to arrive in branson, missouri, but it instead landed at a small airport seven miles northeast with a runway about half the size of the intended destination. well, no word yet on why the plane landed at the wrong airport, but the ntsb will be on the scene to investigate today. 124 passengers and five crew members were on board. no one was hurt. although, passengers say it came to a quick stop. >>> meantime, former defense secretary robert gates hitting the air waves to defend his controversial new memoir that slams president obama. why he says it was important to be candid. plus, new detail on those credit cart breaches that affected more than a third of the u.s. population. why one report says that could just be the tip of the iceberg. and bomb shell revelations of a taxpayer b

contributions to democratic candidates in new jersey, including most recently apparently maxing out to cory booker's senate come pain, while not giving a penny to chris christie. so this is a real switch in the dynamics of her defense representation. >> well, you're right, lawrence. i think a key is something you alluded to before is that her original lawyer kind of suddenly said he quote, unquote, realized he had a conflict of interest. and the conflict of interest was he was an elected commissioner in new jersey. and that's not something you forget that you were. what people are thinking happened here was that he told him she might be interested in pursuing a deal and talking about higher ups in the administration and that would have created a conflict of interest for him. >> and nick, it would seem that the lawyer she has now, michael critchley is certainly above suspicion in terms of someone who would have anything other than her best interests at heart in his representation. >> i think critchley is the guy you go to when you want to fight. he's a bulldog. he's widely respected among the other c

. >> new jersey freshman senator cory booker also obviously something he knows, calling the revelationpredicts more scandal for christie ahead by saying "the worst is yet to come." is he out there by himself, john? are there republicans who are going to -- to sort of weigh in on this and try to get him out of this mess? as i want in the beginning, this isn't just a governor, this isn't just a local problem. this is the head of the national governors association, and obviously we're a little ahead of the game, but was ahead of hillary clinton in a hypotheticalal matchup by two percentage points. >> chris christie is a tough guy. there is a lot of tough people in new jersey, so the idea that he plays hardball is probably not that big of a surprise. the idea his people would go out of the way to screw up traffic, that's the thing that's unforgivable. people would forgive him for playing hardball. >> that's something relatable -- >> i think it's very relatable. >> this is something that -- >> right. >> this is the putsiest bridge in the world according to the port authority. who can't rela

the ones you see listed there particularly to folks like kirsten gillibrand and cory booker who are thoughtaspirations for higher office. years ago, another group of democratic senators faced a monumental choice on how to vote on an urgent matter of war and piece and their advisers were telling them they had to vote in such a way that they would look tough and resolute and bolster their credibility. when the time came to vote on the resolution for the authorization of force in iraq, this is what happened. >> i have concluded after careful and serious consideration that a vote for the resolution best serves the security of our nation. >> i will vote because i believe it is the best way to hold saddam hussein accountable. >> so senator booker, before voting on this bill, maybe call up john kerry and hillary clinton and ask them if they wish they could have that vote back. if we end up in a war with iran, the public will hate it rightly and will be seen as a disaster and you'll be condemned by history and public opinion for your role in bringing it about. if we end up with peace in iran, it wi

new york's then cory booker pang managed to win hands and minds with a hands on approach one shovel atg about the efforts every step along the way. >> today what i'm giving up is sleep. >> reporter: booker went on to a win a seat in the u.s. senate representing new jersey. not a lot of sleep for the mayors and the cities in the northeast in the coming day. still to come, it's been a historic week in colorado. recreational marijuana on sale, most are celebrating but some have real concerns. we'll tell you why next. we use this board to compare car insurance rates side by side, so you get the same coverage, often for less. [ rattling ] that's one smart board. what else does it do -- reverse gravity? [ chuckles ] split atoms? [ whoooosh! ] hey, how is that atom-splitting thing going? [ rattling ] [ electronic whistling ] oh! [ zap! ] a smarter way to shop around. now, that's progressive. call or click today. >>> colorado made history this week with retail pot dispensaries saling recreational marijuana for the first time. they are celebrating but colorado law enforcement officials worry th

back in that new jersey 2010 snowstorm that dogged christie, newark's then mayor cory booker managedts and minds with his hands-on approach literally one shovel of snow at a time. tweeting about his efforts every step of the way. >> if you want to get a love lot done you got to give up something to get it. today what i'm giving up is sleep. >> reporter: booker went on to win a seat in the u.s. senate representing new jersey. don lemon, cnn, new york. >> all right. we hope all of our politicians get an a for leadership in this storm. coming up, we'll have the very latest on conditions for all of the states that are in harm's way with this storm. we'll also in other news take you live to jerusalem for a look at john kerry's middle east peace mission. >>> welcome back to cnn news room 42 minutes after the hour. we have a live picture for you right now. this is new york city and times square. of course, 48 hours ago it was packed with millions of people. and now just a few out there. we suppose they are mainly city officials, but some people may still be braving the elements for one last

dawn zimmer, the mayor of jersey city and remember what chris christie himself did to newark mayor cory booker, he scheduled the election in a way so it wouldn't coincide with his election. this guy has a history of intimidation throughout the governor's office and in -- throughout the state, i think through his administrative staff. i don't think it's fair to prejudge whether dawn zimmer is telling the truth or not. she put her testimony on the record by telling authorities and u.s. attorney what she believes happened. if she's not telling the truth, then that is a crime -- >> it's fair to question the lieutenant -- keith, it's fair to question the lieutenant governor? >> she flatly denied it right now -- >> but she hasn't done that -- >> that's not fair either. you can't have it both ways. >> she hasn't done it under oath yet, susan. >> we don't actually know that she was sworn under oath. >> very quickly here, keith, christie did this interview with yahoo! news and compared the bridge scandal to getting hit across the forehead with a 2 x 4. at what point do we think republicans stop defendi

we pulled resources and put oney behind cory booker, the next democratic african-american senator within the u.s. senate. and we are looking for people like that across the country. we are trying to diversify the population of elected officials and elected leadership within the country in a way we can have people inspiring and committed in the new majority. some ways people refer to us as an emily's list of color type of model. we are trying to put good information and data so people can understand what is happening and we can make public policy and political plans. so that is the basic thrust and . e work people can learn more it's been an enjoyable work creating this kind of vehicle enabling us to get connected with like minded people across the country. > mr. phillips, you said earlier that a lotof communities of color want to be treated as part of the mainstream. as a result, they may shy away of grouping together to have these hard discussions about politics and race. how can communities of color overcome this barrier and start having these discussions? >> i am a strong believer in

gan raise money to retire the debt he racked up in his senate race, which he lost to now senator cory bookersteve long gan, thank you for joining us. has the governor indicated he will formally support your run for congress? >> no, we haven't talked about that, jake. but i'll tell you, i thought that speech today was a powerful one. and that speech explains why the democrats are so committed to pulling down the image of this governor. when chris christie became governor, he inherited two catastrophes. one was the fact after the administration's of jim mcgreevey and jon corzine, new jersey had the highest income taxes in the country, highest property taxes, third highest sales taxes and number one outward bound migration state in the nation. that was followed up with hurricane sandy, the most devastating catastrophe the state has. yet this governor has taken on the labor unions. the government workinger unions. he has taken on the pension system. he is putting new jersey back on track. but most of all, what you saw in that speech is that he stands in the way of the democrat agenda of raising

new jersey's democratic senators cory booker and bob menendez called the revelations "troubling" and said they will both be monitoring the senate commerce committee's inquiry. i want to bring in mark murray, "new york times" political reporter who covers governor chris christie for the "times." and as we have come to find out, steve is also an expert of sorts when it comes to new jersey politics. michael, let me start with you. we know that david willstein has been testifying now for about 30 or 40 minutes. at this point, has he said anything noteworthy or does he continue to plead the fifth? >> my understanding is that he has continued to plead the fifth to essentially make the case that this is not the right venue for him. i think that's problematic -- of course, legal, but problematic for him and the governor. this is a moment when governor christie is arguing for disclosure for almost an extraordinarily cathartic full-telling of the story, and yet his top appointee is stonewalling. >> i want to play a snippet here. this is the mayor here, the mayor of fort lee. roughly about an h

mike lee has been working with dick durbin and rand paul and cory booker broached the subject just lasthe year they take on the failed war on drugs. all right. rand paul has introduced a bill with liberal patrick leahy to drastically reform mandatory minimums. paul didn't just make the argument that these harsh drug laws are expensive and effective, he also said they discriminate against the poor and minorities. >> you heard a republican senator quoting an aclu report on how the war on drug visits disproportionate suffering on black men. an aclu report. you just heard a republican senator say, quote, there is no justice here. >> and as lawrence was getting at, paul wasn't only right to join this reform effort, he was politically independent. the war on drugs may be a policy failure, but it's been a political winner for many, many candidates in both parties. from nixon's law and order crackdown in 196 to george h.w. bush's campaign crime obsession in 1988, running on mass incarceration was often a winning message. >> i pledge to you the wave of crime is not going to be the wave of the fu

the tea party rep who ran against cory booker for that new jersey senate seat last year, and also somebody here, karen, that until now -- he's kept some distance from, what is he doing now? how does this make sense? >> he's got to shore up his base a bit, right? he recognizes he has some liabilities now, particularly if -- depending on what comes out of some of those subpoenas. he's realizing he has to reach back out to some of those folks that he can either shore up their support or get their support. remember, the other dynamic that we have seen in new jersey is some seem to smell booed in the water. you see more democratic mayors coming forward saying i had retribution, so he has to figure out where his support is. remember his's doing all of this without some of the top aides he's relied on for the last several years, so really in some uncharted territory. >> and there's some reps smelling blood in the water who do not like christie. a problem is hillary clinton as well, the same nbc poll that we had mentioned earlier find the lead has turned into a 13-point lead. you know, it's early,

senate, just to position himself so he department have to have popular cory booker on the same tickets him. now there's a federal investigation into the stronger than the storm ad campaign. he had his political friend from the u.s. attorney's office michelle brown, who is heading up the committee that awarded the higher bid, and the only difference was that commercial featured chris christie in it. and then again, with the bridge scandal, it's just another example. >> let's talk about the speech yesterday. as we were talking about before the broadcast started here, i heard a lot of applause yesterday. who were those people clapping? >> well, you know, look, we give the governor the respect that the office deserves and he is still the governor, he has quite a job, quite a nut to crack. he's got his work cut out for him. i think he did the best that he could under the circumstances. he tried to change the narrative. but, you know, new jersey is in crisis. the state of the state is that we are in crisis. this governor's reputation, his credibility, his ability to lead is seriously in que

that, particularly, this week the big headline in the conservative media, that briefly was there cory bookercently. of course, lindsey graham from south carolina. he's facing a tough re-election battle this year. he's got several primary challengers to his right. he will also probably have a relatively formidable obstacle in the general election, though that remains to be determined. rachel, in terms of the affordable care act, the big news in the conservative media this week was, of course, the republicans have their obamacare alternative. i just couldn't -- i was shaking my head all week as i saw this. all this very serious coverage from the conservative media and fox news, well, ladies and gentlemen, here it is, here's the plan for the affordable care act alternative. it's 2014. this is like me running in, stop the presses. i know the way out of the cuban missile crisis. i've got it solved. turn the ships back. it is late for the republican alternative to the affordable care act. >> although, it seems notable from a meta perspective that they've decided that maybe health reform -- that he

he's sitting between kirsten gillibrand of new york and cory booker of new jersey, there on the republican side. a few years ago, they started this process of democrats sitting with the republicans and republicans sitting with democrats. for the most part, that is over now. this chamber is divided. the republicans are on their side. the democrats are on their side. but somehow rubio founds himself surrounded by democrats. >> it's not just the first lady bringing guests into the chamber tonight. i think we have the pictures of this, as well. willie robertson of "duck dynasty" is going to be there tonight, as well. and bill kristol. he has a reason to be there. >> he's the guest of that congressman from louisiana. a well-known fellow. i refer to donna on all "duck dynasty" matters. >> he played an important role in electing this congressman, after the previous congressman resigned. and now, is the secretary of -- in louisiana, the secretary of veteran affairs. >> it's been interesting to watch members of congress sidling over, selfies, some of them, with him tonight. so, as we're looking at

it's quite clear from, you know, cory booker to mayor nutter to rob emanuel. these are all democratic mayors. as a black man, i get a little uncomfortable when both parties agree on what to do with black people. [laughter] and so in terms of who we support or who i would support in any election, one of the things i'm actually quite cautious about. the need to find candidate. what i think this room should continue to do is actually elevate the issues. because as been laid out. there's no superman. there's no hero. the heroes are actually those in the room right here. but on the frontline every single day. and if a candidate emerges out of the movement, then let's push that individual or individuals forward. if we look at what happened in new york, bill deblast owe was running in fourth place. no one knew who bill deblase owe was. until the issue of stop and frisk. he put his black son on television. we'll see how bill governs though. and so whether i think it's important that not just here in chicago but across this country, that we find candidates who are marr

cory booker, i know he just got to the senate but he might try to mount a campaign. you have andrew cuomo in new york. but to nina's point she has been vetted i agree to a certain extent but there are a lot of issues out there a have not been fully vetted and clinton's financial dealings post-presidency. there is lot of issues out there. there are books coming out on it. we'll see what those raise. there is still a lot to be vetted even on their financial dealings if she does run. jon: what about a potential challenger from the left though, nina? there is a lot of talk in the party that there is dissatisfaction with sort of centrist democratic politics and maybe an elizabeth warren or somebody to the left of hillary might be more attractive candidate? >> there is a lot of dissatisfaction on the left about barack obama by the way. we don't talk a lot about that. there is tremendous dissatisfaction with him over the nsa, for example. nsa surveillance. people think he should be tougher on the nsa. on environmental issues they think he has not been aggressive enough. the

you have 35 or 33 or so republicans and 16 democrats, because cory booker signed on late and democratsmarkable split on this. when you compare the fact that these ten democratic committee chairs sent a letter to reed trying to stall the bill from moving forward. it's remarkable considering the last side of sanctions passed 100 to zero. so ity we are seeing a real push from this sort of hawkish when. >> from the white house, itself, which is saying, you know, we do not need this right now. this is not helping. what do you think is going to happen in january, evan? >> well the white house says they will veto the bill. >> that itself question i actually have for steve. what do you think it does for negotiations if the bill passes out of congress and the president vetoes it. will that have any measurable -- >> it's a great question. a perfect time for break. what happens. with the details right after this. we're gonna be late. ♪ . >> steve clemens in the isolation booth, if this comes to a vote if january, and it passes and goes to obama's desk, what happens then? >> well, he'll veto the b

president, the presiding officer, we know city council barb and former mayor cory booker, what local community block grant means in our communities. in my state, community development block grant money is key to local government solving local problems without a one-size-fits-all from washington. what i like about the community development block grant money, its criteria for funding is it has to deal with blight, it has to deal with unemployment, it has to meet compelling human need. and whatever they do, it also usually results in good-paying jobs in construction. but it's not decided by washington. thou shalt build such and such under such and such washington rules. it's decided in newark, in baltimore, in phoenix, what's so important about the cdbg money and the transportation and housing is the money comes locally. there's federal criteria. again, eliminate blight, deal with unemployment. it has to meet a documented need. but it's decided locally by mayors and city cowan seurblgs by county -- mayors and city councils. this is what the county did. they worked on a bipartisan basis

senate last fall just before the election to make sure cory booker wasn't there to draw away voters fromumn. now lacking more like this, george washington bridge scandal could harm chris christie in the 2016 presidential run, chris christie's rise in 2016 star in peril as bridge controversy grows. and my personal favorite, forget about it. gee, i wonder where are that came from, which makes one of the key questions in all of this, what do republicans outside new jersey, republicans in those key early primary and caucus states who will decide whether christie is the candidate in 2016, what do they make of all of this? well, actually a lot of them right now seem to be supportive, the chairwoman of the new hampshire republican party saying in part, quote, i think that it's unlikely this is going to have a significant influence in 2016. i think he handled it very well. i think that he's shown leadership. he held people accountable. in south carolina he chimed, quote, it's a long way until 2016. i don't think governor christie's reputation has been diminished. in fact, it might be increased f

is a piece on the war on -- rty 50 years after there are up to do pieces by senator cory booker of newersey and paul ryan on two different approaches on how to help the poor in america. david is waiting in tampa, florida. are talking about these changes to the republican primary calendar. caller: good morning. i am just a little worried that we are rearranging the deck chairs on the titanic here. debates to go on as long. of a distinct the message needs to change at this point. for their votes that are not our traditional days. we don't ask the other people for their vote. everybody runs for the right. nobody asks hispanic people for their vote or the african-americans for their vote. we don't reach out to the asian and other communities. i don't think the party would ever feel too comfortable enough to go too far to the gay and lesbian side. nce is still why rei the chair. like i said, we're just rearranging the deck chairs on the titanic. host: our last caller on this topic as we talk about those changes voted on yesterday at the rnc winter meeting. recent stories about corruption in