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they tend to go i hate rand paul or i hate cory booker and that is it.o voters are much more reluctant to watch senators work individually with another senator who they don't like over something that that voter might even want. >> it's one of the insincerities of the public. when they say what i want is bipartisanship. that's not what they want. as soon as their senator or somebody they are a fan of start to do it, people get very upset. teddy kennedy caught a lot of heat for working with george w. bush on education. so the act of bipartisanship can be tricky. john mccain and hillary clinton got along very well in the senate. she may even still pay for that for having those friends across the aisle. so it can be dicey functionally, but it's definitely a way to get particularly the media and other people on their side. >> each one of them, and it seems to me rand paul is taking the bigger risk to me. each takes a risk with their own bases by moving towards each other. and for someone who has hopes in a republican presidential primary, being caught doing b

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rand paul and cory booker will be here in washington, d.c. with me today. their first tv interview together since introducing a bill helping nonviolent offenders get jobs. we begin with breaking news. fighting has resumed in gaza after a brief israeli cease-fire came and went. it was only in effect where israeli troops were not already operating in the gaza strip, and hamas refused to adhere to it. this after the u.n. says israel attacked one of their schools that palestinians were using just to seek shelter during this conflict. 15 were killed in the attack. 90 were hurt, mostly children who were sleeping. the u.n. calling the attack a, quote, a front to all and a universal shame. >> we notified the israeli army of the exact position of this school and the fact that there were 3,300 people there precisely 17 times. we've got over 200,000 people in 83 shelters across the gaza strip. they're overflowing with people. there are terrible problems of sanitation. we've got to get food, blankets, water, all sorts of sanitary items to these schools. we will not aba

. >>> it is no secret that new jersey senator cory booker is savvy when it comes to social media. the nearly 1.5 million twitter follows tops congress. >>> he wants to take selfies with one single one of his senate colleagues. he started the mission a month ago and he's up to ten. you see him with rand paul, dick durbin, angus king, whether it will do anything to ease partisan tensions it remains to be seen. it brings us to the twitter question. what is the best selfie you have taken with a politician or selfie. we've gotten good ones. tweet your pictures and we'll focus the pictures coming later in the show. jen is so excited about this. we're excite the about this! >> the ratings in and you like it! americans like soccer. right, mike? >> yes! >> do your usa thing? >> usa! >> even if the usa isn't playing we'll have the record breaking numbers from the world cup. >>> we'll show you who knocked it out of the park at the home run derby. >>> and reps for the blade runner. oscar pistorius on trial for killing his girlfriend responds to claims he may have been involved in a bar brawl

i'm talking about a new organization in washington, led by wall street democrats like cory booker of new jersey, they formed recently a group that can raise campaign cash secretly from anonymous donors. and so far, they've raised it from some of the same big corporations that are also contributing to republicans -- wal-mart, pfizer, big pharma, comcast and others, friendly corporate lobbyists help run this. one of its board members is a lobbyist for the us chamber of commerce and they call themselves the new deal. >> that is exactly what's wrong and why people are sick of politics that you would think that the answer, that a democratic organization would think that the answer is for them to get corporate money as well. that's what happened in texas. the people didn't turn right wing. they quit voting because the democrats quit being democrats for exactly the reason that, of what cory booker is doing there. they went out and got the corporate money. and you take that check, you know, you're not going to be talking populist old democratic rallying the troops and going at the bastards a

also ahead this tuesday, two senators who are rising stars in their parties-- democrat cory booker and republican rand paul- - team up to tackle prison sentencing reform. >> woodruff: plus, making learning more fun by extending the school day. >> you know, you walk into the classroom and the kids are excited about what they're doing and it's 4:00 on a friday and they're all raising their hands, that, to me, is success. >> woodruff: those are just some of the stories we're covering on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> at bae systems, our pride and dedication show in everything we do; from electronics systems to intelligence analysis and cyber- operations; from combat vehicles and weapons to the maintenance and modernization of ships, aircraft, and critical infrastructure. knowing our work makes a difference inspires us everyday. that's bae systems. that's inspired work. >> i've been around long enough to recognize the people who are out there owning it. the ones getting involved, staying engaged. they are not afraid to question the pa

rand paul and cory booker will be here in washington, d.c. with me today.ir first tv interview together since introducing a bill helping nonviolent offenders get jobs. we begin with breaking news. fighting has resumed in gaza after a brief israeli cease-fire came and went. it was only in effect where israeli troops were not already operating in the gaza strip, and hamas refused to adhere to it. this after the u.n. says israel attacked one of their schools that palestinians were using just to seek shelter during this conflict. 15 were killed in the attack. 90 were hurt, mostly children who were sleeping. the u.n. calling the attack a, quote, a front to all and a universal shame. >> we notified the israeli army t

he said things like cory booker has an imaginary friend.is actions have to match the policies he says he supports. the autopsy plan whether it's for rand paul or anybody else in the gop is not going bear much fruit if they continue to have their words not match their action. i give you romney and his 47%. >> i forgotten about the t-bone comment until you mentioned it. it sounds as if you think part of this might not necessarily be completely genuine. is that what you're implying? >> here is the main thing whether it's genuine or not. i applaud him. it's not an endorsement. he's taking step in the right direction if he can get the rest of the gop foot soldiers to fold suit including priebus. >> looking at the primary politics. he's iowa and new hampshire with the new recent hires. look agent the competition to someone like ted cruz, paul backed mcconnell against the tea party challenger. you have cruz hanging on to mcdaniel in mississippi. how does play out perhaps in the road or on the road in a primary? >> well, i mean, like i said. a lot

but senators cory booker and rand paul are taking positive steps today. >>> first, get ready.to our "politics nation" summer break, next. ♪ in the nation, the safest feature in your car is you. add vanishing deductible from nationwide insurance and get $100 off for every year of safe driving. which for you, shouldn't be a problem. just another way we put members first, because we don't have shareholders. join the nation. nationwide is on your side. >>> we are back with a pause from the political battles of the day. a time to rest, relax and are recharge. that's right. it's back. it's time once again for the "politics nation" summer break. and at number three, we go to spain and day two of the running of the bulls. thousands ran alongside the fierce animals. i haven't seen a run like this since republicans ran away from this guy. at number two, we head to the bronx where are we found a lawsuit that gives speaker boehner's stunt a run for its money. if you snooze, you're sued. this guy is suing espn, the announcers, major league baseball, and the yankees for $10 million for a, "

also ahead this tuesday, two senators who are rising stars in their parties-- democrat cory booker and republican rand paul- - team up to tackle prison sentencing reform. >> woodruff: plus, making learning more fun by extending the school day. >> you know, you walk into the classroom and the kids are excited about what they're doing and it:0

friday he addressed the national urban league conference and told the crowd he was teaming with cory booker to expunge nonviolent felonies from a person's record because it makes it harder to find a job and because it disenfranchises voters. >> nationwide 5 million people are prevented from voting because of their criminal record. it's the biggest impediment to voting in our country. i want more people to vote, not less. >> senator paul's message, government is not your friend is the message. the jury out whether it will sell with voters, especially african-american voters. as the photo showed there were quite a few empty chairs in the room. the paper describes it this way. row after row of empty chairs. the space didn't look much fuller after one of the organizers urged people seated near the back to fill in the front row. he didn't get primetime billing. she spoke 589:30 on friday morning. not primetime. joining me is eugene robin sonde and michelle robinson. gene, as a veteran of the wars and talking about the african-american vote in particular he's trying to make the case where big gov

the reopening of the park prompted cory booker to tweet that while he still has battle scars from the old park he so wants to go again. that's all for this week. i'm gasia mikaelian, thank you for watching. . >> hi, everybody. i'm beth troutman. great videos from the web are coming your way "right this minute." >>> a globe trotting filmmake knows this volcano is going to blow, but the camera keeps lling. the menap his own close call. >>> long borders go along the winding road. why carving it up nearly makes

ask cory booker about that. have you gotten that call? >> yes, i have. but let me just say this. i'm more concerned not about who gets angry at me at the white house. i'm more concerned about my constituents. >> who called you? >> we'll just leave it like that. >> what do you make of that? it's not the first time. brian brought up the fact that cory booker, now a senator in new jersey, faced the same kind of so-called penalty after he spoke up. what do you make of this? >> it's the white house saying, you know, enough hammering us. however, to the representative's credit, being a democrat, he has not stopped talking since that call that he talked about this morning. he has gone further and said it really is bizarre to see pictures of president obama playing pool in colorado while he's going to texas and he will be 200 miles from the border and yet won't see the crisis that's developing there. for democrats to say that, obviously it's significant. he probably is getting pushback within his own party but it's significant that going to the border is becoming a call from republicans

. >>> the bromance between senators rand paul and cory booker just got kind of serious.nth the pair formed a bipartisan alliance when they teamed up to tackle the fatally flawed justice system. the senator's redeem act would ban minors from solitary confinement and restore felons' eligibility for certain government benefits and it would make it easier for felons to clear their criminal records. they sat down with our our very own ari melvin. >> a lot of kids growing up make mistakes and they deserve a second chance particularly if you don't want them to go back into the cycle of drugs and crime, you want them to be employed and the best way to be employ side not to punish them frfr for something they did wrong when they were a kid. i had people come to me with these cases for doing something that the last three presidents have admitted to doing and they're still having to check a box that they have a felony conviction for marijuana possession. >> as clear-headed as the senators were about the effects on the war on drugs, they were quite coy when it came to this intent. >

cory booker going for a selfie record. who are the hard to capture targets? "way too early"! >>> hey, everybody. good morning i'm thomas. the show learning the best angle for the perfect selfie. up high. up high. gravity is our friend. gravity is our friend. >>> we want to start off with what is going on in the middle east. in is what the world has been watching and waiting for. hope, for the best. egypt emerged as broker between the peace deal between israel and hamas. th israel was on board. hope farce ceasefire were dashed when hamas said the group rejected the plan and would not stop fighting. it would have begun this morning with the aim of ending up violence by the end of the day. negotiations between both sides would have followed to ease the

congratulations to cory booker.ave to tell you this, rand, i think we were late pity ads to the list of young and gorgeous. >>> in washington i'm joined now by politico reporter. thank you for joining me today. >> so is the talk about impeachment by republicans helping the democrats? yeah. it's helping them raise a lot of money. they have been using the message as their main driver of fundraising messaging for the past few days. they've been bombarding people about the possibility of impeachment. i'm sure individual democrats are doing their same thing. for them it has been a way for them to raise a lot of money very quickly from small dollar democratic dollars. >> that's what we've heard boehner say. how much are we talking about? and how successful has it been? >> it has been successful. the dccc said they raised, you know, hundred of thousands of dollars approaching the millions of dollars range from just impeachment talk. >> is it a scam as boehner says it is. >> boehner said it started in the white house, which

ask cory booker about that. have you gotten a call? >> yes, i have. let me just y that i'm more concerned not about who gets angry at the white house, but my constituents. >> who called you? >> we will leave it at that. lou: and democratic congressman of illinois, and gubernatorial candidate wendy davis coming for to blast the president for not going to the border as well. we will be taking this up with the appropriations committee member john culberson of texas. also benjamin netanyahu stepping up the airstrikes in gaza with hamas now firing rockets further into israel. on your screen i know, some of the 80 overnight strikes by israeli warplanes on hamas targets. president obama condemning the hamas rocket attacks and reaffirming at the same time israel's right to defend the south with mr. netanyahu. we will be taking all of that up with the israeli ambassador to the united states or tonight. and sergeant andrew timmer racey finally able to tell his story in court but it's unclear whether anyone was listening he joins us here live and we begin tonigh

new poll signals cory booker has the early lead. they found 43% of registered voters support booker as compared to 23% who back bell. the poll shows some uncertainty among voters. 15% would vote for another candidate. 17% are still undecided. >>> authorities shut down two businesses on the atlantic city boardwalk that investigators say sold synthetic drugs. the boardwalk outlet was shut down. both businesses were selling synthetic forms of marijuana. they arrested two store owners and two clerks. one teen got sick after allegedly ingesting an unknown substance from one of the stores. >>> we have some very strong thunderstorms in the area. you can see lightning into new jersey and new york state. that's the area getting hit the hardest. we have some strong storms around here as well. some of it going hour after hour in through the poconos. we have seen some very heavy rain. we have seen a lot of lightning. and we have seen a lot of hail. this is shawnee in the poconos. the wind is blowing the rain sideways. it is pouring up there rig

. >>> also in cape may you can run with cory booker. it's the first in a series of running events for booker and his supporters. the run starts this morning at 8:00 at the sunset pavilion. >>> mother nature forced fireworks shows to be rescheduled this weekend. the fireworks in upper darby high school has been rescheduled for tonight, and the first events will begin at 5:30. for a complete list of rescheduled fireworks show go to our website, nbc10.com. >>> down the shore today you will find rough surf left over from hurricane arthur. you can see the waves are crashing there on the beach, and people taking a stroll along the water and one or two fisher men out there on the jetty. there was a little bit of flooding in cape may. the beaches there did stay open, but a high surf advisory stays in effect until this afternoon. >>> in delaware yesterday, the rough surf from the passing hurricane put the beach off limits. all the beachgoers could really do is walk down to the water's edge and stick their feet in, and beach patrol did tell us th

. >>> let me finish tonight with a positive and impressive push by rand paul and cory booker.ators. one a republican, one a democrat. who are not stuck in the old partisan positions, but are out there trying to do something, which means freedom and opportunity in the hearts of people that really need a second chance. you want to put a statute of limitations on how long you endure punishment for nonviolent crimes. many of which were permitted in a person's youth. treated by laws that they never incurred, if they meet certain requirements. this would remove a powerful stumbling block to getting a job and changing their life. it would give hope that bad conduct does not have to carry a lifelong stigma. a lifelong inability to return to work in our society. people can't get a job because they have to check off a box saying they're felons. i want people to work. well, sometimes it takes a cold warrior like richard nixon to open the door to china, it may take a libertarian to do the same with congress. i would like to congratulate my colleague ari for doing a great job on this issue

i'm wondering if you heard about the proposal from democratic cory booker from new jersey and republicany. they were making the d.c. rounds in a show of bipartisan cooperation about an issue of actual policy significance and meaningful social economic and political impact. which isn't to say the two of them aren't having any fun. here they are at a politico playbook cocktail event, seeming to have more fun than a libertarian in international waters. >> did they offer you cocktails? >> i see cocktails but i didn't get offered cocktails. >> pass that down. >> yeah. >> cheers. >> behind the surprising optics of this unlikely political duo is a new proposal for addressing the incarceration crisis in america. on tuesday senators booker and paul introduce the redeem act, which stands for the record expungement designed to enhance employment and focuses on reforming the criminal justice system. here's what the act proposes. it would invent viz states to raise age of criminal responsibility to 18 years old which would prevent sending kids into the adult criminal justice system. also allows for s

because, we are really at an elm ensphblas you and senator cory booker who is a democrat, you are a republican are working together. teamed up on something, what? >> one of the biggest things i i hear from people about getting employment again. one of the biggest impediments to getting employment is having a criminal record. a lot of people have criminal record for nonviolent crimes and drug crimes and things they did when they were kids and frankly were mistakes. we should give a second chance where you get to go back to work. what we're doing is trying to let people expunge their records. if you grew marijuana plants 30 years ago when you were in college, you should get to vote again and you also should get your criminal record sealed so you don't have to show it to every employer for nonviolent crime. >> you and i talked about. this there used to be the federal youth corrections act when i was a criminal defense lawyer and it was passed in 1950 and repealed in 1984 which allowed you to make that so-called mistake, do your time and have texas pudged. politicians thought we have got to be har

he hired rick santorum's manager, teamed with cory booker and backed a policy more popular with the public. this could mean paul will be an early target of established republicans all of next year. the third takeaway, chris christie has a lot of work to do. the new jersey governor has the heightest negative ratings among any of his rivals and that's among republicans. that's why he's pledging to come back to the state a lot. >> i'll see you back in iowa soon. >> all this activity and a mere 560 days away for iowa caucuses. for "meet the press," chuck todd, nbc news washington. >>> back to the roundtable to talk about the politics of the moment, still away from 2016. i want to pick up on chuck's point, rand paul, does he look like a republican front-runner this far out. if he does, he represents libertarian wing of the republican policy on foreign policy, such a big foreign policy week this is. you were saying that's striking to you. >> it is. particularly views on foreign policy don't sit well with republicans. >> where is dick cheney. >> in fact, rand paul's views on foreign policy isn't

i'm willing to work with cory booker to try to reform our drug laws so people don't get trapped intoceration. i'm actually willing to work with harry reid. we don't always agree with everything or on everything, but i'm willing to work with him. that if you've served your time, you're out of prison, to get you back in society, restore your right to vote and restore your right or your opportunity to try to get a job again. >> i can't imagine they're pointing fingers at you now for not reaching out to the african-american vote. was president obama there by the way? >> no, i didn't see him. vice president biden was here. but i think really that there are many things -- you look at education, what's the great equalizer in our society? it's educational opportunity. the democrats have really been beholden to the status quo where you see republicans like myself saying, you know what, the money should go to the kids. let the kids choose what school to go to, don't send it to the school districts. let the kids choose. i met a young man today said i was sent to a failing school. if the money h

ask cory booker about that. have you gotten that call? >> yes, i have. but let me just say this. i'm more concerned not about who gets angry with me at the white house. i'm more concerned about my constituents that want to find a practical solution to this question that we're facing down there at the border. >> who called you? >> we'll just leave it like that. >> did they tell you to pipe down? >> we'll just leave it like that. >> all right. michael smerconish, let me bring you in, that's my spring board. you have the white house now, someone from the white house calling congressman cuellar saying cool it. do you think that sun is unfair or necessary evil in politics? >> i think you and i are getting to watch some sausage being made. i think that's the status quo, the way it usually is. and the only surprise here, the congressman confirmed he got such a call. the stakes are high, brooke, for both parties with the midterms looming in the fall. and it's important to them politically that they present a united front. so when someone steps out of line in either party, i'm not surpris

he's doing deals with cory booker. >> there's little definition on this man right now. as bombs are dropping in the gaza strip, let me just tell you as a republican, rand paul will not be our nominee. >> and that's 2015. that's what's going to be interesting, cheneys, mccains, the hawkish wing of the party could come down on him hard like a ton of bricks. >> if cheney comes down on him hard, that is bad for him? >> i don't think what cheney does is relevant. i think that the core of the republican party still believes in a strong national defense and american exceptionalism and they are not going to align behind rand paul as their nominee. >> so rand paul lining up to be the howard dean of the republican party. >> that's mark murray's theory, my partner at the political unit. that's what he views it as. the way the establishment piled on dean and destroyed him, but dean wasn't strong enough to withstand it, paul might be. >> you know what strikes me about these polls, it's as though the parties have switched personalities. the republicans usually have a favorite. no fav

i'm glad there's a republican willing to sit down with senator cory booker, senator tim scott.ho happens to be a republican. sit down with the attorney general of the united states. these are serious issues. they need to be resolved. we don't need a partisan solution. now, on paul ryan, i think it's interesting he's trying to come up with a big plan to reduce poverty in america. part of it is expanding the earned income tax credit. a good thing. parts of it about consolidating programs into a block grant, i don't know if that's so good. >> but, congressman cole, we are not going to see african-americans a big part of the republican coalition? >> it will not grow dramatically overnight. there are millions of conservative african-americans. i mean, tim scott, j.c. watts. my -- t.w. shannon who just made a ris for the senate in oklahoma. >> but only one in the entire congress. >> well, again, there are millions of conservatives. we haven't done a good job as a party reaching into the communities. i appreciate what senator paul and congressman ryan are doing. i think this is extrao

you had senators rand paul and cory booker on talking about incarceration in this country. huge problem. both of them are stating their reputations on it. tell us about the possibility for bipartisanship on issues that aren't as much wedge issues everywhere. >> one thing you see there is that wasn't a meeting two of people who compromised, cut everything in half and met in the middle. this was a meeting two of people from a libertarian and mabl a social justice perspective have long said there are fundamental problems with the war on drugs. let's fix them. you look at this bill. is strong. it's the kind of bill that five or ten years ago would have been seen as medical malpractice for someone running for president. rand paul saying we cannot take children and try them as adults, even if they did commit certain big crimes. we cannot put them in solitary confinement. and perhaps most controversially, we need to give snap benefits, welfare, to people who have paid their time in service. it was president clinton who passed the '96 welfare law saying we're going to take that awa

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