please welcome senator cory booker! [applause] sen. booker: hello, new hampshire! hello, new hampshire! first of all, i just want to say hello to everybody here but a lot of people. the fire marshal came in here and moved people. the fire marshal was called in , iause as a great minister look up to you in new hampshire and you have been spiritual arsonists, setting people on fire, igniting a lot of spirit in the state. i am grateful for that. i am here to celebrate you and what you all accomplished. i have a lot of gratitude because the best friends i have in new hampshire are your two united states senators, who are amazing human beings. [applause] senator booker: i am grateful for congresswoman kuster and i'm happy you believe in a little bit of gender diversity, and sent pappas down as well. and i am here because of the people in this room and in the overflow room. i want you to know, on my trips up here and my involvement in this campaign, it really rekindled in me the sense of deep-seated faith in who we are as a people. this election was not determined by the

please welcome senator cory booker. [applause] senator booker: hello, new hampshire.ello, new hampshire. first of all, i just want to say hello to everybody here. the fire marshal came in and moved a lot of people into the overflow room. the fire marshal was called in because as a great minister i look to says, you people in new hampshire have been spiritually setting people on fire, igniting a lot of spirit in the state. i am grateful for that. i am here to celebrate you and what you accomplished. i have a lot of gratitude because the best friends i have in new hampshire are your two u.s. senators, who are amazing human beings. [applause] i am grateful for congresswoman custer and happy you believe in a little bit of gender diversity, and hope it passes down. and i am here because of the people in this room and in the overflow room. i want you to know, on my trips up here and my involvement in this campaign, it really rekindled in me the sense of deep-seated faith in who we are as a people. this election was not determined by the people that are on the tickets. it wa

they talk about elizabeth warren and cory booker and bernie sanders.e they are more afraid of. who did they cite? >> something to understand is that trump can win reelection. this is far from a foregone conclusion. there are strengths he brings to the table. you never know what happens when democrats is nominate something who is likeable and not under investigation. there are some that smack of hillary clinton and her flaws. they looked at cory booker and bernie sanders as politicians who do not have the ability, they believe, to build on a coalition that can eat into what was trump's winning coalition in 2016 by getting a lot of those culturally conservative democrats even though they are fine with liberal economic policy and liberal foreign policy, to bring them back into an obama style winning coalition. you look at elizabeth warren who is not nimble on social media and the issues she had and cory booker who they say is a lightweight and they say these are people that are so progressive -- >> the boutique liberal. >> and not welcoming to people who

. >> we should note that elizabeth warren, cory booker and camille harris also made the list. we did not see hillary clinton's name. i was looking pretty deep at the list. they were down below. pablo joe biden. keep looking. [>> shannon: trace gallagher, thank you very much. joe biden tops the fox news poll of the potential 2020 contenders, tonight he is reportedly discussing his options with family at a gathering here in town. correspondent gary penney has more on his busy week. >> a week after saying he would be the most qualified person in the country to be president, joe biden is back in d.c. tonight meeting with some of his political advisors and hosting friends and longtime factors from presidential primary states for an annual holiday reception accorded to the associated press. after the latest fox news poll shows he would be a leading presidential candidate, sources familiar with his thinking held that he plans to hold deliberations to decide if you'll make a third front for the white house. it appears to have been a busy visit for joe biden, running into another poten

cory booker is almost answer to donald trump.he could really get this energized base more energized. but cory booker is kind of like trump. >> i will tell you what i worry about as a republican, amy klobuchar, she can be very controversial. if she were to jump in the race i really think she might be a strong point. >> you also have kamala harris out there, i was looking at throwing her hat in the ring. she's been pretty divisive i would argue, and i think she has been someone who really has tried to make this push towards identity politics. does identity politics even work anymore, given that it didn't fly with hillary clinton? >> what we will see with kamala harris is she has to come to a count with her record as an attorney general in california and see if that plays well with the base going forward. but something that's important to remember, after the holidays we will have a better idea of who is in and who is out. this is an incredibly crowded field and because it's so crowded, whoever wins the nomination doesn't need the ma

i remember when i had met cory booker. i felt like i had known him for years. i imagined this sinks like character who had the answer to all the questions, and he does. i felt like this was the first time i had met him. he introduced himself to me, as though he needed in the introduction, and said, i am cory booker from new jersey, and i would like to work with you on criminal justice reform. not forget the many hours that we got to spend in senator durbin's office with chairman , and getting into the granular details of this legislation, of the need for criminal justice reform. c,ms like safety valve, 924 851 became common usage in our little group. this was a discussion that probably would have bored most americans and most lawmakers to tears, but we got into the nitty-gritty details. although it was a difficult negotiation session. what we came out with in the end was a good bill, and in many ways it was made better by the fact that we had reached out to someone who initially did not share our view at all. i amis a bill that extremely proud to have been a pa

i don't think joe biden or elizabeth warren runs or cory booker runs.g to run. >> so you think it's kamala harris? >> i do. i hope. >> you don't think cory booker runs. katie? what do you think? i know that's not exactly justice department talk, but you're a citizen and you vote and you have concerns >> i think that it would be great to see a woman who's qualified and fantastic run. i will just say that. i think for the democrats, the most important thing is did they learn their lesson from 2016, which is whoever is the nominee, you just vote for. i don't care if it is a man, a woman, i don't care about their race. if democrats want to win, they have to get behind the candidate that wins the nomination, which is something they were enable to do in 2016. you can't have another one of those. >> we can't have the perfect be the enemy of the good. >> i thought i was the one around the table that believed in faith. you talk about the democrats, that's a lot. thank you, eric. >> so you're not running? >> i'm out. i'm not running. thank you, pete. thank you, k

cory booker.mostly green rooms here at cnn and elsewhere, are savvy democrats. mingling with the people, the public. and i say, well, who do you think? and every time i get a different name. it really is unusual. usually the political class coalesces behind two or three and then there is an outsider or something. but there are serious, savvy political operatives who like very different senators, governors, congressmen, ex vice presidents, et cetera. >> harry enten, our election forecaster says kamala harris is showing strength right now. and obviously a name frequently mentioned, as well. >> exactly. i think kamala harris, her starring role questioning the supreme court brett kavanaugh did help her propel herself to the top of the national spotlight. i will say, swibesides the fact chuck schumer will have attendance problems, obviously way too early to know who that person will be. i do think, though, if you look at the candidates in the mid terms who really did seem to gain traction and motivated

. >> senator cory booker speaks in new hampshire. the democrat has discussed being a potential 2020 candidate. and peter osnos, as he talks about working with donald trump, barack obama, clinton, and other politicians. prime minister's questions begins at 9:00. ♪ >> c-span's "washington journal" live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. and a morning we will discuss the week ahead in washington with bloomberg senate reporter stephen dennis. directorson center erin jones talks about a potential government shutdown. and writers correspondent david shepherdson discusses federal support for the auto industry. watch c-span's "washington journal" live at 7:00 eastern monday morning. join the discussion. >> new jersey senator cory booker was in new hampshire this weekend talking to democrats at a postelection celebration. before his address, some of the state's top them across a remarks, highlighting to victories in the midterm elections. after his speech, senator booker spent some time greeting supporters. >> just the oth

and kamala harris and cory booker, and elizabeth warren, and they have all sided with this bill.r right here that it is not medicare for all, it is medicare for none. that bill gets rid of medicare as it is it exists today and gets rid of private insurance. so how are they going to run on something that is literally going to rip up medicare for the elderly. >> you have to win over middle america, and resisting president trump and not trying to figure out how they lost it. >> we are going to bring britt mchenry in here before we lose or. >> she tried to go up against president trump, tried to beat him at his own game. and that is never going to win with democrats, that was embarrassing. especially when you cannot factor out the younger millennials coming up, and i think that there is a stereotype that more are liberal when in reality as both of you just said, she alienated that moderate pace. if you play the identity politics for any female to impress which i do not go by, it would be susan collins who is a republican, and the only one who is in new england. not. not elizabeth war

we were joined by senator cory booker in the last year or two democrats in new jersey and after more than a year of negotiationnegotiations we intra sentencing reform collections act which is nation approved by the committee by the vote of 16-5 earlier this year and around the same time they passed bipartisan legislation to reform the federal prison system. this bill was supported by president donald trump, cosponsored by the republicanan congressman, democratic congressman jeffries of new york and the republican house judiciary committee chairman bob goodlatte of virginia. i didn't like the original version of the bill because i thought we could do better and we should add criminal sentencing to prison reform than we did something that's rare. we sat down, democrats and republicans and worked it out. we came up with a bipartisan bill by combining the two. the revised first step act is a bipartisan sentencing prison reform bill. it's supported by president trump and the stakeholders supporting the bill. the largest group of prosecutors in america we have police and prosecutors and th

we were joined by senator cory booker in the last year or two, democrat new jersey, and more than a year of negotiations we introduced the sentencing reform and corrections act, legislatures approved by a vote of 16-5 earlier this year. around the same time, the house of representatives passed to reform the prison system. this bill was supported by alsoen to this, by president donald trump, senator collins, bob goodlatte of virginia. i didn't like the version because i thought we could do better, add criminal sentencing to reform. we did something that was rare. we sat down democrats and republicans and worked it out. we believed we could come up with a bipartisan common bill by combining the two. the result is the most extraordinary political coalition i've witnessed the time i've been in washington. the so-called revised first step act is a bipartisan sentencing and prison reform bill that's sponsored by 34 senators, 17 republicans, 17 democrats. it's supported by president trump and a broad spectrum of stake holders, listen to who is supporting this bill on criminal sentencing reform

. >> there is a crime bill that cory booker is begging to get on board.we talk about incarceration going up to two-point to million, there are american citizens who are locked up, forget our concern those trying to break into america. 90% of those in jail took a plea deal because they did not have adequate representation. hundreds of people were destroyed. the bill clinton climbed jan crime bill and nothings been written about that. >> she's talking about the first bill, a historical form of the criminal justice system that trump and his team have worked hard to negotiate. >> today i'm thrilled to announce my support for this bipartisan bill that will make our communities safer and give former inmates a second chance at life after they have served their time. it's so important. >> he's right and this is a major populace issue. let's remember what positive populace is all about. pro- worker, pro- community. bill clinton's 1994 crime bill ended up in carson aiding millions of working americans, far too many african americans, for far too long hurting their

is it cory booker or kamala harris, who will it be?ike that you picked the two black candidates. i like cory booker, certain things about him, but i don't think he is the guy actually like, her name is tulsi gabbard, there is a good chance she will run and she's military. she will bring pt patriotism back to the democratic party and i think she is somebody could catch fire and -- >> mark: but the democrats are always looking for that strong military figure with the military background that you mentioned. but they actually hate her position on syria, and that kind of thing. the base doesn't want to go -- that's not the path that the base wants to go down. it's not john carries a yeare again, they are not looking to square the circle with some hawkish democrat, are they? >> i think unlike donald trump, she was not afraid to visit a combat zone and see things for herself. so i think that was something that could be explained pretty t easily. i think once people actually hear her get an opportunity to explain herself, i think that she will

she may not have the star power of a camilla harris or cory booker. bernie sand sers going to be competing for that progressive vote. one of the reasons i think she got out early was she needs to distinguish herself. otherwise she, in fact, might -- the buzz might turn about -- you know, negatively because of some of these soft polls for her. >> this is somebody who does have a rolodex of a small donor base. i think she raised about $42 million in 2012. didn't have quite as tough a race in 2018 but i think she still raised a little over $30 million and was able to transfer 15,000 to her presidential campaign. does this give her advantage in terms of just getting it going? starting to get the kind of ridiculous subjects of money that everyone's going to need if they're going to be a serious contender? >> it helps to get out early. it also helps with staff. you have a lot of folks who -- a lot of these campaigns are -- or campaigns to be are talking to talent and staff and personnel. folks are on the sidelines sort of waiting to see who jumps in. i thin

when you have chuck grassley, cory booker, tammy duckworth and ted cruz on the same bill, how does that>> reporter: this is manager we just do not see especially in president trump's washington. this is such a divisive ad administrati administration. this is the first time we have seen this administration really working across the aisle with democrats, liberal groups. i spoke over the last couple of weeks with activists on both sides of the aisle. people from groups like the civil liberty union. the first time some of these people stepped into the white house under the trump administration was to sit down and discuss this legislation with the person runs the efforts in the white house, the president's son-in-law, jared kushner. he's connected to this issue. his father spent time in prison when he was in school. for him it's been very much a personal push. he worked from the time he got to the white house to try to bring people on both sides of the aisle together and also to convince the president to support this. >> this wasn't really a campaign issue. >> reporter: not at all. kushner d

cory booker comes to mind. >> that was bernie sanders laying out the state play.t some of the headlines in the past week. senators elizabeth warren, cory booker, kamala harris mulling 2020 bids to face off against trump. in addition, we learned this week that two dems fresh off squeaker losses in the midterms, beto o'rourke and andrew gillum made the pilgrimage. with us is scott jennings. robbie, looks like a crowded field but in terms of this current climate, which is better, to run the campaigns like they're the best to beat all the other democrats, or the best to beat trump? >> well, honestly i think those things go hand in hand. you know, i actually wrote a piece on this on cnn that the most important thing the democratic candidate needs to be able to do is build a real base of fans out there. that happens in cyber space, that happens on the ground through organizing. and i think the same kind of inspirational leadership that can mobilize people and money to build the campaign in the primary is the the same thing that's going to help them push through in the g

you have kamala harris, cory booker. all of these folks makes that a good thing for the party.ters really want is a variety. they are interested on who is going -- the different types of people that are jumping in. they want to see what is their platform going to be. how will they be challenged out there in the field. how are they going to get not just excite the base but have to bring in new voters. i think that's the key here that we're seeing. that's really exciting. >> what do you think the obama factor will be? we know obama met with o'rourke. he has a relationship with castro and biden. what role does the former president play? >> barack obama plays a really important role. he's the last democrat president who won two successful elections. if i'm a candidate that is thinking about running, you want to have a sit down conversation with obama. i would assume he will have many conversations. he's going to stay out of it. i think that's what he will do. he'll step in in the general election to play his part as the very popular former president. that will be key and important.

let me tell you about cory booker. [ laughter ] the guy is bald, big bald guy. ow that. he likes the ladies. booker, he's got a big mouth and he used to jump over the -- he used to drive a car -- tj booker, tough guy. [ laughter ] tj booker. and that guy totally restricted his career from "star trek." so unbelievable. [ laughter ] >> seth: oh, my god. fantastic. fantastic. [ cheers and applause ] >> it's frightening. >> seth: every now and then someone would say to me, "hey, would you want to have the president on this show?" and the thing i would say is, "it wouldn't matter." there's this idea that there's a good out there with him where he'll actually answer the questions that are asked. would you ever, though, like to as him interview h >> you know, i've never thought i -- i guess on my show we had this same question. and mind you, he was never going to come to our show. >> seth: sure, right. >> but we did deepak chopra. so, the point being -- the point being, i don't think the value in interviewing him is only for our own benefit, right? like for your own hum

the calls to iowa and new hampshire and people thinking of are running like kamala harris, and cory bookerelizabeth warren and trying to line up the staff and the doeer nor do donors in the preliminary, and there is reasons for that. they are reluctant to make themselves vulnerable to trump and the tweets and the criticism as we have talked about, but the other problem is the three bs, and right now in the absence of a clear front-runner the field, and there not one, the three sort of the ones who dominate in the polls are biden, beto o'rourke and bernie sanders, because they are all well known, and because they have national profiles, and fund-raising p profiles that are going much beyond the kamala harris or cory booker. >> and what about those individuals beto, biden and bernie, and what do they represent within the democratic p party that they say too familiar and overlap? >> well, affection for as a former vice president. we know a lot about his family history and his tragedy. he's just a very well loved establishment. if he got into this race, could become a target again. bernie sand

with kamala harris, cory booker, number of senators that are considering, they've all put out in-depthcy proposals for this all very progressive policy proposals and what effect this has, if any, or could this become a love fest or popularity contest? and how they try to sell and talk about proposals. >> one of the things that trump proved in some ways, it's often about personality and charisma and not necessarily policy. >> yeah. in 2014, 2015, the headlines work and people crack into jeb bush taking on chris christie. it's a lifetime in politics. >> sure. >> who knows what the nominee will be at this point and what the base wants. what does 2019 bring? >> long way to go. >> what oversight is done? what is the president's policy proposals? is there any sort of bipartisan deal on infrastructure, anything else? you're seeing a lot of people jump out of the gate right now and the president starting to gauge who would be a tough contender. >> we've got a long, long -- >> we need answers now, josh. >> yeah. >> internal drama in the house, up next. democratic caucus. the knives may be out f

is it cory booker, kamala harris? who is it going to be? >> i like that you picked the two black candidates. i like cory booker, certain things about him. i don't think he is the guy. i actually like someone, her name is tulsa gabbert. there is a good chance she will run. she is military. she brings patriotism back to the democratic party. she is very progressive on a lot of niece other issues. i think she is somebody who could catch fire and leave others behind. >> but you, the democrats, are always looking for that strong military figure with the military background you mentioned. they actually hate her position on syria. it is not john kerry's year again. they are not looking to square the circle with some hawkish democrat, are they? >> i think tulsi, unlike donald trump, was not afraid to actually visit a combat zone and see what it is and see things for herself. i think that that was something that can be explained pretty easily. i think once people actually hear her and give her an opportunity to explain herself, i think that she will

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cory booker, senator from new jersey, there is all kinds of talk he is running for president.uld give every american 1000-dollar, interest bearing baby bond at birth. you get $1000, just for being born. so if you're a republican say, hypothetically running against him i guess you obviously where do we get the dough for this, right, senator booker? >> yeah that is exactly right. and you know, i think people how they feel about this will largely depend how they feel about the importance of fiscal responsibility. do we have to pay for the compensatetures that the government sends out? how will we pay for those expenditures? we should be looking at reforming the federal budget so we don't increase our national debt. that is something that many fiscally conservative folks would argue for. this plan would go in the opposite direction. i think that's a fair question to ask. in terms of different policy solutions some other democrats proposing to increase the earned income tax credit which i think is an idea worth talking about. rewarding people that work hard, making hard work pay. t

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cory booker is very strong and the biggest challenge for senator booker is to make sure that he doess he gets so into the moment that he gets out over his skis with his rhetoric and the spartacus moment, so he has to be able to rein that in, but he has a fierce competitor. he is showing that he can do things across the aisle with criminal justice reform, so he is in a really good position to get to moving as this whole thing heats up, and you say that the test as was mentioned, the test will be the democrat showing the discipline to have an open roiling debate without it turning into a three-ring circus, that will be the ultimate test. >> molly: iowa and new hampshire will get busy very soon. stay with me, the trump administration ringing in the new year with lots of changes to the white house staff. what shall we expect from the new cabinet nominees and weld a new cabinet be online with the president's agenda? the power panel comes right back after this. ♪ ♪ >> molly: the new year's had to bring some more changes to the president's cabinet, patrick shanahan taking over as acting sec

i'm now texting buddies with van jones (laughter) with dick durbin and with cory booker. and i speak to jared kushner about five times a day. in the middle of dinner, when my phone rings, my family says to me, "it's jared, isn't it?" [laughter] i sat across from the resolute desk from me, a few months ago, mr. president, with a few of my colleagues. i was here with senator scott, and grassley, and graham, and jared kushner was there. and as they asked me to explain the bill what we had in mind at one moment, i tapped, for emphasis, gently on the resolute desk this great historic masterpiece. and to my astonishment, it echoed. it was loud. i thought all of the sudden that the secret service was going to come in and arrest me. but it made a loud noise. this bill today is going to make a loud noise. it's going to make a loud noise that extends across democrats, republicans, liberals, conservatives, from one end of this country to another, reminding this country that president donald j. trump has made america safe. and, for that, i'll be forever grateful to you, mr. president

and there was my partner in this effort, and cory booker and i were sitting in the first row, and he said, "we have got 18 republicans," which is more than anyone had come up with at that point. first quarter, and right on through p and we were piling up votes, eight teen, 17, 14 republicans, and i look at some of those voting with us, and i said i would not have guessed that that senator would have been in our corner, but they believed in our cause, and they and chuckaded by mike grassley. it is for all of the senators to be there. i can remember the war on terror during the bush years, and i remember senator hannity sitting there. like he sensed the history and like seeing all of those senators there is rare. senator durbin: it is rare. i often stand up at lunch to the caucus members and say let me tell you what the united states used to be light. let me tell you, there was a time we would come to the floor and debate, and you had to think yourself, if i am going to vote against this amendment, can i get i side -- a side by side amendment question mark those of the days of the sena

we want to show you what cory booker who has been a big proponent of the legislation had to say earlierhis is going to be a shot at this if it weren't for the white house, and i want you to know that we are still living in a country where these outrageous thi things are going, and it is not a partisan issue. >> so there is a democrat standing behind mike lee and chuck grassley and rare for him to be praising the other party, and so how did we geter here? >> keep in mind that this conversation happening between senator booker and senator grass ly and senator lee and senator graham took place in the tailend of the obama administration. can you might recall that is one of those things when there was such obstruction on everything else that there were, there seemed to be some movement when it came to criminal justice reform at the tail end of the obama year, and fast forward to president trump getting lekted and those conversations kept going, but what took some people by surprise was that there was the active involvement of jared kushner, the president's sort of the go-to man for everythin

so kamala harris or cory booker or beto o'rourke. somebody like. that a septuagenarian.ou have the ethnic minority lane. the women's lane. the governor's lane. some are going to be in multiple lanes. but at the end of the day, it is a new face, a fresh face, and it seems to me democrats want to fall in love with somebody and try to pay more attention to who is most electable in this cycle and so i really do think that next generation checks most of the boxes. >> and we got through this conversation without talking all that much about beto o'rourke but he seems to fit many of those boxes that you're talking about, congressman, and this video that he posted yesterday, 24 hours, almost 4 million views on twitter. so that shows that groundswell of support there. gentlemen, thank you for that conversation. i certainly appreciate it. >>> up next, president trump and his chinese counterpart speaking today by phone. are they closer to ending the trade war that's costing both countries billions? with my hepatitis c, i felt i couldn't be at my best for my family. in only 8 weeks w

cory booker has been a huge champion of this. there are some people who don't think it's gone far enough. >> we're not going to get the full criminal justice reform through anytime soon. but we have areas where both democrats and republicans can come to some agreement on. democrats are under a lot of pressure to get something done. they can't just assume power in the house and have nothing to show for it two years from now. republicans need to score some wins too. this is one of those areas where they can claim bipartisanship and move forward. that's a realization mitch mcconnell came to. >> it would certainly be a huge step for a congress that hasn't done a lot of big bipartisan bills that actually implement sweeping changes. kimberly atkins, jim kessler, matt welch, thank you all for being here today. really appreciate your insights. >>> when we continue, hail to the chiefs. president trump insists there's a long list of contenders vying for the job of white house chief of staff. we're going to get two former chiefs of staffs t

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and there was my partner in this effort, and cory booker and i were sitting in the first row, and he said, "we have got 18 republicans," which is more than anyone had come up with at that point. first quarter, and right on through p and we were piling up votes, eight teen, 17, 14 republicans, and i look at some of those voting with us, and i said i would not have guessed that that senator would have been in our corner, but they believed in our cause, and they and chuckaded by mike grassley. it is for all of the senators to be there. i can remember the war on terror during the bush years, and i remember senator hannity sitting there. like he sensed the history and like seeing all of those senators there is rare. senator durbin: it is rare. i often stand up at lunch to the caucus members and say let me tell you what the united states used to be light. let me tell you, there was a time we would come to the floor and debate, and you had to think yourself, if i am going to vote against this amendment, can i get i side -- a side by side amendment question mark those of the days of the sena

also on the list senator cory booker and congressman beto o'rourke who's become a darling of the leftm the red state of texas. but brazile added this thought about the kind of candidate the party will be looking for. >> i still believe the one important ingredient that you will see on the democratic side, i believe there's still a hunger for an outsider. anti-establishment outsider. >> those anti-establishment outsiders could be john hickenlooper. the 66-year-old two-term governor of colorado is leaving office with a strong record of economic achievement, with the state rising from 40th to 1st in the country in job growth during his tenure. and while the former mayor of denver is known for being a bro-business centrist -- pro-business centrist, he's pushed for tough gun control legislation. so is that the kind of record that can help him win in 2020? governor hickenlooper joins me now. governor, thank you very much, indeed, for joining us. >> you bet, my pleasure. >> i hear you've been spending a bit of time in iowa and new hampshire the past few months. do you like the weather this t

i am walking in the room and cordens mike leigh and and cory booker. they were talking about criminal justice. i heard a statistic that flew my mind. for african-american men who don't graduate from high school, their odds of being incarcerated are 30%. men are in prison right now. for those who don't graduate from high school, 68% will be in prison at some point in their lives. it was like a lightbulb going off in my head. i care about education because i care about our communities and economic opportunities and justice. i cannot just focus on education without taking on this other thing. said, i have to call jason and get smart on this. we really spent about a year. we planted the seeds out the marshall project. we connected with other philanthropists. with george soros, to people in between. we connected with these philanthropists. little by little, i saw there were these opportunities, we were able to use this bipartisan raise the age so boys would not be tried as adults. that is how i kind of got immersed in this thing. --eard allender shoe it's d

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vice president biden and cory booker, the senator from new jersey.hat is your top pick or who is the candidate, looking forward to 2020 in your mind, that will be able to mobilize the coalition? >> well, first of all, i'm elected about the 2020 prospects. we have a great bench. but what really excites me is the fact that we have so much young blood, young talent within the democratic party. i want to make sure that we have an open process, that we can get the kind of leadership within the party that can not just unite the democratic party but also unite the country, so before we get to a person, i think we have to figure out our mission. >> as you went the day after the election to teach your georgetown students, you tell a story about how one of the things you learned from them, the day after the election, was that they disliked the identity politics that they heard from the democratic party. you wrote, "they thought that hillary spent too much time trying to appeal to people based on their race or their gender or their sexual orientation and not en