he talks down to newark. we need a senator going down to washington who will do the things to lift up our entire state. we are one state with one destiny. critical federal issues are not solved yet, like back run checks and secondary markets that my opponents of -- my opponents opposes. should be backe run checks, rational federal legislation to empower safety, not just in newark, but all over our state. to follow-up, you cite shootings, which is not a statistic cap by state police or the fbi. if you look at murders, there were 67 in 2008 and 95 last year. is that progress? >> again, use a 2008, when we let the nation in dropping down shootings and murders in our city. yes, we went back up, but nowhere near the city i inherited. we are down more than 15% of murders. the guns pouring into the streets of the city of newark do not come from new jersey. they come from other states that have lacks come laws, don't do back run checks, and we allow federal law to allow that to happen. this is what the gun lobby, why

the city of newark sprout grass is unmistakable and the most common -- you see newark is the crane because there is -- are so many cranes putting up steel. >> some have complained that some are expensive property owners that had to pay a higher property tax. >> that is not true at all. we have property taxes -- when when governor christine i last week stood together to announce a 130 million-dollar, cut the ribbon on a hundred and $30 -- million dollar project we announced the project. we were doing it together to decrease the tax base of our entire state. companies of business is not in new jersey before are now coming to her biggest city hearkening back to the days when newark was the economic driver for the anti-or state. >> the only birds in newark of the vultures. the political hacks are picking away at the carcasses of the taxpayers of that city. the real taxpayers in the small business that you are destroying when he hand out hundreds of millions of dollars in corporate handouts and subsidies that for those that are politically connected to you. unemployment is up 14% almost double

newark are the vultures. the political hacks picking away at the carcasses of the taxpayers of that city who are watching their real property taxes for small businesses that you are destroying when you hand out hundreds of millions of dollars in corporate handouts and corporate subsidies for those politically connected to you. when you're out in hollywood are going around california unemployment is at 14% almost double the national average. that is a failure in anybody's book and i need to do is go to any small business and they will tell you how they are being crushed by high taxes runaway crime rampant high school dropout rates. it's completely. >> let's move onto foreign affairs from him. he boasts that it's not america's role to be a police force around the world. this past weekend the navy s.e.a.l.s tried to capture leaders of the militant group responsible for the attack at the mall in kenya that left 67 people dead. there were no americans among the dead as far as a nail. do you support this kind of de

not more popular outside newark than he was inside newark. lonegan is clearly trying to change that. >> meanwhile, booker got a huge cash infusion from bloomberg, but it's an interesting mixed bag of people showing up for lonegan when we have sarah palin stumping for him, rand paul has campaigned for him and chris christie who's numbers are in the 60s. he's a likeable guy. what happens to a sarah palin in new jersey? >> yeah, if you look at sarah palin's individual numbers in new jersey, they're terrible. that's somebody you bring in if you're in a six had-way primary and you want to get 28%, you bring in sarah palin. that's why lonegan is such a rare republican candidate in new jersey because the typical republican candidate in new jersey recognizes that in association with sarah palin, in association with rand paul, with ted cruz is not going to help you, runs away from it. what you've gotten from lonegan in this campaign -- and i think there is at a certain level, he just come as cross as blunt and authentic. again, he's saying things that

we brought kiva into newark, which as you know is a technological platform.start off with latina businesswomen who could not get a $5,000 loan from a traditional bank that didn't seem credit wore think. but from an online platform that helps us to expand businesses in our city and by the way, their repayment rates are as good or better than people that think banks are great. it actually has federal implications, how can we better start small businesses around our country. how can we go in creative ways to get access to capital in this bad economy. from everything from education to health care, things we have done in newark i hope to help inform federal policy but from day one i want to be helping folks around new jersey. >> corrie booker, currently the mayor of newark, new jersey. cory, do not be a stranger once you're up there. i know it's going to be harder to get you, but do not be a stranger. >> that is not true, you've been a friend for a very long time and your show has been a source of sus ten innocence and education for a very long time. >> good luck,

he talks down to newark. critical issues are not solved like background checks in the secondary markets which my opponent opposes. he's getting support from the nra. >> cory booker back a month ago, 14-year-old alley henderson was shot to death in the streets of newark while he was on the jimmy fallon show telling people what a great job he was doing in newark. ten people -- while my opponent was running around hollywood and san francisco promoting himself. >>> the delaware river, if we have the pullback of the epa, let fracking go on like many of the frackers want to do, it could pollute our waters. >> you may not be able to swim in that river, but i think it's because of the bodies floating around from shooting victims in your city. >> oh, my god. >> now to business. markets mixed as the dow and s&p avoided a three-day losing streak. the nasdaq in -- the central bank's decision not to scale back bond buying program was a "relatively close call." let's check in with cnbc steve sedgwick live for us in london.

crime and poverty, but harris wouldn't characterize newark as distressed. considering the city's population fwru for the first time in six decades and welcomed its first new hotel in 40 years. >> i think newark is an area that is changing and getting better, and you can just walk around the arena and see new restaurants, new coffee shops, new apartment buildings. >> it's an aggressive game. they're really passionate fans. it's more of a city by city fan base, like in canada. >> okay. >> it's insane. >> do you take the same approach when are you investing at apollo in private equity looking for companies to buy and looking for value situations? is that same approach apply when you own a sports team? >> i think for the most part it's the same with a couple of differences. i would say that the media footprint in sports is much larger, so in our chemical businesses, no one asks me what are we selling polypropalene at. everyone from my brother to my son to my uncle, my friend care about the devils' line-up or the 6ers' line-up and what we're doing, so they are p

the devils aggressiveness on the kries isn't the only thing attracting crowds to newark. they have attracted more than ten million visitors. it's ranked the eighth highest grossing arena in the world. it's like you found a real gem. >> i think we did. >> what kind of return would you expect? >> they've been in the mid to high single digits. not private equity returns. not the 28% net we've generated at apollo. >> harris co-founded apollo in the 1990s. >> we try to buy good companies at attractive prices. we carve the 6ers out of comcast which own the arena and the flyers as well. you can generate, 20, 25, 30% if you have the right management team and you know the right assets. >> are you seeing any impact in terms of your own business as a result of dysfunction and the government shutdown? >> it impacts consumers and our partners all over the world. when people hear the government might run out of money, particular the u.s. government, in many cases they pull back. it definitely hurt everything. >> it especially hurt cities like newark known for its high crime and poverty

newark is coming back now because of left and right working together.dn't be done, the problems were too big. i'm hoping in washington i can really just join with others of both parties who share my spirit. >> senator, you have worked with chris christie very closely. you two are famously or infamously close both professionally and you're also friends. i assume you're not going to vote for him, however, next month when he is up for re-election. if he's so good and you preach bipartisanship, why not endorse him? he's already up 24 points in the polls. he's going to win anyway, probably. >> i don't necessarily agree with that. there's a large lead right now but there's still time. look, when i draw the issues up, i see issues i disagree with, whether the earned income tax credit, planned parenthood, regional greenhouse gas agreements, whether it's basic issues, frankly, when it comes to things like marriage equality. when i look at all the issues, barbara bueno is clearing in line with the voters of new jersey. i tell you this. when the people elect someb

in new jersey, newark mayor cory booker will soon be a u.s. senator did he defeating a stata party lead he go in an election. he is the first african american elected to the senate in new jersey history. they are making more progress in eliminating syria's chemical weapons stockpile. they have sre visited 11 sites. destroying. the legality of michigan's game marriage ban could be decided in a trial next february. a federal judge in detroit put off an expected decision in the case i've lesbian couple who want to marry so they can a continue each other's children, michigan bans adopts by unmarried couples. those are the head lines, america tonight is up next on al jazerra america. and you can always check us out online at aljazerra.com. this is the 900-page document we call obamacare. it could change costs, coverage, and pretty much all of healthcare in america. my show sorts this all out. in fact, my staff has read the entire thing. which is probably more than what most members of congress can claim. we'll separate politics from policy, and jus

new jersey elected newark mayor cory booker to be the state's next u.s. senator.the special election, the 44- year-old democrat won 55% of the vote to republican steve lonegan's 44%. booker will finish out the term of senator frank lautenberg, who died in office in june. he spoke last night to crowds of his supporters in newark. >> too many people are forgetting that the lines that divide us are nothing compare to those ties that bind us. it forgets, this cynical attitude forgets the idea that ideal, the truth that we are all in this together. >> woodruff: we'll talk with senator-elect booker right after the news summary. more than 60 people were killed in a fresh wave of violence across iraq today. most of the car and suicide bombings targeted shi-ite districts of baghdad. nine car bombs detonated in the capital, including one near a playground that killed two children. the explosions rang out as iraqis celebrated the muslim holiday of eid al-adha. the annual hajj pilgrimage in saudi arabia came to an end today. nearly two million muslim pilgrims took part in the

of low income single month nevers trying to buy food for their kids, in the health department in newarkw jersey people are already being turned away. >> reporter: she is a single working mother with two children, she counts on food vouchers for wic the federal women infants and children program. >> i rely on the milk a lot just because it's really expensive. >> reporter: when she walked in to the wic sent never newark, new jersey, they couldn't give her any vouchers. >> it's hard being a single parent and working a job and not having enough just to get by. so you kind of depend on those just to, you know, feed them and stuff that way. but it's a shame that i can't even do anything until all of this is resolved. >> reporter: with two children to feed, perez hopes that's soon. here in new jersey, 172,000 moms and children rely on wic. nationwide, that number is nearly 9 million. other states like individual are fair better, single moms there shouldn't have to wore. >> i we are monitoring every day. we have funds leftover from federal '13, federal fiscal year '13 that they were continuing

marlie hall reports from newark with some of the first couples to tie the knot. >> it is officially past midnight. marriage is equal in new jersey! [ applause and cheers ] >> reporter: joseph and oroville became one of the first same-sex couples to legally marry in the state of new jersey. >> all right! >> reporter: they have been waiting for this moment for 15 years. >> it was important for us not to escape new jersey to be married. but to simply stay here and fight for the rights that is due us. >> reporter: newark mayor newly elected new jersey senator cory booker officiated at city hall. when he asked if anyone objected. >> this is unlawful in the sight o god! >> remove that person. >> reporter: a state court rules that they can get married today making it the 14th state in the country to allow it. new jersey governor chris christie tried to block same- sex marriage as he appeals a court's decision to allow it. the state supreme court rejected the request and will hear the case in january. louise walton and marsha shapiro also tied the knot. they are part of the lawsuit fighting for

and the mayor of newark, new jersey, has a brand new seat on capitol hill. and a murder trial in utah is heating up. a former doctor accused of killing his beauty queen wife. we've got a legal team to break down the critical moments including when a bathtub was dragged into court. shlgts first up, convicted killers whoot an early release from prison based on forged documents are now back in custody. we got our first look at them in court this morning. charles walker and joseph jenkins both charged with escape. they were found at a motel in panama city last night. andhose two arrests are likely not the end of the story. nick valenci is live for us now. what have you learned from law enforcement about what thaw're investigating now? >> i just got off the foen with the florida department of law enforcement. this is new information just into cnn. i want to strez, though, that this is is in the preliminary portion of their invest kbags. ey did say they're looking into those documents. those documents could have cost up to $8,000. they wanted to stress to our view

>> stephen: yes, that was newark-- (applause) >> stephen: yes, i don't know why i'm clapping. no idea what this means. yes, that was newark's hero mayor and senator lech corey booker acting also as justice of the piece. he then went on to cater the wedding dinner, drive the limo and save the couple from an escape circus line. folks, gay marriage has come to new jersey. and not just because it missed its exit on the expressway. (laughter) so i'm giving a tip of my hat to the olive garden state. if there's anything-- anything that will take the glamor out of gay marriage it's new jersey. (laughter) i mean i know suburbs sound nice at first, gay, you stopped renting a cramped gay apartment in the big gay city and own your own gay house, lots more room to gay live. (laughter) someplaces with a gay yard where you can plant some gay tomatoes, gay property taxes tend to be high but that is to pay for all the great gay schools but then after a few years you get gay fat, oh, sure, you promise yourself you will gay go into the city but it's friday night and you gay worked all week and g

we're deeply involved with this neighborhood and we incubate a lot of newark. it's such a beautiful cathedral of a spates. in the another way for us to partner with the community. this this space we hope to produce newark and engage new and local and old after the. we hope to share this space. in the a neighborhood filled with arts. a lessons king and luggage store. we're privileged to be part of this community. we look across the street to the museum. thank you for being here today. we know we've got the art community here and scott wiener is a big supporter. thank you scott. it's been an amazing journey. we'll see a rich array ray the hope is it will be a way for k correction e it to acknowledge the education and training i training is an numerous part 3 will transform this city. i want to quickly acknowledge a lot of community arts based on organization that have helped us in this journey that were i want to thank john the director who helped us spearhead this and our amazing architects and plant consultants and everybody who helped us realize this project.

people of the state of new jersey and the city of newark. with him, one stanford degree wasn't enough; he got two. and then if that wasn't enough, which it wasn't, he was chosen to be a rhodes scholar and then got another advanced degree at oxford. and if that wasn't enough, he went to yale law school. this is quite a record, madam president. now, he's been a sitting councilman and mayor for more than a decade. he's lived with his constituents and kept in touch with them like no mayor i've ever come in contact with. i mean, we're so fortunate to have him here. he stayed in touch with his constituents because he has been with them in the inner city of newark. i commend him for his dedicated service to the people of new jersey and the people of newark. part of his job was to highlight the difficulties of working poor families, and did he that and did that very well. he's done everything he can to highlight to everyone that would listen to him and watch him to indicate that ne newark residen, many of them are struggling to know where their next

newarks mayor, getting a senate seat. ♪ >>> there are no winners.hat's how president obama described the last-minute agreement that ended the government shutdown and presented the -- prevented going over the debt ceiling. >> the american people are fed up with washington. at a time when we demand more momentum, we have yet another self-inflicted crisis setting us back. >> the federal government is returning to business as usual. vice president biden greeting workers as they returned to their job this morning. libby casey is live on capitol hill. what was the tone there this morning? >> he was certainly not declaring victory and there were no big smiles, dell. really you heard some frustration. >> we seem to have lost libby casey on capitol hill. i'm checking. the feed is back now. libby are you there. >> i am dell. are you hear me okay? >> i can. >> maybe that's an indication that capitol hill is really quiet right now. but the president's tone was very serious. he was not full of big smiles. this was not a win he said and he had a few different aud

he is facing an uphill battle on a man well-known on the national stage, newark's mayor corey booker. measure the drapes there quite yet. >> reporter: a national referendum on the national policies including obama care. >> when we go to washington october 17th, it's going to be barack obama, nancy pelosi and harry reid that are going to fold! >> corey brooooker, cad ral, liberal, stream. >> reporter: booker's double digit lead in august dipped to 28 points and not surprising to some voters here. >> i believe that there are a lot of people in the state that have conservative values and just don't know it. >> i'm a republican but i think lonegan is far to the right. >> he is very much a conservative and i think that makes his uphill battle that much steeper because of identity of a tea party conservative. >> reporter: his and his campaign's views on mayor booker seem to be getting all of the attention. lonegan fired a top adviser after that person gave a interview with a twitter exchange with a stripper. saying the following. >> i have hundreds of activists, volunteers, donors, people o

marlie hall at newark city hall. thank you very much. >>> well, police have lots of questions for those two convicted killers who used forged documents to escape from a florida prison. joseph jenkins and charles walker were captured saturday night at a beach in south florida. police believe they may have paid thousands for the documents that allowed them to walk out of prison. police want to know who helped them to get the papers and who they were waiting for at the hotel. more arrests are expected. >>> and this morning hurricane raymond is gaining strength as it moves toward mexico's pacific coast. it's located 165 miles southwest of acapulco. it's sustained winds of 110 miles an hour with higher gusts. the storm may remain offshore, but if it does make land, it wouldn't happen until today or tomorrow. raymond is headed to the same area that was hit hard by tropical storm manuel next month. >>> and weather conditions are not helping firefighters battle one of the most destructive wildfires ever seen in australia's m

so representing 40,000 newark students. >> so going to school in newark, you get the sense that newarkumber of resources available to try to increase student safety and create a climate where students feel they are safe and they don't have to worry about their health. they can focus on their studies. but there's a number of concerns. you have to worry about, are you going to get robbed or jumped? should i wear these sneakers after school. if i walk out, are they going to get stolen from me? it's a really overwhelming experience, because now you have to worry about what's going on outside the building. you have to worry about the robberies, but you also have to worry about the hazards inside the building with metal detectors and your book bag being searched and guards. it just goes to show that safety is such a central concern. because although there is technology and resources available, and that's important too, it's just such an overwhelming experience that sometimes it's difficult to take advantage of all of that when your health is constantly on your mind. >> jordan, i want to ask

. >>> newark police are looking for the person behind a shocking case of animal cruelty. a pregnant dog tied to a park bench while giving birth to puppies. allen wong has the story you'll see only on abc 7 news. >> reporter: things were not this cozy when officer jennifer bloom pulled up to a park in newark and found an abandoned german shepherd tied to this bench, it was pregnant and in labor. >> you know, we go through training on how to if we ever have to help a woman deliver a baeb but we've never had to deal with puppies. >> reporter: bloom who spoke to us via facetime said the dog was in distress and she was trying to bury one of her pup pis thpi was already dead. she took it to the veterinary hospital in fremont. >> i heard puppies screaming in the back and i knew she was actively giving birth to more as i was driving over there. >> the police officer knocking on the back door, she was a little freaked out just like i was. >> reporter: beatrice said the german shepherd appeared to be a first-time mother less than a year old. after delivering three puppies they had

the biggest portion of our tax dollars goes to newark, new jersey. >> notice that big black hole of newarklonegan also cited ted cruz among those he most admires. and sarah palin's comment to campaign with him. the election is next wednesday. we'll be right back. >>> welcome back to "hardball." i've compared ted cruz to a lot of things and his political assent to me as most shown as a roman candle. burning hot and short. but is the roman candle of texas already at risk of flaming out? he's facing nasty winds from a lot of fellow republicans lately. grover norquist originator of the pledge against raising taxes has described cruz as having fumbled the ball. quote, i think it was very possible for us to delay the implementation of obama care for a year until cruz came and crashed and burned. tom coburn of oklahoma gave cruz the i love him, but treatment on laura ingraham's radio show. >> i love ted cruz. i love the fact that he's got the p and vinegar in him to take on things. but i believe you ought to pick battles you can win rather than kill your troops going up the hill. >> last week ron

. >> late in the day booker greeted merchants in newark. like rutgers this is clearly booker territory. he believes that the federal government can be a positive force in people's lives. >> i wish my opponent who talks about our cities in such negative ways to see the incredible things happening in our city. my opponent who supports a tea party shutdown who believes this this decisive, sporadic broken politics, we're saying we should go a different way in america. >> is it idealistic to transform it? >> one-third of the all the development goes on right here. this came about because of idealism and believing and supporting and working together. >> you think you can change washington? >> i think i can. >> thank you, thank you. mayor. >> cory booker has been a mayor. he's had a limited constituency and he's out there with his constituents. the story of rescuing a woman from a burning building and shoveling sidewalks. senators are different. senators are legislators. it's different from being an executive. i think it's unclear right now what k

>> newark mayor cory booker did the ors just after midnight. orville bell and joseph pinici were the first calm to tie the knot at city hall. that is where reporter jay gray is this morning. good morning to you. same sex law is the law of the land in new jersey, but there is an appeals process to go through in january. did they feel a sense of urgency that they had a short time to get hitched? >> stephanie, good morning to you. some felt it was important to get this done at quickly as possible because of pending legal issues here in the state of new jersey. it was an emotional and many will tell you very important morning here as new jersey became the 14th state to allow same sex partners to wed. >> as the couples gathered at newark city hall, just after midnight, new jersey became the 14th state to allow same sex unions. >> the great state of new jersey becomes far, far greater by recognizing the quality of all god's children. >> mayor and senator elect cory booker had vowed to never marry anyone until he could marry everyone in this state so

the biggest portion of our tax dollars goes to newark, new jersey. >> notice that big black hole of newarklonegan also cited ted cruz among those he most admires. and sarah palin's comment to campaign with him. the election is next wednesday. we'll be right back. acso 45 states and then district of columbia have voluntarily decided to raise the bar with consistent educational standards. now, students in those states will have a better chance to succeed in college and careers and to compete in the global economy. which means a better future for our students and our nation. join exxonmobil in supporting the common core state standards. let's solve this. >>> welcome back to "hardball." i've compared ted cruz to a lot of things and his political assent to me as most shown as a roman candle. burning hot and short. but is the roman candle of texas already at risk of flaming out? he's facing nasty winds from a lot of fellow republicans lately. grover norquist originator of the pledge against raising taxes has described cruz as having fumbled the ball. quote, i think it was very possible for us to

one in three people in newark are living in poverty.aginary friend. >> tea party loser could not get another republican senator to come to new jersey to campaign against cory booker whose ultimate victory in the senate race was never in doubt. the only other recognizable republican he could lure to new jersey was that champion of lost causes, sarah palin. after he won, the first thing that senator-elect cory booker said, about the only republican senator who came to new jersey to campaign against him was "i want to work with him." that's right, cory booker wants to work with rand paul. here is why. seven minutes after ridiculing cory booker in that speech you just saw, rand paul said this. african-americans are being denied the wrote by driver's license. you know what they're denied the right to vote, they're being put in prison for felons, and kept there. i'm not for your white kid, black kid, brown kid using drugs not a good idea. a youthful mistake should not keep you out of the marketplace able to get a job should not prevent the ri

. >> late in the day, booker greeted merchants in the historic iron bound section of newark.e rutgers this is booker territory. unlike lonergan, booker believes the federal government can be a positive force in people's lives. >> and i wish my opponent who talks about our cities in such negative ways i wish he could see the truly incredible things happening in our city. my opponent who supports the tea party shutdown my opponent who believes in this kind of divisiveness, sporadic broken politics we are saying we should be going in a district way. >> is that ideal us i ca idealik that? >> one third of all the state's development. going is right here. all of this came about because of idealism and believing but most importantly because of working together. >> reporter: you think you can change washington and get them to work together. >> i think we can. >> reporter: thank you, mayor. >> reporter: he has a mayor and he is the kind of guy who is out there with his constituents, i mean, the stories of rescuing a woman from a burning building. shoveling people's sidewalks, senators

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the two people were newark last night alone.ng the police department, we can't allow that records the washington dc and yet he still works with big government. charles: you talk about this in a cloud of dust and you also have some pretty big players come in at key moments for you. you have had sarah palin and rick perry and even chris christie has gone to bat for you. >> yes, we have united the entire republican party. including chris christie, rand paul and sarah palin. charles: why are so many giant names in a party coming to new jersey? do they smell this? this victory would turn everything on its head. >> it will reignite the ronald reagan conservative movement and put a lot of backbone into the republican party to stand on principle. they talk about the shutdown and we need people to articulate a bold conservative message cutting the size of government and how that will free up americans to achieve them prosper and grow and we can do that when the government is getting so big and debt is exploding in government regulations