steve lonegan. >> wait until they see steve lonegan on the united states floor of the senate. d i have believed and still believe in so many of the same things. >> here is something steve lonegan believes in, that chris christie did not mention today. >> do you think the federal government should be supplying funds in any way to any extent, if so? >> well, you know, the role of the federal government in this kind of catastrophe is questionable. if we're going to look at somebody's home being destroyed in a hurricane, and that is tragic for them, the home being destroyed. but remember, every day somebody in the country is suffering something of equal impact and we don't hand them a check, the role of federal government needs to be limited to the role of federal government. >> joining us now, ari melber, just in time, officially calling the race for cory booker, right here, on whatever today's date is. >> you got to get it early. >> that guy is going nowhere. this is crazy, hopeless. i assumed this was chris christie's day to pretend, you know, he is with the right-wing lunatic r

i look at steve lonegan, who will be cory booker's opponent here in new jersey. the one of my first encounters with steve lonegan was on martin luther king jr. day, and he held a press conference to attack the affirmative action. that is where steve lonegan became known against, the affirmative action, he is not going to win this thing. he is not electable in a state like new jersey. but he can certainly say things that will get lots of national attention for all the wrong reasons for a likeability standpoint. and cory booker is able to play a heroic role in countering that. >> his most recent salvo is his handicap of running as a white guy in new jersey. >> well, i have a quote from steve lonegan, we just have time for one on obama care. he said i will be as callous and uncaring as you can imagine, i have no interest in helping to pay for your health care, i would hate to see you get cancer, but that is your problem, not mine. that is typical? >> that is absolutely typical. to call him a flame-thrower, does not do him justice. he ran against chris christie in th

but he does have an opponent and that opponent is steve lonegan.for three terms from 1995 through 2007 and one of the most vocal and most conservative politicians in the state of new jersey. maybe the most vocal and the most conservative. while he was mayor, he spearheaded initiatives ranging from cost reductions to calling upon mcdonald's to take down a billboard because it advertised iced coffee in spanish. conservative group founded by david and charles coch and in 2009 ran for governor of new jersey. christie won that republican primary by 13 points and now a rising national gop star. this past tuesday he formally endorsed lonegan in his race against bookie. for defunding health care reform and marriage equality and running in new jersey a state where won two victories. new poll released on tuesday put booker ahead by 16 points, 54-38. that is the first poll out since the primaries two weeks ago. the election held on october 16th and here to talk about it, steve lonegan. steve, welcome to the show, thanks for joining us, i appreciate it. >> tha

if you want to get a little flavor of what this race might be like, cory booker versus steve lonegan, mr. lonegan's previous preelection effort as mayor of bogota was subject of a spectacular documentary called "any town usa." >> steve lonegan is an outright liar. >> i hate lonegan. >> put a monkey up against him, i think a monkey would win. >> i have no intention of losing this election. >> i'm in it. i'm in it and we're going to win is. >> fred is a good guy. >> i know fred. i happen to like fred. fred's not a smart guy. >> you're probably the only politician in the nation running against two legally blind candidates. >> they can do a job just as well. i can do a better job, but they can do a good job, too. >> well, i'm actually running for mayor of bogota. >> oh, yes, i'm going to vote for you so that's fine. >> really? what a joke. >> independents usually don't win. >> splitting the anti-lonegan vote. we need to be united in our anti-loneganist. >> large group of angry protesters marched to city hall calling for the mayor's head. ♪ >> i have a voter who's in estonia, there's no se

and of course, democratic groups are gorging on the buffet that is steve lonegan's statement.is greatest hits, circulating fundraising value, and also for nationwide republican brand value. it is amazing that this is the guy who the republican party has nominated for the united states senate. >> i'm a radical. >> this is a ponzi scheme, the biggest disappointment i had when rick perry came out and called it a controversy, the ponzi scheme, is that he didn't stick to his guns, because it is. people are going to say doesn't this mean a tax increase for the poor? and the answer is yes, it does. >> that is their problem, not mine. >> i think both of these programs are meant for destruction. >> so the way acutely image-conscious governor chris christie had to spend his afternoon was cozying up to that guy, talking about him in the senate, how much he supports him and a hopes he wins. yeah, chris christie and steve lonegan, this is going to be one of those relationships that it is going to be fun to watch it develop. >>> doctor walks into a drug moisturizing lotion has an active nat

. >> booker now faces steve lonegan. and gearing up for the october special election. >> mayor cory booker has been elected. he's been anointed by hollywood. the hollywood elite have been descended from their penthouse apartments from the heights of the hollywood hills to come to new jersey to tell us who our next senator is. >>> anthony weiner lagging in the polls, in last night's first debate, the contenders took on the tactics. the issue did come up during an exchange with christine quinn. >> here's the profound difference, have apologized for my personal behavior the speaker refuses to apologize for overturning the will of the people and the slush fund scandal. that's the difference. i have owned up to my personal failings. i have a record that i'm proud of and i'll will be honest with the citizens of this city. >> let me just say, i think it's very clear to all new yorkers that neither me or anybody else on this stage or any new yorker quite frankly should be lectured by anthony weiner what we need to apologize for

steve lonegan calls it weird. he likes to go out at 3:00 in the morning for a manicure. i like a scotch and a cigar. that's my fetish. we'll compare the two. later lonegan speculated he was avoiding the question because it helps get him the gay vote by acting ambiguous. they're both contending for the senate seat previously held by frank lot tenberg who passed away this past june. >>> it was 50 years ago today that civil rights icon martin luther king jr. led the march on washington and of course delivered the i have a dream speech. take a look at the front page of "the new york times." 1963. the language itself is just dramatic. you see the picture. it's funny to see on the left, president kennedy signed the bill to a vert a rail strike. kin did i was shot to death a few months later. the march helped pave the way for the civil rights act of 1964 and the voting rights act of 1965. it wasn't until the year 2,000 that all 50 states officially observed martin luther king dare. there are a number of events planned today. just before 3:00 p.m. president obama will speak at t

. >> reporter: he faces former mayor steve lonegan who won the republican primary. >>> 18 indian sailors were trappedened and killed. a loud explosion was heard at the submarine port. shortly after the fire the russian-made submarine sank. only the top of the vessel could see. some crew members died but offered no further details. >>> the north carolina law imposing sweeping restrictions on voters. the new law has everything but the kitchen sink. >>> you can catch all in with chris hayes at 8:00 p.m. that clips from that show are all online. >>> first look at this morning's dish of scrambled politics. a new poll shows the race for new york city mayor has a new leader. public advocate bill deblas owe is ahead with 30%. christine quinn falls to second place with 24%. and anthony weiner is last. they held their first televised debate. weiner faced off with christine quinn. >> i will be honest with the people. >> any new yorker quite frankly should be lectured by anthony weiner what we need to apologize for tonight or ever. >> another candidate john liu is posing that new york legalize marij

your republican opponent, steve lonegan, i'm going to editorialize for a moment.r masculinity, questioning whether you're gay or straight. i think you responded in a really great way basically saying, what the hell do you care, it doesn't make one bit of difference what kind of senator i would be. from perspective of the gay rights movement and progress we've seen for lgbt rights, coming out has been a huge morally important step to get the kind of acceptance we've seen. so my question is, if you are gay, why would you not just come out? >> first of all, this is the ridiculousness of this point. the question should not be whether you're gay or straight, but question should be, why are you asking the question in the first place? it doesn't make a difference what kind of senator i'm going to be or not. what i'm simply saying now, we live in a nation of tragic injustice where we have said there's going to be a class of americans that are going to get second-class citizenship because of who they choose to love and the rest of us americans are going to enjoy full citiz

and so now here with me is steve lonegan. welcome. i'm glad to ask you this. of questions. how tired are you of everybody saying this is a race that is cory booker's to lose. how does that affect way you approach things. >> liking the underdog because it's is going to be even better when cory booker lose on october 16th. >> up say that with certainty. >> a lot of certainty. >> based on what? >> based on the fact we have the energy on the ground, the issues are on my side cory booker is on the wrong side of every issue. >> let's take a look at new jersey. first of all, cory booker himself is a rising star in the department party. he made national news as you know from saving a woman from a burning house. he's some sort of a hero that way. he's a prolific use of twitter. he's got this cultural surge his way. but let's take a look at the quinnipiac poll numbers which shows he's leading you by 54-29% among registered voters. how do you feel about those numbers. how do you turn that around. >> that latest quinnipiac poll was three weeks ago. i come from new jersey.

he will face republican steve lonegan in the election october 16th. >>> let's look at the weather from across the nation. dry and pleasant for much of the midwest. south dakota and nebraska could see a few storms. showers and thunderstorms from the gulf to the carolinas. and there's a threat of severe weather for oklahoma. >> a touch of fall will be in the air for the northeast, with temperatures in the 70s. seattle and portland, in the mid to upper 80s. phoenix is the hot spot at 108. >>> dangerous drink. a new study is showing how many sodas in a day can be toxic. it's a pretty low number. >>> and also, change of heart. a teen with only months to live gets some good news after being dropped from the transplant list. >>> and celebrity moms on the attack. jennifer garner joining the fight against aggressive paparazzi with an emotional plea in front of >>> welcome back. for only the second time, the government is trying to put the brakes on a looming megamerger between airlines. this time, it's american airlines and u.s. airways. that merger would create the world's biggest airline. the

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will face off with republican steve lonegan in an october special u-s senate election..s after winning their parties' primaries. booker experienced democrats. the state's governor, chris christie, called the special senator frank lautenberg died in june. >> pam: and tonight in san diego. the city's embattled mayor is facing new resistance. from hooters. a sign posted at the chains downtown restaurant says: >> pam: "the mayor of san diego will not be served in this establishment." >> pam: mayor bob filner is facing allegations by more than a dozen women. that he made unwanted advances such as inappropriate statements and groping. >> pam: there have been calls for his resignation. but filner is challenging the recall effort. sixteen ocean county co- workers--now dubbed the >> reporter: pam is taken them three years of the beginning of the development of this time with a light sled up pyrrhic 48,000 f l e delights are here on the new span of the bay bridge. el e.d. alightled lights all of the lights aren't aimed at the direction flown to eliminate the option objects that ar

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flipping over to the republican side, steve lonegan promised to give booker a pretty good fight this. >> the hollywood elite have descred descended from their penthouse apartments, from the hollywood hills, to come to new jersey to tell us who our next u.s. senator will be. >> for a special election in the dead of summer, turnout was better than expected thanks to booker's celebrity. but that's really not saying a whole lot. only 9% of the state's 5 1/2 million registered voters made it to the polls. not the worst showing ever. in 2006, they got the dubious prize. but to give you a better sense to compare it to 85 years ago, 54% of new jersey voters cast ballots in the state senate primary. now that number is, as we noted, in the single digits it the question is how long can it go. the results showing across the country in other elections this year. in los angeles, just 23% of voters turned out to pick the city's mayor. that's the lowest percentage in at least a century. eric garcetti won the lowest raw vote total of any incoming mayor since frank shaw in 1933. in massachusetts, just

the current republican front-runner is steve lonegan, the ex-mayor of bogota, new jersey. latest news from his campaign is having to take down this tweet identifying what they say are the most africa-like parts of newark. because -- geez, man. come on. the campaign took it down and then did the honorable thing. they found a young staffer to blame it on. for whatever reason, maybe because it is august, the just under the surface cross-current of crazy in our national republican party seems to be surfacing everywhere right now. for example, it just took over the whole republican party in the otherwise fairly reasonable state of oregon. on the surface this is just a story about turnover in the top ranks of the oregon republican party. they elected a new chair in february. five months later there were petitions to have her turfed out and then she was going to be recalled. then just before she was going to be recalled at a party meeting this weekend she resigned. so on short notice they picked this guy, this guy who had run twice for congress as a republican. but this is not ju

his name is steve lonegan. here is what he stands for. he opposes marriage equality. if you couldn't tell from that photograph we just showed, he is against gun control. he's anti-abortion even in cases of rape and incest. he wants to dismantle the irs. he is a hard-liner on immigration, and he wants to make english the official language, and he rejects climate change. as a matter of fact, a recent buzzfeed profile of lon began summarized it like this. he called social security a ponzi scheme, advocates for the destruction of medicare and medicaid, denounces spanish language advertisements as racial profiling marketing, and describes cory booker, his new opponent in the new jersey senate election as a socialist who just can't wait to pull the race card. now, many people may agree with those positions, but they're unlikely to get you elected in very blue new jersey. so sam, how can the republican party take control of this primary process and stop the christine o'donnells and the akins and the mourdocks and the lon begans from otherwise blowing respectable opportunitie

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. >> then, of course, steve lonegan came out on the side of rand paul a few weeks ago. >> goodness gracious. >> it is complicated. >> and then drank some scotch and had a cigar. and spit. >> i don't see governor christie as a big mani/pedi guy. i just don't. >> i don't know. he is a sensitive man. >> i'm glad we had this conversation. >> nice. >> let's go grill. >> as you point out, mike, it is very unlikely that he will defeat corey booker. that is a look at the play book. >> let's go grill. >>> next on "morning joe" just when things look up for the yankees we will have the latest on robinson's hand in sports. [ male announcer ] these days, a small business can save by sharing. like carpools... polly wants to know if we can pick her up. yeah, we can make room. yeah. [ male announcer ] ...office space. yes, we're loving this communal seating. it's great. [ male announcer ] the best thing to share? a data plan. at&t mobile share for business. one bucket of data for everyone on the plan, unlimited talk and text on smart phones. now, everyone's in the spirit of sharing. hey, can i borrow your