1 00:00:02,933 --> 00:00:04,133 >>> NEW JERSEY'S U.S. SENATE 2 00:00:04,133 --> 00:00:05,900 RACE JUST GOT A LITTLE MORE 3 00:00:05,900 --> 00:00:06,300 INTERESTING. 4 00:00:06,300 --> 00:00:09,433 >> MAJOR FUNDING FOR "REPORTERS 5 00:00:09,433 --> 00:00:11,900 ROUNDTABLE" WITH MICHAEL ARON IS 6 00:00:11,900 --> 00:00:13,100 PROVIDED BY NEW JERSEY REALTORS, 7 00:00:13,100 --> 00:00:14,733 THE VOICE FOR REAL ESTATE IN NEW 8 00:00:14,733 --> 00:00:15,066 JERSEY. 9 00:00:15,066 --> 00:00:19,200 MORE INFORMATION IS ONLINE AT 10 00:00:19,200 --> 00:00:19,633 NJREALTOR.COM. 11 00:00:19,633 --> 00:00:23,033 AND BY RWJ BARNABAS HEALTH, 12 00:00:23,033 --> 00:00:25,033 LET'S BE HEALTHY TOGETHER. 13 00:00:25,033 --> 00:00:27,433 AND MJ INSURANCE GROUP, SERVING 14 00:00:27,433 --> 00:00:29,166 THE INSURANCE NEEDS OF NEW 15 00:00:29,166 --> 00:00:30,400 JERSEY RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES 16 00:00:30,400 --> 00:00:32,566 FOR MORE THAN 100 YEARS. 17 00:00:32,566 --> 00:00:35,000 PROMOTIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BY 18 00:00:35,000 --> 00:00:36,000 "NEW JERSEY BUSINESS MAGAZINE." 19 00:00:36,000 --> 00:00:37,233 THE MAGAZINE OF THE NEW JERSEY 20 00:00:37,233 --> 00:00:39,166 BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY 21 00:00:39,166 --> 00:00:40,133 ASSOCIATION, REPORTING TO EXEC 22 00:00:40,133 --> 00:00:42,300 TY AND LEGISLATIVE LEADERS IN 23 00:00:42,300 --> 00:00:44,633 ALL 21 COUNTIES OF THE GARDEN 24 00:00:44,633 --> 00:00:51,900 STATE SINCE 1954. 25 00:00:51,900 --> 00:00:54,833 >>> WELCOME TO "REPORTERS 26 00:00:54,833 --> 00:00:55,233 ROUNDTABLE." 27 00:00:55,233 --> 00:00:56,333 I'M MICHAEL ARON. 28 00:00:56,333 --> 00:00:59,166 FOR WEEKS WE HAVE BEEN HEARING 29 00:00:59,166 --> 00:01:01,266 THAT BOB HUGAN WOULD ENTER THE 30 00:01:01,266 --> 00:01:02,866 REPUBLICAN SENATE RACE. 31 00:01:02,866 --> 00:01:06,300 ON TUESDAY HE MADE IT OFFICIAL. 32 00:01:06,300 --> 00:01:07,166 >> WE NEED CHANGE. 33 00:01:07,166 --> 00:01:10,300 AND THAT'S WHY TODAY I'M 34 00:01:10,300 --> 00:01:12,433 ANNOUNCING MY CANDIDACY FOR THE 35 00:01:12,433 --> 00:01:13,966 UNITED STATES SENATE. 36 00:01:13,966 --> 00:01:18,100 >> HUGAN IS GOING UP AGAINST 37 00:01:18,100 --> 00:01:19,933 DEMOCRATIC SENATOR BOB MENENDEZ, 38 00:01:19,933 --> 00:01:25,800 AN INSTITUTION IN THE STATE, BUT 39 00:01:25,800 --> 00:01:27,033 AN INSTITUTION MARRED BY HIS 40 00:01:27,033 --> 00:01:27,500 CORRUPTION CASE. 41 00:01:27,500 --> 00:01:28,833 >> WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT NEW 42 00:01:28,833 --> 00:01:30,700 JERSEY DESERVES BETTER FROM OUR 43 00:01:30,700 --> 00:01:31,233 NEXT SENATOR. 44 00:01:31,233 --> 00:01:32,800 NEW JERSEY DESERVES A SENATOR AS 45 00:01:32,800 --> 00:01:34,200 GOOD AS ITS PEOPLE, NOT ONE 46 00:01:34,200 --> 00:01:35,700 WORKING TO STAY ONE STEP AHEAD 47 00:01:35,700 --> 00:01:36,233 OF THE LAW. 48 00:01:36,233 --> 00:01:38,766 >> HUGAN IS REPAIRED TO SPEND 49 00:01:38,766 --> 00:01:40,833 $20 MILLION OF HIS OWN ON THE 50 00:01:40,833 --> 00:01:42,066 CAMPAIGN, BUT HE WILL LIKELY 51 00:01:42,066 --> 00:01:44,633 FACE A BARRAGE OF CRITICISM FROM 52 00:01:44,633 --> 00:01:47,966 THE DEMOCRATS. 53 00:01:47,966 --> 00:01:57,200 HIS CELL GENE BUSINESS -- HE'S 54 00:01:57,200 --> 00:01:59,366 BEEN EQUALLY AS GENEROUS TO 55 00:01:59,366 --> 00:01:59,833 DONALD TRUMP. 56 00:01:59,833 --> 00:02:02,500 THIS PHOTO SEEMS READY-MADE FOR 57 00:02:02,500 --> 00:02:05,466 A MENENDEZ AD. 58 00:02:05,466 --> 00:02:07,066 AND WITH US NOW TO SIZE UP THE 59 00:02:07,066 --> 00:02:12,033 RACE, TOM MORAN, EDITORIAL OF 60 00:02:12,033 --> 00:02:15,033 THE STAR LEDGER, AND THE 61 00:02:15,033 --> 00:02:17,333 STATEHOUSE REPORTER FOR THE 62 00:02:17,333 --> 00:02:20,333 BERGEN RECORD, MICHAEL FROM THE 63 00:02:20,333 --> 00:02:21,800 ASSOCIATED PRESS, AND MICHAEL 64 00:02:21,800 --> 00:02:23,733 HILL CORRESPONDENT FOR NJ TV 65 00:02:23,733 --> 00:02:24,100 NEWS. 66 00:02:24,100 --> 00:02:26,500 TOM, HANDICAP THE SENATE RACE. 67 00:02:26,500 --> 00:02:30,600 >> IT'S UPHILL FOR BOB HUGAN, I 68 00:02:30,600 --> 00:02:34,233 THINK, MAINLY BECAUSE OF THE 69 00:02:34,233 --> 00:02:34,700 MENENDEZ TRIAL. 70 00:02:34,700 --> 00:02:37,033 HE WAS CLEARED OF THE CRIMINAL 71 00:02:37,033 --> 00:02:38,133 CHARGES BUT WILL PROBABLY FACE A 72 00:02:38,133 --> 00:02:39,333 CENSURE DURING THE CAMPAIGN. 73 00:02:39,333 --> 00:02:40,333 SO IT WILL HURT, BUT I DON'T 74 00:02:40,333 --> 00:02:42,766 THINK IT HURTS AS MUCH AS 75 00:02:42,766 --> 00:02:44,566 TRUMP'S ASSOCIATION WITH HUGAN. 76 00:02:44,566 --> 00:02:47,733 AND HUGAN HAS TO FEND OFF THE 77 00:02:47,733 --> 00:02:49,700 CHARGES ABOUT CELL GENE, NOT 78 00:02:49,700 --> 00:02:51,233 JUST THE PRICE HIKES, BUT SIX 79 00:02:51,233 --> 00:02:53,700 MONTHS AGO THEY SETTLED A 80 00:02:53,700 --> 00:02:54,800 WHISTLEBLOWER FRAUD FOR $200 81 00:02:54,800 --> 00:02:55,133 MILLION. 82 00:02:55,133 --> 00:02:57,100 AND THAT SUIT ALLEGES SOME 83 00:02:57,100 --> 00:02:59,766 PRETTY HORRIBLE BEHAVIOR BY CELL 84 00:02:59,766 --> 00:03:01,566 GENE, EVEN HIDING POSSIBLE 85 00:03:01,566 --> 00:03:02,733 HARMFUL SIDE EFFECTS FROM 86 00:03:02,733 --> 00:03:04,533 DOCTORS OF THE DRUG. 87 00:03:04,533 --> 00:03:06,333 SO THEY WERE NOT FOUND TO BE 88 00:03:06,333 --> 00:03:07,833 GUILTY OF THOSE CHARGES, BUT 89 00:03:07,833 --> 00:03:09,400 THEY DID PAY $280 MILLION TO 90 00:03:09,400 --> 00:03:10,133 SETTLE THEM. 91 00:03:10,133 --> 00:03:11,400 THAT'S QUITE A WHOPPER. 92 00:03:11,400 --> 00:03:16,800 >> THE WHISTLEBLOWER GETS $81 93 00:03:16,800 --> 00:03:17,400 MILLION. 94 00:03:17,400 --> 00:03:17,733 DUSTIN? 95 00:03:17,733 --> 00:03:18,533 >> I AGREE WITH TOM. 96 00:03:18,533 --> 00:03:20,266 AND IT'S A SLIPPERY SLOPE FOR 97 00:03:20,266 --> 00:03:25,900 BOB HUGAN TO START LOBBYING 98 00:03:25,900 --> 00:03:27,266 AGAINST SENATOR MENENDEZ WITH 99 00:03:27,266 --> 00:03:28,700 THIS SORT OF THING HANGING OVER 100 00:03:28,700 --> 00:03:29,900 YOUR HEAD. 101 00:03:29,900 --> 00:03:31,533 CELL GENE HAS TONS OF MONEY 102 00:03:31,533 --> 00:03:33,200 PARKED OFFSHORE, THAT'S NOT THE 103 00:03:33,200 --> 00:03:35,466 MOST ETHICALLY -- THAT'S NOT 104 00:03:35,466 --> 00:03:37,800 HOLDING A VERY HIGH ETHICAL 105 00:03:37,800 --> 00:03:38,833 STANDARD. 106 00:03:38,833 --> 00:03:42,466 >> REPORT OF THE CASH OFFSHORE. 107 00:03:42,466 --> 00:03:42,900 GO AHEAD. 108 00:03:42,900 --> 00:03:43,800 >> IT'S A LOT OF MONEY. 109 00:03:43,800 --> 00:03:46,000 SO MENENDEZ CAN COME RIGHT BACK 110 00:03:46,000 --> 00:03:48,466 AT HIM WITH THE SAME SORT OF 111 00:03:48,466 --> 00:03:48,933 CHARGES. 112 00:03:48,933 --> 00:03:51,266 AND DON'T FORGET BOB MENENDEZ 113 00:03:51,266 --> 00:03:52,666 ALSO HAS A LONG RECORD OF 114 00:03:52,666 --> 00:03:53,333 HELPING NEW JERSEY AND 115 00:03:53,333 --> 00:03:54,800 REPUBLICANS HAVE RECOGNIZED THAT 116 00:03:54,800 --> 00:03:55,866 AS WELL. 117 00:03:55,866 --> 00:03:57,200 SO IT'S A BLUE STATE. 118 00:03:57,200 --> 00:03:58,866 IT'S A REALLY UPHILL BATTLE FOR 119 00:03:58,866 --> 00:04:00,366 A REPUBLICAN. 120 00:04:00,366 --> 00:04:02,766 >> HE ALSO HAS A LONG RECORD OF 121 00:04:02,766 --> 00:04:06,366 BEING WILLING TO LOB HAND 122 00:04:06,366 --> 00:04:08,400 GRENADES IN TOUGH CAMPAIGNS. 123 00:04:08,400 --> 00:04:09,466 MIKE, WHAT DO YOU THINK? 124 00:04:09,466 --> 00:04:11,566 >> I AGREE WITH WHAT TOM AND 125 00:04:11,566 --> 00:04:16,833 DUSTIN SAID, IT LOOKS LIKE AN UP 126 00:04:16,833 --> 00:04:18,366 HILL FLOG FOR HUGAN. 127 00:04:18,366 --> 00:04:20,400 YOU HAVE TWO CONGRESSIONAL SEATS 128 00:04:20,400 --> 00:04:23,933 IN THE SECOND DISTRICT WITH TWO 129 00:04:23,933 --> 00:04:24,533 RETIRING. 130 00:04:24,533 --> 00:04:26,300 YOU'VE GOT PRETY STRONG 131 00:04:26,300 --> 00:04:27,033 DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES THERE. 132 00:04:27,033 --> 00:04:28,166 SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE 133 00:04:28,166 --> 00:04:29,066 ENVIRONMENT WHERE VOTERS ARE 134 00:04:29,066 --> 00:04:31,200 GOING TO THE POLLS. 135 00:04:31,200 --> 00:04:32,300 AND THOSE DISTRICTS, ARE THEY 136 00:04:32,300 --> 00:04:33,766 GOING TO BE SPLITTING THEIR 137 00:04:33,766 --> 00:04:34,300 TICKET? 138 00:04:34,300 --> 00:04:35,966 ESPECIALLY IN A YEAR AND A STATE 139 00:04:35,966 --> 00:04:37,100 WHERE DONALD TRUMP IS VERY 140 00:04:37,100 --> 00:04:38,300 UNPOPULAR IN A YEAR WHEN DONALD 141 00:04:38,300 --> 00:04:39,400 TRUMP IS UNPOPULAR? 142 00:04:39,400 --> 00:04:40,700 I THINK THAT SORT OF HELPS PAINT 143 00:04:40,700 --> 00:04:42,000 THE PICTURE IT COULD BE 144 00:04:42,000 --> 00:04:43,800 DIFFICULT FOR HUGAN. 145 00:04:43,800 --> 00:04:45,800 >> MICHAEL, HOW DO YOU SEE IT? 146 00:04:45,800 --> 00:04:47,566 >> MENENDEZ SURVIVED THE 147 00:04:47,566 --> 00:04:51,033 CRIMINAL INDICTMENT, THE FEDERAL 148 00:04:51,033 --> 00:04:51,733 TRIAL. 149 00:04:51,733 --> 00:04:53,100 AND DEMOCRATS WAY OUTNUMBER THE 150 00:04:53,100 --> 00:04:53,666 REPUBLICANS HERE. 151 00:04:53,666 --> 00:04:56,633 SO I THINK HE'S GOING TO BE 152 00:04:56,633 --> 00:04:57,033 RE-ELECTED. 153 00:04:57,033 --> 00:05:00,733 >> I JUST SAID IN THAT PIECE 154 00:05:00,733 --> 00:05:03,466 THAT HUGAN IS PREPARED TO SPEND 155 00:05:03,466 --> 00:05:05,366 $20 MILLION OF HIS OWN MONEY. 156 00:05:05,366 --> 00:05:06,266 A TOP REPUBLICAN TOLD ME THIS IS 157 00:05:06,266 --> 00:05:12,933 GOING TO BE A $30 MILLION RACE. 158 00:05:12,933 --> 00:05:14,800 MENENDEZ HAS $4.1 MILLION IN THE 159 00:05:14,800 --> 00:05:16,166 BANK, WHICH IS SIGNIFICANT AND 160 00:05:16,166 --> 00:05:17,066 SUBSTANTIAL, BUT IT'S HALF OF 161 00:05:17,066 --> 00:05:19,300 WHAT HE HAD IN THE BANK AT THIS 162 00:05:19,300 --> 00:05:21,000 POINT IN TIME SIX YEARS AGO WHEN 163 00:05:21,000 --> 00:05:25,500 HE WAS RUNNING AGAINST JOE 164 00:05:25,500 --> 00:05:25,866 CARILLOS. 165 00:05:25,866 --> 00:05:28,266 HOW IMPORTANT IS MONEY IN A U.S. 166 00:05:28,266 --> 00:05:32,200 SENATE RACE IN NEW JERSEY, IN 167 00:05:32,200 --> 00:05:38,300 THIS CLIMATE? 168 00:05:38,300 --> 00:05:40,500 >> I THINK IT IS ALWAYS 169 00:05:40,500 --> 00:05:40,866 IMPORTANT. 170 00:05:40,866 --> 00:05:42,066 BUT MENENDEZ HAS BEEN VETTED. 171 00:05:42,066 --> 00:05:44,133 WHAT ELSE CAN YOU SAY? 172 00:05:44,133 --> 00:05:45,000 YOU CAN SAY HE'S CORRUPT. 173 00:05:45,000 --> 00:05:47,433 A JURY OF HIS PEERS DETERMINED, 174 00:05:47,433 --> 00:05:49,066 COULDN'T MAKE A DECISION ON 175 00:05:49,066 --> 00:05:49,366 THAT. 176 00:05:49,366 --> 00:05:50,966 AND HE MAY BE CENSURED IN THE 177 00:05:50,966 --> 00:05:53,566 SENATE AND SO FORTH. 178 00:05:53,566 --> 00:05:55,333 BUT BECAUSE OF THE DEMOCRAT 179 00:05:55,333 --> 00:05:57,333 MAJORITY, I DON'T THINK MONEY IS 180 00:05:57,333 --> 00:05:58,000 GOING TO MAKE THAT MUCH -- 181 00:05:58,000 --> 00:05:59,500 >> I KEEP READING IN TOM'S 182 00:05:59,500 --> 00:06:02,433 COLUMN THAT HE LOOKS SLEAZY. 183 00:06:02,433 --> 00:06:03,500 THAT'S THE WORD YOU'VE HUNG 184 00:06:03,500 --> 00:06:04,466 AROUND HIS NECK LATELY. 185 00:06:04,466 --> 00:06:05,333 >> YEAH. 186 00:06:05,333 --> 00:06:08,200 WELL, THERE'S NO DISPUTE THAT HE 187 00:06:08,200 --> 00:06:09,800 TOOK ALL THESE LAVISH GIFTS. 188 00:06:09,800 --> 00:06:11,033 THERE'S NO DISPUTE THAT HE DID 189 00:06:11,033 --> 00:06:11,800 THESE FAVORS. 190 00:06:11,800 --> 00:06:13,466 AND THERE'S ALSO NO DISPUTE THAT 191 00:06:13,466 --> 00:06:14,966 HE DIDN'T REPORT THEM PROPERLY. 192 00:06:14,966 --> 00:06:16,233 NOW, TO MAKE A CRIME, YOU HAVE 193 00:06:16,233 --> 00:06:18,933 TO CONNECT THE FAVORS WITH THE 194 00:06:18,933 --> 00:06:19,300 BENEFITS. 195 00:06:19,300 --> 00:06:20,733 THE PROSECUTORS WEREN'T ABLE 196 00:06:20,733 --> 00:06:21,933 TOOED THAT MAYBE BECAUSE OF THE 197 00:06:21,933 --> 00:06:22,666 FRIENDSHIP CLAN. 198 00:06:22,666 --> 00:06:24,433 IT STILL WOULD MAKE GREAT 199 00:06:24,433 --> 00:06:25,266 30-SECOND ADS. 200 00:06:25,266 --> 00:06:27,833 MENENDEZ FLYING OUT TO LUXURY 201 00:06:27,833 --> 00:06:29,400 HOTELS AND LATER CONVICTED OF A 202 00:06:29,400 --> 00:06:29,933 FELONY -- 203 00:06:29,933 --> 00:06:31,666 >> AND HE HAS THE MONEY TO MAKE 204 00:06:31,666 --> 00:06:32,400 THE ADS, TOO. 205 00:06:32,400 --> 00:06:34,300 >> MONEY IS IMPORTANT THERE. 206 00:06:34,300 --> 00:06:35,566 ON THE OTHER SIDE, THIS IS GOING 207 00:06:35,566 --> 00:06:38,166 TO BE AN UGLY CAMPAIGN WITH 208 00:06:38,166 --> 00:06:40,200 MENENDEZ BE -- ALL THE BAD 209 00:06:40,200 --> 00:06:42,300 BEHAVIOR IN THE TRIAL, THEN BOB 210 00:06:42,300 --> 00:06:44,600 HUGAN TORTURING CANCER PATIENTS 211 00:06:44,600 --> 00:06:46,000 WITH HIS FRAUD SUIT. 212 00:06:46,000 --> 00:06:47,866 HE'S PORTRAYING THAT HE'S 213 00:06:47,866 --> 00:06:49,766 LEAVING PATIENTS VULNERABLE TO 214 00:06:49,766 --> 00:06:50,733 BEING FURTHER HARMED. 215 00:06:50,733 --> 00:06:52,500 SO IT'S GOING TO BE UGLY, THIS 216 00:06:52,500 --> 00:06:52,866 CAMPAIGN. 217 00:06:52,866 --> 00:06:54,900 I THINK IT WILL MOSTLY BE A TV 218 00:06:54,900 --> 00:06:57,133 BARRAGE OF WHY THE OTHER GUY IS 219 00:06:57,133 --> 00:06:57,466 SO BAD. 220 00:06:57,466 --> 00:06:58,966 IT WILL NOT ONLY BE THE FRAUD 221 00:06:58,966 --> 00:07:01,500 STUFF WITH HUGAN BUT MORE THE 222 00:07:01,500 --> 00:07:01,900 TRUMP STUFF. 223 00:07:01,900 --> 00:07:03,333 >> I ANTICIPATE THE SAME. 224 00:07:03,333 --> 00:07:04,700 DO YOU ANTICIPATE THE SAME? 225 00:07:04,700 --> 00:07:06,866 >> TRUMP TRUMPS EVERYTHING IN 226 00:07:06,866 --> 00:07:08,833 LIFE, BUT IT WILL BE SO IN THIS 227 00:07:08,833 --> 00:07:10,100 CASE THAT PICTURE THAT YOU 228 00:07:10,100 --> 00:07:12,200 SHOWED OF BOB HUGAN SHAKING HIS 229 00:07:12,200 --> 00:07:14,066 HAND, WE'LL SEE A LOT OF THAT. 230 00:07:14,066 --> 00:07:18,800 AND MONEY ASIDE, IT'S AGAINST 231 00:07:18,800 --> 00:07:20,066 TRUMP AND WE'LL SEE MENENDEZ 232 00:07:20,066 --> 00:07:20,400 WIN. 233 00:07:20,400 --> 00:07:23,100 >> THAT PICTURE WAS TAKEN AT A 234 00:07:23,100 --> 00:07:25,000 MEETING THAT TRUMP HAD WITH THE 235 00:07:25,000 --> 00:07:26,900 PHARMACEUTICAL EXECUTIVES, THE 236 00:07:26,900 --> 00:07:29,666 TOP ONES IN THE COUNTRY, THE 237 00:07:29,666 --> 00:07:33,166 PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH AND 238 00:07:33,166 --> 00:07:34,000 MANUFACTURERS OF AMERICA. 239 00:07:34,000 --> 00:07:36,166 AND HUGAN IS QUOTED AS SAYING 240 00:07:36,166 --> 00:07:41,866 VERY NICE THINGS ABOUT TRUMP TO 241 00:07:41,866 --> 00:07:43,833 MARIA BARTIROMO RIGHT AROUND THE 242 00:07:43,833 --> 00:07:44,566 SAME TIME. 243 00:07:44,566 --> 00:07:44,866 MIKE? 244 00:07:44,866 --> 00:07:48,933 >> HE CALLED TRUMP'S AGENDA AN 245 00:07:48,933 --> 00:07:51,666 AGENDA AND SPOKE FAVORABLY OF 246 00:07:51,666 --> 00:07:51,966 TRUMP. 247 00:07:51,966 --> 00:07:53,000 THAT I WOULD EXPECT TO SEE THAT 248 00:07:53,000 --> 00:07:54,966 IN THE CAMPAIGN AD IN NEW JERSEY 249 00:07:54,966 --> 00:07:57,633 FOR BOB MENENDEZ OR THE SUPER 250 00:07:57,633 --> 00:08:01,900 PAC SUPPORTING BOB MENENDEZ. 251 00:08:01,900 --> 00:08:04,400 I THINK THAT COULD CARRY THE DAY 252 00:08:04,400 --> 00:08:06,333 IN NEW JERSEY, THAT COULD BE THE 253 00:08:06,333 --> 00:08:06,666 MESSAGE. 254 00:08:06,666 --> 00:08:08,433 >> LET'S MOVE ON. 255 00:08:08,433 --> 00:08:10,533 GOVERNOR MURPHY HAD ANOTHER BUSY 256 00:08:10,533 --> 00:08:10,833 WEEK. 257 00:08:10,833 --> 00:08:13,466 ON MONDAY HE DID EVENTS ON THE 258 00:08:13,466 --> 00:08:15,033 MINIMUM WAGE AND PUERTO RICO 259 00:08:15,033 --> 00:08:15,366 RELIEF. 260 00:08:15,366 --> 00:08:19,033 ON TUESDAY HE DID A GUN CONTROL 261 00:08:19,033 --> 00:08:21,433 EVENT AND APPEARED ON HIS FIRST 262 00:08:21,433 --> 00:08:22,966 AD THAT GOVERNOR MURPHY 263 00:08:22,966 --> 00:08:23,333 BROADCAST. 264 00:08:23,333 --> 00:08:24,800 ON THURSDAY HE OUTLINED NEW 265 00:08:24,800 --> 00:08:26,833 ACTION FOR NEW JERSEY TRANSIT. 266 00:08:26,833 --> 00:08:28,600 SOMEBODY SAID TO ME AT ONE OF 267 00:08:28,600 --> 00:08:30,466 THESE EVENTS THAT MURPHY IS 268 00:08:30,466 --> 00:08:34,366 SETTING A NEW TONE IN THE STATE. 269 00:08:34,366 --> 00:08:36,666 DO YOU AGREE WITH THAT, DUSTIN? 270 00:08:36,666 --> 00:08:38,166 >> HE IS SETTING A NEW TONE. 271 00:08:38,166 --> 00:08:41,166 I MEAN, THAT WAS OBVIOUS FROM 272 00:08:41,166 --> 00:08:41,766 DAY ONE. 273 00:08:41,766 --> 00:08:43,166 BUT WHAT WE HAVE SEEN, I GUESS, 274 00:08:43,166 --> 00:08:47,233 A MONTH IN NOW, IS THAT HE'S 275 00:08:47,233 --> 00:08:48,633 REALLY -- HE'S MR. INCLUSIVE 276 00:08:48,633 --> 00:08:50,000 WITH HIS ARMS WIDE OPEN. 277 00:08:50,000 --> 00:08:51,200 EVERYBODY COME HUDDLE WITH ME, 278 00:08:51,200 --> 00:08:53,400 I'M GOING TO PROTECT YOU AND 279 00:08:53,400 --> 00:08:54,333 HELP YOU AND SPEND ALL THIS 280 00:08:54,333 --> 00:08:55,000 MONEY ON YOU. 281 00:08:55,000 --> 00:08:56,633 BUT WE DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW, 282 00:08:56,633 --> 00:08:58,466 WHAT HIS PRIORITIES ACTUALLY 283 00:08:58,466 --> 00:08:58,733 ARE. 284 00:08:58,733 --> 00:08:59,833 WE WON'T FIND THAT OUT UNTIL 285 00:08:59,833 --> 00:09:01,900 NEXT MONTH WHEN HE DELIVERS A 286 00:09:01,900 --> 00:09:02,233 BUDGET. 287 00:09:02,233 --> 00:09:03,333 A LOT OF THE STUFF THAT HE DID 288 00:09:03,333 --> 00:09:05,800 IN THE PAST WEEK, I THINK, WAS 289 00:09:05,800 --> 00:09:09,166 MOSTLY SYMBOLIC, BUT IT WAS 290 00:09:09,166 --> 00:09:10,266 SIGNIFICANT ON THURSDAY, I THINK 291 00:09:10,266 --> 00:09:11,633 IT WAS, THAT HE MADE THAT 292 00:09:11,633 --> 00:09:13,133 TRANSIT ANNOUNCEMENT. 293 00:09:13,133 --> 00:09:14,000 THAT WAS ACTUALLY ACTION THAT HE 294 00:09:14,000 --> 00:09:18,800 TOOK TO TRY TO HELP NEW JERSEY 295 00:09:18,800 --> 00:09:21,666 TRANSIT. 296 00:09:21,666 --> 00:09:23,600 THEY'RE GOING TO SPEED UP 297 00:09:23,600 --> 00:09:24,866 REPAIRS AND YEAH, THEY'RE TRYING 298 00:09:24,866 --> 00:09:27,666 TO MAKE SOME PROGRESS ON WHAT HE 299 00:09:27,666 --> 00:09:30,200 CALLED A DISASTER IN NEW JERSEY 300 00:09:30,200 --> 00:09:31,133 TRANSIT, AND THAT MEANS MORE 301 00:09:31,133 --> 00:09:32,300 THAN ANYTHING. 302 00:09:32,300 --> 00:09:34,466 >> WHAT TONE IS MURPHY SETTING, 303 00:09:34,466 --> 00:09:34,800 MICHAEL? 304 00:09:34,800 --> 00:09:36,233 >> I THINK A VERY PROGRESSIVE 305 00:09:36,233 --> 00:09:37,766 TONE. 306 00:09:37,766 --> 00:09:40,700 AND A VERY MUCH OF A 307 00:09:40,700 --> 00:09:43,666 DO-SOMETHING GOVERNOR WHO IS OUT 308 00:09:43,666 --> 00:09:45,533 THERE, MAYBE IT'S FOR MEDIA 309 00:09:45,533 --> 00:09:46,666 ATTENTION, MAYBE IT'S BECAUSE 310 00:09:46,666 --> 00:09:48,033 NOT MUCH IS BEING DONE OTHER 311 00:09:48,033 --> 00:09:50,066 THAN AN EXECUTIVE ORDER OR 312 00:09:50,066 --> 00:09:51,466 SOMETHING SYMBOLIC, BUT HE'S 313 00:09:51,466 --> 00:09:52,500 SETTING A TONE THAT I'M A 314 00:09:52,500 --> 00:09:54,066 PROGRESSIVE AND GOING TO 315 00:09:54,066 --> 00:09:55,066 DEMONSTRATE, I'M A PROGRESSIVE 316 00:09:55,066 --> 00:09:56,333 IN NEW JERSEY. 317 00:09:56,333 --> 00:09:57,400 >> MIKE, WHAT TONE? 318 00:09:57,400 --> 00:09:58,966 >> I AGREE WITH WHAT EVERYONE 319 00:09:58,966 --> 00:10:00,200 SAID HERE. 320 00:10:00,200 --> 00:10:01,366 I THINK ONE THING THAT'S MISSING 321 00:10:01,366 --> 00:10:02,866 IS THE BIGGEST TICKET ITEMS THAT 322 00:10:02,866 --> 00:10:05,166 HE'S PROMISED, THE FULLY-FUNDING 323 00:10:05,166 --> 00:10:08,066 PENSIONS, FULLY FUNDING THE 324 00:10:08,066 --> 00:10:10,633 SFRA, THE SCHOOL FUNDING, AND 325 00:10:10,633 --> 00:10:13,200 HIS BUDGET, HE HASN'T GONE INTO 326 00:10:13,200 --> 00:10:14,000 DETAILS ON THAT. 327 00:10:14,000 --> 00:10:15,300 THAT MAY COME IN THE BUDGET 328 00:10:15,300 --> 00:10:17,033 ADDRESS, BUT I THINK FOR 329 00:10:17,033 --> 00:10:18,300 LEGISLATORS AND FOR PEOPLE WHO 330 00:10:18,300 --> 00:10:20,600 COVER IT EVERY DAY, IT'S 331 00:10:20,600 --> 00:10:22,266 INTERESTING TO SEE THAT HE HAS 332 00:10:22,266 --> 00:10:24,000 NOT FLUSHED THAT OUT YET. 333 00:10:24,000 --> 00:10:25,933 >> TOM, WHAT DO YOU SAY? 334 00:10:25,933 --> 00:10:27,933 >> HE HASN'T YELLED AT ANYBODY 335 00:10:27,933 --> 00:10:28,800 YET, HAS HE? 336 00:10:28,800 --> 00:10:30,900 IT'S A DIFFERENT TONE. 337 00:10:30,900 --> 00:10:32,333 RIGHT NOW HE'S TAKING ALL THE 338 00:10:32,333 --> 00:10:33,700 THINGS CHRISTIE DID THAT WERE 339 00:10:33,700 --> 00:10:34,500 UNPOPULAR AND PLEASING PEOPLE 340 00:10:34,500 --> 00:10:36,366 ALL OVER THE PLACE, MINIMUM 341 00:10:36,366 --> 00:10:38,600 WAGE, PLANNED PARENTHOOD, STUFF 342 00:10:38,600 --> 00:10:40,100 ON CLIMATE CHANGE, THESE ARE 343 00:10:40,100 --> 00:10:41,933 THINGS, HE'S BUILDING UP GOOD 344 00:10:41,933 --> 00:10:43,133 WILL LEADING INTO THE BUDGET 345 00:10:43,133 --> 00:10:44,000 FIGHT, WHICH WILL BE YOU 346 00:10:44,000 --> 00:10:44,333 CANNILY. 347 00:10:44,333 --> 00:10:45,233 HE AS IN NO GOOD OPTIONS THERE 348 00:10:45,233 --> 00:10:47,100 SO HE HAS TO INFLICT PAIN TO GET 349 00:10:47,100 --> 00:10:48,166 A SHARED SACRIFICE. 350 00:10:48,166 --> 00:10:49,400 THIS PART IS GOING REALLY WELL, 351 00:10:49,400 --> 00:10:49,900 I THINK. 352 00:10:49,900 --> 00:10:55,633 >> LET ME ASK YOU ABOUT HIS ASK 353 00:10:55,633 --> 00:10:57,000 GOVERNOR MURPHY PROGRAM. 354 00:10:57,000 --> 00:10:59,066 DUSTIN, YOU WROTE AN ACCOUNT 355 00:10:59,066 --> 00:11:03,533 THAT WAS VERY WRY AND FUNNY. 356 00:11:03,533 --> 00:11:05,133 AND YOU POINTED OUT A PARTICULAR 357 00:11:05,133 --> 00:11:06,433 MOMENT THAT KIND OF JUMPED OUT 358 00:11:06,433 --> 00:11:10,433 AT ME AS I HEARD IT. 359 00:11:10,433 --> 00:11:13,400 WE CALL IT THE CORNY DAD SIDE OF 360 00:11:13,400 --> 00:11:13,733 MURPHY. 361 00:11:13,733 --> 00:11:15,700 THERE'S A WOMAN WHO CALLS IN, 362 00:11:15,700 --> 00:11:18,433 SHE HAS A 21-YEAR-OLD AUTISTIC 363 00:11:18,433 --> 00:11:19,800 SON, SHE'S WORRIED ABOUT HIM 364 00:11:19,800 --> 00:11:21,033 AGING OUT OF THE SYSTEM. 365 00:11:21,033 --> 00:11:23,766 LET'S HEAR IT. 366 00:11:23,766 --> 00:11:25,466 >> I HAPPEN TO HAVE A SON. 367 00:11:25,466 --> 00:11:26,800 AND I'M IN THE PROCESS OF 368 00:11:26,800 --> 00:11:29,200 LOOKING FOR A DAY PROGRAM. 369 00:11:29,200 --> 00:11:31,500 >> WHAT IS HIS NAME IF I MAY 370 00:11:31,500 --> 00:11:32,300 ASK? 371 00:11:32,300 --> 00:11:32,933 >> FRANK. 372 00:11:32,933 --> 00:11:33,933 >> FRANK, I LOVE THAT GUY. 373 00:11:33,933 --> 00:11:36,966 >> I LOVE THAT GUY. 374 00:11:36,966 --> 00:11:38,000 THAT'S A DIFFERENT CHARACTER 375 00:11:38,000 --> 00:11:39,300 THAN THE ONE WE'VE HAD FOR THE 376 00:11:39,300 --> 00:11:43,966 LAST EIGHT YEARS. 377 00:11:43,966 --> 00:11:46,166 >> 180 DEGREES DIFFERENT. 378 00:11:46,166 --> 00:11:48,166 MURPHY, HIS PERSONALITY, HE'S 379 00:11:48,166 --> 00:11:50,000 NOT -- HE'S SO DIFFERENT FROM 380 00:11:50,000 --> 00:11:51,633 CHRISTIE IN EVERY WAY. 381 00:11:51,633 --> 00:11:53,300 AND IT MAY BE ENDEARING TO 382 00:11:53,300 --> 00:11:56,866 PEOPLE THAT HE'S SO LOVING AND 383 00:11:56,866 --> 00:11:58,633 WELCOMING OF PEOPLE. 384 00:11:58,633 --> 00:12:00,533 BUT I'M SORRY, I'M SKEPTICAL AS 385 00:12:00,533 --> 00:12:04,033 A REPORTER, THAT COMES OFF TO ME 386 00:12:04,033 --> 00:12:04,500 AS SO INSINCERE. 387 00:12:04,500 --> 00:12:08,433 BUT THAT IS JUST PART OF WHO 388 00:12:08,433 --> 00:12:12,000 MURPHY IS FOR -- 389 00:12:12,000 --> 00:12:14,000 >> WITH SOUTHERN CUTS LIKE THAT, 390 00:12:14,000 --> 00:12:15,533 HE WAS VERY VAGUE AND JUST 391 00:12:15,533 --> 00:12:17,666 REPEATING ASSERTIONS FROM HIS 392 00:12:17,666 --> 00:12:18,033 CAMPAIGN. 393 00:12:18,033 --> 00:12:19,666 >> WELL, YEAH, THAT'S EXACTLY 394 00:12:19,666 --> 00:12:19,933 IT. 395 00:12:19,933 --> 00:12:20,733 HE DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING. 396 00:12:20,733 --> 00:12:21,966 >> BASICALLY HE DIDN'T SAY 397 00:12:21,966 --> 00:12:22,533 ANYTHING. 398 00:12:22,533 --> 00:12:25,366 >> HIS ASK THE GOVERNOR, THEY 399 00:12:25,366 --> 00:12:26,800 HAD A LOT OF HARD QUESTIONS FOR 400 00:12:26,800 --> 00:12:28,033 HIM, BUT HE KICKED OFF THE 401 00:12:28,033 --> 00:12:29,733 HIGHLIGHT REEL OF HIS CAMPAIGN 402 00:12:29,733 --> 00:12:30,100 PROMISES. 403 00:12:30,100 --> 00:12:31,233 HE DIDN'T REALLY ANSWER ANY 404 00:12:31,233 --> 00:12:31,600 SPECIFICS. 405 00:12:31,600 --> 00:12:34,066 AND THAT'S WHERE I THINK THE 406 00:12:34,066 --> 00:12:36,500 REAL FLAW IS IN THAT FIRST 407 00:12:36,500 --> 00:12:36,900 APPEARANCE. 408 00:12:36,900 --> 00:12:37,700 AND I DON'T WANT TO MAKE IT 409 00:12:37,700 --> 00:12:39,433 SOUND LIKE, OH, IT'S TERRIBLE 410 00:12:39,433 --> 00:12:42,200 THAT MURPHY IS THIS CASUAL AND 411 00:12:42,200 --> 00:12:43,133 LOVING GUY. 412 00:12:43,133 --> 00:12:44,600 I MEAN, THOSE ARE GREAT 413 00:12:44,600 --> 00:12:48,300 QUALITIES TO HAVE, BUT HE DIDN'T 414 00:12:48,300 --> 00:12:49,166 OFFER REALLY MUCH SUBSTANCE 415 00:12:49,166 --> 00:12:51,000 THROUGHOUT THE PROGRAM. 416 00:12:51,000 --> 00:12:53,600 >> ON THE OTHER HAND, THE DAY 417 00:12:53,600 --> 00:12:55,266 AFTER THIS HORRIBLE SCHOOL 418 00:12:55,266 --> 00:12:57,166 SHOOTING THAT HAPPENED IN 419 00:12:57,166 --> 00:12:59,066 FLORIDA THIS WEEK, HE DID HAVE 420 00:12:59,066 --> 00:12:59,933 SOMETHING TO SAY. 421 00:12:59,933 --> 00:13:04,833 AND HE SAID IT WITH CONVICTION. 422 00:13:04,833 --> 00:13:05,400 LET'S HEAR THAT. 423 00:13:05,400 --> 00:13:08,166 >> THE WORDS ARE NOT ENOUGH. 424 00:13:08,166 --> 00:13:10,233 THE EXPRESSIONS OF SYMPATHY ARE 425 00:13:10,233 --> 00:13:10,833 NOT ENOUGH. 426 00:13:10,833 --> 00:13:11,733 WE MUST ASK. 427 00:13:11,733 --> 00:13:13,233 AND I'M JUST FEARFUL THAT WE'RE 428 00:13:13,233 --> 00:13:22,066 GOING TO HAVE A REDO OF NEW TAB, 429 00:13:22,066 --> 00:13:22,466 CONNECTICUT. 430 00:13:22,466 --> 00:13:23,400 SEVERAL PEOPLE LOST THEIR LIVES, 431 00:13:23,400 --> 00:13:25,866 MANY OF THEM KIDS. 432 00:13:25,866 --> 00:13:29,200 IT RIPPED ALL OUR HEARTS OUT, UP 433 00:13:29,200 --> 00:13:32,100 INCREDIBLE SORROW AND INACTION 434 00:13:32,100 --> 00:13:33,966 IN CONGRESS, LITERALLY INACTION. 435 00:13:33,966 --> 00:13:35,300 >> I SAW THAT AND THOUGHT, HE 436 00:13:35,300 --> 00:13:36,366 HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE A 437 00:13:36,366 --> 00:13:37,666 LEADER ON THIS ISSUE. 438 00:13:37,666 --> 00:13:38,866 DO YOU AGREE? 439 00:13:38,866 --> 00:13:40,900 >> WELL, NEW JERSEY'S GUN LAWS 440 00:13:40,900 --> 00:13:42,233 ARE ALREADY PRETTY STRICT. 441 00:13:42,233 --> 00:13:43,333 YOU CAN FIDDLE, I DON'T THINK 442 00:13:43,333 --> 00:13:44,533 THERE'S HUGE CHANGES WE CAN MAKE 443 00:13:44,533 --> 00:13:45,466 IN NEW JERSEY'S LAW. 444 00:13:45,466 --> 00:13:46,900 HE COULD BE A SPOKESPERSON, BUT 445 00:13:46,900 --> 00:13:48,300 I THINK THERE ARE PLENTY OF 446 00:13:48,300 --> 00:13:48,600 THEM. 447 00:13:48,600 --> 00:13:50,433 SO I GUESS I DON'T SEE GREAT 448 00:13:50,433 --> 00:13:52,033 POTENTIAL FOR HIM. 449 00:13:52,033 --> 00:13:55,266 >> AT HIS EVENT TWO DAYS 450 00:13:55,266 --> 00:13:58,700 EARLIER, HE CALLED FOR SIX GUN 451 00:13:58,700 --> 00:13:59,966 CONTROL TIGHTENING MEASURES THAT 452 00:13:59,966 --> 00:14:00,766 CHRISTIE VETOED. 453 00:14:00,766 --> 00:14:02,300 SO THERE'S ROOM FOR HIM TO MOVE, 454 00:14:02,300 --> 00:14:08,866 BUT I THINK RHETORICALLY, THE 455 00:14:08,866 --> 00:14:09,700 NATION NEEDS MORE SPOKESPEOPLE 456 00:14:09,700 --> 00:14:10,666 FOR THIS PARTICULAR POINT OF 457 00:14:10,666 --> 00:14:10,966 VIEW. 458 00:14:10,966 --> 00:14:12,966 AND I THINK HE COULD BE ONE. 459 00:14:12,966 --> 00:14:17,100 ANYBODY WANT TO ADDRESS THAT? 460 00:14:17,100 --> 00:14:19,133 >> THIS LOOKS LIKE THE SAME KIND 461 00:14:19,133 --> 00:14:22,600 OF REACTION OF MOST POLITICIANS, 462 00:14:22,600 --> 00:14:23,833 REGARDLESS OF WHAT SIDE OF THE 463 00:14:23,833 --> 00:14:24,933 AISLE THEY COME FROM. 464 00:14:24,933 --> 00:14:28,633 THERE'S A MAJOR DISASTER, THEY 465 00:14:28,633 --> 00:14:30,100 HEM AND HAW, WE NEED MORE LAWS 466 00:14:30,100 --> 00:14:31,466 AND THINGS LIKE THAT. 467 00:14:31,466 --> 00:14:33,066 AND FOR ME, THE QUESTION ALWAYS 468 00:14:33,066 --> 00:14:34,500 COMES UP, DO YOU REALLY NEED 469 00:14:34,500 --> 00:14:35,500 MORE LAWS? 470 00:14:35,500 --> 00:14:36,900 OR DO YOU NEED BETTER 471 00:14:36,900 --> 00:14:38,600 ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS THAT YOU 472 00:14:38,600 --> 00:14:39,700 ALREADY HAVE? 473 00:14:39,700 --> 00:14:41,166 AND THE CASE OF THE FLORIDA 474 00:14:41,166 --> 00:14:42,700 SHOOTER, FOR INSTANCE, OBVIOUSLY 475 00:14:42,700 --> 00:14:43,633 SOMEONE WHO SHOULD NOT HAVE HAD 476 00:14:43,633 --> 00:14:44,200 A GUN. 477 00:14:44,200 --> 00:14:45,566 AND PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE BEEN 478 00:14:45,566 --> 00:14:46,766 DEEMED, AT SOME POINT, TO USE 479 00:14:46,766 --> 00:14:48,500 THE PRESIDENT'S WORDS, DISTURBED 480 00:14:48,500 --> 00:14:50,133 IN SOME WAY, AND PROBABLY SHOULD 481 00:14:50,133 --> 00:14:52,200 HAVE BEEN AJUD KATED THAT WAY. 482 00:14:52,200 --> 00:14:54,500 AND IN DOING SO, MAYBE HE WOULD 483 00:14:54,500 --> 00:14:56,600 HAVE BEEN ON A REGISTER WHERE HE 484 00:14:56,600 --> 00:14:58,200 WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO AT 485 00:14:58,200 --> 00:14:59,933 LEAST LEGALLY BUY A GUN. 486 00:14:59,933 --> 00:15:01,566 SO IF WE TALK ABOUT THE 487 00:15:01,566 --> 00:15:02,566 POLITICIANS, MORE LAW FOR THIS, 488 00:15:02,566 --> 00:15:04,366 MORE LAW FOR THAT, ENFORCE WHAT 489 00:15:04,366 --> 00:15:05,166 YOU ALREADY HAVE. 490 00:15:05,166 --> 00:15:06,633 IMPROVE WHAT YOU ALREADY HAVE. 491 00:15:06,633 --> 00:15:08,266 IF YOU'RE GOING TO GET INTO A 492 00:15:08,266 --> 00:15:10,133 DEBATE WITH CONGRESS OR STATE 493 00:15:10,133 --> 00:15:11,100 LEGISLATORS ABOUT, WE NEED MORE 494 00:15:11,100 --> 00:15:12,666 GUN LAWS, WHAT ABOUT 495 00:15:12,666 --> 00:15:13,066 ENFORCEMENT? 496 00:15:13,066 --> 00:15:14,900 WHAT ABOUT ENFORCING THE LAWS 497 00:15:14,900 --> 00:15:15,666 YOU ALREADY HAVE? 498 00:15:15,666 --> 00:15:17,400 >> ANY OTHER THOUGHTS ON THIS? 499 00:15:17,400 --> 00:15:18,566 >> JUST THAT THE POLITICAL 500 00:15:18,566 --> 00:15:20,166 REALITY IS THAT WE ARE IN THE 501 00:15:20,166 --> 00:15:22,066 GRIP OF FANATICS AND CONGRESS 502 00:15:22,066 --> 00:15:23,500 HAS BOUGHT ON THIS. 503 00:15:23,500 --> 00:15:25,000 AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE OPINION 504 00:15:25,000 --> 00:15:27,033 POLLS, MOST PEOPLE WANT SENSIBLE 505 00:15:27,033 --> 00:15:29,200 GUN REGULATION. 506 00:15:29,200 --> 00:15:30,966 SO IT IS TRUE, WE NEED TO DO 507 00:15:30,966 --> 00:15:33,600 BETTER ENFORCING THE EXISTING 508 00:15:33,600 --> 00:15:35,233 LAWS AND NEED NEW LAWS, AND WE 509 00:15:35,233 --> 00:15:36,500 ARE NOT ANYWHERE IN THE 510 00:15:36,500 --> 00:15:37,733 NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE WE ARE IN 511 00:15:37,733 --> 00:15:39,066 THE GRIP OF THE FANATICS. 512 00:15:39,066 --> 00:15:41,166 >> WE NEED TO KEEP GUNS AWAY 513 00:15:41,166 --> 00:15:42,800 FROM THE DISTURBING AND ANGRY 514 00:15:42,800 --> 00:15:43,133 PEOPLE. 515 00:15:43,133 --> 00:15:44,333 WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT THE 516 00:15:44,333 --> 00:15:45,433 MECHANISM FOR DOING THAT. 517 00:15:45,433 --> 00:15:49,233 >> I THINK THAT THERE IS AN EASY 518 00:15:49,233 --> 00:15:50,866 OPENING FOR MURPHY HERE IN 519 00:15:50,866 --> 00:15:52,300 CONTRAST TO THE GOVERNMENT 520 00:15:52,300 --> 00:15:52,633 PROGRAM. 521 00:15:52,633 --> 00:15:55,066 I DID PICK UP ON REAL SINCERITY 522 00:15:55,066 --> 00:15:57,800 THERE IN HIS REMARKS. 523 00:15:57,800 --> 00:15:59,200 HE IS A DEMOCRATIC GOVERNOR WITH 524 00:15:59,200 --> 00:16:04,433 A DEMOCRATIC LEGISLATOR, 525 00:16:04,433 --> 00:16:05,400 LEGISLATURE, THAT IS EAGER TO 526 00:16:05,400 --> 00:16:07,033 PASS MORE GUN LAWS BASED ON 527 00:16:07,033 --> 00:16:07,700 THEIR PAST ACTION. 528 00:16:07,700 --> 00:16:11,966 AND HE COULD REALLY EMERGE AS 529 00:16:11,966 --> 00:16:16,533 THE NEW FACE OF PROGRESSIVISM 530 00:16:16,533 --> 00:16:17,433 AND PASSING REALLY STRICT 531 00:16:17,433 --> 00:16:19,566 PROGRESSIVE GUN LAWS WHILE 532 00:16:19,566 --> 00:16:20,300 PROTECTING THE SECOND AMENDMENT 533 00:16:20,300 --> 00:16:21,300 AS HE HAS SAID. 534 00:16:21,300 --> 00:16:23,233 SO I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY -- HE 535 00:16:23,233 --> 00:16:25,166 FACES ALL THE OTHER TROUBLES 536 00:16:25,166 --> 00:16:26,900 WITH THE LEGISLATURE, THIS SEEMS 537 00:16:26,900 --> 00:16:29,233 TO BE AN EASY PASS FOR HIM TO BE 538 00:16:29,233 --> 00:16:31,133 AT THE VANGUARD OF THIS. 539 00:16:31,133 --> 00:16:33,666 >> MIKE CATALINI, I THINK YOU 540 00:16:33,666 --> 00:16:36,633 BROKE THIS STORY THIS WEEK THAT 541 00:16:36,633 --> 00:16:39,566 JACK SHATARELLI WHO RAN FOR 542 00:16:39,566 --> 00:16:41,166 GOVERNOR THIS PAST YEAR IN 2017 543 00:16:41,166 --> 00:16:44,600 CAME UP SHORT IN THE REPUBLICAN 544 00:16:44,600 --> 00:16:47,166 PRIMARY IS ALREADY EYEING 2021 545 00:16:47,166 --> 00:16:49,733 AND BEING THE REPUBLICAN TO RUN 546 00:16:49,733 --> 00:16:51,100 AGAINST MURPHY. 547 00:16:51,100 --> 00:16:53,733 >> YEAH, THAT CAME OUT OF -- I 548 00:16:53,733 --> 00:16:55,966 CALLED JACK TO TALK ABOUT BOB 549 00:16:55,966 --> 00:16:58,166 HUGAN, ACTUALLY, BECAUSE HUGAN 550 00:16:58,166 --> 00:16:58,966 ANNOUNCED THE DAY BEFORE AND HAD 551 00:16:58,966 --> 00:17:00,400 THE EVENTS THIS WEEK IN 552 00:17:00,400 --> 00:17:01,866 SPRINGFIELD AND UNION COUNTY AND 553 00:17:01,866 --> 00:17:03,600 IN BURLINGTON. 554 00:17:03,600 --> 00:17:05,300 AND I GOT TO TALKING TO HIM 555 00:17:05,300 --> 00:17:06,600 ABOUT HOW DO YOU DEAL WITH TRUMP 556 00:17:06,600 --> 00:17:07,733 IF YOU'RE A REPUBLICAN? 557 00:17:07,733 --> 00:17:09,900 AND HE WAS SAYING, YOU NEED TO 558 00:17:09,900 --> 00:17:11,166 THREAD THE TRUMP NEEDLE AND YOU 559 00:17:11,166 --> 00:17:13,066 NEED TO STAND UP AND DISAGREE 560 00:17:13,066 --> 00:17:15,133 WITH TRUMP WHERE YOU DISAGREE 561 00:17:15,133 --> 00:17:16,133 WITH HIM. 562 00:17:16,133 --> 00:17:18,400 AND HE SAID HE WAS SORT OF FIRED 563 00:17:18,400 --> 00:17:18,666 UP. 564 00:17:18,666 --> 00:17:19,900 I SAID, YOU SOUND LIKE YOU'RE 565 00:17:19,900 --> 00:17:22,400 STILL INTERESTED IN POLITICS, 566 00:17:22,400 --> 00:17:24,400 ARE YOU RUNNING FOR ANYTHING? 567 00:17:24,400 --> 00:17:26,866 I SAID, ARE YOU RUNNING FOR 568 00:17:26,866 --> 00:17:27,933 GOVERNOR IN 2021? 569 00:17:27,933 --> 00:17:29,633 HE SAID, YES, IF YOU ASK ME 570 00:17:29,633 --> 00:17:30,400 TODAY, I'M RUNNING. 571 00:17:30,400 --> 00:17:31,733 THAT'S TWO YEARS AWAY. 572 00:17:31,733 --> 00:17:33,133 THAT'S A LONG WAY OFF. 573 00:17:33,133 --> 00:17:34,366 A LOT OF THINGS COULD HAPPEN. 574 00:17:34,366 --> 00:17:37,000 >> THE QUOTE THAT JUMPED OUT AT 575 00:17:37,000 --> 00:17:39,566 ME FROM YOUR PIECE WAS BE STILL, 576 00:17:39,566 --> 00:17:41,100 MEANING MURPHY, HE STILL HASN'T 577 00:17:41,100 --> 00:17:42,700 COME TO GRIPS THAT HIS PROMISES 578 00:17:42,700 --> 00:17:44,866 JUST AREN'T REALISTIC. 579 00:17:44,866 --> 00:17:47,233 THAT'S THE KNOCK ON MURPHY, IS 580 00:17:47,233 --> 00:17:47,766 IT NOT? 581 00:17:47,766 --> 00:17:51,766 UP AND DOWN THE STATE, THAT HE'S 582 00:17:51,766 --> 00:17:53,533 JUST MAKING TOO MANY EMPTY 583 00:17:53,533 --> 00:17:53,900 PROMISES? 584 00:17:53,900 --> 00:17:54,400 >> I THINK SO. 585 00:17:54,400 --> 00:17:56,966 I LIKE MOST OF HIS PROMISES, BUT 586 00:17:56,966 --> 00:17:58,300 HE HASN'T COME CLOSE TO 587 00:17:58,300 --> 00:17:59,933 PROVIDING SOME VISUAL FOR HOW 588 00:17:59,933 --> 00:18:01,000 HE'S GOING TO FINANCE THEM. 589 00:18:01,000 --> 00:18:02,933 WE'LL SEE IN A MONTH WHEN HE HAS 590 00:18:02,933 --> 00:18:04,200 TO MAKE THE REAL DECISIONS, 591 00:18:04,200 --> 00:18:07,900 ENOUGH FOR THE RHETORIC AT THIS 592 00:18:07,900 --> 00:18:08,266 POINT. 593 00:18:08,266 --> 00:18:12,433 >> THERE'S ANOTHER SIDE OF 594 00:18:12,433 --> 00:18:15,500 MURPHY THAT I'M STRUCK BY. 595 00:18:15,500 --> 00:18:17,200 AND THAT IS WHAT I CALL THE 596 00:18:17,200 --> 00:18:19,100 HAPPY WARRIOR SIDE. 597 00:18:19,100 --> 00:18:22,066 HE SEEMS TO BE HAVING A GOOD 598 00:18:22,066 --> 00:18:22,366 TIME. 599 00:18:22,366 --> 00:18:27,566 HE SEEMS TO BE GROWING INTO THE 600 00:18:27,566 --> 00:18:28,400 JOB. 601 00:18:28,400 --> 00:18:30,566 HUBERT HUMPHREY WAS THE ORIGINAL 602 00:18:30,566 --> 00:18:36,233 HAPPY WARRIOR BACK IN THE '60s. 603 00:18:36,233 --> 00:18:38,000 I HAD A MOMENT WITH MURPHY THIS 604 00:18:38,000 --> 00:18:40,566 WEEK, LET'S HEAR IT. 605 00:18:40,566 --> 00:18:42,933 HOW ARE YOU ENJOYING IT SO FAR? 606 00:18:42,933 --> 00:18:44,200 HOW IS IT GOING SO FAR? 607 00:18:44,200 --> 00:18:45,133 >> WE ARE LOVING IT. 608 00:18:45,133 --> 00:18:46,900 WE ARE 27 DAYS IN. 609 00:18:46,900 --> 00:18:48,933 IT'S AN ENORMOUS RESPONSIBILITY. 610 00:18:48,933 --> 00:18:50,000 IT'S ABOVE WHAT WE THOUGHT IT 611 00:18:50,000 --> 00:18:50,366 WOULD BE. 612 00:18:50,366 --> 00:18:52,566 IT'S AN INCREDIBLE PRIVILEGE. 613 00:18:52,566 --> 00:18:54,600 >> MICHAEL HILL, WHAT DO YOU 614 00:18:54,600 --> 00:18:56,033 THINK? 615 00:18:56,033 --> 00:18:58,166 >> I THINK HIS FACE, HIS TONE, I 616 00:18:58,166 --> 00:19:00,000 THINK HE ABSOLUTELY RELISHES 617 00:19:00,000 --> 00:19:00,366 THIS. 618 00:19:00,366 --> 00:19:01,166 I THINK IT'S EVERYTHING HE 619 00:19:01,166 --> 00:19:01,800 THOUGHT IT WOULD BE. 620 00:19:01,800 --> 00:19:03,800 I THINK THAT THIS IS -- HE'S 621 00:19:03,800 --> 00:19:07,900 LIVING HIS DREAM. 622 00:19:07,900 --> 00:19:08,800 >> I DON'T THINK HIS ANSWER WILL 623 00:19:08,800 --> 00:19:09,566 EVERY CHANGE IN THE NEXT FOUR 624 00:19:09,566 --> 00:19:09,866 YEARS. 625 00:19:09,866 --> 00:19:11,133 >> YOU DON'T THINK HE'S GOING TO 626 00:19:11,133 --> 00:19:11,900 HAVE A BAD DAY? 627 00:19:11,900 --> 00:19:13,166 >> I THINK HE'LL HAVE A LOT OF 628 00:19:13,166 --> 00:19:14,166 BAD DAYS. 629 00:19:14,166 --> 00:19:17,000 BUT I THINK -- THAT'S HIS 630 00:19:17,000 --> 00:19:18,800 DEMEANOR, HIS DEFAULT IS THE BE 631 00:19:18,800 --> 00:19:19,866 THE HAPPY WAR YORE. 632 00:19:19,866 --> 00:19:21,566 THAT'S IN HIS DNA. 633 00:19:21,566 --> 00:19:23,533 AND I THINK HE'LL ALWAYS SAY, 634 00:19:23,533 --> 00:19:25,866 THIS IS THE GREATEST PRIVILEGE 635 00:19:25,866 --> 00:19:27,766 OF MY LIFE AND THE GREATEST JOB 636 00:19:27,766 --> 00:19:28,733 AND I'M HAPPY TO HAVE IT. 637 00:19:28,733 --> 00:19:29,966 >> THAT'S A GREAT DEMEANOR TO 638 00:19:29,966 --> 00:19:31,533 HAVE IN POLITICS, IS IT NOT. 639 00:19:31,533 --> 00:19:31,966 >> IT IS. 640 00:19:31,966 --> 00:19:33,933 HE'S ON A WINNING STREAK. 641 00:19:33,933 --> 00:19:36,366 HERE'S A GUY THAT WAS NEVER IN 642 00:19:36,366 --> 00:19:37,166 POLITICS AND BECAME GOVERNOR. 643 00:19:37,166 --> 00:19:37,833 A LOT OF PEOPLE TRY TO BE 644 00:19:37,833 --> 00:19:38,200 GOVERNOR. 645 00:19:38,200 --> 00:19:38,933 >> YEAH. 646 00:19:38,933 --> 00:19:41,700 A LOT OF PEOPLE. 647 00:19:41,700 --> 00:19:44,133 SPEAKING OF, WELL, NEVERMIND. 648 00:19:44,133 --> 00:19:47,666 LET'S MOVE ON. 649 00:19:47,666 --> 00:19:50,433 PRESIDENT TRUMP LAID OUT A $1.5 650 00:19:50,433 --> 00:19:53,000 TRILLION INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN 651 00:19:53,000 --> 00:19:55,700 THIS WEEK THAT SPANS $200 652 00:19:55,700 --> 00:19:57,000 BILLION FEDERAL DOLLARS OVER TEN 653 00:19:57,000 --> 00:19:58,566 YEARS AND LEVERAGES THE REST. 654 00:19:58,566 --> 00:19:59,733 HOW MUCH OF THAT MONEY GOES 655 00:19:59,733 --> 00:20:01,800 TOWARD THE GATEWAY TUNNEL 656 00:20:01,800 --> 00:20:03,333 PROJECT IS UNCLEAR. 657 00:20:03,333 --> 00:20:05,666 THE PLAN MOVES GATEWAY'S 658 00:20:05,666 --> 00:20:09,366 PRIORITY FROM MEDIUM-HIGH TO 659 00:20:09,366 --> 00:20:10,066 MEDIUM-LOW. 660 00:20:10,066 --> 00:20:12,266 MICHAEL HILL, WHAT DO YOU MAKE 661 00:20:12,266 --> 00:20:13,866 OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN? 662 00:20:13,866 --> 00:20:16,100 >> IT'S ODD FOR SOMEBODY WHO IS, 663 00:20:16,100 --> 00:20:19,533 WHO IS A NEW YORKER AND KNOWS 664 00:20:19,533 --> 00:20:20,833 HOW IMPORTANT THAT COMMUTING IS 665 00:20:20,833 --> 00:20:23,300 HERE AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION. 666 00:20:23,300 --> 00:20:24,933 AND YOU HAVE A CORPORATION BASED 667 00:20:24,933 --> 00:20:25,933 IN NEW YORK CITY, YOUR EMPLOYEES 668 00:20:25,933 --> 00:20:28,100 HAVE TO GET BACK AND FORTH, 669 00:20:28,100 --> 00:20:29,100 OTHER BUSINESSES THAT SUPPORT 670 00:20:29,100 --> 00:20:31,766 YOUR BUSINESS HAVE TO -- 671 00:20:31,766 --> 00:20:33,033 EMPLOYEES HAVE TO GET BACK AND 672 00:20:33,033 --> 00:20:33,333 FORTH. 673 00:20:33,333 --> 00:20:36,633 WHY IT IS NOT A PRIORITY? 674 00:20:36,633 --> 00:20:37,833 >> THAT DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO 675 00:20:37,833 --> 00:20:39,233 DO WITH THIS PERSONALLY OR 676 00:20:39,233 --> 00:20:41,200 WHETHER THIS HAPPENS AT A LOWER 677 00:20:41,200 --> 00:20:42,933 LEVEL, I MEAN, THE FEDERAL 678 00:20:42,933 --> 00:20:44,633 TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION THAT'S 679 00:20:44,633 --> 00:20:47,833 DISTRIBUTING THE PRIORITIES, YOU 680 00:20:47,833 --> 00:20:50,500 CAN'T HELP BUT WONDER, IS TRUMP 681 00:20:50,500 --> 00:20:52,300 PUNISHING THE BLUE STATES? 682 00:20:52,300 --> 00:20:53,566 WHAT DO YOU SEE GOING ON? 683 00:20:53,566 --> 00:20:55,833 >> I THINK HE'S BARGAINING WITH 684 00:20:55,833 --> 00:20:57,166 CHUCK SCHUMER AND SAYING, I'M 685 00:20:57,166 --> 00:20:58,333 NOT GOING TO GIVE YOU THIS 686 00:20:58,333 --> 00:20:59,900 UNLESS YOU DANCE WITH ME ON 687 00:20:59,900 --> 00:21:00,433 SOMETHING ELSE. 688 00:21:00,433 --> 00:21:01,533 THIS HAS TO BE BUILT. 689 00:21:01,533 --> 00:21:02,566 THIS IS THE MAIN RAIL CONNECTION 690 00:21:02,566 --> 00:21:04,566 BETWEEN BOSTON AND WASHINGTON. 691 00:21:04,566 --> 00:21:06,666 WE'RE A GREAT NATION. 692 00:21:06,666 --> 00:21:07,900 THE ONLY QUESTION IS WHETHER 693 00:21:07,900 --> 00:21:09,100 THIS IS GOING TO BE BUILT AFTER 694 00:21:09,100 --> 00:21:10,500 IT COLLAPSES AND THERE'S AN 695 00:21:10,500 --> 00:21:13,100 ECONOMIC RUIN IN THIS REGION OR 696 00:21:13,100 --> 00:21:14,833 IN TIME. 697 00:21:14,833 --> 00:21:16,800 AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S IMPOSSIBLE 698 00:21:16,800 --> 00:21:18,500 TO CONCEDE, THIS IS A VERY LOW 699 00:21:18,500 --> 00:21:19,766 PRIORITY, GIVE ME A BREAK. 700 00:21:19,766 --> 00:21:20,966 THAT'S JUST NONSENSE. 701 00:21:20,966 --> 00:21:22,200 AND I THINK EVERYBODY IN THE 702 00:21:22,200 --> 00:21:24,133 GAME REGARDS IT AS NONSENSE. 703 00:21:24,133 --> 00:21:25,700 THE WHOLE INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN IS 704 00:21:25,700 --> 00:21:27,200 A BIT FARCICAL. 705 00:21:27,200 --> 00:21:29,066 WE WERE TOLD, YOU'RE GOING TO 706 00:21:29,066 --> 00:21:32,666 HAVE ALL THE SHINY NEW -- THIS 707 00:21:32,666 --> 00:21:36,333 IS -- THIS IS LIKE ONE OF HIS 708 00:21:36,333 --> 00:21:36,666 CASINOS. 709 00:21:36,666 --> 00:21:37,266 DOESN'T IT? 710 00:21:37,266 --> 00:21:38,866 HIS BIG NAME AND HALF BANKRUPTCY 711 00:21:38,866 --> 00:21:40,333 AND REALLY LAME. 712 00:21:40,333 --> 00:21:42,466 SO, I MEAN, $200 BILLION IS 713 00:21:42,466 --> 00:21:43,033 NOWHERE NEAR ENOUGH. 714 00:21:43,033 --> 00:21:43,900 >> OVER TEN YEARS. 715 00:21:43,900 --> 00:21:45,100 >> AND NO ONE BELIEVE THAT IS 716 00:21:45,100 --> 00:21:46,066 THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND PRIVATE 717 00:21:46,066 --> 00:21:48,633 INTEREST CAN FILL IN THE GAP OF 718 00:21:48,633 --> 00:21:49,166 $1.3 TRILLION. 719 00:21:49,166 --> 00:21:50,200 THERE'S NO ONE I HAVE TALKED TO 720 00:21:50,200 --> 00:21:51,600 WHO BELIEVES THAT. 721 00:21:51,600 --> 00:21:53,866 SO THIS IS POLITICAL POSTURING, 722 00:21:53,866 --> 00:21:54,600 I HOPE. 723 00:21:54,600 --> 00:21:56,400 OTHERWISE IT IS INSANITY. 724 00:21:56,400 --> 00:21:57,766 >> ANYBODY ELSE ON GATEWAY? 725 00:21:57,766 --> 00:21:58,866 >> HIS ADMINISTRATION SHOULD 726 00:21:58,866 --> 00:21:59,733 HAVE A FRANK CONVERSATION WITH 727 00:21:59,733 --> 00:22:02,433 THE REGIONAL PLAN ASSOCIATION. 728 00:22:02,433 --> 00:22:03,566 >> ANYTHING ELSE, MIKE? 729 00:22:03,566 --> 00:22:05,500 >> I'M CURIOUS TO KNOW -- WHEN 730 00:22:05,500 --> 00:22:06,933 YOU HEAR MURPHY TALK ABOUT 731 00:22:06,933 --> 00:22:09,266 GATEWAY, IT'S SORT OF THE ONE 732 00:22:09,266 --> 00:22:10,766 AREA WHERE HE -- HE SAYS HE'S 733 00:22:10,766 --> 00:22:12,100 GOING TO TALK TO TRUMP AND IS 734 00:22:12,100 --> 00:22:13,366 LOOKING FORWARD TO THE 735 00:22:13,366 --> 00:22:14,600 PARTNERSHIP WITH THE FEDERAL 736 00:22:14,600 --> 00:22:15,000 GOVERNMENT. 737 00:22:15,000 --> 00:22:17,166 ON THOSE THINGS MURPHY IS HIGHLY 738 00:22:17,166 --> 00:22:18,366 CRITICAL OF TRUMP WE ALL KNOW, 739 00:22:18,366 --> 00:22:19,833 IT'S SORT OF HOW HE GOT INTO 740 00:22:19,833 --> 00:22:20,166 OFFICE. 741 00:22:20,166 --> 00:22:22,933 AND I WONDER IF HE'S -- I'M 742 00:22:22,933 --> 00:22:24,366 CURIOUS IF HE'S MAKING THE 743 00:22:24,366 --> 00:22:25,066 CALCULATION, IF I CAN GET INTO 744 00:22:25,066 --> 00:22:26,233 THE ROOM WITH THE PRESIDENT, WE 745 00:22:26,233 --> 00:22:28,066 CAN TALK ABOUT THIS WITH CHUCK 746 00:22:28,066 --> 00:22:28,400 SCHUMER. 747 00:22:28,400 --> 00:22:29,566 IS THAT GOING TO SEAL SOME SORT 748 00:22:29,566 --> 00:22:30,300 OF A DEAL? 749 00:22:30,300 --> 00:22:31,533 >> TALKING ABOUT RHETORIC AND 750 00:22:31,533 --> 00:22:33,066 ALL THE OTHER DEALS HE'S SO 751 00:22:33,066 --> 00:22:34,233 CRITICAL OF IN SOME POINT IF HE 752 00:22:34,233 --> 00:22:37,266 WANTS TO MAKE A DEAL WITH TRUMP. 753 00:22:37,266 --> 00:22:40,466 WE HAVE ABOUT A MINUTE FOR THE 754 00:22:40,466 --> 00:22:42,566 FORMER ASSEMBLY SPEAKER BECOMING 755 00:22:42,566 --> 00:22:44,933 THE NEW CEO OF THE SPORTS AND 756 00:22:44,933 --> 00:22:47,033 EXPEDITION AUTHORITY. 757 00:22:47,033 --> 00:22:47,400 REACTION? 758 00:22:47,400 --> 00:22:49,100 >> IT'S A CLUB OF 500 PEOPLE AND 759 00:22:49,100 --> 00:22:51,200 THEY TAKE CARE OF EACH OTHER IN 760 00:22:51,200 --> 00:22:51,533 TRENTON. 761 00:22:51,533 --> 00:22:52,133 HE'S IN THE CLUB. 762 00:22:52,133 --> 00:22:55,333 HE GETS A BIG JOB BECAUSE HE WAS 763 00:22:55,333 --> 00:22:55,666 SPEAKER. 764 00:22:55,666 --> 00:22:57,933 >> IT'S A $280,000 A YEAR JOB. 765 00:22:57,933 --> 00:22:59,766 >> THERE'S NO WAY HE'S THE MOST 766 00:22:59,766 --> 00:23:01,133 QUALIFIED NERN THE COUNTRY TO DO 767 00:23:01,133 --> 00:23:01,500 THIS JOB. 768 00:23:01,500 --> 00:23:04,033 >> ONE THING THAT DID OCCUR TO 769 00:23:04,033 --> 00:23:05,700 ME IS WHEN I WAS EVALUATING THIS 770 00:23:05,700 --> 00:23:08,233 NEWS IS HE DOES LIVE ABOUT A 771 00:23:08,233 --> 00:23:10,166 MILE FROM GIANTS STADIUM, FROM 772 00:23:10,166 --> 00:23:12,433 METLIFE STADIUM. 773 00:23:12,433 --> 00:23:16,300 HE CAN WALK TO THE CAUCUS RIGHT 774 00:23:16,300 --> 00:23:17,133 ACROSS ROUTE 3. 775 00:23:17,133 --> 00:23:21,100 SO HE DOES HAVE SOME GEO 776 00:23:21,100 --> 00:23:21,466 AWARENESS. 777 00:23:21,466 --> 00:23:23,400 >> GEO AWARENESS. 778 00:23:23,400 --> 00:23:25,533 >> GEO AWARENESS. 779 00:23:25,533 --> 00:23:27,600 >> HE CAN WALK TO WORK NOW, TOO. 780 00:23:27,600 --> 00:23:29,033 >> HE CAN WALK TO WORK. 781 00:23:29,033 --> 00:23:30,166 YEAH, I GUESS THERE'S A WALKWAY 782 00:23:30,166 --> 00:23:34,333 OVER THAT HIGHWAY. 783 00:23:34,333 --> 00:23:36,933 AND MARIJUANA, IN 30 SECONDS, IT 784 00:23:36,933 --> 00:23:39,666 SEEMS TO BE IN TROUBLE, 785 00:23:39,666 --> 00:23:40,100 LEGALIZATION. 786 00:23:40,100 --> 00:23:40,433 >> YES. 787 00:23:40,433 --> 00:23:42,533 I THINK IT IS IN TROUBLE. 788 00:23:42,533 --> 00:23:44,533 WE'RE GOING TO, MORE THAN LIKELY 789 00:23:44,533 --> 00:23:45,666 DECRIMINALIZE, WHICH MEANS THE 790 00:23:45,666 --> 00:23:46,500 VIOLENT DRUG TRADE WILL 791 00:23:46,500 --> 00:23:46,866 CONTINUE. 792 00:23:46,866 --> 00:23:48,933 >> ALL RIGHT. 793 00:23:48,933 --> 00:23:50,233 WE GOT TO MOVE TO YOUR 794 00:23:50,233 --> 00:23:51,233 JOURNALISTIC HIGH POINTS OF THE 795 00:23:51,233 --> 00:23:51,766 WEEK. 796 00:23:51,766 --> 00:23:52,866 MICHAEL HILL. 797 00:23:52,866 --> 00:23:56,000 >> JUDGE GRANT DOWN IN TRENTON 798 00:23:56,000 --> 00:23:57,400 TALKING ABOUT CHANGES TAKING 799 00:23:57,400 --> 00:23:58,600 PLACE IN ESSEX COUNTY. 800 00:23:58,600 --> 00:24:00,600 AND LARGELY BECAUSE OF, WHAT A 801 00:24:00,600 --> 00:24:02,066 LOT OF PEOPLE ARE SAYING, 802 00:24:02,066 --> 00:24:03,466 LARGELY BECAUSE OF A DEADLY 803 00:24:03,466 --> 00:24:04,600 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CASE IN 804 00:24:04,600 --> 00:24:04,933 NEWARK. 805 00:24:04,933 --> 00:24:08,366 >> WHERE THE JUDGE IS GETTING 806 00:24:08,366 --> 00:24:09,666 SOME CRITICISM. 807 00:24:09,666 --> 00:24:11,066 FOR LETTING SOMEBODY OUT. 808 00:24:11,066 --> 00:24:11,366 MIKE? 809 00:24:11,366 --> 00:24:12,700 >> I'LL MENTION THE -- YOU 810 00:24:12,700 --> 00:24:14,266 MENTIONED THAT MEDIUM-LOW FOR A 811 00:24:14,266 --> 00:24:15,700 GATEWAY RATING FROM THE TRUMP 812 00:24:15,700 --> 00:24:16,166 ADMINISTRATION. 813 00:24:16,166 --> 00:24:18,000 I THINK THAT CAME OUT IN A 814 00:24:18,000 --> 00:24:19,233 POLITICO REPORT, THEY GOT AHOLD 815 00:24:19,233 --> 00:24:19,933 OF THE FINANCIAL REPORT, THAT 816 00:24:19,933 --> 00:24:21,500 WAS A GOOD PIECE OF REPORTING. 817 00:24:21,500 --> 00:24:23,033 >> DUSTIN? 818 00:24:23,033 --> 00:24:25,733 >> MY COLLEAGUE SCOTT FALLON AND 819 00:24:25,733 --> 00:24:30,266 JIM O'NEAL HAVE PUBLISHED A 820 00:24:30,266 --> 00:24:31,266 LENGTHY INVESTIGATION ON DUPONT 821 00:24:31,266 --> 00:24:37,966 AND ITS ROLE IN HIDING SOME 822 00:24:37,966 --> 00:24:42,000 DISTURBING CANCER-CAUSING 823 00:24:42,000 --> 00:24:43,866 CHEMICALS UP IN THAT AREA. 824 00:24:43,866 --> 00:24:45,400 IT'S ALREADY UP ONLINE. 825 00:24:45,400 --> 00:24:46,633 AND YOU CAN BUY IT STARTING 826 00:24:46,633 --> 00:24:47,466 SUNDAY IN THE PAPER. 827 00:24:47,466 --> 00:24:48,200 >> TOM? 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