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00:00:36,466 --> 00:00:38,533 NEW JERSEY BUSINESS MAGAZINE, 19 00:00:38,533 --> 00:00:40,133 A MAGAZINE OF THE NEW JERSEY 20 00:00:40,133 --> 00:00:41,366 BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY 21 00:00:41,366 --> 00:00:43,333 ASSOCIATION REPORTING TO 22 00:00:43,333 --> 00:00:45,033 EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE 23 00:00:45,033 --> 00:00:47,133 LEADERS IN ALL 21 COUNTIES OF 24 00:00:47,133 --> 00:00:49,666 THE GARDEN STATE SINCE 1954. 25 00:00:49,666 --> 00:00:50,333 ♪♪♪ 26 00:00:50,333 --> 00:00:56,000 ♪♪♪ 27 00:00:56,000 --> 00:00:57,666 >>> HELLO AGAIN, EVERYBODY. 28 00:00:57,666 --> 00:00:58,733 WELCOME TO REPORTER'S 29 00:00:58,733 --> 00:00:59,033 ROUNDTABLE. 30 00:00:59,033 --> 00:00:59,766 I'M DAVID CRUZ. 31 00:00:59,766 --> 00:01:02,000 MICHAEL ARON IS OFF THIS WEEK. 32 00:01:02,000 --> 00:01:04,933 DEMOCRATS IN NEW JERSEY ARE 33 00:01:04,933 --> 00:01:06,866 STILL PREDICTING A POLITICAL 34 00:01:06,866 --> 00:01:07,966 BLUE WAVE. 35 00:01:07,966 --> 00:01:09,266 THEY GATHERED IN ATLANTIC CITY 36 00:01:09,266 --> 00:01:10,466 THIS WEEK FOR THEIR ANNUAL 37 00:01:10,466 --> 00:01:12,133 CONVENTION AND BEHIND THE 38 00:01:12,133 --> 00:01:14,166 SUNSHINY SPEECHES AND RALLIES 39 00:01:14,166 --> 00:01:21,066 WERE A HINT OF CLOUDS AS 40 00:01:16,066 --> 00:03:53,600 DEMOCRATS FOUND REASONS TO BE 41 00:03:53,600 --> 00:03:55,233 ELSEWHERE. 42 00:03:55,233 --> 00:03:55,866 >> THE DEMOCRATS CONTINUED IN 43 00:03:55,866 --> 00:03:56,433 ATLANTIC CITY AGAINST THE 44 00:03:56,433 --> 00:03:57,000 BACKDROP OF PUBLIC EVENTS 45 00:03:57,000 --> 00:03:57,566 INCLUDING A RIBBON-CUTTING 46 00:03:57,566 --> 00:03:58,233 CEREMONY WITH THE ATLANTIC CITY 47 00:03:58,233 --> 00:03:58,766 CAMPUS ON THE BOARDWALK. 48 00:03:58,766 --> 00:03:59,400 >> HE'S IN TOWN, BUT GOVERNOR 49 00:03:59,400 --> 00:04:00,100 MURPHY CANCELED PLANS TO SPEAK 50 00:04:00,100 --> 00:04:00,333 HERE. 51 00:04:00,333 --> 00:04:00,933 THE UNIVERSITY PRESS RELEASE 52 00:04:00,933 --> 00:04:01,466 NOTED THAT WITH A MIFF. 53 00:04:01,466 --> 00:04:02,133 A CROWD OF POLITICAL LUMINARIES 54 00:04:02,133 --> 00:04:02,766 GATHERED TO MARK THE EVENT AND 55 00:04:02,766 --> 00:04:03,433 THE S ASSEMBLY MINCED NO WORDS. 56 00:04:03,433 --> 00:04:04,100 I HOPE HE FINDS HIS WAY TO WALK 57 00:04:04,100 --> 00:04:04,766 DOWN THIS MAGNIFICENT BOARDWALK 58 00:04:04,766 --> 00:04:05,300 AND STUMBLE UPON WHAT IS 59 00:04:05,300 --> 00:04:05,800 HAPPENING HERE TODAY. 60 00:04:05,800 --> 00:04:06,433 >> GREENWALD JOINED PRESIDENT 61 00:04:06,433 --> 00:04:07,066 STEVE SWEENEY WHO WAS WELCOMED 62 00:04:07,066 --> 00:04:07,600 EFFUSIVELY BY UNIVERSITY 63 00:04:07,600 --> 00:04:07,900 OFFICIALS. 64 00:04:07,900 --> 00:04:08,566 HE CLAIMED THERE'S NO BEEF WITH 65 00:04:08,566 --> 00:04:08,966 GOVERNOR MURPHY. 66 00:04:08,966 --> 00:04:09,566 >> I WISH HE WAS HERE AND IF 67 00:04:09,566 --> 00:04:10,233 THEY HAD INVITED ME TO THE OTHER 68 00:04:10,233 --> 00:04:10,866 EVENTS I WOULD HAVE WENT, BUT 69 00:04:10,866 --> 00:04:11,466 AGAIN, MY FEELINGS DON'T GET 70 00:04:11,466 --> 00:04:11,700 HURT. 71 00:04:11,700 --> 00:04:12,333 I DON'T CONSIDER IT A GRUDGE. 72 00:04:12,333 --> 00:04:12,966 I LIKE PHIL PERSONALLY, AND I 73 00:04:12,966 --> 00:04:13,633 THINK HE'D SAY THE SAME, SO WHEN 74 00:04:13,633 --> 00:04:14,233 WE DISAGREE, WE'RE GOING TO 75 00:04:14,233 --> 00:04:14,533 DISAGREE. 76 00:04:14,533 --> 00:04:15,166 WHEN WE AGREE, WE'LL AGREE AND 77 00:04:15,166 --> 00:04:15,733 WE'RE WORKING VERY HARD ON 78 00:04:15,733 --> 00:04:16,366 MARIJUANA AND AFTER MARIJUANA 79 00:04:16,366 --> 00:04:17,000 WE'LL WORK ON THE MINIMUM WAGE 80 00:04:17,000 --> 00:04:17,233 BILL. 81 00:04:17,233 --> 00:04:17,833 >> SWEENEY ADMITS HE'S STILL 82 00:04:17,833 --> 00:04:18,466 IRKED BY JOHN CURRY TAKING THE 83 00:04:18,466 --> 00:04:19,066 GOVERNOR'S SIDE AGAINST THE 84 00:04:19,066 --> 00:04:19,733 LEGISLATURE DURING BITTER BUDGET 85 00:04:19,733 --> 00:04:20,200 BATTLES THIS SPRING. 86 00:04:20,200 --> 00:04:20,800 >> ISN'T THAT WHY YOU'RE NOT 87 00:04:20,800 --> 00:04:21,333 GOING TO THE CONVENTION? 88 00:04:21,333 --> 00:04:22,000 >> I JUST THINK JOHN HAS SHOWN A 89 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:22,600 GREAT DEAL OF DISRESPECT FOR 90 00:04:22,600 --> 00:04:23,200 LEGISLATURE AND MYSELF AS A 91 00:04:23,200 --> 00:04:23,500 DEMOCRAT. 92 00:04:23,500 --> 00:04:24,166 AS A DEMOCRAT, WE ARE ALLOWED TO 93 00:04:24,166 --> 00:04:24,833 DISAGREE AND YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED 94 00:04:24,833 --> 00:04:25,466 TO LET THE LEADER OF THE PARTY 95 00:04:25,466 --> 00:04:26,100 CHOOSE ONE SIDE OR THE OTHER. 96 00:04:26,100 --> 00:04:26,766 >> WE HAVE A PRETTY DARN UNIFIED 97 00:04:26,766 --> 00:04:27,433 PARTY AND I'LL LET THEM SPEAK TO 98 00:04:27,433 --> 00:04:28,066 THERE'S A LOT OF NOISE AND THE 99 00:04:28,066 --> 00:04:28,600 SUBSTANCE IS WE HAVE AN 100 00:04:28,600 --> 00:04:29,266 OVERWHELMING AMOUNT OF AGREEMENT 101 00:04:29,266 --> 00:04:29,900 ON WHAT IT IS TO BE A DEMOCRAT 102 00:04:29,900 --> 00:04:30,500 AND WHERE YOU WILL TAKE THIS 103 00:04:30,500 --> 00:04:31,166 PART AND THE STATE AND YOU WILL 104 00:04:31,166 --> 00:04:31,800 SEE A FIRED UP, PASSIONATE AND 105 00:04:31,800 --> 00:04:32,333 UNITED DEMOCRATIC PARTY. 106 00:04:32,333 --> 00:04:32,966 >> THAT WAS A REPORT FROM OUR 107 00:04:32,966 --> 00:04:33,400 BRENDA FLANNIGAN. 108 00:04:33,400 --> 00:04:34,033 JOINING US NOW TO SWEEP UP THE 109 00:04:34,033 --> 00:04:34,666 POLITICAL LEAVES OF AUTUMN ARE 110 00:04:34,666 --> 00:04:35,333 SEVERAL MEMBERS OF NEW JERSEY'S 111 00:04:35,333 --> 00:04:36,000 STATE HOUSE PRESS CORPS AND THE 112 00:04:36,000 --> 00:04:36,500 EDITOR OF POLITIFACT. 113 00:04:36,500 --> 00:04:37,133 STATE HOUSE REPORTER FOR N.J. 114 00:04:37,133 --> 00:04:37,666 ADVANCED MEDIA AND JOHN 115 00:04:37,666 --> 00:04:38,000 WRIGHTMEYER. 116 00:04:38,000 --> 00:04:38,600 GENTLEMEN, WELCOME TO ALL OF 117 00:04:38,600 --> 00:04:38,800 YOU. 118 00:04:38,800 --> 00:04:39,466 NICHOLAS, LET'S START WITH YOU. 119 00:04:39,466 --> 00:04:40,100 THE LEADERS OF THE DEMOCRATIC 120 00:04:40,100 --> 00:04:40,700 LEADERS OF BOTH LEGISLATIVE 121 00:04:40,700 --> 00:04:41,300 BODIES CHOSE TO BE ELSEWHERE 122 00:04:41,300 --> 00:04:41,666 THIS WEEKEND. 123 00:04:41,666 --> 00:04:42,300 IS THIS THE KIND OF UNITY THAT 124 00:04:42,300 --> 00:04:42,900 BOB MENENDEZ WANTS OR NEEDS? 125 00:04:42,900 --> 00:04:43,466 >> I DON'T KNOW IF IT WILL 126 00:04:43,466 --> 00:04:44,133 AFFECT MENENDEZ, BUT YOU'VE GOT 127 00:04:44,133 --> 00:04:44,800 TO LOVE THE WAY SWEENEY HANDLES 128 00:04:44,800 --> 00:04:45,033 THIS. 129 00:04:45,033 --> 00:04:45,633 BUTTER WOULDN'T MELT IN HIS 130 00:04:45,633 --> 00:04:45,866 MOUTH. 131 00:04:45,866 --> 00:04:46,500 I WOULD HAVE GONE IF THEY HAD 132 00:04:46,500 --> 00:04:46,833 INVITED ME. 133 00:04:46,833 --> 00:04:47,433 HE'S NOT VERY GOOD AT THIS. 134 00:04:47,433 --> 00:04:47,766 >> CHARLIE? 135 00:04:47,766 --> 00:04:48,366 >> IS THERE REALLY, AS NICK 136 00:04:48,366 --> 00:04:48,700 SAYS, NADA? 137 00:04:48,700 --> 00:04:49,300 >> I DON'T -- I DON'T THINK 138 00:04:49,300 --> 00:04:49,933 THE -- THIS INTERNAL FRACAS IS 139 00:04:49,933 --> 00:04:50,566 GOING TO SHAPE THE CONTOURS OF 140 00:04:50,566 --> 00:04:50,966 THE SENATE RACE. 141 00:04:50,966 --> 00:04:51,566 I THINK THAT THE PARTY, AND 142 00:04:51,566 --> 00:04:52,233 THERE ARE OTHER DYNAMICS AT WORK 143 00:04:52,233 --> 00:04:52,866 AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, PART OF 144 00:04:52,866 --> 00:04:53,466 IT IS THAT YOU A DEMOCRATIC 145 00:04:53,466 --> 00:04:54,133 PARTY BASE THAT'S JUST FIRED UP 146 00:04:54,133 --> 00:04:54,800 RIGHT NOW AND THEY'RE WANTING TO 147 00:04:54,800 --> 00:04:57,733 SEND A MESSAGE TO THE TRUMP 148 00:04:57,733 --> 00:04:58,700 ADMINISTRATION AND THAT WILL 149 00:04:58,700 --> 00:05:01,900 OVERRIDE ANY OF THESE INTERNAL 150 00:05:01,900 --> 00:05:02,266 MECHANICS. 151 00:05:02,266 --> 00:05:04,666 LAST NIGHT AT THE CONVENTION 152 00:05:04,666 --> 00:05:06,666 THEY HAD 1100, 1200 PEOPLE THERE 153 00:05:06,666 --> 00:05:08,633 AND THEY WERE FIRED UP AND I 154 00:05:08,633 --> 00:05:10,566 THOUGHT IT WAS SIGNIFICANT THAT 155 00:05:10,566 --> 00:05:15,333 YOU'D SEE CORY BOOKER AND THEY 156 00:05:15,333 --> 00:05:17,166 HAD RALLIED THE TROOPS BEHIND 157 00:05:17,166 --> 00:05:19,100 THAT MESSAGE AND I THINK IT 158 00:05:19,100 --> 00:05:21,100 WOULD BE AN OVERRIDING THEME AND 159 00:05:21,100 --> 00:05:25,433 I DOUBT THAT THIS -- THIS IS AN 160 00:05:25,433 --> 00:05:27,133 INTERNAL STATE HOUSE FRACAS. 161 00:05:27,133 --> 00:05:28,400 IT'S NOT A CAMPAIGN TRAIL. 162 00:05:28,400 --> 00:05:30,400 >> IS IT JUST ABOUT LEGISLATION 163 00:05:30,400 --> 00:05:32,033 OR IS THERE A DIVIDE BETWEEN 164 00:05:32,033 --> 00:05:35,033 NORTH AND SOUTH? 165 00:05:35,033 --> 00:05:36,933 >> JUST TO REITERATE, THIS IS 166 00:05:36,933 --> 00:05:38,400 NOTHING STATEWIDE AND IT HAS 167 00:05:38,400 --> 00:05:40,033 NOTHING TO DO WITH THE STATEWIDE 168 00:05:40,033 --> 00:05:41,100 ELECTIONS AND IT HAS EVERYTHING 169 00:05:41,100 --> 00:05:42,166 TO DO WITH THE STATE HOUSE AND 170 00:05:42,166 --> 00:05:44,233 IN THOSE REGARDS IT IS A BIG 171 00:05:44,233 --> 00:05:45,966 PROBLEM. 172 00:05:45,966 --> 00:05:46,633 IT'S A HUGE PROBLEM BECAUSE, 173 00:05:46,633 --> 00:05:48,066 LOOK, THE DEMOCRATS WILL AGREE 174 00:05:48,066 --> 00:05:49,600 ON SOME THINGS AND THIS IS WHAT 175 00:05:49,600 --> 00:05:50,933 PHIL MURPHY AND GOVERNOR MURPHY 176 00:05:50,933 --> 00:05:53,000 IS SAYING, WE'LL GET SOME THINGS 177 00:05:53,000 --> 00:05:54,100 DONE AND Y THEY'LL PASS 178 00:05:54,100 --> 00:05:55,033 LEGISLATION AND THE FACT THAT 179 00:05:55,033 --> 00:05:57,833 STEVE SWEENEY WILL BE SUCH A 180 00:05:57,833 --> 00:06:00,633 THORN IN HIS SIDE WILL HOLD UP 181 00:06:00,633 --> 00:06:01,566 NOMINATIONS AND WE'LL DERAIL 182 00:06:01,566 --> 00:06:03,666 CERTAIN PARTS OF HIS AGENDA, IF 183 00:06:03,666 --> 00:06:05,900 IT'S AS SMALL AS ENDING THE BEAR 184 00:06:05,900 --> 00:06:07,133 HUNT IN NEW JERSEY WHICH 185 00:06:07,133 --> 00:06:08,333 GOVERNOR MURPHY SAID HE WANTED 186 00:06:08,333 --> 00:06:09,100 TO DO. 187 00:06:09,100 --> 00:06:11,033 HE CAN'T EVEN DO THAT, SOMETHING 188 00:06:11,033 --> 00:06:13,400 AS SMALL AS THAT BECAUSE STEVE 189 00:06:13,400 --> 00:06:15,733 SWEENEY IS A THORN IN HIS SIDE 190 00:06:15,733 --> 00:06:16,966 SO HE CAN'T GET CERTAIN MEMBERS 191 00:06:16,966 --> 00:06:18,866 ON PANELS AND COMMITTEES AND 192 00:06:18,866 --> 00:06:22,500 THAT'S JUST A SMALL EXAMPLE. 193 00:06:22,500 --> 00:06:23,400 AND IT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AN 194 00:06:23,400 --> 00:06:25,500 ISSUE AND WHAT IT TELLS US EIGHT 195 00:06:25,500 --> 00:06:27,366 MONTHS IN IS THAT, YOU KNOW, 196 00:06:27,366 --> 00:06:28,700 EVERYBODY IS DIGGING IN ON THIS. 197 00:06:28,700 --> 00:06:30,833 THE GOVERNOR HAS NOT -- THE 198 00:06:30,833 --> 00:06:32,266 FRESHMAN GOVERNOR AND HE'S NOT 199 00:06:32,266 --> 00:06:35,166 TAKEN ANY LESSONS FROM THE 200 00:06:35,166 --> 00:06:36,066 BUDGET SIDE. 201 00:06:36,066 --> 00:06:38,300 HE'S STILL DUG IN AND WE KNOW 202 00:06:38,300 --> 00:06:39,833 THAT BECAUSE STEVE SWEENEY IS 203 00:06:39,833 --> 00:06:40,900 STILL TAKING SHOTS AND THAT'S 204 00:06:40,900 --> 00:06:43,000 NOT TO SAY IT'S THE GOVERNOR'S 205 00:06:43,000 --> 00:06:44,866 FAULT, BUT THE EXECUTIVE HAS TO 206 00:06:44,866 --> 00:06:46,166 WORK WITH THE LEGISLATIVE GRANT 207 00:06:46,166 --> 00:06:53,633 AND SO FAR IT'S -- JOHN, IS 208 00:06:53,633 --> 00:06:54,933 THERE ANY DANGER THAT ALL OF 209 00:06:54,933 --> 00:06:56,533 THIS POLITICAL INFIGHTING WILL 210 00:06:56,533 --> 00:06:58,300 JUST HAVE SOME PEOPLE STAYING 211 00:06:58,300 --> 00:06:59,100 HOME AND WHAT THE DEMOCRATS NEED 212 00:06:59,100 --> 00:07:01,266 IS A BIG TURNOUT. 213 00:07:01,266 --> 00:07:01,933 >> YEAH. 214 00:07:01,933 --> 00:07:03,900 I MEAN, I THINK THE BIG THING 215 00:07:03,900 --> 00:07:06,700 THAT WOULD -- THAT OTHERWISE 216 00:07:06,700 --> 00:07:08,666 WOULD BE A BIG CONCERN THAT YOU 217 00:07:08,666 --> 00:07:10,666 HAVE, AS CHARLIE SAID, ALL OF 218 00:07:10,666 --> 00:07:12,800 THIS ENTHUSIASM, AND WHAT I 219 00:07:12,800 --> 00:07:13,933 WOULD SAY IS THE TOP OF THE 220 00:07:13,933 --> 00:07:15,166 TICKET AND IT'S NOT REALLY THE 221 00:07:15,166 --> 00:07:16,966 TOP OF THE TICKET AND PEOPLE 222 00:07:16,966 --> 00:07:20,933 WANTING TO HAVE A CHECK ON THE 223 00:07:20,933 --> 00:07:23,000 PRESIDENT AND SO WHETHER THAT'S 224 00:07:23,000 --> 00:07:25,233 THE SENATE RACE OR THE HOUSE 225 00:07:25,233 --> 00:07:28,300 RACES, YOU HAVE A SITUATION 226 00:07:28,300 --> 00:07:30,900 WHERE THAT WILL PREVAIL IN THE 227 00:07:30,900 --> 00:07:32,200 UNITY AND IT'S CLASSIC THAT NJ 228 00:07:32,200 --> 00:07:33,400 DEMOCRATS IN A YEAR WHEN THIS 229 00:07:33,400 --> 00:07:35,566 BRASS RING OF, YOU KNOW, 230 00:07:35,566 --> 00:07:37,700 TAKING -- MAYBE HAVING ALL OF 231 00:07:37,700 --> 00:07:39,766 THIS HOUSE SEATS BECOME 232 00:07:39,766 --> 00:07:40,666 DEMOCRATIC IN NEW JERSEY. 233 00:07:40,666 --> 00:07:42,400 WHEN HAS THAT POSSIBILITY EVER 234 00:07:42,400 --> 00:07:43,433 BEEN THERE. 235 00:07:43,433 --> 00:07:45,566 THEY CAN'T GET THEIR ACT 236 00:07:45,566 --> 00:07:46,733 TOGETHER AND HAVE EVENTS AS ALL 237 00:07:46,733 --> 00:07:48,166 A UNIFIED GROUP. 238 00:07:48,166 --> 00:07:49,666 THE ONE THING I WILL SAY TO 239 00:07:49,666 --> 00:07:51,866 MATT'S POINT IS IF YOU ACCEPT 240 00:07:51,866 --> 00:07:53,366 THE PREMISE OF THE POLICIES THAT 241 00:07:53,366 --> 00:07:55,033 YOU'RE TRYING TO ENACT ARE GOOD 242 00:07:55,033 --> 00:07:56,100 THINGS FOR NEW JERSEY RESIDENTS 243 00:07:56,100 --> 00:07:57,566 AND WHETHER THAT'S INCREASING 244 00:07:57,566 --> 00:08:00,100 THE MINIMUM WAGE AND LEGALIZING 245 00:08:00,100 --> 00:08:01,233 RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA, THE 246 00:08:01,233 --> 00:08:05,900 PERSONAL DISAGREEMENTS SEEM TO 247 00:08:05,900 --> 00:08:07,166 BE GETTING IN THE WAY OF THE 248 00:08:07,166 --> 00:08:08,366 PROGRESS ON THE POLICY 249 00:08:08,366 --> 00:08:09,266 ACCOMPLISHMENT. 250 00:08:09,266 --> 00:08:12,566 >> IF WE ACCEPT THE PREMISE THAT 251 00:08:12,566 --> 00:08:13,566 THESE WILL IMPROVE THE LIVES OF 252 00:08:13,566 --> 00:08:15,000 NEW JERSEY RESIDENT, THEN YES, 253 00:08:15,000 --> 00:08:16,266 WHAT IS STANDING IN THE WAY OF 254 00:08:16,266 --> 00:08:17,666 SOME OF THESE THINGS REACHING 255 00:08:17,666 --> 00:08:20,100 THE FINISH LINE ARE TRUE POLICY 256 00:08:20,100 --> 00:08:21,933 CONCERNS AND JUST PERSONAL 257 00:08:21,933 --> 00:08:22,666 DISAGREEMENTS AND THAT'S NOT 258 00:08:22,666 --> 00:08:23,733 GOOD FOR ANYBODY. 259 00:08:23,733 --> 00:08:29,100 >> I WOULD JUST SAY TO BOLSTER 260 00:08:29,100 --> 00:08:33,033 MATT'S POINT, THE DYE WAS CAST, 261 00:08:33,033 --> 00:08:34,566 AS WE HAVE THE GROUND AND THE 262 00:08:34,566 --> 00:08:36,966 STAKES AND EACH SIDE WAS -- AND 263 00:08:36,966 --> 00:08:39,666 I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THAT 264 00:08:39,666 --> 00:08:46,033 STAY THERE, AND IT'S ONLY GOING 265 00:08:46,033 --> 00:08:50,200 TO KALS PHI, AND YOU HAVE TO 266 00:08:50,200 --> 00:08:52,700 WONDER IS THERE ANY WAY TO 267 00:08:52,700 --> 00:08:53,800 APPROACH IT AND I DON'T SEE IT 268 00:08:53,800 --> 00:08:56,733 AND YOU HAVE TO WONDER ABOUT 269 00:08:56,733 --> 00:08:57,800 SWEENEY'S LONG-TERM AMBITION, 270 00:08:57,800 --> 00:09:03,533 TOO, AS HE STARTS BUILDING THE 271 00:09:03,533 --> 00:09:05,866 BASE AND PIECES FOR MURPHY DOWN 272 00:09:05,866 --> 00:09:06,433 THE ROAD. 273 00:09:06,433 --> 00:09:09,533 ALL OF THIS WITH JUST A FEW 274 00:09:09,533 --> 00:09:11,366 LET ME THROW THIS ON TOP OF 275 00:09:11,366 --> 00:09:11,666 THAT. 276 00:09:11,666 --> 00:09:14,600 THE NEW 800-POUND GORILLA INTO 277 00:09:14,600 --> 00:09:21,033 THE POLITICAL ZOO OF NEW JERSEY, 278 00:09:21,033 --> 00:09:24,333 MICHAEL SLOVINO AND HE MANAGED 279 00:09:24,333 --> 00:09:27,033 TO OFFEND BLACK, SIKHS AND ALL 280 00:09:27,033 --> 00:09:29,266 POLITICIANS IN NEW JERSEY IN ONE 281 00:09:29,266 --> 00:09:29,833 PRIVATE CONVERSATION. 282 00:09:29,833 --> 00:09:32,466 WHAT ARE THE RAMIFICATIONS ON 283 00:09:32,466 --> 00:09:34,200 THIS, ON ANYTHING? 284 00:09:34,200 --> 00:09:36,800 >> LET'S START WITH IF YOU ARE A 285 00:09:36,800 --> 00:09:38,866 PUBLIC OFFICIAL YOU MUST ASSUME 286 00:09:38,866 --> 00:09:39,900 THAT EVERY CONVERSATION YOU HAVE 287 00:09:39,900 --> 00:09:41,266 IS BEING TAPED. 288 00:09:41,266 --> 00:09:43,833 YOU MUST ASSUME IT BECAUSE 289 00:09:43,833 --> 00:09:49,000 EVERYBODY -- HAS IN THEIR POCKET 290 00:09:49,000 --> 00:09:51,533 A DEVICE BY WHICH YOU CAN BE 291 00:09:51,533 --> 00:09:52,666 RIDICULOUSED AND YOU HAVE TO BE 292 00:09:52,666 --> 00:09:54,000 INCREDIBLY STUPID TO SAY THINGS 293 00:09:54,000 --> 00:09:54,966 LIKE THIS EVEN IN A PRIVATE 294 00:09:54,966 --> 00:09:55,366 MEETING. 295 00:09:55,366 --> 00:09:57,266 >> BUT DOES THE FACT THAT HE 296 00:09:57,266 --> 00:10:01,400 THOUGHT IT WAS A PRIVATE 297 00:10:01,400 --> 00:10:02,633 CONVERSATION CHANGE ANYTHING? 298 00:10:02,633 --> 00:10:04,300 THOSE WERE HIS PRIVATE THOUGHTS. 299 00:10:04,300 --> 00:10:13,666 HE SAID THAT NOTHING IN HIS 300 00:10:13,666 --> 00:10:15,266 PUBLIC LIFE HAS BEEN REFLECTIVE 301 00:10:15,266 --> 00:10:16,000 OF THAT. 302 00:10:16,000 --> 00:10:17,166 >> IT DOESN'T MATTER. 303 00:10:17,166 --> 00:10:19,200 >> WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IS NOT A 304 00:10:19,200 --> 00:10:26,000 SCRUBBED PUBLIC STATEMENT, BUT, 305 00:10:26,000 --> 00:10:27,600 YOU KNOW, FEEL NEGLIGENCE RAW 306 00:10:27,600 --> 00:10:29,900 CANDOR AND WHETHER IT DID OR NOT 307 00:10:29,900 --> 00:10:31,633 IT'S IMMATERIAL NOW FOR HIM, AND 308 00:10:31,633 --> 00:10:33,433 EVERYTHING THAT HE SAYS WILL BE 309 00:10:33,433 --> 00:10:34,833 SEEN THROUGH THAT. 310 00:10:34,833 --> 00:10:37,333 SO THAT'S REALLY UNFORTUNATE FOR 311 00:10:37,333 --> 00:10:39,966 THE SHERIFF, BUT THAT'S, YOU 312 00:10:39,966 --> 00:10:42,833 KNOW, AND HE DIDN'T TRY TO DENY 313 00:10:42,833 --> 00:10:44,366 IT, SO -- 314 00:10:44,366 --> 00:10:48,566 >> HOW CAN HE? 315 00:10:48,566 --> 00:10:51,566 IT'S LEAK A CRAZY UNCLE JOE AT 316 00:10:51,566 --> 00:10:51,900 DINNER. 317 00:10:51,900 --> 00:10:54,966 >> THE SHERIFF OF -- OF -- THE 318 00:10:54,966 --> 00:10:56,700 LARGEST, SECOND LARGEST COUNTY 319 00:10:56,700 --> 00:10:57,600 IN THE STATE. 320 00:10:57,600 --> 00:11:01,200 >> AND OVERSEAS AND THE SECOND 321 00:11:01,200 --> 00:11:03,466 BIGGEST NEXT TO THE PROSECUTOR, 322 00:11:03,466 --> 00:11:06,400 LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL TALKING 323 00:11:06,400 --> 00:11:08,933 ABOUT UNDERPRIVILEGED OR 324 00:11:08,933 --> 00:11:10,766 MINORITY GROUPS IN THIS WAY AND 325 00:11:10,766 --> 00:11:12,366 FRANKLY, AS WE KNOW THE HISTORY 326 00:11:12,366 --> 00:11:15,666 OF LAW ENFORCEMENT, YOU KNOW, 327 00:11:15,666 --> 00:11:18,800 THEY'VE -- AND IT'S A TREMENDOUS 328 00:11:18,800 --> 00:11:19,133 TENSION. 329 00:11:19,133 --> 00:11:21,000 >> I THINK THERE'S MAJOR TENSION 330 00:11:21,000 --> 00:11:22,066 BETWEEN THOSE TWO GROUPS AND 331 00:11:22,066 --> 00:11:28,200 HERE YOU HAVE THE TOP COP 332 00:11:28,200 --> 00:11:29,600 SAYING, MAKING THESE RIDICULOUS 333 00:11:29,600 --> 00:11:31,066 AND VULGAR COMMENTS ABOUT 334 00:11:31,066 --> 00:11:31,400 BLACKS. 335 00:11:31,400 --> 00:11:33,866 >> LET'S PUT IT IN THE BROADER 336 00:11:33,866 --> 00:11:37,266 CONTEXT OF THINGS HAPPENING IN 337 00:11:37,266 --> 00:11:38,233 THE STATE AND LAW ENFORCEMENT 338 00:11:38,233 --> 00:11:40,400 COMMUNITY AND SOME THINGS ARE 339 00:11:40,400 --> 00:11:41,633 BEING SAID THAT ARE UNFOUNDED 340 00:11:41,633 --> 00:11:43,400 AND HERE YOU HAVE A SITUATION 341 00:11:43,400 --> 00:11:44,666 WHERE IT DOES NOT DO WELL FOR 342 00:11:44,666 --> 00:11:45,866 LAW ENFORCEMENT TRYING TO PUT 343 00:11:45,866 --> 00:11:47,233 ITS BEST FOOT FORWARD WHEN YOU 344 00:11:47,233 --> 00:11:49,900 HAVE A HIGH-RANKING OFFICIAL 345 00:11:49,900 --> 00:11:50,466 SPEAKING IN THIS WAY. 346 00:11:50,466 --> 00:11:51,766 >> CORRECT, WHETHER MEANT TO SAY 347 00:11:51,766 --> 00:11:55,766 IT PUBLICLY OR NOT, IT'S SAID 348 00:11:55,766 --> 00:11:56,866 AND THE DAMAGE IS DONE. 349 00:11:56,866 --> 00:11:58,400 SO IF YOU'RE A MEMBER OF ONE OF 350 00:11:58,400 --> 00:12:00,166 THESE COMMUNITIES AND YOU HEAR 351 00:12:00,166 --> 00:12:00,800 SOMEONE IN LAW ENFORCEMENT 352 00:12:00,800 --> 00:12:02,300 SPEAKING THIS WAY, IT JUST 353 00:12:02,300 --> 00:12:03,433 VALIDATES ALL OF THE THINGS THAT 354 00:12:03,433 --> 00:12:04,433 YOU THINK IS BAD WITH LAW 355 00:12:04,433 --> 00:12:05,833 ENFORCEMENT TO BEGIN WITH, 356 00:12:05,833 --> 00:12:07,466 WHETHER THEY'RE TRUE OR NOT. 357 00:12:07,466 --> 00:12:10,266 >> SO UNANIMOUS CONDEMNATION OF 358 00:12:10,266 --> 00:12:11,200 THESE COMMENTS. 359 00:12:11,200 --> 00:12:13,466 HE HAS APOLOGIZED AND IT DOESN'T 360 00:12:13,466 --> 00:12:18,166 REFLECT THE PERSON THAT HE IS 361 00:12:18,166 --> 00:12:20,500 TODAY AND A, IS THAT ENOUGH AND 362 00:12:20,500 --> 00:12:21,966 B, IS THAT ENOUGH? 363 00:12:21,966 --> 00:12:24,133 >> BERGEN COUNTY ELECTED 364 00:12:24,133 --> 00:12:25,866 OFFICIALS ARE SAYING HE SHOULD 365 00:12:25,866 --> 00:12:27,266 STEP ASIDE. 366 00:12:27,266 --> 00:12:28,200 IT LOOKS LIKE THE WRITING IS ON 367 00:12:28,200 --> 00:12:28,666 THE WALL. 368 00:12:28,666 --> 00:12:31,766 HE DOESN'T HAVE SUPPORT FROM 369 00:12:31,766 --> 00:12:32,466 ANYONE IN HIS OWN PARTY AND HE 370 00:12:32,466 --> 00:12:34,200 WAS A REPUBLICAN AND NOW HE'S A 371 00:12:34,200 --> 00:12:36,533 DEMOCRATIC SHERIFF AND NO 372 00:12:36,533 --> 00:12:37,633 SUPPORT IN THE PARTY AND I KNOW 373 00:12:37,633 --> 00:12:39,533 HE'S UP FOR ELECTION NEXT YEAR, 374 00:12:39,533 --> 00:12:40,733 SO I DON'T KNOW HOW THE PROCESS 375 00:12:40,733 --> 00:12:42,033 WORKS WITH ALL OF THAT IN TERMS 376 00:12:42,033 --> 00:12:43,300 OF GETTING SOMEBODY ELSE IN 377 00:12:43,300 --> 00:12:44,366 THERE, BUT LOOK. 378 00:12:44,366 --> 00:12:49,166 THE WRITING SEEMS TO BE ON THE 379 00:12:49,166 --> 00:12:50,833 WALL AND EVERYBODY WHO SHOULD BE 380 00:12:50,833 --> 00:12:53,666 THE ALLY IS SAYING STEP ASIDE. 381 00:12:53,666 --> 00:12:57,133 >> HE'S GOT, WHAT? 382 00:12:57,133 --> 00:12:58,066 A YEAR LEFT? 383 00:12:58,066 --> 00:12:58,933 >> I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE 384 00:12:58,933 --> 00:13:00,433 LEVERAGE IS GOING COME FROM. 385 00:13:00,433 --> 00:13:03,566 I THINK HE IS A CONSTITUTIONAL 386 00:13:03,566 --> 00:13:08,400 OFFICER AND HE'S ELECTED AND HE 387 00:13:08,400 --> 00:13:10,833 CAN ARGUE WELL AND LET THE 388 00:13:10,833 --> 00:13:12,800 VOTERS DECIDE. 389 00:13:12,800 --> 00:13:14,266 >> I DON'T KNOW WHAT LEVERAGE 390 00:13:14,266 --> 00:13:16,700 THE BERGEN DEMOCRATIC PARTY HAS 391 00:13:16,700 --> 00:13:17,833 TO GET HIM OUT OF THERE. 392 00:13:17,833 --> 00:13:19,466 >> IF IT'S IN THE NEWS AND IT 393 00:13:19,466 --> 00:13:22,100 CONTINUES TO MAKE THE STORY THAT 394 00:13:22,100 --> 00:13:22,833 MIGHT MAKE THE DIFFERENCE AND 395 00:13:22,833 --> 00:13:25,933 THE DEMOCRATS -- BERGEN COUNTY 396 00:13:25,933 --> 00:13:29,366 WOULD NEED TO GET 150,000 397 00:13:29,366 --> 00:13:30,400 SIGNATURES IN A WEEK. 398 00:13:30,400 --> 00:13:33,200 >> RUNNING AGAIN WOULD BE 399 00:13:33,200 --> 00:13:34,133 EXTREMELY DIFFICULT. 400 00:13:34,133 --> 00:13:35,233 THE PARTY WOULD NOMINATE 401 00:13:35,233 --> 00:13:35,666 SOMEBODY ELSE. 402 00:13:35,666 --> 00:13:36,366 >> IS IT A DANGER TO DEMOCRATS 403 00:13:36,366 --> 00:13:38,800 RIGHT NOW? 404 00:13:38,800 --> 00:13:47,033 AS THEY TRY ASK PRESENT -- NO. 405 00:13:47,033 --> 00:13:48,700 HE'S NOT CONSIDERED A GOOD 406 00:13:48,700 --> 00:13:49,466 DEMOCRAT. 407 00:13:49,466 --> 00:13:50,800 >> HE WAS A REPUBLICAN WHO 408 00:13:50,800 --> 00:13:51,766 SWITCHED PARTIES. 409 00:13:51,766 --> 00:13:54,333 >> AND BACK TO THE EARLIER 410 00:13:54,333 --> 00:13:55,133 ISSUE, THIS ELECTION IS 411 00:13:55,133 --> 00:13:56,100 EVERYTHING ABOUT TRUMP AND 412 00:13:56,100 --> 00:13:57,500 NOTHING ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON 413 00:13:57,500 --> 00:13:58,500 STATEWIDE IN NEW JERSEY. 414 00:13:58,500 --> 00:14:01,700 IT'S ALL ABOUT PRESIDENT DONALD 415 00:14:01,700 --> 00:14:04,033 TRUMP WITH THE EXCEPTION OF 416 00:14:04,033 --> 00:14:05,533 MENENDEZ AND HIS RACE IS 417 00:14:05,533 --> 00:14:06,966 DIFFERENT BECAUSE HE'S EMBROILED 418 00:14:06,966 --> 00:14:09,166 IN HIS OWN CONTROVERSY, BUT 419 00:14:09,166 --> 00:14:10,500 OTHER THAN THAT, IT'S JUST ALL 420 00:14:10,500 --> 00:14:10,933 TRUMP. 421 00:14:10,933 --> 00:14:13,633 >> DESPITE THE ADVICE FROM THE 422 00:14:13,633 --> 00:14:15,000 NATIONAL PARTY WHICH WAS TO ALL 423 00:14:15,000 --> 00:14:16,700 THESE HOUSE RACES, KEEP IT 424 00:14:16,700 --> 00:14:17,500 LOCAL, STUPID. 425 00:14:17,500 --> 00:14:19,666 IN NEW JERSEY, TRUMP IS A MUCH 426 00:14:19,666 --> 00:14:20,700 BIGGER ISSUE THAN THE STATE 427 00:14:20,700 --> 00:14:21,100 ISSUES. 428 00:14:21,100 --> 00:14:21,933 >> 100%. 429 00:14:21,933 --> 00:14:22,433 >> YEAH. 430 00:14:22,433 --> 00:14:24,866 >> LET'S GO TO SOME OF THOSE 431 00:14:24,866 --> 00:14:25,233 MIDTERMS. 432 00:14:25,233 --> 00:14:28,000 SOME NEWS THIS WEEK OUT OF THE 433 00:14:28,000 --> 00:14:35,166 SEVENTH DISTRICT WHERE I GUESS 434 00:14:35,166 --> 00:14:37,300 IT WAS MONMOUTH POLL AND THE 435 00:14:37,300 --> 00:14:39,733 INCUMBENT, 47-39. 436 00:14:39,733 --> 00:14:40,633 SURPRISED ANY OF YOU? 437 00:14:40,633 --> 00:14:42,633 >> I'M SURPRISED THAT THE 438 00:14:42,633 --> 00:14:44,366 MAGNITUDE OF IT. 439 00:14:44,366 --> 00:14:44,666 YEAH. 440 00:14:44,666 --> 00:14:45,800 >> WITH LIKELY VOTERS? 441 00:14:45,800 --> 00:14:47,233 >> OH, YEAH. 442 00:14:47,233 --> 00:14:49,300 >> AMONG LIKELY VOTERS, THE 443 00:14:49,300 --> 00:14:51,100 MARGIN WAS ONLY A FEW POINTS AND 444 00:14:51,100 --> 00:14:52,900 IT WAS IN THE MARGIN OF ERROR. 445 00:14:52,900 --> 00:14:55,466 >> BUT THE DEMOCRATIC CHALLENGER 446 00:14:55,466 --> 00:14:58,333 WAS STILL UP AND HOWEVER THAT 447 00:14:58,333 --> 00:14:58,933 ADVANTAGE SHRUNK. 448 00:14:58,933 --> 00:15:00,300 >> YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT 449 00:15:00,300 --> 00:15:01,533 DISTRICT IS ONE OF THOSE THAT 450 00:15:01,533 --> 00:15:06,833 ARE MOST IMPACTED BY THE TRUMP 451 00:15:06,833 --> 00:15:08,300 AND THE HOUSE REPUBLICAN TAX 452 00:15:08,300 --> 00:15:09,166 CHANGES FROM LAST YEAR. 453 00:15:09,166 --> 00:15:14,066 THE PART OF IT THAT AFFECTS THE 454 00:15:14,066 --> 00:15:15,466 PEOPLE WHO AREN'T GOING TO 455 00:15:15,466 --> 00:15:17,533 BENEFIT FROM THE BIGGER STANDARD 456 00:15:17,533 --> 00:15:18,966 DEDUCTION AND WILL GET HIT BY A 457 00:15:18,966 --> 00:15:20,633 NEW CAP ON HOW MUCH THEY CAN 458 00:15:20,633 --> 00:15:22,900 DEDUCT IN STATE AND LOCAL TAXES. 459 00:15:22,900 --> 00:15:26,766 SO EVEN THOUGH LANCE OPPOSES 460 00:15:26,766 --> 00:15:30,766 THAT AND HAD OPPOSED THAT CAP 461 00:15:30,766 --> 00:15:32,633 BEING PUT IN PLACE AND THESE 462 00:15:32,633 --> 00:15:35,333 FORCES ARE BIGGER THAN WHAT YOUR 463 00:15:35,333 --> 00:15:35,666 LOCAL -- 464 00:15:35,666 --> 00:15:36,566 >> AND HILLARY CLINTON CARRIED 465 00:15:36,566 --> 00:15:38,300 THAT DISTRICT, BUT SHE CARRIED 466 00:15:38,300 --> 00:15:38,666 IT. 467 00:15:38,666 --> 00:15:42,400 >> POINT BY POINT AND TAKE A 468 00:15:42,400 --> 00:15:45,800 LOOK AT THE DEMOCRATIC 469 00:15:45,800 --> 00:15:49,233 REGISTRATION AND IT'S GROWN 470 00:15:49,233 --> 00:15:51,900 EXPONENTIALLY OVER THE PAST FOUR 471 00:15:51,900 --> 00:15:53,566 OR SIX YEARS AND IT'S BECOME 472 00:15:53,566 --> 00:15:56,700 THIS HOTBED OF RESISTANCE 473 00:15:56,700 --> 00:15:57,600 ACTIVISM AND I DON'T KNOW. 474 00:15:57,600 --> 00:16:00,766 THOSE NUMBERS DID SURPRISE ME A 475 00:16:00,766 --> 00:16:02,533 LITTLE BIT, AND IT'S BEEN A 476 00:16:02,533 --> 00:16:04,933 COMPETITIVE DISTRICT IN THE 477 00:16:04,933 --> 00:16:06,700 PAST, BUT HE'S ALWAYS HELD ON, 478 00:16:06,700 --> 00:16:07,066 LEONARD. 479 00:16:07,066 --> 00:16:10,800 >> TO WHAT CAN WE ATTRIBUTE THE 480 00:16:10,800 --> 00:16:11,166 SURPRISE? 481 00:16:11,166 --> 00:16:12,533 >> TWO WORDS. 482 00:16:12,533 --> 00:16:14,433 >> DONALD TRUMP. 483 00:16:14,433 --> 00:16:16,500 >> WHOSE GOLF COURSE -- YOU SAID 484 00:16:16,500 --> 00:16:18,166 YOU WERE SURPRISED. 485 00:16:18,166 --> 00:16:19,600 YOU WERE SURPRISED WHY? 486 00:16:19,600 --> 00:16:22,166 >> I THINK, IF YOU LOOK AT THE 487 00:16:22,166 --> 00:16:23,600 HISTORICAL PATTERN IN THE 488 00:16:23,600 --> 00:16:23,966 DISTRICT. 489 00:16:23,966 --> 00:16:29,666 IT DOESN'T REALLY SURPRISE ME, 490 00:16:29,666 --> 00:16:31,000 MAYBE THAT'S THE WRONG WORD. 491 00:16:31,000 --> 00:16:32,933 >> AND HE HAS HIS OWN FOLLOWING 492 00:16:32,933 --> 00:16:34,400 AND HE'S DISTANCED HIMSELF FROM 493 00:16:34,400 --> 00:16:34,700 TRUMP. 494 00:16:34,700 --> 00:16:36,166 >> HE HAS THIS REPUTATION THAT 495 00:16:36,166 --> 00:16:38,666 HE'S BUILT AS SORT OF THIS 496 00:16:38,666 --> 00:16:42,966 PRAGMATIC MODERATE WHEN THE TOWN 497 00:16:42,966 --> 00:16:44,900 HALLS AND WITH THE ATTEMPT TO 498 00:16:44,900 --> 00:16:47,233 REPEAL THE ACA AND THE OBAMACARE 499 00:16:47,233 --> 00:16:49,966 WAS THE TOP ISSUE OF FURY AT THE 500 00:16:49,966 --> 00:16:51,700 TIME, AND HE TOOK THE BRAVE STEP 501 00:16:51,700 --> 00:16:53,500 AND THE POLITICALLY BRAVE STEP 502 00:16:53,500 --> 00:17:02,266 OF CONFRONTING HIS TORMENTOR 503 00:17:02,266 --> 00:17:04,333 CRITICS AND HE GOT A LOT OF 504 00:17:04,333 --> 00:17:06,433 NATIONAL PRESS FOR THAT. 505 00:17:06,433 --> 00:17:07,866 >> INCUMBENCY DOES COME WITH A 506 00:17:07,866 --> 00:17:09,600 LOT OF BENEFITS AND ESPECIALLY 507 00:17:09,600 --> 00:17:11,433 WITH THE CASE LIKE LEONARD LANCE 508 00:17:11,433 --> 00:17:13,600 AND HE'S BEEN THERE FOR DECADES 509 00:17:13,600 --> 00:17:15,833 AND IT'S ALSO INCUMBENCY THAT 510 00:17:15,833 --> 00:17:17,233 COMES WITH THE ADVANTAGE OF 511 00:17:17,233 --> 00:17:18,966 FOLKS REALLY KNOW WHO YOU ARE. 512 00:17:18,966 --> 00:17:21,133 >> WHEN CHARLIE IS SAYING A BIT 513 00:17:21,133 --> 00:17:23,633 OF A SURPRISE AND HE'S A KNOWN 514 00:17:23,633 --> 00:17:23,966 ENTITY. 515 00:17:23,966 --> 00:17:25,833 >> HE'S A WILEY POLITICIAN. 516 00:17:25,833 --> 00:17:27,033 WHEN HE WAS UNDER PRESSURE FROM 517 00:17:27,033 --> 00:17:28,700 THE TEA PARTY HE SHIFTED TO THE 518 00:17:28,700 --> 00:17:29,000 RIGHT. 519 00:17:29,000 --> 00:17:33,633 >> YOU LOOK AT HIS RECORD ON KEY 520 00:17:33,633 --> 00:17:35,200 ISSUES, IMMIGRATION, GUN, HEALTH 521 00:17:35,200 --> 00:17:35,633 CARE. 522 00:17:35,633 --> 00:17:38,666 HE BENDS IT TO PROTECT HIS FLANK 523 00:17:38,666 --> 00:17:39,933 AND IN THE LAST TWO YEARS YOU 524 00:17:39,933 --> 00:17:41,466 SEE HIM ON HIS VERY ISSUES AND 525 00:17:41,466 --> 00:17:43,666 HE MOVES TO THE CENTER AND IT 526 00:17:43,666 --> 00:17:47,500 MAY NOT BE ENOUGH. 527 00:17:47,500 --> 00:17:50,433 >> HE'S A MEMBER OF THE PROBLEM 528 00:17:50,433 --> 00:17:51,666 SOLVER'S CAUCUS. 529 00:17:51,666 --> 00:17:53,866 >> NOBODY AT HOME IS -- 530 00:17:53,866 --> 00:17:57,033 >> WHAT HE'S DOING IS TRYING TO 531 00:17:57,033 --> 00:17:58,900 POSITION HIMSELF IN THE MIDDLE 532 00:17:58,900 --> 00:17:59,266 SOMEWHERE. 533 00:17:59,266 --> 00:18:02,400 >> I WAS SURPRISED BY THE 534 00:18:02,400 --> 00:18:02,766 MAGNITUDE. 535 00:18:02,766 --> 00:18:04,966 I STILL THINK IT'S A VERY CLOSE 536 00:18:04,966 --> 00:18:05,266 RACE. 537 00:18:05,266 --> 00:18:08,866 >> THE INCUMBENCY OR THE 538 00:18:08,866 --> 00:18:09,900 MCARTHUR INCUMBENCY, BECAUSE 539 00:18:09,900 --> 00:18:11,466 HE'S GOT A LOT THAT HE CAN POINT 540 00:18:11,466 --> 00:18:14,533 TO AND A LOT THAT CAN BE POINTED 541 00:18:14,533 --> 00:18:14,800 TO. 542 00:18:14,800 --> 00:18:15,900 >> EVEN BEFORE HE REPRESENTED 543 00:18:15,900 --> 00:18:17,333 THAT AREA IN THE STATE 544 00:18:17,333 --> 00:18:18,366 LEGISLATURE FOREVER. 545 00:18:18,366 --> 00:18:20,933 >> IF YOU LOOK AT ALSO SOME OF 546 00:18:20,933 --> 00:18:24,133 THE SUPER PAC ADS ATTACKING THE 547 00:18:24,133 --> 00:18:25,733 DISTRICT, THEY'RE LIKE ACID BATH 548 00:18:25,733 --> 00:18:26,800 TYPE OF ADS. 549 00:18:26,800 --> 00:18:28,966 IT'S JUST WAY OVER THE TOP AND I 550 00:18:28,966 --> 00:18:34,466 DON'T KNOW WHETHER THIS POLL IS 551 00:18:34,466 --> 00:18:36,000 YET, AND WE'LL HAVE TO SEE IF 552 00:18:36,000 --> 00:18:37,900 THIS IS A REPUDIATION OF THAT 553 00:18:37,900 --> 00:18:39,900 APPROACH AND AN ATTACK AND IT 554 00:18:39,900 --> 00:18:43,300 DOESN'T REALLY ATTACK HIM ON 555 00:18:43,300 --> 00:18:45,733 POLICY, JUST ON TRYING TO 556 00:18:45,733 --> 00:18:48,633 DISCREDIT HIS PERSONAL STATURE. 557 00:18:48,633 --> 00:18:53,066 I DON'T KNOW. 558 00:18:53,066 --> 00:18:55,766 MAYBE IF IT CONTINUES AND YOU'RE 559 00:18:55,766 --> 00:18:58,366 DOING THE RACE IS CLOSE. 560 00:18:58,366 --> 00:19:00,633 >> IN THE 11th, WE WERE TALKING 561 00:19:00,633 --> 00:19:02,100 ABOUT DONALD TRUMP. 562 00:19:02,100 --> 00:19:06,066 HE ENDORSED, A FULL-THROATED 563 00:19:06,066 --> 00:19:07,400 ENDORSEMENT OF JAKE WEBBER. 564 00:19:07,400 --> 00:19:08,366 GOOD NEWS FOR HIM? 565 00:19:08,366 --> 00:19:10,233 >> THIS GOES BACK TO EVERYTHING 566 00:19:10,233 --> 00:19:11,766 ABOUT BEING ABOUT DONALD TRUMP, 567 00:19:11,766 --> 00:19:12,066 RIGHT? 568 00:19:12,066 --> 00:19:13,433 GREAT NEWS PROBABLY FOR JAY 569 00:19:13,433 --> 00:19:14,300 WEBBER IN THE SENSE THAT DONALD 570 00:19:14,300 --> 00:19:16,266 TRUMP TWEETED OUT ENDORSEMENT 571 00:19:16,266 --> 00:19:18,166 AND JAY WEBBER RE-TWEETED IT, 572 00:19:18,166 --> 00:19:19,833 BUT WILLING TO BET THAT THAT'S 573 00:19:19,833 --> 00:19:21,233 GOING TO BE COMING UP IN A 574 00:19:21,233 --> 00:19:22,733 CAMPAIGN AD FOR CHERYL, RIGHT? 575 00:19:22,733 --> 00:19:24,633 SO IF SHE'S GOING TO BE DOING 576 00:19:24,633 --> 00:19:26,566 EVERYTHING SHE CAN TO LOB THAT 577 00:19:26,566 --> 00:19:27,366 AGAINST HIM. 578 00:19:27,366 --> 00:19:30,333 >> SHE'S GOT BOAT LOADS OF MONEY 579 00:19:30,333 --> 00:19:31,600 AND HE DOESN'T. 580 00:19:31,600 --> 00:19:33,166 >> IS JAY WEBBER CALLING THE 581 00:19:33,166 --> 00:19:36,966 WHITE HOUSE SAYING, HEY, MAN, I 582 00:19:36,966 --> 00:19:38,366 REALLY NEED THAT ENDORSEMENT 583 00:19:38,366 --> 00:19:39,433 FROM YOU, POTUS. 584 00:19:39,433 --> 00:19:43,366 >> IN TERMS OF THE REPUBLICAN 585 00:19:43,366 --> 00:19:44,600 FIGURES IN NEW JERSEY, HE'S 586 00:19:44,600 --> 00:19:45,900 PRETTY FAR TO THE RIGHT AS A 587 00:19:45,900 --> 00:19:46,866 STATE OFFICIAL. 588 00:19:46,866 --> 00:19:49,266 IT DOESN'T SURPRISE ME THAT HE 589 00:19:49,266 --> 00:19:51,100 WOULD EMBRACE ENDORSEMENT JUST 590 00:19:51,100 --> 00:19:52,233 BECAUSE OF WHERE YOU ARE 591 00:19:52,233 --> 00:19:52,900 POLITICALLY. 592 00:19:52,900 --> 00:19:55,333 >> HE ALSO NEEDS THAT BASE 593 00:19:55,333 --> 00:19:57,166 SOLIDIFIED BY, HE CAN'T WIN 594 00:19:57,166 --> 00:19:58,933 WITHOUT THE REPUBLICAN SPACE 595 00:19:58,933 --> 00:20:00,833 SOLIDIFIED AND THAT PUTS THE 596 00:20:00,833 --> 00:20:02,666 STILLS AND THE DILEMMA THAT HE'S 597 00:20:02,666 --> 00:20:03,233 IN. 598 00:20:03,233 --> 00:20:04,833 >> YOU CAN'T EVEN PRESENT THAT 599 00:20:04,833 --> 00:20:05,133 BASE. 600 00:20:05,133 --> 00:20:07,966 IT'S NOT A CHANCE UNLESS THEY'RE 601 00:20:07,966 --> 00:20:10,500 BEHIND HIM AT 85%. 602 00:20:10,500 --> 00:20:12,566 AND YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN SO 603 00:20:12,566 --> 00:20:13,466 LONG-WINDED TODAY THAT WE'LL 604 00:20:13,466 --> 00:20:14,200 MOVE ON. 605 00:20:14,200 --> 00:20:18,333 >> JUST TODAY? 606 00:20:18,333 --> 00:20:21,733 >> I WANT TO KEEP YOU GUYS TIGHT 607 00:20:21,733 --> 00:20:24,133 TIME WISE WITH THE CITY 608 00:20:24,133 --> 00:20:25,633 COUNCILMAN MARCELLUS JACKSON WHO 609 00:20:25,633 --> 00:20:28,866 WAS HIRED BY THE ADMINISTRATION 610 00:20:28,866 --> 00:20:30,766 FOR A JOB IN THE EDUCATION 611 00:20:30,766 --> 00:20:31,866 DEPARTMENT AND HE'D DONE TIME 612 00:20:31,866 --> 00:20:34,833 FOR TAKING A BRIBE BACK IN THE 613 00:20:34,833 --> 00:20:37,300 '07 OR '09 OR SOMETHING LIKE 614 00:20:37,300 --> 00:20:39,266 THAT, AND HE'S OUTRAGED SOME 615 00:20:39,266 --> 00:20:41,833 PEOPLE AND NOT FESSLY DEMOCRATS. 616 00:20:41,833 --> 00:20:43,900 WE HAVE ONE REPUBLICAN WHO SAID 617 00:20:43,900 --> 00:20:44,966 SHE'S GOING TO INTRODUCE A BILL 618 00:20:44,966 --> 00:20:48,900 TO MAKE IT SO THAT YOU CAN'T RUN 619 00:20:48,900 --> 00:20:52,033 FOR A SERVANT PUBLIC IF YOU'VE 620 00:20:52,033 --> 00:20:54,233 DONE TIME OR BEEN FOUND GUILTY 621 00:20:54,233 --> 00:20:55,400 ON PUBLIC CORRUPTION. 622 00:20:55,400 --> 00:20:56,566 LET'S HEAR FROM HOLLY. 623 00:20:56,566 --> 00:20:59,033 >> I AM 100% FOR PEOPLE HAVING 624 00:20:59,033 --> 00:21:00,266 SECOND CHANCES. 625 00:21:00,266 --> 00:21:06,433 I'VE ACTUALLY SPONSORED 626 00:21:06,433 --> 00:21:08,133 LEGISLATION THAT LOOKS TO 627 00:21:08,133 --> 00:21:09,266 REHABILITATE PEOPLE AND HOWEVER, 628 00:21:09,266 --> 00:21:10,833 THIS SHOULD NOT BE THE NEW FORM 629 00:21:10,833 --> 00:21:12,233 AND THERE IS NOTHING NORMAL 630 00:21:12,233 --> 00:21:13,800 ABOUT A CORRUPT ELECTED OFFICIAL 631 00:21:13,800 --> 00:21:15,700 WHO HAS GONE TO PRISON FOR 632 00:21:15,700 --> 00:21:16,766 BRIBERY GOING BACK TO WORK IN 633 00:21:16,766 --> 00:21:18,566 THE GOVERNMENT. 634 00:21:18,566 --> 00:21:19,966 THERE IS A HUGE DIFFERENCE 635 00:21:19,966 --> 00:21:25,633 BETWEEN SECOND CHANCES AND WHAT 636 00:21:25,633 --> 00:21:26,866 ACCEPTABLE FORMS OF EMPLOYMENT 637 00:21:26,866 --> 00:21:28,133 ARE FOR THAT SECOND CHANCE. 638 00:21:28,133 --> 00:21:29,900 >> LET ME GET REAL QUICK FROM 639 00:21:29,900 --> 00:21:31,166 ANY ONE OF YOU ON THIS. 640 00:21:31,166 --> 00:21:32,900 >> WE DON'T LET PEOPLE LIKE THAT 641 00:21:32,900 --> 00:21:37,100 RUN FOR OFFICE. 642 00:21:37,100 --> 00:21:38,366 >> ANYONE ELSE DISAGREE WITH 643 00:21:38,366 --> 00:21:38,666 THAT? 644 00:21:38,666 --> 00:21:40,966 >> IF THIS HAPPENED DURING CHRIS 645 00:21:40,966 --> 00:21:42,300 CHRISTIE, WHAT IF DONALD TRUMP 646 00:21:42,300 --> 00:21:43,700 HIRED SOMEONE OF THIS BACKGROUND 647 00:21:43,700 --> 00:21:45,233 FOR HIS ADMINISTRATION, WHAT 648 00:21:45,233 --> 00:21:46,833 WOULD DEMOCRATS BE SAYING? 649 00:21:46,833 --> 00:21:48,266 >> IT'S FINE FOR THE GOVERNOR TO 650 00:21:48,266 --> 00:21:49,966 SAY THAT EVERYONE DESERVES A 651 00:21:49,966 --> 00:21:50,400 SECOND CHANCE. 652 00:21:50,400 --> 00:21:51,600 >> IT'S NOT THE SECOND CHANCE 653 00:21:51,600 --> 00:21:53,733 THAT WE'RE THINKING ABOUT WHEN 654 00:21:53,733 --> 00:21:54,866 THINKING OF SECONDS CHANCES. 655 00:21:54,866 --> 00:21:58,000 >> IT'S NOT LIKE A LONG AGO 656 00:21:58,000 --> 00:21:58,700 SECOND CHANCE. 657 00:21:58,700 --> 00:21:59,966 YOU'RE PUTTING SOMEONE IN A 658 00:21:59,966 --> 00:22:03,600 POSITION THAT VIOLATED -- 659 00:22:03,600 --> 00:22:04,800 >> LET'S SAY ALSO IN THE 660 00:22:04,800 --> 00:22:06,366 BACKDROP OF THE ADMINISTRATION 661 00:22:06,366 --> 00:22:08,666 THAT HE HASN'T EMPHASIZED ETHICS 662 00:22:08,666 --> 00:22:09,100 REFORMAT ALL. 663 00:22:09,100 --> 00:22:11,100 >> LET'S GET TO THE JOURNALISTIC 664 00:22:11,100 --> 00:22:14,233 HIGH POINTS OF THE WEEK. 665 00:22:14,233 --> 00:22:15,633 >> YOU TEED MINE UP. 666 00:22:15,633 --> 00:22:17,733 I REACHED THAT POINT IN YOUR 667 00:22:17,733 --> 00:22:18,866 CAREER COVERING NEW JERSEY 668 00:22:18,866 --> 00:22:20,033 POLITICS THAT FROM OLDER 669 00:22:20,033 --> 00:22:21,166 REPORTERS HAVE REACHED WHERE YOU 670 00:22:21,166 --> 00:22:24,600 HAVE COVERED SOMEONE'S ARREST 671 00:22:24,600 --> 00:22:26,700 AND BEEN IN THEIR JOB FOR THE 672 00:22:26,700 --> 00:22:28,300 ENTIRE TIME IN PRISON AND NOW 673 00:22:28,300 --> 00:22:29,566 ARE HERE TO TALK ABOUT THEM 674 00:22:29,566 --> 00:22:36,033 RE-ENTERING PUBLIC LIFE. 675 00:22:36,033 --> 00:22:41,033 >> THE CIRCLE OF LIFE AND THIS 676 00:22:41,033 --> 00:22:42,100 ELECTION CYCLE EVEN THOUGH NEW 677 00:22:42,100 --> 00:22:43,133 JERSEY IS DEMOCRATIC AND THE 678 00:22:43,133 --> 00:22:45,466 FIRST TIME IN A FEW DECADES THAT 679 00:22:45,466 --> 00:22:47,533 THE HOUSE RACES MATTERED. 680 00:22:47,533 --> 00:22:49,033 >> EACH IN THE SUMMER WHICH WAS 681 00:22:49,033 --> 00:22:50,566 SUPPOSEDLY THE QUIET TIME, IT 682 00:22:50,566 --> 00:22:51,666 WAS VERY ACTIVE. 683 00:22:51,666 --> 00:22:52,933 >> YEAH. 684 00:22:52,933 --> 00:22:54,833 >> GEE, I DON'T HAVE ONE OTHER 685 00:22:54,833 --> 00:22:58,533 THAN LAST NIGHT I WANT TO PAT 686 00:22:58,533 --> 00:22:59,066 MYSELF ON THE BACK. 687 00:22:59,066 --> 00:23:00,766 >> YOU CAN'T SHOW UP WITHOUT 688 00:23:00,766 --> 00:23:01,200 ONE -- 689 00:23:01,200 --> 00:23:02,766 >> I'M WORKING ON IT. 690 00:23:02,766 --> 00:23:07,433 >> DID YOU NOT GET THE MEMO? 691 00:23:07,433 --> 00:23:09,300 CORY BOOKER, AFTER HIS ROUSING 692 00:23:09,300 --> 00:23:10,533 SPEECH AND BRENDA WAS THERE AND 693 00:23:10,533 --> 00:23:12,066 SHE CAN ATTEST TO THIS AND I 694 00:23:12,066 --> 00:23:14,600 LOST MY TEMPER, BUT IT WAS WITH 695 00:23:14,600 --> 00:23:16,566 SOME GUY WHO WAS PRESSING MAYBE 696 00:23:16,566 --> 00:23:18,500 A LITTLE TOO HARD ON MY RIGHT 697 00:23:18,500 --> 00:23:18,866 SHOULDER. 698 00:23:18,866 --> 00:23:20,566 WE GOT INTO A WAR OF WORDS, BUT 699 00:23:20,566 --> 00:23:27,300 I CONTAINED MYSELF. 700 00:23:27,300 --> 00:23:28,366 AND I DON'T KNOW HOW IT 701 00:23:28,366 --> 00:23:32,000 HAPPENED, BUT IT HAPPENED. 702 00:23:32,000 --> 00:23:32,933 >>. 703 00:23:32,933 --> 00:23:37,166 >> THAT WAS THE -- 704 00:23:37,166 --> 00:23:37,500 >> YEAH. 705 00:23:37,500 --> 00:23:38,166 IT WAS BECOMING NEWS, RIGHT? 706 00:23:38,166 --> 00:23:40,933 >> RIGHT. 707 00:23:40,933 --> 00:23:44,100 >> I HAD A CAMERAMAN ONCE WHO 708 00:23:44,100 --> 00:23:45,366 KICKED SOMEONE WHO KEPT GETTING 709 00:23:45,366 --> 00:23:46,666 INTO HIS SHOT, BUT THAT WAS A 710 00:23:46,666 --> 00:23:47,566 DIFFERENT TIME. 711 00:23:47,566 --> 00:23:49,466 >> YOU TEED IT UP FOR ME, TOO. 712 00:23:49,466 --> 00:23:53,100 >> I HAVE NO LETTERS TO THE 713 00:23:53,100 --> 00:23:54,900 EDITOR AND I GET VERY LITTLE 714 00:23:54,900 --> 00:23:55,266 FEEDBACK. 715 00:23:55,266 --> 00:23:56,366 THE FEEDBACK ON THE HIRING OF 716 00:23:56,366 --> 00:24:00,666 THIS GUY AND THE EDUCATION 717 00:24:00,666 --> 00:24:06,300 DEPARTMENT WAS OUTRAGEOUS. 718 00:24:06,300 --> 00:24:07,600 I'VE GOT PEOPLE CALLING ME 719 00:24:07,600 --> 00:24:09,466 SAYING MAYBE HE DESERVES A 720 00:24:09,466 --> 00:24:09,900 SECOND CHANCE. 721 00:24:09,900 --> 00:24:11,533 >> I AM COMPETING WITH PAULA 722 00:24:11,533 --> 00:24:13,833 WHITE, THE WOMAN WHO WAS FIRED 723 00:24:13,833 --> 00:24:16,033 BECAUSE THE NJEA DIDN'T LIKE 724 00:24:16,033 --> 00:24:16,300 HER. 725 00:24:16,300 --> 00:24:16,833 >> RIGHT. 726 00:24:16,833 --> 00:24:22,733 >> BUT I GOT OUTRAGE ON THE 727 00:24:22,733 --> 00:24:23,100 TELEPHONE. 728 00:24:23,100 --> 00:24:24,833 >> A JOURNALISTIC HIGH POINT. 729 00:24:24,833 --> 00:24:26,400 >> A JOURNALISTIC MOMENT 730 00:24:26,400 --> 00:24:27,966 INDEPENDENT MY JOURNALISTIC HIGH 731 00:24:27,966 --> 00:24:29,300 POINT OF THE WEEK AS I HAVE BEEN 732 00:24:29,300 --> 00:24:35,733 ON VACATION FOR THE LAST TWO IS 733 00:24:35,733 --> 00:24:36,466 HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. 734 00:24:36,466 --> 00:24:39,500 >> YOU ARE IT! 735 00:24:39,500 --> 00:24:42,800 MICK, CHARLIE, MATTHEW AND JOHN, 736 00:24:42,800 --> 00:24:44,800 IT FELT LIKE -- 737 00:24:44,800 --> 00:24:48,533 >> UP NEXT, ON NJTV, IT'S ON THE 738 00:24:48,533 --> 00:24:48,866 RECORD. 739 00:24:48,866 --> 00:24:50,300 THIS WEEK WE TALK WITH SENATE 740 00:24:50,300 --> 00:24:52,300 MAJORITY LEADER LORETTA 741 00:24:52,300 --> 00:24:54,066 WEINBERG, A TOP DEMOCRAT, ABOUT 742 00:24:54,066 --> 00:24:56,233 WHY SHE'S SKIPPING THE STATE 743 00:24:56,233 --> 00:24:58,266 PARTY CONVENTION AND REPUBLICAN 744 00:24:58,266 --> 00:25:01,466 ASSEMBLY WOMAN HOLLY SHAPIZI 745 00:25:01,466 --> 00:25:03,133 DISCUSSES ETHICS AND POLITICS 746 00:25:03,133 --> 00:25:04,766 AND THE GOVERNOR'S HIRING OF 747 00:25:04,766 --> 00:25:11,733 FORMER COUNCILMAN WHO DID GET 748 00:25:11,733 --> 00:25:12,066 BRIBERY. 749 00:25:12,066 --> 00:25:13,466 YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK 750 00:25:13,466 --> 00:25:14,700 AND TWITTER. 751 00:25:14,700 --> 00:25:16,133 I'M DAVID CRUZ FOR MICHAEL ARON 752 00:25:16,133 --> 00:25:18,700 AND ALL OF US AT NJTV. 753 00:25:18,700 --> 00:25:21,066 THANKS FOR WATCHING. 754 00:25:21,066 --> 00:25:21,733 ♪♪♪ 755 00:25:21,733 --> 00:25:25,833 ♪♪♪ 756 00:25:25,833 --> 00:25:28,966 >> MAJOR FUNDING FOR REPORTERS' 757 00:25:28,966 --> 00:25:30,800 ROUND TABLE WITH MICHAEL ARON IS 758 00:25:30,800 --> 00:25:32,700 PROVIDED BY NEW JERSEY REALTORS, 759 00:25:32,700 --> 00:25:34,100 THE VOICE FOR REAL ESTATE IN NEW 760 00:25:34,100 --> 00:25:34,433 JERSEY. 761 00:25:34,433 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