1 00:00:00,566 --> 00:00:02,200 >>> WITH THE MIDTERM ELECTION A 2 00:00:02,200 --> 00:00:04,533 FEW DAYS AWAY FOUR RACES IN NEW 3 00:00:04,533 --> 00:00:07,900 JERSEY STILL LOOK LIKES TOUPS. 4 00:00:07,900 --> 00:00:09,300 >>> MAJOR FOUNDING FOR REPORTER 5 00:00:09,300 --> 00:00:12,166 AS ROUND TABLE BY IS PROVIDED BY 6 00:00:12,166 --> 00:00:14,400 NEW JERSEY REAL TORS THE VOICE 7 00:00:14,400 --> 00:00:15,933 FOR REAL ESTATE IN NEW JERSEY. 8 00:00:15,933 --> 00:00:18,733 MORE INFORMATION ON NY 9 00:00:18,733 --> 00:00:19,400 REALTOR.COM. 10 00:00:19,400 --> 00:00:21,866 LET'S BE HEALTHYING TO. 11 00:00:21,866 --> 00:00:25,033 RJ BARNABAS HEALTH AND NJ 12 00:00:25,033 --> 00:00:27,533 INSURANCE GROUP SERVING THE 13 00:00:27,533 --> 00:00:30,033 NEEDS OF BUSINESSES AND 14 00:00:30,033 --> 00:00:33,166 RESIDENCES FOR MORE THAN 100 15 00:00:33,166 --> 00:00:33,833 YEARS. 16 00:00:33,833 --> 00:00:35,666 PROMOTIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BY 17 00:00:35,666 --> 00:00:37,633 NEW JERSEY BUSINESS MAGAZINE, 18 00:00:37,633 --> 00:00:39,333 THE MAGAZINE OF THE NEW JERSEY 19 00:00:39,333 --> 00:00:40,566 BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY 20 00:00:40,566 --> 00:00:41,866 ASSOCIATION. 21 00:00:41,866 --> 00:00:43,433 REPORTING TO EXECUTIVES AND 22 00:00:43,433 --> 00:00:45,666 LEGISLATIVE LEADERS IN ALL 21 23 00:00:45,666 --> 00:00:47,500 COUNTIES OF THE GARDEN STATE 24 00:00:47,500 --> 00:00:49,100 SINCE 1954. 25 00:00:49,100 --> 00:00:51,500 >> WELCOME TO REPORTERS RIGHT 26 00:00:51,500 --> 00:00:52,833 NOW TABLE I'M MICHAEL ARON. 27 00:00:52,833 --> 00:00:57,300 WE HAVE TIGHT RACES FOR U.S. 28 00:00:57,300 --> 00:00:59,566 SENATE AT ELECTION TIME AND 29 00:00:59,566 --> 00:01:01,333 THREE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE 30 00:01:01,333 --> 00:01:06,200 SEATSEN THE THIRD CONGRESSIONAL 31 00:01:06,200 --> 00:01:06,866 DISTRICT. 32 00:01:06,866 --> 00:01:08,333 THE INCUMBENT DPEEBTED ANDY KIM 33 00:01:08,333 --> 00:01:14,100 RIGHT HERE WEDNESDAY NIGHT 34 00:01:14,100 --> 00:01:16,633 CLASHING ON THE TAX CUT. 35 00:01:16,633 --> 00:01:18,100 KIM SAYING IT HURTS NEW 36 00:01:18,100 --> 00:01:20,600 JERSEYENS MacARTHUR SAYING IT 37 00:01:20,600 --> 00:01:21,933 HELPS. 38 00:01:21,933 --> 00:01:23,466 >> I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY MY 39 00:01:23,466 --> 00:01:24,700 OPPONENT THINKS THE KAI IS 40 00:01:24,700 --> 00:01:26,300 FALLING WHEN THINGS ARE GOING 41 00:01:26,300 --> 00:01:28,666 WELL. 42 00:01:28,666 --> 00:01:30,366 >> MY OPPONENT SAYS EVERYONE 43 00:01:30,366 --> 00:01:31,733 KNOWS WHERE HE STANDS ON THIS 44 00:01:31,733 --> 00:01:32,400 ISSUE. 45 00:01:32,400 --> 00:01:34,000 I AGREE WE KNOW WHERE HE STANDS. 46 00:01:34,000 --> 00:01:36,633 WITH HIS PARTY LEADERSHIP HE 47 00:01:36,633 --> 00:01:38,733 VOTES 94% IN LINE WITH. 48 00:01:38,733 --> 00:01:41,200 HE STANDS WITH THEM ON TAXING 49 00:01:41,200 --> 00:01:42,500 THE LOCAL SUSTAINABLE TAX 50 00:01:42,500 --> 00:01:43,900 DEDUCTION WHEN HE CAMPAIGNED TO 51 00:01:43,900 --> 00:01:46,500 PROTECT OUR PROPERTY TAXES. 52 00:01:46,500 --> 00:01:47,966 I STAND WITH THE DELL NATION OF 53 00:01:47,966 --> 00:01:49,333 THE NEW JERSEY THE OTHER 11S 54 00:01:49,333 --> 00:01:50,566 MEMBERS OF CONGRESS FROM NEW 55 00:01:50,566 --> 00:01:52,233 JERSEY INCLUDING THE OTHER FOUR 56 00:01:52,233 --> 00:01:53,200 REPUBLICAN MEMBERS OF THE 57 00:01:53,200 --> 00:01:56,000 CONGRESS THAT VOTED THIS IN LAW 58 00:01:56,000 --> 00:01:57,366 BECAUSE THEY KNEW IT WAS A BAD 59 00:01:57,366 --> 00:01:58,466 DEAL FOR NEW JERSEY. 60 00:01:58,466 --> 00:02:00,000 I STAND WITH NEW JERSEY ON THIS. 61 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:01,900 >> CAN I JUST RESPOND TO IN? 62 00:02:01,900 --> 00:02:03,433 YOU'VE SAID THIS BEFORE. 63 00:02:03,433 --> 00:02:04,933 I GUESS YOUR IDEA OF LEADERSHIP 64 00:02:04,933 --> 00:02:07,233 IS IF PEOPLE GO THIS WAY YOU 65 00:02:07,233 --> 00:02:08,766 FOLLOW THE HERD BECAUSE THAT'S 66 00:02:08,766 --> 00:02:09,866 OBVIOUSLY THE WAY TO GO. 67 00:02:09,866 --> 00:02:11,966 BUT I DON'T RELISH BEING ALONE 68 00:02:11,966 --> 00:02:13,033 ON ANY VOTE. 69 00:02:13,033 --> 00:02:14,400 BUT I DIDN'T GO TO CONGRESS FOR 70 00:02:14,400 --> 00:02:16,166 PEOPLE TO TELL ME HOW TO VOTE. 71 00:02:16,166 --> 00:02:17,533 I VOTE MY CONSCIOUS. 72 00:02:17,533 --> 00:02:19,100 I SPENT MY LIFE IN BUSINESS. 73 00:02:19,100 --> 00:02:20,800 WHEN I LOOK AT THESE TAX CUTS I 74 00:02:20,800 --> 00:02:21,600 SEE GROW THE ECONOMY. 75 00:02:21,600 --> 00:02:25,700 AND THAT'S WHY I SUPPORTED >> 76 00:02:25,700 --> 00:02:27,033 WITH US NOW TO TALK ABOUT THE 77 00:02:27,033 --> 00:02:29,533 ELECTION NICK OF "THE NEW YORK 78 00:02:29,533 --> 00:02:31,866 TIMES," DUSTIN RACIOPI, 79 00:02:31,866 --> 00:02:33,233 STATE HOUSE REPORTER FROM THE 80 00:02:33,233 --> 00:02:34,633 BERGEN RECORD. 81 00:02:34,633 --> 00:02:35,966 JOHN WRIGHT MEYER FOR NJ 82 00:02:35,966 --> 00:02:37,400 SPOTLIGHT AND DAVID CRUZ, 83 00:02:37,400 --> 00:02:39,866 SEEN YEAR CORRESPONDENT FOR NJ 84 00:02:39,866 --> 00:02:43,833 TV NEWS AND MODERATOR OF THE 85 00:02:43,833 --> 00:02:45,900 MacARTHUR KIM DEBATE. 86 00:02:45,900 --> 00:02:46,766 GOOD TO SEE YOU ALL, 87 00:02:46,766 --> 00:02:48,600 DAVID HOW DOES IT LOOK FROM THE 88 00:02:48,600 --> 00:02:50,933 MODERATORS POINT OF VIEW. 89 00:02:50,933 --> 00:02:52,566 >> I THOUGHT OUR BIGGEST 90 00:02:52,566 --> 00:02:55,000 CHALLENGE WAS TRYING TO SORT OF 91 00:02:55,000 --> 00:02:56,833 BALANCE THE TWO CANDIDATES 92 00:02:56,833 --> 00:02:58,333 BECAUSE ONE WAS A NATURAL 93 00:02:58,333 --> 00:02:59,900 DEBATER OR AT LEAST A MORE 94 00:02:59,900 --> 00:03:01,433 PRACTICED DEBATER. 95 00:03:01,433 --> 00:03:03,633 AND THE OTHER WAS HIS FIRST 96 00:03:03,633 --> 00:03:04,300 DEBATE. 97 00:03:04,300 --> 00:03:07,833 SO MY CHALLENGE WAS TO KIND OF 98 00:03:07,833 --> 00:03:09,900 GET MacARTHUR TO STOP WHEN THE 99 00:03:09,900 --> 00:03:12,166 LIGHT TURNED RED AND TO GET KIM 100 00:03:12,166 --> 00:03:14,333 TO GO PAST THE RED LIGHT. 101 00:03:14,333 --> 00:03:16,100 SO THAT WAS A CHALLENGE. 102 00:03:16,100 --> 00:03:17,066 ALL THINGS CONSIDERED, 103 00:03:17,066 --> 00:03:19,200 SORT OF LIKE BOB HUGHEN WHO WENT 104 00:03:19,200 --> 00:03:21,466 BY SHOWING UP AND NOT FALLING 105 00:03:21,466 --> 00:03:22,966 DOWN ON HIS FACE. 106 00:03:22,966 --> 00:03:25,666 I THINK KIM HAD THE SAME EFFECT. 107 00:03:25,666 --> 00:03:26,333 >> JOHN, 108 00:03:26,333 --> 00:03:29,666 YOU LIVE TWEETED THE DEBATE FOR 109 00:03:29,666 --> 00:03:30,733 SPOTLIGHT. 110 00:03:30,733 --> 00:03:32,466 >> I DID, YES. 111 00:03:32,466 --> 00:03:34,033 >> I THOUGHT IT WAS INTERESTING 112 00:03:34,033 --> 00:03:35,466 IN THE SENSE THAT MacARTHUR IS 113 00:03:35,466 --> 00:03:37,466 THE INCUMBENT BUT PORT LI SORT 114 00:03:37,466 --> 00:03:38,233 OF PLAYED THE ROLE OF THE 115 00:03:38,233 --> 00:03:39,200 CHALLENGER IN THAT HE WAS THE 116 00:03:39,200 --> 00:03:42,533 AGGRESSOR AND KIM WAS PLAYING IT 117 00:03:42,533 --> 00:03:44,866 SAFE AND MATTER OF FACTLY 118 00:03:44,866 --> 00:03:45,800 ANSWERING QUESTIONS. 119 00:03:45,800 --> 00:03:48,100 THE QUESTION YOU HIGHLIGHTED ON 120 00:03:48,100 --> 00:03:49,966 THE TAX CHANGES EXEMPLIFIES 121 00:03:49,966 --> 00:03:52,300 WHERE THEY'RE AT IN THE 122 00:03:52,300 --> 00:03:52,966 DISTRICT. 123 00:03:52,966 --> 00:03:55,300 BECAUSE IT'S SUCH A REPUBLICAN 124 00:03:55,300 --> 00:03:56,800 DISTRICT ON ONE SIDE AND 125 00:03:56,800 --> 00:03:58,200 DEMOCRATIC DISTRICT ON THE OTHER 126 00:03:58,200 --> 00:04:00,000 SIDE. 127 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:01,766 THE WAY THAT TAX PLAN WORKS OUT 128 00:04:01,766 --> 00:04:03,666 SOME PEOPLE BENEFIT FROM IT AND 129 00:04:03,666 --> 00:04:05,800 THEN IF YOU ARE IN THE GROUP 130 00:04:05,800 --> 00:04:08,133 THAT LOSES YOUR FULL DEDUCTION 131 00:04:08,133 --> 00:04:09,766 FOR STATE AND LOCAL TAXES YOU'RE 132 00:04:09,766 --> 00:04:10,966 UPSET WITH IT. 133 00:04:10,966 --> 00:04:12,633 SO MacARTHUR DID THE CALCULUS 134 00:04:12,633 --> 00:04:15,366 AND SAID I'M ALL IN ON THE TAX 135 00:04:15,366 --> 00:04:17,766 CHANGES AND SAY IT'S A TAX CUT. 136 00:04:17,766 --> 00:04:19,300 I THINK KIM BRINGS OUT THE OTHER 137 00:04:19,300 --> 00:04:21,066 GRAUP THAT SAYS I'M GOING TO 138 00:04:21,066 --> 00:04:22,800 GET- I'M TAKING A HIT FROM IT. 139 00:04:22,800 --> 00:04:24,433 WE ARE SEEING -- NOBODY DOES 140 00:04:24,433 --> 00:04:26,633 TAXES UNTIL SEVERAL MONTHS FROM 141 00:04:26,633 --> 00:04:27,300 NOW. 142 00:04:27,300 --> 00:04:28,566 BUT FOR THOSE ALREADY FIGURING 143 00:04:28,566 --> 00:04:29,733 IT OUT I THINK THAT'S AN ISSUE 144 00:04:29,733 --> 00:04:31,166 IN THAT DISTRICT. 145 00:04:31,166 --> 00:04:31,966 >> DUSTIN, 146 00:04:31,966 --> 00:04:34,800 MacARTHUR IS TRYING TO PAINT KIM 147 00:04:34,800 --> 00:04:36,800 AND DID DURING THE DEBATE AS A 148 00:04:36,800 --> 00:04:37,533 RADICAL, 149 00:04:37,533 --> 00:04:42,533 AS A FAR LEFT RABLE ROUSER, 150 00:04:42,533 --> 00:04:44,333 A PROFESSIONER PROTESTER HE 151 00:04:44,333 --> 00:04:45,633 CALLED HIM TWICE DURING THE 152 00:04:45,633 --> 00:04:46,300 DEBATE. 153 00:04:46,300 --> 00:04:50,766 SAYS HE FOUNDED IN GROUP CALLED 154 00:04:50,766 --> 00:04:53,133 RISE STRONGER AND THAT IT'S 155 00:04:53,133 --> 00:04:56,400 REVOLUTIONARY AND ANARCHIST. 156 00:04:56,400 --> 00:04:59,266 IS ANY OF THAT STUFF STICKING? 157 00:04:59,266 --> 00:05:01,666 HAS HE SUCCEEDED IN PAINTING KIM 158 00:05:01,666 --> 00:05:03,766 AS OUT OF THE MAIN STREAM. 159 00:05:03,766 --> 00:05:04,966 >> I DON'T KNOW IF THAT SORT OF 160 00:05:04,966 --> 00:05:05,633 STUFF STICKS. 161 00:05:05,633 --> 00:05:09,100 BUT IT MAY ENERGIZE THE 162 00:05:09,100 --> 00:05:10,900 REPUBLICANS TO -- HE NEEDS TO GO 163 00:05:10,900 --> 00:05:12,766 TO THE POLLS TO VOTE FOR HIM, 164 00:05:12,766 --> 00:05:15,000 THE MORE OCEAN COUNTY SIDE OF 165 00:05:15,000 --> 00:05:17,566 HIS CONSTITUENCY PICKING UP ON 166 00:05:17,566 --> 00:05:20,133 WHAT JOHN SAID HE MADE THE 167 00:05:20,133 --> 00:05:22,066 CALCULUS ON THE TAX CUTS AND 168 00:05:22,066 --> 00:05:24,366 MacARTHUR DID THE SAME ON HEALTH 169 00:05:24,366 --> 00:05:26,866 CARE BECAUSE HIM AND KIM ARE ON 170 00:05:26,866 --> 00:05:28,200 COMPLETELY OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE 171 00:05:28,200 --> 00:05:29,566 SPECTRUM IN TERMS OF WHAT 172 00:05:29,566 --> 00:05:30,966 PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS DONE AND THE 173 00:05:30,966 --> 00:05:31,633 CARE. 174 00:05:31,633 --> 00:05:32,300 >> NICK, 175 00:05:32,300 --> 00:05:34,000 YOU WREATH ABOUT IN RACE A FEW 176 00:05:34,000 --> 00:05:35,200 DAYS AGO. 177 00:05:35,200 --> 00:05:37,600 WHAT DID YOU WRITE? 178 00:05:37,600 --> 00:05:38,933 >> ONE OF THE THINGS WE FOCUSED 179 00:05:38,933 --> 00:05:40,400 ON WAS OU MacARTHUR TRAYS TO 180 00:05:40,400 --> 00:05:41,833 HAVE IT BOTH WAYS, 181 00:05:41,833 --> 00:05:44,133 TRYING TO BE I STAND UP TO THE 182 00:05:44,133 --> 00:05:45,466 PRESIDENT WHEN I CAN BUT ALSO 183 00:05:45,466 --> 00:05:46,900 HIS ALLY WHEN IT MAKES SENSE FOR 184 00:05:46,900 --> 00:05:47,933 THE DISTRICT. 185 00:05:47,933 --> 00:05:48,966 I ASKED HIM ARE YOU TRYING TO 186 00:05:48,966 --> 00:05:50,400 THREAD THE NEEDLE HE SAID NO I'M 187 00:05:50,400 --> 00:05:51,200 TRYING TO STRADDLE THE 1.8 188 00:05:51,200 --> 00:05:51,866 MILLION PINE BARREN. 189 00:05:51,866 --> 00:05:52,533 BECAUSE TRUMP HAD ONE PART AND 190 00:05:52,533 --> 00:05:53,200 HILLARY HAD ANOTHER. 191 00:05:53,200 --> 00:05:53,866 HE TRIES TO HAVE IT BOTH WAYS. 192 00:05:53,866 --> 00:05:55,200 YOU SAW THAT IN THE AD WHERE HIS 193 00:05:55,200 --> 00:05:55,866 CHOSING ARGUMENT I'M HERE FOR 194 00:05:55,866 --> 00:05:56,566 WITH YOU WHETHER YOU SUPPORT 195 00:05:56,566 --> 00:05:57,233 TRUMP OR NOT. 196 00:05:57,233 --> 00:06:03,633 HE IS TRYING TO DISTANCE HIMSELF 197 00:05:58,566 --> 00:06:11,000 WHILE MAYBE ATTACHING HIMSELF TO 198 00:06:11,000 --> 00:06:15,533 POLICIES. 199 00:06:15,533 --> 00:06:17,833 >> EARLY IN THE CAMPAIGN OR 200 00:06:17,833 --> 00:06:19,933 MID-WAY THROUGH THE CAMPAIGN, 201 00:06:19,933 --> 00:06:22,133 A FLIER CAME OUT FROM THE STATE 202 00:06:22,133 --> 00:06:26,266 REPUBLICAN COMMITTEE THAT SAID 203 00:06:26,266 --> 00:06:28,433 ANDY KIM, NOT ONE OF US. 204 00:06:28,433 --> 00:06:31,466 AND IT HAD SOME LETTERING ON IT 205 00:06:31,466 --> 00:06:37,300 THAT THE FONT IS KNOWN AS CHOP 206 00:06:34,233 --> 00:06:39,933 SUY, ASIAN ORIENTED LETTERING. 207 00:06:39,933 --> 00:06:43,466 THAT'S THE LOWEST -- LOWEST BLOW 208 00:06:43,466 --> 00:06:44,133 SO FAR. 209 00:06:44,133 --> 00:06:45,800 HERE IS A PIECE OF IT. 210 00:06:45,800 --> 00:06:47,800 SOMETHING IS REAL FISHY ABOUT 211 00:06:47,800 --> 00:06:48,466 ANDY KIM. 212 00:06:48,466 --> 00:06:53,100 AND THERE IS THAT SCRIPT THAT'S 213 00:06:51,100 --> 00:06:56,933 CALLED CHOP SUY FONT. 214 00:06:56,933 --> 00:06:58,300 MacARTHUR WAS ASKED ABOUT THIS. 215 00:06:58,300 --> 00:06:59,900 YOU ASKED HIM ABOUT IT HOW DID 216 00:06:59,900 --> 00:07:01,166 HE HANDLE IT. 217 00:07:01,166 --> 00:07:02,533 >> THE QUESTION WAS DO YOU 218 00:07:02,533 --> 00:07:03,433 DENOUNCE THE AD? 219 00:07:03,433 --> 00:07:07,466 AND HE STATED IT WASN'T HIS AD. 220 00:07:07,466 --> 00:07:09,233 HE CAN'T COORDINATE WITH THE 221 00:07:09,233 --> 00:07:10,666 PEOPLE WHO PUT IT OUT. 222 00:07:10,666 --> 00:07:12,666 AND HE EVEN SAID THAT KIM WAS 223 00:07:12,666 --> 00:07:15,766 TRYING TO GAIN SYMPATHY FROM IT. 224 00:07:15,766 --> 00:07:17,966 BUT HE DIDN'T OUTRIGHT DENOUNCE 225 00:07:17,966 --> 00:07:19,566 IT. 226 00:07:19,566 --> 00:07:20,600 IT DOESN'T STAY A ROCKET 227 00:07:20,600 --> 00:07:22,166 SCIENTIST TO SEE THE MESSAGE 228 00:07:22,166 --> 00:07:22,833 THERE. 229 00:07:22,833 --> 00:07:25,033 >> THE IRONY IS BECAUSE THERE 230 00:07:25,033 --> 00:07:27,033 HAS KOREAN BORN CHILDREN, TWO, 231 00:07:27,033 --> 00:07:28,166 SO HE WOULDN'T -- YOU WOULD 232 00:07:28,166 --> 00:07:32,233 THINK, 233 00:07:32,233 --> 00:07:35,633 PARTICIPATE IN SOMETHING 234 00:07:35,633 --> 00:07:36,300 PREJUDICE. 235 00:07:36,300 --> 00:07:37,466 >> ONE WOULD THINK. 236 00:07:37,466 --> 00:07:38,833 >> BUT IF YOU HAVE KOREAN 237 00:07:38,833 --> 00:07:40,266 CHILDREN YOU COULD SAY I FIND 238 00:07:40,266 --> 00:07:42,733 THAT OFFENSIVE IF YOU DO. 239 00:07:42,733 --> 00:07:43,500 >> AND HE DIDN'T. 240 00:07:43,500 --> 00:07:44,300 >> AND HE DIDN'T. 241 00:07:44,300 --> 00:07:45,800 >> HIS ANSWER TIP FIEED THE WAY 242 00:07:45,800 --> 00:07:47,300 HE WAS ON THE DEBATE CANNIBUS, 243 00:07:47,300 --> 00:07:49,633 CONSTANTLY ON THE ATTACK THE TWO 244 00:07:49,633 --> 00:07:52,233 MAJOR THINGS HE VOTED FOR HEALTH 245 00:07:52,233 --> 00:07:53,733 CARE AND THE TAX REFORM HAVE 246 00:07:53,733 --> 00:07:55,366 BEEN UNDER ATTACK IN THE ENTIRE 247 00:07:55,366 --> 00:07:56,300 STATE OF NEW JERSEY FOR THE 248 00:07:56,300 --> 00:07:57,033 BETTER PART OF A YEAR. 249 00:07:57,033 --> 00:07:58,933 >> SO HE IS SHIFTING THE 250 00:07:58,933 --> 00:08:03,466 CONVERSATION OR TRYING TO TO THE 251 00:08:01,466 --> 00:08:06,033 IDEA THAT ANDY KIM IS A FRAUD. 252 00:08:06,033 --> 00:08:08,400 I DIDN'T -- I DIDN'T THINK THAT 253 00:08:08,400 --> 00:08:09,333 WORKED THAT NIGHT. 254 00:08:09,333 --> 00:08:10,533 ALTHOUGH I THOUGHT MacARTHUR 255 00:08:10,533 --> 00:08:12,500 PERFORMED VERY WELL. 256 00:08:12,500 --> 00:08:15,333 I THOUGHT -- I THOUGHT AS YOU 257 00:08:15,333 --> 00:08:17,033 SAID THAT KIM DID WELL JUST BY 258 00:08:17,033 --> 00:08:19,000 STANDING ON THE STAGE WITH HIS 259 00:08:19,000 --> 00:08:20,266 VERY SMOOTH DEBATER. 260 00:08:20,266 --> 00:08:23,233 KIM HELD HIS OWN THAT NIGHT, 261 00:08:23,233 --> 00:08:25,300 BOTTOM LINE IN MY ESTIMATION, 262 00:08:25,300 --> 00:08:26,133 YES? 263 00:08:26,133 --> 00:08:27,800 >> I WOULD AGREE WITH THAT. 264 00:08:27,800 --> 00:08:28,466 >> YEAH, 265 00:08:28,466 --> 00:08:30,233 I THINK HE -- FOR BEING A 266 00:08:30,233 --> 00:08:32,733 NEWCOMER FOR SURE HE STEPPED TO 267 00:08:32,733 --> 00:08:33,666 THE PLATE. 268 00:08:33,666 --> 00:08:34,766 I USED TO LIVE IN THAT AREA AND 269 00:08:34,766 --> 00:08:35,733 COVER THAT DISTRICT. 270 00:08:35,733 --> 00:08:40,433 AND IT'S REALLY A SPLIT DISTRICT 271 00:08:40,433 --> 00:08:42,000 AS THE REGISTRATION. 272 00:08:42,000 --> 00:08:43,400 BUT JIM SAXON WAS THE 273 00:08:43,400 --> 00:08:44,633 CONGRESSMAN THERE FOREVER ON 274 00:08:44,633 --> 00:08:45,600 ISSUES ON THE ENVIRONMENT. 275 00:08:45,600 --> 00:08:46,266 STRONG ON THE MILITARY BECAUSE 276 00:08:46,266 --> 00:08:46,933 OF THE MILITARY BASE. 277 00:08:46,933 --> 00:08:47,600 SHORE ISSUES. 278 00:08:47,600 --> 00:08:48,266 IT'S A -- IT'S AN UNUSUAL 279 00:08:48,266 --> 00:08:48,933 DISTRICT IN THE SENSE THAT IT'S 280 00:08:48,933 --> 00:08:49,600 COMPETITIVE FOR ONE. 281 00:08:49,600 --> 00:08:50,300 AND PEOPLE WILL SPLIT THEIR 282 00:08:50,300 --> 00:08:50,966 TICKETS DOWN THERE AND VOTE FOR 283 00:08:50,966 --> 00:08:51,633 THE CANDIDATE INSTEAD OF THE 284 00:08:51,633 --> 00:08:52,300 PARTY. 285 00:08:52,300 --> 00:08:52,966 >> ALL RIGHT. 286 00:08:52,966 --> 00:08:53,633 LET'S MOVE ON. 287 00:08:53,633 --> 00:08:56,300 >>> THE U.S. 288 00:08:54,300 --> 00:09:08,066 SENATE RACE LOOKS TIGHT. 289 00:09:08,066 --> 00:09:10,133 POLICE BAY BOB MENENDEZ IS AHEAD 290 00:09:10,133 --> 00:09:11,200 OF HUGHEN. 291 00:09:11,200 --> 00:09:13,100 BUT DEMOCRATS ARE NOT POPPING 292 00:09:13,100 --> 00:09:16,600 CHAMPAGNE IN FACT NERVOUS. 293 00:09:16,600 --> 00:09:17,900 HERE IS WHAT EACH CANDIDATE PUT 294 00:09:17,900 --> 00:09:18,566 UP. 295 00:09:18,566 --> 00:09:19,733 >> I'M BOB MENENDEZ AND APPROVE 296 00:09:19,733 --> 00:09:21,000 THIS MESSAGE. 297 00:09:21,000 --> 00:09:22,266 >> TRUMP AND HUGHEN. 298 00:09:22,266 --> 00:09:24,833 IT'S WAY MORE THAN A HANDSHAKE. 299 00:09:24,833 --> 00:09:27,400 BOB HUGHEN WAS TRUMP'S TOP NEW 300 00:09:27,400 --> 00:09:29,133 JERSEY FUNDRAISERER HUGHEN STOOD 301 00:09:29,133 --> 00:09:31,666 BY THE TAX BREAKS FOR THE 302 00:09:31,666 --> 00:09:33,000 SUPERRICH WHILE STRIPPING THE 303 00:09:33,000 --> 00:09:34,600 PROPERTY TAX DEDUCTION. 304 00:09:34,600 --> 00:09:36,733 HUGHEN STOOD BY THE SUPREME 305 00:09:36,733 --> 00:09:37,633 COURT PICKS. 306 00:09:37,633 --> 00:09:39,200 HUGHEN STOOD BY TRUMP WHEN HE 307 00:09:39,200 --> 00:09:40,666 TRIAL DATE KILLING OBAMACARE, 308 00:09:40,666 --> 00:09:42,666 ATTACKED WOMEN AND MADE RACIST 309 00:09:42,666 --> 00:09:44,066 THE COMMENTS. 310 00:09:44,066 --> 00:09:46,366 BOB HUGHEN WILL NEVER STAND UP 311 00:09:46,366 --> 00:09:47,500 TO TRUMP. 312 00:09:47,500 --> 00:09:50,366 TO STOP TRUMP STOP HUGHEN. 313 00:09:50,366 --> 00:09:51,866 >> I OFTEN HERE WILL YOU STAND 314 00:09:51,866 --> 00:09:53,300 UP TO PRESIDENT TRUMP? 315 00:09:53,300 --> 00:09:54,733 THE ANSWER IS YES. 316 00:09:54,733 --> 00:09:57,333 MARINES NEVER BACK DOWN FROM A 317 00:09:57,333 --> 00:09:58,000 FIGHT. 318 00:09:58,000 --> 00:09:59,300 I'VE BEEN INDEPENDENT MY WHOLE 319 00:09:59,300 --> 00:09:59,966 LIFE. 320 00:09:59,966 --> 00:10:01,066 I'M PRO CHOICE. 321 00:10:01,066 --> 00:10:03,000 PAN I SUPPORT EQUAL PAY FOR 322 00:10:03,000 --> 00:10:03,766 EQUAL WORK. 323 00:10:03,766 --> 00:10:05,366 I'LL PROTECT PATIENTS WITH 324 00:10:05,366 --> 00:10:06,933 PREEXISTING CONDITIONS AND FIGHT 325 00:10:06,933 --> 00:10:08,866 TO MAKE NEW JERSEY MORE 326 00:10:08,866 --> 00:10:09,566 AFFORDABLE. 327 00:10:09,566 --> 00:10:10,633 I'LL ALWAYS PUT NEW JERSEY 328 00:10:10,633 --> 00:10:11,300 FIRST. 329 00:10:11,300 --> 00:10:12,800 THAT'S MY PROMISE TO YOU. 330 00:10:12,800 --> 00:10:14,966 IT'S TIME TO SEND IN A MARINE 331 00:10:14,966 --> 00:10:15,633 PROCESS. 332 00:10:15,633 --> 00:10:17,866 I'M BOB HUGHEN AND APPROVE THIS 333 00:10:17,866 --> 00:10:18,533 MESSAGE. 334 00:10:18,533 --> 00:10:20,400 AND I ASK FOR YOUR VOTE. 335 00:10:20,400 --> 00:10:22,466 >> THEY'VE CLEANED IT UP A BIT. 336 00:10:22,466 --> 00:10:24,300 FOR THE CLOSING ARGUMENT. 337 00:10:24,300 --> 00:10:25,666 >> THAT SHOULD HAVE -- I THINK 338 00:10:25,666 --> 00:10:26,800 I'VE SAID HERE MANY TIMES. 339 00:10:26,800 --> 00:10:27,466 >> MANY TIMES. 340 00:10:27,466 --> 00:10:28,433 >> HE MIGHT HAVE STARTED THAT 341 00:10:28,433 --> 00:10:30,033 TWO OR THREE MONTHS AGO. 342 00:10:30,033 --> 00:10:30,700 >> UM-HUM. 343 00:10:30,700 --> 00:10:31,433 >> IF YOU CLOSE YOUR EYES THAT 344 00:10:31,433 --> 00:10:32,866 HUGHEN ACT YOU COULD THINK HE 345 00:10:32,866 --> 00:10:33,566 WAS A DEMOCRAT. 346 00:10:33,566 --> 00:10:35,633 SAYING HE IS STANDING UP TO 347 00:10:35,633 --> 00:10:36,533 PRESIDENT TRUMP, 348 00:10:36,533 --> 00:10:37,966 SAYING HE IS PRO CHOICE. 349 00:10:37,966 --> 00:10:39,866 YOU CAN CLEARLY SEE THE IMPACT 350 00:10:39,866 --> 00:10:41,733 OF A PRESIDENT WHO IS UNDER 351 00:10:41,733 --> 00:10:43,633 WATER IN DOUBLE DIGITS IN NEW 352 00:10:43,633 --> 00:10:45,166 JERSEY AND THE DIFFICULTIES OF 353 00:10:45,166 --> 00:10:46,833 RUNNING AS A REPUBLICAN IN IN 354 00:10:46,833 --> 00:10:47,700 CLIMATE. 355 00:10:47,700 --> 00:10:48,900 >> BUT IT'S NOT OVER YET. 356 00:10:48,900 --> 00:10:50,766 IS IT? 357 00:10:50,766 --> 00:10:52,066 I MEAN HE COULD STILL WIN, 358 00:10:52,066 --> 00:10:53,666 RIGHT? 359 00:10:53,666 --> 00:10:54,466 >> IT'S POSSIBLE. 360 00:10:54,466 --> 00:10:55,533 THERE AREN'T ANY POLLS THAT 361 00:10:55,533 --> 00:10:57,333 INDICATE -- PUBLIC POLICE THAT 362 00:10:57,333 --> 00:10:59,966 INDICATE THAT HE IS CLOSE TO 363 00:10:59,966 --> 00:11:00,700 THAT. 364 00:11:00,700 --> 00:11:02,533 BUT WE CAN'T GO ON POLLS 365 00:11:02,533 --> 00:11:03,200 ANYMORE. 366 00:11:03,200 --> 00:11:05,166 I MEAN WE HAVE TO BASED ON WHAT 367 00:11:05,166 --> 00:11:07,066 HAPPENED IN 2016 WE JUST CAN'T 368 00:11:07,066 --> 00:11:08,100 PUT ALL OUR STOCK IN WHAT THE 369 00:11:08,100 --> 00:11:08,766 POLLS SAY. 370 00:11:08,766 --> 00:11:10,333 THERE COULD BE AN UPSET TURNOUT 371 00:11:10,333 --> 00:11:13,100 AND COULD BE A HUNL FACTOR. 372 00:11:13,100 --> 00:11:14,666 >> MENENDEZ BY EIGHT OR NINE. 373 00:11:14,666 --> 00:11:16,333 HUGHEN BY 2. 374 00:11:16,333 --> 00:11:17,200 >> YEAH. 375 00:11:17,200 --> 00:11:20,166 >> WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THAT. 376 00:11:20,166 --> 00:11:22,333 >> I SPOKE TO SOME DEMOCRATIC 377 00:11:22,333 --> 00:11:23,666 PEOPLE THIS WOKE AND THEY'RE 378 00:11:23,666 --> 00:11:24,966 CONCERNED ABOUT MENENDEZ. 379 00:11:24,966 --> 00:11:28,000 AND THEY'RE -- THEY'RE NOT 380 00:11:28,000 --> 00:11:29,733 COUNTING ON ANYTHING ON ELECTION 381 00:11:29,733 --> 00:11:30,400 DAY. 382 00:11:30,400 --> 00:11:31,833 AND JUST LOOKING AT THE ADS YOU 383 00:11:31,833 --> 00:11:33,633 KIENT OF HAVE BEEN CONDITIONED 384 00:11:33,633 --> 00:11:34,833 NOW LIKE IF THE CANDIDATE 385 00:11:34,833 --> 00:11:36,466 APPROVAL COMES AT THE BEGINNING 386 00:11:36,466 --> 00:11:37,766 IT'S LIKE BUCKLE UP THIS ONE IS 387 00:11:37,766 --> 00:11:38,933 GOING TO BE A ROUGH ONE. 388 00:11:38,933 --> 00:11:41,066 IF THEY START OUT POSITIVE AND 389 00:11:41,066 --> 00:11:42,333 TO THEIR CANDIDATE APPROVAL AT 390 00:11:42,333 --> 00:11:43,233 THE END IT'S LIKE OKAY, 391 00:11:43,233 --> 00:11:45,233 WE'RE BACK TO TALKING ABOUT REAL 392 00:11:45,233 --> 00:11:45,900 STUFF. 393 00:11:45,900 --> 00:11:46,566 >> REALLY WITH THEM, 394 00:11:46,566 --> 00:11:48,900 I MEAN THE DEMOCRATS HAVE THE 395 00:11:48,900 --> 00:11:49,833 NUMBERS. 396 00:11:49,833 --> 00:11:51,300 AND THE TRADITIONAL GET OUT THE 397 00:11:51,300 --> 00:11:52,733 THE VOTE EFFORT. 398 00:11:52,733 --> 00:11:54,066 BUT THEY ARE A LITTLE CONCERNED 399 00:11:54,066 --> 00:11:56,166 THE THE PEOPLE I TALKED TO ABOUT 400 00:11:56,166 --> 00:11:58,500 THE GETTING OUT THE VOTE PART. 401 00:11:58,500 --> 00:11:59,633 AND NEF A BUNCH OF RALLIES 402 00:11:59,633 --> 00:12:01,633 SCHEDULED IN HUDSON COUNTY THIS 403 00:12:01,633 --> 00:12:02,900 WEEKEND WHERE THEY HOPE, 404 00:12:02,900 --> 00:12:04,233 YOU KNOW THOSE COUNTIES WITH THE 405 00:12:04,233 --> 00:12:06,300 BIG DEMOCRATIC NUMBERS COME OUT 406 00:12:06,300 --> 00:12:06,966 STRONG. 407 00:12:06,966 --> 00:12:08,300 IF ANY DON'T THEY ARE DEFINITELY 408 00:12:08,300 --> 00:12:08,966 IN TROUBLE. 409 00:12:08,966 --> 00:12:10,333 >> HOW DO WE -- GO AHEAD. 410 00:12:10,333 --> 00:12:11,266 >> I WAS SPEAKING TO GOVERNOR 411 00:12:11,266 --> 00:12:12,866 MURPHY ABOUT THIS HE WAS SAYING 412 00:12:12,866 --> 00:12:14,266 HIS BIGGEST CONCERN WHERE 413 00:12:14,266 --> 00:12:15,500 MENENDEZ'S BASE IS THE HUDSON 414 00:12:15,500 --> 00:12:17,800 ABBERGEN COUNTIES THERE IS NO 415 00:12:17,800 --> 00:12:19,633 COMPETITIVE CONGRESSIONAL RACES. 416 00:12:19,633 --> 00:12:20,966 WHAT'S ENERGY IN THE SEVENTH AND 417 00:12:20,966 --> 00:12:21,633 11th WHERE HE MAY NOT BE AS 418 00:12:21,633 --> 00:12:22,300 POPULAR YOU ARE NOT SEEING THE 419 00:12:22,300 --> 00:12:22,966 SAME. 420 00:12:22,966 --> 00:12:23,633 THAT'S WHY YOU SEE MURPHY AND 421 00:12:23,633 --> 00:12:24,300 BOOKER AND TOP DEMOCRATS FOCUS 422 00:12:24,300 --> 00:12:26,966 ON THE NORTHERN PART OF THE 423 00:12:26,966 --> 00:12:27,966 STATE. 424 00:12:27,966 --> 00:12:31,433 >> WE WENT OUT IN THE FIELD THIS 425 00:12:31,433 --> 00:12:32,133 WEEK. 426 00:12:32,133 --> 00:12:34,933 WENT TO THE 11th AND SEVENTH 427 00:12:34,933 --> 00:12:37,000 DISTRICTS AND DID A VOTER 428 00:12:37,000 --> 00:12:38,733 INTERVIEWS ON THE STREET. 429 00:12:38,733 --> 00:12:40,633 AND I WAS STRUCK BY THE NUMBER 430 00:12:40,633 --> 00:12:43,933 OF PEOPLE WHO SAID THEY CAN'T 431 00:12:41,933 --> 00:12:45,000 VOTE FOR MENENDEZ. 432 00:12:45,000 --> 00:12:47,100 I GUESS THAT $30 MILLION THAT 433 00:12:47,100 --> 00:12:49,300 HUGHEN HAS SPENT HAS HELPED 434 00:12:49,300 --> 00:12:51,633 TARNISH MENENDEZ'S REPUTATION IN 435 00:12:51,633 --> 00:12:52,866 THE STATE. 436 00:12:52,866 --> 00:12:55,300 >> MY LAST TWO UBER DRIVERS SAID 437 00:12:55,300 --> 00:12:56,266 THE VERY SAME THING. 438 00:12:56,266 --> 00:12:56,966 >> WHAT. 439 00:12:56,966 --> 00:12:58,166 >> I'M A EXACT BUT CAN'T VOTE 440 00:12:58,166 --> 00:12:59,333 FOR MENENDEZ. 441 00:12:59,333 --> 00:13:01,566 >> I HAVE A FRIEND VERY MODERATE 442 00:13:01,566 --> 00:13:03,700 WHO SAID AFTER THE HUGHEN YOU 443 00:13:03,700 --> 00:13:05,433 KNOW THE PROSTITUTION SMEAR AD 444 00:13:05,433 --> 00:13:06,533 CAME OUT, 445 00:13:06,533 --> 00:13:08,766 THAT THAT PUSHED HIM AWAY FROM 446 00:13:08,766 --> 00:13:10,500 NOT VOTING GEBS AGAINST MENENDEZ 447 00:13:10,500 --> 00:13:12,666 AND NOW HE WILL BECAUSE HE FELT 448 00:13:12,666 --> 00:13:14,200 LIKE IT SHOWED POORLILY ON 449 00:13:14,200 --> 00:13:16,000 HUGHEN'S JUDGMENT THAT HE WOULD 450 00:13:16,000 --> 00:13:16,666 GO TO THAT. 451 00:13:16,666 --> 00:13:18,400 >> WE HAVE TALKED HERE ABOUT HOW 452 00:13:18,400 --> 00:13:20,933 GOING SO LO COULD BACK FIRE AND 453 00:13:20,933 --> 00:13:23,133 HUGHEN BUT HE PULLED IT BACK AS 454 00:13:23,133 --> 00:13:25,433 WE JUST SAW FOR THE FINAL WEEK. 455 00:13:25,433 --> 00:13:27,600 IN THE 11th DISTRICT MIKEY 456 00:13:27,600 --> 00:13:30,600 SHERYL AND JAY WEB WEBBER NP IN 457 00:13:30,600 --> 00:13:31,533 THE SEVENTH. 458 00:13:31,533 --> 00:13:32,733 LEONARD LANCE AND TOM 459 00:13:32,733 --> 00:13:34,800 MALENNOUSKY. 460 00:13:34,800 --> 00:13:38,000 >> CLOSE BECAUSE OF THE NATURE 461 00:13:38,000 --> 00:13:39,066 OF THE DISTRICTS. 462 00:13:39,066 --> 00:13:40,866 THESE HAVE BEEN TRADITIONALLY 463 00:13:40,866 --> 00:13:41,633 REPUBLICAN FOR YEARS. 464 00:13:41,633 --> 00:13:43,300 EVEN IF IT LOOKS LIKE ESPECIALLY 465 00:13:43,300 --> 00:13:47,533 WITH MIKEY SHERYL SHE IS PULLING 466 00:13:47,533 --> 00:13:49,466 HEYDE WE HAVEN'T SEEN A DEMOCRAT 467 00:13:49,466 --> 00:13:51,100 WIN THERE SO LONG IT'S DIFFICULT 468 00:13:51,100 --> 00:13:52,200 TO PULL BASED ON THE SURGE 469 00:13:52,200 --> 00:13:52,866 MEDDLE. 470 00:13:52,866 --> 00:13:55,700 I DON'T THINK EITHER OF ENEMY IS 471 00:13:55,700 --> 00:13:56,866 TAKING ANYTHING FOR GRANTED. 472 00:13:56,866 --> 00:13:58,666 I THINK NO MATTER WHO WINS IT'S 473 00:13:58,666 --> 00:14:01,100 WITHIN THREE OR FOUR POINTS MAX. 474 00:14:01,100 --> 00:14:02,633 >> PRESIDENT TRUMP IS PLAYING A 475 00:14:02,633 --> 00:14:04,533 LARGE ROLE IN THE ELECTION 476 00:14:04,533 --> 00:14:07,266 NATIONWIDE. 477 00:14:07,266 --> 00:14:10,000 HE WAS TRYING TO MAKE THE NEWS 478 00:14:10,000 --> 00:14:12,266 ALL ABOUT KAVANAUGH AND THE 479 00:14:12,266 --> 00:14:15,333 CARAVAN UNTIL THE PIPE BOMB 480 00:14:15,333 --> 00:14:16,800 STORY BROKE. 481 00:14:16,800 --> 00:14:18,300 FOLLOWED BY THE HORRIBLE 482 00:14:18,300 --> 00:14:20,733 SHOOTINGS AT A SYNAGOGUE IN 483 00:14:20,733 --> 00:14:22,166 PITTSBURGH. 484 00:14:22,166 --> 00:14:23,766 NOW HE IS TRYING TO SEIZE BACK 485 00:14:23,766 --> 00:14:27,166 THE MOMENTUM AROUND IMMIGRATION 486 00:14:27,166 --> 00:14:27,833 ISSUES, 487 00:14:27,833 --> 00:14:29,733 WHICH ARE HIS BREAD AND BUTTER 488 00:14:29,733 --> 00:14:33,366 AND WHICH HE GOES TO WHEN HE 489 00:14:33,366 --> 00:14:35,633 NEEDS TO. 490 00:14:35,633 --> 00:14:36,966 FROM HIS PERFORMANCE ON 491 00:14:36,966 --> 00:14:37,766 THURSDAY, 492 00:14:37,766 --> 00:14:40,600 WHERE HE DELIVERED A VERY 493 00:14:40,600 --> 00:14:45,233 POWERFUL ANTI-IMMIGRANT SCREED, 494 00:14:45,233 --> 00:14:46,800 HAS HE MANAGED TO TAKE BACK THE 495 00:14:46,800 --> 00:14:48,666 CONVERSATION? 496 00:14:48,666 --> 00:14:49,400 >> HE CERTAINLY MANAGED TO 497 00:14:49,400 --> 00:14:50,600 DOMINATE IT, I THINK. 498 00:14:50,600 --> 00:14:52,733 IN A WAY WHAT HE SEEMS TO BE 499 00:14:52,733 --> 00:14:55,400 DOING IS RECREATE WHAT LED INTO 500 00:14:55,400 --> 00:14:56,500 THE 2016 ELECTION. 501 00:14:56,500 --> 00:14:57,933 HE WANTS TO BUILD UP THE SAME 502 00:14:57,933 --> 00:14:59,366 ENERGY THAT DELIVERED HIM STATES 503 00:14:59,366 --> 00:15:01,133 THAT HE NEEDED TO WIN. 504 00:15:01,133 --> 00:15:03,566 AND TO BUILD SOME ADVANTAGE IN 505 00:15:03,566 --> 00:15:04,566 THE SENATE AND GIVE YOURSELF 506 00:15:04,566 --> 00:15:05,633 MAYBE A PRAYER IN THE HOUSE HE 507 00:15:05,633 --> 00:15:07,166 IS JUST CALCULATING ON THE 508 00:15:07,166 --> 00:15:08,800 STATES HE WON THAT RESPONDED TO 509 00:15:08,800 --> 00:15:09,533 THE SAME MESSAGE. 510 00:15:09,533 --> 00:15:10,933 WHY DON'T I JUST BRING THE SAME 511 00:15:10,933 --> 00:15:11,600 MESSAGE OUT. 512 00:15:11,600 --> 00:15:13,400 WHAT THAT DOES IS IT HURTS 513 00:15:13,400 --> 00:15:15,333 REPUBLICANS IN STATES WHERE THAT 514 00:15:15,333 --> 00:15:16,733 DIDN'T WORK LIKE NEW JERSEY. 515 00:15:16,733 --> 00:15:18,366 >> HOW WELL DOES IMMIGRATION 516 00:15:18,366 --> 00:15:19,866 PLAY FOR REPUBLICANS IN NEW 517 00:15:19,866 --> 00:15:24,000 JERSEY WHEN TOURISM AND SEASONAL 518 00:15:24,000 --> 00:15:27,633 WORKERS -- IMMIGRATION IS -- 519 00:15:27,633 --> 00:15:28,733 IT'S PART OF THAT -- THOSE 520 00:15:28,733 --> 00:15:29,466 ECONOMIES. 521 00:15:29,466 --> 00:15:31,733 SO YOU KNOW, 522 00:15:31,733 --> 00:15:33,000 ESPECIALLY THE COMMENT THAT HE 523 00:15:33,000 --> 00:15:34,833 MADE ABOUT THREATENING TO SHOOT 524 00:15:34,833 --> 00:15:37,566 IMMIGRANTS COMING CROSS IF THEY 525 00:15:37,566 --> 00:15:39,200 HAD ROCKS. 526 00:15:39,200 --> 00:15:39,866 >> ROCKS. 527 00:15:39,866 --> 00:15:40,533 >> YOU KNOW, 528 00:15:40,533 --> 00:15:42,866 I THINK PEOPLE SORT OF GET TAKEN 529 00:15:42,866 --> 00:15:43,600 ABACK BY THAT. 530 00:15:43,600 --> 00:15:45,600 THAT'S A LITTLE BIT CRAZY. 531 00:15:45,600 --> 00:15:46,666 >> IF HE WANTED TO HELP THE NEW 532 00:15:46,666 --> 00:15:48,066 JERSEY REPUBLICANS IN TIGHT 533 00:15:48,066 --> 00:15:51,233 RACES HE WOULD INVOIT THEM TO A 534 00:15:51,233 --> 00:15:51,900 DINER, 535 00:15:51,900 --> 00:15:52,866 TALK ABOUT TRANSPORTATION AND 536 00:15:52,866 --> 00:15:54,700 THEN WALK OUT AND SAY, YOU KNOW, 537 00:15:54,700 --> 00:15:56,400 CONGRESSMAN LANES, 538 00:15:56,400 --> 00:15:58,633 JAY WEBBER THEY CONVINCE ME TO 539 00:15:58,633 --> 00:16:00,166 FUND GATEWAY. 540 00:16:00,166 --> 00:16:03,100 >> CALL THEM UP FOR THE SHOW 541 00:16:03,100 --> 00:16:05,100 THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. 542 00:16:05,100 --> 00:16:07,233 >> EVEN THE PRESIDENT WHO IS, 543 00:16:07,233 --> 00:16:07,900 YOU KNOW, 544 00:16:07,900 --> 00:16:10,266 NOT AS UNPOPULAR AS THIS 545 00:16:10,266 --> 00:16:11,133 PRESIDENT, 546 00:16:11,133 --> 00:16:12,500 YOU GET TIRED OF HEARING ABOUT 547 00:16:12,500 --> 00:16:14,333 -- THE NEWS ALWAYS PRESIDENT DID 548 00:16:14,333 --> 00:16:16,600 IN, THAT OR THE OTHER THING. 549 00:16:16,600 --> 00:16:18,033 WITH IN PRESIDENT, 550 00:16:18,033 --> 00:16:19,533 EVERY TIME HE IS OUT THERE, 551 00:16:19,533 --> 00:16:21,500 LIKE THURSDAY'S PERFORMANCE WAS 552 00:16:21,500 --> 00:16:23,966 JUST -- IT WAS ALMOST SURREAL TO 553 00:16:23,966 --> 00:16:25,866 HEAR HIM JUST START, YOU KNOW. 554 00:16:25,866 --> 00:16:26,533 >> IT WAS. 555 00:16:26,533 --> 00:16:27,700 >> ROLLING DOWN A HILL. 556 00:16:27,700 --> 00:16:28,366 >> IT WAS. 557 00:16:28,366 --> 00:16:30,066 >> AND I WONDER IF PEOPLE HAVE 558 00:16:30,066 --> 00:16:30,966 JUST SAID, 559 00:16:30,966 --> 00:16:32,166 I CAN'T LISTEN TO THIS GUY. 560 00:16:32,166 --> 00:16:33,233 >> FROM BEING OUT IN THE FIELD 561 00:16:33,233 --> 00:16:35,800 ON -- TRYING TO GET THE MAN ON 562 00:16:35,800 --> 00:16:37,133 THE STREET INTERVIEWS I CAN TELL 563 00:16:37,133 --> 00:16:39,133 YOU A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE FED UP 564 00:16:39,133 --> 00:16:40,266 WITH THE WHOLE THING AND DON'T 565 00:16:40,266 --> 00:16:41,900 WANT TO THINK ABOUT IT OR TALK 566 00:16:41,900 --> 00:16:42,666 ABOUT IT. 567 00:16:42,666 --> 00:16:43,333 >> YEAH. 568 00:16:43,333 --> 00:16:44,600 >> LET'S US MOVE ON. 569 00:16:44,600 --> 00:16:46,033 THE SENATE AND THE ASSEMBLY THIS 570 00:16:46,033 --> 00:16:47,933 WEEK APPROVED CREATION OF A 571 00:16:47,933 --> 00:16:49,566 SPECIAL COMMITTEE TO LOOK INTO 572 00:16:49,566 --> 00:16:51,566 SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND MISCONDUCT 573 00:16:51,566 --> 00:16:53,233 IN STATE GOVERNMENT. 574 00:16:53,233 --> 00:16:54,400 THE VOTES WERE VIRTUALLY 575 00:16:54,400 --> 00:16:55,866 UNANIMOUS. 576 00:16:55,866 --> 00:16:57,466 AT THE SAME TIME A GRAHAM MUCH 577 00:16:57,466 --> 00:16:59,533 60 WOMEN SUPPORTERS OF GOVERNOR 578 00:16:59,533 --> 00:17:01,400 MURPHY SENT A LETTER TO EVERY 579 00:17:01,400 --> 00:17:03,633 LEGISLATOR WAGENER THEM AGAINST 580 00:17:03,633 --> 00:17:05,000 TURNING THE HEARINGS INTO A 581 00:17:05,000 --> 00:17:06,833 POLITICAL CIRCUS. 582 00:17:06,833 --> 00:17:08,400 WEBL AN INDEPENDENT 583 00:17:08,400 --> 00:17:10,166 INVESTIGATION AND REVIEW ARE 584 00:17:10,166 --> 00:17:11,500 MEANINGFUL FIRST STEPS. 585 00:17:11,500 --> 00:17:14,800 THESE- THAT SHOULD BE FOCUSED ON 586 00:17:14,800 --> 00:17:17,700 SUPPORTING SURVIVORS AND NOT 587 00:17:17,700 --> 00:17:19,266 MADE SPECTACLES TO YOUR FOR THE 588 00:17:19,266 --> 00:17:20,966 PUBLIC SKUFRPG. 589 00:17:20,966 --> 00:17:23,133 OUR COLLECTIVE CALL IS THAT THE 590 00:17:23,133 --> 00:17:25,233 POLITICAL MACHINATIONS NOT 591 00:17:25,233 --> 00:17:27,233 HINDER THE OPPORTUNITY TO EFFECT 592 00:17:27,233 --> 00:17:29,400 REAL CHANGE FOR ALL THE PEOPLE 593 00:17:29,400 --> 00:17:30,700 OF NEW JERSEY. 594 00:17:30,700 --> 00:17:32,033 WHAT ARE THEY REALLY SAYING 595 00:17:32,033 --> 00:17:34,600 HERE? 596 00:17:34,600 --> 00:17:36,200 >> DON'T USE -- DON'T USE THIS 597 00:17:36,200 --> 00:17:37,400 ISSUE AS, 598 00:17:37,400 --> 00:17:40,366 LIKE BUDGET 2.0 AND CONTINUE 599 00:17:40,366 --> 00:17:41,900 THIS TENSION BETWEEN THE 600 00:17:41,900 --> 00:17:43,566 GOVERNOR AND LEGISLATIVE 601 00:17:43,566 --> 00:17:44,233 LEADERS. 602 00:17:44,233 --> 00:17:45,866 IF YOU ARE GOING TO LOOK AT 603 00:17:45,866 --> 00:17:46,933 THESE ARE SOWERS ISSUES. 604 00:17:46,933 --> 00:17:47,733 IF YOU ARE LOOKING AT THESE 605 00:17:47,733 --> 00:17:50,200 ISSUES LOOK AT THE ISSUES AND 606 00:17:50,200 --> 00:17:53,466 NOT MAKE IT A -- ANOTHER WAY TO 607 00:17:53,466 --> 00:17:55,066 JUST UNDERMINE THE GOVERNOR. 608 00:17:55,066 --> 00:17:56,200 >> I THINK IT'S A PREEMPTIVE 609 00:17:56,200 --> 00:17:57,200 STRIKE. 610 00:17:57,200 --> 00:17:59,766 I THINK THAT THEY KNOW THAT 611 00:17:59,766 --> 00:18:01,200 THESE HEARINGS ARE NOT GOING TO 612 00:18:01,200 --> 00:18:02,600 BE FISHINGLY PARTICULARLY GOOD 613 00:18:02,600 --> 00:18:04,700 FOR THE GOVERNOR. 614 00:18:04,700 --> 00:18:07,933 I THINK THE GOVERNOR'S PEOPLE 615 00:18:07,933 --> 00:18:09,500 ARE TRYING TO RESET THE 616 00:18:09,500 --> 00:18:10,166 BATTLEFIELD. 617 00:18:10,166 --> 00:18:14,266 >> AMONG THE 60 WOMEN SIGNING 618 00:18:14,266 --> 00:18:14,933 THE LETTER. 619 00:18:14,933 --> 00:18:18,566 OF NEW JERSEY WORKING FAMILIES 620 00:18:18,566 --> 00:18:19,533 EDDIE ROSENSTEIN. 621 00:18:19,533 --> 00:18:20,266 MARIE BLIFTEN. 622 00:18:20,266 --> 00:18:26,366 MARCIA OF MARLIE OF BLUE WAVE 623 00:18:21,400 --> 00:18:33,766 NJF LORTA IS A SWEENEY ALLY. 624 00:18:33,766 --> 00:18:36,200 BRIANA SPOKE TO HER ABOUT THIS 625 00:18:36,200 --> 00:18:37,766 THIS WEEK. 626 00:18:37,766 --> 00:18:39,233 >> I HAVE NOT SEEN THE LETTER. 627 00:18:39,233 --> 00:18:41,866 THE LETTER WAS RELEASED TO THE 628 00:18:41,866 --> 00:18:42,800 PRESS. 629 00:18:42,800 --> 00:18:45,200 I FIND IT KIND OF FUNNY THAT IT 630 00:18:45,200 --> 00:18:47,833 NEVER MADE IT TO MY DESK. 631 00:18:47,833 --> 00:18:49,166 THE ONLY THING I NO HE ABOUT THE 632 00:18:49,166 --> 00:18:50,633 LETTER IS WHAT I READ IN THE 633 00:18:50,633 --> 00:18:51,300 PRESS. 634 00:18:51,300 --> 00:18:52,766 THERE IS NO OVERREACH. 635 00:18:52,766 --> 00:18:54,900 AND WE ARE VERY RAILROAD CLEAR. 636 00:18:54,900 --> 00:18:57,800 I'VE SAID IT FROM THE BEGINNING 637 00:18:57,800 --> 00:18:59,233 WHEN I MADE A STATEMENT EVEN 638 00:18:59,233 --> 00:19:01,300 BEFORE THE SENATE PRESIDENT AND 639 00:19:01,300 --> 00:19:04,066 THE SPEAKER CONVENED A SPECIAL 640 00:19:04,066 --> 00:19:05,100 COMMITTEE. 641 00:19:05,100 --> 00:19:05,766 . 642 00:19:05,766 --> 00:19:06,700 WE HAVE WORK TO DO. 643 00:19:06,700 --> 00:19:08,633 POLICIES, PROCEDURES, 644 00:19:08,633 --> 00:19:11,100 THAT COVER ALL OF NEW JERSEY 645 00:19:11,100 --> 00:19:12,466 GOVERNMENT. 646 00:19:12,466 --> 00:19:13,433 >> SO I ASK AGAIN, 647 00:19:13,433 --> 00:19:16,100 WHAT ARE THE PRO MURPHY WOMEN 648 00:19:16,100 --> 00:19:18,200 AFRAID OF? 649 00:19:18,200 --> 00:19:18,900 >> WELL OBVIOUSLY THEY ARE 650 00:19:18,900 --> 00:19:20,366 AFRAID OF THIS TURNING INTO A 651 00:19:20,366 --> 00:19:21,600 SPECTACLE. 652 00:19:21,600 --> 00:19:23,366 BUT I THINK THAT BY SENDING A 653 00:19:23,366 --> 00:19:26,400 LETTER LIKE THIS IT QUESTIONS 654 00:19:26,400 --> 00:19:28,300 THE MOTIVATIONS OF THE 655 00:19:28,300 --> 00:19:30,500 LEGISLATORS ON THE PANEL. 656 00:19:30,500 --> 00:19:31,266 AND THEY MAY FIND THAT 657 00:19:31,266 --> 00:19:31,966 INSULTING. 658 00:19:31,966 --> 00:19:32,900 AND THIS HAS THE POTENTIAL TO 659 00:19:32,900 --> 00:19:34,666 BACK FIRE ON MURPHY. 660 00:19:34,666 --> 00:19:36,033 REGARDLESS OF THE LETTER IT'S 661 00:19:36,033 --> 00:19:36,833 GOING TO BE A POLITICAL 662 00:19:36,833 --> 00:19:37,900 SPECTACLE BECAUSE YOU HAVE 663 00:19:37,900 --> 00:19:39,100 SOMEBODY CLAIMING THEY WERE 664 00:19:39,100 --> 00:19:41,300 SEXUALLY ASSAULTED LIKELY GOING 665 00:19:41,300 --> 00:19:43,066 TO TESTIFY BEFORE THE COMMITTEE 666 00:19:43,066 --> 00:19:44,200 AND THE ALLEGED ASSAULTER IS 667 00:19:44,200 --> 00:19:44,900 GOING TO BE IN FRONT OF THE 668 00:19:44,900 --> 00:19:45,566 COMMITTEE. 669 00:19:45,566 --> 00:19:46,333 LOTS OF PEOPLE WILL BE PAYING 670 00:19:46,333 --> 00:19:47,000 ATTENTION. 671 00:19:47,000 --> 00:19:48,500 BY ITS NATURE IT'S A SPECTACLE. 672 00:19:48,500 --> 00:19:51,100 >> IS IT GOING TO FREEZE TRENTON 673 00:19:51,100 --> 00:19:52,900 AND PREVENT PROGRESS ON OTHER 674 00:19:52,900 --> 00:19:54,366 FRONTS. 675 00:19:54,366 --> 00:19:56,566 >> DEPENDS HOW WIDE RANGING THEY 676 00:19:56,566 --> 00:19:58,700 WANT TO MAKE THE INVESTIGATION I 677 00:19:58,700 --> 00:19:59,366 THINK. 678 00:19:59,366 --> 00:20:00,666 THERE ARE LEGITIMATE SERIOUS 679 00:20:00,666 --> 00:20:03,266 ISSUES STEMMING FROM THE MURPHY 680 00:20:03,266 --> 00:20:05,000 CAMPAIGN AND TRANSITION THAT 681 00:20:05,000 --> 00:20:05,800 SPILLED OVER TO THE 682 00:20:05,800 --> 00:20:07,100 ADMINISTRATION. 683 00:20:07,100 --> 00:20:08,533 YOU HAVE TO ANSWER FOR THEM. 684 00:20:08,533 --> 00:20:09,866 >> IT'S HARD TO IMAGINE IT WON'T 685 00:20:09,866 --> 00:20:10,533 FREEZE IT. 686 00:20:10,533 --> 00:20:12,166 LIKE DUSTIN SAID IT'S TAKING UP 687 00:20:12,166 --> 00:20:14,900 ENERGY AND FOCUS ON AN ISSUE 688 00:20:14,900 --> 00:20:16,000 THAT CARRIES A LOT OF EMOTION 689 00:20:16,000 --> 00:20:18,533 BEYOND JUST THE POLICY ISSUES AT 690 00:20:18,533 --> 00:20:19,200 PLAY. 691 00:20:19,200 --> 00:20:21,133 SO I CAN'T IMAGINE HOW TO US EYE 692 00:20:21,133 --> 00:20:22,000 THE GOVERNOR'S FAVORITE PHRASE 693 00:20:22,000 --> 00:20:23,333 YOU CAN WALK AND CHEW GUM AT THE 694 00:20:23,333 --> 00:20:24,666 SAME TIME WITH SOMETHING OF THIS 695 00:20:24,666 --> 00:20:25,333 MAGNITUDE. 696 00:20:25,333 --> 00:20:26,433 >> PEOPLE WONDER WHETHER THE 697 00:20:26,433 --> 00:20:28,633 HEARINGS ARE THE EQUIVALENT -- 698 00:20:28,633 --> 00:20:30,433 MUFRFY'S EQUIVALENT OF THE CHRIS 699 00:20:30,433 --> 00:20:31,833 CHRISTIE AS BRIDGE GATE 700 00:20:31,833 --> 00:20:33,166 HEARINGS. 701 00:20:33,166 --> 00:20:35,666 I THINK IT'S TOO SOON TO MAKE 702 00:20:35,666 --> 00:20:37,200 THAT COMPARISON FOR REAL. 703 00:20:37,200 --> 00:20:37,866 WHAT DO YOU THINK. 704 00:20:37,866 --> 00:20:40,566 >> MINUS THE SMOKING GUN EMAIL. 705 00:20:40,566 --> 00:20:41,833 >> MINUS. 706 00:20:41,833 --> 00:20:44,666 >> THEY ARE SIMILAR RIGHT NOW 707 00:20:44,666 --> 00:20:46,333 BUT THEY ARE DISSIMILAR BECAUSE 708 00:20:46,333 --> 00:20:50,500 WE HAVE IN FACT HIRING PRACTICES 709 00:20:50,500 --> 00:20:52,400 IN NEW JERSEY EMAIL YET. 710 00:20:52,400 --> 00:20:54,933 >> THE ONLY EMAIL WE KNOW THAT'S 711 00:20:54,933 --> 00:20:57,333 BORDER LINE SENSITIVE IS THE ONE 712 00:20:57,333 --> 00:21:02,233 THAT KATIE BRENNAN SENT TO BILL 713 00:21:02,233 --> 00:21:04,433 AND TAMMY MURPHY SAY I'D LIKE TO 714 00:21:04,433 --> 00:21:05,700 TALK TO YOU ABOUT SOMETHING 715 00:21:05,700 --> 00:21:08,233 SENSITIVE AND THEY PASSED IT ON 716 00:21:08,233 --> 00:21:10,100 TO STAFF BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN 717 00:21:10,100 --> 00:21:12,600 TOLD WHEN YOU GET SOMETHING 718 00:21:12,600 --> 00:21:14,133 POTENTIALLY CONTROVERSIAL LIKE 719 00:21:14,133 --> 00:21:15,666 THAT YOU HAVE STAFF HANDLE IT 720 00:21:15,666 --> 00:21:16,333 FIRST. 721 00:21:16,333 --> 00:21:18,100 IS THAT CORRECT? 722 00:21:18,100 --> 00:21:18,766 >> YEAH, 723 00:21:18,766 --> 00:21:20,400 AND PROCEDURALLY IT IS IDENTICAL 724 00:21:20,400 --> 00:21:21,933 TO AT LEAST HOW THE BRIDGE GATE 725 00:21:21,933 --> 00:21:23,033 INVESTIGATION STARTED. 726 00:21:23,033 --> 00:21:24,600 BECAUSE YOU HAD VOTES TO 727 00:21:24,600 --> 00:21:25,966 ESTABLISH THE SELECT COMMITTEES 728 00:21:25,966 --> 00:21:27,100 THAT ARE BIPARTISAN THAT HAVE 729 00:21:27,100 --> 00:21:28,200 SUBPOENA POWER. 730 00:21:28,200 --> 00:21:32,466 SO COMING OUT OF THE GATE IT'S 731 00:21:32,466 --> 00:21:33,133 -- IT'S. 732 00:21:33,133 --> 00:21:34,666 MIMICKING AT LEAST A PROCESS 733 00:21:34,666 --> 00:21:38,966 USED ONCE THOSE EMAILS CAME OUT. 734 00:21:38,966 --> 00:21:40,366 >> YOU LOOKED AT MURPHY'S TAX 735 00:21:40,366 --> 00:21:42,333 RETURN THIS WEEK. 736 00:21:42,333 --> 00:21:43,000 HE MADE -- HE AND HIS WIFE MADE 737 00:21:43,000 --> 00:21:43,666 $6.2 MILLION. 738 00:21:43,666 --> 00:21:44,333 >> 6.8. 739 00:21:44,333 --> 00:21:45,000 >> THE I'LL GET IT RIGHT. 740 00:21:45,000 --> 00:21:45,666 WHAT WAS INTERESTING IN THERE? 741 00:21:45,666 --> 00:21:46,333 >> ACTUALLY SO MANY OF THE MORE 742 00:21:46,333 --> 00:21:47,700 INTERESTING THINGS IS HE IS VERY 743 00:21:47,700 --> 00:21:50,366 WEALTHY. 744 00:21:48,366 --> 00:21:59,533 HE HAS A WIDE RANGE OF 745 00:21:59,533 --> 00:22:00,266 INVESTMENTS, 746 00:22:00,266 --> 00:22:02,133 MOST OF THEIR INCOME -- HIM AND 747 00:22:02,133 --> 00:22:03,400 THE FIRST LADY COME FROM 748 00:22:03,400 --> 00:22:04,766 INVESTMENTS AND NOT FROM FROM 749 00:22:04,766 --> 00:22:06,833 SALARY LIKE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN 750 00:22:06,833 --> 00:22:08,500 NEW JERSEY. 751 00:22:08,500 --> 00:22:10,033 NOT NECESSARILY ANYTHING THAT 752 00:22:10,033 --> 00:22:13,366 JUMPED OUT AT YOU AS THESE 753 00:22:13,366 --> 00:22:14,500 INDIVIDUAL INVESTMENTS. 754 00:22:14,500 --> 00:22:17,233 HE PAYS A LOT IN PROPERTY TAXES. 755 00:22:17,233 --> 00:22:19,166 >> 300,000 IN PROPERTY TAXES. 756 00:22:19,166 --> 00:22:21,200 >> WELL, NOW, IF YOU KNOW, 757 00:22:21,200 --> 00:22:22,266 A LOT OF PEOPLE THIS YEAR 758 00:22:22,266 --> 00:22:24,533 PREPAID PROPERTY TAXES TO GET 759 00:22:24,533 --> 00:22:25,733 AHEAD OF THE THE DEDUCTION WE 760 00:22:25,733 --> 00:22:27,233 TALKED ABOUT EARLIER. 761 00:22:27,233 --> 00:22:28,233 IT'S REALLY 200, 762 00:22:28,233 --> 00:22:30,100 000 AND BUT IT WAS 300 AND THEN 763 00:22:30,100 --> 00:22:32,500 YOU ADD PROPERTIES OVERSEAS AND 764 00:22:32,500 --> 00:22:34,300 HE SPENT MORE MORE ON PROPERTY 765 00:22:34,300 --> 00:22:35,900 TAXES THAN THE MEDIA YAN HOME IS 766 00:22:35,900 --> 00:22:38,033 WORTH IN ZBLUJ THAN YOU HAD A 767 00:22:38,033 --> 00:22:40,666 GOOD PIECE OF REPORTING ABOUT 768 00:22:40,666 --> 00:22:42,766 BRENDEN GILL MANAGING MURPHY'S 769 00:22:42,766 --> 00:22:46,300 CAMPAIGN AND FLUPGS IN THE 770 00:22:46,300 --> 00:22:47,733 MURPHY ADMINISTRATION. 771 00:22:47,733 --> 00:22:51,366 THE QUESTION YOU RAISED IS 772 00:22:51,366 --> 00:22:52,700 WHETHER HE SHOULD BE REGISTERED 773 00:22:52,700 --> 00:22:53,933 AS A LOBBYIST OR NOT. 774 00:22:53,933 --> 00:22:56,300 SOME GOOD GOVERNMENT PEOPLE 775 00:22:56,300 --> 00:22:58,033 THINK HE SHOULD. 776 00:22:58,033 --> 00:23:00,433 BUT EVERY GOVERNOR HAS SOMEBODY 777 00:23:00,433 --> 00:23:02,866 NEXT TO HIM WHO IS A CHIEF 778 00:23:02,866 --> 00:23:04,166 INFLUENCER DOES HE NOT. 779 00:23:04,166 --> 00:23:04,833 >> THAT'S TRUE. 780 00:23:04,833 --> 00:23:05,566 BUT THEY HAVEN'T HAD ALL 781 00:23:05,566 --> 00:23:07,333 FINANCIAL RELATIONSHIPS ARE 782 00:23:07,333 --> 00:23:08,400 LOBBYING FIRMS. 783 00:23:08,400 --> 00:23:11,600 HE DIDN'T DISCLOSE HIS CLIENTS. 784 00:23:11,600 --> 00:23:13,233 HE DIDN'T DISCLOSE TO ME, 785 00:23:13,233 --> 00:23:15,066 THE STATE I DON'T KNOW IF HE 786 00:23:15,066 --> 00:23:16,300 DISCLOSE TO DO TO THE GOVERNOR 787 00:23:16,300 --> 00:23:19,000 BUT IT A QUESTION DEVG TO BE 788 00:23:19,000 --> 00:23:20,700 RAISED >> THERE WAS INTERESTING 789 00:23:20,700 --> 00:23:21,466 REPORTING IN THERE. 790 00:23:21,466 --> 00:23:23,966 I DON'T KNOW THAT HE HE IS DOING 791 00:23:23,966 --> 00:23:25,800 ANYTHING WRONG. 792 00:23:25,800 --> 00:23:28,066 >> NOBODY SAYS HE IS DOING 793 00:23:28,066 --> 00:23:29,000 ANYTHING WRONG. 794 00:23:29,000 --> 00:23:29,666 >> OKAY. 795 00:23:29,666 --> 00:23:30,566 IT'S TIME FOR THE JOURNALISTIC 796 00:23:30,566 --> 00:23:31,833 HIGH POINTS OF THE WEEK. 797 00:23:31,833 --> 00:23:32,766 DAVID. 798 00:23:32,766 --> 00:23:34,366 >> I MEAN, I HAVE TO SAY, 799 00:23:34,366 --> 00:23:38,000 THE FIRST TELEVISED DEBATE SOLO 800 00:23:38,000 --> 00:23:39,700 MODERATING I VOIFD. 801 00:23:39,700 --> 00:23:41,633 THAT'S MY HIGHLIGHT OF THE WEEK. 802 00:23:41,633 --> 00:23:42,833 >> MINE TOO. 803 00:23:42,833 --> 00:23:43,500 JOHN. 804 00:23:43,500 --> 00:23:45,400 >> AND NJ SPOTLIGHT HAD A AN 805 00:23:45,400 --> 00:23:46,566 EVENT WITH THE UNITED WAY 806 00:23:46,566 --> 00:23:47,900 TALKING ABOUT ISSUES RELATED TO 807 00:23:47,900 --> 00:23:49,033 NEW JERSEY'S LOWEST INCOME 808 00:23:49,033 --> 00:23:49,700 RESIDENTS. 809 00:23:49,700 --> 00:23:52,133 AND JUST HAPPY TO BE ASSOCIATED 810 00:23:52,133 --> 00:23:53,800 WITH A GROUP THAT TOES THINGS 811 00:23:53,800 --> 00:23:55,066 LIKE THIS TO BRING THE 812 00:23:55,066 --> 00:23:56,433 CONVERSATION TO A THOUGHTFUL 813 00:23:56,433 --> 00:23:58,200 PLACE THAT MAYBE GENERATES 814 00:23:58,200 --> 00:23:59,300 INTEREST AND POSSIBLY MAKE 815 00:23:59,300 --> 00:24:00,133 PEOPLE PEACE LIVES BETTER. 816 00:24:00,133 --> 00:24:01,266 >> >> AND THE NJ SPOTLIGHT IS 817 00:24:01,266 --> 00:24:03,266 GOOD AT THAT. 818 00:24:03,266 --> 00:24:04,133 >> YES. 819 00:24:04,133 --> 00:24:05,266 >> I'LL GO BACK TO THE BRENDEN 820 00:24:05,266 --> 00:24:05,933 GILL STORY. 821 00:24:05,933 --> 00:24:07,633 SPENT A LOT OF TIME AND ENERGY 822 00:24:07,633 --> 00:24:09,433 ON THAT IT'S UP ONLINE ON THE 823 00:24:09,433 --> 00:24:10,833 WEBSITE SHOULD BE IN PRIN ON THE 824 00:24:10,833 --> 00:24:11,700 WEEKEND. 825 00:24:11,700 --> 00:24:13,033 >> GOOD STUFF. 826 00:24:13,033 --> 00:24:15,266 >> HE IS SORT OF THE BILL 827 00:24:15,266 --> 00:24:16,366 PALATUCCI OF THE NEW 828 00:24:16,366 --> 00:24:17,133 ADMINISTRATION. 829 00:24:17,133 --> 00:24:20,466 THE GUY YOU CALL IF YOU WANT TO 830 00:24:20,466 --> 00:24:22,900 GET TO THE GOVERNOR. 831 00:24:22,900 --> 00:24:23,866 >> HE IS. 832 00:24:23,866 --> 00:24:27,733 WHEN YOU NEED A GUY TO GET TO 833 00:24:27,733 --> 00:24:29,666 SOMEBODY WITH -- WITH INFLUENCE 834 00:24:29,666 --> 00:24:31,133 AND POWER, HE IS THE GUY NP. 835 00:24:31,133 --> 00:24:31,866 >> ALL RIGHT. 836 00:24:31,866 --> 00:24:32,566 NICK? 837 00:24:32,566 --> 00:24:33,966 >> A COUPLE WEEKS AGO WE DID A 838 00:24:33,966 --> 00:24:35,200 PRJT ON THE STONE PONY 839 00:24:35,200 --> 00:24:36,333 REINTERVIEW AND BRUCE STRING 840 00:24:36,333 --> 00:24:39,400 STEENG AND SOUL REARED SENT IN 841 00:24:39,400 --> 00:24:42,300 MEMORIES WE POSTED THE TODAY THE 842 00:24:42,300 --> 00:24:42,966 TEN. 843 00:24:42,966 --> 00:24:44,633 >> YOU INTERVIEWED BRUCE STRING 844 00:24:44,633 --> 00:24:45,300 STENE. 845 00:24:45,300 --> 00:24:45,966 >> I DID. 846 00:24:45,966 --> 00:24:47,700 >> THAT WAS A CAREER HIGHLIGHT. 847 00:24:47,700 --> 00:24:49,033 HE IS HE WAS GRACIOUS WITH HIS 848 00:24:49,033 --> 00:24:49,700 TIME. 849 00:24:49,700 --> 00:24:52,166 HE SOUNDS LIKE HE SINGS WHEN HE 850 00:24:52,166 --> 00:24:52,833 TALKS. 851 00:24:52,833 --> 00:24:53,500 HE HAS THAT GRUFF. 852 00:24:53,500 --> 00:24:54,700 >> WHERE WAS THE INTERVIEW. 853 00:24:54,700 --> 00:24:56,100 >> OVER THE PHONE BECAUSE RIGHT 854 00:24:56,100 --> 00:24:56,966 BEFORE ONE OF HIS BROADWAY 855 00:24:56,966 --> 00:24:57,633 SHOWS. 856 00:24:57,633 --> 00:24:59,466 I HAD TO MAKE SURE WE ENDED SO 857 00:24:59,466 --> 00:25:01,233 HE HAD TIME TO DO HIS SHOW. 858 00:25:01,233 --> 00:25:03,033 BUT WHAT WE PUBLISH TODAY IS THE 859 00:25:03,033 --> 00:25:05,433 READERS SENT IN MEMORIES OF THE 860 00:25:05,433 --> 00:25:08,033 STONE PONY THROUGH THE YEARS AND 861 00:25:08,033 --> 00:25:09,466 REMEMBER THE CHICKEN NOODLE SOUP 862 00:25:09,466 --> 00:25:10,266 BOOKS. 863 00:25:10,266 --> 00:25:11,433 THIS IS CHICKEN NOODLE SOUP FOR 864 00:25:11,433 --> 00:25:12,266 THE NEW JERSEY SOUL. 865 00:25:12,266 --> 00:25:13,700 >> AND MINE. 866 00:25:13,700 --> 00:25:15,700 HATS OFF TO DAVID FOR AT 867 00:25:15,700 --> 00:25:18,600 MASTERFUL JOB AND THE NJ TV 868 00:25:18,600 --> 00:25:20,933 DEENT UP NEXT IS SPECIAL EDITION 869 00:25:20,933 --> 00:25:23,700 OF ON THE RECORD. 870 00:25:23,700 --> 00:25:25,500 WE GO OUT IN THE FIELD TO TALK 871 00:25:25,500 --> 00:25:27,966 TO VOTERS IN TWO KEY DISTRICTS. 872 00:25:27,966 --> 00:25:29,700 OUR PROGRAMS ARE AVAILABLE ANY 873 00:25:29,700 --> 00:25:32,333 TIME ON NJ TV ONLINE.ORG. 874 00:25:32,333 --> 00:25:34,733 CAN YOU FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK 875 00:25:34,733 --> 00:25:35,666 AND SWIRT. 876 00:25:35,666 --> 00:25:38,600 I'M MICHAEL ARON. 877 00:25:36,600 --> 00:25:43,400 THANKS FOR WATCHING. 878 00:25:43,400 --> 00:25:44,333 >> ANNOUNCER: MAJOR FUNDING FOR 879 00:25:44,333 --> 00:25:45,733 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