a lot of pushback on this, i wonder if that s going to come to pass. thanks, molly. leland: cory booker one of the democratic presidential candidates out on the campaign trail. ellison barber with bernie sanders outside of a rally coming up in new york. hi, ellison. hey, leland, yes, senator sanders is back on the campaign trail after suffering a heart attack and getting help from a progressive favorite. more in just a minute.
there on empire, in the fifth season of that show. i think a top ten song right now. whichever way this goes going forward, seems to have damaged his career? if this is indeed a hoax, this is devastating for his career and the question everyone seems to be asking is, why would someone who had so much to lose create an entire fabrication like this? i think people are inclined to give him the benefit of the doubt, because of that fact. why would jussie smollett, someone beloved, his character is beloved, important to the black community and the lgbtq community do something like this? that s why a-list celebrities like ellen and others are believing him. no one can wrap their head around why somebody would do this. and moments after it took place, cory booker one of the first to get out saying the vicious attack on actor jussie smollett was an attempted modern day lynching, and glad he s
for when that will happen. cory booker one of the pledges too. they all break the pledges. he didn t make a pledge. one year, right. of a runway where he is going to be pretty much able to keep his head down and focus on new jersey. and, and try to make good on some of the rhetoric in the speech. but once we get past mid terms of next year. he is going to have to be running flat out if he will run. don t think there is any one in republican politics. he has an advantage, he has been under a national media spotlight. also under the new york media spotlight, very intense. local media. that s very good training for presidential media level which becomes yet a whole another level of scrutiny. it is. democrats missed a chance in the race. not that they had an opportunity to win it. but they could have test run a couple of messages against hem to see how they could potentially build a case against chris christie. if we are going to see him again
his mission will be completed. he announces. we can fast forward to a year from now. the year that all sandy victims are back in their homes. i think he will declare mission accomplished. he has a pretty clear timetable for when that will happen. cory booker one of the pledges too. they all break the pledges. he didn t make a pledge. one year, right. of a runway where he is going to be pretty much able to keep his head down and focus on new jersey. and, and try to make good on some of the rhetoric in the speech. but once we get past mid terms of next year. he is going to have to be running flat out if he will run. don t think there is any one in republican politics. he has an advantage, he has been under a national media spotlight. also under the new york media spotlight, very intense. local media. that s very good training for presidential media level which becomes yet a whole another level of scrutiny.