As an intimate gesture enlarged to epic proportions. So im thinking, im right its an intimate gesture. But, no an intimate gesture. No. Its clay that has been squeezed, scanned and enlarged digitally then cast in aluminum as a 42. 5foot tall sculpture x it even has the nuances of the original including the artists fingerprints. Good for them. This stuff works in the art world. You know, quite frankly, i know ive been by there, i know it, and i havent noticed it. Its very high h. Yeah. Protest it. No. Yeah, exactly. It was supposed to be a big protest right near there, but that looks like that was a bust. People cant remember what they were angry about. Well, they were mad about beyonces song and what she performed during the nfl halftime, but apparently nobody showed up. There was a protest, and nobody theyre angry about Something Else now. Protest is part of our culture, and sometimes protest can really change the way we live for the better. Right. I dont think the nfl wanted no. No. Mike, youve got some weather, and then we want to get to senator cory booker, whos patiently waiting on the couch. Lets show you what we have with the weather. Changes are taking place even as we speak, its obviously warmer, but we have a few things that will go on out there, and another thing we have to deal with once again, coastal flooding in long island at times of high tides, 2. 53 feet above normal from 1 00 this afternoon until 8 00 in the evening, winds at 1025 miles per hour, piles up that water along the southfacing shore, so keep that in mind. Thats mainly folks in long island. Everyone else has to deal with this rainfall which we had some bigger storms wont be here until late this morning or into the early afternoon. Sunshines not a big deal today, were not getting too much of that. Its 52, central park, 53 in poughkeepsie, and our temps continue to climb because of that southerly wind. Wind gusts up to 31 miles per hour. Thats a pretty solid gust out there in islip, 23 at central park, 24 in newark. Its going to be windy and warm and wet here especially as we get into the amp. So were setting the stage for it right now. Lighter patchy showers starting to pop up around the tristate already. The bigger stuff is near the area of low pressure which is coming through the carolinas. Theyre getting beat up pretty good in eastern north carolina, heading into virginia. Some pretty heavy showers and storms coming through there. Dont be surprised if you too see some thunderstorms in the mix as this cranks through this afternoon. Biggest risk time for the storms say, of about 35 p. M. , and there will be some brief, heavy downpours for a while, gusty winds especially again in long oi land, coastal flooding a potential problem, but it does pull away. By 10 00 this evening, skies have cleared out, and thats what we will see tomorrow. Tomorrows going to be cooler and drier and even cooler yet on thursday as another push of cool air drops down across the great lakes from canada and takes high temps back down into the upper 30s. So todays a warmup day. High temp this afternoon, 56 degrees, and the rain will be pretty heavy at times in the afternoon and into the early evening, and then it shuts down after that. High temp of 44 for you on wednesday with a mainly sunny sky, 38 on thursday, and then we start to take your temperatures back up. 53 on saturday, nice and warm, but there will be a small chance of showers and another small chance on monday. Today is the warm and very wet and winty one. Rosanna and greg, over to you. Thank you very much. Senator, United States senator, from new jersey. Democratic cory booker. Welcome back to good day new york. Its been a while. It is good to be back. The last time he was here, the senator, we had a whole cory booker day. We changed it to good day new jersey and we love you in new jersey, but you dont give us enough i love. Were going to give your campaign a will for that appearance a bill for the appearance. Anyway, welcome back. It was the funnest appearance ive ever done on any show. Including meet the press. Most definitely. Cheerleaders, you and the senator i beat you at this game. Did you really . I dont seem to recall that. [laughter] were going to cue it up, and i was not graceful in victory. All right, a couple things here. Senator booker, is it true, i mean, really, who put it out there that you could be the next Supreme Court justice, nominated potentially by president obama to fill the late antonin scalias seat . I heard that. From new jersey. So i do not see that happening. To happen . Im telling you right now that im going to remain the new jersey. Because you want to be president of the United StatesEverybody Knows that. Come on youve got to be kidding me. Life is about purpose, not position. Theres been 44 people that have been president of the United States. Its ridiculous to put your aspirations there. You put your aspirations on service. You dont have to be a senator or a president to be great in service. You have to be out there just caring about people and doing things for people. Somebody floated the idea though, that cory booker and you are a lawyer could be on the Supreme Court. Your focus is senate work senate. Are you ruling it out . Im telling you now, that is not going to happen. How close are you with president obama . I actually have there have been some ups and downs. Well, no. Actually, we have a very good relationship. His team and i well, criminal were working very close. The day i got sworn in, the first stop i made after the senate was going to his office, and i walk in, hes tossing a football around, and we just start having catch, like just two guys. In the middle of the work day, you guys are playing catch in the office. [laughter] unbelievable. After that i got a football for my office, and now in my around. [laughter] thats good. It gets the Creative Juice it does. You and i were just dancing off camera. Its true. Go to my snapchat, and youll see that. Anyway, the book. United. Yes. Fantastic book. Thank you very much. Talks about your start in the business yeah. And in one chapter you talk about july 199 9, almost quit politics. Yes. I slammed down the phone in my city council office, pounded my fist on the desk and collapsed back into my chair. I was disappointed in myself voice. All right. So you go into that yes. You almost quit. I was at my wits end, and it was really these heroes in newark, and newark is a city that in a lot of the challenges have emerged these incredible folks. You may not read about them in the paper, but there are very poignant stories. And there was a woman who really saved me. First, she shoved me into politics, an elderly woman named virginia jones, and shes one of the wisest people. At this point in my life, i go back and see her, and she said i know what you should do about your problems, you should do something. [laughter] and in reality when we see pig problems in our lives big problems in our lives or the world, we often allow our inability to do everything to undermine our ability to do something. It became a powerful lesson. Senator beaker, there are Something Like booker, there are Something Like three or four documentaries featuring you. Yorker magazine does a profile on cory booker. People are fascinated with you, and they have been for a long time. Well, i dont think that you should be distracted by that. Were in a culture that often looks at celebrity and not purpose. You know like i do that the greatest heroes in america are not often the people you read about. And thats really what i wanted to write about in the book. Here we have a country that has a lot of changes needed and people think, oh, ive got to wait for a politician to do it. This democracys a spectator sport. But really the greatness of this uncountry is ordinary people doing extraordinary acts of service. You know about police officers, and ive worked with a lot and hes a marine. And that is unbelievable kind of commitment and service that you see there. So i talk about in the book that, in fact, theres a chapter called conspiracy of love and this idea that were all here not because of the great man theory of history where George Washington or Martin Luther king come down and save us, the truth extraordinary acts of love that have moved us forward, and we need more of that. Speaking of love, so im looking through the book, im reading it yes. Great pictures. I had hair once. So cute and just your reimaginer career. Basically, im looking for the love life. Im sorry, im a girl. Im like, okay, one line i talk about a past girlfriend in there. One line that you were in love at one point. Yes. And then . You left me, and it was like a hanging participle. [laughter] so what happened . You know, i think that often people call when relationships fail, they call it a failure, but every person you meet is a gift, lessons learned, wisdom gained. And i always say no matter what happens in your life, dont lose the lesson, and there was a profound lesson in that relationship. Is she still sing . I dont know what happened to her. Are you still interested . I am not. You can look or her up on facebook concern. I knew this was going to be a no, no, no, lets bring it back to politics. Speaking of president obama, he seems intelligent on naming intent on naming someone to the Supreme Court. He should. Article ii the President Shall nominate, so he has to do this. Well, and Mitch Mcconnell could, if he want, delay, delay, delay, as donald trump said. Do you think president obama cultivated relationships with congress sufficiently as president . You have been there for two plus years now. My understanding is he never has members of congress over for a couple of cocktails and, matter of fact, he jokes about how these are not the kind of people you want to socialize with. Did he drop the ball in terms of developing those relationships with congress . If he had maintained them, i think they might be singing a different tune on capitol hill right now about a potential nominee. Well, ive got only a two year, two month window as being a United States senator, and ive been up to the white house more times than i can even count. You guys are, like, soulmates. I can tell you this though, he has called us meaning a Bipartisan Group of senators working on criminal justice reform, this horrific, shameful reality that goes on in america okay, but hes no Lyndon Johnson when it comes to congressional relationships. He didnt master capitol hill when he was there, the intricacies of it, and he doesnt seem to really be kind of the schmoozing aspect of this job. Ive heard that knock, but i can only tell you what i observe, is a guy who on the issues reaches out in a constructive way to have, you know, leaders in the Republican Party from the house and the Senate Sitting around his table where hes just talking, how can i help us get this legislation . It was a level of humility i saw and i witnessed in him. So i hear that knock, i just dont from what my experiences are in two years there that he actually reaches out. He really does. And what we have to understand, and again it gets to this book, directively divisive destructively divisive period in our nation. Why do you think . Because weve forgotten whats got us to where we are. If you hook at our declaration of independence, in that is a declaration of interdependence. All the great things weve done in america, we like to talk about selfreliance, rugged individualism didnt get us to the moon, map the human genome, build our bridges and tunnelings. Our differences matter, but our country matters more, and we need to get back to that spirit in our nation. Okay. That would be nice. Sounds great but, lets face it, were not there. By the way, you endorsed hillary, did you not . I did. She looks like shes in serious trouble here. The earliest conversations i had with her, she sort of corrected me. Cory, this is going to be a long, difficult pathway to the nomination. We dont anoint our president ial candidates, theyve got to earn every inch of ground. What is her message . Why elect hillary . If you can, because i hear thats a problem. There is no candidate with greater grit, whos faced more opposition, whos been knocked down, whos gotten up, whos shown her toughness, whos lost elections, whos lost in the white house when she was trying to push hillarycare. Shes tough and she lost. You know, this is the problem for her. Everybody else can summarize it in one line. Make America Great again. No, i dont want one line. I want a president in the tough time in america right now whos shown the resiliency, the grit and the toughness to fight for our values. So when she stands up from making College Affordable to ending Senior Citizen poverty, weve got five million seniors living in poverty in this country, she is the person to drive us across the line of these very important goals that we should be aspiring for as a nation. If she by chance does not get the nomination, could you support Bernie Sanders . Of course. You could . Absolutely. And these people on both sides who are so invested they say theres no way id support the other one, to me, youre its a refuge for cowards. Is it conceivable that donald trump will be the next president of the United States for you . Anything is conceivable in this. Weve seen anything happens. Everything ive tried to predict on the republican side ive been wrong on. I thought he was going to be done when he attacked john mccain for being a prisoner of war. I thought it was over. So the republican side is so belying logic does it make you concerned that we see this movement in the country where people are tired of career politicians . Well, i, first of all, youre seeing some career politicians like ted cruz whos been in politics forever, so i think what people are tired of is having so much potential and not seeing us fulfill it as a country. I think what theyre tired of is having a nation that is so great, has a history of greatness, yet we cant educate all of our children. We have people who work a fulltime job and are the still in poverty. Thats whats making people tired. What theyre looking for is hope. Is if we want hope in the world, we cant wait for it. We have got to be about it. If we want more unity, weve got to be uniters. So alice walker said the most common way people give up their power do will who said this . Alice walker, the author. Not realizing we have it in the first place. In this election season, im hoping people recognize they have a lot more power to change their communities, their neighborhoods, their cities, states and this nation, and weve got to figure out ways to connect with one another to get wig things done again. Big things done again. You could be president of the United States. Dont tell me you dont want to be i want to be president of the association. What was your favorite episode . My father and i were raised on the original me too. I like the next generation a lot better. You do . Yeah. Give me your first, the first series favorite episode, please. Theres one beautiful one that goes to this issue of devisiveness where you have one guy whos halfwhite, half black, half white. They end up back on their planet which is being destroyed because of their divisiveness, and if they just realized were all in this together, you know, if you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, get together. Let that be your last battlefield, thats the episode oh, my god, you are impressive. Remember what they said at the end . All they have left is hate yeah. As they went off to a better planet. Weve got to take that as a lesson. Every single star trek episode had a lesson to learn, and this really should teach us a lot did you have a crush on ohura . I did. I still have a crush is that the person you were if i ever meet Michelle Nichols in person, i hope theres no cameras, because i will ruin my political career. She was in queens once she tweeted at me. What . She was a very important you can meet senator corey right . Yes. Rutgers signing books . Yes. What time . 7 p. M. This evening. Its an open event. I hope people will come are you going to do q a . Im going to have a lot of great q a. Im going to do an event in newark this afternoon, thats our first one, so were doing a be translator cory booker, you can follow him on social media, see the 17 documentaries [laughter] what about a cartoon series . Man, youre doing all right. Youre doing all right. I appreciate you saying that. Live long and prosper. [laughter] watch yourself, you know what i mean . Oh, youre the best. You guys are the best. This is really the best morning show, and i just love coming on here. Thank you, guys. [applause] we really respect and my man over there on the turntable dj sensational. Hes amazing. I wish he had played some can i wanted some entrance music. What do you want . All right. This is for you, cory. vo want to be happy with your next vehicle purchase . 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