we re here in marshalltown, iowa, where booker is set to speak to a very crowded room of democrats here. making his first impression on his first visit to iowa as a presidential candidate. he had a full slate of events yesterday traveling the state from mason city, iowa, to iowa city in the evening. he finished up past midnight. he s keeping a busy schedule. harkens back to his days running for city counsel in newark and also for mayor, when he tried to knock on every door, meet as many people as possible. saying no candidate is going to outwork him in the state of iowa. this is a first in the nation caucus state, where the primary process begins. booker s team is hoping with a strong showing in iowa, they can get a burst of momentum heading into the later states. new hampshire, south carolina and beyond. so this trip, they re laying the groundwork for that.
is he right, bob? i have said from the beginning, i think she offers a lot. i think her past in san francisco and how she got through the machine and worked her way up will come back to haunt her a back. the prosecution, the way they are going but with cory booker too, i can t wats fit for him t start campaigning who he had in n newark, this drug dealer t-bone who didn t exist. google it. you ll learn a lot. i m not familiar with that. that will get scrutiny. kamala harris jumped in quickly on some issues. she has jumped quickly. so far tonight at least in the top five seconds had not weighed in, neither cory booker.
mike: it s the same exact rhetoric that they are pulling out here again. they have to attack howard schultz. first of all, he s a white man. so in the world of intersectional politics, those are two since. he s rich white man, so those are three terrible things. and he s reasonable. you can t do these things that cost trillions a year. they will attack them. kat: was interesting is cory booker s pretty pro-business, too paid any sports things like charter schools. he s a lot more moderate than we have seen in the other democrats entering the race. so i m sure he will get hit for those kinds of things. i think it s quite interesting to think about what this will look at it. with the go with somebody aggressively girl is warren in customer somebody less progressive like cory booker? harris: was interesting about that, melissa, where cory booker came from in newark, new jersey, he would need to do that in order to get things done. you are listing people out of from different economi
committee to investigate menendez s actions resulting in his indictment. bret: david lee miller in newark. let s get some insight on the menendez story and the trial, fox news senior judicial analyst judge andrew napolitano is with us. your thoughts. he faces a lot. the first is a decision by his former senate colleague, jeff sessions, now the attorney general. it would go to that level as to whether they want to retry a sitting senator. they ve spent $7 million on the prosecution. they defended their case three times in the federal court of appeals. it will be difficult for me to see them dropping this hot potato right now. the second problem senator menendez faces is a likely primary challenge in the new jersey senatorial primary which is seven months from now in june of 2018. his principal opponent will be somebody who once held the ct now holds.
susan collins has expressed concerns about g.o.p. leaders mixing scrapping the individual mandate is hardest tax form. bob corker of tennessee and jeff flake of arizona have said they are worried about the impact on the nation s debt. john mccain surprised everyone by being the vote to kill repeal and replace of obamacare. tax reform is the single most important thing we can do right now to support those left behin behind. most republican sources believe senator johnson can get to yes but there s very little wiggle room or margin for error in a 52-48 senate. bret: mike emanuel live on the hill. the senate math coming into play. new jersey democratic senator bob menendez says he senator bob menendez says he will never forget the people who went after him during his federal corruption investigation and trial. that trial ended today with a hung jury. david lee miller is in newark.