jersey. there is still some votes to be had here. they could be in some of these suburban area. you come up here to union county, more suburbs. maybe murphy hangs on. we ll see. s ex is newark, a strong democratic area of the state. watch this now. ciattarelli has done better than anyone expected. before this thing did you think this would be razor tight? dana: i didn t. we should have been paying more attention to it. emblematic across who wha is happening across the country. media was surprised not just here in terms of ciattarelli. we said it was quietly tightening in new jersey over the past couple of weeks. look at the media from last night. we also see the enduring power of the culture wars and the republicans are better at playing this game because it s essentially white identity
general, was selecteded by governor chris christie, toutla. he will sit until the special election in october. chiesa will not run, but one person who will run is newark mayor cory booker. he announced his decision to run on saturday. we ll show you the lebron james play that is being called one of the greatest plays in nba history. we ll show you it all when we come back. woman: everyone in the nicu all the nurses wanted to watch him when he was there 118 days. everything that you thought was important to you changes in light of having a child that needs you every moment.
possible. as dictated by new jersey law, i have today issued a writ that will specifically designate the cause and purpose of this special election and the dates the primary and general elections will be held. the process to fill this u.s. senate seat must allow the people to have a choice to determine their nominees. this is simply nonnegotiable to me. i will not permit the insiders and a few party elites to determine who the nominee of the republican party and the democratic party will be. all right, want to bring in jake back, jake tapper here. jake, if you will, there is another very popular new jersey figure who weighs in on all of this, politics of all of this. that s newark s mayor cory booker. can you tell us what this move does whether it comes to cory booker? it makes it easier for cory booker. look, the last thing that any politician wants to do is run against an incumbent. incumbents, this is why incumbents are re-elected at the rate of something like 95 or
authority closed the three major airports here in the new york area. that is newark, jfk and la guardia. those three airports will remain closed on sunday. no word yet about what s going to happen on monday. over the weekend irene has caused cancellation on many flights. if you re planning to travel to the east coast or along the east coast any time in the next 48 hours, call your airline before you get do the airport. this storm is really going to wreak havoc with air travel for the next couple of days. i m ann thompson. la guardia airport. back to you. thanks, ann. jeff, you have the potentials about this activity? yes. if we pull that up. we want to let you know the