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>> ocasio-cortez soon regained her composure and delivered a passionate impromptu victory speech to her reporters. >> every person out here this evening changed america tonight. we will be here, and we are going to rock the world. >> the win over joe crowley wasnt even close. ocasio-cortez tumbled the veteran congressman, taking 57% of the vote. >> aoc, aoc, aoc! >> just like that, the democratic machine in new york city was turned on its head. >> she beat the person who was third in line behind...

Lows. >> i dont think that that tells the whole story when you cant provide for your kids working two full-time jobs when you cant have health care. thats not dig fied. >> a group of bernie sanders supporters who call themselves justice democrats, encouraged alexandria ocasio-cortez to run for office and gave her training and support. she built a grassroots coalition that took on the democratic machine by going door to do arguing that she could represent the district better than a ten-term incum...

Health insurance. >> i really understood the frustration that working people had across the political spectrum, you know, when anybody is saying the economy is going great, we are at record levels, theres a frustration that says, well, the economy is good for who? >> unemployment is at record lows. >> i dont think that that tells the whole story. when you cant provide for your kids work aga full time job, working two full time jobs. when you cant have health care, that is not -- that is not dign...

You know, she was a military fighter pilot who, you know, i stood there and read and mitch mcconnell was not the only politician to whom she wrote a letter saying hey, women should be in the fighter cockpits. some of the letters she did get back are astonishing in what they say about, you know, the status of women in the military. thats what she was up against and she successfully fought it and shes very good at articulating that when you have a personal conversation with her. you know, this is ...

Thats ridiculous. the president doesnt get to pick the democratic nominee. cory booker is an enormously appealing person of substance. he enters the race in the top tier, i would say. i dont know what the president is talking about. its also sad because i believe booker worked with him on his only bipartisan accomplishment which was the bit of criminal justice reform. thats an unnecessary poke in the eye to someone who tried to work with you. >> does the president only say that about people that...

Spectrum, you know, when anybody is saying the economy is going great, we are at record levels, theres a frustration that says, well, the economy is good for who? >> i >> unemployment is at record lows. >> i dont think that that tells the whole story. when you cant provide for your kids, working a full-time job, working two full-time jobs, when you cant have health care, that is not dignified. >> a group of bernie sanders supporters who now call themselves justice democrats encouraged ocasio-cor...

Frustration that working people had across the political spectrum. when anybody is saying the economy is going great, we are at record levels, theres a frustration that says, well, the economy is good for who? >> unemployment is at record lows. >> i dont think that that tells the whole story. when you cant provide for your kids, working a full-time job, working two full-time jobs, when you cant have health care, that is not dignified. >> a group of bernie sanders supporters who now call themselv...

That took on the democratic machine by going door-to-door. >> hi, saudio. im alexandria. >> arguing she could represent the district better than a ten-term incumbent who spent most of his time in washington. >> have a good day. >> reporter: please welcome alexandria ocasio-cortez. >> her victory made national news and soon had a higher media profile than many veteran lawmakers. some saw in her primary victory a craving for change in the democratic party. nancy pelosi draw a limited conclusion. >...

Begin with and it has been for years. when he was appointed in 2006, "the new york times" said it was a real disappointment and the "newark star ledger" just urged everyone to choke on it andis ve for him. people know that they should not be in there. this was a guy who came in from the hudson county democratic machine. this is where the meadowlands are, and the sea caucus. this is a guy who knows where the bodies are buried. metaphorically, metaphorically. he has a great deal of corruption in h...

He was regarded as a punk. frank was a -- >> he was? >> after trump tower, he was taken more seriously, but before he made his bones in manhattan, he couldnt get anything done without fred sponsoring him. fred knew the democratic machine, the banks. so the sort of notion that hes pulled himself up by his boot straps is silly hes a great self-promoter and marketer which fred really wasnt. and trump took that base and did things fred probably couldnt have. but all of it sprang from freds resources...