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Was dead. a mayor snaharp james. and booker initially lost to james and the james machine in newark, but he came back and he won. and he became mayor and james ended up serving a long term in federal prison. in newark, cory booker as mayor, he faced all of the challenges of a big city mayor in a working class city and then some. but in a way you had never really seen before from any mayor of any city of any size, mayor cory booker also ended up making national news over and over again, not neces...

Bookers run for mayor to help a corrupt, entrenched, shameless forever mayor of that city. someone who felt he would be there until he was dead, a mayor named sharp games and booker lost to james and the james machine in newark. but he came back and he won. and he became mayor and sharp james served a long term in federal prison. cory booker as mayor faced the challenges of a big city mayor in a working class city and then some. but in a way we have never seen before from any mayor of any size, ...

Saturday night there are thousands of people out and about in this city at those events. and they have got to keep going, havent they. >> i have written a poem for the arena itself. we are a party city. we are historically a working class city. and we were -- undeterred by being being 35 miles away. we were a port. we made a port canal. saturday nights will be busy. we will come back. >> thank you for joining us. >> thank you. >> it is a sad week in manchester. as you say, it will not be forgott...

Nurses, all the staffs at the various hospitals, our police department, our fire department. we literally just had an emergency ops training on monday. so these are the kinds of things that we prepare for on a regular basis. if you look at what is going on the ground, the relationship between the city, amtrak, ntsb, the police, fire, department of homeland security and many, many other agencies. and of course, amtrak and the amtrak police, everyone working in the seamless partnership all focused...

And make it into a limited government paradise. >> bell isle will have no need for taxes on income, investment or estates, making it a nag met for capital. 29 years later, its the midwest tiger, rivalling hong kong and singapore. >> were ahead of ourself. thats speculation. the video was made by rod lockwood. rod, what do you want to do? ? >> i think it can be an opportunity for detroit to remain its stature as a working class city. the vision is for us, we have an investment group to buy the is...

They say they wont give up until they find this young woman. in parsons tennessee, im erin holt for abc news. >> "the los angeles times" is adding two more pulitzer prize to its awards. the paper yesterday picked up the public prestigious pulitzer for its expose of lavished salaries and benefits being paid to officials of a small working class city. the story led to the ouster of the entire city of bell california. the city council there and also arrested some their city officials. "the times" a...

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