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Booker's 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, cory booker made national news over and over again. not necessarily for the stuff he was announcing...

Someone like that on their bench, but he was ridiculed mercilessly for that spartacus moment at the brett kavanaugh hearing. some democrats km complain he is a bit of a grandstander. he had a mixed bag as a record as mayor of newark. does he have some liabilities? >> i think he may have some liabilities. i do think though that one of his greatest experiences was losing his first attempt at mayor in newark. and the way sharp james went after him, which was that he was this kind of boarish guy that came in, was not connected with the people, sharp james brought the entire old school machine agai...

We don't have anything that we've actually been able to view, but i will say this, he's a victim right now and we'll treat him like a victim. he's been very cooperative and we have no reason at this point to think that he's not being genuine with us. >> investigators are still looking for suspects from at least these images from a surveillance camera of two people they want to question. senator cory booker is no stranger to tough political campaigns when he first ran for mayor of newark, new jersey, back in 2002. he was trying to unseed a powerful political machine, longtime incumbent sharp ...

Taking a different tact saying this is where people living with let's talk about the issues we face. >> you covered him when he lost the race in newark. the interesting point of him being a mayor. we have people who have senators, how does that play into the race for him? >> it is interesting, too. it is interesting to see his political evolution. he is not from newark, originally. she from the -- he is from the suburbs. and that campaign for mayor that made him sort of famous. he lost to a four-term mayor. and it was sharp james telling residents hey, this guy is using you. he is coming into ...

That was the mayor of new jersey's second largest city before steven fulop took his job. before cory booker, you might remember, the mayor of new jersey's largest city was a mayor named sharp james. sharp james shortly thereafter became known as federal inmate number 28791-050 when he wrapped up his 20 years in office as newark's mayor by starting a two-year stint in federal prison for fraud. part of how guys like cory booker and steven fulop become rising stars in politics is because of their own stories and skills and performance in office. honestly, a big part of it, too, is that they just ...