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LAWYERS ARE BEING TRASHED. SINCE YOU ARE THE FIRST LAWYER TO COME UP SINCE THAT HAPPENED. I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY. WHY DO YOU THINK...
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| 00:00:21 |
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A $1 BILLION INCOME OVER A YEAR. >>
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| 00:00:23 |
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WOW. WELL, LOOK, I WENT TO LAW SCHOOL IN ORDER TO FOLLOW THE PATH OF A LOT OF MY HEROS, THOROUGHGOOD MARTIAL AND OTHERS WAS TRAINED AS A LAWYER. THERE...
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| 00:00:43 |
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FROM TECHNOLOGY LAW TO OTHERy/6 AREAS, IT IS SERVING THE INTERESTS OF SOCIETY. >> HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN INVOLVED IN POLITICS? >> I A HAVE JUST...
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| 00:01:13 |
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I TOOK MY LAW DEGREE AND MADE A DECISION TO MOVE ON TO ONE OF THE WORST STREETS IN
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MY BELOVED CITY IN NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, AND MOVED ON TO A STREET OVERRUN WITH
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DRUG DEALERS AND LIVED ACROSS THE STREET FROM
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AN AWFUL HOUSING PROJECT BEING CONTROLLED BY A SLUMLORD
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| 00:01:32 |
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AND UNDER TERRIBLE
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| 00:01:34 |
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CONDITIONS, THE FIRST MONTH I WAS THERE THERE WAS SOMEONE SHOT IN FRONT OF ME, AND THERE WAS A WOMAN BLUDGEONED TO DEATH. AND I PLEDGED IN MY HEART...
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| 00:02:49 |
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MOBILE HOME, WE GO INTO NEIGHBORHOODS, DESTABLIZE THE DRUG TRADE, AND WE TRY TO
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| 00:02:55 |
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HELP THE COMMUNITY. WE EVEN HOST THINGS LIKE JOB FAIRS, HEALTH FAIRS, AND JUST HAVING FUN WITH THE KIDS, BRINGING IN -- CLOSING DOWN STREETS, BRINGING...
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| 00:03:52 |
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PLAY DIVISION ONE FOOTBALL ON A FULL SCHOLARSHIP, I WAS BLESSED TO DO MY GAD YACHT WORK THERE AND -- GRADUATE WORK THERE AND GET A RHODE
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| 00:04:05 |
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SCHOLARSHIP. I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE'A LOT OF BATTLES TO GET ME WHERE I AM NOW AND I THINK WITH THAT COMES A CERTAIN OBLIGATION TO EMPOWER OTHERS,...
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| 00:04:46 |
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| 00:04:47 |
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DEMOCRAT, BUT TO BE TRUTHFUL TO YOU, LOCAL POLITICS BELIES PARTY LABELS, WE'RE NOT DEBATING ABORTION, WE'RE NOT DEALING WITH THE DEATH PENALTY....
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| 00:05:01 |
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FIND OUT WHAT WORKS, I DRAW THINGS FROM -- FROM BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE, VIEWS
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| 00:05:07 |
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TRADITIONALLY CONSERVATIVE, AND I HAVE VIEWS THAT ARE TRADITIONALLY CONSIDERED LIBERAL OR DEMOCRATIC. SO I LABEL MYSELF A DEMOCRAT. I'M PROUD OF THE...
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| 00:05:47 |
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IF YOU ARE RAISING MONEY OR SCHMOOZING CROWDS. I HAVE
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| 00:05:52 |
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BEEN SOBBERED BY SOME OF THE INFLUENCES ON POLITICS. I UNDERSTAND HOW IMPORTANT IT IS. WHEN I TALK TO PEOPLE UP HERE IN THE NORTHEAST, I TELL PEOPLE...
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| 00:06:38 |
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THINK WE ARE A MICROCOSM OF WHAT IS GOING ON IN( COUNTRY. >> ABSOLUTELY. CALLER: I THINK THE WORLD SHOULD TRY TO WATCH WHAT IS GOING ON IN NEWARK.
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| 00:06:46 |
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I WOULD LIKE TO TRY TO RATTLE OFF A COUPLE OF PROBLEMS THAT I THINK WE'RE FACING. >> SURE. CALLER: AND MAYBE HEAR YOUR COMMENTS ON THEM. >> SURE. CALLER:...
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| 00:07:02 |
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THE CITY OF NEWARK, WE HAVE A LOT OF EXPERIENCE WITH THE CITY. I LOVE THE CITY. I DON'T THINK -- WE DON'T GET ENOUGH MONEY IN FEDERAL AND
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| 00:07:11 |
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STATE FUNDS FOR ANYTHING. ONE ISSUE I'M REALLY, REALLY
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| 00:07:15 |
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CONCERNED WITH THE SCHOOLS. THE KIDS HAVE NO PLACE TO PLAY BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO PUT CARS THERE BECAUSE THE TEACHERS HAVE NO PLACE TO PARK, AND THIS...
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| 00:08:11 |
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NEWARK. I KNOW YOU HAVE THE BEST AND WORST IN LAWYERS, TOO. BUT PLEASE HELP THE CITY. SEE WHAT YOU CAN DO. >> THANKS, NEWARK. >> THE CALLER BRINGS UP...
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| 00:08:39 |
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THE NEW THAT
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| 00:08:41 |
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THEY ARE ENTITLEMENT CENTERS AND HAVE TO FIND WAYS TO BECOME ENGINES OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES, INSTEAD OF REDISTRIBUTING THE WEALTH, THEY HAVE TO...
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| 00:10:17 |
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GETTING A
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| 00:10:18 |
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RETURN ON OUR DOLLAR. A LOT OF IT HAS TO DO WITH THE SCHOOL SYSTEM IS A MONOPOLY, THERE IS LITTLE COMPETITION GOING ON THAT REALLY IS DOING WHAT...
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| 00:10:59 |
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THAT WE HAVE TO FIND WAYS TO BECOME MORE
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| 00:11:02 |
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EXPERIMENTAL IN OUR EDUCATION SYSTEMS AND MORE ENTREPRENEURAL AT MAKING THINGS HAPPEN. I LIVE NOW IN THAT PROJECTS THAT I DESCRIBED BEFORE, WHICH IS...
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| 00:13:19 |
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SCHOOL. IF THERE WAS ANYco BUSINESS WITH SUCH A HIGH FAILURE RATE, THEY WOULD BE PUT OUT OF BUSINESS IMMEDIATELY. >> I AGREE. >> I THINK IT IS UNBELIEVABLY...
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| 00:13:47 |
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WOULDN'T MIND GIVING THEM ALL OF THE MONEY IN THE
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| 00:13:50 |
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WORLD. THIS SYSTEM IS IN A STATE OF FAILURE, IT IS SIMILAR TO THE RECIDIVISIM IN PRISON, AND IT IS A SHAME THAT THEY CALL JAILS A CRIME UNIVERSITY,...
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| 00:14:32 |
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A
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| 00:14:34 |
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AN AREA THAT IS ONE OF THE POOREST, WHEN I TALK TO WOMEN AND PARENTS WITHIN MY WARD THE NUMBER ONE ISSUE THAT IS THEIR CONCERN IS ENSURING THAT THEIR...
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| 00:21:39 |
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RACE-BASED, BLACKS ARE KILLING WHITES 78% TO LIKE 22% FOR WHITES. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT YOUR COMMENTS ARE AS FAR AS WHAT YOU CONSIDER TO BE A HATE...
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| 00:22:17 |
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BLACK BIGOTS, JEWISH BIGOTS, WHITE BIGOTS, AND RACISM WITHIN EVERY COMMUNITY. IT IS NOT THE NORM. I THINK THAT WE ARE A SOCIETY MOVING TOWARDS LESS...
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| 00:24:35 |
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PEOPLE CAN GET THEIR HANDS ON THEM IS
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| 00:24:38 |
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HORRENDOUS. I WOULD, IF I HAD THE POWER TO DO SO, I WOULD. WE ARE LOOKING TO DOING SOME LOCAL LEVEL HANDGUN LEGISLATION, I WILL STAKE EVERY STEP I...
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| 00:25:18 |
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IS UNFOLDING IN THIS COUNTRY. I'M A PRODUCT OF THE 1
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| 00:25:21 |
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THE 60'S, -- 1960'S, I GREW UP IN WASHINGTON,
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| 00:25:28 |
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D.C., AND I THOUGHT IT WAS A GREAT PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM THERE. YOU TALK ABOUT THE FUNDING AND VOUCHERS, WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS TAKING A LIMITED AMOUNT...
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| 00:26:27 |
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IT, BRINGING CORPORATIONS IN TO
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| 00:26:30 |
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DONATE RESOURCES, WE ARE DOING A LOT OF THINGS. I'M GETTING PRIVATE COMPANIES WORKING ON A PRARM TO GET PRIVATE COMPANIES TO DONATE SCHOOL SUPPLIES...
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| 00:30:30 |
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TIME. MISS JACOBY AND MR. BOOKER, I JUST HOPE AND PRAY MR.
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| 00:30:35 |
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BUSH IS WATCHING THIS. BECAUSE THAT YOU BOTH WOULD BE FANTASTIC CANDIDATES FOR EDUCATION AND WHO'SING. YOU -- AND HOUSING. YOU BOTH ARE WONDERFUL PEOPLE....
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| 00:31:16 |
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HE IS GETTING A'S. HE TAKES THE TEST UP AT THE LOCAL SCHOOL HERE UNDER THE ACADEMY NAME AND, MR. BOOKER,
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| 00:31:29 |
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HE HAS BLOWN ALL OF THE OTHER SCORES OUT. HE IS A GENIUS ON COMPUTERS AND I JUST -- I JUST HOPE AND PRAY, AND I SERIOUSLY MEAN IT, THAT SOMEONE HAS WATCHED...
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| 00:32:15 |
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WERE ASKING PEOPLE WHO THEY THINK GEORGE W. BUSH SHOULD CHOOSE FOR A RUNNING MATE. DO YOU HAVE A CHOICE ON HIM OR AL GORE? >> THERE ARE THINGS I LIKE...
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| 00:32:32 |
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CAN SEE FROM A LOT OF MY VIEWS, I SUPPORT WHAT AL GORE SAYS ABOUT GETTING MORE RESOURCES TO THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEMS. FEDERAL RESOURCES ARE COMING...
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| 00:32:46 |
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IMPORTANT PROBLEMS IN OUR NATION HAS TO BE THE EDUCATION OF OUR YOUTH, WHY ARE NOT MORE FEDERAL RESOURCES COMING TO ATTRACT THE PROBLEM. I DO RESPECT...
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| 00:36:24 |
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IN NEWARK SINCE 1956, AND I'M 49 YEARS OLD. I TOOK ALL OF MY EDUCATION IN NEWARK. I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS A KID GROWING UP IN NEWARK, WE USED TO HAVE...
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| 00:37:35 |
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PEOPLE KNOW THEIR LOCAL OFFICERS AND FEEL EMPOWERED TO WORK WITH
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| 00:37:39 |
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THEM. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT TROUBLES ME WHERE I'M PARKING MY MOBILE HOME WHERE I'M LIVING IS THE FEAR, IT IS AMAZING TO SEE THE FEAR IN THE EYES OF...
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NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.