Street Fight (2005) - full transcript

I'M CORY BOOKER,
DID YOU EVER HEAR MY NAME?

CORY BOOKER, I'M NOT SURE
IF YOU'VE HEARD OF ME,

BUT I'M THE CITY COUNCILMAN
FROM THE CENTRAL WARD,

BUT NOW I'M RUNNING FOR MAYOR.

FELLAS, HOW Y'ALL DOIN?

Man:
CORY BOOKER IS A 32-YEAR-OLD

FIRST TERM CITY COUNCILMAN

RUNNING FOR MAYOR OF NEWARK,

NEW JERSEY'S LARGEST CITY.

I'M COMING AFTER YOU.

Man: HE'S HOPING TO UNSEAT
THE LONG TIME INCUMBENT,



SHARPE JAMES.

SO, I CAN'T BELIEVE
THAT YOU USED TO LIVE IN A HOUSE

WHERE YOU COULD KEEP
THE DOOR OPEN.

AND NOW YOU'RE IN A BUILDING
WHERE YOU'RE NOT EVEN

I KNOW, I KNOW. IT'S OUTRAGEOUS.

YOU WANT A MILLION LOCKS
ON YOUR DOOR.

WELL, THAT'S
OUR NUMBER ONE ISSUE,

AND NO DISRESPECT
TO SHARPE JAMES,

BUT HE'S HAD 16 YEARS
TO SHOW YOU WHAT HE COULD DO.

AND ANYTHING HE COULD'VE DONE,
HE SHOULD'VE DONE BY NOW.

IT'S TIME
FOR SOME NEW YOUNG BLOOD, OKAY?

THANK YOU. GOD BLESS YOU.

ALL RIGHT, BYE-BYE.

Man: I'VE BEEN DOCUMENTING



THE CAMPAIGN
FOR A FEW WEEKS NOW,

AND I'M BEGINNING TO GET A SENSE

OF HOW MANY FORCES
THERE ARE IN THIS CITY

WORKING AGAINST HIS CANDIDACY.

Man: EXCUSE ME, SIR.

HEY, HOW ARE YOU SIR?

I'M CORY BOOKER.

Man: THERE'S NOTHING ILLEGAL
WITH WHAT WE'RE DOING.

SHARPE'S PEOPLE CANVASSED HERE
A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO.

NOW YOU TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF.

BYE-BYE, NOW.

Man: WE'RE GOING TO FINISH THIS
AND THEN WE'RE GOING DOWN.

THEY BROUGHT OUT THE BIG BRASS!

HOW YOU DOIN'?

HOW YOU DOIN'?

IS THIS THE KIND OF SECURITY
THEY GET EVERY NIGHT HERE?

HOW ARE YOU DOING, MA'AM?

HOW ARE YOU? ALL RIGHT.

Man:
BRINGING OUT THE DEPUTY CHF!

THAT'S UNBELIEVABLE.

IT'S SO IRONIC, MAN.

HERE'S A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT
NEVER GETS POLICE PROTECTION.

BUT I SHOW UP
AND THEY GET THE TOP BRASS!

Marshall:
IN NEWARK, I'M DISCOVERING,

ELECTIONS ARE NOT
ABOUT MEDIA CONSULTANTS.

THEY'RE NOT ABOUT SOUND BITES
OR PHOTO OPPS.

IN NEWARK,

ELECTIONS ARE WON AND LOST
IN THE STREETS.

Woman: CORY BOOKER FOR MAYOR.

Marshall: A FEW YEARS AGO,

I'D SPENT SOME TIME
TEACHING IN NEWARK.

SO I WAS INTRIGUED
WHEN I HEARD THE BUZZ

ABOUT THE ELECTION SHAPING UP
BETWEEN BOOKER AND JAMES.

THEY'RE BOTH DEMOCRATS.

ELECTIONS IN NEWARK
ARE NON-PARTISAN.

AND PEOPLE WERE SAYING
IT WOULD BE A BATTLE

OVER THE FUTURE OF
BLACK LEADERSHIP IN AMERICA.

BUT NO ONE WAS GIVING CORY
MUCH OF A CHANCE.

WE REALLY, OUR FOCUS
IS IN GRASSROOTS EFFORTS,

SO WE TRY AND SKIMP
AS MUCH AS WE CAN

ON FACILITIES LIKE THIS.

SO WHAT WE'RE
BASICALLY LOOKING AT

IS WHERE WE DO
ALL OUR SCHEDULING,

ALL OUR FUNDRAISING OPERATION
COMES OUT OF HERE.

THIS IS WHAT
WE'RE LIVING NEXT DOOR TO.

THEY'RE CONSTANTLY MAKING BLACK,
PLASTIC BAGS.

WHEN WE FIRST MOVED
INTO THAT OFFICE,

IT LOOKED LIKE THIS.

Woman:
I HAVE TO WRITE THIS THING

IT'S SO LOUD IN HERE
I GOT TO GET OUT OF HERE.

WE'RE SORT OF

PLUGGING IN A SURGE PROTECTOR
TO AN OUTLET

TO AN EXTENSION CORD
TO A SURGE PROTECTOR

TO SORT OF GIVE ELECTRICITY
TO THE WHOLE PLACE.

THAT'S PRETTY DISGUSTING.

WHOA!

Marshall:
THERE'S AN OLD JOKE IN NEWARK

THAT THE ONLY WAY AN INCUMBENT
EVER LEAVES OFFICE

IS DEATH OR CONVICTION.

BUT CORY THINKS
HE'S FOUND ANOTHER WAY.

Booker: I HAVE A PHILOSOPHY
FOR CAMPAIGNING, WHICH IS,

I WALK EVERY STREET
THAT I WANT TO REPRESENT.

ALL I'VE BEEN DOING IN THE
EVENINGS IS WALKING THE STREETS

AND TALKING TO PEOPLE LIKE YOU.

I CAN'T EVEN SEE YOU,
I'M TALKING TO A SCREEN,

BUT I'LL JUST LET YOU KNOW,
I'M RUNNING FOR MAYOR,

AND THE REASON WHY I'M RUNNING

THREE REASONS REAL QUICK, OKAY?

Booker:
NEWARK FACES REAL CHALLENGES.

WE HAVE A MURDER RATE
THAT'S TWICE THE BRONX.

WE HAVE ALMOST 1/3 OF OUR PEOPLE
LIVING BELOW THE POVERTY LINE.

AND WE GRADUATE ONLY ABOUT 40%
OF OUR KIDS FROM HIGH SCHOOL.

THERE'S NO EXCUSE FOR THIS,
THIS CITY CAN BE DOING

SO MUCH BETTER
FOR THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE HERE.

I'M TRYING TO GET PEOPLE
TO VOTE FOR ME,

ARE YOU GOING TO VOTE FOR ME?

YEAH, I WANT TO TO VOTE FOR YOU.

YOU'RE GOING TO VOTE FOR ME?

WHAT DOES VOTE MEAN?
WHAT DOES VOTE MEAN?

IT MEANS
PARTICIPATING IN DEMOCRACY,

TRYING TO MAKE
YOUR COMMUNITY BETTER.

DID I TELL YOU MY ANCESTORS

COME FROM A SMALL ISLAND
IN THE SOUTH OF SPAIN?

OH, REALLY?

CALLED AFRICA.

SMALL ISLAND!

A LITTLE RAIN'S
NOT GOING TO STOP US, IS IT?

HOW YOU DOIN'?

WHAT ARE YOU DOING
OUT THIS LATE?

IT'S ALMOST 10:00!

Marshall:
CORY LIVES IN BRICK TOWERS,

A LOW INCOME HOUSING PROJECT

IN ONE OF NEWARK'S
POOREST WARDS.

IT'S THE WARD HE REPRESENTS
IN THE CITY COUNCIL.

BUT HE GREW UP 25 MILES
AND A WORLD AWAY

IN SUBURBAN
HARRINGTON PARK, NEW JERSEY.

Booker:
MY PARENTS WERE VERY ACTIVE

IN THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT.

AND WE INTEGRATED
AN ALL WHITE NEIGHBORHOOD

AFTER A BIG COURT FIGHT
AGAINST A REAL ESTATE AGENT

THAT WOULDN'T SHOW US
ANY HOUSES THERE.

I WAS A HIGH SCHOOL
ALL AMERICAN FOOTBALL PLAYER,

GOT A SCHOLARSHIP
TO PLAY FOOTBALL

AT STANFORD UNIVERSITY, WHERE
THINGS REALLY TOOK OFF FOR ME.

Announcer: BOOKER BREAKS FREE.

15, 10, HE'LL SCORE!

TOUCHDOWN STANFORD!

Booker: TOWARDS THE END

OF MY LAW SCHOOL CAREER
I MOVED TO NEWARK

TO SET UP A NON-PROFIT
GOING AFTER SLUMLORDS.

BUT I GOT PULLED INTO POLITICS,

AND DECIDED TO RUN
FOR CITY COUNCIL,

AND AMAZINGLY, WON.

AFTER I GOT ELECTED,
I MOVED INTO BRICK TOWERS,

BECAUSE I WANTED
TO STAY CLOSE TO THE COMMUNITY

THAT ELECTED ME.

EVERY MORNING WHEN I WOKE UP,
AND WHEN I CAME HOME AT NIGHT,

I WANTED TO BE REMINDED
OF THE REASONS

WHY I GOT INTO OFFICE
IN THE FIRST PLACE.

HOW YOU DOIN', MR. BOOKER?

DOING VERY WELL. YOU ALL RIGHT?

YES, SIR,
I'M GOING TO VOTE FOR YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
SPREAD THE WORD, ALL RIGHT?

YES, SIR.

I DON'T WANT
TO INTERRUPT YOUR WORK.

MY HANDS ARE WET.

THAT'S OKAY,
I'LL TAKE A WET HAND.

IT'S CORY BOOKER.
I'VE MET YOU BEFORE.

OH, OKAY.

I LIKE YOU
BUT I AIN'T VOTING FOR YOU.

I HOPE THEY MAKE A CHANGE,
WHOEVER GETS IN.

WELL IF YOU KEEP PUTTING
THE SAME PEOPLE IN THERE,

YOU'RE NOT GOING
TO SEE A CHANGE.

YOU'RE GOING TO GET
THE SAME RESULTS.

YEAH, BUT WE BEEN
HEARING THAT FOR SO LONG!

HOW OLD ARE YOU, BROTHER?
I'M 41 YEARS OLD.

OKAY, FOR THE LAST
32 YEARS OF YOUR LIFE,

YOU'VE HAD THE SAME LEADERSHIP.

SHARPE JAMES HAS BEEN
IN CITY HALL SINCE 1970.

WE DON'T MAKE CHANGE.

WE LET PEOPLE GET DOWN THERE
AND CREATE DYNASTIES.

WE HAVE THE HIGHEST PAID
CITY GOVERNMENT IN THE COUNTRY.

YOUR CITY COUNCIL PEOPLE
MAKE OVER 100 G's A YEAR,

WHEN THEY PUT IN
ALL THEIR PERKS.

SHARPE JAMES GOT INTO OFFICE
MAKING $70,000 A YEAR, IN 1986,

HAS RAISED HIS SALARY,

NOW THE BROTHER'S MAKING
OVER $200,000 A YEAR,

AND HE WASN'T SATISFIED.

THEN HE WENT OVER
AND GOT ANOTHER JOB,

HE'S GOT TWO JOBS NOW.

WE'VE GOT BROTHERS
LOOKING FOR ONE,

HE'S A MAYOR
AND A STATE SENATOR,

MAKES ABOUT A QUARTER
OF A MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR.

SO LET'S BE FOR REAL RIGHT NOW.

IF EVERY POLITICIAN
WAS ON THE STREETS, OKAY,

OUT THERE REALLY FIGHTING
TO MAKE REAL SOLUTIONS, OKAY,

THEY'RE LIVING IN THE

MAKE EVERY POLITICIAN LIVE IN

THE WORST NEIGHBORHOOD
IN THEIR CITY,

I GUARANTEE THE CITY WOULD
TURN AROUND A LOT QUICKER.

Marshall: TODAY,
SHARPE JAMES IS FORMALLY

THROWING HIS HAT INTO THE RING.

THIS CAMPAIGN,
FROM THE BEGINNING TO THE END,

AS ALWAYS,
IS A POSITIVE CAMPAIGN.

Marshall: I INTRODUCE MYSELF

TO THE CAMPAIGN'S PRESS PERSON.

I TELL HIM
I'D LOVE TO SPEND SOME TIME

FOLLOWING THE MAYOR'S CAMPAIGN,
AND HE SEEMS RECEPTIVE.

I'VE NEVER HEARD SHARPE JAMES
SPEAK BEFORE,

BUT ONCE HE TAKES THE STAGE,

IT BECOMES OBVIOUS
WHY HE'S NEVER LOST AN ELECTION.

THANK YOU.

SHARPE JAMES IS THE REAL DEAL!

SHARPE JAMES IS THE REAL DEAL!

LADIES AND GENTLEMAN, THE MAYOR

AND THE NEXT MAYOR
OF THE GREAT CITY OF NEWARK,

SHARPE JAMES!

James: TODAY, I WISH TO CONTINUE
TO GIVE SOMETHING BACK

TO THE CITY OF NEWARK
THAT TOOK A POOR BOY,

LIVING ON HOWARD STREET
AND SOUTH ORANGE AVENUE,

IN ONE ROOM
WITH A POT-BELLIED STOVE,

WITH AN OUTHOUSE

IN THE BACKYARD.

ONE PAIR OF SNEAKERS,
ONE PAIR OF PANTS,

ONE T-SHIRT.

AND TODAY THE POOR BOY
FROM HOWARD STREET IS YOUR MAYOR

AND SEEKING RE-ELECTION.

LET THE WORK I'VE DONE
SPEAK FOR ME.

I DON'T FEEL NO WAYS TIRED.

TODAY,

I OFFICIALLY DECLARE MYSELF
A CANDIDATE FOR RE-ELECTION

AS MAYOR OF THE CITY

OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY!

Marshall: AS I FILM THE CROWD,

THE MAYOR NOTICES ME,

AND SAYS SOMETHING
TO HIS SECURITY DETAIL.

SUDDENLY, I'M SURROUNDED
BY FOUR PLAIN-CLOTHES POLICEMEN.

WHERE'S YOUR CAR, SIR?

I DON'T SEE WHAT THE PROBLEM IS.

I NEED TO SEE IDENTIFICATION.

Marshall: CAN I SEE SOME
IDENTIFICATION FROM YOU?

YOU'RE A POLICE OFFICER?
I SURE AM.

OKAY, AND SO,
YOU NEED TO SEE IDENTIFICATION

FROM ME BECAUSE WHY?

WE'RE POLICE OFFICERS

AND WE NEED TO SEE
SOME IDENTIFICATION,

THAT'S ALL WE WANT TO SEE.

OKAY, AND YOU'RE SURE YOU CAN

JUST ASK PEOPLE ON THE STREET
FOR IDENTIFICATION?

SURE CAN.

Marshall:
THEY WRITE DOWN MY HOME ADDRESS

AND LICENSE PLATE NUMBER.

I'M BAFFLED
I CALL THE MAYOR'S PRESS PERSON

AND EXPLAIN AGAIN
WHAT I'M DOING.

HE APOLOGIZES AND SAYS
HE'LL TALK TO THE MAYOR.

BUT MY FOLLOW UP PHONE CALLS
AND FAXES GO UNANSWERED.

AND I SOON DISCOVER

THAT I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE
HAVING TROUBLE

FOR SPENDING TOO MUCH TIME
WITH CORY BOOKER.

Man:
I OPENED THIS PLACE UP IN '97.

I NEVER HAD ANY PROBLEMS.

UNTIL CORY BOOKER
CAME TO MY HOUSE ONE NIGHT.

HE WANTED THE PEOPLE
IN THE COMMUNITY

TO GET TO KNOW HIM
THAT DIDN'T KNOW HIM.

SO I SUGGESTED I HAVE, LIKE,
A COFFEE KLATSCHE AT MY HOUSE,

INVITE 15 OR 20 PEOPLE OVER.

SO I HAD ONE. ONE SUNDAY NIGHT,

AND LIKE I SAID, THAT MONDAY,

POLICE CAME, SAID I WAS ILLEGAL,

AND THEY CLOSED
MY BUSINESS DOWN.

YOU CAN GO
TO ANY PLACE IN THE CITY

AND YOU CAN FIND A VIOLATION.

Marshall: PABLO FONSECA
USED TO BE THE HEAD

OF CODE ENFORCEMENT
FOR THE CITY OF NEWARK.

IF YOU'RE IN THE CITY,
YOU HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL

IF YOU TAKE ON SHARPE JAMES.

EVERYTHING IS AT HIS POWER,

IS AT HIS BEHEST.

HE CAN MAKE
YOUR LIFE IMPOSSIBLE.

Marshall: HE WAS ALSO
SHARPE JAMES' CAMPAIGN MANAGER

IN THE LATINO COMMUNITY.

Fonseca: TWO YEARS AGO,
I SUPPORTED A CANDIDATE

SHARPE JAMES DID NOT LIKE
AND DID NOT BACK.

AND EVEN THOUGH I WAS PROTECTED
BY CIVIL SERVICE,

HE BROUGHT ME UP ON CHARGES
AND DEMOTED ME.

FROM SUPERVISING
A $4 MILLION BUDGET

TO SUPERVISING TWO PEOPLE
IN A SANITATION GARAGE.

THAT'S A REALITY CHECK
ON POLITICS,

THAT'S POLITICS 101!

AND IT WAS, YOU KNOW,

WOW, WHAT THE HELL?

I SUED THE ADMINISTRATION,
AND WON,

AND I JOINED THE BOOKER TEAM.

Marshall: JIMMY MITCHELL
JOINED THE BOOKER CAMPAIGN, TOO,

AS CORY'S DRIVER.

BUT FOR MOST PEOPLE,
THEIR BUSINESSES COME FIRST.

THEY SENT CODE ENFORCEMENT
DOWN TO BERGEN STREET

TO BASICALLY THREATEN FOLKS
AND SAY,

IF YOU PUT UP A CORY BOOKER SIGN
YOU'LL FACE THE CONSEQUENCES.

AND HAVING CODE ENFORCEMENT
DELIVER THAT MESSAGE,

YOU KNOW, IS PRETTY PERSUASIVE.

Marshall:
OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS,

I MEET A POLICEMAN,

WHOSE SUPPORT FOR BOOKER
GOT HIM TRANSFERRED

TO NIGHT PATROL
IN A DANGEROUS NEIGHBORHOOD.

A MINISTER, WHOSE CHURCH WAS
THREATENED BY CODE ENFORCEMENT

AFTER HE CRITICIZED THE MAYOR.

A WOMAN, WHO FEARS
SHE'LL LOSE HER PUBLIC HOUSING,

IF SHE HANGS A BOOKER SIGN
IN HER WINDOW.

PEOPLE HAVE CHILDREN,
PEOPLE HAVE HOUSES AND MORTGAGES

AND RENT TO PAY AND FOOD TO BUY,

WHY ARE YOU FIRING SOMEBODY

BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT
TO VOTE FOR YOU?

THAT'S THEIR GOD GIVEN RIGHT.

THEY'RE BORN IN AMERICA,

YOU HAVE THE RIGHT
TO VOTE FOR WHO YOU WANT TO.

THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT.

AND WHEN YOU TAKE THAT
FROM SOMEBODY,

AND THE LAW
DOESN'T STAND UP FOR IT

AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT,

THERE'S SOMETHING
SERIOUSLY WRONG.

JUST ON THIS SCHEDULE,
LIKE TONIGHT'S FUNDRAISER.

YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE
JIMMY WRIGHT'S NAME ON IT,

IF SOMEONE PICKS THIS UP, GUY,

JIMMY WRIGHT'S ASS
IS GOING TO BE AT CELL BLOCK

24 HOURS A DAY.

THERE ARE PEOPLE PUTTING
A LOT ON THE LINE FOR US,

THAT IF SHARPE HAS ANY IDEA,

YOU KNOW,
HE WILL CRUSH THESE PEOPLE.

DRUG DEALERS
DON'T OWN THIS CITY, WE DO.

YEAH.

DRUG DEALERS
DON'T OWN THIS CITY, WE DO.

DRUG DEALERS
DON'T OWN THIS CITY, WE DO.

Marshall: THE POLLS SHOW
THAT CORY'S BIGGEST CHALLENGE

IS NAME RECOGNITION.

SO HE'S OUTSIDE HIS BUILDING,
TRYING TO CREATE A BOOKER BRAND.

I THOUGHT WE WERE JUST BRINGING
THE CAMCORDER OUT!

Man: JUNIOR!

CAN I HAVE A CUP OF COFFEE,
JUNIOR?

AW, COME ON, I JUST WOKE UP!

ANOTHER DAY.

OKAY, WE GOT A SHOT HERE,
JUNIOR, TELL ME HOW I DO.

I'M CORY BOOKER.
IT'S TIME THAT WE PUT

AH! I APOLOGIZE.

Man: THAT'S OKAY.

I'M CORY BOOKER.

AND I'M BUTT COLD RIGHT NOW.

OKAY, HERE WE GO!

QUIET PLEASE.

REAL JOBS,
REAL SAFETY, REAL PROGRESS.

OUR MAYOR, SHARPE JAMES.

THE REAL DEAL.

Marshall: SHARPE JAMES
IS PUSHING HIS STORY AS WELL.

HE GREW UP IN NEWARK,

SERVED IN THE ARMY,

AND TAUGHT GYM
AT A LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL.

IN 1970, AT THE AGE OF 34,

HE WAS ELECTED
TO THE CITY COUNCIL.

HE SERVED 16 YEARS,

AND THEN, RUNNING AS A REFORMER,
HE WAS ELECTED MAYOR.

BUT IN THE '90s, CORRUPTION
SCANDALS PLAGUED HIS OFFICE,

TAKING DOWN HIS CLOSEST AIDES,

INCLUDING HIS CHF OF POLICE
AND HIS CHF OF STAFF

WHO WAS CAUGHT WITH BAGS OF
MONEY UNDER THE FLOORBOARDS.

SHARPE WEATHERED THE STORM,
THOUGH.

HE WAS FUNNY, AND AN ENERGETIC
BOOSTER FOR THE CITY.

NEW BUILDINGS WENT UP
IN THE DOWNTOWN,

A PERFORMING ARTS CENTER,
A MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL STADIUM.

AND SHARPE JAMES
GAINED A REPUTATION

FOR CREATING A RENAISSANCE
IN NEWARK.

Crowd: FIVE, FOUR,

THREE, TWO, ONE, ZERO!

James:
THIS IS A GREAT DAY FOR NEWARK.

WE HEARD CHEERS
WHEN IT CAME DOWN,

BECAUSE WHAT WILL GO UP
WILL BE PART OF A NEW NEWARK,

AND A NEW AMERICA,

AND NEW DREAMS AND NEW HOPES.

Booker: WHAT THIS CITY IS DOING

IS DESTROYING HOMES
FOR LOW INCOME PEOPLE

AND DISPLACING THEM,

AND NOT PROVIDING PLACES
FOR THEM TO LIVE.

IN THE LAST 10 YEARS,

10,200 HOMES HAVE BEEN DESTROYED

AND ONLY 2,500 HOMES

HAVE BEEN REPLACED.

CORY BOOKER DOES NOT HAVE
A VESTED INTEREST IN THIS CITY.

HE DOESN'T OWN ANYTHING.

HE'S A JOHNNY-COME-LATELY.

HE DOESN'T UNDERSTAND
THE POLITICS OF THIS TOWN.

AND JUST BECAUSE

YOU COME IN AS SOME GOLDEN BOY,

AND YOU HAPPEN TO GET LUCKY
AND WIN ONE ELECTION,

DOES NOT MEAN THAT YOU'VE GOT
A HANDLE ON WHAT'S GOING ON.

PEOPLE THAT LIVE HERE, AND HAVE
A VESTED INTEREST IN OUR CITY,

KNOW THAT SHARPE JAMES IS DOING
A GREAT JOB FOR THIS CITY.

SHARPE JAMES
TRYING TO GET CREDIT

FOR SOMETHING HE DIDN'T EVEN DO!
HE AIN'T NOTHING!

IF HE WAS RIGHT HERE
I'D TELL HIM IN HIS FACE!

OKAY, LET'S DON'T
BLAME THIS ON SHARPE,

'CAUSE I KNOW
WHAT'S ALREADY HERE,

I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M GETTING
IF BOOKER GETS IN.

WHY YOU WANT TO BLAME IT
ON SHARPE?

CORY'S A COUNCILMAN.

IF HE COULDN'T DO IT
IN THE CENTRAL WARD

RIGHT IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD!

SHARPE JONES! SHARPE JONES

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE BLAMING

SHARPE JONES

SHARPE! SHARPE! SHARPE! SHARPE!

BOOKER! BOOKER! BOOKER! BOOKER!

YES, MR. SIMON?

THIS IS CAROLYN BOOKER,
I'M THE MOTHER OF CORY BOOKER.

Marshall:
CORY'S PARENTS HAVE COME TO TOWN

FOR THE REST OF THE CAMPAIGN.

THE REASON FOR MY CALL
IS SIMPLY TO SAY THANK YOU

FOR SUPPORTING CORY'S CAMPAIGN.

Marshall: I KNEW THEY HAD RAISED
CORY AND HIS BROTHER

IN A COMFORTABLE SUBURB,

SO I WAS A LITTLE SURPRISED
WHEN I LEARNED MORE ABOUT THEM.

Booker:
MY DAD WAS BORN VERY POOR,

TO A SINGLE PARENT IN THE SOUTH.

YOU KNOW, HE HAD
A TOUGH, TOUGH CHILDHOOD.

YOU HAVE TO IMAGINE
WHAT IT WAS LIKE IN '36

TO BE BORN WHEN THEY CALLED IT
AN ILLEGITIMATE CHILD.

REALLY A SELF-MADE MAN.

AND REALLY WHAT I'M DOING
IS AS A RESULT

OF MY PARENTS' GUIDANCE.

A LOT OF PEOPLE ASK ME,

WHO IS THIS BOY
WITH A RHODES SCHOLARSHIP

AND A YALE LAW

WHY WOULD HE WANT
TO COME TO NEWARK?

MY FATHER GREW UP
IN NORTH CAROLINA.

HE STILL HAS
PHYSICAL SCARS ON HIS BODY

FROM BEING CAUGHT BY THE WHITE
CITIZENS COUNCIL IN THAT TOWN

ON THE WRONG SIDE OF TOWN
AFTER DARK.

IN '61 WHEN THE SIT-IN MOVEMENT
STARTED IN NORTH CAROLINA,

MY FATHER WAS
ONE OF THE FIRST PEOPLE

ON THE STOOLS BEING KICKED,
BRUISED RIBS,

BEING HURT BASICALLY
IN THAT SIT-IN MOVEMENT.

BACK IN THE LATER '60s,

MY PARENTS WERE THE FIRST
AFRICAN-AMERICANS

IN THE ENTIRE NORTHEASTERN
SEABOARD TO BE HIRED BY IBM.

MY MOM WAS FIRST, MY DAD SOON
BECAME THE FIRST BLACK SALESMAN,

HAS THESE AWFUL STORIES
ABOUT MAKING SALES CALLS

AND PEOPLE RIPPING UP HIS CARD
AND SAYING, YOU TELL IBM

NOT TO SEND ANY MORE
NIGGER SALESMAN OUT HERE.

MY PARENTS TOLD ME,

TO HE WHO MUCH IS GIVEN,
MUCH IS EXPECTED.

AND THEY EXPECTED
THEIR TWO CHILDREN

TO BE A PART OF THE STRUGGLE.

AND I BELIEVE IN MY HEART,
THAT NEWARK, NEW JERSEY,

AND CITIES LIKE IT ARE THE
FRONTIERS OF THE AMERICAN DREAM,

AND THAT WE AS AFRICAN AMERICANS
AND WE AS AMERICANS PERIOD

HAVE AN OBLIGATION
TO FIGHT FOR OUR COMMUNITIES.

AND THAT'S WHY I'M DOING THIS.

HELLO, EVERYBODY!

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY.

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY.

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY.

UNFORTUNATELY,
I'M RUNNING TODAY,

BUT I HAD TO COME THROUGH HERE

AND SPREAD SOME LOVE.

WE HAVE SOME GIFTS TO GIVE OUT
TO EVERYBODY DOWN HERE.

Marshall: IN NEWARK,

GIVING STUFF AWAY
IS A BIG PART OF CAMPAIGNING.

THERE'S A SAYING

"IF YOU FEED 'EM,
YOU CAN LEAD 'EM."

AND CANDIDATES
HOST CHICKEN DINNERS,

CHARTER BUSES TO ATLANTIC CITY,

GIVE AWAY FLOWERS OR PERFUME,
POT HOLDERS,

OR TICKETS TO CONCERTS
OR THE CIRCUS.

AND IT MATTERS.

ONE WOMAN TOLD ME SHE WASN'T
GOING TO VOTE FOR CORY,

BECAUSE THE MOTHER'S DAY CARD

THAT HIS OFFICE
SENT OUT LAST YEAR

WAS CHEAP LOOKING
COMPARED TO SHARPE'S.

IN HIS FIRST FEW YEARS
IN OFFICE,

CORY TRIED TO DEFY THAT SYSTEM,

BUT HE'S BEEN GETTING
MORE REALISTIC.

SO, WE'LL SHARPE'S?

SHARPE'S IS THIS SATURDAY.

WHAT IS HE DOING?

HE'S DOING BINGO AND BREAKFAST.

SAUSAGE, HOME FRIES, EGGS.

OUR MISTAKE
IN THE LAST APPEARANCES

HAS NOT BEEN TO PUBLICIZE THAT
THERE'S GOING TO BE MAJOR FOOD.

THE FOOD,

NO BRAINER, LET'S DO IT.

OKAY. LET'S JUST FEED.

I'D RATHER WIN AND OWE $100,000,

THAN LOSE
FOR NOT SPENDING $100,000.

AND THE CHECK THERE,
IS THAT FROM YOU?

OR IS THAT FROM

Marshall: EVERY DAY,
CORY SPENDS AN HOUR OR TWO

SHAKING DOWN HIS FRIENDS,

AND THEIR FRIENDS,
AND THEIR FRIENDS.

PEOPLE HE KNOWS
FROM STANFORD AND YALE,

FROM NEWARK, AND NEW YORK,
AND CALIFORNIA.

TO BE COMPETITIVE, THEY THINK
THEY'LL HAVE TO RAISE $15,000

EVERY SINGLE DAY.

SHOW ME THE MONEY!
WHERE'S THE MONEY?

AND THE CHECK IS MADE OUT
TO "FRIENDS OF CORY BOOKER"?

Booker: IN OUR GENERATION,

I SEE THAT WILLINGNESS
TO MAKE A SACRIFICE

TO MAKE THIS NATION
WHAT IT HAS NOT BEEN YET.

TO MAKE IT REAL FOR EVERY
SINGLE ONE OF ITS CITIZENS.

THE THINGS THAT WE BRAG ABOUT,

BUILDINGS IN THE DOWNTOWN,

THEY ARESYMBOLS
OF A RENAISSANCE,

BUT NOT THESUBSTANCE

OF A RENAISSANCE.

DAVID DID BEAT GOLIATH!

OKAY?

ALI DID UPSET GEORGE FOREMAN!

AND ON MAY 14th,

WE NOT ME

WE, WE, ARE GOING
TO UPSET SHARPE JAMES.

Marshall: IT'S MONDAY MORNING,

AND EVERYBODY'S
TALKING ABOUT "SIGHTS."

Man: WE'RE THE ONLY NUDE CLUB,

NUDE DANCING CLUB, IN NEWARK.

Marshall:
LAST NIGHT, A VICE RAID

LOOKING FOR DRUGS
AND PROSTITUTION,

DISCOVERED A 16-YEAR-OLD
STRIPPER WORKING AT THE CLUB.

THEY ALSO FOUND
A YOUNG MAN IN LINE, OUTSIDE,

NAMED JERMAINE JAMES.

THE POLICE DEPARTMENT,
KNOWING WHO JERMAINE JAMES WAS,

TOLD THE MAYOR.

THE MAYOR, WHAT I UNDERSTAND,

TOLD THE POLICE DEPARTMENT
TO ISSUE A PRESS RELEASE.

WHOA!

UH-OH.

UH-OH. WHOA.

Moses:
JERMAINE JAMES TURNS OUT TO BE

CORY BOOKER'S CHF OF STAFF.

I PICKED UP MY PHONE
THAT MORNING

AND I MUST HAVE HAD
LIKE 20 MESSAGES,

JUST FRUSTRATED SUPPORTERS,

JUST ANGRY.

WHAT DO WE SAY?
HOW DO WE MOVE FORWARD?

FUMBLE!

EVERYBODY WANTS
TO GO OFF CAMERA.

I'LL BE DOWN IN A SECOND.

Marshall: IT'S A MAJOR BLOW
TO THE CAMPAIGN.

AND THEY WON'T LET ME
FILM THE MEETING

WHERE THEY FIGURE OUT
WHAT TO DO.

SHARPE JAMES
EMBELLISHES THE STORY A BIT,

AND THEN HAMMERS THEM WITH IT
ALL OVER THE CITY.

IF ANY MEMBER OF MY STAFF

FREQUENTED A PLACE

OF PROSTITUTION AND NARCOTICS,

THAT'S ILLEGAL
IN THE CITY OF NEWARK,

WHERE 14-YEAR-OLDS
ARE DOING LIVE SEX ACTS.

THEY DON'T HAVE TO TOUCH 'EM,

I'M STILL GOING TO FIRE THEM!

SHARPE DID A MASS MAILING ON IT.

EVERYBODY GOT IT YESTERDAY.

Marshall:
WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO?

DON'T LET IT
TAKE OVER THE CAMPAIGN.

STICK TO THE ISSUES.
WE DON'T TALK ABOUT IT.

Marshall: CORY IS A VEGETARIAN,

WHO DOESN'T DRINK OR SMOKE,

AND RARELY EVEN SWEARS.

BUT ONE OF THE RISKS
OF RUNNING A CHOIR BOY CAMPAIGN

IS THAT IF YOU STUMBLE,
YOU FALL HARD.

AS I'VE SPENT
MORE TIME IN THE CITY,

I FOUND THAT
THERE'S A SIDE OF NEWARK

THAT MOST OUTSIDERS
DON'T KNOW ABOUT.

A NEWARK OF HOMES WITH LAWNS,

OF PARKS,
AND MIDDLE CLASS NEIGHBORHOODS,

AND MANY NEWARKERS SEE
SHARPE'S IMPROVEMENTS DOWNTOWN

AS AN EXPANSION OF THAT.

Man: HE'S CHANGED THIS TOWN.

HE'S CHANGED
THE PERCEPTION OF THIS TOWN.

AND IF YOU WALK
AROUND THIS TOWN,

IF YOU'RE FROM HERE,
YOU CAN SEE IT.

IT'S GOTTEN BETTER, EVERY DAY,
OVER THE LAST 16 YEARS.

AND IT'S GOING
TO GET BETTER TOMORROW,

THE NEXT DAY AFTER THAT,
IT'S GETTING BETTER.

Marshall: IT'S CLEAR
THAT THE NEWARK OF TODAY

IS NOT THE NEWARK OF 1986,
WHEN SHARPE JAMES TOOK OFFICE.

BUT IT'S ALMOST AS IF
THERE ARE TWO NEWARKS.

ONE, WHERE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE
STRUGGLE WITH RELENTLESS POVERTY

AND CRIME AND POOR SCHOOLS
YEAR AFTER YEAR.

AND ANOTHER,
WHERE A PROUD PHOENIX

IS RISING FROM THE ASHES.

THE QUESTION IS,

WHEN VOTERS GO TO THE POLLS
IN LESS THAN TWO MONTHS,

WHICH NEWARK
WILL THEY BE THINKING OF?

I'VE CONTINUED CALLING
AND FAXING THE MAYOR'S OFFICE,

ASKING TO SPEND TIME WITH HIM,
BUT NO LUCK.

SO I GO TO
ONE OF HIS PUBLIC APPEARANCES,

IN THE PORTUGUESE DISTRICT.

Man: EVERYBODY,
LET'S WELCOME OUR MAYOR.

THE GREAT MAYOR
OF THE CITY OF NEWARK,

THE HONORABLE SHARPE JAMES!

HEY, PARTNER, HOW'S MY DATE?

HOW ARE YOU?

I GET TIRED OF PEOPLE
COMING TO NEWARK,

MOVING THEIR FAMILY HERE,
AND THEN SAYING

"YOU KNOW,
NEWARK IS SO TERRIBLE,

"YOU'RE GOING TO DIE,
YOUR SKY GOING TO FALL OUT,

YOU GOING TO GO IN QUICKSAND."

BUT THEY MOVE HERE, WHY?

A POLITICAL AGENDA.

A POLITICAL AGENDA.

STOP THAT NONSENSE.

WE'VE BEEN HERE
DURING BAD TIMES, GOOD TIMES,

AND WE'RE GOING TO STAY HERE
DURING IMPROVED TIMES.

WE AIN'T GOING NOWHERE.

AND WE DON'T NEED
NO CARPET BAGGERS COMING IN HERE

TELLING US HOW BAD WE ARE.

STAY OUT!

IT'S A GREAT DAY,
DON'T LET ME GET STARTED.

BOY, I DRANK SOME OF THAT WINE,

THEY GAVE ME SOME PORTO WINE,
I'M IN TROUBLE NOW.

WHERE IS IT,
THEY TOOK IT AWAY FROM ME.

I'M QUITTING.

BESSY AND GALE TOLD ME
STOP TALKIN' NOW,

THE WINE BEGINNING TO WORK.

THAT PORTO WINE IS TOO MUCH.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

LET'S GO BOW WOW.

MAYOR, LOOK AT THESE GUYS.

HEY, RIGHT HERE, TWINS.

WHO YOU
TAKING PICTURES FOR, MAN?

THAT'S A VOTE FOR
CORY BOOKER MAN.

YEAH, KILL YOUR FILM.
YOU FILM EVERYBODY ELSE BUT HIM,

DON'T YOU JUST FILM

FILM THEM, BUT YOU'RE
NOT GOING TO FILM HIM.

HE DON'T WANT YOU.

HE'S THE MAYOR OF THE CITY,
I'M ALLOWED TO FILM HIM.

YOU'RE NOT GOING TO FILM HIM.

HE'S THE MAYOR OF THE CITY
AND I'M ALLOWED TO FILM HIM.

LET GO OF MY CAMERA!

LET GO OF MY CAMERA!

I'M ASKING YOU NOW,
YOU DON'T WANT TO DO THAT.

I'M JUST ASKING YOU
NOT TO FILM HIM.

I'M ALLOWED TO FILM HIM.

HE DON'T WANT
TO BE ON YOUR FILM.

IT DOESN'T MATTER.
HE'S THE MAYOR OF THE CITY.

Marshall: I'VE BEEN HAVING
A LOT OF TROUBLE.

OKAY, STILL, THOSE GUYS?

I MEAN, I'VE HAD MY CAMERA
GRABBED BY SECURITY PEOPLE,

AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

I WILL TRY AND TALK TO HIM.

I MEAN, IT'S NOT JUST YOU,

I'VE HAD "THE LEDGER"
AND "THE TIMES,"

IT'S LIKE, I'VE HAD TO GO LIKE

AND THE PROBLEM IS I DON'T
REALLY KNOW HIM TOO WELL,

I WISH I HAD
STARTED UP HERE SOONER

SO THAT I COULD HAVE GOTTEN
TO WORK UP A RAPPORT,

AND IT'S JUST,

YOU KNOW, JUST IDIOTIC.

IT'S ALSO COUNTERPRODUCTIVE.

IT MAKES US LOOK TERRIBLE,
I THINK.

AND THE REST OF THE PRESS
SEES IT.

IT MAKES US LOOK PARANOID, TOO.

BUT THESE GUYS,
I TELL YOU, THEY ARE,

I CAN'T BELIEVE IT,

THEY GOT THIS THING
ABOUT THE PRESS,

THEY SEE IT AS LIKE A
CONSPIRACY,

IT'S JUST BEEN SO FRUSTRATING.

SO I DO HAVE TO TRY TO GRAB HIM
AND TALK TO HIM.

Man: EXPERIENCED LEADERSHIP!

WE DON'T WANT NOBODY
PRACTICING ON NEWARK!

WE NEED SOMEONE THAT KNOWS
WHAT'S GOING ON IN NEWARK.

WE NEED SOMEONE THAT'S BEEN HERE

SINCE 1967 RIOTS.

CORY BOOKER, BABY, CORY BOOKER!

WE NEED EXPERIENCED LEADERSHIP.

EXPERIENCED LEADERSHIP.

Man: IT HAPPENED SATURDAY NIGHT
AFTER 10:30.

WE HAD THE POLICE COME OUT

AND THEY DUSTED THE WHOLE WINDOW
FOR FINGERPRINTS.

I HAVEN'T SEEN THE DAMAGE.

THE FIRST THING THAT HAPPENED,
EDIE REACHED FOR THE TELEPHONE,

AND THERE WAS NO TELEPHONE.

SHE FELT THE DRAFT,
WALKED BACK HERE,

AND SAW EVERYTHING OPENED UP
AND SHE REALIZED

THAT WE HAD BEEN BROKEN INTO
AND ROBBED.

SO THEY TOOK A RADIO,

TWO TELEPHONES
THEY RIPPED OFF THE WALL.

BUT WHAT REALLY BOTHERED US

IS THEY GOT TWO BOOKS WORTH
OF INFORMATION, TWO DISTRICTS,

AND THEY KNOW WHO'S A BOOKER,
WHO'S A JAMES, WHO'S UNDECIDED,

ALL THAT STUFF.

AND THAT'S VALUABLE,
SENSITIVE INFORMATION.

WE HAVE IT BACKED UP,
BUT STILL, THEY HAVE IT NOW.

YOU KNOW,
ONE OF THE POLICE OFFICERS

ACTUALLY SUGGESTED THAT WE

HAVE THE WHOLE TRAILER
SWEPT FOR LISTENING DEVICES.

FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND

WE HAVE SOMEBODY COMING IN
TO DO THAT NOW.

Marshall: SWEEPING FOR BUGS
SEEMED A BIT PARANOID TO ME,

UNTIL SOMEONE TOLD ME THAT
WHEN CORY WAS FIRST ELECTED,

IT WAS DISCOVERED
THAT HIS HOME PHONE

WAS BEING TAPPED BY THE POLICE.

THE POLICE INSISTED
IT WAS AN HONEST MISTAKE,

BUT IT STILL LINGERS
IN THE BACK OF PEOPLE'S MINDS.

THIS MORNING,

"SIGHTS" IS BACK IN THE NEWS.

I HAD HEARD THAT SHARPE JAMES

SAID IN HIS RE-ELECTION SPEECH

THAT HE WOULD
FIRE ANYONE IN HIS STAFF

WHO WENT TO PLACES OF ILL REPUTE
I THINK HE CALLED IT.

AND, YOU KNOW,

HE WAS BASICALLY
TALKING ABOUT "SIGHTS."

I THINK WE HAVE TO SEND
A MESSAGE TO OUR YOUNG PEOPLE,

TO OUR CHILDREN, TO OUR CITY!

IT IS WRONG TO FREQUENT HOUSES
OF ILL REPUTE!

Wilson:
YOU GOT TO HAVE A LOT OF BALLS

TO STAND UP WITH THE GOVERNOR,
STATE SENATORS,

CONGRESSMEN SITTING BEHIND YOU,

AND MAKE IT SOUND AS THOUGH
YOU'VE NEVER BEEN TO A PLACE

THAT YOU KNOW YOU'VE BEEN TO.

MAYOR SHARPE JAMES SAT

RIGHT THERE AT A TABLE,

DRINKING SNAPPLE,

WATCHING A DANCER
ON STAGE DANCING,

HE WAS HERE HIMSELF.

WERE YOU IN THE CLUB,
OR NOT IN THE CLUB?

WE ARE TOO SMART
TO DIGNIFY THAT.

NEWARK MAYOR SHARPE JAMES

TODAY REFUSED TO ANSWER
REPEATED QUESTIONS

ABOUT WHETHER HE VISITED
A STRIP CLUB.

WHEN A REPORTER ASKED HIM
IF THAT WAS TRUE TODAY,

THE MAYOR LASHED OUT.

I DISMISSED YOU!

WHO YOU THINK YOU'RE éLING AT!

WHO YOU THINK YOU'RE éLING AT?

WHO YOU THINK YOU'RE éLING AT?

HEY, YOUNG MAN, WHO DO YOU THINK
YOU'RE éLING AT AS A REPORTER!

WHO YOU THINK YOU'RE éLING AT?

YOU BETTER SHOW SOME RESPECT!

MAYOR JAMES SAYS
THAT THE ONLY TIME

HE WENT TO THE CLUB
WAS WHEN POLICE RAIDED IT.

LET ME SHOW YOU SOMETHING HERE,

YOU GOT THE "IT WASN'T ME!"

IN THAT CLUB?

WHAT?

HE SAYING
HE WASN'T IN THAT CLUB?

YEAH, JUST READ THIS.

WELL, DIDN'T YOU SEE HIM
ON CHANNEL 11 THAT NIGHT?

OH, WHEN HE GOT CRAZY?

HE GOT UP THERE, AND HE SAID
THAT HE WAS IN THERE,

BUT TO SEE WHAT HE COULD DO
ABOUT CLOSING IT DOWN.

Marshall: SHARPE JAMES
MADE A SPEECH AT A BARBECUE

HE HOSTED FOR A HOUSING PROJECT
LAST NIGHT.

OH, YEAH, AND THEN HE CALLED

CORY LAST NIGHT, "BABY FACE."

Man: SHARPE DID? YEAH.

"BABY FACE IS A SNAKE,
DON'T TRUST HIM."

AND I WAS SO MAD I DIDN'T KNOW
WHAT IN THE WORLD TO DO.

YEAH,

HE HAD 'EM ALL FOOLED
LAST NIGHT.

YOU WERE THERE?
YEAH, I LIVE HERE.

YOU HEARD HIM SAY IT? YES!

THAT'S WHAT CAME OUT
IN THE BUILDING TODAY.

WHITE REPUBLICAN.

HE GAVE THAT OUT LAST NIGHT
TO EVERYBODY.

Man: UNBELIEVABLE.

Marshall: THEY BRUSH ASIDE
THE REPUBLICAN STUFF,

BUT THE WHITE COMMENT STINGS.

AND WHAT IT MEANS TO BE BLACK

IS NOW BECOMING A MAJOR CAMPAIGN
ISSUE OUT IN THE STREETS.

THE DIVISION, I MEAN, AND THAT'S
WHAT I WAS TELLING PEOPLE,

THEY WERE SAYING
"OH, CORY'S LIGHT SKINNED.

OH, HE'S ALMOST WHITE."

I'M LIKE,
THIS IS WHAT HAS KEPT US,

ALL THIS TIME, SEPARATED
AND DIVIDED AMONGST OURSELVES.

THE RACIST COMMENTS THAT WERE
COMING FROM THE BLACK PEOPLE.

AN OLDER LADY
WALKS UP TO MY CAR AND SAYS,

"WHO ARE YOU VOTING FOR,
THE WHITE MAN OR THE BLACK MAN?"

I SAID,
"I'M VOTING FOR CORY BOOKER."

THEY'RE MAD AT CORY

BECAUSE HIS MOTHER WAS ABLE
TO GIVE HIM A GOOD EDUCATION,

BECAUSE HE WASN'T RAISED
IN THE PROJECTS.

SO WHAT?
YOU KNOW, HE'S STILL BLACK.

IF MY MOTHER HAD THE OPPORTUNITY

TO RAISE ME
IN A BETTER ENVIRONMENT

AND GIVE ME A GOOD EDUCATION,

I'M SURE
SHE WOULD HAVE DONE THAT.

BUT YOU CAN'T BE MAD AT HIM
BECAUSE HE'S MAKING IT,

YOU CAN'T BE MADE AT HIM
BECAUSE HE HAS A VISION,

YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING?

YOU CAN'T BE MAD AT THAT.

YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO JUST SAY,
YOU KNOW WHAT,

LET'S MAKE IT SO ALL
OUR CHILDREN CAN BE THAT WAY.

WHY PLAY A HATE ON HIM
BECAUSE HE'S DOING WELL?

STUPID, IT'S JUST STUPID.

Marshall: SHARPE IS QUOTED
CALLING CORY

"A FAGGOT WHITE BOY,"
AND TELLING AUDIENCES

THAT HE TAKES MONEY
FROM THE KU KLUX KLAN.

ON "THE TODAY SHOW" HE SAYS THAT

CORY, A BAPTIST,
IS ACTUALLY JEWISH.

James: HE WENT TO STANFORD
AND HE'S JEWISH.

HE TELLS THE STORY
ABOUT HIS GRADUATION

WHERE HE COULDN'T DATE
A WHITE GIRL.

Marshall: HE ALSO SAYS OF CORY,

"YOU HAVE TO LEARN
TO BE AFRICAN-AMERICAN,

AND WE DON'T HAVE TIME
TO TRAIN YOU."

AND ALL THIS IS JUST WHEN
HE'S SPEAKING ON THE RECORD.

WE ASK OUR BLACK CHILDREN
TO GET EDUCATED.

AND THEY DO,
AND WE CALL THEM WHITE.

THAT'S SAD.

IT'S TRULY SAD.

AND TO BELIEVE THAT,
IT'S NOT THAT SHARPE DID THAT,

THAT'S DIRTY, THAT'S LOW.

SHARPE IS A LOW INDIVIDUAL.

FOR THEM TO BELIEVE IT!

AND THEY'RE TALKING
ABOUT CIVIL RIGHTS?

THESE ARE PEOPLE
WHO'VE BEEN THROUGH

SOME OF THEM WHO
HAVE BEEN THROUGH THE '60s.

THAT'S A DISGRACE

TO MARTIN LUTHER KING,
TO MALCOLM X,

TO MEDGAR EVERS,

AND ANYBODY AND EVERYBODY

WHO WORKED LIKE A DEMON

TO GET US BEYOND THAT.

THIS IS AN ATTEMPT, A REALLY SAD
ATTEMPT BY SHARPE JAMES

TO RACIALIZE THIS CAMPAIGN

AND IGNORE, DISTRACT PEOPLE
FROM WHAT THE REAL ISSUES ARE

SAFETY, SECURITY, ECONOMIC
EMPOWERMENT AND GOOD SCHOOLS.

THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS,
I'M AN AFRICAN AMERICAN

WHO HAS BENEFITED FROM A LEGACY
OF STRUGGLE IN OUR COUNTRY,

I'M AN AFRICAN AMERICAN

WHO BENEFITED
FROM MY PARENTS' GENERATION,

WHO MARCHED FOR ME,
WHO SAT IN FOR ME,

LITERALLY BLED
THAT SOUTHERN SOIL RED FOR ME.

I HAVE BEEN TOLD

BY MY FAMILY NEVER TO FORGET
WHERE YOU CAME FROM,

AND THE STRUGGLES
THAT GOT YOU TO WHERE YOU ARE.

MY GRANDFATHER WHO PASSED AWAY
DURING THIS ELECTION,

THE DAY I GOT MY DIPLOMA
FROM YALE LAW SCHOOL,

GRABBED ME BY THE ARM, AND SAID
"DON'T YOU EVER FORGET THAT

"THAT DIPLOMA YOU'RE HOLDING
WAS PAID FOR

"IN THE BLOOD, SWEAT, AND TEARS
OF YOUR ANCESTORS.

"AND IF YOU WANT TO PROVE WORTHY
OF THAT STRUGGLE,

"THEN YOU MUST CONTINUE IT.

"IF YOU WANT TO BE PROVED WORTHY
OF THAT LEGACY

THEN YOU MUST ROLL UP
YOUR SLEEVES AND GET TO WORK."

SO WE'RE GOING TO MAKE A CHANGE
FOR THE BETTER, ALL RIGHT?

THANKS, MAN, GOD BLESS YOU.

MY VOICE IS SHOT.

Marshall:
CORY IS SPENDING MORE HOURS

EVERY DAY KNOCKING ON DOORS.

OH, WATCH YOUR HEAD,
DON'T HIT YOUR HEAD!

OH, YOU HIT YOUR HEAD.

WHAT'S UP, BIG MAN?

Woman: TELL MR. BOOKER
TO HELP MOMMY GET A JOB

SO WE CAN GET OUT OF HERE,
IT'S NOT SAFE.

LISTEN, MOMMY,
WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS,

WE'RE GOING TO DEFINITELY FIGHT

TO HELP PEOPLE
GET MORE EMPLOYMENT.

WE'RE GOING TO WIN THIS CAMPAIGN
IN THE STREETS.

WE'RE NOT GOING
TO WIN THIS CAMPAIGN ON T.V.,

WE'RE NOT GOING TO WIN THIS
CAMPAIGN ON RADIO.

WE'RE GOING TO WIN THIS CAMPAIGN
IN THE STREETS.

Man: LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,

LET'S GET READY TO RUMBLE!

Crowd: TIME FOR CHANGE!

IT'S TIME FOR CHANGE!

Marshall:
THE CROWDS AT CAMPAIGN EVENTS

ARE GETTING BIGGER AND BIGGER.

Booker: WELL, IT'S TIME

THAT WE PULL TOGETHER.

BLACK NEWARKER, WHITE NEWARKER,

PORTUGUESE, BRAZILIAN,

PUERTO RICAN, OLD, YOUNG!

WE NEED TO BE UNIFIED, BECAUSE
IN UNITY THERE IS STRENGTH.

THERE'S AN OLD AFRICAN SAYING
THAT SAYS,

"STICKS IN A BUNDLE
CAN'T BE BROKEN."

Marshall: BUT THE BIGGER
THE RALLY, THE BIGGER THE BILL.

AND EVERYTHING REQUIRES
MORE FUNDRAISING.

YOU AIN'T SEEN THIS ROOM?
LET ME SHOW YOU THIS ROOM.

IT'S BEEN DESCRIBED TO ME
AS "THE CARD ROOM."

CAN YOU STEP IN HERE,
MR. BOOKER.

CAN YOU IMAGINE PLAYING CARDS

WITH THREE OF YOUR FRIENDS?

IN HERE?

IN HERE.

SURE.

THIS IS A NICE ROOM.

SURE, YOU WANT
TO PLAY SOME CARDS?

WANT TO ROLL A LITTLE DICE?

Booker: THE PEOPLE OF THIS TOWN
REALLY HAVE AMAZED ME.

AND MAYBE YOU REALIZE
MORE THAN ANY OTHER PLACE,

THE TRUTH OF WHAT
MARTIN LUTHER KING SAID,

THAT WE ARE ALL CAUGHT

IN AN INESCAPABLE NETWORK
OF MUTUALITY,

TIED IN A COMMON GARMENT
OF DESTINY.

THAT INJUSTICE ANYWHERE IS A
THREAT TO JUSTICE EVERYWHERE.

JIMMY? YES, SIR?

THERE ARE RICH PEOPLE
IN THIS WORLD.

THEY LIVE
IN SOME VERY LARGE HOUSES!

I HAD TO CALL MY

WHEN I FLUSHED THE TOILET,
AND IT DIDN'T MAKE ANY NOISE.

I SAID, I GOT TO TELL
MY GIRLFRIEND ABOUT THIS.

WHAT DID JOB SAY,
"NAKED, I CAME INTO THE WORLD

AND NAKED I SHALL LEAVE."

DOES YOUR TOILET MAKE A SOUND?

Woman: HOW ARE YOU DOING, CORY?

I'M DOING REALLY WELL!

Man: HEY,
YOU SEE THE TOTAL FOR TODAY?

WHAT WAS THE TOTAL FOR TODAY?

64.

Marshall:
THAT'S $64,000 FOR THE DAY.

PRETTY DAMN GOOD.

Marshall:
CORY'S FUNDRAISING EFFORT

HAS MANAGED TO PASS SHARPE'S.

THEIR FILINGS WITH THE
GOVERNMENT SHOW THAT EACH SIDE

HAS RAISED
BETWEEN $2.5 AND $3 MILLION,

WHICH SHOULD BE
A HUGE BOOST FOR CORY.

IT SHOWS THAT
HE'S A REAL COMPETITOR.

BUT SHARPE HAS MANAGED
TO TURN THIS ADVANTAGE

INTO A DISADVANTAGE.

EVERYWHERE HE GOES,
HE'S SAYING THAT CORY HAS RAISED

$10 MILLION, NOT THREE,

AND IS TRYING
TO BUY THE ELECTION.

$10 MILLION
CAN BUY A LOT OF VOTES.

WHY DOES CORY BOOKER,
AFTER FOUR YEARS IN NEWARK,

HAVE $10 MILLION?

IF MONEY CAN BUY AN ELECTION,

THEN IT WILL.

BUT WHAT THE PEOPLE
ARE SAYING IN NEWARK,

NEWARK IS NOT FOR SALE.

BOOKER CAN'T BUY THIS!

All: NEWARK IS NOT FOR SALE!

Booker:
SHARPE HAS THIS AMAZING ABILITY

TO TELL A LIE SO MANY TIMES

THAT PEOPLE BELIEVE
THAT IT IS THE TRUTH.

IF THE MAYOR OF THE CITY

IS SAYING THIS,

SORT OF PUTS
SOME VERACITY IN IT.

Marshall: EVEN I BEGAN TO WONDER

WHETHER PERHAPS I WAS BEING SPUN
BY THE BOOKER FOLKS.

SO I CONFIRMED
BY LOOKING ONLINE.

IT'S ALL PUBLIC INFORMATION
ON A GOVERNMENT WEBSITE.

SO WE DON'T HAVE $10 MILLION?

Marshall:
BUT IT'S NOT JUST A MATTER

OF HOW MUCH MONEY THERE IS,
IT'S ALSO WHERE IT COMES FROM.

AN ANONYMOUS FLYER GOES OUT

ACCUSING CORY
OF CONSPIRING WITH JEWS

TO TAKE OVER THE CITY.

SHARPE TELLS REPORTERS THAT
CORY IS PROPPED UP BY WHITE,

RIGHT WING INVESTORS.

BECAUSE OF THE EXTREME GROUPS,
FAR WHITE,

RIGHT WING REPUBLICAN PARTY
WHO ARE SUPPORTING HIM.

Marshall: HIS COMMERCIALS,
SPEECHES, AND MAILINGS

ALL PUSH THE MESSAGE HARD.

I'M A TOOL FOR THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY, I CONFESS IT!

I THOUGHT YOU WERE A TOOL
OF THE JEWS.

I'M A TOOL OF THE JEWS,
REPUBLICAN PARTY,

AFGHANISTAN, THE TALIBAN,

I AM A MEMBER OF THE KKK,

I'M PART OF A CIA CONSPIRACY.

OH, YOU WANT TO KNOW
WHAT THE NEWEST ONE IS?

I'M GAY?

THERE'S A MEDIA CONSPIRACY
TO ELECT CORY BOOKER.

I'M PART OF
THE MEDIA CONSPIRACY.

YOU'RE LISTENING TO

98.7 KISS,

WRKS FM, NEW YORK.

AND OUR GUEST, CANDIDATE FOR

MAYOR OF THE CITY OF
NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, CORY BOOKER.

HE SAYS HE'S A DEMOCRAT.

NO MATTER WHAT SOME OF THESE
PEOPLE ARE SAYING ABOUT HIM

INCLUDING HIS OPPONENT,
SHARPE JAMES.

THIS PCE THAT WE HAVE HERE

FROM OFF THE INTERNET,

THE BLACK COMMENTATOR,
RIPS YOU A NEW BOOTY.

Man: WHAT IS THIS DALLIANCE

WITH REPUBLICANS THAT, YOU KNOW,

OF COURSE,
YOU SAY THE WORD "REPUBLICANS"

AND BLACK VOTERS
ARE READY TO, LIKE, RUN!

WELL, LET'S JUST
PUT IT THIS WAY.

I'M A DEMOCRAT.

IF THERE ARE
SOME MODERATE REPUBLICANS

WHO HAVE CHOSEN TO SUPPORT ME
THAT'S THEIR PREROGATIVE.

WHAT MY FOCUS HAS BEEN
SINCE I'VE BEEN A YOUNG MAN,

IS WORKING TO MAKE SURE
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY

IS AS STRONG AS IT CAN BE,

SO THE NEEDS OF INNER CITY
COMMUNITIES ARE MET.

SO I'M PROUD OF MY ROOTS
IN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.

AND I'M TIRED, FRANKLY,

OF SHARPE JAMES
TRYING TO CAST THIS DEBATE

IN TERMS OF REPUBLICAN
AND DEMOCRAT

AS OPPOSED OF WHAT HE SHOULD
BE CASTING IT IN TERMS OF,

WHY HAS HIS CITY HAD
A POVERTY RATE THAT'S GONE UP,

WHY HAS HIS CITY HAD AN
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE

BUT DO YOU THINK IT'S OKAY NOW

TO ALIGN YOURSELF
WITH EXTREMISTS

OR FAR RIGHT PEOPLE,
LIKE J.C. WATTS.

SIR, I'M NOT SURE
WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.

I'VE NEVER MET J.C. WATTS, NOR
HAVE I ALIGNED MYSELF WITH HIM.

YOU HAVE HAD NO SORT
OF ALLIANCES WITH THEM,

IN TERMS OF REPUBLICAN HANDLERS,
ANYBODY COMING TO YOU

THESE SMEAR CAMPAIGNS
REALLY CONCERN ME,

BECAUSE I'VE NEVER MET
J.C. WATTS,

I'VE NEVER MET A LOT OF THESE
PEOPLE HE'S TALKING ABOUT.

I'VE BEEN A LIFELONG DEMOCRAT,

AND SUDDENLY HERE WE ARE
WASTING TIME

TALKING ABOUT
SHARPE JAMES'S ACCUSATIONS.

HERE'S THE PROBLEM THOUGH, CORY,

I THINK PEOPLE ARE CONFUSING
YOUR BROAD-BASED SUPPORT,

I MEAN, I GATHER JUST FROM
LOOKING AT THE CONTRIBUTORS

AND LOOKING WHERE THE MONEY
IS COMING FROM,

YOU'RE GETTING A BROAD BASE
OF SUPPORT.

AND YOU KNOW WHAT, CORY?
THAT SCARES PEOPLE.

WELL, LET ME TELL YOU THIS.

THIS IS WHAT
IS ALMOST COMICAL ABOUT THIS.

THE MAJORITY OF SHARPE JAMES'S
SUPPORTERS ARE DEVELOPERS,

AND PEOPLE
THAT HAVE CITY CONTRACTS,

AND THE MAJORITY OF THOSE

ARE PEOPLE THAT DON'T LIVE
IN THE CITY OF NEWARK.

AND THE MAJORITY OF THOSE
HAPPEN TO BE WHITE.

REPUBLICANS?

MANY OF THEM
ARE REPUBLICANS AS WELL.

SO HERE'S A MAN,
WHO IS ALLOWING OUR CITY,

THE MOST PRECIOUS RESOURCE
THAT WE HAVE,

OUR $600 MILLION BUDGET,

87% OF THOSE CONTRACTS
ARE BEING TAKEN BY OUTSIDERS.

AND WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK
WITH OUR GUEST, CORY BOOKER,

A DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE
FOR THE MAYOR OF THE CITY

OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY,
AFTER THESE MESSAGES.

YOU'RE LISTENING TO
"THE WEEKLY REVIEW"

I'VE ENJOYED IT.

WE KNEW YOU COULD HANDLE IT!

NOW I'M WAKING UP,
BEFORE I WASN'T AWAKE!

I'VE GIVEN CORY A HARD TIME,

BECAUSE I HAD SOME QUESTIONS

AND I WAS SUSPICIOUS
ABOUT HIS ASSOCIATIONS.

BUT I THINK THAT
IT'S TIME FOR A CHANGE.

CORY BOOKER TO ME REPRESENTS
A TYPE OF YOUNG LEADERSHIP,

A LEADERSHIP THAT NEWARK WANTS.

I LIKE HIS ANSWERS
ON THE QUESTIONS OF POLICE,

WHAT HE'S GOING TO DO WITH THAT,

I LIKE HIS ANSWERS ON
THE QUESTIONS ABOUT EDUCATION.

I THINK HE HAS BRIGHT IDEAS,

THAT'S WHAT SHARPE JAMES
IS AFRAID OF.

TODAY, I'M ENDORSING CORY BOOKER

FOR MAYOR OF NEWARK,

BECAUSE I BELIEVE
HE IS NEWARK'S BEST HOPE

FOR THE FUTURE.

CORY REPRESENTS

THE BEST
OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.

HONORED BY BOTH THE DNC

AND THE DLC,

AND ASKED TO SPEAK

AT THE DEMOCRATIC
NATIONAL CONVENTION.

SO IF ANYONE TELLS YOU

CORY BOOKER IS NOT A DEMOCRAT,

THEY GOT A LOT OF PEOPLE
THEY GOT TO ARGUE WITH.

Woman: WE'RE REALLY TIRED
OF PEOPLE LYING TO US

AND TELLING US
WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS,

IF YOU ELECT ME,
I'M GOING TO DO THIS

AND THEN YOU GET INTO OFFICE,
AND YOU WORK PART TIME,

AND YOU DON'T DO WHAT YOU SAY
YOU'RE GOING TO DO

AND THEN OUR STREETS
STILL LOOK LIKE THEY LOOK,

AND STOLEN CARS AND DRUGS
AND WE DON'T HAVE WHAT WE NEED.

WE'RE TIRED.

WE'RE REALLY, REALLY TIRED.

Booker: I NEED YOUR HELP.

ALL I ASK
IS THAT YOU LOOK AT ME,

AND HOW I'VE LED MY FIGHT.

Woman:
I DON'T LISTEN TO THAT STUFF,

BECAUSE I'M NOT INTO POLITICS,

AND I HAVEN'T BEEN
IN NEW JERSEY THAT LONG.

BUT THEY'VE BEEN FOLLOWING YOU

AND NOW THEY'RE
DISAPPOINTED AT THE FACT

THAT SOME OF THE THINGS
YOU HAVE PROMISED

THAT YOU HAVE NOT DONE, SO

Booker: WHAT, SPECIFICALLY WHAT?

OKAY, YOU SAID
YOU LIVED IN BRICK TOWERS.

THERE'S NO PROOF THAT
YOU HAVE LIVED IN BRICK TOWERS.

Booker:
OH, MY GOSH, OH, MY GOSH!

STOP FOR A SECOND,
STOP FOR A SECOND!

STOP FOR A SECOND, HOLD UP!

I APPRECIATE YOU
KEEPING IT REAL WITH ME

ABOUT WHAT YOU'VE HEARD OUT
THERE, WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING,

BUT I'M SIMPLY SAYING I'M
ASKING YOU TO LOOK AT MY RECORD.

AND IF YOU WANT TO RIGHT NOW,

ANYBODY THAT DOESN'T THINK
I LIVE IN BRICK TOWERS,

COME TO MY APARTMENT,
I'LL SHOW YOU MY MESS!

I'VE GOT DISHES IN THE SINK.

I'VE GOT DIRTY LAUNDRY
ON MY FLOOR.

PEOPLE SAY THEY'RE TIRED
OF POLITICIANS LYING TO THEM,

THAT'S BECAUSE WE'VE HAD

THE SAME POLITICIANS THERE
FOR 32 YEARS!

32 YEARS!

IT'S JUST SAD THAT
WE'VE BEEN LIED TO FOR SO LONG.

YOU HAVE A QUESTION FOR ME,
BROTHER, OKAY, FIRE AWAY.

IS YOU LYING?

THAT CRUSHES ME THERE.

Man: THAT HURTS.

ALL THAT TIME YOU PUT IN.

Marshall:
NEW NUMBERS HAVE JUST COME IN

FROM THE CAMPAIGN'S POLLSTER.

HEY, JIM, IT'S VAN AND CORY.

Marshall: THE POLL SHOWS
THE MAYOR STILL AHEAD,

41% TO 33%.

BUT THAT LEAVES
26% OF NEWARK STILL UNDECIDED.

41 TO 33, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?

IS THAT GOOD FOR HIM
OR BAD FOR HIM?

SO BIG TROUBLE?

Marshall: IT'S A TRICKY BALANCE.

IN THE PAST, WHEN CORY'S ADS

HAVE POINTED TO CRIME
OR FAILING SCHOOLS,

SHARPE HAS SPUN THEM
AS AN ATTACK ON THE CITY ITSELF.

IF THEY CRITICIZE
THE MAYOR DIRECTLY,

THERE'S A RISK OF IT BACKFIRING.

THE THING ABOUT SHARPE JAMES IS
THAT, YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT,

HE'S 66 YEARS OLD,
32 YEARS OF THOSE YEARS,

ALMOST HALF HIS LIFE
HE'S SPENT IN PUBLIC OFFICE,

AND PEOPLE HAVE GROWN WITH HIM.

PEOPLE KNOW HIM,
PEOPLE LIKE HIM.

HE'S A GOOD CHEERLEADER
FOR THE CITY.

ONE OF THE BEST
BASKETBALL TEAMS IN AMERICA

EAST SIDE HIGH SCHOOL.

Parish: PEOPLE VOTE FOR SHARPE
BECAUSE THEY LIKE SHARPE.

SHARPE JAMES IS THEIR GUY.

THE SAME THING HAPPENED
IN WASHINGTON, D.C.

WITH MARION BARRY.

HOW DOES A GUY WHO GETS BUSTED
FOR WHAT HE WAS BUSTED WITH,

GET RE-ELECTED?

AND ESSENTIALLY
PEOPLE BEGAN TO FEEL DEFENSIVE

ABOUT EITHER FOLKS FROM OUTSIDE,

OR OTHER PEOPLE
GOING AFTER SOMEBODY

WHO THEY FELT WAS "THEIR GUY."

IS THIS GOING TO DAMAGE

I MEAN, I HAD TWO SENIORS
TODAY TELL ME

THEY REALLY RESPECTED THE WAY
I WAS RUNNING THIS CAMPAIGN,

YOU'RE NOT RUNNING A NEGATIVE
CAMPAIGN LIKE SHARPE IS,

YADDA YADDA YADDA.

SO THE ONLY THING
I WANT TO MAKE SURE IS,

WE DON'T HAVE A BACKLASH
AS A RESULT OF THIS

WITH A CANDIDATE WHO,

70% OF THE PEOPLE IN THIS CITY
SAY THEY LIKE.

YOU KNOW CARL, I'M NOT GOING
TO LOSE THIS RACE

BECAUSE WE'RE AFRAID
TO PUNCH SHARPE IN THE NOSE.

I JUST THINK THAT THERE'S A WAY
TO DO IT WITH DIGNITY.

BUT YOU'RE STILL
ROLLING UP THE SLEEVE

AND SLUGGING THIS GUY
IN THE FACE.

BUT THERE'S A WAY
TO DO IT WITH DIGNITY.

SHARPE JAMES
SAYS HE'S THE REAL DEAL.

THE TRUTH IS, SHARPE JAMES
IS GETTING REALLY RICH

AT THE TAXPAYERS' EXPENSE.

WHILE SCHOOLS CRUMBLE AND CRIME
AND DRUGS PLAGUE OUR STREETS,

SHARPE HAS GIVEN HIMSELF A RAISE

TO OVER $200,000 A YEAR,

HE'S BOUGHT TWO VACATION HOMES,

A 46-FOOT YACHT,
AND A ROLLS ROYCE.

AFTER 16 YEARS,
IT'S TIME FOR A CHANGE.

WE GONNA VOTE FOR YOU,
SHARPE JAMES!

* SLIDE TO YOUR LEFT *

* SLIDE TO YOUR RIGHT *

* TURN AROUND, Y'ALL *

* TURN AROUND, Y'ALL *

* NOW, READY, GO ON, GET IT *

McGrath:
THIS IS UNLIKE ANY ELECTION

THIS IS UNLIKE THE ELECTIONS
I USUALLY WORK ON.

MOST ELECTIONS I WORK ON
ARE LIKE,

IT'S MEDIA,
ADVERTISING, POLLING,

ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF,
YOU KNOW?

AND THIS, THIS REALLY IS

MORE OLD-FASHIONED
POLITICAL MACHINES.

MY PARENTS
WOULD LIKEN THIS TO BOSTON,

WHEN THEY WERE THERE.

AND YOU KNOW WHAT,
WITH ALL THE STUFF THAT GOES ON

IN STREET LEVEL
POLITICS UP HERE,

IT DEFINITELY IS A THROWBACK.

Fonseca: YOU KNOW
WE'RE HAVING A RALLY

IN THE NORTH WARD, TONIGHT?

Man: YEAH, THE FLAMBOYAN THING.

HE'S JUST CLOSED THE PLACE DOWN.

WHAT? YEAH.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN
HE CLOSED IT DOWN?

THE PLACE
IS CLOSED FOR BUSINESS!

I GO TO THE CLUB DOWN THE STREET

TO TRY TO MOVE IT FROM
THIS PLACE TO THE OTHER PLACE

AND THE GUY GOES
"LISTEN, PABLO, I LOVE YOU,

BUT I'M TOO AFRAID
TO LET CORY IN HERE."

HE GOES YOU KNOW, PABLO,
YOU KNOW HOW POLITICS IS,

YOU KNOW IF I LET CORY IN HERE

I'LL HAVE
THE POLICE HERE TOMORROW.

THEY'VE BEEN LAYING OFF OF ME

SINCE I LET THE MAYOR
PUT HIS SIGNS UP HERE,

THE POLICE DON'T COME ANYMORE.

YEP, YOU KNOW SHARPE,
THAT'S WHAT HE DOES.

HE THREATENS EVERYBODY.

JUST PARANOID.

TOTALLY, TOTALLY PARANOID.

IT'S UNBELIEVABLE.

THIS CAMPAIGN OF INTIMIDATION,

IT'S NOT GOING TO WIN FOR THEM.

JUST NOT GOING TO WIN FOR THEM.

SOMEBODY PUT A THREAT
IN THE EMAIL.

WHAT'D THEY SAY?

YOU KNOW,
CORY BOOKER BETTER WATCH OUT.

I'M TRYIN' TO GET IT.

WAS IT A PHYSICAL THREAT?

YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.

Marshall:
THE HEAT IS BEING TURNED UP

EVEN HOTTER ON BUSINESS OWNERS,
AND SOME ASK THE CAMPAIGN

TO COME TAKE BACK
THEIR "BOOKER" SIGNS.

THINK ABOUT IT THIS WAY,

IF CORY WINS
YOU DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM.

BUT IF HE DON'T,
I HAVE A BIG PROBLEM.

YOU WANT TO PUT THE LITTLE
ONE ON ANN STREET

AND WE'LL TAKE THE BIG ONE BACK?

I KNOW YOU GUYS
AREN'T GOING TO PUT IT UP,

YOU'RE WORRIED AND
I UNDERSTAND THAT, THAT'S FINE.

Man: YOU KNOW, PEOPLE
GETTING CLOSED DOWN, YOU KNOW.

Woman: SEE, OUR ONLY THING IS

WE HAVE CITY CONTRACTS.

HE TOLD THE POLICE OFFICERS
THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED

TO GO TO ANY MORE
CORY BOOKER FUND RAISERS.

Marshall:
THEY'RE ALSO BEING ENCOURAGED

TO DONATE MONEY
TO THE JAMES CAMPAIGN.

Man: THIS COP CAME DOWN
AND WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW,

SINCE YOU HAVE THE CONTRACT FOR
THE CITY OF NEWARK, YOU KNOW?

Woman: GOT TO GIVE ME $500.

I SAID YO, MAN,
I CAN'T AFFORD IT, HERE'S 250.

YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND,
THEY'LL DO YOU IN, MAN.

THEY WILL DO YOU IN.

THERE'S NO WAY AROUND IT.

YOU SEE WHAT THEY'RE DOING?

YEAH, YEAH, I SAW ALL THOSE.

YEAH, THEY'RE RIPPING DOWN
TONS OF OUR SIGNS.

THEY TOOK TWO HUNDRED SIGNS
IN THE NORTH WARD, LAWN SIGNS.

200?

200 LAWN SIGNS.

THAT'S FINE, BUT YOU WERE THERE.
'CAUSE SHE WASN'T THERE.

Marshall: TENSION IS RISING
ON THE CAMPAIGN.

AND IT SEEMS LIKE AS MUCH EFFORT

AS PEOPLE WERE SPENDING BEFORE
ON WINNING OVER VOTERS,

THEY'RE NOW SPENDING JUST TRYING
TO KEEP THE ELECTION HONEST.

I GOT A VERY INTERESTING CALL,
AN ANONYMOUS CALL,

ON MY CELL PHONE
EARLY THIS WEEK.

THIS PERSON TOLD ME THAT

THERE ARE THREE MACHINES
IN THE EAST WARD

THAT SHE BELIEVES
ARE BEING TAMPERED WITH.

OKAY, I ASKED HER SPECIFICALLY

WHAT ARE THE MACHINES,
AND SHE SAID THAT

I REALLY CAN'T TELL YOU THAT,

BECAUSE OF THE POSITION
THAT I'M IN,

THEY WOULD KNOW

HOW YOU GOT THAT INFORMATION.

SO, I WAS INCLINED TO THINK

THAT SHE WAS CALLING
FROM THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS.

Bluestein: REMEMBER THAT THIS
IS NOT A DEBATE

IT'S NOT AN INTELLECTUAL DEBATE,
IT'S NOT AN ACADEMIC DEBATE.

YOU WILL NOT WIN ANY POINTS

FOR THE QUALITY OF
YOUR ARGUMENTS, FOR THE LOGIC.

IT'S SAYING THINGS
THAT RESONATE WITH THE CROWD.

SO YOU REALLY WANT
TO THINK NOW OF SOME

GOOD SNAPPY SOUND BITES.

EVEN THOUGH
I KNOW THAT SOUNDS LIKE

JUST MEMORIZE THEM AND SEE
IF YOU CAN THROW THEM IN THERE.

OKAY.

SOME OF THE DOCUMENTS,
LIKE THE TAX RATES,

I WANT TO BE ABLE
TO HIT HIM ON THAT.

SHARPE JAMES
HAS RAISED TAXES 100%.

HE'S RAISED THEM FROM
DAH-DAH-DAH TO DAH-DAH-DAH.

YOU DON'T EVEN NEED
DAH-DA-DA-DA-DAH.

DON'T DAH-DA-DAH-DA-DAH.

"SHARPE JAMES HAS RAISED 110%."

'CAUSE PEOPLE, PEOPLE

THE THING ABOUT A DEBATE IS
PEOPLE BELIEVE WHAT YOU SAY,

SO YOU DON'T NEED
TO OFFER THEM MUCH EVIDENCE.

"SHARPE JAMES
HAS RAISED TAXES 100%,"

VERSUS "SHARPE JAMES
HAS RAISED TAXES 100%

FROM BLAH-BLAH-BLAH
TO BLAH-BLAH-BLAH."

I SEE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING,
JUST GET ME THOSE NUMBERS.

WHAT NUMBERS?

WHAT THE TAX RATE
WAS BACK IN 1986,

WHAT IT IS NOW,
WHAT THE AVERAGE FAMILY PAID,

WHAT THE AVERAGE FAMILY
PAYS NOW.

THERE'S ONE CHART.
IT'S ALL THE SAME CHART.

PROMISE ME YOU WON'T SAY THAT
WHEN YOU GET IN

I WILL NOT PROMISE YOU
I WON'T SAY THAT.

I'M GOOD
AT READING AUDIENCES AND

YOU DON'T HAVE AN AUDIENCE.

I'M GOOD AT GOING WITH THE FLOW.

OKAY, BUT HEAR ME

BECAUSE FIRST OF ALL,
YOU HAVE NO AUDIENCE.

THE AUDIENCE IS ONE CAMERA.

NO, WHEN I NEED
TO THINK ON MY TOES,

AND I NEED TO MAKE
A GOOD COMEBACK,

IF SHARPE KEEPS GOING BACK
TO THE THINGS,

I WANT TO KNOW MY S-.

OKAY, BUT JUST,
JUST KEEP IN MIND

SO, SO, I'LL NOT PROMISE YOU

YOU'VE GIVEN ME SOME
GOOD THINGS, SOME GOOD POINTERS,

BUT ULTIMATELY IT'S ME OUT THERE
AND I HAVE TO GO ON MY GUTS.

I KNOW THAT,
BUT ONE THING THAT I KNOW

IS THAT IF YOU
ROLL OUT SOMETHING

THAT TAKES LONGER THAN A MINUTE,
THEY'LL CUT YOU OFF

AND THEN YOUR POINT
WILL GET LOST.

I UNDERSTAND THAT.
I UNDERSTAND THE POINT.

SO JUST MAKE SURE
I GET THAT INFORMATION.

Marshall: I SHOW UP
AT THE DEBATE WITH MY CAMERA,

BUT THE POLICE TELL ME
I CAN'T FILM.

I PUT THE CAMERA IN MY BAG,

BUT CONTINUE RECORDING AUDIO.

Marshall: AS SOON AS IT ENDS,
A FRACAS BREAKS OUT.

THE MAYOR ACCUSES A BOOKER
SUPPORTER OF BEING A TERRORIST.

Marshall: THEY HAUL THE MAN
INTO ANOTHER ROOM.

Marshall: TWO LAWYERS
FROM THE BOOKER CAMPAIGN ARGUE

UNTIL HE'S RELEASED.

Marshall:
THE MAYOR LUNGES AT THE LAWYERS,

BUT HIS SUPPORTERS
HOLD HIM BACK.

Marshall:
A BOOKER SUPPORTER TAUNTS HIM.

Marshall: EVERYONE POURS OUT
ONTO THE SIDEWALK.

AS I TAKE OUT MY CAMERA,
A POLICEMAN FROM

THE MAYOR'S SECURITY TEAM
COMES AT ME.

LET GO OF MY CAMERA!

LET GO OF MY CAMERA!

THERE IS FREE PRESS.
THIS IS AMERICA.

Marshall: HE'S BROKEN THE
MICROPHONE OFF OF MY CAMERA,

WHILE THE MAYOR IS WHISKED AWAY.

REPORTERS GATHER AROUND.

I WAS TRYING TO LISTEN
TO WHAT THE MAYOR WAS SAYING,

AND I HAPPENED
TO HAVE SHADES ON.

SO WHEN HE COMMENTED ABOUT
THE SHADES, I TOOK THEM OFF.

SO AFTER I TOOK 'EM OFF,
HE SAID "HE'S STILL A TERRORIST.

"RUN A CHECK ON HIM,
SEE WHO HE IS.

I DON'T KNOW HIM,
HE'S NOT A NORTH RESIDENT."

SO I PULLED OUT
MY NORTH WELFARE ID,

AND THEY SAID
"WHERE'S YOUR ADDRESS,"

AND I SAID I GAVE THEM
MY ADDRESS, RIGHT?

MY SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER
WAS ON THERE AND EVERYTHING.

SO THAT
WASN'T SUFFICIENT ENOUGH,

THEY WANTED
TO TAKE ME OUT TO THE SIDE.

I TOLD THEM I WAS THERE
WITH CORY BOOKER,

THAT'S WHEN THEY REALLY
TOOK ME OUT.

I WAS JUST SITTING THERE,

NO, I WAS JUST SITTING THERE!

HE WAS JUST LOOKING.

THIS IS WHAT HE SAW.

HE SAW THE HAT.

YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING?

THAT'S ALL IT WAS.

HE SAW THE HAT.

YOU SAW HOW I COMPORTED MYSELF,

AND I REALLY HOPE, AGAIN,
THAT YOU WRITE THE TRUTH.

THIS IS HOW CORY BEHAVED,

THIS IS HOW
SHARPE JAMES BEHAVED.

Marshall: THE BOOKER TEAM
IS STRUGGLING TO GET THE PRESS

TO SHOW MORE OUTRAGE.

BUT SO MUCH OF THE REPORTING

JUST TREATS THE ELECTION
LIKE A SPORT.

THEY CALL IT
"ROUGH AND TUMBLE POLITICS."

AS IF NEWARK WERE A CRAZY REGIME
ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE GLOBE,

RATHER THAN AN AMERICAN CITY,

JUST 12 MILES FROM MANHATTAN.

HE'S DOING SOME THINGS,

I DON'T UNDERSTAND
HOW HE GETS AWAY WITH THEM.

YOU COULDN'T DO THAT
IN NEW YORK.

Marshall: I REALIZE THAT I'VE
GOTTEN A BIT OUT OF MY LEAGUE.

IF A COP WILL SHOVE ME AND BREAK
MY CAMERA IN BROAD DAYLIGHT,

WITH REPORTERS AROUND,
WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF,

AS THEY TAUNTED,
I AM CAUGHT OUT IN THE STREETS?

TWO DIFFERENT REPORTERS
WHO COVER NEWARK

TAKE ME ASIDE
AND TELL ME TO BE VERY CAREFUL.

I ASK ONE BOOKER AIDE
IF THIS IS SERIOUS,

IF I SHOULD BE WORRIED,

OR IS IT REALLY JUST
"ROUGH AND TUMBLE POLITICS?"

HE TELLS ME
THAT THE NIGHT BEFORE LAST,

HIS FRONT DOOR WAS SMASHED IN,

AND NOW HE'S CARRYING
A GUN IN HIS CAR.

I HAVE NOT BEEN SLEEPING THAT
EASILY THE LAST WEEK OR TWO,

SO SOMETIMES I SPRING UP
AT 5:00 IN THE MORNING

AND CAN'T GET BACK TO SLEEP.

THAT'S CITY HALL
AND ME AND MAYOR SHARPE JAMES.

HE STOPPED
SHAKING MY HAND MONTHS AGO.

GOOD AFTERNOON,
I'M CHRIS CHRISTIE,

THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY
FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY.

TODAY I HAVE DIRECTED ATTORNEYS,

INVESTIGATORS,
AND OTHER STAFF IN MY OFFICE,

TO BE PREPARED TO SERVE
AS ELECTION OBSERVERS

ON THE NEWARK MUNICIPAL ELECTION

THIS TUESDAY, MAY 14th.

I'M VERY HAPPY THAT
NOW WE HAVE EVERY ASSURANCE,

EVERY POSSIBLE ASSURANCE
THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE

AN ELECTION THAT'S SAFE,

FAIR, AND THAT DEMOCRACY
WILL BE SERVED.

A-1, SHARPE JAMES.

LET'S CONTINUE THE PROGRESS.

VOTE SHARPE JAMES.

VOTE FOR THE RIGHT PERSON.

WA-HOO!

Marshall:
BACK TO BACK, "THE STAR LEDGER,"

NEW JERSEY'S LARGEST NEWSPAPER,

AND "THE NEW YORK TIMES"
HAVE ENDORSED BOOKER.

AWESOME, AWESOME ARTICLE.

Marshall: AND SUDDENLY,
THIS LOCAL ELECTION,

IN A MEDIUM SIZED CITY,

HAS BECOME THE CENTER
OF AMERICAN BLACK POLITICS.

THIS IS THE DIRECTOR, SPIKE LEE,
ASKING YOU TO DO THE RIGHT THING

BY VOTING FOR CORY BOOKER
FOR NEWARK MAYOR

THIS TUESDAY, MAY 14th.

WELL, THE RACE FOR MAYOR

IN NEW JERSEY'S BIGGEST CITY
IS HEATING UP.

ON ONE SIDE
YOU'VE GOT MAYOR SHARPE JAMES

FACING THE TOUGHEST CHALLENGE
OF HIS CAREER

FROM THE 32-YEAR-OLD COUNCILMAN
CORY BOOKER.

Man: THIS HAS CLEARLY BEEN

THE MOST EXCITING ELECTION
IN RECENT YEARS.

Woman:
BOTH CANDIDATES HAVE ALLEGED

ACTS OF INTIMIDATION,
AND OTHER SHENANIGANS

THROUGHOUT THIS RACE.

Woman:
THE CAMPAIGN, AT TIMES INTENSE,

HAS ATTRACTED THE INTEREST
OF THE NATIONAL MEDIA.

Marshall: SHARPE HAS BEEN
LOBBYING BILL CLINTON

FOR AN ENDORSEMENT, AND HE SAYS

IN A SPEECH
THAT THE FORMER PRESIDENT

WILL BE COMING TO STUMP FOR HIM.

BUT THE NEXT DAY,
CLINTON'S OFFICE SAYS

HE WON'T BE TAKING SIDES.

SHARPE SENDS OUT A MAILING
FEATURING CLINTON ANYWAY,

THAT IMPLIES THE ENDORSEMENT,

WITHOUT BEING EXPLICIT ENOUGH
TO GET INTO TROUBLE.

Booker: HOW LONG AGO
WAS THIS PICTURE, ANYWAYS?

Man:
I DON'T KNOW, THREE YEARS AGO.

Marshall:
JESSE JACKSON COMES TO TOWN,

AND CALLS CORY
A WOLF IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING.

THIS IS NOT JUST ABOUT
NEWARK, NOW.

THIS IS ABOUT THE NATION.

WHAT YOU ARE BEHOLDING HERE

IS A NEW VISION,

THAT'S WHAT WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT HERE IN NEWARK.

THIS IS JUST
THE BEGINNING FOR YOU, MAN.

I'M SERIOUS.
NEXT FIVE, 10, 15 YEARS

THIS IS THE REAL BATTLE
IN AMERICA RIGHT HERE.

THIS IS THE FRONT LINE
FOR THE AMERICAN DREAM.
THIS IS THE FRONT LINE.

Marshall: BUT AS PEOPLE LINE UP,
TO GET CORNEL WEST

TO AUTOGRAPH HIS BOOK
ON RACE RELATIONS IN AMERICA,

A SOUND TRUCK ROLLS BY.

I DON'T KNOW, I HAVE NO IDEA.

YEAH, I'M IN FRONT
OF THE T.V. RIGHT NOW

WAITING FOR THEIR POLL RESULTS.

Man: THERE'S AN
INCREDIBLY CLOSE RACE

EMERGING IN THE ELECTION
OF THE NEXT MAYOR OF NEWARK.

ACCORDING TO A NEW
EYEWITNESS NEWS POLL,

INCUMBENT MAYOR SHARPE JAMES
NOW FINDS HIMSELF

IN A STATISTICAL DEAD HEAT.

WE'RE IN A FIGHT!
WE'RE IN A FIGHT!

IT'S ONLY COSTING F-ING

$200,000 A WEEK, BUT, YOU KNOW.

THAT'S A GREAT POLL FOR US,

THAT IS AN AWESOME POLL FOR US.

EVERYBODY
WHO'S WITH SHARPE RIGHT NOW

HAS GOT TO BE THINKING TWICE.

CORY BOOKER!

HOW YOU DOIN', LADIES?

Girls: FINE.

ARE YOU SURE? YES.

WHO YOU GOING
TO VOTE FOR FOR MAYOR?

YOU.

Girl:
OH, MY GOD, IT'S CORY BOOKER!

WATCH FOR CARS!

HOW ARE YOU ALL DOING?

HOW ARE YOU DOING,
MR. BOOKER?
VERY WELL.

MY NAME IS MALCOLM McDONALD,

AND I JUST MET CORY BOOKER,
MY BEST FRIEND!

IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE ME,
SMELL MY HANDS!

Marshall: SMELL YOUR HANDS?

WHAT DO YOU MEAN? YES.

CAUSE I JUST TOUCHED
CORY BOOKER.

Marshall: AND HE'S GOT A SMELL?

MM-HMM. AND SHE LOVES HIM.

Marshall:
WHAT DOES HE SMELL LIKE?

HE SMELLS LIKE THE FUTURE.

NIGHT BEFORE, THE EVENING
BEFORE THE BATTLE,

AND I FEEL GOOD,
I FEEL REALLY GOOD.

WE FOUGHT A GREAT FIGHT,

AND TOMORROW'S
JUST EXECUTION AND PRAYER.

LIFE COULD CHANGE A LOT
FOR ALL OF US,

COME THE END OF THE DAY.

YOU KNOW, WHO KNOWS
WHAT THE OUTCOME'S GOING TO BE?

I COULD BE COMPLETELY WRONG.

I COULD HAVE COMPLETELY
UNDERESTIMATED OUR ENEMY,

AND HE COULD JUST
COME OUT AND CRUSH US

OR KEEP US,
AND WE CAN NARROWLY LOSE.

MY GUT OF GUTS TELLS ME

THAT WE GOT THIS GUY
AGAINST THE ROPES

AND HE'S GOING
TO GO DOWN TOMORROW.

Marshall: IT'S ELECTION DAY.

BOOKER ALL THE WAY!

BOOKER IS THE MAN! BOOKER!

A-1, SHARPE JAMES!

Woman: THERE GO OUR NEXT MAYOR.

THERE GO OUR NEXT MAYOR, Y'ALL.

DEMOCRACY!

Reporter: SHARPE JAMES
KNOWS MORE THAN ANY OTHER

THAT YOU NEED TO GET OUT
THE VOTE ON ELECTION DAY.

IN TIGHT RACES LIKE THIS,

IT COULD MAKE THE DIFFERENCE
IN THE END.

Marshall:
EACH CAMPAIGN HAS AROUND

1,500 WORKERS ON THE STREETS,
DRAGGING PEOPLE OUT TO VOTE,

WAVING SIGNS, AND WATCHING
THE POLLS FOR CHEATING.

WITH THE VOTER TURNOUT
THAT'S EXPECTED,

IT WORKS OUT TO AROUND

ONE WORKER FOR EVERY 15 VOTES.

SOME OF THE WORKERS
ARE VOLUNTEERS,

BUT MANY OF THEM ARE PAID,

AND BOTH CAMPAIGNS ARE SPENDING

HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS
OF DOLLARS TODAY.

SINCE SHARPE
WON'T LETMEGET CLOSE,

I HAVE ANOTHER CAMERA CREW
COVER HIM.

TIME TO TELL THE TRUTH NOW,
YOU'RE ON CANDID CAMERA!

WHY WE CAME FROM PHILLY?

GET PAID!

THEY CAN COME IN HERE,
THE PRESS CAN COME HERE.

I CAN STAND IN HERE
WHILE I TALK TO THEM AGAIN.

THIS IS A VOLUNTEER ARMY
AGAINST A PAID ARMY,

AND A VOLUNTEER ARMY

AGAINST A PAID ARMY.

SO I'M INDEBTED TO THE PEOPLE
OF NEWARK WHO ARE COMING OUT,

POURING OUT THEIR LOVE

OF THEIR CITY, LOVE OF PEOPLE.

VOLUNTEERS
YOU CAN'T PAY VOLUNTEERS.

THEY'RE DOING IT
BECAUSE THEY LOVE THIS CITY.

THEY LIVE HERE
AND THEY LOVE THEIR CITY.

SHARPE JAMES THE REAL DEAL!

SHARPE JAMES THE REAL DEAL!

WE'RE MUCH BETTER THAN WE WERE
BEFORE IN THE CITY OF NEWARK.

LOOK AT NEWARK!

Man: IN THE COMMUNITY?

HE DON'T GIVE A F-
ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY! NOTHING!

IT BELONG TO US, IT GOES BEYOND
WHEN WE TAKE IT BEYOND.

WILSON AVENUE SCHOOL,

ONE OF THE VOTING MACHINES
IS ALLEGEDLY BROKEN,

POLL WORKERS ARE CLAIMING

THAT THEY HAVE NO EMERGENCY
BALLOTS TO GO TO.

Marshall: PROBLEMS ARE ERUPTING
ALL OVER THE CITY.

LAWYERS AND POLL CHALLENGERS
RACE AROUND PUTTING OUT FIRES,

BUT NEW ONES
SPRING UP IN THEIR PLACE.

ALL RIGHT, THANKS.

U.S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICE,
FINALLY GETTING BACK TO ME.

INTIMIDATION.

HIGHLY, HIGH INTIMIDATION
IN ALL THE POLLING SITES.

WE'VE HAD MACHINES BROKEN,
WE'VE HAD LEVERS BROKEN,

WE'VE HAD DISTRICT LEADERS
BRINGING IN PEOPLE TO VOTE.

YEAH, MACHINE POLITICS AS USUAL.

Reporter:
AT THIS POLLING STATION,

BOOKER'S CAMPAIGN COMPLAINED
THAT ELDERLY RESIDENTS

WERE BRINGING PEOPLE INTO
THE POLLING BOOTHS WITH THEM.

HAVE YOU EVER HAD A DAY
WHEN MR. BOOKER

DIDN'T MAKE ACCUSATIONS?

HAVE YOU EVER HAD A DAY
WHEN HE DIDN'T COMPLAIN?

HAVE YOU EVER HAD A DAY WHERE
HE DIDN'T CONDEMN EVERYONE

AND EVERYTHING
TO SPIN THE MEDIA?

A NEW DAY IS DAWNING IN NEWARK.

THE SUN IS RISING ON
NEW OPPORTUNITIES AND NEW HOPES.

TODAY IS A GLORIOUS DAY
IN OUR CITY.

Marshall:
BUT AS THE DAY GOES ON,

THE RELATIVE INEXPERIENCE

OF CORY'S OPERATION
STARTS TO SHOW.

Man: THEY'RE SAYING THAT
A LOT OF PLACES

WE NEED MORE POLL WORKERS.

BUT WE DON'T HAVE MORE BODIES.
YOU HAVE BODIES OVER THERE?

I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO,
WHAT I'M SUPPOSED TO DO.

HE WAS LIKE
"JUST GO DOWN TO CLINTON PLACE."

WHAT IS MY JOB?
WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO BE DOING?

THE POLICE IS DOWN
AT 505 ON PROSPECT

RIPPING DOWN OUR SIGNS.

Marshall: A FEDERAL JUDGE
HAS ORDERED THE CITY GOVERNMENT

NOT TO SELECTIVELY TAKE DOWN
ANY BOOKER SIGNS.

BUT AROUND THE CITY,

THE FEDERAL ORDER
IS BEING IGNORED.

WE GOT AN HOUR AND A HALF.

THEY'RE TRYING TO BUY IT!

MAYOR SHARPE JAMES!

CORY BOOKER FOR MAYOR,
YEAH, YEAH,

CORY BOOKER FOR MAYOR! YO!

CORY BOOKER FOR MAYOR,
YEAH, YEAH.

SHARPE JAMES, HE'S OUR MAYOR!

Marshall:
AT 8:00, THE POLLS CLOSE

AND THE COUNTING BEGINS.

SURE, SURE.

38, 40 AND 45.

Marshall: ONE BY ONE,

EACH POLLING SITE
REPORTS ITS NUMBERS.

I FEEL GOOD, MAN,
I REALLY DO FEEL VERY GOOD.

IT'S BEEN ALL POSITIVE,
IT'S BEEN ALL POSITIVE.

IT'S BEEN ALL POSITIVE.

Marshall: CORY SURGES AHEAD
IN THE LATINO

AND PORTUGUESE DISTRICTS.

WHAT'S THE OTHER WARDS
LOOK LIKE?

Marshall: BUT FROM THE
PREDOMINANTLY BLACK DISTRICTS,

THE RESULTS ARE VERY DIFFERENT.

NUMBER!

Crowd: SHARPE JAMES,

HE'S OUR MAYOR!

SHARPE JAMES, HE'S OUR MAYOR,

FOREVER!

SHARPE JAMES, HE'S OUR MAYOR,

FOREVER!

I'LL BE BACK, I'LL BE BACK.

ROBERT TREAT HOTEL.

ROBERT TREAT HOTEL!

KICK ASS!

110 OF 161 DISTRICTS
ARE REPORTING SO FAR.

SHOWS JAMES UP BY 800 VOTES.

800 VOTES.

IT'S VERY, VERY CLOSE.

FOUR MORE YEARS!
FOUR MORE YEARS!

HELLO?

YEAH.

OH, MY GOD.

THEN IT'S OVER?

Marshall:
SHARPE JAMES GOT 28,300 VOTES.

CORY GOT 24,800.

Man: HE WENT UPSTAIRS
TO HIS APARTMENT.

Marshall: HOW DID HE SEEM?

YOU KNOW.

HE'S A STRONG MAN.
HE DIDN'T WANT TO SHOW IT.

HE'S GOT A LOT OF TROOPS
BEHIND HIM,

HE DIDN'T WANT
TO SHOW HIS WEAKNESS,

YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN,
HE DIDN'T SHOW IT.

BUT I KNEW.

IT'S GOING TO BE BETTER
NEXT TIME.

WE, WHO FOUGHT SO HARD,

HAVE NOW SLIPPED A SMALL END
OF A LARGER WEDGE,

INTO THE DOOR
OF THIS POLITICAL MACHINE.

LET US SHOW OUR DIGNITY,

AND OUR LOVE
FOR THE CITY OF NEWARK,

BY NOT GIVING UP OUR PRINCIPLES,

BY NOT GIVING UP OUR PASSION,

BY STAYING PERSISTENT
IN THIS CAUSE,

AND IN THIS FIGHT.

I WANT ALL OF YOU TO KNOW,
WHO STRUGGLED SO HARD,

WHO PUT YOUR FAITH IN ME
AND MY LEADERSHIP,

THAT I HAVE NOT YET

BEGUN TO FIGHT.

THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS YOU!

I'VE JUST NEVER HAD
THIS EXPERIENCE IN MY LIFE

WHERE SOMETHING BAD HAPPENED,
OR AGAINST MY EXPECTATIONS

THAT DIDN'T TURN OUT
TO BE BETTER,

FOR THE BETTER FOR SOME REASON.

YOU KNOW, IN MY MIND I KEPT ON
THINKING OF A VICTORY SPEECH,

AND ENDED UP HAVING TO MAKE
A CONCESSION SPEECH,

BUT I WANTED EVERYBODY
TO HOLD HANDS,

AND I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT
THE DIFFERENT PEOPLE

THAT WERE HOLDING HANDS
AT THAT ONE MOMENT

AND WHAT THOSE PEOPLE WERE ABLE
TO ACCOMPLISH AND ACHIEVE.

AND THE POWER THAT WE WERE ABLE
TO BRING TO BEAR.

IT WASN'T THE POWER
OF INDIVIDUALS

OR ONE RACE OR ONE COLOR,
OR EVEN AGE GROUPS.

I MEAN THERE TEENAGERS, KIDS
THAT WORKED ON THE CAMPAIGN

TO SENIOR CITIZENS.

FEELING A BIT,

A BIT, YOU KNOW, EMBATTLED,

BUT ALSO FEELING INCREDIBLY,
INCREDIBLY GOOD.

WE FOUGHT ONE HELL OF A FIGHT,

I WISH YOU COULD HAVE KNOWN

ALL THE THINGS
THAT WERE GOING ON,

IT WAS, IT WAS JUST PHENOMENAL.

AND I LEARNED SOMETHING,
I LEARNED SOMETHING.

REAL COURAGE
IS LIKE THAT FAMOUS POEM

BY MAYA ANGELOU, WHO SAYS

"YOU MAY WRITE ME DOWN
IN HISTORY

"WITH YOUR BITTER TWISTED LIES,

"YOU MAY GROUND ME DOWN
IN THE VERY DIRT,

BUT LIKE DUST, STILL, I RISE."