Cory Booker

Matilda Raffa Cuomo discusses the updated and expanded edition of her book, The Person Who Changed My Life: Prominent People Recall Their Mentors. She’s joined by Newark mayor Cory Booker, who is featured in the book, and who talks about the people that made a difference in his life. The book includes stories by Hillary Rodham Clinton, Joe Torre, Rosie O’Donnell, Dr. Mehmet Oz, Nora Ephron, General Colin Powell, and many others.

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Newark mayor Cory Booker talks about this weekend's Newark Peace Education Summit and other news, including the just-announced DOJ investigation of the police department.

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When the ACLU cast such a negative light on our police department we really had to find a way to improve the things that we admit need to be improved, but also also to bring a much be...

Deborah Jacobs, ACLU-NJ executive director, talks about the petition she filed asking for federal oversight of the Newark police department. Mayor of Newark Cory Booker and the department's Police Director Garry McCarthy respond to the allegations. 

Newark Mayor Cory Booker, talks about the execution style shooting that took place over the weekend, and how his city has reacted.