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Senator Cory Booker's 25-Hour Speech Was HISTORIC

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His speech broke, by nearly an hour, a record set 68 years ago by Senator Strom Thurmond of South Carolina, a segregationist who at the time was trying to block civil rights legislation.
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Val Kilmer, the longtime Hollywood star known for roles in "Top Gun," "Heat" and "Tombstone," among other films, died this week.
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Booker broke the record for the longest individual speech in Senate history, with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., interrupting Booker to inform him he broke the record as the room erupt...
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Sen. Cory Booker joins Ari Melber reflects on beating Sen. Strom Thurmond's record for longest speech on the Senate floor. Thurmond's previous record was 24 hours and 18 minutes, speaking in opposition to The Civil Rights Act of 1957.
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