Sen. Cory Booker delivers marathon speech to protest Trump policies

Washington — Democratic Sen. Cory Booker delivered a marathon speech on the Senate floor overnight, continuing into the morning on Tuesday in a protest of the Trump administration's policies.

Booker, a 55-year-old who first came to the Senate in 2013 and is now the fourth-ranking Democrat, began speaking around 7 p.m. on Monday and said he would continue speaking "for as long as I am physically able." As the sun rose on Tuesday morning, he was still speaking from the Senate floor. 

Booker cited the legacy of leaders, like late congressman and civil rights activist John Lewis, whom he said stood up "when this country was facing crossroads, was facing crises, they stood up."