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STATE?
I DOUBT.
>> HE'S PROBABLY LUCKY HE WAS IN
TEXAS.
LET ME ASK YOU ABOUT CHRIS
CHRIS
CHRISTIE.
HAD A TOWN HALL.
>> I WAS THERE.
>> TELL ME.
>> CHRIS CHRISTIE IS CLEARLY
UNDER FIRE WITH THIS THE BRIDGE
EPIS
EPISODE.
90 MINUTES, NOT ONE GE WITH THE
BRIDGE.
I THINK ALL THE ANGER IS ABOUT
SANDY.
CHRIS CHRISTIE COULD EMERGE FROM
THIS ENTIRE PERIOD ACTUALLY
STRONGER I THINK I HEAD OF 2016
BECAUSE IS HE GETTING VETTED
NOW.
>> RIGHT.
AND AND THE FACT IS THAT
REPUBLICANS DON'T LIKE THE MEDIA
AND IF YOU CAN BEAT THE MEDIA AT
WHAT REPUBLICANS THINK IS THEIR
GAME, THAT MAKES YOU STRONGER.
>> I THINK THIS TOWN HALL AND
THE LACK OF QUESTIONS ON BRIDGE
GATE SUGGEST THAT THIS REALLY IS
MORE OF A MEDIA OBSESSION THAN
IT IS A NEW JERSEY STORY.
I THINK IT ACTUALLY STRENGTHENS
CHRISTIE IN ANOTHER WAY, TOO,
BECAUSE IT MEANS THAT IF HE RUNS
FOR PRESIDENT, HE FALLS BACK
LESS ON HIS PERSONALITY, WHICH
IS NOW A MIXED BAG, AND HAS TO
DO MORE ON SOME SUBSTANTIVE
ISSUES WHICH I THINK IS WHERE HE
NEEDED TO GO ANYWAY.
>> POSSIBLY HE COULD GO BACK --
HE'S GONE DOWN IN THE POLLS, WE
KNOW THAT.
>> SURE.
BUT THE BIG QUESTION IS, IS
THERE ANYTHING ELSE OUT THERE.
THAT'S WHAT WE DON'T KNOW.
HE IS STARTING TO GET MOMENTUM
BACK.
HE IS GOING BACK INTO HIS TOWN
HALLS, WHICH IS HIS STRENGTH.
BUT YOU WILL NOTICE THAT HERE
WHILE HE WAS IN WASHINGTON HE
IGNORED THE PRESS, HE REFUSED TO
ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS WHEN ASKED.
HE IS NOT GOING TO ATTEND ANY
DINNER TONIGHT WITH THE
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
>> HIS DAUGHTER'S BIRTHDAY IS
COMING UP.
>> YEAH.
SO HE'S BEING VERY SHREWD AND
SLIB RAT IN MAKING HIS COMEBACK.
BUT WHAT WE DON'T KNOW IS, IS
THERE ANYTHING OUT THERE.
ARE HIS WORDS -- BECAUSE HE DREW
A RED LINE.
>> THERE IS STILL A U.S.
ATTORNEY INVESTIGATION GOING ON.
THE THING FOR CHRISTIE RIGHT NOW
IS THE REPUBLICAN ESTABLISHMENT
STILL BEHIND HIM.
YOU DIDN'T SEE MIKE PENCE OR
RICK PERRY AT THIS TABLE TELLING
HIM TO QUIT HIS CHAIRMANSHIP OF
THE RGA.
I AGREE HIS WHOLE POLITICAL
PERSONA MAY NOW SHIFT TOWARD
POLICY WITH A LITTLE LELS SS OF
GRANDIOSE PERSONALITY.
>> I WANT FOR SHOW OUR AUDIENCE
THE TWEET THAT YOU PUT OUT.
>> I WAS THE ONLY REPORTER
GETTING AN EXCHANGE WITH HIM.
>> YOU GOT AN EXCHANGE WITH HIM
AND YOU SAID WHEN YOU ASKED HIM
ABOUT BRIDGE GATE, CHRISTIE
GLARED AT ME, SHOOK HEAD AND
SAID, "PEOPLE CARE ABOUT REAL
PROBLEMS," THEN LEFT THE
BUILDING.
AND HE MAY BE RIGHT.
>> I SAID GOVERNOR, WHAT'S YOUR
TAKE, NOT ONE QUESTION ABOUT THE
BRIDGE?
HE SEEMED VERY ANGRY ABOUT IT IN
A SENSE.
HE SAID PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED
ABOUT REAL PROBLEMS.
I THINK THAT'S CHRISTIE'S
POSITION RIGHT NOW.
HE'S EVADING A REAL
INVESTIGATION PROBLEM, NO
SUBPOENA FOR HIM, HIS AIDES ARE
UNDER SUBPOENA.
I THINK HE THINKS HE CAN GET
STRONGER AND PASSED THIS.
THE THING FOR CHRISTIE, HIS AID,
A LOT OF HIS OTHER AIDS, IF THEY
STILL TAKE THAT FIFTH AMENDMENT,
THERE ARE STILL A LOT OF LOOMING
QUESTIONS.
THIS IS GOING TO DRAG OUT.
>> I WONDER IF AT SOME POINT --
I MEAN IN NEW JERSEY WHEN ONE OF
THOSE AIDES TAKES THE FIFTH
AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN, IT IS
ALWAYS HEADLINE NEWS.
YOU WONDER HOW LONG IT WILL BE
HEADLINE NEWS GOING FORWARD ON
THE NATIONAL SCENE.
>> WELL, THE MEDIA IS OBSESSED