while chris christie's bat with teachers unions have gone viral. but will he take on president obama? an exclusive interview with diane sawyer. >>> born to be wild. they are babies, orphaned in an unborn war for resources. their faces express all the joy and fear of our own children. but what can be done to save them? >>> and, mad men. does this make you want to buy gum? >> because my gun is loaded. >> why two of hollywood's edgiest funny men are serving commercials with humor. >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city, this is "nightline," april 6th, 2011. >> good evening, i'm bill weir. and after a late night meeting with congressional leaders at the white house, president obama emerged to announce still no deal tonight. so, the possibility of a government shutdown friday midnight still looms. the battle over america's fiscal health has raged from the capital to state houses across the nation, including new jersey, where chris christie for president has become a rallying

people like bobby jindal, chris christi, marco rubio -- some of the younger candidates that people really like, they are not going to run in 2012. you are left with a combination of retreads from 2008 and people who are novelty type candidates. then you have a few people trying to compete in terms of taking a shot at it. host: this is a tweets about killing the filibuster. guest: i am against ending the filibuster. the way the government was set up, you can go back and read the federalist papers on this. the founders were very worried

chris christied. the new jersey governor is one year into his term, and we met him in kearney at lincoln elementary school. >> reporter: he is something like the george foreman of public debate, a big punching fighter. >> what is your voice? if what you want to do is put on a show and giggle every time i talk, well, then, i have no interest in answering your question. let me tell you this. >> reporter: bluntly telling teachers they have to bear a burden on budget cuts. >> you're not compensating me for my education and my experience. that's all. >> well, you know what? then you don't have to do it. >> reporter: governor. we caught up with him at a school in new jersey today where even first graders -- >> good morning, governor christie. >> reporter: wanted to know more about his opinions. say, um, justin bieber. >> i'm a justin bieber fan and what's your favorite song? >> my favorite justin bieber song. i don't have a favorite justin bieber song. but my favorite song? it's "thunder road" by bruce spri

chris christie has one chance to run for president. this is his chance in 2012. it is a different world in 2016. >> murdoch and ailes will never come to be jefferson and madison, but history will remember them as the people who broke the liberal monopoly on american news. [laughter] >> wal-mart may be a bigger company, but they are not enough that they cannot be challenged in court of law. >> that is betty dukes, one of six women suing wal-mart corp. for sexual discrimination. this is about more than 1 million women, right? >> it is a class action suit. the supreme court said it was going to review whether there could be a class this big. the minute this court said it was going to review that, it was clear to all of us who watch the court that the answer was going to be no, clearly no. the only interesting and unpredictable think in some ways about the outcome was that there were few -- there are a few women on the c andour -- the court now, far more sympathetic to the notion of this case, how you could have discretion for thousands of managers. they added to tha

chris christie has one chance to run for president. this is his chance in 2012. it is a different world in 2016. >> murdoch and ailes will never come to be jefferson and madison, but history will remember them as the people who broke the liberal monopoly on american news. [laughter] >> wal-mart may be a bigger company, but they are not enough that they cannot be challenged in court of law. >> that is betty dukes, one of six women suing wal-mart corp. for sexual discrimination. this is about more than 1 million women, right? >> it is a class action suit. the supreme court said it was going to review whether there could be a class this big. the minute this court said it was going to review that, it was clear to all of us who watch the court that the answer was going to be no, clearly no. the only interesting and unpredictable think in some ways about the outcome was that there were few -- there are a few women on the c andour -- the court now, far more sympathetic to the notion of this case, how you could have discretion for thousands of managerer they added to tha

. >> decision 2012, a new poll shows chris christy as a top candidate. he insists he won't be a candidate next year. only two other republicans had better numbers, mike huckabee, and mitt roamy trailed by three percentage points. >>> the past winter, pep koe caught heat for slow response time, after snow knocked out power to a lot of homes. >>> 4:37, ahead on news 4 today. nats fans unleash the the boos on opening day but not on the players. >> when to make your outdoor plans. blue diamond almonds! more bold flavor! more variety! more of what you want... not what you don't. blue diamond almonds... more than a snack. >>> uncle you are >>> john hopkins found the bacteria in 15% of rooms. >> all this time, i thought we were saving some -- >> i like this stuff. >> although, the doctors and nurses say a good hand washing with soap and water is the best i way to get rid of germs. a thorough hand washing with warm water and soap. back to the weather. we have been complains, we know it is not your fault, man, tom. >> this morning, still raining. we have radar, l

christie, they are popular because they are bold and don't back down. >> i'm agreeing with you. that's the mistake republicans are making. >> sean: they are about to make. >> you will see the mistake is going to get may. >> sean: i don't think they understand what is going to happen. >> you should take them on harder. >> sean: don't do it if you do you are going to be defeated. >> and they are going to do it and they will be defeated. >> we want government reined in because it is out of control with the spending and debt. >> sean: you got the big spenders on the left. [ talking over each other ] >> they are unable to see principle. they have to deal and it will be their undoing. >> sean: if they think they are going to say we'll do it in the next budget, they are making a mistake. the democrats will hold the shutdown over their heads. why not fight over this? >> a lot of these congressional freshmen were elected specifically on this platform, reducing the budget and our deficit. they are going to be out the next time around. >> it miltly it is going to be obama's fault -- ultima

it freezes the republican race and raises the possibility that a chris christy will get in late or a jeb bush. chris: is he dealing with people who are truly alienated and willing to buy the birther stuff? >> i think one of the most interesting things was the very conservative part of the poll that showed a party guy like donald trump? come on. but he does have high name recognition in a field where many of the folks don't? how many voters know who tim pawlenty, for example, is. so he does suck up a lot of the oxygen. chris: he's making claims that don't seem real. are they going to be bought as real? >> i think we're in the silly season in the primary right now. as people get more serious later in the process they want electable candidates and there's natural movement. his agenda is a joke and his candidacy is a joke and eventually everybody gets the joke. i don't think he's in the category with palin or bachman who, whatever their faults, are serious people. this is not a serious person in this race. >> the numbers you see in the polls, i think is about people who are anti-establis

bruce springsteen is taking on new jersey's head honcho, chris christie. he wrote a letter to the editor responding to its story with christie's program cuts. the boss wrote, quote, the article is one of the few that highlights the contradictions between a policy of large tax cuts on the one hand and cuts in services to those in the most dire conditions. your article shows that the cuts are eating away at the lower edges of the middle class, not just those already classified as in poverty. what makes this even more interesting, chris christie, of course, is a big springsteen fan. how big? he's been to over 100 concerts. some might call that stalking. anyway, now for tonight's big number. the journey came to an end today for the bronx zoo's infamous missing cobra. the snake was found alive and well inside a non-public part of the house of reptiles. how many days of freedom did she enjoy, if you want to call it that? six. not even a full week, the bronx cobra had six days on the run. it all ended today. but it was 180,000 twitter followers later. >>> cia age

we've seen chris christie doing that in new jersey. and in this case he made this proposal, and it was kind of abrupt. when you're going to make a big change, you have to prepare the public for this in some way. >> yes. >> how do you do that? >> i think that's a good question. that's what we did as well with cutting the budget six billion in realignments. i talked a lot about that during the campaign, so i don't think anybody was surprised when we came in and killed that tax increase and were able to reduce spending. people were, i guess, ready for us to be able to do that. and, brian, you really said it in your question itself. you've got to tell people what the problem is, tell 'em what the various courses of action are and then tell 'em why your preferred course of action in this case outlawing public sector bargaining, why that helps you to be more competitive and would create more jobs for wisconsin. i can only tell you that the flipside, though, is political capital is fleeting. as we probably, everybody that's been in and around

. >> even chris christie tweeted him, they gave him lots of reasons why he couldn't be governor. >> speak of jersey, reality of it star snooki pulling in the big bucks as a guest speaker. >> the jersey shore star was paid 32 grand to give a speech at rutgers. so what did the students get for all that money? snooki taught them the jersey shore fist pump and how to do the iconic poof hairstyle. snooki got paid $2,000 more than that the nobel laureate commencement speaker. >> that's disturbing. >> you have to give the kids credit. >> i hope they are investing their money. >> makes you wonder about rutgers kids. it's friday. >>> that is it for the cbs 5 news at noon. >> have a great weekend. see you monday. >> caption colorado, llc comments@captioncolorado.com ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

obviously, paul ryan or chris christie. they would be better at making the case. but i think they need someone with a comprehensive critique is the point of obama. two years of obama policy, this has been a test. do people want to say it's a good idea? 0%. >> we could have had a depression in this country coming out of the republican economy, inherited by barack obama. if he had not done the stimulative measures the thing would have gone over the cliff. >> chris: wait a second. if you talk about using obama, what if obama plays bill clinton card in the government shutdown of '95 and say i am going to protect your medicare and i make sure the rich pay their share? >> what was unemployment when bill clinton ran for election? under 5%. >> chris: i understand, but those effective policies. >> his policies have been in place, his and geithner and bernanke -- to some degree, late bush. that's the issue -- >> chris: quickly. >> where is goldman sachss in this? 70% of american. >> the republicans are running -- [over talk >> chris: thank you, panel. see you next week. don

[ laughter ] >> that video got a little response from new jersey's governor chris christie, who tweeted, don't worry, jesse, people gave plenty of reasons why i couldn't be governor, although being too small wasn't one of them. >> well, he has a few years. [ laughter ] >> down the road. >> he has a lot of determination. he is dreaming big. they didn't tell him he couldn't be the governor of california! [ laughter ] >> he can be on the ballot in about 40 years. >> get your driver's license first, jesse! >> everybody is talking about the weather. the biggest feature tomorrow will be wind and the

christie. well, today, he delivered a seismic speech in which he declared 2011 the year of education reform. and he started with that issue of weeding out underperforming teachers. >> layoffs should be based on merit. if you're a good teacher, you stay. if you're not, you go. >> you may remember, i pressed the governor on how he can be sure you can measure good versus bad. are you so confident to know who is a really good teacher? >> yes. >> that confident? >> of course. you talk to any parent who has children in school, within weeks they know if they have a good teacher or a bad teacher. within weeks. >>> and another story back in the news tonight, after we broke that story last month about the sleeping air traffic controller at reagan national airport in washington. we are just learning now about a second incident with a sleeping controller. this one happened in mid-february, in tennessee, with the controller purposely taking a nap, as seven flights came and went. and here's lisa stark. >> re

sick in ohio and rick snyder in michigan follow suit busting up unions in their states then chris christie in new jersey starts flashing education funding to pay for enormous tax cuts for millionaires and billionaires and tax dodging corporations and sure enough walker case each snyder and rick scott in florida all proposed the same thing luckily the one thing that these republicans anticipated the one thing that made all these guys think they could get away with this grand theft of our nation is not coming true and that one thing is they thought that we the people with the help of hours and hours of misinformation from fox news they thought that we the people would just wall over and take it but that's not happening for republican senators in wisconsin are being we recalled that's just the beginning walker himself could face recall at the start of next year and effort is afoot in michigan to recall governor snyder and america's progressive movement hasn't been this energized in generations these radical republicans have awoken the middle class in america the true believers in a small d. d

sick in ohio and rick snyder in michigan follow suit busting up unions in their states then chris christie in new jersey starts flashing education funding to pay for enormous tax cuts for millionaires and billionaires and tax dodging corporations and sure enough walker case each snyder and rick scott in florida all proposed the same thing luckily the one thing that these republicans anticipated the one thing that made all these guys think they could get away with this grand theft of our nation is not coming true and that one thing is they thought that we the people with the help of hours and hours of misinformation from fox news they thought that we the people would just roll over and take it and that's not happening for republican senators in wisconsin are being recalled and that's just the beginning walker himself could face recall at the start of next year an effort if it is a foot in michigan to recall governor snyder and america's progressive movement hasn't been this energized in generations these radical republicans have awoken the middle class in america the true believers in a sma

that's what people like about chris christie, here's the problem, i'm not going to sugar coat it. that's what people are looking for. >> the other side of the trump phenomena is what people view as real traps in the republican race which is talking about president obama's birth certificate and permly. what about that? >> i think that's a nonissue really. as far as if he's an american, he's a citizen. the problem with president obama is not where he's born, but what his policies are now which is devastating for american business and our future recovery, and really in an inaptitude of foreign policy. that's what we need to focus on. the others are distractions that don't get us anywhere, and there's so much for us conservatives to go after with. we now know what hope and change means, and it ain't good for american recovery, and that's what we should focus on, and i just think these other things just don't get us anywhere. they are not serious discussions about what ails the greatest country in the world, and if we're going to remain the shining city of the hill, we have to say this

christie said he's out oh see that's right this is out so now it's interesting gary johnson came in with six percent of the vote right in front of christie at seat back area johnson how to run poll gary johnson take it now that the soap an interesting thing is going to great to have another libertarian minded person on the stage. i don't know if i can support of those his foreign policy stance but i think it's going to be great a great addition to the field ok aside from the magic underpants mitt romney romney care obamacare is there any chance that he would even stand and know that it is allen's obama with his background absolutely if the g.o.p. was smart they would just squat polar put on the meeting and say sorry buddy you're not our guy that's well imagine that we're left with the winner of the two thousand and eleven c pac presidential straw poll ron paul who came in with thirty percent well anyways thank you so much for joining us please if you can check out veterans for ron paul two thousand and twelve on facebook that was jake delivered over in iraq and afghanistan nathan co

christie is none of the office and i can tell you he's not backing off he just said governor daniels doesn't have a conscience you know you did ok my take on this is that like wisconsin the republicans are going to are overplaying their hand frankly that they probably will shut down the government when they do their pay for it one sleeve dollars and stabilises overplaying their hand with sixty billion in cuts is not we will see we should see g.e. was the latest corporation to be outed for making billions in profits while pain absolutely no corporate taxes like to get a tax refund of three point two billion dollars republicans for some reason think corporate taxes are still too high check out what soon to be presidential candidate newt gingrich said about corporate tax dodgers in general to corporations who are making millions and millions in profit but not then not contributing anything to the united states government to take this fairly and that means of profit from. boy those people in those towns those people because you want to so i am for the maximum job creation and united stat

christie is none of the cars and i can tell you he's not backing off you just said governor daniels doesn't have a conscience you know you did ok my take on this is that like wisconsin the republicans are going to are overplaying their hand frankly that they probably will shut down the government when they do they're going to pay for it one sleepovers and stabilises overplaying their hand sixty billion in cuts is not we will see we shall see g.e. was the latest corporation to be outed for making billions in profits while paine absolutely no corporate taxes got a tax refund of three point two billion dollars republicans for some reason think corporate taxes are still too high check out soon to be presidential candidate newt gingrich said about corporate tax dodgers in general corporations who are making millions and billions in profit but not contributing anything to the united states government for take this fairly and that means of profiting from. boy those people in those towns those people because you want to so i'm for the maximum job creation and united states and i think that

christie on the cover of the sunday times magazine one week ago. he has a brought -- voracious appetite for a number of things but in new jersey all of the other states, the uaw all follows the lead of seiu have organized the five or 600,000 home-based workers home day care providers of the last 10 years the biggest source of new union membership and that has a notorious foothold for those who work in the non-traditional work place are predominantly female and non-white and been bargaining unit and child care providers still strapped when unarmed temporary assistance for needy families and those of the benefit laid been privileged protective tampered public-sector employees is the fact there is a huge underclass a second-tier recently unionized employment that it loses their rights for contract protections. to destroy two units of big home health care aides in so one and other states. so within the public sector at all levels of the occupational structure, workers come together aligning with students with the community with what remains of private

new jersey governor, chris christie allowed him to be the honorary governor. >> they look good, too. and the big lesson from his one day on the job? the governor told him if you raise property taxes you won't be governor for long. >> good thing he knows that. >> look at that? very cool. ♪ >> announcer: "world news now" weather brought to you by peachtree funding. >> announcer: "world news now" weather brought to you by peach tree funding. hó >>> strawberries, specifically the freeze-dried kind may hold the key to preventing esophageal cancer. a new study says that strawberries may slow the lesion growth. slowing was observed in most of the studied patient who ate 60 grams of strawberries a day for six months. esophageal cancer caused 14,000 deaths last year in the u.s. alone. >> no problem there. i love strawberries. add those to the menu. >>> another medical story involving hormone replacement therapy, or hrt. the risks have been a mystery to menopausal women for generations. >> the study finds that if the hormone replacement drugs are taken at the right age they could be safer t

new jersey governor chris christie says knows he can win the presidential election, but he's not running. [ light laughter ] you can tell he's not running. i mean, just look at him. i mean, clearly. [ laughter ] walking, maybe walking. [ applause ] walking briskly. i'm going to get an e-mail. i know i'm going to get an e-mail on that. [ light laughter ] listen to this. i read that a lot of wealthy people have started eating at mcdonald's because of the recession, which explains mcdonald's new jingle. ♪ ba, da ba, ba, ba i have to ♪ [ laughter ] and, finally, you guys, protests continue in madison, wisconsin, over governor scott walker's plan to strip unions of collective bargaining power. you know, i was going to make a joke about this story, but i think this story need more than a joke. i think it needs to be slow jammed. you know what i'm talking about tariq? >> tariq: yeah, jimmy, you're saying you want to slow jam this news. >> jimmy: that's right. i want to slow jam the news. and i'm not the only one. [ cheers and applause ] >> hello, i'm brian williams of nbc "nightly news" and

chris christie says trump is a friend and doesn't think he wants to be president. you'll hear more from trump coming up on the "today" show. >> he wants to do it to go in and tell everybody from the previous administration, you're fired. i want to check in with scott. >> it's quiet on wall street. the dow is unchanged. i want to call your attention to netflix. it's down almost 2.5% after google said it would invest or rumors google will invest $100 million in professional youtube programming. before we go, i wanted to call your attention to this. a biochemist who discovered hepatitis b died of a heart attack in mountain view. he was at a conference when he had a heart attack. he served as the director of astrobiology until 2002. >>> this guy contributing to starting their morning. matt lauer is leaving when his contract is up in december of next year. "today" said it's not the practice to comment on speculation. it's following rumors meredith vieria is leaving when her contract is up. just tidbits to start your day. stay tuned. [ jerry ] look at this! you got a sta

christie. i don't know if you saw his mug on the cover of "the sunday times" magazine a week or two ago. the guy has a voracious appetite clearly for a number of things. contracted sessions are a number number -- one of them. but in new jersey and all these other states, afscme, the ft, the uaw all following the lead of seiu, have organized in total five, 600,000 home-based workers, home health care, home daycare providers in the last 10 years, the biggest source of new union membership and have gained a very precarious foothold in the public sector for these workers who work in nontraditional work bases, predominantly female, nonwhite, often immigrant workers, many as in the case of our joint bargaining unit, childcare providers in new jersey would ask me. still trapped in the post-clinton world of work here. they are women on temporary assistance for needy families. so lots of this day, if you can call it in some media outlets about the overpaid benefit laden, privileged, protected, pampered

christie, or paul ryan could get in the race as late as next fall and still have a chance. >> anything is possible. i call that the maybe someone will emerge caucus because there is not anyone who has taken fire. i will address one thing on the point, though, there is another person in this presidential race saying offensive, crazy things. that is president obama who called the republicans un-american this week. in a speech where he invited people. you can do that if you want to make it a hyperpartisan thing. but the point you haven't shown, 70% of the american people according to gallup think the country is on the wrong track. if i was president obama's political team i would think we should have had a better week than we did. rising gas prices will continue to dog them and maybe someone will emerge from the republican field to catch people's attention and go the distance. >> can i just add to that the bad news on president obama front. jp morgan downgraded our gdp growth this year 1.4%. that is not good. i think the president will face a really tough economy. >> chris: see inflation

a governor like chris christie, the governor of new jersey, says, "look. you do not have a pension, and these overpaid public employees do. let's take it away from them." in america, did we not always say, "somebody -- everybody needs to have a pension." they want us to scale back on the american dream, and we refuse to give up on the american dream. [applause] so this is a time for us to come together and actually reeducate america. there are some of my friends who are in education. a couple of others have come to me to tell me we are missing it. this is a time when you can be educating your members on a different type of economic policy. and i think they're absolutely right. that is what we need to do, because america does not have to give away everything that made us great. we can still achieve it. i believe that. [applause] >> i think that is absolutely right, and this is why we are trying to do these things in different ways, to help organize citizens, and that is what this is about. people like chris christie and one from indiana have called this a p

those are the people that -- also, chris christie has not declared, but iowans like him for the same reasons they find donald trump attractive, because he blurts out what he thinks to be the truth and select the chips fly. let's get back to the conversation. iowa.talk with steve in >> i want to respond to your question about what our number one issue is in this election cycle? for me it is the constitution. a couple years ago i might not have said that. but today it is the number one thing. the current occupant of the white house, his treatment of the constitution, by his actions, is barely an optical to achieve his ultimate goal. i would like to see a candidate who stands for the constitution and is willing to back it. it looks like ron paul at this point might be that guy. >> were you supporting ron paul the last time? >> i did not. but when you listen to all the current powerhouses in the republican party speaking, the one that speaks -- has the most credibility with the constitution. >> he has done the most riding on the subject. he was marginalized during the last campaign and t

a governor like chris christie, the governor of new jersey, says, "look. you do not have a pension, and these overpaid public employees do. let's take it away from them." in america, did we not always say "somebody -- everybody needs to have a pension." they want us to scale back on the american dream, and we refuse to give up on the american dream. [applause] so this is a time for us to come together and actually reeducate america. there are some of my friends who are education. a couple of others have come to me to tell me we are missing it. this is a time when you can be educating your members on a different type of economic policy. and i think they're absolutely right. that is what we need to do, because america does not have to give away everything that made us great. we can still achieve it. i believe that. [applause] >> i think that is absolutely right, and this is why we are trying to do these things in different ways, to help organize citizens, and that is what this is about. people like chris christie and one from indiana have called this a privi

we all had an opportunity to listen to chris christie the other day. he spoke before most of the congress and a number of people in washington. one thing i look back on is, there are those who go to washington to do something. there are those who go to washington to be something. i am here to let you know that these gentlemen here and myself are in washington to do something. i already am something. my wife made me a husband. my children made me a father. my employees helped me in a lot of other ways. those are the things important to me, being a father and a husband. i am a-ok. we have to seize on this moment in time. we are going to look back and say, what is it that we did? the dates i want you to look back on is not july. it is july 26. that is our debt day. debt. day after that is t if we do not get this turned around, our children and grandchildren will inherit a nation that is worse than we inherited from our grandparents. we will have failed the american contract, which was to leave the country better than it was when we grow up. or the young l

a governor like chris christie, the governor of new jersey, says, "look. you do not have a pension, and these oveaid public employees do. let's take it away from them." in america, did we not always say, "somebody -- everybody needs to have a pension." they want us to scale back on the american dream, and we refuse to give up on the american dream. [applause] so this is a time for us to come together and actually reeducate america. there are some of my friends who are in education. a couple of others have come to me to tell me we are missing it. this is a timehen you can be educating your members on a different type of economic policy. and i think they're absolutely right. that is what we need to do, because america does not have to give away everything that made us great. we can still achieve it. i believe that. [applause] >> i think at is absolutely right, and this is why we are trying to do these things in different ways, to help organize citizens, and that is what this is about. people like chris christie and one from indiana have called this a privile

a governor like chris christie, the governor of new jersey, says, "look. you do not have a pension, and these overpaid public employees do. let's take it away from them." in america, did we not always say, "somebody -- everybody needs to have a pension." they want us to scale back on the american dream, and we refuse to give up on the american dream. [applause] so this is a time for us to come together and actually reeducate america. there are some of my friends who are in education. a couple of others have come to me to tell me we are missing it. this is a time when you can be educating your members on a different type of economic policy. and i think they're absolutely right. that is what we need to do, because america does not have to give away everything that made us great. we can still achieve it. i believe that. [applause] >> i think that is absolutely right, and this is why we are trying to do these things in different ways, to help organize citizens, and that is what this is about. people like chris christie and one from indiana have called this a p

governor chris christie of new jersey says he has the muscle to change your child's classroom for the better. why is even bruce springsteen now weighing in? taking some of his ideas on. you'll see that tonight on "world news." >>> now, this is my favorite story. it's a teenager in germany, who has taken a nursery rhyme about the cow jumping over the moonlit rally. check it out. 15-year-old virginia mayer trained her cow to jump fences, after her parents refused to buy her a horse. the painstaking process -- check this out. there you go. regina's parents were so impressed by her hard work and effort, that they're now thinking of buying her that horse she's always wanted. now, she doesn't need it. she's got that cow. that's the news at 8:04. >>> time, now, for the weather with sam. hey, sam. >> juju -- go ahead, let it out. from kentucky, when you try to make a cow do anything, it's impossible. all of the city folks are here. some folks are here from michigan. some folks are here from atlanta. all right. got a little -- we have some north carolina? north carolina in here, as well. all r

christie and bob mcdonnell, as we saw in 2010. we'll see the same thing in 2012. >> so you'll hear a lot but not the only voice. i want to get your take on donald trump because he's been attracting so much attention in the headlines. and just this morning, "usa today" reporting his saying he's troubled by the president's high standing among african-americans. telling a talk radio station, i have a great relationship with the blacks. i've always had a great relationship with the blacks. suggesting that, perhaps, the president could hurt his own standing. what do you make of those comments? >> well, i don't know what to make of it. you know, donald trump, he sort of brings a level of conversation that i don't think we're all used to yet in politics. he's unscripted in so many ways. and that can be good and that can be refreshing, but it also can be troublesome when you're trying to understand exactly what it is you mean when you say the blacks, and when you talk about your relationship with the blacks. i think that it's important to

people like bobby jindal, chris christi, marco rubio -- some of the younger candidates that people really like, they are not going to run in 2012. you are left with a combination of retreads from 2008 and people who are novelty type candidates. then you have a few people trying to compete in terms of taking a shot at it. host: this is a tweets about killing the filibuster. guest: i am against ending the filibuster. the way the government was set up, you can go back and read the federalist papers on this. the founders were very worried about the tyranny of the majority. that is the idea that due to some sweeping social movement, to get into power and address some short-term issue, all the sudden you can make drastic changes. they wanted to make it difficult to make very drastic changes. at some point, there were frustrations when bush was in office. democrats were holding a lot of well qualified candidates to the supreme court because of filibusters. social security reform could not win with 55 votes in the senate. that was frustrating. at the end of the day, it is supposed to be difficult

chris christie. a conservatism that is not just economic, says "the new york times." the governor vaulted into office as a strict fiscal conservative but the last month's show his conservatism is not just economics. taking a look at international news. "the washington post" today." u.s. provided secret backing to syrian opposition. also this -- also, in libya, gaddafi's sun says the regime will not back down. looking at "the new york times" international section -- you can see a map of the activity going on. fighters retreating to benghazi yesterday. our questions you this morning is whether not you pay your fair share in taxes. maybe you think you pay too much and perhaps keeping up to a little. mike on the democrats' line in youngstown, ohio. hi, mike. you are on the air with us. go ahead. caller: good morning. good morning, c-span. i was just -- can't help thinking that the american people have been kept in the dark for years about the actual cost of wars. i am wondering if we would even be having those discussions, possible drastic cuts, if there was a war tax and

the closest i have seen is chris christie. the education system where everyone had to go to college, and half of them are getting a local arts degree in cannot do labor, so then we have to have you beagles to the real labor. the tax situation where the federal budget is 14 trillion dollars. between the states is another three trillion dollars. just and that alone, not counting cities, local education, and counties your polling 17 trillion dollars out of 14 trillion dollars gdp. host: to wrap it up to both of our guests, tell our viewers what to look for in the next few weeks and months. guest: i think we will have a better sense of who is running for president. this is been a very importanct couple of months. we have learned who was in and out. we have learned the governor of mississippi will not be in. we will have a better sense of who is actually running into is not running in the next few months. guest: i think we will know what the republican field will look like. i think we have a pretty good idea of art right now, but i

the closest i have seen is chris christie. the education system where everyone had to go to college, and half of them are getting a local arts degree in cannot do labor, so then we have to have you beagles to the real labor. the tax situation where the federal budget is 14 trillion dollars. between the states is another three trillion dollars. just and that alone, not counting cities, local education, and counties your polling 17 trillion dollars out of 14 trillion dollars gdp. host: to wrap it up to both of our guests, tell our viewers what to look for in the next few weeks and months. guest: i think we will have a better sense of who is running for president. this is been a very importanct couple of months. we have learned who was in and out. we have learned the governor of mississippi will not be in. we will have a better sense of who is actually running into is not running in the next few months. guest: i think we will know what the republican field will look like. i think we have a pretty good idea of art right now, but i

every state, whether you are democrat or republican, -- even chris christi that it's great marks, he is losing his support in new jersey -- who gets great marks, he is losing his support in new jersey. >> bill clinton came back. at the time, he was still pretty far down. did that figure into with you in -- on the hill -- did you think he would have to part your own ways? >> the democrats were more dependent on the white house. they looked at the b.t.u-ing of the house. they looked at guns and trying to put that in the crimes bill. >> it changed the gun issue forever. >> absolutely. newt gingrich never would have let two or three committees stop the health care bill. he would appoint a task force together. it would have passed. whether or not it would have been inactive -- we offended everyone who did not like the health-care bill and did not pass it for those that didn't like it. i do not think anybody is blaming obama for the policies. they may be unhappy about his communication and his inability to make his case. they are not at odds with him as to what the case is. >> i have some

chris christie made jesse the honorary governor and taught him an important less on about politics. >> did we talk about property earth taxes? >> of course you did. >> what did i tell you. >> don't raise them. >> if you do raise them, what's going to happen. >> i'm not going to be governor for that long. >> super cute. back to matt, meredith, and al. did you notice his brother? he didn't seem interested at all. he's like what's going on. >> his brother is a lieutenant governor. >> he wants to be a meteorologist. >> he no longer wants to be a governor. he wants to be a rock star now. so take that. >> too bald to be a weather man. let's show you what's happening for today. we've got double-barrel low pressure system in the midwest that's bringing a lot of rain where they don't need it. especially risk of strong storms. could be hail as well. anywhere from 1 to a half inch of rain spreading from omaha >>> well, if you are just waking up and joining us, you'll be happy to know the bulk of the moisture is pushing through the bay area. most of the shower activity is south of san jose. a dus

every state, whether you are democrat or republican, -- even chris christi who gets great marks, he is losing his support in new jersey. people do not understand what is involved in deficit reduction or balancing a budget. >> bill clinton came back. at the time, he was still pretty far down. at least down to where president obama is today. were you worried about your president? did you think you would have to part your own ways? >> the democrats were more dependent on the white house. they were shellshocked in 1995. there was a little bit of recriminations about the ineffectiveness of the first two years. they looked at the b.t.u-ing of the house. they looked at guns and trying to put that in the crimes bill. it was otherwise a properly -- popular. >> it changed the gun issue forever. >> absolutely. you can see the version, even today. they failed to pass the health care bill. newt gingrich never would have let two or three committees stop the health care bill. he would appoint a task force together. a week later, there would have been a bill on the floor. it would have passed. whether

christie, who gets great marks from the media, is losing his support in new jersey because people don't understand what's really involved in deficit reduction or balancing a budget at the state level. >> one follow-up, bill clinton came back from his loss but, at the time, 100 days or so he was still pretty far down, at least down compared to where president obama is today. did that figure in? were you on the hill and others on the hill more worried about your president than you think democrats are today? more thinking that you were going to have to part your own ways? >> well i think democrats were so shell-shocked in '95 that they were more dependent on the white house. there was a little bit of recrimination about the ineffectiveness in the first two years. the btuing of the house. the things that, i think, that led to demise on guns by trying to make that, jamming that into the crime bill which was otherwise popular and caused probably 40 democrats in rural districts to lose. >> changed the gun issue forever. >> absolutely. you see the version even today. >> that's correct. >> and o

christie is losing his support in new jersey because people do not understand what is really involved in deficit-reduction or balancing a budget at the state level. >> bill clinton came back from his loss, but at the time, 100 days or so, he was still pretty far down compared to where president obama is today. were you worried about your president more than today? did you think you were going to have to part of your own ways? >> i think democrats were so it shall shocked that they were more dependent on the white house. there was a little bit of recrimination about the effectiveness in the first two years. the things i think led to the demise on guns, you know, by jamming that into the crime bill which was otherwise on popular. you could see the aversion even today. and then failing to pass a health-care bill. i often said newt gingrich would never let two or three committees stop the health care bill from coming to the floor. it week later, there would that then a bill on the floor and it would have passed. whether it would of been inactive -- we had the worst of all worlds. we defen

she stepped down when current governor chris christie was elected. in her speech she asks if new jersey is the most corrupt state in the country, and if not, which state is. her address is just over 30 minutes. >> now, i was so pleased to have here today in our two keynote speakers anne milgram and neil barofsky, two of the leading public servants in their generation and both nyu graduates of the school of law. i have the privilege now of introducing our first keynote speaker, ann mill gram. anne has been in her current post as a senior fellow at the center on the administration of criminal law. before that she had an incredibly long and distinguished career in public service. after she graduated from this law school in 1996, she immediately went into public service and has never left. she clerked first for the honorable ann thompson on the district court in new jersey. she went then to the district attorney's office in manhattan where she was an assistant district attorney, and from there she moved on to another prosecuting position in the civil rig

christ christie. the father of four invited jesse and his twin brandon, now 5, to the capitol for a political play date. >> we signed a proclamation today making jesse governor for the day. making brandon lieutenant governor for the day. >> reporter: the twins spent the day playing politics, holding a press conference. >> now you are governor. how is it? >> but i'm just tiny. >> reporter: where the real governor poked fun at his size. >> a lot of people said i shouldn't be governor but being too small wasn't why. >> reporter: the two even discussed policy. >> did we talk about property taxes? >> of course. >> what did i tell you? >> don't raise them. >> if you do, what happens? >> i'm not going to be the governor for that long. >> that's right. >> reporter: as it turns out jesse's term lasted only a day anyway. probably for the best. he now says he's had it with public office after an adventure that took him from the back seat to the political fast lane. for "today" mara schiavocampo, nbc news, new yo

he beat chris kirk by six strokes. now it's on to augusta. >>> christie lewis was the story today in the kraft. she had back surgery to correct scoliosis. the real winning traditional is this. you must take a dip to make it official. quite a week of overcoming hardship for lewis who lost her grandfather and played on to honor the man who thought her the game. >>> and nedal and yokavich to keep this game. yokavih wraps it up in three sets. that includes january's australian open. sandwiched between nedal and per red. >>> lewis murphy became the third raider player to be arrested. murphy was charged with three misdemeanors for position of a drug. the prescription drug in question, viagra, no kidding. two other raiders to be arrested this year, michael busch and mario anderson. that will do it for this sunday late night's edition of sports wrap. >> and good luck to the women's teams. >>> we learned katie couric is leaving her position as anchor of the cbs evening news. be sure to join ktvu mornings for the latest on the s