that's chris christie. if he's here in texas with donald trump, he must be here to endorse donald trump. before today, none of the 64,000 republicans who have dropped out of the presidential race thus far have decided to endorse donald trump after they, themselves got out. the closest we got to that was mike huckabees campaign manager. his daughter sarah huckabee signed on with the trump campaign this week. there was one failed presidential candidate from 2008, rudy guiliani admitting sometimes he talks to mr. trump. but that's it. nobody certainly from the whole giant field of failed republican presidential candidates this year had endorsed the front runner yet before today and nobody would have expected the first one would be chris christie, right? especially after the way chris christie talked about donald trump during his own presidential campaign, which again only ended two weeks ago. >> i just don't think he's suited to be president of the united states. donald, you don't want this job. this is not in

you had chris christie attack. last night was the first one, one would be the nominee and that was the debate we saw unfold last night. i think that's what you'll continue to see in the coming weeks. this is a long campaign. we won't pick the nominee on tuesday or march final. this is a long campaign. there is a lot at stake. >> do you need cruz to drop out in. >> ultimately we need to field to continue to winnow. there are only two candidates that have a pathway. marco and donald trump so hopefully as this campaign goes, we can attract more of ted's supporters. >> assistant by. we have more to discuss. does a freshly printed presentation fill you with optimism? then you might be gearcentric. ♪ right now, get 25% back in rewards on hp ink, toner, and paper! office depot officemax. gear up for great ®. when they thought they should westart saving for retirement.le then we asked some older people when they actually did start saving. this gap between when we should start saving and when we actually do is one of the

speaking of chris christie decision coming today, chris christie said he will go home to new jersey and see how the rest of the precinct reports, where he finishes and make a decision on if he will continue on ahead to south carolina. nicole: the strategy of jeb bush and chris christie going after marco rubio instead of donald trump worked. >> reporter: for jeb bush you could say and potentially worked with him finishing third but chris christie, it might have backfired on him because he spent so much time talking about marco rubio it appears he came in sixth last night. chris christie spent so much time talking about his debate performance, you heard marco rubio said that hurt him but chris christie appears to have gotten the short end of the stick. lauren: we will see what happens in new jersey and not south carolina. blake berman from manchester, we thank you for breaking it down. thanks. let's setup close a look at the results of the new hampshire primary with a senior election analyst from real clear politics. now that from ann sanders, two outside is the won new hampshire would ch

that's chris christie. if he's here in texas with donald trump, he must be here to endorse donald trump. before today, none of the 64,000 republicans who have dropped out of the presidential race thus far had decided to endorse donald trump after they got out. the closest to that was mike huckabee's campaign manager. his daughter siegned on with th trump campaign this week. also rudy giuliani admits sometimes he talks to mr. trump. that's it. nobody, certainly from the whole giant failed field this year had endorsed the front-runner before today. nobody would have expected the first one would be chris christie especially after the way chris christie talked about donald trump during his own presidential campaign, which again only ended two weeks ago. >> i just don't think he's suited to be president of the united states. you don't want this job. this is not play to your skill set. if the speaker of the house doesn't post one of your bills, you can't fire him. it's not the way it works man. i want this. no. y

whether he and chris christie spotted sent chris christie had dropped out of the race. they exchanged voicemail messages. it is very clear that the children continues. coming up with this today. whether chris christie is a potential running mate for donald trump. last with the governor in new hampshire. this very issue came up. this is what chris christie said that in a new hampshire. >> as a running mate, you could be that guy. >> i certainly could be, but i won't be. i will be taking a running mate. neil: if this did not happen -- >> i had allowed that romney to consider me last time. >> okay. you never run for vice president. you never turn it down either. what does all of this mean? fundraiser extraordinaire. blake birdman. we have scott brown. the former massachusetts senator. we begin with you. what do you make of the endorsement? whatever intros the two senators were making last night in that debate. >> a dear friend. a lot of respectful or him. i think that it is very good for donald. a sense of stability. you saw how he handled the questions. that is why i neve

i really appreciate it. >>> coming up chris christie chris christie very strange speechless exit from the presidential campaign today and later triumph the insult dog is here. he's been on the campaign trail in iowa and new hampshire and has the video to prove it. tomorrow night 10:00 p.m. we will have a special report 2016, the year of the outsiders. it's an in-depth look at the rise of donald trump and bernie sanders including an interview with senator sanders. seems like we've hit a road block. that reminds me... anyone have occasional constipation, diarrhea... ...gas, bloating? yes! one phillips' colon health probiotic cap each day helps defend against occasional digestive issues. with three types of good bacteria. live the regular life. phillips'. (bear growls) (burke) smash and grub. seen it. covered it. we know a thing or two because we've seen a thing or two. ♪ we are farmers. bum-pa-dum, bum-bum-bum-bum ♪ do you thi (man) hmm. ♪hat do you think? (stranger) good mornin'! ♪ (store p.a.) attention shoppers, there's a lost couple in the men's department. (vo) there's a gr

i really appreciate it. >>> coming up chris christie chris christie very strange speechless exit from the presidential campaign today and later triumph the insult dog is here. he's been on the campaign trail in iowa and new hampshire and has the video to prove it. tomorrow night 10:00 p.m. we will have a special report 2016, the year of the outsiders. it's an in-depth look at the rise of donald trump and bernie sanders including an interview with senator sanders. seems like we've hit a road block. that reminds me... anyone have occasional constipation, diarrhea... ...gas, bloating? yes! one phillips' colon health probiotic cap each day helps defend against occasional digestive issues. with three types of good bacteria. live the regular life. phillips'. (bear growls) (burke) smash and grub. seen it. covered it. we know a thing or two because we've seen a thing or two. ♪ we are farmers. bum-pa-dum, bum-bum-bum-bum ♪ four score and seven years ago, our [train horn blares]th-- ... to the continent... [claps] ... a new nation. announcer: why not celebrate presidents day with a better n

then there's chris christie. he is dropping out of the race, according to aides, and allies, speaking to "the new york times" and associated press and others. christie went hard after rubio for using those same canned lines over and over, the thing is, it wounded marco rubio, but didn't help christie's campaign at all. u.s. news and world report was in our hour yesterday and called christie's debate move a suicide bombing. and so it would appear it was. in the end, chris christie came in sixth in new hampshire where he's been campaigning for months. he's very low on funds by all accounts and was hoping for a big night in new hampshire to raise money for the fight in south carolina, but aloss with no money -- i should say with no win came no money and it appears the end is in sight for the bombastic republican from new jersey. we have team coverage this hour. the fox business network's gerri willis is here with a look at the money situation for the remaining candidates. ed henry is in new hampshire with bernie san

we talk about chris christie. could he be the first of others to step in and say, donald trump is going to be our guy, we might as well own it, we might as well back him. >> you're in a funnel and you're eventually going to get down to two. the race now in some ways is between cruz and rubio. which one of you is going to be the non-trump candidate? at the moment it looks like rubio. he's doing better in more of the states -- >> based on last night. >> well, based on last night and he seems to be doing better in most of the states on march 1st. today is the last day of the voting here in texas. he might change some minds. >> he's got lots of voters in texas who are lining up today and havaç been the last couple weeks. >> the last day of early voting is always the biggest day of early voting. that's today. they vote until 7:00 our time. it might influence that, it might influence going into tuesday. it's a momentum thing and that's with trump. >> there's another thing because it's swallowed up in all the attention

new jersey governor chris christie threw his support behind donald trump. for more on that we bring in our legal and political analyst jim schultz. >> first let's talk about the implication of this kind of endorsement and the impact going into super tuesday. >> this is a huge win for donald trump. not only does he get main stream support from a national political figure, that's going to assist him in getting otter support around the country. the timing was genius. after marco rubio's big performance last night during the debate now comes christie once again raining on marco rubio's parade. and finally christie is a tenacious campaigner. he has been known around the country as the leader of the republican governors association and the leader who could help win blue states. and win those governor mansions in those blue states. >> jim, what is christie's reason? does he want the vice presidency or going for another position? >> i know even says this is a surprise. maybe the timing was somewhat surprising but chris christie and donald trump have a long relation

he was rattled by the attacks by chris christie. he was rattled by chris christie, rattled by the attacks. so he went to a prepared line about barack obama that actually had nothing to do with the conversation. and that played right into chris christie's attack, which then got rubio to say it more and more. >> this isn't about oratory. if you went to a speech at a town meeting around here and a candidate came in and repeated themselves verbatim, you would think there's something ill about the person. what's wrong with this person, they repeated themselves over and over in the same debate. >> i think what's perplexing is they had days to prepare for this. they knew this was the attack coming. chris christie pushed this over and over again -- >> that he's a row boabot. >> that he uses the same talking points. >> it was a series of lines, verbatim, and it's weird about this fiction. >> rubio didn't want to fight. he's the candidate of hope and optimism. when christie came at him, that was his line to pivot away, to say i don't want to

that is chris christie's campaign slogan. what brit was talking about before, there was a tile when chris christie had that real estate carved out nicely. the brash talking northeastern guy and trump stepped into that and took it from him. telling it like it is, chris christie got 13. donald trump got 65 on the phrase literally chris christie's campaign slogan. >> bush said the campaign is not dead. he said those words tonight in the speech and goes on to south carolina. has an operation there that's pretty significant. obviously, a lot of money. >> he has an actual campaign and money and not dead in that sense. the question is whether his candidacy is dead, whether the campaign goes on or not. i don't know what he has going on and not smarz i know up in the polls and no momentum coming out of here that i see for him. i don't know where he goes. one other point. i can't resist this. remember the dust-up over whether ben carson leaving the race and the cruz people accused of a terrible dirty trick that deprived donald trump of

because absolutely chris christie is going to be hammering marco rubio tonight on what chris christie says is a weak record of accomplishments. jeb bush also, he just launched a new ad touching on the same exact issue for marco rubio. so i think he's going to be getting it from at least two different sides. even though he didn't win the iowa caucus, he did surge to the front. i think they're very worried he could surge again on the ground here in new hampshire. at the same time, donald trump hasn't been in the state as much recently. he had to cancel some of his events because his plane wasn't able to land so he might want to take back the attention and put it back on him because we haven't been hearing about donald trump as much i feel in the last couple of days. >> let's switch to the democrats here too. i've been asking this question throughout the show, throughout the afternoon. set the bar for me of the clinton campaign have basically now declared that bernie sanders is a lifelong new hampshire resident. if he's born in brooklyn, he's from burlington, vermont, and, yes, there's s

and trump basically said to chris christie, you go on the plane, now go home. you know the moment i'm referring to. >> yeah. i actually don't. i didn't see that. >> in terms of trump's style and leading, do you see executive orders in the future the way that president obama has gone around congress? >> no. in fact, what you've had trump say, just the opposite. he has said again and again, he said frankly i'll probably pick an insider, because i want to get legislation passed and you can't get legislation passed as a pure outsider. he's also said that under our constitution, a lot of the stuff has to be done by the congress and the president today, which is why he prides himself on the art of the deal and the idea he can get in a room and negotiate. this is going to be hard. the trump presidency will be the most disruptive thing we have seen probably since franklin roosevelt in 1932. do you think america is in enough trouble that that level of disruption is actually good for the country? obviously right now among republicans, a very substantial number believe we

but with chris christie, it's very interesting. maybe he'll become the secretary of transportation, because like kate upton, he can't stop traffic. but not because he's beautiful, it's because he's brown troutal governor. >> he's beautiful. every person is beautiful in their own way. >> joanne, yes, they're going to go after trump. but this is what voters love to do, go after the rich guy. but they do it to any republican. it worked on romney, but maybe because he didn't fight back, right? >> i think wet're going to see more not attacks against trump but more people like chris christie going so his side. because it's better for their careers, i think long-term, if they have this man in their corner. and truthfully, with christie, he maybe likes trump a little bit. but you know what is stronger is his dislike of rubio. >> does anyone know why? >> it all goes back to when christie was getting traction in new hampshire, getting up into the teens, which was a big deal, that rubio's super pac hit him. he had a glass jaw. it was all over

governor chris christie will jump out of the presidential race. an announcement could come any minute. voters send the establishment candidates packing. welcome, everyone to the intelligence report. i am trish regan. it was a night for the outsiders. donald trump and bernie sanders both with victories. all heil governor john kasich. a big second place finish. he is in play. peter barnes is then washington with the very latest. peter, over to you first. >> the republican field, as you just said, may be thinning again. considering whether he will continue the race. after he finished sixth in new hampshire. single digits. charlie gasparino on those. christie could be dropping out. he has made no decision yet did the other candidates are joining donald trump. talking about how kristi's attack on marco rubio's debate may have backfired on the new jersey governor. >> chris called me up last night. he is a friend of mine. he is a talented guy. he did not come out the way that he wanted. >> over on the democratic side, bernie sanders is in new york today

so chris christie, a political realist. look, he could be a very valuable on the campaign trail and i would think he would be in position for a top cabinet position if he so wanted one. >> so just to reiterate to our audience, our viewers who may just be joining us, chris christie will what? >> reporter: well, at this point, all indications are that he will suspend his campaign today. he will be meeting with top campaign aides down in new jersey. chris christie will be ending his bid, we're told, for the republican presidential nomination. carol? >> mark preston reporting live for us and imparting breaking news. we appreciate that. mark preston, thank you. i'll be right back. coughing...sniffling... and wishing you could stay in bed all day. when your cold is this bad... ...you need new theraflu expressmax. theraflu expressmax combines... maximum strength medicines available without a prescription... ...to fight your worst cold and flu symptoms... ...so you can feel better fast and get back to the job at hand. new theraflu

>> so, gabe, chris christie, the good news is chris christie won't be on the stage to bring about that same response. the bad news is people will now pore over the videotape of him standing in the aisle of the aircraft looking to see if comments that he embedded in that impromptu conversation, if he has the ability to go the other way. when it's another republican debate, he will really be under the microscope. >> reporter: he certainly went back over the talking points, the talking points in the gaggle or some of the ones he's been saying in his stump speech. he repeeats that over and over and over again. his argument is, look, this is my message. voters don't pay as close attention as the media does, and he wants to make sure his message is heard. he does say he doesn't hold any hard feelings over chris christie. i suppose we'll take him at his word. >> gabe gutierrez, spartansburg, south carolina. >>> when we come back, we'll check in with the cruz campaign coming off of victory in iowa. they were not expected to win new hampshire, but now going to south carolina becomes another pro

this is who chris christie is. i think there are very few people who live in new hampshire who haven't been hugged by chris christie. whether they agree with him or he agrees with them. >> he's not hugged me this week. >> that's who he is. he's an effervescent jersey guy. it doesn't mean he endorses her. come on. >> you know, chris christie was the topic last night with brit hume who is trying to figure out why chris christie chris christie after he expertly prosecuted marco rubio at the debate, why he has not gone up in the polls. this is brit hume's analysis. >> there are two guys who basically lived here and have built their whole campaign and whole prospects on a new hampshire win. one is kasich, and the other as you point out correctly, is chris christie. i think it may be that this pugnacious manner of his, the people who want a pugnacious manner have gone to donald trump. i think that's what left chris christie unable to get much traction. he certainly has qualifications and experience. he's a good debater,

you saw chris christie doing the same thing. they both know how to hit. >> trump says, i'm the boss, shut up. christie says, give me some answers, what's your problem with this repetition thing? he was interrogating the guy. >> it was a return to trump, telling bush to be quiet, saying he supported waterboarding and would do a hell of a lot more. >> didn't you think he was a bit bullying there at that point with jeb bush? >> you've got to face some of the toughest people attacking the united states, isis, and terrorists. you have to be tough. and to see how jeb bush can cowered to donald trump is the real story here. not that donald trump was tough, but because jeb bush is not tough enough, it seemed as though it was a bit aggressive. if you want to become commander in chief of this great nation, you're going have to take the heat. and jeb couldn't take the heat tonight. >> wait a minute, are you saying that behavior from trump was acceptable? >> absolutely. we're not playing hopscotch. this isn't a game of jacks. this is not fo

>> chris christie does not bring a lot of votes. the first drop out to go for trump so if he wants to say the republicans are beginning to line up behind him which they haven't been it is helpful but you nailed it. from when he was talking in texas today claimed he won the debate and immediately shifted topics because it was a bad night for him and marco rubio exposed new vulnerabilities. liz: a lot of people say trump had a terrible debate. a lot of online polls that reaction, they think trump won. >> he has a stake, very popular and effective and he is representing a real concern among americans, fed up with professional politicians and that is why they don't -- any attacks on him about how he doesn't know the details of policy they don't go anywhere because his crowd likes that. where marco rubio made the beginning of a new potentially devastating attack on donald trump is on hypocrisy. saying to from you make your suits and ties overseas, employ immigrants, basically saying he is a fraud. >> marco rubio hired some fantastic joke

chris christie was supposed to be in south carolina now. he had a plane ticket and a scheduled event 15 minutes from now. instead, back in new jersey. his political future in question. at the new hampshire party, the governor's words confirmed things weren't going as hoped. >> we're going to go home to new jersey tomorrow and we're going to take a deep breath. >> reporter: the destination would be home to new jersey rather than the campaign trail in south carolina. at the silver dollar diner in new jersey, we talked to dieners who have watched the governor campaign unfold. >> i like christie i will be disappointed. >> reporter: george hadn't wanted his governor to run for president four years ago but this time enjoyed the campaign. why do you think he hasn't connected as much as he hoped to. >> obviously, there's the scandals that have happened in new jersey. there's those issues. politically timing it didn't work well for him. >> reporter: timing this cycle means running against another tell it like it is candidate, donald trump. >> alread

chris christie is establishment. one strategy is, do what marco rubio's doing right now, fight and do everything you can to stop him. the other one is going to be christie's which is maybe get on the inside and influence the candidate and hopefully influence him to making good responsible, you know, justified decisions. >> alex, to you. you've said following the debate last night, all the back and forth, following the rubio remarks at this rally and then following trump sort of mocking. you said this actually has quite big effects for the general. not necessarily positive. >> i think it certainly does, poppy. if you look at the attacks they traded on stage last night, this is not just irrelevant material that's going to go away when the primary is over. trump talking about rubio's credit cards, his mortgages in florida, his personal finances in a number of ways. both rubio and cruz bringing up the whole trump university saga. there's a pretty influential conservative group now running television ads about the trump u

the new jersey governor chris christie joined the trump campaign. christie dropped out after a disappointing fin initial in the new hampshire primary and resurfaced in ft. worth, texas, with the billionaire. also, we have the numbers on last night's cnn gop debate, more than 14.5 million viewers tuned in last night. once again, scotty hughes is joining us, chief political correspondent for usa radio network, a trump campaign surrogate. illinois congressman kinzinger. ken cuccinelli and executive editor mark preston. mark, how weren't are these endorsements in general in this campaign which is pretty extraordinary, i must say? >> i'm not actually a big believer in endorsements, actually, help a candidate win a campaign but certain moments in a campaign where think ire crucial and critical and i think this is one of those moments. and it's because of two reasons. one, you have a short clock right now for marco rubio or ted cruz to try to take over the lead for the republican presidential nomination. going to super tuesday, so many delegates on the tab

chris christie, jeb bush, marco rubio combined. we have a national campaign, we have a great candidate and message and we plan to take that state after state. martha: is a different place and iowa. these are the most recent numbers for new hampshire and as you look good this donald trump way ahead by 21 points, and kind of a cluster in the middle, ted cruz, john kasich, marco rubio, but bush with an three points of each other and chris christie three points lower than that. we have a tremendous amount of time into new hampshire and they feel their game is as good as yours so are you dealing that? >> there is a fight for the establishment vote which is the dominant vote but there are a lot of establishment candidates competing for it, john kasich, chris christie, marco rubio, jab, carly fiorina, that is where the current petition -- competition is, only one conservative let competing for the conservative vote. we hope that is enough to do well. there's a lot of expectation on marco rubio coming in with some momentum out of iowa for

chris christie repeatedly called into the question rubio's. >> chris christie telegraphed all week what he was planning to try to do to marco rubio and yet he was still able to throw him off balance. >> florida senator marco rubio. >> a pile up at the entrance. >> former florida governor jeb bush. >> and a pile on among the candidates. it took all of ten minutes for the new reality of the gop race to show through. marco rubio is the target. a target for chris christie eager to prove he has the experience and rubio does not. >> do you know what the shame is, marco is that that you would criticize someone for showing up to work when you have never done in your entire life. >> you didn't want to go back chris. >> is now one of the skills you get as the united states senator esp also? >> marco rubio is a gifted, gifted politician. and he may have the skills to be a president of the united states but we've tried it the old by a with barack obama, with soaring eloquence and we didn't get a leader. we got someone who wants to divide the count write up. >> rising in the polls after the strong f

chris christie seventh at 4%. ben carson eighth at 2%. the trend is often as important as the numbers in these tracking polls. so let's look at that. trump is up since thursday. rubio down two points. cruz ticked up a point. kasich down one. at the back half of the pack, bush lost some ground and carly fiorina gained a little, perhaps benefiting from all the media coverage of abc's decision to exclude her last night. this poll was completed last night just before the debate. that's important, because only 45% of likely republican voters say they have definitely decided who gets their vote on tuesday, so the debate could have changed some minds. let's get straight to it. the morning newspapers and the headlines and conversations might change some minds, too. the "boston herald," a lot of people in new hampshire read the "boston herald." look at this front page of the "boston herald" today. marco rubio, choke. that is not the headline you want two days before new hampshire votes, when there was a possibility -- the conversation heading into

scarlet: that is chris christie speaking. he is endorsing donald trump as the nominee for the republican party. we will have more coverage as we return. ♪ mark: i'm mark crumpton. we're live in new york with the breaking news that scarlet and alix told you about just before we went to commercial. chris christie endorsing donald trump for president. they were, of course, challenges, up until a little bit ago. president obama also weighed in on trump when he was asked. he said that that was for the republicans to decide, and not eigh in.to way we're live in fort worth, texas. governor christie is at the podium. what donaldie: went trump is about is about the people of this country. i heard senator rubio's comments. none of them were about the people of this country. when are we going to start talking about them? the fact that the class folks in this country are suffering. the fact that we can't, any longer, as a country, stand up and defenders of the around the world because we have a leader that brings his hand -- hands.is f

are you going to tell chris christie? are you going to tell chris christie to shut up? the last that question with a very good shacks and today in the presidential candidate joins me live from new hampshire. in the meantime and speaking of which, guess what we are doing this weekend and read through tuesday? we are in new hampshire like i did in iowa, some of the best restaurants and barbecue. we don't know. who knows. we will find out. trish regan from the air. maybe will now. bottom line when that happens, we are there at 7:55 p.m. why 7:55 p.m. you ask? just to be different because that is how we roll. i know everyone says now it you're getting at. a lot of others on there. you know there're their financial networks that they are running for events. we've run, dave reran. think about that. i have no idea what i just said, but think about it. we will have a quiz after this. thanks. ♪ [ male announcer ] fedex® has solutions to enable global commerce that can help your company grow steadily and quickly. great job. (mandarin) ♪ cut it out. >>see you tomorrow. ♪ ne

chris christie, when he was u.s. attorney in new jersey, one of the things he made his name on, was going after and taking down one of the top political donors in the country, a real estate developer named charles kushner, where charles kushner's son is named jared kushner and his wife's name is ivanka trump. >> all in the bizarre, wild world of the political family now that is trump/christie. steve kornacki, great is stuff, sir. and welcome home. >> thank you. >> nice to have you back. >> thank you. >> we'll see you up there on sunday. >> all right. >>> coming up, just over 24 hours until the south carolina polls close. they have to open, and then they'll close.ç can bernie sanders keep it close? we'll crunch some numbers, next. and then the inside story. republican strategist rick tyler joins me live for his first interview since his departure from the cruz campaign. stay tuned. go, go, go, go, go, go... touchdown! ♪ choir and harp music. this place, it's the best-kept secret in football since... hey, how did h

>> i respect chris christie. obviously i respect the decision he made, not going to get every endorsement. he is a talented communicator. they probably called him to help donald after a rough evening last night and rough day on the trail as he is being expose td as a con man. he is trying to convince people he is something he is not and won confidence of a lot of people, trying to take over the party of reagan and the conservative movement. we can't let that happen. >> let me play what donald trump said about you after he heard the quote about him. >> let's talk about our lightweight senator from florida who is losing big in the polls. nervous basket case. here's a guy, you had to see him back stage. he was putting on makeup with a trowl. he was so scared, like a little frightened puppy. he is a choker. he choked with chris and i watched it both times, but the one time i'm right next to him, and i looked at the puddle on the ground, i said what is that? what is it? he's a nasty guy. we don't need nasty. we don't

so he brings in chris christie. i respect that. >> rubio reacted to christie's endorsement earlier. >> he's a conman. i think it's time to unmask him for what he is. he's trying to take over the conservative movement even though he's not a conservative. more importantly he's a conman who is taking over people's fears portraying himself as a strong guy. he's not a strong guy. he's never faced real adversity before. >> trump is saying that politics at this stage of the game is all about momentum. the momentum has been in the trump camp and time is running out for rubio. some are saying rubio's debate performance last night was a momentum changer that is until a christie endorsement today. trump has once again taken hold of the news cycle, the christie endorsement, that is, and with that wild campaign event may have just shut the front door on some of his main competitors. that, of course, is my opinion. marco rubio will be on special report tonight. this afternoon all of a sudden big endorsement. i mean big in the sen

the chris christie crowd had people walking out. the other unexpected and freaking awesome reason, it was great specifically to make it to that chris christie town hall delayed because of the weather and all the things, the other reason it was worth going. this is a part of our drive today, that for how many years now, has it been time for some traffic problems in fort lee on the rachel maddow show. we frequently even in the new jersey press get blamed, sometimes credited, mostly blamed, for having brought that story to a national audience. they made it into a national scandal that affected chris christie's standing on the national stage. not just bridgegate, though, there are a lot of things about governor christie we have spent a lot of time covering over a lot of years on this show and, boy, have i asked for a lot of interviews with governor christie. we have never even gotten a no from them. they give us nothing. i think when a phone call arrives on the cell phone of anyone that lives near christie, they see the digits from our

trump, obviously the endorsement from chris christie didn't come out of the blue. it was timed, in some ways what some saw as momentum from senator rubio. there has been a lot of back and forth between the two of you in the last 24 hours. we will play a clip of that back and forth and get to you respond. >> okay. >> we're not going to lose the conservative movement to a con man. we are not going to let that happen. [cheers and applause] and the reason why is because this election is too important. in this election is a referendum, and you have to decide what kind of country will america be in the 21st sen industry. here we believe everyone has a right to go as far as their talent and work will take them. that was not an accident. you know why that happens? because the people who came before us did what needed to be done. i know there are beam out there that are are perhaps intrigued by one of the other candidates. maybe they like their style or whatever they are doing. let me tell you something, friends do not let friends vote for a con artist. >> con artist, he sa

chris christie and donald trumpmpust showed up together in ft worth. (s/ gov. chris christie/ r new jersey :08-:17 "america america must have a strong leader again that can restore american jobs that can restore american confidence and donald trump is just the man to do it!! (wooo!!) " and trump can beat hillary clinton, christie said (s/ donald trump / r presidential candidate ) :20-:24 "i think that this is the one endorsement that i felt very strongly about and wanted to get." before he dropped out, christie had battled trump now the fight is for super tuesday. (s/ gov. chris christie / (r) new jersey) :30-:33 "i want texas to be trump territory on tuesday." last night's texas debate was fiery (s/ donald trump / thursday) :35-:37 "this guy's a liarar for ted cruz, winning at home, on tuesday in texas, is a must (s/ ted d uz / nashville ) :42- :45 5 f donald trump is our nominee then hililry will be very difficult to beat." marco ruo is in super tuesday attack-trump mode (s/ marco rubio / dallas ) :49-:46 "the charade is up. this is a con job trump is mocking

chris christie. >> chris christie. from the shadow of the george washington bridge comes the pugnacious politician from us. catway. he loves the cowboys, spring teen, and telling people to shut up. >> sit down and shut up. >> he's stronger than the storm but is he born to run? >> shut up. >> he's new jersey governor chris christie. >> i think that's my favorite one we've seen so far. >> you know what, i feel like yelling at a teacher. that's how angry i am. >> well, we have shocking, indeed, upsetting news in the world of the 2016 fantasy candidate draft update. today we learned that one of our contestants has zero draft picks still running for president. that contestant would be our good friend, joy reid. today's chris christie news has ended joy's journey, just 37 7 days after her draft show first aired. she had quite a run with her five randomly selected picks, all-star lineup of george pataki. jim webb, rick perry. we reached out to joy. here's what she told us. "let's dispense with this notion once and for all i k

for chris christie, i think it's do or die. if he doesn't have a good showing there, the rest of the map looks pretty tough for him. for jeb bush, he's actually on the rise in south carolina. the next primary state. he's got a very good ground game in south carolina. it's a moderate state both among democrats and republicans. i think he could play well there. i think as long as he has a good finish in new hampshire, jeb bush will live to see another day. >> hugh, jeb bush actually in the poll that just came out goes from 4% to 13% in several weeks. that doesn't even include polling on the day of this debate on saturday that everybody is talking about. what is your take about what the exit is on this for marco rubio? is it him just pounding in a message that he thinks will resonate, or was it him being exposed for someone who can't take the pressure? >> a few things. i'm in boston where it started to snow and they've closed the schools. who knows what tomorrow is going to be. i think jeb bush is rising because he had his best de

orn kasich, chris christie, bush. i am a fan of establishment moderates. >> i publicly endorsed government -- governor christie. an intern on his campaign. the work he has done in new jersey has been phenomenal. new jersey is such a blue state. he is a great governor. have known the effects of hurricane sandy firsthand. if we had the work done on one eye mint and new york -- long island in new york that he did in new jersey, my family would be better off. >> i feel it we are all looking at the same candidates. i like jeb bush and chris christie. -- likedways like bush bush because he has the most commander to be the in chief. i also like chris christie because of his tell it as it is attitude. he will say what he believes. if you agree, that is great and he wants you to, that he will not change his view based on what you want. you have to tell someone why you support republican candidates, what would you say? .> we like freedom and liberty we are against government regulations. i'm in favor of having people have the p

anchor: governor chris christie endorsing donald trump. for more on the race, i spoke with the senior white house reporter for politico. of aroller coaster ride race just took another switchback turn. what impact does it have, donald trump being endorsed by chris christie? >> a number of things. christie is of the first of significance of republican candidates to drop out and make an endorsement. he is known for a maverick reputation but has close ties to a lot of people in the republican establishment, including donors. this week, we had two republican congressmen being the first at that level to endorse donald trump. christie opens the door to more republican support going to trump. as a surrogate in the media, christie can be very effective. we saw what happened when he took apart marco rubio on the debate stage. anchor: speaking of marco rubio, the man was widely judged to have done well in last night's debate but it did not last long for him. >> no. this morning, donald trump went on twitter and was attacking rubio. he was getting hea

but for jeb bush and chris christie. it may be the most important couple of hours in their campaign. they have spent more time and money in new hampshire. in terms of money, jeb bush for sure. but chris christie has spent time here. and if they don't get traction, the odds of them surviving past south carolina drop fast. jeb bush has to show he can deal with donald trump and talk about issues and a strong leader. chris christie has to show he's in command of the issues and has experience of the governor unlike the legislators, like cruz and marco who are freshman and do so he is not the new jersey governor that told people to get off of the beach. they will have a lot of incoming to distract them. >> where does that leave ted cruz? >> the winner -- >> reporter: the winner out of iowa. he had the trumper tantrum line. and talking about the redo. the secretary of state certified them. and cruz was accused of dirtet tricks and eroded his support and because he is a texan and he's introducing himself to new hampshire voters

new jersey governor chris christie dropping out. letters to supporters, next. >>> plus, bar fight allegedly involving lesean mccoy. hear from the lawyer representing the injured officer next. >>> breaking news. >> breaking news at 6:00. it's official, an hour ago, chris christie's campaign office told nbc news christie is dropping out of the race for the white house. good evening, i'm jacqueline london. >> i'm jim rosenfield. straight to nbc 10's lauren mayk tracking developments in the christie campaign all day long. >> chris christie had his campaign mapped out into south carolina but it will end with a disappointing night in new hampshire and decision from new jers jersey. minute ago, i leave the race without an ounce of regret. i'm so proud of the campaign we ran, the people

of course, chris christie had to go after rubio, there was telephone graphing he would do it and rubio did not did a great job. did he crash and burn? will it shake the support of the establishment for marco rubio in three weeks? probably not. >> the race has become a slug fest of donald trump and ted cruz mixing it up but declined to reap the worst things they said but how would you describe the enjoyment of this by the media? >> we always like a fight. i take issue with what tuck are said because i have talked to a lost up decided voters in new hampshire and a lot of the donors are not decided. they are saying i will watch the debate and that will make up my mind. the republican establishment in washington hoping that everyone can get behind rubio and get this over with, it and not going to change for them and they are getting defensive and some are neither rouse. for the rank and file voters, they are graph stating to rubio because he was having a moment and he had the momentum and people say i live you but i don't want to waste my vote new they are not sure because the concern the

chris christie did his 67th town hall. john kasich did his 98th and later today he did his 99th and then his 100th. seeing them on paper, very similar guys. it turns out when you stheem in person, it's very easy to see in person why they are getting totally dissimilar out comes. it's very easy to see why one of them is a contender and could win on in new hampshire and the other one looks like that's a pipe dream. on paper they are exactly the same. in person, no way. that story's next. is lloyd. to prove to you that the better choice for him is aleve. he's agreed to give it up. ok, but i have 30 acres to cover by sundown. we'll be with him all day as he goes back to taking tylenol. yeah, i was ok, but after lunch my knee started hurting again so... more pills. yep... another pill stop. can i get my aleve back yet? for my pain... i want my aleve. get all day minor arthritis pain relief with an easy open cap. (man) hmm. ♪hat do you think? (stranger) good mornin'! ♪ (store p.a.) attention shoppers, there's a lost couple i

governor chris christie. >> wow. so he saved that one for hillary. >> bernie. >> oh, bernie, what about bernie. >> yeah. >> incredible. incredible. the guy is an incredible politician. he really is. >> he is an incredible politician. i mean, you know, that's what i say -- i mean, he would be -- he would be an awful socialist president, but incredible politician. >> what is it really quickly about 2016 that gets a guy whose average contribution is $27, raising $30 million. i mean, everybody talking about big money and politics, big money in politics, but i will say and i've said this as a republican, even as a republican, seeing pictures of him up on the back of a pick up truck talking i said i want that picture and i want to hang it up because that says something great about america. even if we don't support his policies, that's exciting that we live in a country where that's possible. >> listen, this is what makes new hampshire so great. >> yeah. >> because that kind of stuff happens every day all around you. is tha

chris christy brings that swagger and attitude. of course chris christie was going to discredit donald trump. but he started to dial back criticism of donald trump because maybe this was in the making or something on the horizon, he maybe saw the writing on the wall. but it puts a chink in gears of what many thought was a 24-hour comeback by rubio. there is still a lot of momentum because he found where to hit trump. charles: after trump's announcement with chris christie, rubio got back on the air. i don't think he's used to the so-called earned air time. he was rushed to an appearance. but he actually did take to it donald trump more today and he said donald trump was sweating. it was pretty interesting. it feels like after today, i don't know where ted cruz was. but it feels like it was all about marco rubio and donald trump. what with chris christie i vas slate between disgust and pity. i think he sold his soul for donald trump's word. charles: that's some strong stuff. i think rubio did put on some high -- did take off the hig

jenna: you were with chris christie who was holding a townhall. tell us was your impressions were at that event. reporter: he had a tele-town hall with 6,000 people dialed into this conference call at drake university. then he was getting ready for an event with governor branstad. he has had a lot of town halls here. he invested some time in iowa, but most of his time is spent doing town holes in new hampshire. he's leaving this afternoon to go back here. he told me he wants to be the to governor at the end of the night tonight, to be the top governor finishing. that means ahead of governor bush, governor kasich and former governor huckabee. if he does that, he feels he does well in this environment. jenna: it looks like he could do that but we'll wait and see what happens when we get the result tonight. it strikes me as interesting. there was a gop strategist who made a comment about donald trump saying he's almost no one's second choice. he thinks that may impact donald trump where chris christie might be somebody's second choice. that could giv

so he called in chris christie. i respect that. >> reporter: this morning in dallas, rubio had ripped into the front-runner. >> what we are dealing with here, my friends, is a con artist. >> reporter: mocking a series of trump's misspelled tweets. >> and i only reached two conclusions. number one, that's how they spell those words at the wharton school of business where he went, or, number two, just like trump tower, he must have hired a foreign worker to do his own tweets. he called me mr. meltdown. let me tell you something. last night in the debate during one of the breaks -- two of the breaks, he went backstage. he was having a meltdown. first he had this little makeup thing applying like makeup around his mustache because he had one of those sweat mustaches. then he wanted a full length mirror. maybe to make sure his pants weren't wet. >> reporter: rubio's all out of salt coming out of last night's debate in houston. he berated trump for his hiring practices. his inheritance. >> if he hadn't inherited $200 mill

he's -- chris christie is a card-carrying member of the republican establishment. if you believe there's five stages of grief going on, lester, the fifth stage is acceptance with republicans. christie is a big acceptor. >> republicans sulking out the headlines but lest we forget democrat voters in the south carolina primary tomorrow. what do we look for there? >> well, it should be a big win for hillary clinton. if it's not, it shows you that there is life in sanders' campaign. sanders needs to improve with african-american voters, and if he does that, we'll know because he'll come within single digits of her, but if it's a double-digit big win for her is could be a foreshadowing of a long night for bernie sanders on super tuesday. >> chuck todd, thank you. >>> shock and horror in another american city tonight, the scene of this country's latest mass shooting. this time four dead including the shooter and 14 wounded after that gunman went on a rampage at multiple scenes. most of the carnage inside his place of work. nbc's migueling a maggier has the developments in