play he has yet to make, his pick for vice president ppt tonight jake tapper, one-on-one with chris kristy, jake asking about advice for romney and about concern from kristy from members of his own party. >> i've talked to a lot of republicans who have hopes for you beyond the governorship. they look at you and think he's not healthy. >> i guess the best analogy, some people drink too much. some people take drugs. some people eat too much. see, you can go live every day without drinking. you can live every day without taking drugs. you can't live every day without eating. so in some ways, it's a really difficult thing to deal with. i've struggled with it for the last 30 years. and i'm trying. it may not look like it sometimes, but i am trying. >> reporter: you ever think about gastric bypass? >> doesn't strike me as something i'd want to do. too risky. >> kristy and a fan. but about spring steen? that's coming up in "nightline." in the neent, we move to the race for president necksco, where they'rel they're dealing with an explosion of violence. today abc's cecilia vega had a chance to sit

think about some of our other proj ni out there, marco rubio, chris kristy, think of nikki haley, my one term staff assistant who used to carry my staff and my books, paul ryan. [ applause ] it's all true, now i go around saying, i know paul ryan, i know paul ryan. [ laughter ] we hikd by the way last year in colorado, i think i was that close to getting him to run, but i ran out of steam on the peak and he went ahead and that was it. i lost the argument. we have a great bench. i've only mentioned a third of them. we have a lot of people coming along in the conservative movement, a lot of great leadership and i am very optimistic about it. the other thing is, one of the great blessings of my life and i've been so blessed, i had an opportunity to write the three-volume history. i learned a lot about america writing that book. i wrote it because i think our major problem, our major problem, someone said if you can identify one major problem with america right now, there are a lot of them. but i would say the major problem -- and remember i'm secretary of education so i may be biassed i

chris kristy has his real name and engaging in a shout fest with some dude at the jersey shore. i believe it was stage and screen actor philip seymo re hoffman. he is always causing trouble in a speedo. roll tape, people who roll tape. >> you are a real big shot. >> keep walking. keep walking. >> pundits say it calls into question his readiness to be a vp nominee. locals seem to be less than pleased as well according to a poll 80% of respondents voted yes as to whether the government's outbursts make the state look bad. although they probably thought they were answering a different question which is, do you like birds? speaking of altercations, here is how things have been settled on the road. let me repeat that, speaking of altercations, here is how they are settled on the road in russia. >>> that was r -- that was destruction explained. they just couldn't afford to buy baseball bats, jill, and that was how it worked. is there any chance the governor's latest episode might help his chances add a vp choice for romney? >> i identified with him because you may have noticed he was

i read in "the new york times" that -- that rupert murdoch wanted chris kristi to run. >> is does this criticism matter? >> sure it matters. it controls a bullhorn in the media. he put out a tweet. i put out a tweet like that, no one would look at it for a year. look, there is a -- historical analogies in our business, and most are lame. but having put that disclaimer out there, this reminds me so much, this campaign, in many ways of 2004. so many similarities between romney and john kerry and the situation they faced, they're from the same state. they have similar weak nots, personalities. one of the things so similar, the base of the party, the ideological base of the party, never believed he was resolute enough. they saw him as the best acceptable alternative. the best acceptable vehicle out there. but they were always ready to pounce. and i think the same thing is true of romney now. >> no secret that many of these conservative commentators didn't support romney in the primaries, didn't want him to be the nominee. take a step back, julie. should the head of a giant global media com

and as you know they haven't announced any speakers other than chris kristie as the keynote.l do my best to be helpful in the cause. >> you do expect to speak at the convention? >> i will have some role at the convention. it's up to governor romney what is best. i think we can communicate a message that will hopefully bring folks along to support governor romney and hopefully with a lot of enthusiasm. >> thanks so much for that. former senator rick santorum. really good to see you. >> my pleasure, joe. good to be here. >>> it's the talk of the olympics. viewers frustrated they have to wait to see the big events. not anymore. we have the most up-to-date results way before you see it on tv tonight. >>> and a beer-related delay to a boyfriend's dream wedding proposal. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] you've been years in the making. and there are many years ahead. join the millions of members who've chosen an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. go long. and sounds vying for your attention. so we invented a warning you can feel. introduc

chris christy should step up. >> bill: the action man. >> he's got sharp elbows. romney and kristyonnery in the untouchables. romney could play the good guy and then he could apply sean connery and chris could come and say, that's how you get rid of the chicago way! that sort of thing. >> bill: it should be action packed. what if christie gets somebody in a head lock and breaks their jaw, which would probable lea happen on day three of the campaign. >> yeah. well, if he could break biden's jaw, biden couldn't talk and he might make a lot more sense to me. >> bill: all right. miller. all right. so miller, i'm going to write it down. this is serious, christie has to get on this jessica's law thing. he's got to get on that. >> what's that about, billy? >> bill: now i'm going to go on a campaign. now i'm going on a campaign. governor cuomo and governor christie, pay attention. you can't have child rapists getting two years in prison. that's not going to sit in new york state. i live here. if i have to go to albany and camp outside, i'm going to do that. >> listen, you know how i said y