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and to newt's point let's face it, this is pretty petty. this is really petty. it is one of the things that i think people across the spectrum look at and get upset about. on the republican side we are sick of petty and we like to blame it on the democrats in charge of washington right now. >> we are not in charge of all of them. >> that doesn't mean -- >> you are a former prosecutor. are you going to tell me that if it is true -- we have to have an investigation -- if it is true that the governor of the state was allowing this sort of stuff to happen or staff that was doing this stuff that that is petty? what is your vision of government that shows that abuse is petty -- >> the president brings people with him. if this is what you are going to bring. christie one of the things we appreciate about him is he is blunt. if that brashness rolls through your staff and they think they can independently operate on it, you lose control. i don't mean control in a bad way. i mean control in a good way. >> wouldn't that be dangerous in the white house to have that bluster

seems petty. >> it seems to petty, so petty. >> i do think that all of that makes him look smaller. >> and that is the first time anyone has ever said that about chris christie. (applause) >> stephen: this after just last month the governor insisted the gridlock was the result of a traffic study and laughed off any accusations. >> i worked the cone, actually, on that, unbenoens to everybody i was the guy out there i was in overalls in a hat so i was-- but i actually was the guy working the cones out there. >> you really are not serious with that question. >> stephen: yeah, you cannot be serious with that in retrospect, extremely serious question. because back then it was ridiculous. almost ridiculous as the name of the police officer who actually coned off the lanes, captain licorice. (laughter) >> stephen: i believe we have a photo of the captain. (laughter) and folks, there is absolutely no connection between him and chris christie, they have never even been seen in the same room together. but nation, even captain licorice may not be able to save the governor from new revelations

this is not a petty matter.y have regarded this as a -- you know, as a play thing to play some partisan politics. i think it should be viewed as an abuse of power and we should get all the facts. and i'm glad that the legislature is after it. i understand that law enforcement officials prosecutors are looking into whether there were any laws broken, whether there's any culpability there. so i think that should go on. i'm not going to speculate on what comes next. >> congressman holt, thanks very much for joining us. >> thanks, wolf. >>> rush holt is the democratic congressman from new jersey. of course, you can see the governor's speech live here on cnn. our special coverage will begin at 3:00 p.m. eastern. >>> hillary clinton looks invincible, at least a lot of democrats believe, if she decides to enter the 2016 race for the democratic presidential nomination. she could face some familiar pitfalls in a state that helped derail her back in 2008. we're going to take a closer look at hillary clinton's iowa problem

. >> joe: he especially for josh was set to fight anthony pettis before pettis was injured. nice knee to the side by benson. >> mike: under two left in the fourth. >> joe: another thing he does, rare technique, front kicks, slamming the ball of the foot into the calf. don't think that doesn't hurt, people at home. don't try it either. you will probably end up breaking your toes. have a bruised calf and the other guy three broken toes. the elbow on the break by benson. bob cooke screaming in the corner of josh thomson close out the round, close out the round. he's been with aka for a long time, since the 1990s. the old breed, the new breed. he's still a mainstay there at 35 years old. incredibly difficult to maintain your focus and not be disappointed when you've got something injured like that a. a huge opportunity for him. he's on fox and he has a broken wing. >> mike: but look at this. beautiful takedown. and he has his back. 45 seconds on the clock. body triangle again by josh. five takedowns for thomson. four for henderson. got him flattened out and going to try to stand

pettiness, butt that pettiness does disguise very real and substantial differences. the governments as represented here are week, divided, not represented by people inside and they're trying to undermine the syrian regime. the government also thinks they are winning in the syrian struggle on the ground. the delegation mr. assad sent here obviously does not want to counsel the removal of mr. assad. sometimes the fighting on the ground seems irrelevant to what is being discussed here. partly because the rebels have turned on each other in the north of syria. they are fighting each other and the government is forging ahead because the rebels are fighting themselves. most of the ones i speak to are fighting for an islamic state, not a democracy, and they are going to continue fighting regardless of what happens here. >> we will be hearing more about top stories from the former jordanian foreign minister later on in the program. in other news, there has been a drop in stock exchanges across slowdown sparked by a in emerging economies. recent data from china, turkey, and s

we all sort of assume that politicians act this way, they're petty, vindictive. here are the e-mails to prove anytime this case. that people are paying attention to this today. this is the kind of thing you might see go on in politics. but truth be told, i can't actually remember a government official doing something like this. >> no. >> someone said today i read a tweet may have been you, somebody said this is worse than nixon and watergate. when you actually think about this, it's pretty well out there. >> i'm not sure i'd go that far. >> here's what the argument was. the argument was that in terms of the actual crime, to actually shut down effectively traffic around the busiest bridge in america, putting all those people at risk, putting people expecting emergency services, that is pretty damn serious. so i didn't think the analogy was as ridiculous as you all do. >> here's the thing. it's not as big of a crime perhaps. but what it does speak to -- >> isn't it? if it turns out people -- what if it turns out that this 91-year-old woman who died of a heart attac

this is petty, partisan, pay back.al in a developing nature, it was america, go big or go home. how about your corruption. >> this is the pettiness of that, actually, frankly that makes did gripping as drama, because ultimately if there were 100 americans dead from this thing, this would be this horrible morose disaster to sift through. >> in the grand scheme of things, what to me makes it disqualifying isn't the harmfulness, it's the violation, the abuse of power. what do you think about that? >> every time we have a presidential cycle, the argument is made that senators have a tough time getting elected president, because it's always two or three votes they have to defend that they can't defend. governors have a different problem. i may be a cynical guy because i cut my teeth in politics. but every state house has five or six guys who hang around the elevators and know everything, whether it's true or not. governors have problems with the people back in their states. you saw this with bill clinton when the national p

this is petty, partisan payback, dick ta toral. it is america.big or go home. >> it is the pettyness of that that makes it gripping as drama. ultimately, if there were 100 americans dead from this thing, it would be this horrible, morose disaster. >> or one. >> in the grand scheme of things, what to me makes it disqualifying isn't necessarily the harm caused, it's the violation, the abuse of power. charlie, what do you think about that? >> every time we have a presidential cycle, the argument is that senators have a tough time getting elected president because there are two or three votes they can't defend. governors have a different problem. i cut my teeth covering politics in that terrarium for drifters known as the massachusetts state legislature. every state house has five or six guys that hang around the elevators and know everything, whether it is true or not. governors have problems with the people back in their states. you saw this with bill clinton. what you've got here with the scandal, i think he is correct on this. basically, this is

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what he see here is not just a kind of venality, it's a pettiness.s christie's whole schtick has been that politicians in new jersey, the democrats, republicans, mostly democrats are focused on defending the little towns. i'm the guy who has the people's interests in mind who's going to come in and push that all away. and what we see here is him engaging in -- well, his staff engaging in these very petty -- i mean, we're talking about lane closures. it's very petty. >> it's interesting that that whole theater, up until now, it has been to christie's benefit. now finally turning up to bite him in the -- you know. >>> after the break, there are many signs that the social safety net has been a success. but with millions still living below the line and the income gap widening, there's plenty of work still to be done and we'll discuss when congresswoman maxine waters joins us next on "now." [ dennis ] it's always the same dilemma -- who gets the allstate safe driving bonus check. rock beats scissors! [ chuckles ] wife beats rock. and with two checks a yea

he looked like someone worthy of a big office and not petty. >> petty politics. >> sometimes obama hasriticized for not being more into paying his opponents back. >> this is going to be a growth moment. this could be the thing that makes governor christie, if he rises to it, if he learn, if he gets new kinds of people played by larger and -- >> it's why so many of the supporters -- everything he said the other day turned out to be true. >> you might be able to do this in new jersey but on a larger scale i think governors often find out you can't. >> it's very difficult. new jersey governor's office is also very powerful. >> ryan, gloria, guys, thank you very much. >>> up next, is iraq on the verge of simply falling apart? a deadly wave of violence is inundating the country. we're going to baghdad. >>> plus, some of america's favorite liquors get an international twist. we have detail, of a new multibillion-dollar deal. your eyes really are unique. in fact, they depend on a unique set of nutrients. [ male announcer ] that's why there's ocuvite to help protect your eye health. as you age

sidney petty painted a picture of a caring young man that helped others. after hearing of the shooting tyler's parents held out hope until the very last moment that he was safe. >> they knew he was working there at the mall and kept trying to reach him, and they couldn't reach him, so they thought that he was hiding in a concrete barrier-type place where there was no cell phone, and that was their hope for many hours. >> petty says tyler was attending college and had a very bright future ahead of him. >>> 21-year-old breanna was also killed in the shooting and as we mentioned, police say they have not found a connection between her and the gunman. she also worked at zumies. she was the store manager. we know she live in a shared home blocks away from where the gunman lived with his mother. we also know she had a 2-year-old son. the ceo of zummies says like you we are closely following the updates from the howard county police. they are briefings pains us. counselors have met with the store team today, the emotions are very raw and real and as co-workers an

the possibility that vindictiveness, pettiness, that bipartisanship. i liked it when he and obama were working together on that huge tragedy in his home staim state. >> does this discredit that image of him? >> it does. because we're talking about a democratic mayor who, by the way, is pretty colorful. >> he is good tv. >> they call him the serbian. and i think this guy has handled it well. so this is not a plus for him. >> yeah. >> and it's not over. so i think what needs to happen, as stephanie said, this is not ending. he probably had a good day today, but again in the whole context, it's hurt his image, whether he's the leader in the party or not. >> right, and let's remember, you know, he's getting lots of kudos for coming out and giving this press conference today, but he was forced to do this. he said unequivocally that he wasn't involved, john, but his own deputy chief of staff, his campaign manager, his top political aide were all implicated in this. let me read you some of the offensive texts. this is a text that was revealed yesterday in the

it certainly seems petty.or, who was a democrat, why christie would even expect that the mayor should or would endorse him, i don't know. >> right. and governor christie said today that i wasn't on his endorsement but there's plenty of good nafgs we're still waiting to hear. congressman holt, thank you. >> good to be with you. >>> guilty of gang activity? why they are on the fbi radar. my lenses have a sunset mode. and an early morning mode. and a partly sunny mode. and an outside to clear inside mode. new transitions® signature™ adaptive lenses now have chromea7™ technology making them more responsive than ever to changing light. so life can look more vivid and vibrant. why settle for a lens with one mode. experience life well lit. upgrade your lenses to new transitions® signature™. >>> welcome back to "the lead." if you've never heard of insane clown posse, the fbi is so concerned about it has labeled them a gang. ♪ so first off, for the uninitiated, who or what exactly is the insane clown posse? well, icp m

this kind of petty, vindictive -- >> this isn't petty, anderson. this is isn't but petty. >> you say this goes beyond politics as usual? >> when emergency vehicles can't get through, when people can have heart attacks, when people lose their jobs because they don't show up on time, i've never witnessed anything like this. the idea of putting this into a prank category is rank and wrong. this is a grievous, terrible thing. >> carl, you're such an icon, and i wonder if people liken these problems to watergate and i wonder if you feel that diminishes the legacy of watergate? you say this is serious travesty, but it certainly doesn't compare to watergate. >> apples and oranges, as most comparisons are, and they take place in different times. but what this is, this is officials at a very high level, knowingly did something to endanger people's lives. citizen's lives. that's a terrible thing. that's different from watergate actually. watergate was -- >> there is no evidence -- nothing has emerged so far that shows that governor christie knew about it. >>

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petty and not so petty to get back at people who haven't done things he wants them to do. or who have said things -- have said things that he doesn't like. >> frank, a lot of people have made that point that john just made. quickly, is it a stretch to see chris christie at this point as nixonian? >> well, he almost promoted his image as a bully. and then we have a staff acting like bull lisies. the narrative writes itself but of the facts dictate how this ends. >> josh, this is interesting this invariably will be a drip-drip situation. but there are folks who say i knew chris christie was this bully type. that's actually the part of him that i liked. if there's no linkage here, he may survive the storm and come out fine. >> i would separate this into a couple of things. the stuff about the mayor of jersey city having the meetings canceled. that's kind of seems like you give more access to your political allies. what caused this to go haywire is they took this bizarre -- >> i'm going to interrupt you right now and go right to governor christie. >> thank you. thank you very

my first commitment was petty theft with a prior. this is my fourth violation. >> i never said i wasn't going to come back because i'm a criminal. that's what i do. >> after the initial photographs, fingerprints and paperwork, the prison's medical staff examines each new inmate to assess her needs. >> that's the only thing you're under treatment for right now. >> the new inmates must spend their first several weeks in an area separate from the general population before being integrated into a permanent housing unit. >> while segregated, the new inmates are psychologically tested to determine in which housing area they will be placed for their remaining sentence. >> some of the women inmates we see here who are psychotic, have lost touch with reality, may have very bizarre and unusual behaviors, hear voices and those types of things. and we would need to treat them usually with medication and some supportive therapy. we also see people who have major depressive disorders, very sad, maybe suicidal. and these women may need medication t

and so, you have petty, you hav mean. these a the words being thrown around, anderson, and not just by democrats, but by republicans who don't like or don't trustri. so, he's at a defining moment. how he handles this in terms of firing those responsible because he said he would, and then as the investigation unfolds, he'd better be damn sure that there's nothing that ties him to this. if he handles it decisively and calmly answers questions and doesn't berate the reporters who ask them, then he's a leader who can move on, but if the perception sticks in, that's not a presidential temperament and that's bad for him nationally in his perspective, it's bad for him as he starts a new term in new jersey and it's bad for him with the audience he needs to care about most politically long term at the moment, the republican base, that he then wants to make him their nominee. >> gloria, you're looking at the ems responses. what are you seeing? >> four ems responses were delayed considerably as a result of all this traffic. and as j

this is a guy who's got a history of petty revenge to where the new republic called him nixonian, in that he has a toxic combination of insecurity and power hungriness that leads to politics of spite and retribution. thoughts on christie and his history of petty revenge and how that may help or hurt him in the future. >> that's the thing here. we sort of talked about how the people who were operating in this day today are not people he has a lot of direct contact with. the guy at the port authority who seems to be the chief villain. christie was saying he doesn't remember the last time he met with him. but i think there is a culture in this administration. bridget kelly was his deputy chief of staff who was responsible for dealing with local governments and with agencies like the port authority. one of the hallmarks of chris christie's first term was his close relationships with local governments. those could be really favorable ones. the night before the election, i was in union city, new jersey, a few miles south of fort lee. everyone i saw at the rally was talking about how chris

so you have petty, you have vindictive, you have harsh, you have mean. these are the words being thrown around, anderson, not just by democrats but republicans who don't like or don't trust chris christie. so he is at a defining moment. how he handles this in the next 24 to 48 hours in terms of firing those responsible because he said he would and then as the investigation unfolds he'd better be i'll use the word damn sure that there's nothing that ties him to this. if he handles it decisively and sits down and calmly answers questions and doesn't berate the reporters who ask them he has a chance to be a leader who dealt with a crisis and moves on. but if that perception starts to stick in that's not a presidential temperament and that's bad for him nationally in his perspective and as he starts his new term in new jersey and bad for him with the audience he needs to care about most politically long term at the moment that's the republican base that he wants them to make him their nominee. >> gloria, you're looking to those ems allegations. what are you

. >> well, and it seems so petty, so petty, so small. and especially chris christie, his whole brand is i'm above the fray. i'm a leader. i cut through ah the nonsense and get to the point. it makes him seem very, very small and vindictive, even if his fingerprints are not directly on this. i think it's obvious he has created that culture. >> what is the standout question? >> if you talk to -- if you give a republican in new jersey truth serum, they will tell you that this administration, the christie administration has been uniquely hands-on relative at a local level relative to previous governorships. this includes the governor himself. you can talk to republicans who are pretty far down the totem pole politically, people dealing with very sort of microscopic municipal matters, political matters, these sort of things, will have stories. i've heard this over and over, of getting personal calls from the governor. >> right. >> i talked to republicans today who said i'm surprised about this because i thought christie was politically smart

years and it was a dumb thing to do but look who among us haven't done something dumb our lives and pettiness the jersey city governors big mayors elected people are all going to come down to help them he says he's not going to go as they cancel everybody down from the state to help out the city why the big politicians major politicians get petty . i can understand of the local councilman but why a governor or a governor's top aide well because nobody's perfect that's number one secondly it depends on organizations take on their personality and character from the top and not every political organization is filled with revenge and that i'm point out the downfall of richard nixon was clearly it wasn't good enough for richard nixon to beat his opponents this is key it was either watergate and it wasn't just good enough for him the big his opponents he's want to destroy and that's the lion and you can say in a way that land where that land was made to determine how long this bridge situation goes because if from all appearances they sought to destroy the mayor the democratic mayor there in suppor

anybody who has followed motorsports knows who richard petty is. we just signed a new three-year deal with him, increasing our famous blueof the 43 car. we think it is a tremendous way to talk to our customers. >> your customers are one base, but you've also got new owners. you have customers obviously in china. when you decided to continue this association with nascar, did you have to bring over the chinese executives and take them to a race to show them what this is all about? >> they has been to a race. it was an eye-opening experience for them to see nascar. >> where was this? >> this happen to be in richmond, virginia. they enjoyed it. supportive of it, anything that helps the marketing and brand and build brand loyalty -- our chinese partners and chinese owners now are trying to learn a lot about branding, and we are trying to show them how you build a brand in america. >> as i described, the deal closed at the end of september. it >> did. >> what kind of changes have you seen? >> none at this point. the opportunity is all about growth. the a

this is not just petty political politics.e bridge might have been petty political politics, but this abuse of power where the governor has received power from the citizenry and is using it not for the public good but for partisan political purposes, whoever did it, no one could argue that this was done for the public good and that's a serious matter. it strikes at the heart of the governmental contract, why citizens give powers to officials. this shows they understand it. i think the legislature, i think, really dig into it. >> appreciate your time tonight. thanks so much. >>> coming up, obstruction is the republican way. once again the party says no to helping the unemployed in the country. rush made comments about the president and michelle obama's marriage. stay with us. [ male announcer ] the new new york is open. open to innovation. open to ambition. open to bold ideas. that's why new york has a new plan -- dozens of tax free zones all across the state. move here, expand here, or start a new business here and pay no taxe

. >> petty immediate moment. that's the way i'm feeling right now.elieve they cannot tell us the demographics whether it's the young and healthy. i do not believe their computers can't do that and all this transparency stuff to be petty and snarky i don't like that. >> cost another 20 billion. >> that's why you had dozens of democrats today defecting on a bill that would provide more transparency and the administration was opposed to that bill and it passed the house. a lot of democrat defections over 60. that's the reason. you can't defend not giving out information. >> but how do they get away with it? >> well, i mean, you are calling him out? >> they don't even care. they don't care after the all. apparent live they don't care. >> they control the data. they control the information. >> but wouldn't you think you would be sort of embarrassed withholding that information? maybe they don't have it but i actually believe they do have it. >> but they have data about the demographics. >> i think they have the data. even if it's not perfect they could gi

he needs a broader view that ha was wrong in doing this or was not petty. it's a question of if he wants to move into the big league he has to get a stronger staff. >> independent of what this might mean, how hard would a scandal like this make it to govern? >> well, it's early in his second term. he tried to put everything away in one press conference by, i must say, being candid. admitting the mistake. >> possibility he has stopped the bleeding at this point, but he's got to get more scrutiny. when you run for president, everything you do is scrutinised. he has invited scrutiny, and this is why i think he needs to rise above this debark m. it was not a plus, and get new staff and set a new tone. >> let's move on to north korea. you have been involved with the north koreans for a couple of decades, you travelled there a number of times. what was your reaction to everything that happened with dennis rodman. >> i felt dennis rodman, basketball diplomacy, ping-pong diplomacy, that that helps. after the last debackle of dennis rodman of basically hinting that

. >> a petty cab driver should know. log even 100 miles per day. no matter how low the temperature goes. >> you have got to be mentally psyched to do this. >> a food vendor says that her gumbo and her customers -- >> i show up and they show up for me. >> a keep her warm. >> i wear a jumpsuit that i got from the thrift store happens to be hot think. -- pink. >> i am here whether it is warm or cold. >> she has reason to smile. >> i am heading out to thailand for the month of february. i am enjoying the cold now. and twoe a shirt parkas. >> i have seven layers of clothing on. i am layered up really good. .> he is 56 years old he is in pretty good shape. go thing that he does do is inside every couple of hours to stay warm. >> i am sure you will do the same. the cold weather is being blamed for a water line break in laurel. a couple of videos on an instagram account. you can see water shooting several feet into the air at the town center in laurel. a contractor managed to shut off the water a short time later. no major damage was reported. it is so col

that's petty and probably not the most important thing in the world.i don't know if you had plans for your name as a website. do you feel like you're a personal target for having been out ahead of this story? >> no, not at all. i'm not that thin skinned. i'm in the public sphere anyone has a right to that name. by itself it wouldn't be newsworthy. i'm not important enough yet to desire the rights to shawnboburg.com. >> now i have big plans for it, just because you said that, see if i can pick it up for you. reporter for the record of bergen county, who originally broke this incredible story out of new jersey today, congratulations on your work thus far, please stay in touch. >> thank you so much. >> new jersey governor chris christie could hardly have been more dismissive about the traffic jam, until the moment when the story could no longer be dismissed, a brief history of chris christie's trip down a lovely long river in egypt coming up. >>> one of the guys at heart of all this, the guy who ordered the lanes close, the guy who [ male announcer ] if y

the real vulnerability he has this petty, small matter affects people in fort lee. >> skullduggery. >> really represents what may be his deepest flaw that he's a bully, he's mean spirited, arrogant. he thinks he's above the law, above common courtesy and having to tell truth. if you look at what he said up to now, it doesn't track with today's denial and further investigation, maybe even a criminal investigation that bus may have to get bigger to throw people under it other than bridgett kelly. >> documents subpoenaed by a panel of new jersey lawmakers shows a top christie aide and appointee at the port authority of new jersey earn mailed about the george washington bridge mess. if there's a smoke gun in this affair here it is. bridgett ann kelly one of governor christie's top deputies writing quote time for traffic problems in fort lee. wildstein, christie appointee at the port authority replied got it. here's how the bergen record newspaper reports some text messages with christie's port authority appointee. quote, in one exchange of text messages on the second day of the lane closu

it was a petty crime by an incumbent cruising to an easy reelection victory. it was an enforced error where the coverup was actually more damaging -- [laughter] this is no watergate. this is about a -- [laughter] [laughter] [cheers and applause] but the point is: now that we're looking at chris christie the hunt for christie scannedels is on. there's blood in the water in new jersey but this time it's not coming out of used syringes or discarded teamsters. >> jersey city city mayor, a democrat, considered endorsing christie for reelection last year but declined to do so on july 18. over the next two days christie appointees canceled upcoming meetings with him. he tried to reschedule but was ignored. he believes it was payback. >> jon: his a scheduled meeting, rend yeah view and it was postponed. oh, the pain. listen mayor, that may count as payback on downton abbey -- [laughter] this is jersey payback is waking up duct taped to the roof of holland opportunity during friday afternoon rush-hour. not ooh, they said what about tomorrow? [laughter] some have claime

you would have to be the most petty person p. it doesn't punish fort lee's mayor. it punishes people trying to get the (bleep) out of fort lee. [ laughter ] the mayor he's the one guy who has to stay there. you are thinking about why are you talking about a traffic jam from september anyway. funny story. >> newly released e-mails link the office of chris christie to a controversial lane closure at the george washington bridge. >> one of christie's top authorities at the port authority, time for some traffic problems in fort lee, she wrote. got it he said. [ laughter ] >> jon: oh, no you didn't that is very specific. so -- wow. governor christie's team up 24 points in the polls up 14 points in points -- in the polls, fine. >> is it wrong i'm smiling? i feel badly about the kids, i guess. and then they are the children of buono voters. [audience reacts] >> jon: okay that makes them evil. [laughter] did probable presidential favorite chris christie personally order this traffic hit? i don't know. but i do know one thing about the effects of this burgeoning scandal, yo