patrick rosenello the mayor of north wildwood said 150 people were safely rescued from their flooded homes. >> i heard one crazy mayor down in south jersey say this is the worst flooding than sandy. here's the one thing you need to know about that mayor. his town didn't get hit by sandy. >> before christie made those comments "action news" talked with rosenello about the damage. >> from a statewide perspective this storm certainly didn't have the impact of hurricane sandy, it wasn't even close and i recognize. that locally again in a very localized area it appears in southern cape may county this storm was worse than hurricane sandy. >> and late last night after hearing the governor's comments north wildwood mayor patrick rosenello said i'm disappointed that he would lower himself as much as he did this evening am i. more disappointed, however, in the evident lack of concern or respect that he is showing. as for christie at the end of this response he asked that student for the names and numbers of per friends in new jersey. he said he would follow up with them about the cleanup effo

. >> reporter: the presidential candidate indicated he went too far so he called patrick rosenello to say i'm sorry. >> i feel badly. i've known him for a long time. i feel badly i called him crazy. a little bit of one too many adjective. >> i would like for him to let the biz owners and first responders know that he understands what we went through. >> reporter: but the governor's crazy comment wasn't the only one that infuriated the people of north wildwood who saw floodwaters pour into town during the blizzard. >> i don't know what you expect me to do. want me to go down there with a mop? >> reporter: business owner scott chambers jumped 0en that remark and placed a mop outside of his door. >> he's been bullying everybody and making us look like idiots. >> there was not a what happened on friday and saturday that even resembled sandy and i did not want that narrative to become what was going on here. >> reporter: no doubt the governor succeeded in changing the narrative. perhaps an even bigger concern. president want their candidate to appear and act presidential. we'll leave it up

patrick rosenello the mayor of north wildwood said 150 people were safely rescued from their flooded one crazy mayor down in south jersey say this is the worst flooding than sandy. here's the one thing you need to know about that mayor. his town didn't get hit by sandy. >> reporter: before christie made those comments "action news" talked with rosenello about the damage. >> from a statewide perspective this storm certainly did not have the impact of hurricane sandy. it wasn't even close and i recognize that. locally again in a very localized area it appears in southern cape may county this storm was worse than hurricane sandy. >> reporter: and late last night after hearing the comments north wildwood mayor patrick rosenello said i'm disappointed that he would lower himself as much as he did this evening am i. more disappointed however in the evident lack of concern or respect that he is showing. he also added that he was an early supporter of governor christie in both of his runs for governor. as for christie at the end of this response he said he wanted the names and numbers of the

new hampshire, presidential candidate christie had some not very kind word to say about mayor patrick rosenello calling him crazy for saying they had worst flooding there then sandy. the christie was defending himself for not rushing to south jersey when that part of the state suffered serious flooding last saturday. but today christie a apologized. >> he was very gracious in accepting it and we have worked together, we will continue to work together and we will move on from here. >> yet the the mayor accepted the apology. >> governor christie graciously called me after 9:00 this morning. he did apologize for some of the personal comments he made about me last evening. >> meanwhile residents hit hard by flooding are trying to salvage what they can and must look ahead to significant home repair. >>> "action news" was in west wildwood today as u.s. senator corry booker and congressman frank lobiondo tored serious damage. the small community was inundated with water when bulkhead at end of the glenwood avenue failed during the blizzard. lawmakers said they would look for financial help, but that b

he called north wildwood mayor patrick rosenello crazy for insinuating that the weekend storm was worse than super storm sandy. >> i had a night to sleep on it and i didn't feel good about what i said about him. i called and apologized to him. >> reporter: "eyewitness news" caught up with marrows until owe after he heard from the governor a lot of elect officials don't typically apologize. the appreciate the fact that he did that. i have been saying for days we just need to get work down here. >> reporter: those who call wildwood home want governor christie to come in person. outside this bike shop one person even set up this mop bucket with a sign reserved for governor christie. >> it is bullying. the it is just very offensive. you know, no one is expecting him to pick up a mop. no within down here is. >> reporter: robert menendez and corry booker were on hand helping with the clean up efforts. residents just want to see the same from the governor. >> i was a little upset, because a mop will not take care of that. >> reporter: christie says members of his team has been on the ground he

patrick rosenello says the governor called him yesterday to apologize. he says christy asked him to apologize to first responders, residents and business owners. t>>> the port authority says lice department's understaffing was not an issue in the massi traffic jam at laguardia airport. there were 12 street officers on duty monday night. five were on foot, seven in radio cars. that's average staffing. however, sources say port authlity officers warned supervisors as early as 2:00 in itthp afternoon to sll in some extra help. that manpower was notpadded until 10:00 that night. >> the traffic seems very disingenuous and seems to lack uld expect for a five-hour delay. >> in a statement, the port authority says the congestion was caused by "an unprecedented nfluence of accidents, a vehicle fire and snow from one. largest blizzards in the city's history." >>> we did get a lot of snow, a lot more than any other area. >> a mess. people waiting hours and walking to get to the laguardia. >> if you're in a cab, you can grab your luggage anddgo, that's what do you.

. >> mayor patrick rosenello said he was shocked to hear chris christie's comments about him on monday at a town hall >> i heard one mayor say this was the worst flooding. >> reporter: he received a call from christie apologizing. >> i think he was sorry. i would like for him to let the residents and business owners and first responders know that he understands what we went through. >> reporter: christie spoke about the apology at a news conference on tuesday afternoon. >> i didn't feel good about what i said about him. >> reporter: for many residents cleaning up the homes, the damage is already done, especially after this comment at that same town hall meeting. >> i don't know what you expect me to do. do you want me to go down there with a mop? >> reporter: this owner of the bike shop put out this display complete with a mop disgusted. >> he's been bullying everyone often the media and making us look like id die yots -- idiots. >> reporter: christie acknowledged the damage at the jersey shore. sunday, monday and i object to today is any type of character i days of what happens in jon

he called patrick rosenello crazy during a town hall on monday. christie says he got carried away. >>> atlantic city leaders are trying to calm fears about a state takeover. >> i hope you didn't settle because we deserve better than the crumbs we've gotten. >> now, earlier in the day governor chris christie announced plans for a possible takeover, saying the state needs to take an aggressive step to turn around the city's finances. he says the city is being held back by its governmental structural and its debt. the state senate president met with council members who believes the governor's announcement gives them a seat at the bargaining table. still, a lot of people who live there are concerned. >> my biggest concern with a state takeover is the fact that we're going to lose power as a community. that's going to affect our future living here. >> by having the state take us over, that's basically a dictatorship. they are not of the area, they do not know what's going on. and we take tremendous offense to that. >> the state has already been oversee

. >> mayor patrick rosenello, north wildwood, new jersey, all the best to you. thank you very much. >> right now, hillary clinton is speaking in decorah, iowa, encouraging people to caucus on monday. let's take a moment and listen in. >> recouping that lost family wealth. homes and 401(k)s and i.r.a.s and everything else people had to dig in and use to just stay afloat. so the job of the next president, assuming it's a democratic president. will be to build on what we have achieved, but go much further. and that's where i want to tell you what i think we need to do. we've got to create more good-paying jobs in america. we don't have enough that will support a middle class life and give people ladders of opportunity to go as far as their hard work, talent, and ambition will take them. we need more infrastructure jobs. our roads, our bridges, our tunnels, our ports, our airports, our rail systems are woefully, not only underfunded, we have them collapsing. we have them breaking down, we have, in new york, i can tell you, sewer systems and water systems leaking and