. >> i remember super storm sandy when chris christie of new jersey embraced then president barack obama beach, it cost him politically, i don't see ron desantis much smarter than that and despite what the media says, he's handled it pretty well. >> i'm a new floridian him a watching governor desantis since hurricane recover, is a model of efficiency and we talk about chris christie, it wasn't just that he hugged barack obama that he got pushed back, he got into romance and bruce springsteen invited him to a show because he done so kind, way beyond just hugging. it's been nice to watch the president and governor have a normal relationship which is important and a weirder scarier aspect of this is it turns out media like cnn or matt dixon don't know how the economy wo works, they believe it biden personally handing out cash to florida. dixon called biden's wallet and he goes to the discussion of the economy that people don't know how it works and starts with media. >> philip, you seen ron desantis up close in a pool that showed him ahead of charlie crist for the governor's race by more th

himself from his white supremacist backers, reaching him on the golf course, chris christie employedmp to quickly issue a strong statement. trump was heard assuring chris christie that he would get to it, but it didn't have to happen too quickly. a lot of these people vote, trump said. and ended the call. over the weekend, trump made a racist attack, as you know, against his former cabinet member, calling her coco chao. are we going to see more of this? >> he's leaning into it pretty aggressively. he has been much more since he left office. he was doing things like this in office, as we know. he seems to be leaning into racist statements, there was also a veiled threat against mitch mcconnell, not so veiled in that social media posts where he says mcconnell has a death wish. his backers would say no, he meant political. there is no justification for doing something like that after january 6th, 2021, because it is very clear the impact that his words had on his supporters. so i do think that we are seeing everything that he has sort of hinted at, or leaned into, or just would not disa

. >>> let's talk about this on our roundtable joined by chris christie, donna brazile, associated press executive editor julie pace and "the new york times" senior political reporter maggie haberman with her new book "confidence man." maggie, let's pick up where i left off with aaron katersky. a whistle-blower from truth social, trump social has come forward and this is serious for the trump organization. >> this is a real problem. there's an ongoing s.e.c. investigation. we know that this entity of his is under a scrutiny and the s.e.c. is playing by real rules. this is not some organization he can go lobby or negotiate with or use his normal, you know, tricks of the trade. this bit about pressuring someone to give melania trump shares is staggering and hard to explain away. he has significant legal problems. people should not forget this s.e.c. investigation. it was not shocking. >> chris christie, meantime, we also had in the middle of the week this report that according to someone close to trump working at mar-a-lago he was told to move the documents after president trump was under

chris christie is a smart guy. he's very savvy. he's someone who is frankly, you know, he's fun to talk to. you can. you know, he's like a political operative in some ways, like a wise guy. and he loves the sort of game of it, but he's also on some levels a very guy, but he's also he's more of a game player than a serious guy. i mean, he got a lot or a fair amount done as governor of new jersey. he is the kind of person who could have given trump a run for his money in 2016 because they were running against each other. but he basically said, right, i'm folding my tent. and i think you know, christie's basically a small town jersey guy who was afraid of the big bully with dyed orange hair from queens. you know, his rap when he was in new jersey was, you know there are two ways to deal with a bully. one is to sidle up to him and one is to sort of smack him in the nose. and i like to smack him in the nose, which, of course, was the 180 degree opposite of what christie did. so i don't know. i think christie just didn't have the fortitu

i don't think . >> you're looking at chris christie with his arm around barack obama. was. it's the final days of the 2012 presidential campaign. mitt romney is republican nominee, chris christie thinking about his own presidential am bigs, worries about this. does this with the president, huge backlash from republicans. >> i was a much younger reporter. i was like. >> i was going. >> but ron desantis at the time was a brand-new elected member of congress or about to be elected member of congress. and in the months that followed, he said, no and voted no to giving that federal aid package. he voted no twice. does that make him a hypocrite for what's happening now? it makes him the governor for what's happening now. and of course he's doing the right thing in taking the federal money now. it just goes to show that that messaging about conserves going into debt is only messages you get to do when it's not your state. >> in the sandy thing, we should point out that the disaster relief had not really been a sort of partisan wedge until the sandy moment, when it really turn

dagen: governor chris christie will never live down obama's visit to new jersey right before election it wasn't a august like arm around people still, chris christie for losing to president obama not funny, but it sticks in your head. >> so many ramifications from personal level to political, of course, the cost of the storm. maria: thanks very much for being here we are watching, so watch surviving a superstorm lessons of sandy download the app stream live 10 pm eastern next hour "mornings with maria" begins right now. . >> good morning, thanks very much for being here. i am maria bartiromo, thursday, october 27, war on woke capitalism number of americans taking a stand against left ideological agenda kelly o'grady joins is. >> woke trend taking hold in corporate america you've got companies like coca-cola american express ratio justice training disney he consumer facing changes doubled down on criticism of florida parents right bill in response to being active disney, ceo, are shared a quote i think disney is a company survived for 100 years catering to audience going to survive nex

after hurricane sandy in 2012, chris christie famously embraced president obama and paid a politicalf political economy at stamford graduate school of business. among his field of expertise. voting and the politics of natural disasters. dr. malhotra which is more, the response? >> what we found, politicians are known for sending in the cavalry after the disaster takes place but really basically never prepares in advance and this creates bad incentives this goes against two benjamin frank lynn said an ounce of prevention is worth more than a pound of cure. in this case it's more than the ounce of prevention. >> why do you think that's the case? >> i think there's one of many reasons. one is the relief is salient so disasters are curved a lot by the media. you oftentimes see the weatherman in the midst of a hurricane being pushed around by the wind. you see the politicians in their windbreaker helping out communities. fema sends checks directly to victims of disasters. whereas, i think the coverage of the preparation is a lot less. so how much coverage you have seen recently of everyth

>> this is what happened with chris christie. you have to walk this line.ut still be clear that you do not like them. it is not a governor. but it is something he has done. he said this is a time for lives. that will probably continue. that is the best way to handle these situations. yamiche: talking about odd places to be, we have to point out that as a freshman congressman in 2013, ron desantis opposed a victims of hurricane sandy raid he has now had to reverse that idea. what do you make of this change in stance? >> all politics are local. it sounds like there was a time for pettiness. it was 2013. hurricane sandy came up right through new york. through the new england states. it was pretty devastating all the way arnd. we did not hear the same kind of we all need to work together. i think in some ways if he does show up down in florida, and i'm sure he will, and the two of them are together. it will be pretty there that one of then is doing this despite the differences. yamiche: we played the political ads. it shows in some ways that the midterms are st

a lot of people said that was the end of chris christie's career.people want to see us rise to the occasion. that is somewhat not just now as the poster and researchers personal for me. i had four family members sell homes for the very first time. we heard exactly what we needed to hear. we were going to come together and do whatever it takes and joe biden said today we have one job, only one child and that is to make sure people implore to get everything they need to thoroughly recover. that is exactly what we needed to hear appear at the other thing that i think is important to note is the contrast between these two leaders and these two generations, frankly, stark when you saw how they spoke and delivered a message. at the end of those who will benefit the most? i think ron desantis. >> neil: obviously ron desantis has media concern obviously in florida right now in the aftermath of the storm but in five weeks or less than five weeks now, he is going to be up for reelection in florida. the poll numbers show him leading pretty substantially over t

we said, what do you think of that, chris christie? because it was great and nice things about me say, well, you know, it said really crappy things about jared. yeah, but say nice things about me and. so that's true. so we went to see him twice after he left office mar a lago in 2021 for this book. he was willing to see us. we give him credit for that. obviously, anybody was willing to give an interview. we want to take an interview and hear his point of view. but he's a he's a hard interview because he's not a reliable witness. right. you come on, david, you can't go there to write a history and to get, you know, factual account of an event that happened or whatever, because it's going to be completely contradicted by everybody else in the room or he maybe even conducted by himself. right. so he contradicted himself between our first interview and our second interview. the first interview we were asking about the vaccine for covid, which should have been in his mind, one of the biggest accomplishments he had. this is a pretty big deal

out in 2009, massachusetts over got down, gray deeds over mcconnell in virginia and john over chris christie of the democrats when across the line, same thing and 2022 or 2021 when barack obama campaigned for terry mcauliffe in that race. barack obama remains personally popular. however is not a good cycle for democrats and that's the challenge. jon: i want to put up a graph that shows inflation situation in this country. food prices in particular from september 2022 versus one to 21. food prices are way up in this country. the president says inflation is essentially non- existent, are we supposed to believe the president or the prices of the grocery store? >> you are supposed to believe that prices in the grocery store but more important, what's important to believe other people impacted by it on the ground the exception of new hampshire and senate races important in terms of determining who will hold a majority come january, inflation and crime and the border and accommodation of uncertainty about all of them is really what people are talking about at the kitchen table. the issues are not

oz might be a cowboy fan, guy named chris christie, got elect and mayor was elected as red sox fan.f you can't speak and understand words. >> ainsley: these are fetterman's issues, drugs, wants taxpayers to pay for injection sites, support sanctuary city, call for moratorium, fracking, against voter id, advocating for reducing prison population as lieutenant gfrp and called to prosecute -- >> steve: they are neck and neck. >> ainsley: unbelievable. >> steve: people of new york know what he stands for. >> brian: he got -- cob tentuous primary, had they gotten there, if they don't get there, he didn't and will be a bad sign for this country. if you can win an election like president biden did, he would have fallen apart had he been forced to campaign like a regular election, if fetterman cannot give interviews, this is new template for the country. >> ainsley: carley, breaking news, say prayers for these people. >> carley: it is early, crime has taken place, fox news alert. three swat officers shot while serving homicide arrest warrants at home in philadelphia. said to be in stable co

book, maggie haber man writes after that exchange happened here on cnn in 2016, chris christie warned trump he needed to distance himself from white supremacists. trump basically said, sure, but not right now. why? because, trump said, quote, a lot of these people vote. a lot of these people vote. these extremist views are making the american experiment difficult to achieve. how can you work on legislation with someone who pushes messaging and seems so subscribe to qanon, a group that accuses democrats of being part of a satanic, pedophilic cult that eats babies? they cast their political opponents not just as wrong, but as evil. and that's how you get this. january 6th, 2021. forget defunding the police. this is physically assaulting the police. and trump is promising the insurrectionists full pardons if he gets re-elected. he's embracing that extremism and that extremist violence. so is there an antidote for this polarizing poison that has already seeped into our everyday lives? one study i read today says yes, but it won't be easy. it will require politicians, quote, to stop using

you can go back to chris christie getting a handshake to president obama after super storm sandy in 2012as later called a hug and he pushed back against that. i think it is a good sign. i mean the death toll from the hurricane in florida is over 100 now. there are millions of people without power. it is good to see these politicians were on opposite sides of working together, president biden for example extending the time for federal funds for debris removal. it will be interesting to see whether the same thing would happen if desantis is challenging biden after hurricane in october of 2024. paul: kim, how long do you think this is going to last? and how much of this handling of hurricane is going to help desantis. charlie crist cannot be too happy about these events. >> yes, it's only going to last as long as they both need it. it was to both of their benefits to do this. i do think it particularly helps desantis. as you said in the opening he has been a real puncher is gone after this administration with regard to pandemic policies, also obviously the immigration questions. he is a guy

. >> did learn some lessons on the debate stage, thank you chris christie.ent that kevin mccarthy made to punch bowl news about how he might approach aid to ukraine if he becomes house speaker. he said, i think people are going to be sitting in a recession and they're not going to write a blank check to ukraine. indicating that his congress, if he's leading it, might not be as forthcoming with aid to ukraine? >> i think it was a signal to his base and former president trump that he wants to return to trump's america first kind of era of policy making when it comes to foreign policy. i think that pleased a wing of his base and we know that kevin mccarthy wants to please trump and his supporters, be speaker of the house if republicans take control. i think it was a signal to republican voters who are thinking about the economy, inflation, recession and how we're spending money. >> when you look at what a republican congress and a democratic white house is going to look like. it's going to look like ugliness and gridlock on things like raising the debt ceiling,

former new jersey governor chris christie and journalist maria elena salinas. so let's talk. chris, let's talk first about that terrible, terrible attack on paul pelosi and threats against lawmakers have more than doubled since 2017 according to capitol police and of course we heard that the suspect was looking for the speaker herself. with those terrible haunting cries of "where's nancy?" >> yeah, look, this is awful stuff, for all of us who have held public office and especially for those of us who kind of spoke our mind when we did it and didn't care about the ramifications it's a different world than when i first came into office in 2010 in terms of the concern about that. so i think everybody feels the same way that, you know, that's something that we just can't tolerate and if we're in a different world now, which we are, no doubt given those numbers, we have to change the way we secure those folks. if the speaker wasn't at her home but her husband was, the same way we're protecting the families of supreme court justices for the leadership of congress protecting their fa

we have seen it in the past chris christie and barack obama and president barack obama at the time inarting to hear from republicans and democrats alike on the ground in florida about how they are treating it. kamala harris has that clip going out and it's hurting her it. also was taken in the context oe hurricane and being a -- the question was about being a global influencer on climate and so that soundbite is now going to be something that as we see the administration is answering to and so are other democrats. >> bret: yeah, ben. >> it was very clear that kamala harris' allies politically were doing everything they could today to claw back from that statement. this there is such a thing, of course, as never letting a crisis go to waste. we saw that under the obama administration. but ere is also such a thing as having a crisis look like it's something that you are trying to take advantage of. i think that was a situation here where she, unfortunately ran into the real teeth of something people in america really are fed up with. which is turning everything into kind of a race-focus

and in fact, if you look at president trump's task force run by chris christie and kellyanne conway talkingpioids, they talked about root causes for drug dpen si as well. it's not a -- i understand that you want to focus on security -- >> i think we're talking about two different things. >> yeah. >> no, no. we're talking about two different things. when i was referring to their arguments about root causes, what they're referring to is root causes in guatemala, root causes in honduras, which is incredibly difficult for us to solve. but i totally agree with tackling the fentanyl crisis at all angles, including root causes. there's very little disagreement there. there's been a lot of bipartisan legislation in fact on dealing with opioids at the treatment level. but again, the fentanyl crisis is a little bit different than opioids. i distinguish. people are addicted to opioids. they know they're taking opioids. what they might not know is that somebody laced fentanyl in a back alley lab into that cocaine or that adderall. that is poisoning. this has got to be a unifying call for americans to s

most famously governor chris christie welcomed president obama to new jersey.hug, not really a hug but upset a lot of republican voters to see that kind of embrace of a president that he disliked so much. you know, so there are, you know, places where you could have a political misstep that could hurt somebody down the line. also i think people want to see desantis handle this crisis as somebody who can work on these things in contrast president trump who was always, you know, about the animosity or the rivalry first. you know, there could be a different side to governor desantis that people really look for in this situation. >> yeah. we're ready to see how much face time they have on wednesday. chris, lastly and briefly, white house aides are saying they want to get president biden out on the road more for midterm campaign. this week, dominate bid storm response. he has a pair of trips. what level of concern from the white house? they seemingly always something in the way that can't get the president out there on the road. >> yeah, for this job, it's one thing

that is part of the situation and in fact, if you look at president trump's task force run by chris christie kellyanne conway talking about opioids, they talked a lot about recalls is for drug dependency as well. it's not -- i understand that you want to focus on security -- >> we're talking about two different things. what i was referring to their arguments about recalls is, what they are often referring to is recalls in guatemala. causes in honduras, which is and credibly difficult for us to solve. i totally agree with what is happening on the fentanyl crisis at all angles, including root causes. there's actually very little disagreement there. there's been a lot of bipartisan legislation on dealing with opioids at the treatment level, but again, the fentanyl crisis is a little different than opioids. i distinguish within these two things because people are addicted to opioids, they know they are taking opioids. they know they are taking heroin. they might not know that somebody laced fentanyl in some back alley lab into that heroin or into dakota cain or into that lateral. that is poisoni

. >> this is a conversation that is between the former gop governor chris christie and then-candidate trump in the lead up to 2016. specifically trump support from white supremacists by david duke. besieged by other republicans, christi called trump to tell him he had be more forceful in distancing himself from his white supremacist backers. christi paul said trump to issue a strong statement. trump assured him that he would get to it, but it didn't have to happen too quickly. a lot of these people vote, trump said, and ended the call. over the weekend trump made a racist attack, as you know, against his former cabinet member, official elaine chao calling her cocoa chow. are we going to see more of this? >> i think so. he is leaning into it pretty aggressively. he has been much more since he left office. he was doing things like this in office as we know. he seems to be leading into racist statements. there was also a veiled threat against mitch mcconnell, not so veiled, in that social media post where he said mcconnell has a death wish now. his backers say, no, no, he meant political

you saw that work with president obama and chris christie. >> i did.to help people, to help them with their lives, to help their communities and particularly in a disaster response and recovery situation, you really have to put politics aside. >> and when you see this area, does it occur in some of theeds beach areas, esz especially with climate change and what we have seen with the oceans warming, that not only building codes, which are the best in the country apparently in florida, but not only building codes, but flood insurance, flood maps, which require the mandatory insurance in some cases, but a lot don't. and also just whether or not some of these areas should be rebuilt and should be residential. do you have thoughts on that? >> i think particularly given the impacts of climate change and the fact that these big storms are likely to increase in number and intensity over time well, really need to have a greater public discussion and resolution about how and whether to rebuild, what's required for resilience so that communiies are better prepare

president mike pence here in georgia as well as arizona governor doocy and former new jersey governor chris christie. before bringing in the heavyweights charles. eric: all right thank you. there is a historically diverse slate of candidates in this year's midterms. including was challenging democratic congresswoman jennifer a >> stand that congressional district and fox rankings is right now are going to bring in he's the gop candidate for virginia's tenth district. so thank you for joining us. let's walk through this. starting with this, if president biden is not popular in vir virginia, why are the democrats popular with virginia voters? can you deliver what some of the congresswoman jennifer laxton is offering? think it's much for having me we talk about this red wave i don't think they bought enough flood insurance for this year. they keep a running on things from two years ago when americans are hurting right now. with the largest inflation rate in 40 years. american families are hurting at all they can offer is this inflation reduction act which my opponent said it during the it's the greates

. >> dana: chris christie, former governor of new jersey and presidential candidate himself campaignedd this to fox news. as a blue state governor i can relate to the idea you need to everybody and try to bring people together. that's what you do. interesting, though, you talked about home. let's talk about your home. i believe it is your wife that has already made history in politics in your state. tell us about her. >> yeah. i'm very proud of my wife. first time in 114 years, last election cycle she took out the democratic speaker of the house. so, you know, we met because of politics because both of us were delegates back in 2012. met in tampa, florida. got married. but we're both sharing. she is doing a lot of wonderful things fighting for us up at that state house being solid republican voice up there and providing a counter balance to the overspending. and that's what i hope to do down in washington, d.c. we're a great teamworking together. hopefully both of us will make history. >> dana: she took out the first person in 114 years to defeat an incumbent speaker in the chamber. yo

chris christie remember in new jersey. >> brian: gave barack obama a hug and a lot of people never recoveredat. >> ainsley: put politics aside. they need federal assistance. the president is going there just to assess the damage. >> brian: if a stray reporter yells out hey, governor desantis, tell president biden what you think about the illegal immigrants who are looting the houses or wonder if that would be the moment the unscripted moment people think about. >> ainsley: we will see. >> steve: meanwhile, tell you a little more about this. yesterday we told you about how record high gas in l.a. county over the last couple of days. today the price in los angeles is at 6.42. last week it was about 40 cents cheaper. can you see nevada, oregon, alaska, all sky-high. one of the problems right now. six refineries on the west coast are undergoing maintenance and has dropped the supply to the lowest level in a decade. and that's the reason -- one of the reasons why prices are so high. >> ainsley: opec is discussing possibly cutting 1 million barrels per day. they are meeting in vienna today. if tha

i heard trump was describing the florida governor to christie, chris christie, the former new jerseyng his candidacy in 2018. why does he disparage people? >> i have some reporting how mitch mcconnell would ask trump in 2016, why do you respond to everything? why does everything require you meeting it? his answer was, i have to defend myself. that is how he looks at every single incident in his life as an attack. in the case of desantis, and this he did say to me, his disparaging of him he's been doing privately, but very clear on i made him. he was at 3%. he really does believe that and there is some truth to the fact that desantis got a huge bump from trump. >> absolutely. you trace that, the behavior now. you might say it's petty. you find it in business deals back early in donald trump's career. this one struck me, everybody remembers james comey after donald trump wins the presidency, the fbi director goes up to brief him on the steele dossier and telling him this is out there about you. it's telling here. the brief interaction between the two men turned out to set interactions

you provided the answer to the question after the interview, you wrote that chris christie called trumpo please distance himself from white supremacists and, quote, trump was heard telling christie that he would get to it but it didn't have to happen too quickly. a lot of these people vote, trump said, and ended the call. a lot of these people vote. so despite what they were saying about his earpiece wasn't working, et cetera, he knew exactly what he was doing. >> and that is one of the things that i try to show in this book over this very long period of time. throughout his life. he is much more calculating than people realize. one of the things in my various interviews with various officials one of the things people told me is that bill barr for instance, former attorney general, came to realize that trump was more calculating than folks had thought he was. and this is one of the issues in terms of this artifice that he creates when he is, you know, myth making and taking one piece of truth and shrouding it in a bunch of other things that aren't true. it becomes very disorienting for

he doesn't want to answer that question, and yet he'd been working since summer -- i remember chris christie telling me that trump took him aside halfway in late spring, i think he said it was of 2020, already saying that if he lost he was going to contest the election. and you asked him that question around the same time, and he refused to at least admit it to you publicly. i think bob's frozen again. jonathan lemire, it was all very calculated, and it's pretty fascinating that of all the things that donald trump would admit to bob woodward, that was one he kept quiet, yet everybody around donald trump was saying that he began calculating very early on in 2020 on what he could do to make an excuse for losing the election to biden, which he feared covid was going to be responsible for making him lose. >> yeah. i interviewed the former president many times. he's usually not shy, retd sent to say anything, even if he thinks it will be controversial. so it is striking he quickly dodged that question. we now know, joe, this has been in the works for quite some time, that even as early as spring,

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here's a familiar name, chris christie, he's campaigned for moderate republicans in blue states thisas the first major contender to turn around and endorse donald trump. are we starting to hear whispers of a possible christie '24 run? >> i think it's fair to say that the former governor wants to continue being relevant nationally and within the republican party, and that's reflective in this campaign blitz he has been doing across the country as we have reported for "axios." as you alluded to, he's been going to places like oregon, new york, deep blue places, colorado even where democrats should otherwise be fine. obviously it's a tough election year for them, but polling and other trends are showing that republicans at various levels from governor on down are making gains in these other wise pretty blue states that democrats previously weren't totally worried about, and i think to the point about his 2024 ambitions, he's going to these blue states to help republicans win in unlikely territory to build a broader coalition of republican voters and candidates and hopefully for him, ele

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former vice president michael pence as well as arizona governor doocy informer new jersey governor chris christiearthel: looks like a nice photo they they are in atlanta, thank you. arthel: arthel and charles, early voting is kicked off today new york state for the third democratic governor kathy hauke was challenger congressman leaves eldon it has really narrowed. crime continues to play a big factor in that race, alexis mcadams here with more on that contest, hi alexis for a quick say eric crime is a hot topic in this race as so many others to across the country. this race of titans in new york the candidates are giving it all they've got as big political names come join them on the campaign trail for the hogle campaign releasing new radio ad before president barack obama governor kathy hauke a bird tonight florida governor desantis will be campaigning right alongside congressman leaves eldon. today is the first day of early voting in new york. governor kathy hoke wasted no time to the polls herself casting her bout is the race is much closer than expected in a deep blue state. crime remains th

chris christie, charlie crist, during various disaster, but i think this is something republicans weretis would handle this. obviously they're making comparisons to trump and his response to disaster, the famous images of him tossing paper towels to residents in puerto rico. this was a very different side by side. and so i think there are benefits for both of them. there are risks for both of them. it's clear these two will be rivals moving forward, and how this moment lasts and the images from it as they both pursue their political careers will be quite interesting. >> we may see more split screens of the two of them side by side, and certainly we know the white house's concern about economic issues heading into the midterms none more so than gas prices, and we read about their unhappiness about the decision of opec to slash oil production. "the washington post," tyler pager, thank you so much for joining us this morning. and thanks to all of you for getting up "way too early" with us on this thursday morning. "morning joe" starts right now. >>> today we have one job. and only one job

we remember the hug that governor chris christie gave barack obama in 2012 after super storm sandy and hug was held against christie four years later. there was no politics. the two men dealt with each other politely and warmly at times. to president biden, this plays into his strengths. this is a tragedy. he certainly doesn't seek this -- unlike any public figure, he speaks about grief and loss because he had so much tragedy in his own life. he is able to provide comfort to people in need and share a few laughs and smiles. he's a retail politician, a tactile politician, even those people there who didn't vote for him, they said they rather liked him. >> jonathan, thank you very much. shaquille brewster, thank you. we'll come back to you, jonathan, if we see if the press gets to talk to herschel walker. >>> the trial for the oath keepers resumes today. we have the latest from inside that courtroom and the key piece of evidence newly revealed by prosecutors. no, he's seizing the moment with merrill. moving his money into his investment account in real time and that's... how you collect

we're presenting here that a more trumpian response after the "access hollywood" tape leaked like chris christiered through and went in the white house, will this work for walker? >> i guess it depends on what the truth is. he says it's not true, and his campaign are telling people apparently they've got evidence it's not true and planning on rolling that out at the debate next week. the other tactic of course is just to power through it and say there's too much at stake and raphael warnock's dishonest and i've never claimed to be a perfect person and the country's in the ditch and we need to push back on joe biden. there's two tracks of it, i think. yeah, i'd love to see herschel walker use those tracks if possible for him to do it. >> this is obviously not the first report about herschel walker in this area. three women including his ex-wife and ex-girlfriend have accused of making threats against him. even that, though, support among americans and white ejvangelicas specifically is very strong. but, katie, what if nobody cares? >> yeah, i mean, i think the republican base has made it pretty c

with his hand out and contrary to his position with hurricane sandy where he admonished governor chris christiethe checkbook cannot be opened, and here he is desperately in need of federal funds and as it should be. he's making the case better than biden ever could, that the the federal government is in good hafnltdz there's a tension between needing to take care of his state and his political goals which are, of course, to eviscerate biden -- howard: brian, just briefly -- [inaudible conversations] >> real quick, there's a reason why he was pushing back against that aid. you realize why he was pushing back against that, because nancy pelosi and company were jamming all types of things, and maybe some republicans, into that sandy aid. i was in the middle of it, i had 3 foot of water in my house, i talked to people on the air that lived it on the ground. so i would say this, they were jamming things that a had nothing to do with sandy in there, and they said what is going on here? i can't just green light all types of spending that you couldn't pass legislatively. and just look for that too. how