a.j. solomon was revealed as the person who would help craft governor christie's final year in office. >> i first met a.j. when he was 11. >> reporter: he choked back tears as he listened to his own story of a near death addiction becoming public. >> he would travel to north camden on his way to the state capital to work for me to buy his heroin for the day. >> reporter: the son of new jersey supreme court appellate justice lee and diane solomon. he now has a prominent position to boast. >> i'm a drug addict. an alcoholic. that's what i am. >> reporter: he thanks his addiction for creating his path and giving purpose to his life. with the governor's support to create dozens of more detox and drug facilities like this, solomon and his sponsors cut the ribbon for victory bay out patient facility. it's where he'll pass along that giving back is the only course to stay clean. >> if i drink, i'll likely do heroin, if i do heroin i will likely die. it took me a lot of tries in treatment to get that through my head. >> reporter: a.j. is grateful, still pinching himself that the governor is publis

a.j. solomon who once worked for christie. christie highlighted a.j.'s recovery from heroin addiction. >>> the shattered taj mahal casino in atlantic city is about to be reborn. hard rock international has agreed to buy the taj. the company will reopen the boardwalk property into a hard rock casino. boardwalk visitors we talked to liked the idea, and the atlantic city mayor said it means a multimillion dollar renovation and the addition of 3,000 jobs. >> i think it will be another highly competitive property and a reason to come to atlantic city. >> that is something we can go and explore. >> we can casino hop now more. >> the taj mahal closed last fall after icon and union workers could not agree on the new contract. it was the fifth casino to close in a.c. since 2015. >>> family, friends, and fellow police officers will come together tomorrow and saturday to remember two delaware officers who were killed in a crash last weekend. officials with the dover police department announced the funeral and memorial services for rob defont and jimmy watts. the t

a.j. solomon who once working for christie. christie highlighted a.j.'s recovery from heroin addiction.minutes. >>> it's 8:00 on "today." coming up, under fire. attorney general jeff sessions, facing calls to resign over r revelations he met with a russian official during the campaign. despite denying that under oath. >> i did not have communications with the russians. >> sessions now pushing back, saying there was no wrongdoing. we're live in washington. >>> plus, banned for life. the two accountants behind that oscars flub told they will never work the awards show again. >> there's a mistake. "moonlight," you guys won best picture. >> we'll look at new backstage photos showing minute by minute the timeline of the mix up. >>> and jenny at the rock. >> what happened? >> i'm asking myself the same question. >> the one and only jennifer lopez swings by studio 1a live, to talk about her hit show, music, and motherhood, today thursday, march 2nd, 2017. ♪ >> hi, papa in denver. we love you. >> celebrating my 13th birthday in the big app. >> celebrating 40 years of marriage and we're still in

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a.j. solomon who once worked for christie. is state of the state address christie highlighted a.j.'s recovery from heroin addiction. >>> in delaware, hunters killed a record number of deer. hunters harvested more than 17,000 deer. that breaks a record. the first allowed hunting on sundays. >> the temperatures have dropped. it's going to drop even more because of the winds. >> yeah, we're dealing with the winds and it's going to warm up -- or get cooler as the day goes on. let's check in with meteorologist bill henley. >> you're still thinking of those 70s we had yesterday. those are long gone. we were in the 60s overnight. but with howling winds blowing through the night and still going this morning, the temperatures have steadily come down. so, we're looking at a sunny day today. turning colder for tonight. heading out right now, we're looking at temperatures in the 40s for most of the area. we're getting ready to see a nice sunny day today. but with the winds blowing the temperatures are going to feel colder through the day.

a.j. solomon and vanessa, both of him have fought addiction and are now symbols of hope and recovery. right? >> yes. >> great job. we must get our citizens to help and we need help. everybody has to help. and we will not have to go through what pam has gone through and so many other families in this country have gone through. we want to help people like a.j. and vanessa who struggle through the dark depths of addiction. not easy. not easy. and they found this bright promise of recovery. we must also focus on prevention and law enforcement, which is why i have issued previous executive actions to strengthen law enforcement and dismantle criminal cartel. drug cartels have spread their deadly industry across our nation and the availability of cheap narcotics. cheap, some the it comes in cheaper than candy has devastated our communities. it's really one of the biggest problems our country has and nobody really wants to talk about it. vice president pence mentioned as coming into the room. he said this is a problem like nobody understands. and i think they are going to start to understand