joining me now from livingston high school in jersey is msnbc's kelly o'donnell, also with me john piric, and bob engle, senior political columnist, and he's also author of "chris christie the in star rise to power." a lot is being made that chris christie will speak off the cuff having this kind of town hall feel. we know that's his strategy the guy he wants to present to the country. >> reporter: he is going to try to talk about his story and introduce the country to the chris christie that livingston new jersey knew first. so expect some of the biography, expect some of the family nostalgia, expect some of the stories that are familiar to those of us who have traveled around the country with him, but maybe less familiar to a wider audience today. trying to define the influences that developed that big personality that has become the brash political figure that some people like and some people don't. so by using his skills to speak more ex temp raintemporaneously in a broad field. how do you stand out? part of it is making the best of that big personality, which as we talked about, doesn't alwa