in january 2014, bridgegate blew open. we got the smoking-gun e-mail indicating that his deputy chief of staff told someone at the port authority, "time for some traffic problems in fort lee," the order to close the lanes, the local lanes from fort lee to the bridge, and the rest was history. he started just to fall deeper and deeper into the hole in his candidacy, and now he's trying to make a comeback. this is his effort at it. >> the hole he fell into was one of political-opinion polls, because, legally, he hasn't been charged with anything. they haven't found any wrongdoing. there's no hard evidence. his staff got in trouble, but he has not. but that's not what was important. it was the perception that he somehow -- it wouldn't surprise people if he knew about it, even though he insists that he didn't, and that's what hurt him. >> it was the perception. i mean, this is the guy who tells it like it is. that was his whole persona, and, all of a sudden, we learned there was a lot more going on underneath the surface of th

as critical -- i a third of the book is about bridgegate, the scandal that nearly ruined his career. also wrote about moments where he displayed remarkable leadership like the days after sandy where he went down the shore and hugged victims and met with the president of the united states of the opposing party right after the big storm. very controversial moment. but it was a remarkable display of leadership. >> give his reaction to sandy, what was your reaction to how he handled the blizzard? was it consistent? did it fit with what you've seen before? >> i was surprised. he was running on his leadership after sandy when interviewers asked him why are you different than marco rubio and he said marco rubio has never lead anything. i lead the people of new jersey after a natural disaster. i was surprised. he didn't use the opportunity of the storm to display the same kind of leadership but i understand he didn't want to leave new hampshire. his entire political future rests on the next couple of weeks. he has to do well new hampshire. he knows the only way he can win new hampshire if he

-58 "we want new jobs, and i think the most promising areas are in infrastructure our roads, our bridgege our tunnene, our ports, our rail systems we need to be investing, those are jobs that can't be tax codes, so that instead of giving incentives to business to export jobs and factories, they bring them back so they're prepared todo advanced manufacturing." clinton says no&matter the outcome of caucus night, she'll continue pushing hard for support in new hampshire and the rest of the primary states. the east coast struggling to dig out after the blizzard of 2016. historic snowfall left cities and towns buried, and now millions of americans are trying to figure out how t tget to work or school. dozens of people died across a dozen states. abc's elizabeth hur is in new york with more on the cleanup. elizabeth hur live intro: it's back to business and sckools here in new yorkity are open today.. but with thehe mounds of snow everywhere.. officials are asking residents to be patient as clean up from this could take some time. pkg script: nats - "snow plow" blizzard of 2016.. sot -- mos "i

chris christie fought off allegations that he knew about the bridgegate scandal in new jersey. carson touted his experience as a surgeon in terms of thinking out of the box. the seven candidates got more talking time than they would have had trump been on stage. trump though still found a way to get attention. that's his talent. a tweet saying his event raised $6 million for vets, well, it donald trump. tell whether missing the debate was a cheryl. >> all right. tarhonda. $6 million from six donors. thanks a lot. >>> many of the republicans turned some of their attacks straight towards hilary clinton. that is an indication that they don't have much confidence that vermont senator bernie sanders could beat her. sandersed leads the polls in iowa and new hampshire, but the significantly in clinton's coming up in the next half hour we are going to tell you why clinton and sanders are going after martin o'malley's votes now. >>> it's 6:05 right now. this morning a first look at an icy rescue of a teen in parker. this is the body camera recording as a police officer pulls the teen fr

after this whole bridgegate thing, he was seen as sort of doa, but he's resuscitated the campaign. he's doing well in new hampshire and i think he's going to put more of a focus in iowa, and do better than expected in iowa. if you do very, very poorly in iowa, it will affect how new hampshire voters will view your campaign. i think christie one of the things he needs to do is make sure he's doing okay enough in iowa that people see him as viable so when they get into polls in iowa they'll put him in second or first place spot. >> let's go to the politico prediction. expect a ted cruz/nikki haley ticket. what do you think has to happen in the early voting states for us to get a clear picture of who the nominee is on the republican side? >> i think that ted cruz could win the nomination. i think he's remarkably well positioned as someone who is a sitting republican. i wouldn't put money on ted cruz in part because i wouldn't put money on anyone. there's a lot that has to happen in the next month and the months to follow. i think we're getting ahead of ourselves. the politico doesn't

that was before bridgegate and a whole host of things before donald trump.ble to take care of your state in times of tragedy and natural disaster is a big, big part of the job. >> absolutely. let's look at some of the other names on the camtain trail who are not getting as much attention as the front-runners. john kasich, new hampshire, seems to be rising in the poll. what's going on there? >> really just a bottleneck, of what has gone on there. all the polls that i have seen pretty much have marco rubio, john kasich, chris christie, jeb bush, all around 10% or so. sometimes higher, sometimes lower. those are your four establishment republicans. what has happened is no one has really been able to break ahead of that when donald trump, particularly in new hampshire, is sitting at around 25%, 30%, 35%. >> and that real clear politics average, recent new hampshire poll shows kasich virtually in a tie with ted cruz. so again, he's not in the big headlines, but clearly, he's getting the attention he wants and may turn into more successful run for him than some ha

chris christie has an ethical cloud hanging over him from bridgegate. he pounds that.red out what the public already believes they think they know about these guys and he pounds that relentlessly. that puts them on the defensive and puts him in a power position, vis-a-vis his opponents. he basically is saying i'm the biggest dog in any room in any debate. then he goes out and shops it. rather than trying to pin him down on policy or say this won't work or that won't work, they've got to give back as good as they are receiving. that means going after his personal weaknesses. whether it's the fact that he has exaggerated his wealth over the years. whether it's his vocabulary is that of about a fourth grader. they have to find these personal weaknesses and respond so they appear to be as strong, as in comment as he does. as long as they're playing this game of defining who is a conservative and who voted on what bill in 1999, they are not going to beat him. >> you want to respond? >> i think that's -- well, we're five days out, think that's pretty late analysis for the ot