speaking of chris christie decision coming today, chris christie said he will go home to new jersey and how the rest of the precinct reports, where he finishes and make a decision on if he will continue on ahead to south carolina. nicole: the strategy of jeb bush and chris christie going after marco rubio instead of donald trump worked. >> reporter: for jeb bush you could say and potentially worked with him finishing third but chris christie, it might have backfired on him because he spent so much time talking about marco rubio it appears he came in sixth last night. chris christie spent so much time talking about his debate performance, you heard marco rubio said that hurt him but chris christie appears to have gotten the short end of the stick. lauren: we will see what happens in new jersey and not south carolina. blake berman from manchester, we thank you for breaking it down. thanks. let's setup close a look at the results of the new hampshire primary with a senior election analyst from real clear politics. now that from ann sanders, two outside is the won new hampshire would challe

he had previously endorsed chris christie but when mr. christie dropped out, paul lepage's endorsement was back up for grabs. he made his announcement today on the talk raid show show of howie carr. >> i'll be honest. i said i'd like to see a governor. but the american people are not going for a governor this year so i'm going to endorse donald trump. the reasons why are very similar. i was donald trump before being donald trump was popular. >> now he's got two governors. he's got chris christie and his doppleganger. he was last seen complaining about white girls in maine being impregnated by black drug dealing men. any other governors want the hop on the line starts behind chris christie and paul lepage. t no cutting the line. we'll be right back. sears optical has glasses made for doing. right now, buy one pair and get another free. quality eyewear for doers. sears optical. when your symptoms start... distracting you? doctors recommend taking ...non-drowsy claritin every day of your allergy season. claritin provides powerful, non-drowsy

it does meet immediate political needs for chris christie. it pleased immediate political needs for donald trump. maybe we shouldn't have been so surprised despite what appears to be mr. christy's previous opposition to mr. trump. ah, well. here's the critical question. not just for these two people as men and as political figures. here's the critical question, not just for the immediate strategy in this campaign and for what's going to happen next, but for us as a country. in this peculiar political moment we find ourselves in. now that somebody like chris christie has stopped opposing donald trump, he used to really oppose donald trump. he said he was patently unsuited for the job of being the president of the united states. he didn't have the skillset. he had no business running for the job. he's given that up. now that somebody like chris christie stopped opposing donald trump, he's given up and given if and decided to get on board the donald trump train, which appears to be steaming towards the nomination. now he has given up his oppositi

let's begin with chris christie's unexpected endorsement of domd trump. y is in ft. worth for us. christie made a surprise appearance with trump where you are today. >> that's right, wolf. yesterday while other candidates were filling in on some last-minute debate prep, donald trump was meeting with chris christie in trump tower, securing this endorsement. a way for him to change the narrative when the daggers were out for him last night on the debate stage. two of the biggest, brashest personalities in the republican party are teaming up. >> i said let's keep it as a secret for the people in texas. let's do it. >> reporter: donald trump snapping up his most prominent endorsement yet. new jersey governor chris christie. >> he's rewriting the playbook of american politics. >> reporter: and trying to shift momentum back in his corner with marco rubio ready to brawl after thursday night's cnn republican debate. >> friends do not let friends vote for con artists. >> reporter: rubio is ratcheting up his attacks on the billionaire's business record. even mocking

or chris christie is just done. ink he is happy to be done with the rest of the republican party, in part because he got beat up for that hug of obama. but, yeah christie will either be in trump administration or future of him in the republican party is over. neil: all this a time marco rubio making gains after good debate performance i remember chris christie had rave reviews after his debate performance a few weeks ago. you know what happened to him. is the same thing ironically going to happen to marco rubio as a result of what transpired in the last hour? who knows. we'll debate it and get into it after this. ! i'm trying to build something here. >>how about using fedex ground for shipping? >>i don't need some kid telling me how to run a business! i've been doing this for 4 long months. >>fedex ground can help us save money and deliver fast to our customers. not bad, kid. you remind me of a younger me. >>aiden! the dog is eating your retainer again. let's take a short 5-minute recess. fedex ground is faster to mo

i really appreciate it. >>> coming up chris christie chris christie very strange speechless exit from the presidential campaign today and later triumph the insult dog is here. he's been on the campaign trail in iowa and new hampshire and has the video to prove it. tomorrow night 10:00 p.m. we will have a special report 2016, the year of the outsiders. it's an in-depth look at the rise of donald trump and bernie sanders including an interview with senator sanders. seems like we've hit a road block. that reminds me... anyone have occasional constipation, diarrhea... ...gas, bloating? yes! one phillips' colon health probiotic cap each day helps defend against occasional digestive issues. with three types of good bacteria. live the regular life. phillips'. (bear growls) (burke) smash and grub. seen it. covered it. we know a thing or two because we've seen a thing or two. ♪ we are farmers. bum-pa-dum, bum-bum-bum-bum ♪ four score and seven years ago, our [train horn blares]th-- ... to the continent... [claps] ... a new nation. announcer: why not celebrate presidents day with a better night

what do you make of this afternoon and chris christie endorsing donald trump? ersey to tend to his needs. the governor submitted an application for relief for our state, which hud just told me was not accepted because the application was done improperly and couldn't compete with new york city. so we lost hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funds for relief for new jersey, so we're still not in their homes and still have all these potential problems from sandy becauseç t governor can't even fill out an application. so, you know, if you want a failed governor endorsing another empty suit for president, then you got it. but i wish the governor would come back to new jersey instead of flying to texas. >> there's the candidate for the democratic candidate of new jersey. let me consider trump considering christie as a secretary or in the cabinet. he asked him if he would accept a position, and he said, no, once i end my term as governor, i'm going to go into private industry. but do you see chris christie in a trump administration? >> this is clearly what chri

he was rattled by the attacks by chris christie. he was rattled by chris christie, rattled by the attacks. so he went to a prepared line about barack obama that actually had nothing to do with the conversation. and that played right into chris christie's attack, which then got rubio to say it more and more. >> this isn't about oratory. if you went to a speech at a town meeting around here and a candidate came in and repeated themselves verbatim, you would think there's something ill about the person. what's wrong with this person, they repeated themselves over and over in the same debate. >> i think what's perplexing is they had days to prepare for this. they knew this was the attack coming. chris christie pushed this over and over again -- >> that he's a row boabot. >> that he uses the same talking points. >> it was a series of lines, verbatim, and it's weird about this fiction. >> rubio didn't want to fight. he's the candidate of hope and optimism. when christie came at him, that was his line to pivot away, to say i don't want to

then there's chris christie. he is dropping out of the race, according to aides, and allies, speaking to "the new york times" and associated press and others. christie went hard after rubio for using those same canned lines over and over, the thing is, it wounded marco rubio, but didn't help christie's campaign at all. u.s. news and world report was in our hour yesterday and called christie's debate move a suicide bombing. and so it would appear it was. in the end, chris christie came in sixth in new hampshire where he's been campaigning for months. he's very low on funds by all accounts and was hoping for a big night in new hampshire to raise money for the fight in south carolina, but aloss with no money -- i should say with no win came no money and it appears the end is in sight for the bombastic republican from new jersey. we have team coverage this hour. the fox business network's gerri willis is here with a look at the money situation for the remaining candidates. ed henry is in new hampshire with bernie sand

so chris christie, a political realist.ould be a very valuable on the campaign trail and i would think he would be in position for a top cabinet position if he so wanted one. >> so just to reiterate to our audience, our viewers who may just be joining us, chris christie will what? >> reporter: well, at this point, all indications are that he will suspend his campaign today. he will be meeting with top campaign aides down in new jersey. chris christie will be ending his bid, we're told, for the republican presidential nomination. carol? >> mark preston reporting live for us and imparting breaking news. we appreciate that. mark preston, thank you. i'll be right back. coughing...sniffling... and wishing you could stay in bed all day. when your cold is this bad... ...you need new theraflu expressmax. theraflu expressmax combines... maximum strength medicines available without a prescription... ...to fight your worst cold and flu symptoms... ...so you can feel better fast and get back to the job at hand. new theraflu expressmax.

>> chris christie does not bring a lot of votes. the first drop out to go for trump so if he wants to say the republicans are beginning to line up behind him which they haven't been it is helpful but you nailed it. from when he was talking in texas today claimed he won the debate and immediately shifted topics because it was a bad night for him and marco rubio exposed new vulnerabilities. liz: a lot of people say trump had a terrible debate. a lot of online polls that reaction, they think trump won. >> he has a stake, very popular and effective and he is representing a real concern among americans, fed up with professional politicians and that is why they don't -- any attacks on him about how he doesn't know the details of policy they don't go anywhere because his crowd likes that. where marco rubio made the beginning of a new potentially devastating attack on donald trump is on hypocrisy. saying to from you make your suits and ties overseas, employ immigrants, basically saying he is a fraud. >> marco rubio hired some fantastic joke

what we're learning is that donald trump reached out to chris christie as soon as christie dropped out of this race and tried to get his endorsement. this is significant because christie is the establishment republican to back donald trump and he undercuts the argument we're hearing from marco rubio that he is the establishment favorite. that he has the best chance of taking on secretary clinton in a general election. the timing significant. think back to the debate. marco rubio hammering donald trump for the first time really ever and he got the upper hand a lot of people thought. this endorsement turns the page on what was a rocky night for donald trump. we know that there is a personal component. the relationship between chris christie, donald trump goes back decades, new york, new jersey, they have worked together before. so, that played a role we are told in christie's decision to endorse. but you can't undercut how significant this is, this is again the first establishment figure to endorse donald trump. it could add legitimacy to his campaign that he was lacking before that. jim

because absolutely chris christie is going to be hammering marco rubio tonight on what chris christiecord of accomplishments. jeb bush also, he just launched a new ad touching on the same exact issue for marco rubio. so i think he's going to be getting it from at least two different sides. even though he didn't win the iowa caucus, he did surge to the front. i think they're very worried he could surge again on the ground here in new hampshire. at the same time, donald trump hasn't been in the state as much recently. he had to cancel some of his events because his plane wasn't able to land so he might want to take back the attention and put it back on him because we haven't been hearing about donald trump as much i feel in the last couple of days. >> let's switch to the democrats here too. i've been asking this question throughout the show, throughout the afternoon. set the bar for me of the clinton campaign have basically now declared that bernie sanders is a lifelong new hampshire resident. if he's born in brooklyn, he's from burlington, vermont, and, yes, there's some overlap on the

chris christie, jeb bush, marco rubio combined. we have a national campaign, we have a great candidate and message and we plan to take that state after state. martha: is a different place and iowa. these are the most recent numbers for new hampshire and as you look good this donald trump way ahead by 21 points, and kind of a cluster in the middle, ted cruz, john kasich, marco rubio, but bush with an three points of each other and chris christie three points lower than that. we have a tremendous amount of time into new hampshire and they feel their game is as good as yours so are you dealing that? >> there is a fight for the establishment vote which is the dominant vote but there are a lot of establishment candidates competing for it, john kasich, chris christie, marco rubio, jab, carly fiorina, that is where the current petition -- competition is, only one conservative let competing for the conservative vote. we hope that is enough to do well. there's a lot of expectation on marco rubio coming in with some momentum out of iowa for

certain appeal this year as we can see and i think those voters went to trump and not available to chris christiend left him not enough. >> the fight here that involved christie really was among sort of also rans and christie decided he had to take out rubio and he focused in on rubio. rubio initially went after christie on the bridgegate thing. ransom ads on that here but in the latter part of this campaign, it was all about christie and specifically in the debate taking on rubio. even yesterday. they were at it again with christie making the point that, you know, you can look at the senate record and accomplishments and wonder whether or not rubio's ever been in the senate. >> always an issue or choice that a candidate faces to try to take down or take out after another candidate is you can do it, you can often do it successfully in the sense of damaging the other candidate but do you look good doing it? i suspect people felt chris christie didn't look good doing it. >> a double-edged sword with that debate move. martha, we are burying the lead here in that donald trump win is huge. it is 34%.

i think it needs to be pointed out how big of a sellout this is for chris christie. christie based his campaign in new hampshire on the need for entitlement reform. if we don't reform social security, medicare, medicaid, we will go bankrupt. so christie has kind of gone against his entire campaign by endorsing donald trump. help also just endorsed a man who in that speech basically called for the end of the first amendment. he said we want to open up the floodgates of libel laws. this is not something that -- something that's kind of amazing. the only thing these two maybe have in common is they were both total failures in atlantic city. maybe that's the only commonalty other than this endorsement. >> mckay, then why do you do this? if you're chris christie and our jake tapper reporting some of the thinking from the christie camp. was inevitable. the rally needs to rally behind someone looking more and more inevitable by the day. also defeating hillary clinton. seeing him, trump, as the best option. and then also in terms of his feelings towards rubio, why not back ru

our decision 2016 coverage as we told you, end of the campaign trail could be near for governor chris christie. the associated press reports christie will drop out of the presidential race, imminent. >> kelly o'donnell, big decision, why is it taking so long to make that announcement official? >> reporter: well, i think one of the rea reasons when people a campaign to a conclusion they have been expecting that their time in the race was over. for christie he had a strong belief that hess performance in the debate and his devotion to new hampshire would actually move his campaign forward. that did not happen. so taking time, this is an opportunity for christie to talk with friends, allies, supporters, members of the campaign team, one longtime ally tells me that he will suspend his campaign later today. but others in his inner sickle say he's not quite prepared to make that public yet in terms of a final decision. there is always the tune to rethink this but the facts, as they stand, in terms of money, polling, results, certainly add up to chris christie not having a future in this particular r

governor chris christie, governor john kasich, and governor jeb bush. was their debate strategy last night. christie picking a fight with marco rubio. kasich talked about 100-plus new hampshire town halls and his record in ohio. jeb bush promised he'd be a steady hand as commander in chief and he picked a fight or two with donald trump, this one over eminent domain. >> what donald trump did was use eminent domain to try to take the property of an elderly woman on the strip in atlantic city. that is downright wrong. >> jeb wants to be a tough guy. i didn't take the property. >> property from an elderly woman. >> let me talk -- quiet. [ audience booing ] that's all of his donors and special interests out there. >> that was one of the most interesting moments, particularly because bush has backed off from those confrontations in the past when trump gives him the quiet, or shut up. and he had the energy -- >> that was high-energy jeb bush. >> that was bush's best debate by far. i think it is coming rather late in the process. but if bush has any chance of ke

and today we may see the second part of that rumored to be the day chris christie pulls out of the race kelly o'donnell has covered him for months on and off. she is in trenton, new jersey. kelly, what do we know about the christie for president effort? >> well, brian, i'm told by long-time friend and ally of governor christie that he intends to suspend his campaign. others who are close to him say he is not yet prepared to make that public because he's going through the process of talking to supporters, staffers, close friends, and that we should expect some formal announcement, not a public event, not a news conference, not something like that, but the announcement itself of his intentions sometime later today or, at the very latest, slipping into tomorrow. but some of the people very close to christie who have been in regular touch with him, who have been a part of his political life and this campaign, say that it is his intention to suspend. part of why this is taking some time, brian, is that governor christie really believed, and many on his cam baypaign did as well, that he had p

not everyone else and everyone else's feelings. >> how important was this endorsement from chris christie? coming out of your father's plane with governor christie was an amazing shot. it was on all the tvs. which was the endorsement your father said he was particularly looking for. >> i think it's very important. i think you guys will speak better to it than me. i'm not a politician. i billed buildings. you guys can tell us that. it's very important. you have another guy that speaks the truth that actually will take on controversial positions, that will take on the establishment coming out and saying, hey, this is another guy that can get it done. done a great job within his own state. is it powerful? tough talking guy saying this is the only guy that's not paid for by the establishment. again, i billbuild buildings. >> would your father consider naming chris christie as his running mate? >> i haven't been part of those conversations. i think there's definitely something there. i think there's a lot of opportunities. again, he's said it pretty openly in, he does want to bring someone in

>> i think wet're going to see more not attacks against trump but more people like chris christie goingo his side. because it's better for their careers, i think long-term, if they have this man in their corner. and truthfully, with christie, he maybe likes trump a little bit. but you know what is stronger is his dislike of rubio. >> does anyone know why? >> it all goes back to when christie was getting traction in new hampshire, getting up into the teens, which was a big deal, that rubio's super pac hit him. he had a glass jaw. it was all over. he will never forgive marco rubio for that. look, if if you're chris christie, you have a choice. sitting there in trenton and serving out the last two year of your term, or being in a luxury seat in donald trump's jetliner at the center of the political universe, and the presumptive voice presidential pick. which voice are you going to take? >> the seats in the bandwagon are going to be taken after march 15. >> do you think trump will tone it down and let chris christie be the tough guy? >> i think he's possibly going to do that. [ overlapping

welcome, "washington post." >> yes. >> chris christie. shocked, surprised, what? st walked out with donald trump, and i thought, is that -- is that possibly right? not -- it justç seems so different than the chris christie of new hampshire, which was donald trump is unable to do this job, he is unprepared, you know, he is not a serious person, he'll hand the office to hillary clinton. look, i know this is politics, i get that. at the same time, golly, that was a quick turn around. >> could it have been a bigger -- it's like rubio beat rubio a second time. christie beat rubio a second time. >> first of all, let me agree with chris entirely. he could never be too cynical in this business, but even i who spent time was shocked by this. i don't think it's that big a deal. frankly, chris christie was very popular in the party as we saw before. secondly, you know, trump now has kind of a little bit of a mixed message. on one hand, non-politician, on the other hand, he has flipped things around. it is a half day story, maybe. >> symbolically, endorsement is over rated, e

liz: safe travels to you, breaking news, the signals are very strong that new jersey governor chris christieopping out of the republican presidential race as early as today. the news comes after christie's poor showing in new hampshire where history was made last night. two outsiders, the first-ever billionaire businessman to win, joined by the first ever democratic socialist jewish guy to win, total domination by both at the polls handily winning the first-in-the-nation primary. donald trump crushing the competition, but second-place finisher, ohio governor john kasich grabbing headlines right and left as the trump

by christie, not many people who haven't been hugged by chris christie. hugger. >> if you look at governor christie not hugging on instagram, he says this. coming this november, are you ready? it's a standoff between the two of them. which way did it play out? all right, steve? >> all right. thank you very much. these two women are joining us at the airline diner -- >> airport. >> airport. what's your name? >> kathy. >> kathy has already voted this morning. >> i have. >> we are only 67 minutes into the day. how were the polls? >> it was actually a lot busier at 6:00 this morning than i expected it to be. >> why do you think that is? >> everyone is coming out to vote, it's important. >> really? what is the one thing that got you out in the 6:00 hour to vote today in new hampshire? >> because i have the day off from school. >> all right. >> and we were going to come out for breakfast afterwards. >> all right. you know, you're being a tv pundit and you're having pancakes. you're our pancake pundit, thank you very much. what's your name? >> karen. >> okay. you

chris christie. >> you think this is end? e out of the race because of adele? of course. >> i hope not. neil: did you know i took her off my screen saver. >> in favor of pat cadell. neil: do you know where this is going. >> the interview? neil: trish, when adele calls it is usually hello. take it over, kiddo. trish: thank you, guys. field narrowing to six days for first-in-the-nation primary. donald trump wants a recount in iowa saying his rival ted cruz stole the election. president visits a mosque for first time in his presidency on a day that house homeland committee issues a report saying isis infiltrate the refugee system. i'm trish regan. welcome to "the intelligence report." the kentucky senator ends his campaign. he suffered because of furth

the other battle that's heated up this past week has been between chris christie and marco rubio. by the way, everybody is attacking rubio, because they're all going for second place up here. christie told "the washington post" "new hampshire folks are going to be watching and deciding and i will put on a good show for them." christie has slammed rubio as a boy in the bubble, coddled and worse. let's watch him. >> i've run through the heat. senator rubio has run away from the heat. i've accomplished things. when the boy in the bubble gets here, i hope you guys ask him some questions. time for him to man up, step up, and stop letting his handlers write his speeches and handle him. he acts like the king of england. he has a press aide standing next to him preselecting which reporters that get to ask him questions. the problem with somebody like marco rubio who has not proven he can get anything done except to get up in the morning, you know, fix his hair, smile, and give the same speech he's given for six years. even when he's leveling insults at me, he has to read them from a piece

you could see that chris christie came out for it. and talked to chris at one of the commercial breaks. i said to him, you keep spanking marco this way you are going to charged with child abuse tonight. chris christie and marco were look at each other, eye to eye. the room is silent. because marco has been an excellent debater. eloquent speaker. and it was like when a robot gets water and it was a shortcut. >> and this has been the biggest problem. he rarely goes more than 10 or 15 answers to a piece of his stump speech. and it was like a scene in the matrix where the matrix reloaded and just kept going back to the same moment. >> it reinforces the -- >> reinforces preexisting story line. and in that sense it may not quite as been as documentramati. but it was kind of a where's the beef moment for him. chris christie raised the question of what have you accomplished besides reading a script. >> so what comes of this? mark you have had some intel and talked to the christie campaign a little bit. it is the governors who more than anybody

the new jersey governor chris christie joined the trump campaign. christie dropped out after a disappointing fin initial in the new hampshire primary and resurfaced in ft. worth, texas, with the billionaire. also, we have the numbers on last night's cnn gop debate, more than 14.5 million viewers tuned in last night. once again, scotty hughes is joining us, chief political correspondent for usa radio network, a trump campaign surrogate. illinois congressman kinzinger. ken cuccinelli and executive editor mark preston. mark, how weren't are these endorsements in general in this campaign which is pretty extraordinary, i must say? >> i'm not actually a big believer in endorsements, actually, help a candidate win a campaign but certain moments in a campaign where think ire crucial and critical and i think this is one of those moments. and it's because of two reasons. one, you have a short clock right now for marco rubio or ted cruz to try to take over the lead for the republican presidential nomination. going to super tuesday, so many delegates on the tabl

campaigns toheir go after chris christie as well, saying that this is an endorsement that really cannotter, given the fact that mr. christie does not do so well either in the debate or in the polls? to correctone thing is that chris christie had a consistently good debate performance. traction with get a broad swath of american voters. his message was not the message that people wanted to hear. for marco rubio ted cruz, this is not welcome news today. this takes all the momentum they had last night from this attack on donald trump and shifts that once again back to donald trump, just shows himself to be an amazing master of media hype, of media manipulation, whatever you want to call it. he managed to bring the chips back to his table. mark: thank you. repeating our top story, the breaking news this afternoon, i major -- a major endorsement in the presidential campaign. chris christie, a presidential hopeful one time, throwing his support behind donald trump. we will bring you more developed as we get them. back to you. midst of the turmoil, investors have the role of central banks. the

that could give chris christie and others room for movement. what do you think of that observation? porter: i don't think christie is polling well in iowa. the campaign believes he can surprise and do better than people are saying going in. obviously the top tier is donald trump, ted cruz and marco rubio with the possibility that ben carson pulls out a strong fourth place or surprises even more. i think the real question is for the evangelical vote in iowa, the rick santorums, the mike huck bees, how do they factor in and how does that affect ted cruz in the final vote total. jenna: i know you spent time for events with bernie sanders and hillary clinton. as you take a look at that side of the race, what strikes you most about today and how important these last few hours are? reporter: the clinton machine as you know is very powerful. but here in iowa it cement momentum has been on bernie sanders' side. it seems the excitement and turnout has been on the bernie sanders side. whether he can translate that the first-type caucus-goers much like donald trump will have to do, if those can

chris christie slowed that down today. >> john, why do you think chris christie did it, aside from himenuinely believing that donald trump is the candidate he wants to throw his weight behind. we heard him lamb bast him. does he have a chance of being a vice presidential candidate here? >> i think he would most certainly have a chance of being vice president or attorney general and trying to figure out what his political future is going to be and sees a big opportunity to get in on the ground floor with donald trump. chris christie, who is criticized him sharply, including one of our interviews saying he didn't think he would be capable of being a good president. of course they are running against each other, a lot of debate comments and that sort of thing, but no, donald trump -- chris christie's reading the score board and saying this is the winner i want to get behind. >> john, thank you. >> thanks, john. time for a cnbc news update. >> here's what's happening this house michigan governor rick snyder authorized spending $30 million in aid to help play flint residents water bills in

>> i respect chris christie. obviously i respect the decision he made, not going to get every endorsement. he is a talented communicator. they probably called him to help donald after a rough evening last night and rough day on the trail as he is being expose td as a con man. he is trying to convince people he is something he is not and won confidence of a lot of people, trying to take over the party of reagan and the conservative movement. we can't let that happen. >> let me play what donald trump said about you after he heard the quote about him. >> let's talk about our lightweight senator from florida who is losing big in the polls. nervous basket case. here's a guy, you had to see him back stage. he was putting on makeup with a trowl. he was so scared, like a little frightened puppy. he is a choker. he choked with chris and i watched it both times, but the one time i'm right next to him, and i looked at the puddle on the ground, i said what is that? what is it? he's a nasty guy. we don't need nasty. we don't

what impact does it have, donald trump being endorsed by chris christie? >> a number of things. christie is of the first of significance of republican candidates to drop out and make an endorsement. he is known for a maverick reputation but has close ties to a lot of people in the republican establishment, including donors. this week, we had two republican congressmen being the first at that level to endorse donald trump. christie opens the door to more republican support going to trump. as a surrogate in the media, christie can be very effective. we saw what happened when he took apart marco rubio on the debate stage. anchor: speaking of marco rubio, the man was widely judged to have done well in last night's debate but it did not last long for him. >> no. this morning, donald trump went on twitter and was attacking rubio. he was getting heat for spelling errors. people were focused on spelling errors. they did not realize he had chris christie in the air about to reshape the way people were thinking about the race. anchor: we are heading into super tuesday where 12 states are g

so he brings in chris christie. i respect that. >> rubio reacted to christie's endorsement earlier. >> he's a conman. i think it's time to unmask him for what he is. he's trying to take over the conservative movement even though he's not a conservative. more importantly he's a conman who is taking over people's fears portraying himself as a strong guy. he's not a strong guy. he's never faced real adversity before. >> trump is saying that politics at this stage of the game is all about momentum. the momentum has been in the trump camp and time is running out for rubio. some are saying rubio's debate performance last night was a momentum changer that is until a christie endorsement today. trump has once again taken hold of the news cycle, the christie endorsement, that is, and with that wild campaign event may have just shut the front door on some of his main competitors. that, of course, is my opinion. marco rubio will be on special report tonight. this afternoon all of a sudden big endorsement. i mean big in the sens

of course, chris christie had to go after rubio, there was telephone graphing he would do it and rubio did not did a great job. did he crash and burn? will it shake the support of the establishment for marco rubio in three weeks? probably not. >> the race has become a slug fest of donald trump and ted cruz mixing it up but declined to reap the worst things they said but how would you describe the enjoyment of this by the media? >> we always like a fight. i take issue with what tuck are said because i have talked to a lost up decided voters in new hampshire and a lot of the donors are not decided. they are saying i will watch the debate and that will make up my mind. the republican establishment in washington hoping that everyone can get behind rubio and get this over with, it and not going to change for them and they are getting defensive and some are neither rouse. for the rank and file voters, they are graph stating to rubio because he was having a moment and he had the momentum and people say i live you but i don't want to waste my vote new they are not sure because the concern the

chris christie joining donald trump. he's endorsing the front runner and taking jabs at senator marco rubio. >> i find it fascinating somebody who barely shows up for work can be prepared. he showed himself over the course of time to be prepared. i said that at the time in the race. nothing has changed my mind now. >> next week marco rubio looked like a little boy on stage. not m shl material. he meant the say light weight but he spelled it wrong. it's like an eight year term so you start to worry. >> ellen host of the combs show. mike gal ger. fox news contributors. i've been looking at your fwe tweets. let me start with you. wild ride is an understatement, correct? >> contrary to what my mother believed 38 years ago when i made a decision to get in the talk radio it was a good decision. ride. never seen anything like it. people are losing their minds, callers are losing their minds and every day it's another day of wondering what next can happen and today that's a bit of a bomb shell. again, people are losing their min

but watching chris christie immediately after watching john kasich it is super interesting, because bothe guys, more than anybody else, christie and kasich worked their hearts out in new hampshire even to theic collusion of working out in iowa. they gave up on iowa to go all in on new hampshire. they're both new hampshire kind of candidate. they're both what you'd expect new hampshire to go for if they expect to type this year. seeing kasich and christie, i feel like i get why, at least the polls say, the strategy is working for kasich. it is fought working for christie. they are given you a similar message in terms of being willing to work across the aisle. to having a more moderate approach that is attractive to new hampshire voters being good at governance, they have dig barack barack, don't spend all their time doing that, on the substance, they're similar. on the sometime, kasich is incredibly engaged one on one with people in a way that engages them not only with whatever it is he is saying, whatever it is they are saying. he responds to them individually. he is personable. he seem

people like chris christie because he's a no-nonsense guy. ee him come out so strongly for donald trump. with christie bringing in 10% of the republican electorate. maybe 5% to 10%. that's very strong for donald trump. >> it also is a really smart move and i don't know if this was timed. the reporting was this was organized yesterday at trump tower. but it does change some of the -- had this christie announcement not been made today, the big story probably would have been everything marco rubio and donald trump were saying on the campaign trail. this at least puts in something else which legitimizes donald trump into the mix. >> the more we talk about chris christie, the less we're digging into the personal character attacks on donald trump, questions about his business practice and questions about his true conservatism in the debate last night. donald trump was on the defense last night for one of the first times we've seen and pulls an ace out of his pocket and has this endorsement. ideologically is chris christie in step with the republican

chris christie. >> chris christie. from the shadow of the george washington bridge comes the pugnacious politician from us. catway. he loves the cowboys, spring teen, and telling people to shut up. >> sit down and shut up. >> he's stronger than the storm but is he born to run? >> shut up. >> he's new jersey governor chris christie. >> i think that's my favorite one we've seen so far. >> you know what, i feel like yelling at a teacher. that's how angry i am. >> well, we have shocking, indeed, upsetting news in the world of the 2016 fantasy candidate draft update. today we learned that one of our contestants has zero draft picks still running for president. that contestant would be our good friend, joy reid. today's chris christie news has ended joy's journey, just 37 7 days after her draft show first aired. she had quite a run with her five randomly selected picks, all-star lineup of george pataki. jim webb, rick perry. we reached out to joy. here's what she told us. "let's dispense with this notion once and for all i k

and chris christie throwing his support behind you yesterday. was that a big shock to you? >> well, i was really honored. everybody wanted chris. everybody was calling him. and i know chris very well. and i didn't feel i should do that. and chris called up out of the blue and he said you are the one that's going to win. we have a movement going. every time i speakw 7,000 people. that's like a small crowd. he sees what's happening. chris was so fantastic. honestly, he is the one endorsement to me that really meant a lot. >> you said, mr. trump,pñ during that announcement yesterday that you get phone calls from other big names that want to endorse you. you chose chris christie. should we expect any big endorsements from you in days to come? >> yes. i think you can. but, you know, frankly, sometimes they want to have dinner and let's get together for two hours. let's go to a movie together. [ laughter ] >> it's too much work. i'm not sure what endorsements mean. i have never understood it i did think that the chris christie endorsement meant a lot. i think the sarah palin endor

chris christie in the spotlight in a new way. hat will be the impact on him from saturday night, phil? >> reporter: chris, if you want to underscore the urgency of this moment for candidates, one undecided voter at this town hall informed christie she hadn't decided which way she was going to go. chris christie got down on one knee to talk about his plans. they are more than happy to hear rubio defend the line he repeated over and over again. the big question becomes, for them, is this a moment that just hurts marco rubio or is this a moment that just helps chris christ christie? one thing we do know, everybody is jumping on it. take a listen. >> he's got to earn it. there's no coronation here. he's not going to get a layup. the whole washington establishment can't just say part the waters, marco is coming. the debate on saturday proved why that's important that all of us get challenged. >> i'm standing there and saying did i hear that five times now? what's going on here. obviously it was a sound bite that he likes. you can use i

chris christie and donald trumpmpust showed up together in ft worth. (s/ gov. chris christie/ r new jersey :08-:17 "america america must have a strong leader again that can restore american jobs that can restore american confidence and donald trump is just the man to do it!! (wooo!!) " and trump can beat hillary clinton, christie said (s/ donald trump / r presidential candidate ) :20-:24 "i think that this is the one endorsement that i felt very strongly about and wanted to get." before he dropped out, christie had battled trump now the fight is for super tuesday. (s/ gov. chris christie / (r) new jersey) :30-:33 "i want texas to be trump territory on tuesday." last night's texas debate was fiery (s/ donald trump / thursday) :35-:37 "this guy's a liarar for ted cruz, winning at home, on tuesday in texas, is a must (s/ ted d uz / nashville ) :42- :45 5 f donald trump is our nominee then hililry will be very difficult to beat." marco ruo is in super tuesday attack-trump mode (s/ marco rubio / dallas ) :49-:46 "the charade is up. this is a con job trump is mocking

chris christie's endorser was huge. what that did was, it made it okay for lots of establishment republicans around the country to say, you know what, i think i'm going to back donald trump. i mean, you got super tuesday coming up next week the timing was great. especially after the very lively debate the other night, christie's endorsement couldn't have been a better time for donald trump. this is, they took away the news cycle from marco rubio, put the attention back on donald trump. again, it's a huge signal to establishment republicans around the country. people who might have been a little tentative getting behind donald trump, hey, it's okay to get behind donald trump, i'm getting behind donald trump. >> the lively debate. you heard luke giving examples of how these two a literally going head-to-head now. have you marco rubio matching donald trump's style. how is that going to work out for a candidate who is not donald trump? >> it might be too little too late. when you go after donald trump, you will not dent his

orn kasich, chris christie, bush. am a fan of establishment moderates. >> i publicly endorsed government -- governor christie. an intern on his campaign. the work he has done in new jersey has been phenomenal. new jersey is such a blue state. he is a great governor. have known the effects of hurricane sandy firsthand. if we had the work done on one eye mint and new york -- long island in new york that he did in new jersey, my family would be better off. >> i feel it we are all looking at the same candidates. i like jeb bush and chris christie. -- likedways like bush bush because he has the most commander to be the in chief. i also like chris christie because of his tell it as it is attitude. he will say what he believes. if you agree, that is great and he wants you to, that he will not change his view based on what you want. you have to tell someone why you support republican candidates, what would you say? .> we like freedom and liberty we are against government regulations. i'm in favor of having people have the powe

chris christie, he's in salem. there's chris christie in salem, new hampshire.hire. all live right now. donald trump getting ready for a big rally in south carolina right now. there's florence, south carolina, donald trump rally, they're getting ready for that. the breaking news tonight, our exclusive new cnn/wmur tracking poll shows donald trump with an 11-point lead in new hampshire which holds the first primary of the 2016 election in only four days. we're back with trump supporter scottie hughes, a tea party leader, chief political correspondent for usa radio networks. scottie, trump has certainly toned down, at least over the past 24 hours or so, his rhetoric. he released this live free or die video aimed at new hampshire voters. does he think, shall we say, a less blunt, less angry donald trump is a better strategy right now to win new hampshire? >> i think he's showing how diverse he is. i mean some -- there's some times, wolf, that you get angry and some things that happen in this world need someone that can get angry. we don't need the nice guy all the

chris christy brings that swagger and attitude. of course chris christie was going to discredit donald trump. but he started to dial back criticism of donald trump because maybe this was in the making or something on the horizon, he maybe saw the writing on the wall. but it puts a chink in gears of what many thought was a 24-hour comeback by rubio. there is still a lot of momentum because he found where to hit trump. charles: after trump's announcement with chris christie, rubio got back on the air. i don't think he's used to the so-called earned air time. he was rushed to an appearance. but he actually did take to it donald trump more today and he said donald trump was sweating. it was pretty interesting. it feels like after today, i don't know where ted cruz was. but it feels like it was all about marco rubio and donald trump. what with chris christie i vas slate between disgust and pity. i think he sold his soul for donald trump's word. charles: that's some strong stuff. i think rubio did put on some high -- did take off the hig