your first point is that chris christie said that the costs would be much higher. stie came out when he announced this decision to cancel the tunnel, he said my steering committee on this tunnel has said that the costs will be at least $11 billion and maybe as much as $14 billion. and the gao found that these costs didn't exist. what they said is that for two years, well before christie took office, that there had been been an estimate that it could bed from $9.5 billion to $14 billion. it's not like the christie administration came in and discovered there was some new cost, which is clearly how it was portrayed at the time. and the governor was sort of playing off this idea that the tunnel was supposed to cost $8.7 billion. that was a very early estimate that was signed on by the federal government and the new jersey transit to get their first funding agreement. but new jersey transit officials had said all along and fought with the federal government saying that this project isn't going to cost anymore than $10 billion. so the governor clearly overstated when he s

himself new jersey governor chris christie took the stage with a rousing speech on the country's future and shocker the media ate it right up. chris christie saying that we have a big problem in this country saying that we are essentially in some ways we're becoming a nation of output taito years. and never seen a less optimistic time in my lifetime in this country and people wonder why we're going to play this sound the sound bite from romney surrogate chris christie because he hit the president's politics with a one two punch let's listen. we're turning into a paternalistic title in society we have a bunch of people sitting on a couch week for the next government check. so it's interesting paul president obama is going to be he's going to be holding a little news conference is going to be sitting down with millionaires and their secretaries to push the buffett rule and mitt romney is going to go to what kinetic hit well now that he has some strong words from governor chris christie with. his assessment of our society bob mcdonnell is here all right now some. republican governor from v

i'm starting to think that he might have some trouble controlling his emotions. >>> chris christie fights back against that story that he fell asleep in the middle of a bruce springsteen concert. we'll hear the governor of new jersey who hardly could commit a greater sin. governor christie's explanation and a check on this bizarre wintery almost weather when "way too early" comes back. >>> today he seemed not surprised to be given the death sentence for it. there were tears as sirhan and his lawyers spoke. the tears were in his lawyers and he took it upon himself to reassure his lawyers. he says don't be too concerned. even jesus christ couldn't have saved me. ♪ [ lauer ] this is our team. and unlike other countries, it's built by your donations, not government funding. and now, to support our athletes, you can donate a stitch in america's flag for the 2012 olympic games in london. help raise our flag, add your stitch at teamusa.org. mine was earned off vietnam in 1968. over the south pacific in 1943. i got mine in iraq, 2003. usaa auto insurance is often handed down from generation to ge

worry christie will hit him right back there again about what these proposals actually me with a broader implications would be for society it's all about the he said she said so in the end chris to govern he won it and the networks got what they want it the only people who didn't win in this equation are the viewers because the media just regurgitates christie's talking points without an ounce of skepticism and for some reason the media is totally content to let christie say the only true way to get ahead in the united states is to work hard and to quote act with honor and integrity and it is pretty clear to millions of americans that isn't exactly the case when they take a look at who is successful in the united states who makes the most and who has the most influence in washington more often than not not those who acted with honor and integrity but those who arrived with such a little integrity they brought down the entire u.s. bill these are world economy they took a bailout of taxpayer money and now they have the audacity to argue against any regulations in the aftermath and will discuss later in the show tonight wall street is that again they're lending to people with ba

he may be overshadowed with chris christie, the governor of new jersey.ortable. there may be a name out there we don't know about. remember four years ago at this time, i don't think sarah palin, the alaska governor was on many people's list as john mccain's running mate. we know what happened. >> we do know. there was an overshadowing factor as well. paul steinhauser, live in washington for us. president obama is sitting down with millionaires and secretaries at the white house. the event is the so-called buffett rule. the very rich should not get a smaller tax rate than the middle class. >> dan lothian, who are these people? >> reporter: we don't have a list of who the people are. they did confirm the millionaires and secretaries who pay more in taxes than their bosses will be at the event. we are seeing the president get ahead in the vote that takes place in the senate. the president is trying to put pressure on members of the congress to put in place a system that he believes is fair. it's also an opportunity to draw a contrast in the policies of repu

it was chris christie, governor chris christie of new jersey. from a few people there he was electric, spoke without notes. take a listen to him as well. >> it's because government is now telling them stop drea dreaming. stop striving. we'll take care of you. we're turning into a paternalistic entitlement society. >> dana: so before we go to president obama competing event in florida where he talked about the buffet rule and his tax plan, andrea, i want to ask you. chris christie, you have people say wow! president bush doesn't get out there much. when chris christie hits the stage, it was like this is somebody we could follow. what did you think? >> andrea: he is a rock star. just the way he put things, we didn't play the sound bite but he talked about people sitting on their couches. this is what we've become. a nation of people sitting on their couches waiting for a check. the way he delivers things compared to politicians who use the sound bites and they mince their words. the president does this all the time. chris christie breaks it down.

cost that are well in excess of what this was originally projected to be. >> that was governor chris christiew jersey back in 2010 blocking a hudson river rail project that would have created thousands of johns, improved commuting for millions of workers and enhanced infrastructure. at the time, christie explained he was killing the project because of the cost but today we learned that was a lie. a report from the government accountability office concludes that christie exaggerated the price tag. he cited estimates from the state transportation officials ranging from 11 to $14 billion. the gao report concludes the cost was no more than $10 billion. christi enflated new jersey's share of the cost. he said the state was on the hook for 70% of the project. well, it turns out the state would have paid just over 14% of the project. the project was killed after it had already begun. hundreds of millions of dollars had been spent the the decision didn't just impact the state of new jersey. it would have alleviated congestion from boston to washington, d.c. the only person this helped is governor chr

look, it is chris christie. get him.ughter] you know, they said that inside every american governor is a president struggling to get out. i'm chris christie's case, he's the only one where you can still hear him screaming. it is not the olive garden state, new jersey. look, it is chris christie, get him. [laughter] you know, they say that inside every american governor is a president struggling to get out. in chris christie's case it is the only when you can still hear him screaming. it took months and months of patchouli oil and hackensack, but finally, wall street is not greedy anymore. congratulations. the white house press secretary is with us. hello. he is not only the press secretary. you also know him as the white guy from every lens crafters commercial. one of his jobs is to keep track of all the hilary rosen said. for those of you who are not familiar with this story she is the woman who said an romney never worked a day in her life, even though she raised five kids. of course, the administration -- the administ

did chris christie fall asleep during a bruce springstein concert? is that even possible? "the factor" continues in just a moment.

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chris christie left the door open for a possible presidential run.ho would you pick for vice president? here are some of your responses. susan writes allen west. he is a strong conservative and will make an excellent president should he have to step into that role. >> rubio is a great choice. however i am begging for condoleezza rice. she is a brilliant individual>> larry says chris christie for vp. keep the e-mails coming. thank you so much for all of the great responses. it's now 53 after the hour. take a look at your tv screen right now. that is your word of the day. it is all scrambled up. can you thifigure out what it i. we talked about this word earlier in the show. i have to read this so i can't look another. it's gone anyway. if you are looking for a better job try kicking the habit. if you smoke you won't be considered for this gig. is that legal? >> what word has an x in it? [ rosa ] i'm rosa and i quit smoking with chantix. when the doctor told me that i could smoke for the first wee.. i'm like...yeah, ok... little did i know that one week

good evening. >> good evening. >> greta: what are your thoughts today about what governor chris christie was saying? >> one thing i admire about governor christie, he speaks his mind. you know where he stands on issues. that's why a lot of people find him very intriguing governor. i appreciate what he was talking about. today we were at a bush institute senate talking about the economic policy. what states are doing to grow their economies. i think governor christie was expressing a general sense that we have got to get economy back on track. reduce the federal spending, the government we had in washington, d.c. and what the states are trying to do to grow economy and get americans back to work. no doubt there are americans that are struggling, looking for jobs. no doubt that entitlement spending is out of control in the nation. we're bankrupting the nation with the debt and deficit we have. those are the policies that we are talking about. he expresses it in a different way. >> greta: one thing he said in part he has seen a less optimistic period the country in his lifetime. i am curiou

the sighting was a hot topic in chris christie's press conference yesterday. >> what happened, duringound," which was kind of a spiritual song, people sat. so i sat up on the seat, and i put my head back and closed my eyes and listened to the song. when i was fist-pumping during "bad lands" nobody took pictures of that. when i was contorting myself during "because of the night" nobody took pictures of that. i have never fallen asleep during a bruce springsteen show. i will never fall asleep during a bruce springsteen show. >> actually, i believe him. christie says he's been to more than 120 springsteen concerts and had been lobbying the boss to play in a new casino in atlantic city. that's "hardball" for now. coming up next, "your business" with j.j. ramberg. who knew lashes this big could last this long. [ male announcer ] new lashblast 24hr from covergirl. [ male announcer ] new lashblast 24hr (sfx: car garage sounds) today my journey brings me to charlotte, north carolina, where i spent the day with geico driver casey mears. i told him the secret to saving money on car insurance. h

i want to stay on chris christie's point.ess about he doesn't remember a time in his lifetime when we have been less optimistic. do you agree with that? >> i don't agree with that. and i don't even think chris christie agrees with that. he's carrying mitt romney's water. i have seen chris christie be optimistic about the future of this country. now it's election time and he's trying to paint this scare everyone narrative. it's not going to work this time. they don't believe this rhetoric and we are moving forward as a nation. this economy is creating jobs. people are starting to get back to work. now we have to fix our deficit problem. i think the rift should give back the bush tax cuts and pay more than their secretaries. >> the democrat message is the message of division and warfare. we have class warfare, race warfare, gender warfare, war against the church, war between the branches of government that we have never seen before. right track-wrong track. people are not optimistic and you know it. >> the republican message is

. >>> up next, governor chris christie wants you to know he never falls asleep during the springsteen he listens to the boss intently, in fact. he took on that allegation as only he can, coming up in the "sideshow." you're watching "hardball." or'ss earns double miles on every purchase, every day! here's my spark card. and here's your wool. why settle for less? great businesses deserve the most rewards! the spiked heels are working. wow! who are you wearing? uhhh, his cousin. [ male announcer ] the spark business card from capital one. choose unlimited rewards with double miles or 2% cash back on every purchase, every day! wait! your boa. what's in your wallet? [ son ] mom, computer's broke! where's i.t. mom? she quit. [ male announcer ] even with technology -- it's all you. that's why you've got us. get up to $200 dollars off select computers. staples that was easy. woman: what do you mean, homeowners insurance doesn't cover floods? [ heart rate increases ] man: a few inches of water caused all this? [ heart rate increases ] woman #2: but i don't even live near the water. what you do

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this is a back door capital gains tax hike that will damage growth and is chris christie right with this warning? >> we'll turn into a -- that will not just bankrupt us financially, it will bankrupt us more. then we'll have a bunch of people sitting on a couch waiting for the next government check. >> joining me tonight, herman cain and willie brown to debate the chris christie proposition. first up, stocks staged a comeback. the bulls are back in town. good ooesk, kayla. >> the markets did snap that five-day losing streak today. slight gains across the board. the dow adding 89 points, nasdaq faring a best. we saw pressure easing from europe as a bond sale in italy was met with more investors. the market looking past previous yields scares, not to mention more talk of potential ecb intervention. the euro gains against the dollar today closing up slightly off highs we hit mid-morning. the sentiment out of europe not surprisingly lifting. led by the big banks. you can see bank of america gained nearly 4% today. jpmorgan up nearly 2.5% and citigroup and wells fargo both up better than 2% to

to say the least much like governor chris christie has really reached excuse for why he had his eyes closed at a bruce springsteen concert now before it actually happened listen to something that he said. i can't really understand his albums that i think of before one because when he performs the large it really tells you gives you a window into how he really feels about the music and and what he's trying to convey. so here you think you have to see him perform live to understand his middle class message then turns out he falls asleep at the concert and now i think he just had a nice clothes because he was having a spiritual moment that's called a car because that's what that is. really really like come on let's call a spade a spade like we all know what's happening there. i have been at concerts really enjoying the music close my eyes and listen i was a club last week and i just sat back and enjoyed the music for a little while and listening through springsteen concert when you see on the horizon and how could you close your eyes while listening to the boss come on guys how is it yo

chris christie could say anything he wants. but if the democrats didn't go along with him in the legislature, it would not have become law. and he achieved a lot of positive things precisely because a lot of democrats said we've got to make positive changes. we've got to do these things. and they did and a consensus was reached. i think we're in the process of doing that nationwide. >> zoe e-mails into you, mr. forbes, since you don't like obama's health care plan, what do you think we should do to make health care affordable and accessible to everyone, including those with preexisting conditions? she adds no vague answers allowed. >> okay. we'll probably take up the rest of the show on it. but specifically what you want broadly first is you want to have more free markets in health care and more effective safety nets. and compare it to food. if people have trouble getting food in this country, you don't have the government take over agriculture. russia and china tried that with disastrous results. so you allow farmers to grow t

anna, he went in hard on newt gingrich and chris christie.he republicans have it. >> well, it did look like chris christie was taking it with a little more humor than newt gingrich was. but there were a lot of fat jokes and all directed to republicans it seems like. >> goldie, we were sitting here and, i mean, i was tweeting out some of the jokes and what he said. oh, keith olberman, that he has more pink slips than marcus -- that was hilarious. >> it had absolutely its moments. but i've got to tell you, near the end, i was quoting the great dave chappell skit, wrap it up. >> put the buzzer on the table. >> i was looking for the sandman after a while with a hook. >> all right, guys, stand by. we have to pay some bills here. anna will join us, goldie taylor and darrell hammond on the other side of this break. let's play a little bit of the president before we go to break. >> even sarah palin's getting back into the game. guest hosting on the "today" show. which reminds me of an old saying. what's the difference between a hockey mom and a pit b

then chris christy. there are a lot of republicans coming up.is: christie has the northeast attitude that works with people. jon harris? >> paul ryan fascinates me because he speaks with credibility to both wings of the republican party, president tea party and the establishment wings and can help them make a generational shift. which they badly need to do. on. other side, mark warner, who has real credibility at the center if he ever comes back to washington. chris: is he presidential? his own right? >> oh, no question. chris: when we come back, will be americans decide tore barack obama or mitt romney well ahead of election day or at the last minute? of election day or at the last minute? be right back. and yet, when you ask them what they did, they say "nothing." don't stop at nothing. ask lots of questions. you'll understand what's happening in school and better support them. the more you know. chris: welcome back. this week's big question for us, will voters decide between barack obama and mitt romney well ahead of. election or that last we

then chris christy. there are a lot of republicans coming up. chris: christie has the northeast attitude that works with people. jon harris? >> paul ryan fascinates me because he speaks with credibility to both wings of the republican party, president tea party and the establishment wings and can help them make a generational shift. which they badly need to do. on. other side, mark warner, who has real credibility at the center if he ever comes back to washington. chris: is he presidential? his own right? >> oh, no question. chris: when we come back, will be americans decide tore barack obama or mitt romney well ahead of election day or at the last minute? of election day or at the last minute? be right back. outdoors, or in. transitions® lenses automatically filter just the right amount of light. so you see everything the way it's meant to be seen. maybe even a little better. experience life well lit, ask for transitions adaptive lenses. visit an america's best location near you today to find the authentic transitions brand america's best. best