. >> that was chris christie doing the obligatory 2016 denial dance on letterman in february. the new jersey governor has plenty more dancing to do. christie won plaud its from new jersey for his handling of hurricane sandy. his embrace of president obama at the end of the 2012 election and the subsequent tongue-lashing he gave house gop leaders left a sour taste in the mouth of being national republicans. now christie, whose 70% approval rating in his home state is the envy of republicans everywhere, is about to see the support tested as he embarks on his re-election campaign against democratic state senator barbara buono. with the governor eyeing a 2016 run, on several issue ool he'll be forced to choose between two electorates, new jerseyens and republican primary voters nationwide. the "daily beast" wrote about it, noting that when it comes to upcoming marriage equality and gun control legislation, what blue new jersey favors might sink him with voters in 2016. joining us to discuss the record, state senator barbara buono. your race is in 2013. people didn't mishear that, i

chris christie is a pro gun control guy. as republicans go, that's a disqualifying issue in that group. neither of them are conservative enough for the party. nate silverston did a poll of the majors in the this group. look at chris christie. he is an outlier with 9. jeb bush is 37. of the average -- average conservative republican right new is 38. mark why rubio is very close to them. you go up to rand paul at 65. i think rubio is more likely to perhaps come out of this group more relatively moderate it that group, if you throw out chris christie as outlier. in the turnout elections, where you have to excite your base and maybe scare them about the other side, someone like marco rubio is more able to do that than chris christie. >> i don't know that gop is moving ever right word. i think obvious shifts on immigration, guy marriage, show there's room among conservatives to in fact move to the middle. but i think the problem for jeb is that, what's interesting is that jeb bush and hillary clinton are similar in that they're n

you can have a political fight and chris christy would -- chris christie would win the fight.e has to be the executive of the state and obama is telling his people, do your job. that's all christie said this morning. i don't think it is political. >> you abouter be careful. you abouter be careful. >> that's only the left. >> that's right. >> the whole left. >> we will leave it there. is congress playing politics by trying to exempt itself from obamacare while you are stuck paying the bills? the latest on the health care controversy next. ♪ >>> so president obama's health care legislation is so awful that even members of his own party were trying to get out of it. the reports are swirling about lawmakers having hush, hush talks about whether they think it is okay for members of congress and most of their aids to be exempt from portions of obamacare. americans obviously don't have that luxury. and when this was first revealed in a political article on friday, america said not so fast, sunshine. and now they are backpedaling. >> i would have to stay up with the best political min

democrats in the state than republicans and neither republican governor christie whit man or chris christie the last republican of any caliber to do so was george h.w. bush. despite all that, new jersey democrats still don't seem to be willing to give christie a real fight for re-election. it is the subject of today's deep dive. monday was the filing deadline for candidates seeking their party's nomination for new jersey governor. but most of new jersey high profile democrats have taken a pass. cory booker is trying to win the seat being vacated by frank lautenberg. and steve sweeney is intent on staying on the legislature. now one candidate is left standing. >> this governor's budget message was a campaign speech. he not only -- he's in denial about our economy. either he doesn't realize or doesn't care that -- about the middle class and the working poor in new jersey who are struggling to make ends meet. >> barbara bono, state senator from middle sex county, takes on the daunting task of trying to knock off a popular governor. early returns aren't encouraging. a recent poll found christie

chris christie.ne set of rules for himself and others for everyone else. >> that's purportedly about traffic tickets and really about him being big. throwing your weight around showing him coming out of the car. are you going to run a campaign about his weight. >> aim -- >> you're not going to do that? >> i will tell you what i'm going to do. i'm not going to comment on another campaign and what they do. i will have a campaign on the issues and the issues are there are over 400,000 people still out of work in new jersey. the middle class has slunk under this governor and his policies have not corrected the situation. still the highest property taxes in the nation. people are hurting. >> let me ask you to shorten it up a little bit, what would you do the last couple of years this governor didn't do? put it positively. >> i would put people back to work. >> that's a goal. how would you do it? >> i would have a real economic plan. >> what would it do. >> i will tell you what it wouldn't do. >> what woul

chris christie and obama speaking of favorite governors.is the sudden embrace and what is the deal here? >> well, i think when he did this six months ago, it returns the motivation. one was to spend as much money as the federal government, and the other was to scare off cory booker. cory being a young charismatic mayor of new york, it worked. lou: this is reaching absurd proportions. chris christie has had more to throw an entry como. >> i agree with you early on that was the explanation. chris christie is up for reelection in november. the republican running in a blue state. he wants to win by a landslide so that if he chooses to run in 2016, he can say i am a republican with the democratic party in new jersey, this gives me the ability to go by and talk about their candidate for president. lou: in new jersey, as the governor, we consider ourselves very important. the only pain is a dollar and the president reaching out and the latest on another red line. that is coming up next. lou: we are back with the "a-team." monica, let's start with

that's what you like about chris christie. ther it will hurt christie down the line. we found a great irony in this. chris christie yelling at a guy because of yelling at other people. take a look at a little bit of chris christie. >> yeah, you know what, first off it's none of your business. i don't ask you where you send your kids to school. don't bother me about where i send mine. >> you know what? you know what? let me tell you this. you know what? it's people who raise their voices and yell and scream like you that are dividing this country. we're here to bring this country together, not to divide it. >> i think all of our mothers taught us if we could avoid it, don't be stupid. so don't be stupid. get out. >> excuse me, sir. you were not in the room. let me answer the question. you were not in the room -- >> i've got the microphone, sir. >> sir, you said -- excuse me. no, no. >> mr. christie, you had no idea -- >> let me finish. >> that's how if you're going to bully someone, it should be done. no need to wing a ball at t

for a moment, someone accidently sat governor chris christie with the republicans. that was awkward and i apologize. very awkward. >> but what's really awkward is that governor christie has a 67% approval rating. compare that to the terrible 31% approval rating for his party. it's not complicated. when you do the right thing, you're rewarded. when you do unpopular things, the voters let you know. that's why senators who voted against background checks are getting slammed in the polls. that's what happens when you vote against something that has overwhelming support against the american people. that's what happens when your oppose everything. president obama even joked about the gop's failed reboot at the dinner this weekend. >> i know republicans are still sorting out what happened in 2012 but one thing they all agree on is they need to do a better job reaching out to minorities. and look, call me self-centered, but i can think of one minority they could start with. hello? the former head of the democratic national committee and michelle cottle from "the daily beast.

chris christie did. caught speeding in an unregistered car, would you get away without points? chris christie did. in both cases, christie threw his weight around and got off. if you didn't pay taxes and ignored ethics laws, would you get away with it? chris christie, one set of rules for himself and another for everyone else. >> that's about the guy being big. they show him in a white car, throw your weight around. does that work in new jersey, taking on a guy's weight. >> you're not going to do that again? >> i'm going to tell you what i'm going to do. >> did you like that ad? >> i think it -- i'm not going to comment on another campaign and what they did. what i will say is i'm going to have a campaign on the issues and over 400,000 people are still out of work. the middle class has shrunk. people are hurting. >> let me ask you, to shorten it up a little bit, what would you do that this governor didn't do? >> put people back to work. >> that's a goal. how would you do it? i'd have a real economic plan

we will get chris christie here.e need to talk to chris about better weather. >> governor chris christie joins us in a few minutes and set to make an announcement about aid for victims of the storm. first to willie geist who is standing by in the rock aways. >> one of the most terrible stories in the entire superstorm sandy was down the beach about four miles in breezy point a community of firefighters where they lost 126 homes in a fire. it was a fire that the firefighters who lived there couldn't get to because of the storm surge. they stood and watched as many of their own homes burned. we will revisit that area and talk to some of those guys coming up. also want to go to brian shactman where you are in seaside heights, new jersey. >> looking at the damage behind you, it's pretty unbelievable. here we have the roller coaster behind mean destroyed boardwalk. seaside heights, the city, suffered quite a bit. we are going to ride around town with the long time police chief and get some perspective from him and what he

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the one republican that gives clinton and biden a run for the money is chris christie of jersey. beats him by 46%/43%. biden loses to christie. there, gene, is sort of the pivot right there. >> look, one thing about that number, though, we know what hillary clinton is like as a national candidate. we don't know yet know what chris christie is like as a national candidate. how he translates to rest of the country. we'll see. >> also one other thing. cynthia, not to prescribe what's going to happen in this campaign, hillary clinton fits the democratic party like a glove. she is not a hyphenated -- working people, middle class people. men and women. not too left. not too right. in fact, definitely not to left. a little notch to the right of obama, right there in the sweet spot. the other guy, chris christie, probably could win the democratic nomination in a certain year. he's not that right wing. i think he's too liberal for the republicans. i don't see him winning in these states. i don't see it. your thoughts. >> i will go right out here and make a prediction for 2016. if chris chr

chris christie is enormously popular in his state.ent polls have shown that he was the only republican figure, well known republican figure, who could even get within striking distance of hillary clinton or joe biden were he to run in 2016. but how has -- how have activist republicans responded to chris christie? by not inviting him to come to their big conservative gathering in washington, cpac, last month. >> that's right. >> so the republican activists, the hard core republicans, want nothing to do with chris christie even though he's the guy who is much more popular than most of the figures they're putting forward. >> right. that tells you a lot. richard wolffe, cynthia tucker, thanks for your time this evening. i'm going to have to leave it right there. >> thanks, reverend. >>> ahead, marco rubio slides further to the cuckoo. now he's attacking beyonce and jay-z's trip to cuba. we'll show you. >>> and something just happened to president clinton for the first time ever. and stephen colbert is involved. that's next. aw this is tra

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con, drinking a pint out of chris christie's belly button.makes sound of beer opening ] [ makes sound of liquid pouring ] [ laughter ] [ farting sound ] [ audience groans ] pro, congress deserves a vacation. con, specifically a carnival cruise vacation. absolutely. we'll take care of it. [ cheers and applause ] we'll take care of it for them. pro, seeing members of the house and senate hit the beach. con, hearing people scream, "woo! don't take it off! [ light laughter ] put more stuff on!" pro, observing classic spring break etiquette. con, like putting a sock on the door if you're in the middle of filibustering. [ light laughter ] that's what they call it. you never know. pro, seeing harry reid in a bathing suit. con, seeing his hairy reed through his bathing suit. [ laughter and ohs ] >> steve: my goodness. >> jimmy: and finally, pro, most members of congress decided to forego their vacation and stay in washington, feeling it was more important to address urgent matters rather than take a two week break during such a critical time for our

they are in new jersey and reporters asked chris christie about the firing. >> one of my questions was, what parent would let this animal back into their living room to recruit their son after this video? >> the athletic director who allowed rice to stay on after viewing the video resigned last week. >>> the wind caused a lot of problems in the mountains, today it was time to clean up and try to keep more damage from occurring. >> we will not walking way. >> president obama make as case for sweeping gun control, his message to the families effected by gun violence. >>> complete bay area news coverage continues right now, this is ktvu channel 2 news at 5:00 p.m. >> screaming winds topples trees and power outages, causing problems all day and it is not over yet. winds as high as 75 miles per hour. that is hurricane force winds through the bay area. those winds are strong enough to do serious damage. our coverage continues with ktvu's robert handa live in the mountains. robert? >> reporter: well, we saw and felt the effect of the wind. especially here in the mountains. >> reporter: the st

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>> you talked about chris christie. but they talked about a north eastern middle of the road governor and it didn't work out so well last year. chris: come on. one has charisma. one guy's got pizzazz. >> part of the problem with romney being a terrible candidate is that he went away from what his appeal originally was as a modern new englander and tried to get the nomination, tried to become something else -- chris: start with howard. can hillary be beaten? she rauns leg campaign. >> yes, don't forget even though brakbrak won, it wasn't a -- barack obama won, it wasn't a blowout. >> inevitable is dangerous. there should be a concern about a candidate not believing -- >> she can definitely be beaten but republicans never file disappoint. chris: who would you put your money? >> i think hillary's inevitable is looming large. chris: she did lose it last time. she's got to pump in the rolls of those millenials. they're not going to be easily led. i spend enough time with those kids at occupy wall street. they are not into lea

mark my words, scooby-gate, trademark, will bring chris christie to his knees faster than a short flight of stairs. rest assured, nation, rest assured, i will get solve this mystery just like my favorite childhood cartoon. inspector gadget. >> inspector gadget came on the air in 1983. you were almost 20 years old. >> stephen: rut-roh. ( cheers and applause ). nation, thanks to the sequester, if you have flown in the last couple of days you may have noticed that you didn't fly in the last couple of days. jim? >> staffing cuts started yesterday for air traffic controllers. >> here comes maximum pain. air travelers, listen up. your chances of a flight delay just went up. >> federal budget cuts are now hitting air traffic controllers. they are being forced to take extra days off. >> about 400 flights were delayed because of these furloughs. >> passengers have been boarding on time but wait up to three hours for their flights to take off. >> stephen: oh, yes, the sequester chickens have come home to roost. or they would have have if they could get clearance to take off. but we've got no choic

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vice-president joseph biden and chris christy came out slightly behind. >>> president barack obama is trying to put gun control back in the spotlight. from the washington d.c. newsroom, he is dealing with lawmakers. >> reporter: senators will not likely start debating gun control legislation for two weeks instead of next week as planned. harry reid said it would be the number one priority when he returned this coming monday. he has excluded dianne finestein's web upon's ban bash weapons' ban and he said back ground checks should become universal including those at gun shows. one reason president barack obama is speaking is the state recently passed laws to expand gun background checks and limit the number of magazines they can hold. and president barack obama leaves for colorado three hours from now and we will have more on his agenda when i see you next hour. kyla campbell, ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> meantime connecticut state legislature is said to vote on some of the toughest laws in the country. if it becomes law, no firearm can be sold unless the buyer passes a background c

could it be chris christie? could it be marco rubio?ave these incredibly warring factions. >> could you extend it to 2006 where rahm came in, dccc chair, was advising candidates to be much more conservative on guns and not talk about gay rights and be much more centrist with the fiscal policy and that's how they're going to win back the house and they did whereas now when you see the republican prescriptions to get back to national relevancy, it's focused on how to be much more pure conservative and not lean towards the middle. >> it's no not a surprise that bill clinton was a governor. george bush was a governor. they were outside of washington. >> romney was positioned to do it and he didn't do it. it takes a certain kind of character. it takes a certain kind of leadership. >> it takes character, period. >> it's not automatic and i'm not saying it's automatically going to happen for republicans. my prediction is unless they find a version of george bush in 2000 or bill clinton in '92 they're not going to be well positioned. >> they pr

looking back on it, i think chris christie will say, yeah, i did what i did.'m in the ashamed of it. >> do you think republican republican is always attacking, attacking rich people, oil and gas companies. we will get him back later in the show. she back attacking health insurance companies and the rest. do you think he's changed his tune? is he less divisive now? is this charm offensive, maybe you have been a part of it. is that a different obama or is this just a politically clever obama? >> ah, he came in and met with the house republicans. i take him for his word. he spent an hour-plus talking this through. i think his chief of staff is reaching out more, trying to do more. but when you get to tough issues like immigration and how to fix obamacare, it's totally broken and other issue, i don't see the president engageing with rank and file people in the house and senate. i don't see him using the way to the white house. peggy noonan in a new york times article, she nailed it on the head, the president doesn't know and have the inclination on how to use the

in chris christie's case, it is the only one you can still hear him screaming. vernor christie, you may be understanding new jersey's sl slogan, it is not the olive garden state. >> we think christie may be a target. who else may be a political target besides congress. >> besides congress? >> individuals. >> well, within congress i'm expecting personally a water sip joke. i am going to roll my eyes if we get one. >> don't you think it played out? >> it has played out but i'll still roll my eyes when it happens because it has been played out. >> there was talk this year would be less glitzy. when you look at some of the folks there, bradley cooper, in the interest of full disclosure, he is at an msnbc table. i know because i heard from no less than a half dozen college interns asked me to introduce them to mr. cooper. i don't know the man. steven spielberg, "time" magazine's cable, nicole kidman, kevin spacey, george lucas, the list goes on and on. you have been covering these a few years. how does this year's star power compare to star power years past? >> this y

you're faking it and sometimes you go -- we were in detroit and i was doing all these chris christiehe becomes president he will be the first oval in the oval office and it's all fine and then i'm on the stool and i lift up the stool and i say i haven't lifted a stool this heavy since chris christie's nurse phoned in sick. they hated me. i lost them in a second. >> jimmy: the people are starting to turn on the chris christie fat jokes. >> they like him. his popularity is surging faster than his cholesterol. >> jimmy: how long have you been doing this? >> tonight is my 40th anniversary in show business. >> jimmy: is it? >> thank you! >> jimmy: that is remarkable. >> not true. but look at the reaction. >> jimmy: you started doing stand up comedy? >> i never did -- i didn't do stand up. >> jimmy: what did you do? >> well, i did -- i'm a singer and dancer and second city improvising. stand up was not my forte. i did it one time in 1978, truthfully. >> jimmy: what happened? >> i left second city and a friend of mine carole pope had a punk rock group called rough trade which was rush limba

vice-president joseph biden and chris christy came out slightly behind. >>> president barack obama is trying to put gun control back in the spotlight. from the washington d.c. newsroom, he is dealing with lawmakers. >> reporter: senators will not likely start debating gun control legislation for two weeks instead of next week as planned. harry reid said it would be the number one priority when he returned this coming monday. he has excluded dianne finestein's web upon's ban bash weapons' ban and he said back ground checks should become universal including those at gun shows. one reason president barack obama is speaking is the state recently passed laws to expand gun background checks and limit the number of magazines they can hold. and president barack obama leaves for colorado three hours from now and we will have more on his agenda when i see you next hour. kyla campbell, ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> meantime connecticut state legislature is said to vote on some of the toughest laws in the country. if it becomes law, no firearm can be sold unless the buyer passes a background c

chris christie, well -- [ scattered applause ] -- he was in texas today for the dedication of the presidentrge w. bush's presidential library. the library's already done, but they brought in christie for a second groundbreaking. [ laughter ] sorry! i've got to tell jokes. >> steve: it's your job. >> jimmy: sorry, chris christie. >> steve: it's your job. >> jimmy: yeah. but this is nice though, during the dedication ceremony, they unveiled a statue of george w. bush. take a look at this. [ laughter ] you know it's bad when even your statue looks confused. i mean -- [ laughter ] looks like he's lost. like one of those street performers you see in times square that moves if you give him a dollar. actually, bush sat down with abc's diane sawyer for an interview recently. and he's still got it. he really does. take a look at the former president right here. >> do you have one word for the republican party today? >> uh, you will exist in the future. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: one word. do you have one word? yeah. one, six? it sounds like his new speechwriter is a fortune cookie. [ as george w. bush ]

chris christie of course mentioned, eric cantor. here i am talking to eric cantor. stenney hoyer. >> we have pictures, cleaver was there. >> bill: the administration i had a chance to talk to kathleen sebelius, ray lahood. and among the sell bebrities, the two that i was most excited to see, kevin spacey and barbara streisand, had a good conversation with barbara streisand, whom i knew from my california days and there were other celebrities scattered about. >> my geekout home was when i got up to use the restroom and patrick stewart, sir patrick stewart in star trek but professor x was coming up and sir ewen mckown who played the bad guys were coming up statement. i have to get a picture with you 2. i got a picture with the two of them next to each other. >> bill: all about scholarships. we bring money for scholarships as well. but it's a chance to schmooze, if you will, for the media to schmooze one night of the year. do you think it's getting too buddy buddy? do you think it's too cozy? 866-55-press. i would love to hear how the dinner appears to all of our good

the one republican that gives clinton and biden a run for the money is chris christie of jersey. ton beats him by 46%/43%. biden loses to christie. there, gene, is sort of the pivot right there. >> look, one thing about that number, though, we know what hillary clinton is like as a national candidate. we don't know yet know what chris christie is like as a national candidate. how he translates to rest of the country. we'll see. >> also one other thing. cynthia, not to prescribe what's going to happen in this campaign, hillary clinton fits the democratic party like a glove. she is not a hillary clinton. you know, i'm not sure i would be that quick to say christie has no shot. i think -- >> you think if they want to win, they might do it? >> if they want to win, imagine that the establishment coalesces behind them. they're all united behind him. they, you know, ran mitt romney through. they might be able to ram chris christie through. and, look, there's going to be some sort of civil war. there's going to be some sort of civil war in the republican party. >> if they lose to hillary,

>> in the wake of this immense failure to move forward on gun regulations new jersey governor chris christie wants to make some of the toughest state gun laws in the country even tougher. >>> good morning from fenway park! it's monday, april 22nd, 2013! now here's "the daily rundown" with chuck todd! boston strong! woo! >> what a great way to begin what hopefully is a better week for everybody thanks to the baby giraffes, an improv group from boston. those good morning videos, you could be tomorrow's winner. let's get to my first reads of the morning. let's run through everything we've learned since friday night's arrest. federal prosecutors may file terrorism charges today against dzhokhar tsarnaev, the 19-year-old man accused of the boston marathon bombings. tsarnaev is under guard in serious but stable condition at a boston hospital with a gunshot wound to the neck. some investigators believe that wound may be the result of a suicide attempt before his arrest. he's now being questioned, but only for brief periods because of his medical condition and is responding mostly in writing because

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in newark new jersey one thousand students walked out of class on tuesday protesting governor chris christie's budget cuts to the state educational funding of public schools. now this is walkout is in response to a number of complaints mainly that their public schools like most around the u.s. are understaffed with cuts to programs and classrooms that are in major need of repair now this is very similar to other protests we've seen in cities like chicago earlier this month with over fifty four school closures following a budget deficit earlier i was joined by r.g. correspondent stasia churkin to who was on the ground in chicago and joined us from our studio in new york to tell us just what's going on in newark. what we saw happen earlier this week on tuesday from according to different estimates from several hundred up to two thousand public high school students walked out of their schools about a dozen schools in total to protest what seems to be becoming a trend in the united states budget cuts to public education and this comes after the announcement that governor chris christie is consider

they are in new jersey and reporters asked chris christie about the firing. >> one of my questions was, what parent would let this animal back into their living room to recruit their son after this video? >> the athletic director who allowed rice to stay on after viewing the video resigned last week. >>> the wind caused a lot of problems in the mountains, today it was time to clean up and try to keep more damage from occurring. >> we will not walking way. >> president obama make as case for sweeping gun control, his message to the families effected by gun violence. >>> complete bay area news coverage continues right now, this is ktvu channel 2 news at 5:00 p.m. >> screaming winds topples trees and power outages, causing problems all day and it is not over yet. winds as high as 75 miles per hour. that is hurricane force winds through the bay area. those winds are strong enough to do serious damage. our coverage continues with ktvu's robert handa live in the mountains. robert? >> reporter: well, we saw and felt the effect of the wind. especially here in the mountains. >> reporter: the st

for a moment, someone accidentally sat governor chris christie with the republicans.hat was awkward, and i apologize. very awkward. speaking of tables, before dinner, i had a chance to mingle, you probably saw me. i worked the crowd, shook some hands and sold my twitter account to al jazeera for $500 million. they will buy anything. it is an absolute joy to be her at the white house correspondents dinner. last year, tom brokaw criticized this event for having too many superstars and a-list celebrities. when i told him i would be attending this year, he said, that is more like it. [laughter] that should not be funny to you. but this is really a star- studded event. this year, you have taken it to new heights. i have to congratulate you. you have some of the guy from "duck dynasty." which can only mean one thing, the guys from ?storage wars? said no. i love "duck dynasty," don't get me wrong. i really don't think the whistle oh, my god, it works. he is here. i always hated that one. as some of you know, this is my second time speaking at this event. i was 18 years ago i

the governor he, chris christie, revealed that new jersey broke its all-time tourism year last year, celebrating and generating $40 billion from investment, government support, and a lot of spending, at the beaches and casinos and right here along the boardwalk. less than two months ago we reported here on the moment when crews hammered the first new piling for the historic boardwalk. they say they're working as many as ten hours a day ensure that when memorial days arrived, vacationers can return to the boardwalk visit the arcades and ice cream parlors, suver in shops and much more. we'll speak live with the major about the challenges facing businesses. >> you'll get a big picture look of the shoreline, not just here but in new york. i went board sky fox to see how sandy redrew the coastline in new york. areas including the rockaways, staten island here's before the hurricane, and here's how it looks now. hundreds of miles of dunes, washed away. leaving homes more vulnerable than they had ever been for future storms. we'll have team coverage throughouting the hour. jonathan hunt is

chris christie is naming answers after mike rice physically and verbally attacked players during practicesaid he was depply disturbed and wants to know why he was suspend and not fired when the school was made aware of the incidents in december. >> in all five living u.s. presidents will be reunited at the george w. bush presidential center in dallas. the white house confirmed that president obama and the first lady will attend the dedication for former presidents bush and clinton and carter along with their wives. nancy reagan is not expected to attend. by the way, folks, we will be there and broadcasting for that day as well. up next, a deep dive into one of the questions right now. how will the president's health care law hit people's wallets? we will break down the numbers next. senate madness updates. four senators in each are still standing including the number one seeds. here are a couple of contests we are watching today. the highest seed still in the game. henry scoop jackson faces off against number two seed and after upsetting three seed, jesse helms, joe biden takes on moyniha

the closest mashup is against chris christie but she still wins, 46 to 43.there are also similar numbers for joe biden, too. for rubio, he wins 53 to 39%. against rand paul, and then jeb bush, 49 to 41 but loses against chris christie. what do these numbers tell you, tricia, in terms of a -- not a fall primary but in terms of a november election? republican against hillary, republican against joe biden? >> well, i think despite all this enthusiasm, i think it's a bit early to come to these conclusions. a lot can happen. i imagine the republicans will work incredibly hard to ensure that she's painttainted in some. i think what it does mean is a woman willing to speak about women issues, to connect reproductive freedom to economic rights and women's rights to human rights can get a substantial amount of progressives and this would be a wonderful thing because i think those issues really need to take center stage giving profound levels of women and her connection of the state department to women's global issues i think is very important and i hope this exciteme

i want to add that chris christie believes women who end pregnancies deserve to go to jail.ou for your time on this segment. lizz and elane will be sticking around with us. you'll learn that freedom of speech does not apply to cops and pot lives laws. they think this world isn't big enough for the both of them. but we assure you - it is. bites. little greatness. >> john: welcome back. the horror show of the day. and its taking place in mayflower, arkansas. where people were sending videos of the huge spill of heavy crude. the resident who took this footage said the smell is unbelievable. an aerial photographer adam randall said the reek is overwhelming, even at his high altitude. after this footage was taken the faa for bid flying over the area. which means my friends either its toxic at an extremely high height or it's just something your government does not want you to see. oh here is the horror sequel. oil change international said this sludge in the pipeline technically counts as heavy crude, not oil. so transporting it doesn't require regular payments into our national

also chris christie everyone is mad at him but he is likable i grew up in new york he is like the one who ran the deli they were lucky to be buying something from him. [laughter] but he does have the appeal he is not really a conservative but sometimes you have to give been a little bit. >> i don't see him going through the primary i think what he did, i liked him as a candidate not what he believes and what he did to romney was terrible because obama reached into his pocket and give it to new jersey but no he took money from taxpayers the president didn't do anything we did and perhaps they did deserve it but i thought it was not that pace. >> i am curious what you think house social media changed the election. as well as the organizational structure that we don't have. >> i love social media and twitter and i wrote a column how it was useless know i am on there 24/7. [laughter] i don't think it has anything to do with that but it is overrated and people changing their minds of the time but to go back and forth on abortion the majority believed it was good than bad and do people real

bringing to their table john bon jovi and shaquille o'neal. >> bill: yeah, so i got to say about chris christieeen him at the last two white house correspondents, i think he shops around for an invitation. i think he would go anywhere for an invitation. >> christie is fun although i do wish they would bring his democratic challenger who has raised a hell of a lot of important issues. the only problem i got and i don't mind chris christie being out there. i think he's a fun guy. but there is an awful lot of progressives who are so all in. they forget, he's actually a very right wing governor. he's got a good opponent. she's solid. >> major league baseball yesterday announced a new plan to reverse a 20-year decline in diversity in the league. this year, the league saw a record low just 7.7% of opening day rosters were out african-american players down from 27%. >> bill: isn't it funny? >> so they're launching a task force to figure out how to bring more black players back into the game. and it likely starts at the college level. they say the ncaa needs to step up its game first. >> they're right