those are the headlines surrounding new jersey governor christ christie today, pulled off a landslidery against his opponent. >> the biggest things i've learned about leadership over the past four years, leadership is much less about talking than it is about listening. i know if we can do this in trenton, new jersey, maybe the folks in washington, d.c. should tune in tvs right now and see how it's done. >> terry mcauliffe's victory in the virginia race was much tighter, he beat tea party republican ken cuccinelli and abortion as slavery campaign, can't imagine why he struggled with american voters. let's ask howard fineman, i have to tell you as someone who lived in virginia most of my life, who ran for congress in virginia, i find it amazing that abortion is actually a winning issue for democrats in virginia now. if you look at the numbers, 20% of the voters say abortion was the number one issue. of the 20%, terry mcauliffe won them overwhelmingly. >> virginia has changed, especially northern virginia, especially the washington suburbs of virginia. and virginia, i would like to say v

i could probably not beat christ christie, but let's get some of that stuff out there so we can buildampaign. he is one of of possibly 12 nominees. >> way too early. who in 2005 thought the democratic nominee would be barack obama? only david axelrod. so talk about the first pitch of the first inning. the question on christie is can he really come out and say i'm the center, the moderate of a new republican party? because obviously we need one. >> i think thgs tis is the big question. mitt romney says here is a blue state governor who is a republican. christie has to resist that inability to disagree if he's going to be competitive nationally. >> we'll have more on the roundtable in just a moment, but first, coming up, he sent criminals to prison for life but then went to jail himself. crimi[ male announcer ] life but if you can clear a crowd but not your nasal congestion, you may be muddling through allergies. try zyrtec-d®. powerful relief of nasal congestion and other allergy symptoms -- all in one pill. zyrtec-d®. at the pharmacy counter. . >>> we are back. the u.s. has 5% of the

african-americans, even though his democratic challenger won the african-american vote, chris christ christie, 20% of the african-american vote. compare it to mitt romney and compare it to john mccain. chris christie will say he can broaden the republican base. even more importantly in making that argument, the electability argument. chris christie carrying the latino vote with a slight majority. think about nevada, new mexico, florida, other presidential battleground states, latino a critical constituency. chris christie will make the case, i'm the po more electable republican. if there's a dent in the argument, it's this, in his home state, voters were asked, what if you had hillary clinton versus chris christie. in 2016. hillary clinton carrying a narrow victory over chris christie. bit of the dent in the electability argument. chris christie will be able to put it to the chest. he's about to become the chairman of the governors association. look at all the 2014 governors races, they will take him to iowa and ohio. they'll take him to new hampshire and south carolina, they'll take him to f

. >> so what message do you think christ christie's big win will send to the rest of the gop and the the country? has he basically found a blueprint for winning in 2016? >> i think governor christie's big re-election win says to republicans, if you down play social cultural issues that you could find a nice spot where you're moderately conservative but not too far on economic and simply don't talk too much about cultural issues, that that's a way to go after and peel off some democrats and win the share of independents. >> well, he is going to chair the republican governors association. that's going to give him a chance to stump nationally, essentially, four states up for grabs in the 2014 election. what type of message and posturing will he have to have there? will he stick to sort of the chris christie we know who gets into fights with teachers or will he have to adjust that sort of brash attitude that new jersey residents love but might not play in the same way across the country? >> well, the chairman of the republican or democratic governors association, it's really more of a mec

speaker and i said this guy just doesn't want -- a nuclear attack sobering called the body of christ, corpus christi. can we do something about that? mike was drinking at the time and he said it seems like a stupid reason to kill yourself. that was his attitude in those days, but on monday he went around cap weinberger in which a president reagan and they call the city of corpus christi. the guy had a cheeseburger last night i mean, these things can be worked out. i figure there would've been republican fight interest in swaziland. that's a little shot. but deaver but on the plane with lionel and and for the trip which was fastened undertaken -- which was that goes. i thought he overdid up at that was great. this is the lionel hampton, and the republican, and his partner of their, big republican leader of new york. honorary chairs or whatever. he's playing the saints go marching in on some little xylophone and handicapped section of the airport for me. that was quite a trip to but the other things, my wife was an anchorwoman. can i get a press pass? sure. so these little things back and forth. went

. >> he had a concern with chris christ christie. e reported back the response was in effect why do we need to give you that peace of information. he told the team we have to assume if they are not answering is it's because the answer to bad. what questions are we talking about and why are saying this could happen on his presidential run. >> it was more that there was an array of things and there were four things that they asked christie about. some of that was in a civil case. stuff about his household health and his health records and what am i now forgetting? >> about lobbying plans. four topics where they asked him for more information. >> were you exaggerating or did he work for bernie madoff some. >> he worked for america when he was a chairman when bernie was runing it and there was a consumer protection law that he was considered passing the state and through christie lobbied to exclude fraud and disdoings to get that out of the state. >> and it was from the romney standpoint, he looked at that and said this is a 60-second add

christie. chris christ ran against the first all-women ticket i think in the histor of this nation and still won woman vote. >> and he's pro-life. >> a still won the woman's vote. >> in new jersey there as no attack on hhm as a war on women. >> he tried. didn't succeed. >> in virginia it wasn overwhelmingttack on ken cuccinelli. absurdity, but nonetheless an attack. and i think we have -- the are two events when you talk about medithat are real, irrespective of media coverage. one is how in the world does cuccinelli recover when the establishment republican party as well as the tea party embraced the shutdown of govement in the weeks leang right up to the election? that was devastating for cuccinelli, i believe. and how in the world ds mcauliffe give flight to his candidacy with obama care a train wreck to which there is no exit? >> because while obama care, which i don't consider to be a train wreck but let's posit for a minute. >> of course you don't. let me rephrase that. wonderful ccess. a monument to president obama's leership with that you're going to gethe last word. >> thank you and good

. >> other revelations in the new book suggest that mitt romney eliminated christ -- chris christy fromackground and health. >> a controversial billboard is doing more than turning heads, the ad is located on sunset boulevard. it shows an american soldier and a muslim woman embracing. the ad is for a company that helps people stop snoring. they said it was to inspire people to think beyond stereotyp es. >>> a new study says the type of text messages you send to your significant other could result in heart break. accordingaffection ate texts can enhance a relationship but texting heavier stuff can affect the safntion and stability of the relationship. how much you text matters too. men who send and receive a lot of messages were less satisfied with their relationship. women who send texts are more often very satisfied. >> all right. coming up on the 9:00 hour, let's check in with rose rosemary. the low clouds have moved across the bay into pouring -- portions of the east bay. a cool start. by the afternoon a notable drop in temperatures. yesterday santa rosa you hit 79, you go to about 7

well the chronicle by and another christie riots member were convicted of hooliganism motivated by religious hatred after staging a performance at moscow's christ the savior cathedral. she is serving a two year sentence and is due for release next march. now for some more news from around the world three attacks targeting shiite worshippers in eastern iraq have left at least forty one people and dad. suicide bomber struck a crowded in e d i love province killing thirty two and wounding more than sixty. in a lawsuit seeking seemingly coordinated blasts richter a religious procession killing nine the attacks struck during festivities marking i'm sure of the most important day in the shiite muslim calendar. i think i e on is now known to have claimed over two thousand three hundred lives in the philippines significantly less than previously thought despite unprecedented eight from neighboring countries many victims remained cut off from food and water. as many as eleven million people may have been affected by one of the worst ever stories recorded protect the city of talk about it last week meanwhile please have fired tear gas and procession comm

christie has earned another four-year term as governor of new jersey. he easily won re-election over democratic challenger barbara bruono. christ any managed to get more than 60% of the vote this is democratic leaning state. it was a tighter governor's race in virginia where democrat terry mcauliffe beat condition ken cuccinelli by less than 3%. terry is former head of the dnc. >>> the big apple will have its first democratic mayor in two decades. bill de blasio romped over republican joe lhota in yesterday's election. de blasio will replace republican-turned-independent michael bloomberg stepping down after three four-year terms. >>> the new jersey mall where a gunman fired multiple shots then killed himself reopened today with extra police officers on hand. 20-year-old richard shoop opened fire at the garden state plaza in paramus on monday night. investigators say shoop left a note with his family suggesting he would harm himself. no other injuries are reported. the mall is now playing for extra police patrol today. >>> a third murder trial of american student amanda knox continues in italy. she and her former boyfriend were

christ whoa appeared in stronger than the storm ads to promote tourism in new jersey. the national media anointed christie. establishment front-runner. that's yes. still three years away. yes, he is on the time cover and the missing ingredient for him, what is his in with conservatives. we know he won't be a tea party guy or a guy who carves out a niche. is it the personality that wins conservatives to his side? already talkers were skeptical. >> i don't know what the big appeal of christie just based on the record is. it is hardly an economic boom or turn around in the state of new jersey. i can tell you that. you have so many people in the media celebrating the christie win as the road to the future for the republican party. what does that tell you? for one, i'm tired of the media picking our candidate for us. they are trying to do it here. >> there you go. if a republican gets good press, rush limbaugh and other guys don't trust that republican. up next, preventive medicine. the president gets an earful from fellow democrats. he's the no the only one. secretary sebelius where even the butt op down sena

christ, what do we do. that's a quote. fortunately for the vice president, research suggested the move was not going to help the president's chances. also in the book, mitt romney was seriously considering chris christie for vice president but the campaign ruled help out due to unanswered questions about his background and his health. president obama has disdain for rubbing elbows not just reserved for republicans. he could not name his campaign top bunk letters and after meeting with gorm sore rows, he allegedly said if we don't get anything out of him, he would never sit with him again. the book also details the complicated relationship between the president and bill clinton. during a golf outing in 2011 meant to strengthen the bond between the two, they didn't finish all 18 holes. and after coming off the course, obama allegedly told aides about clinton, quote, i like him in doses. the book notes that the president has come to rely, though, on clinton's advice, but their relationship of course may once again be put to the test as we get closer to 2016 and a possible presidential run by hillary. >>> another turn in the texas abortion law situation. a federal appeals court overturned a lower court's

christi just mentioned. at issues are prayers like this one recorded at a town hall meeting in greece, new york. >> jesus christns of the world, destroyed our death through his dying and in his rising, he has restored our life, bless it are you who has raked up the lord jesus. >> two women took the issue to court saying the town unfairly referred christian prayers and the prayers are unconstitutional pro meeting specific believes. a u.s. appeals court sicited unanimously with them. joining us are our two guests. i want to start with you pastor jeffers. good morning to both of you. you say, pastor, if the court sides with the women, it could have a huge impact on religious freedoms. their claim, their hope is that that type of prayer would not come during a meeting. how would this affect religious freedoms so broadly? >> well, victor, first of all, it's interesting the obama administration is siding with the side of greece, new york along with half the states and 85 congressmen. the issue is what role should government play in regulating the content of prayers and the answer is absolutely none according to the c

christie, appears to be heading towards a landslide victory. poised to make huge inroads with women voters, latinos and african americans. poised to say he is the most electable republican. for several weeks crifti christs been blasting are conservative republicans. >> we need to show the republican party we can win again. guess where they're going to be watching tuesday, right here, going to be watching us. >> more significant given the outcome the republicans are bracing for on election day in virginia. ken cuccinelli, the state attorney general is a tea party darling, staunch fiscal and social conservative, he finds himself down nearly 10 points. the former democratic party ken mcauliffe. but mcauliffe, makes this, look for soul searching on the right wing of the gop and the part of republicans to try otake the party back. >> david back to christie, could a big win -- okay, he's going to win tomorrow. could it be a springboard in 2016 for the republican nomination for president? >> yes, very familiar with george w. bush, he ran up huge numbers. he was able to convince party organizers, i'm the guy who can reach across, get women, i'm not as conservative, christie is out there right now trying to run

christie and hillary clinton are getting more attention. kelly o'donnell has more. >> reporter: this spot is the nutley diner. it is one of several spots christ see will make today. he says that the bigger the win tomorrow the better for his future possibilities. never bashful. governor chris christie thinks new jersey can send a message. >> we need to show the republican party and america that we can win again and guess where they will be watching on tuesday night to see if we win? right here in new jersey. they will be watching us. >> reporter: cruising toward re-election on a week-long bus tour, the destination may ultimately be the 2016 presidential race. voters bring it up at every stop. christie both relishes the speculation and tries to tamp it down. >> i will see what the future will be. i think people don't plan politics years ahead. >> reporter: but 2016 predictions are irresistible. even more mitt romney on "meet the press." >> that is the kind of popularity and the track record the republican party needs if we take back the white house. >> reporter: the current occupant, president obama, jumped into one race this cycle. campaignin

christ was his favorite philospher. he will be the guy in the middle there the three wednesday, evangelicals, that's two separate. sometimes they do merge. david is right, what bush had that christie so, charlie, you know, over the past 50 years, we have been told, you got to win, at least since jimmy carter in '76. you got to win iowa. you got to win new hampshire. now, south carolina and florida in the mix. you can actually see with guiliani tried this. it just didn't work. you can see with a guy like chris christie, you can telegraph it early on, i may not win iowa, south carolina, florida. when it swings back to the northeast and new york and connecticut and jersey are once again a winner take all, i will be rolling up the delegates. ask is that what chris christie has to start telegraphing right now? >> i think chris christie's personality lends itself to the new york, new jersey, metropolitan area. there is like testosterone coming out of every more pore in his body. i can't wait to see a tea party calling him a liberal and christie reaching down the guy's throat and pulling his lungs out. i can't wait to see that. i will pay money to see that. >> charlie, thank you, by the