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christie in new jersey politics and people he brought in with expertise. about is i'm told senator jeff sessions of alabama -- and christie worked carefully to ings like big cabinet positions and key transition employees and that both sessions and christie each signed off on every name so that if one thought this was a good choice and the other did not, they would agree that they both had to come to terms with accepting whatever the list was and so the fact that some of those names have now been pushed aside, that doesn't reflect on jeff sessions who is still there and very much a part of it and anticipated to get some cabinet-level job, but on the christie side it appears that there is an intentional blockade against governor christie and all the reporting suggests that it is personal from kushner to christie. >> robert costa, this doesn't president-elect to have someone around that's able to knock somebody off because they don't like the line he came from? this is a hell of a lot of power, especially the case of mike rodgers where somebody thinks it woul

he is no fan of chris christie. chris christie prosecuted his father and sent him 20 jato jai.saul knall knee story. and a group appointed by chris christie are now gone, one mike rogers, with whom you just spoke. so i spoke with a source familiar with the transition who pushed back on that, and said that jared did not organize this, but he certainly wasn't unhappy that the christie people were gone. i think you can play this out for yourselves. i think chris christie is still in touch. i don't think he's running the transition. >> we don't see him walking in and out, these past days over of at trump tower? everyone else in the transition is walking in and out. he's not. >> look, i would not say it is beyond a possibility that christie could be offered something, but i'm not so sure even if offered something at this point he would take it. this is bad relations at this point, and there's been this purge, whoever did it. there aren't a lot of people with the authority to kind of order that kind of thing. >> whoever involved with christie. >> all arrows point to jared, although t

but christie himself may be taking the stand himself. christie in person. 2 1/2 weeks from now.n a related criminal complaint that was brought about in the bridgegate scheme. the timing means that if elected tuesday, chris christie will presumably be taking the stand two weeks later to talk about his own role in the criminal bridgegate scheme. while he is simultaneously serving as the head of the transition team for the president-elect. and that is going to be particularly awkward, not just in the abstract but because it's not like donald trump himself complete ignorance or can take christie's side in this. he can't. he can't. not with this on the record. >> look. here's the story. the george washington bridge. he knew about it. hey, how do you have breakfast with every day of your lives, they're closing up the largest bridge in the world, the biggest in the united states, traffic flowing, during rush hour, people couldn't get across for six, seven hours, ambulances, fire trucks, they're with them all the time can the people that did it. they never said, hey, boss, we're closing

but christie himself may be taking the stand himself. christie in person. 2 1/2 weeks from now. in a related criminal complaint that was brought about in the bridgegate scheme. the timing means that if elected tuesday, chris christie will presumably be taking the stand two weeks later to talk about his own role in the criminal bridgegate scheme. while he is simultaneously serving as the head of the transition team for the president-elect. and that is going to be particularly awkward, not just in the abstract but because it's not like donald trump himself complete ignorance or can take christie's side in this. he can't. he can't. not with this on the record. >> look. here's the story. the george washington bridge. he knew about it. hey, how do you have breakfast with every day of your lives, they're closing up the largest bridge in the world, the biggest in the united states, traffic flowing, during rush hour, people couldn't get across for six, seven hours, ambulances, fire trucks, they're with them all the time can the people that did it. they never said, hey, boss, we're closi

and, christie, i'll get behind you. and christie was the first to get behind donald trump. to chris' point of loyalty. >> they are in territory they didn't expect to be in. they didn't expect they would need to go -- >> just one trump adviser said to me, remember the relationship to watch, the relationship that has always been there is the one between jared kushner and mike pence. jared kushner and ivanka trump wanted mike pence to be vice president. they did not want newt gingrich or chris christie. you had to have mike pence running for vice president in september and october. he couldn't be plotting a transition. this is very much a kushner/pence relationship that you're seeing. >> you also have to remember that christie made a lot of sense, he's an executive, a governor. donald trump is suffering from noting having a built-in infrastructure around him. there is no big trump organization when you go there and he now has to do it on the fly. you have to look at the pink slips for what they are. donald trump didn't kno

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this follows what some describe as a purge of chris christie allies from trump's transition team. former congressman mike rodgers described his exit on cnn last night. >> sometimes in politics, you know, in the palace intrigue there are people who are in and people who are out and the people who have been asked to move on have some relationship with chris christie. >> rodgers also said the problem inside trump tower is that it's not clear who's calling the shots. >> i think there is some confusion going on about a chain of command coming out of new york. hopefully they'll get that settled soon, they'll need to do it because as the clock ticks, all of these decisions become more important and you have to make name sooner with more authority and forward thinking to make sure they don't bump into anything in the future. >> lookberg reports trump is considering senator ted cruz of texas for attorney general. and while e when it comes to top cabinet position, secretary of state the toppest of them all, a source close to rudy giuliani tells nbc the mayor's inner circle expects it to hap

governor chris christie was on the stage during donald trump's victory speech. what a donald trump victory could mean for chris christie and the garden state. >> reporter: i can tell you we didn't hear directly from governor christie or his office today, even though the governor's departure from the garden state may end up being imminent. the voters we talked to not feel dismal or gloomy about that possibility. while taking the temperature of new jersey voters on this, the day of the election. >> i don't like him at all. >> reporter: we got a chilly reception about governor christie's role as the head of president-elect trump's transition team. >> reporter: we asked people outside a busy wawa and author of "american governor" if christie will trade the state house for the white house. donald trump could tap christie for one of his positions in washington, d.c. >> i think it's quite likely he won't be governor in january. i imagine that he is going to get a position in washington, i don't know what that position could be. >> i don't have much to say about kris kw

even if christie does take a job in the white house this could deftly hunt him. just put this in perspective, when impeachment is rare, in fact it never happened here new jersey come a just take a look at this list given to me, it shows that just eight governors have been impeached since 1882. >> that's a cool stat. >> they didn't rule it out but they did criticize the way he went about this. he said we are paying all potential legislative activity. it's disappointing that senator weinberg made a request through a press release. he didn't return any calls to me. i reached out to brian murray and he just laughed it off and said this is ridiculous. >> given the fact that he likely has 1 foot out the door, this is and i quit, no you're fired. >> i think it would be quite funny if trump actually does ask him to be in his cabinet because what was the second thing that came out of his mouth during his speech? i want to work on the transportation system. you're going to bring chris christie into your cabinet, what are you going to do question right. >> i am so relieved

chris christie's own chief of staff who christie picked to basically manage the whole transition effort, he's out, too. chris christie's former law partner who he picked to be the general counsel of the transition effort, he's out, too, the former republican congressman who chris christie tapped to head up national security for the transition, as of the today, he's out too. his ouster should be seen as a part of a, quote, stalinesque purge of people close to chris christie. stalinesque, already, week one. you guys, pay attention. snap out of your funk. this is getting really, really fascinating really fast. you know, whether you blame stalin or not, whether you blame a stalinesque purge or not, the start of the trump administration is wobblier and weirder than i think anyone expected or imagined. the trump campaign has taxpayer funded transition offices in washington. apparently, though, they are not really using them. they're still apparently, reportedly trying to do everything or some things or just the not chris christie things from trump tower instead of working from washington. the

christie has denied that.n a statement today, no believable evidence was presented to contradict that fact. anything said to the contrary over the past six weeks in court is simply untrue. i will set the record straight in the coming days regarding the lies that were told by the media and in the courtroom. well, for more, aisle joined by msnbc political correspondent, steve kornacki. you've been all over this. you were great on this. i'm trying to figure this out. if you're a juror and you voted to convict, and these are serious charges with serious sentences coming for miss kelly and mr. baroni, do you believe the governor was behind this? >> this is the thing, and this is why a day before this happened, there was a ruling made by the judge about the instructions to the jury. and the judge basically said to a question that the jury asked, you did not have to believe that bridget kelly and bill baroni were aware this was a payback scheme as they were carrying out. they didn't have to know all of the details of

i did see christie remained as part of the transition. everything i have seen so far of the people who are doing the nuts and bolts transition work. chris christie did a good job and got a lot accomplished. >> they are prepared of a template of the last six months. you were there from the transition from the clintons to the george h.w. bush. how much change is really possible. we know washington, there are people who are government employees for life. they have been there forever and not appointees. there is only a certain number that you can change out and bring in our own folks. how much change could donald trump make in washington and in a new administration? >> a tremendous amount of change because he had his republican house and senate and even though in the senate, you don't need it on every issue. >> that affects everything even more than personnel. when you have a powerful outsider like donald trump coming in, you have a president of a powerful and big personality, that too, starts to shake change. >> have a good mix and include a

there's been a spotlight on the christie administration. said i didn't care if he knew about it before, during or after. he set the stage. and people unfortunately got suckered in. >> i also got the republican's reaction to the verdict by speaking to tom cain. >> it's said for everybody in new jersey, we need to have transparency and we need to move forward in those efforts. >> let's not forget what these guys did, what they were convicted of doing, abuse of power, this corruption, i'm sick of it. i think that loretta, it's all political for her, she didn't really want justice, she didn't want to find out the problem, she wanted to go after christie. she should at least meet the people of energy half way. you get a conviction and got the guy that is are going to -- hopefully justice will be served. they both should go to jail. after the verdict came out governor christie released the statement, you are chasing the governor, what have you got? >> it's hard to talk about bridgegate without mixing christie. his name was tossed around the court

our colleague, michael smerconish asked why christie was moved. here is what he had to say just this morning. >> let's talk transition. what happened to governor christie? >> i don't know. i know that, obviously, you know, mr. trump has a ton of faith in governor pence and his connections and his stature in washington. he's been a very successful governor and a very successful member of the house of

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bridgegate trial shows christie new his aids were closing lanes on the george washington bridge, as political pay back. still those aids face sentencing in february. christie insists he knew nothing of the plan. >> a report commissioned by former pennsylvania attorney general, kathleen kane, is due next week. an outside law firm investigated the exchange of objectionable emails recovered from computers inside the attorney general's office. dozens of employees in the ag's office have previously been disciplined, when emails were made public in the investigation of former penn state assistant football coach, jerry sandusky. >> judge coming up: many businesses are saying thank to you veterans today. >> tell you about the deals offered to vets and active military members, still ahead on "eyewitness news". >> also ahead: carriage ride takes a frightening turn, and tourists are forced to make a

donald trump really liked chris christie.here were serious concerns about bridgegate and what could come out. going back to why we saw lower profile from chris christie, was this around the same time the trial started? around when bridget ann kelly testified. is the profile lower after that? >> after he was not chosen by vice president. once bridgegate started. facing a serious allegation after the 2005 audio recording came out. there is a confluence of factors that contributed to chris christie not being as visible on the campaign trail. >> thank you very much. with waiting reaction from the trump campaign on the jury deciding that key chris christie allies are guilty of the charges involved in the bridgegate scandal. we discussed the early voting numbers in florida. he just got back from florida. really talking to people on the ground. 4.8 million people have voted in florida. 20% listed as other. florida's back vote turn out is down 2% from this time in 2012. what did you learn on the ground could be the reason for this? b

then there's rudy giuliani and chris christie. at one point it seemed that these two loyal tenants during the campaign of donald trump were going to get cabinet posts. rudy giuliani wanted secretary of state. that appears less certain. we're waiting to see where giuliani and chris christie fit. >> what about robert johnson? >> that's an interesting one. and i think it's symptomatic of the fact that donald trump doesn't necessarily sort of go down traditional routes. he was a very unconventional candidate. it looks like he's going to be a very unconventional president. he's going to take advice from places where you might not necessarily expect it. having such a prominent african-american sort of engage with him in this transition process is very interesting. we've seen this procession in and out of bedminster, the gulf resort. we saw this procession of people in and out of trump tower. it's a very strange, unusual transition process. the last two transition processes, the obama and bush transitions were much more buttoned down. we

today christie released a statement repeating he had no knowledge of the lane closures. anything said to the contrary over the past six weeks in court is simply untrue. sef ni gosk, nbc news, new york. >>> u.s. officials say three american service military base in southern jordan. the shorts were fired as a car carrying the americans was trying to enter the base. jordan is a key u.s. ally in the fight against isis. officials are investigating what happened and trying to figure out who fired the shots. >>> still ahead, a massive safety recall over a potential danger in millions of american homes. samsung washing machines exploding in yet another huge yisis for that company. >>> there's another major recall tonight involving samsung, but this time it doesn't involve the galaxy note 7 phones that catch fire. instead, this recall involves nearly three million top loading machines that can explode while in use. federal regulators have reports of nine injuries, including one owner who suffered a broken jaw. here's nbc's tom costello. >> reporter: the photos extreme damage. >>

jared kushner does not like governor christie.overnor christie put his father in jail twlchlt has been a bad relationship between the two of them. donald trump appointed chris christie to run the transition, maybe as a way to get out of the way. suddenly they start paying attention to the transition which i was told earlier today by a transition person who said "we didn't do that because we didn't think we were going to win." suddenly they pay attention to the transition then there are a handful of christie people, including christie himself, who are either fired or sideline sod you have to ask the question who's doing it. you know the pre-existing relationship with jared kushner. he's the one with the power and authority to order this. but then again when they say it's overblown what does that mean? doesn't mean it's wrong, it means that maybe the president-elect had something to do with it. maybe there's a sense in the trump camp that chris christie wasn't loyal enough after the "access hollywood" tape. what we do know is there

that was connected to a christie person, the christie person is gone. what is the case is that jared kushner could likely end up with a top national security clearance as a key advisor to his father-in-law, a position that he is expected to take. the source says it's likely but has not happened yet. go ahead. >> one thing on that, it's called a companion level access security clearance. he and general flynn have been -- the request has been put in for both of them to have that same access. but at the same time, there's a process that has to go into place as to whether or not it's granted and whether or not the level of security clearance they have. but given the -- clearly the high role that jared will have, it makes sense. but this process has been done before and i think it's not out of the question for it to be done in this case. >> one thing on the security clearance for the other children as well, those stories weren't wrong. what we are seeing here is classic donald trump, we saw in the the campaign, he tries an idea out or those closest to him tr

christie from the administration. >> this is true. i've gotten in to the reporting of it to find out how involved as jared kushner been? my sources say it is less kushner and more people wanting christie out after bridgegate. that it was much more a fact that some of christie's staff was convicted of some of the staff members were convicted of, you know, causing the big tie up of the bridge. so, you know, i do think there's been this very interesting past between them over his father, but i don't think it is motivated -- now one thing i did confirm is jared kushner has been involved in the transition team in following his father in law's order, which is no more d.c. hacks. and christie had put in there a lot of lobbyists. he doesn't want lobbyists in there. i don't know if -- i don't think it was motivated for christie people as much as it was for stout. >> you have a story about kushner mulling over a role in the white house. you have been reporting on this. we now know nikki hailey coming tomorrow to trump tower, unclear what role s

christie grabs a big piece of the trump spotlight now. >> he sure has. governor christie endorsed trump at first a lot of people shook their heads and it was a move that put him in the middle of the action. >> governor chris christie folks was unbelievableable. >> in his acceptance speech trump thanked christie for his campaign and serves for the chair of his transition team. vetting thousands of appointees for the administration. >> it's a huge tun for him. how a trump administration comes into formation. >> christie is talked about as a possible choice for chief of staff homeland security or attorney general. but the conviction of two more aides in the bridge gate scandal creates problems. christie best bet may be the one that doesn't need owe approval. >> any kind of inquiry would use that opportunity to try and explore all of those unanswered questions about who knew what and when. >> the bridge gate scandal is doing governor christie to failed in his own bid for presidency and is the second most unpopular governor in new jersey history. he was absen

. >> governor christie is no longer heading up the transition process. instead, he's taking a back seat to vice president-elect mike pence. nbc10's drew smith is live in the breaking news center with a look at what this means for christie ae political future. >> good evening. late tonight trump's campaign manager said christie led the team very well. he will continue as vice chair of this transition, but experts say the fact he's no longer in charge is clearly bad news for the governor. >> i have the smartest people. >> reporter: chris christie stood by donald trump through the general election campaign, even when it wasn't popular. >> i just don't like the fact that he backed trump. >> reporter: it originally earned him the top spot on the transition team. >> governor chris christie, folks, was unbelievable. >> reporter: but his presence on the trail faded after the convictions of two former aides in the bridgegate scandal. tonight, team trump says christie remains involved in the transition process. but as of this afternoon, mike pence is the one in ch

puts a real cloud over christie. i think it would be very hard for him to serve in the trump administration, should that ever come to be. >> reporter: christie will appear in court later this month after a judge ruled that a civilian complaint against him being sent to a pror for possible criminal charges. today christie released a statement repeating he had no knowledge of the lane closures. anything said to the contrary over the past six weeks in court is simply untrue. sef ni gosk, new york. >>> u.s. officials say three american service members have been killed after a shooting outside a military base in southern jordan. the shorts were fired as a car carrying the americans was trying to enter the base. jordan is a key u.s. ally in the fight against isis. officials are investigating what happened and trying to figure out who fired the shots. >>> still ahead, a massive safety recall over a potential danger in millions of american homes. samsung washing machines exploding in >>> there's another major recall tonight

what happened with christie? >> the positive way of looking at this if you're the christie camp and i'm hearing this from them over the last 24 hours that this is not a demotion, the fact he went from the head of the transition team to the vice chair of the transition team. it is an indication that another job could be in the offing and potentially, that job, the one i believe christie would want the most would be attorney general and if you're going to be attorney general of the united states, you can't be in charge of building out a new government. so in that sense, it would make sense that, you know, this is why he is down from that position. they say this is the natural on boarding of the campaign. the campaign team is coming on. pence is involved now. so christie moves away and got another job coming. however -- >> matt, matt. >> yes? >> right, i was going to say, while the nation was focused on the election, there was a bridgegate trial with two convictions. he was not charged with anything, but what did we

on the christie side it appears there is an intentional blockade against governor christie and all the reporting suggests that it is personal from kushner to christie. >> this doesn't look good for the president-elect to have someone around him like this person that is able to knock somebody off because they don't like the line he came from. this is a lot of power to have somebody black ball the administration. specially case of mike rogers who everybody believes would have been a moderating force in the intelligence world. >> this is more than an ideological battle. it is not like hawk versus dove. what we're really seeing is a restructure of power. and kelly nailed when it she talked about this nexus between bannon and sessions and kushner. these are the people in trump's ear. >> presidents get elected. nobody elected jared kushner to be the president of the united states. nobody elected a death squad knocking off people because of past abuses. >> i personally don't understand but they can. you have to assume this is the way he wants it. >> look at the way he ran the trump organizati

what are we hearing from chris christie? >> the trump campaign is stand buying chris christie.d to his role advising donald trump or serving as the transition team chairman. that is a role that is largely behind the scenes anyway. he has been conducting meetings in washington, d.c. as part of that formal process. the clinton team is doing it as well. they are looking for hiring, planning out a 100-day agenda for a future trump administration. and the hiring is important because that could reflect in some ways on what happened with the bridgegate issue, with former staffers, former aides being involved in this. now convicted of misusing public resources in this lane realignment which happened three years ago which caused days of snarling traffic. the issue from the clinton campaign is to seize upon this moment and urge donald trump to throw chris christie to the side. from what i'm hearing from trump campaign sources, that is not going to happen. christy will continue in that role. he was not charged or a part of the trial. the shadow of chris christie was certainly very much a

interesting, christie is on the list for this. he's on the team, just not leading it, which i think is a way, classy way for donald to demote him and let him save face. he was a loyalist to donald. he's on there with dr. ben carson, with newt gingrich, lieutenant general michael flynn, rudy giuliani, who might be the a.g. when all is said and done, u.s. senator jeff sessions, likely to be the defense secretary and i believe anthony scaramucci is on here, maybe i want to put him on because i love him. no, he's on -- he's around, anthony. so that's what we are right now. he has been demoted, obviously, he's a loyalist, donald bit it in a classy way. i keep calling him donald. i should say president-elect trump did it in a classy way, but bridgegate is hurting him in a potential cabinet role in the trump administration, back to you, liz. liz: when you have two of your very closest aides convicted and facing prison time. >> tough to shake that. liz: charlie called it, and people have actually learned that "countdown" and charlie and o

in 2004 christie, a u.s. attorney in new jersey prosecuted kushner's father charles, a billionaire real estate developer. >> federal criminal tax violations. >> reporter: he was accused of tax evasion, illegal campaign contributions. it came a drama with kushner's own relatives turning against him. kushner hired a prostitute to lure his sister's husband into having sex in a motel room. it was taped and the tape was sent to his sister. it didn't work. kushner pleaded guilty to multiple counts and sentenced to two years in prison. there is speculation that trump, as president, may help out the elder kushner. >> perhaps he may pardon kushner's father charles who has a felony record which prevents him from doing business deals he wants to be doing. >> reporter: a trump spokesman tells us that's never been discussed. one source tells cnn jared kushner had nothing to do with pushing out chris christie's allies. kushner himself did not comment for our story. wolf. >> brian todd reporting. >>> joining me now republic

even if christie does take a job in the white house this could deftly hunt him. just put this in perspective, when impeachment is rare, in fact it never happened here new jersey come a just take a look at this list given to me, it shows that just eight governors have been impeached since 1882. >> that's a cool stat.

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jersey democrat is calling for lawmakers to consider impeachment proceedings against governor chris christie. state senator majority lieder loretta weinberg says the defendants in the bridgegate trial testified that christie new of the plan to close lanes near the george washington bridge as political retaliation. now, any impeachment proceedings would begin in the assembly where assembly speaker says the lawmakers are weighing all potential legislative activity. christie spokesperson says the call for impeachment quote is ridiculous. >>> and new details about the tentative agreement between septa and its largest yunion. members would receive 10.5% raise over the next 5 year, health insurance is going up 2.5%, and tlel also be an increase in pension payments. one thing that is not changing, break times. union members were fighting for longer break times. members will vote on the deal

today christie released a forceful statement, repeating he had no knowledge of the lane closures. anything said to the contrary over the past six weeks in court is simply untrue. stephanie gosk, nbc news, new york. >>> u.s. officials say three american service members have been killed after a shooting outside a military base in southern jordan. the shots were apparently fired as a car carrying the americans was trying to enter the base. jordan is a key u.s. ally in the fight against isis. officials are investigating what happened and trying to figure out who fired the shots. >>> lots more to tell you about tonight. still ahead, a massive safety recall over a potential danger in millions of american homes. samsung washing machines exploding in yet another huge crisis for that company. >>> also, how the newest face of cover girl makeup is making you can't predict the market. but through good times and bad... ...at t. rowe price... ...we've helped our investors stay confident for over 75 years. call us or your advisor. t. rowe price. and open up on time. then i found aleve pm. the on

totally knew about it. >> governor christie's aides, they both testified that christie knew about thatecision to shut down the bridge. the prosecution said christie knew about that decision. you just heard donald trump say he believes christie knew about the decision. do you still have confidence in chris christie leading the transition team for the trump campaign? >> well, i have confidence in chris christie. i've known chris for a very long time, including back when he was u.s. attorney. and i take -- i take his word for it. the people who testified obviously had a motive to say what they said. you have to take that into consideration, right? they were trying to save themselves from a conviction. one of the ways to save yourself from a conviction is to say i was ordered to do it or i was told to do it. and chris has repeatedly said that he didn't know about it. so i'm certainly not going to -- i'm not going to turn my back on a friend because some people at a trial as part of their defense used that as their defense. >> and as far as his role in the campaign right now, he's taken a v

. >> i'm reed cowan, in for marie mortera, christy wilcox joins us, what can you christy? >> about 30 seconds ago, metro homicide spoke to us and just to give you an idea where we're at, we're off rainbow and robindale, the community of covington. two officers were off another call and they heard two shots. that's when they came over here to find out what was going on. apartment with his dog and he said, he shot his son. that father is taken into custody, that 20-year-old is dead. that's what we know right now. very few details coming from metro. very early on in this investigation but one 20-year-old man is dead tonight after being shot by his father. that is coming from metro homicide. right now off of this community, covington here and robindale. reporting live out here christy wilcox news3, i'll send you back to the studio. >> thank you christy. one story we broke earlier the news. this has to do with valet parking. >> that's right, that is the caesar's valet. you toss keys sneak them a tip and move on with it. that move soon will come on with a bill. there are things

governor christie christie has been in the headlines at least since november 8 with us all speculating what could be next for christie in a trump white house. today we are getting ready for the big reveal but really take a listen for yourself, it was boring. >> every time i put out a release on an announcement, please do not get breathless let this is the moment i'm going to be announcing and leaving. it's just not going to be. and by the way, if i were announcing i was leaving i would do something else i suspect i would not be doing it here or by myself. right, so everyone is just get logical about this. and lower the hysteria. >> here to share his perspective on the event, the host of nj now. >> hi jim. i'm. >> i'm sitting here having seen it, the big reveal that is still relevant. and by revealing he still relevant he showing he's not. >> a first while he lectured the press at the end instead of saying it's your fault-year-old here. he obviously knew that by not saying anything amidst all of the speculation of what is going to happen especially with vice president-elect pence same b

he did not talk about chris christie. there is not evidence after all this investigation and today's trial. that means legally, this is over for chris christie. >> ari melber, thank you. >> today marks the final day of early voting in the battleground state of georgia. >> over 1.9 million people have voted in the peach state and 53% are republicans and 42% of democrats. >> donald trump leading hillary clinton by a razor thin. >> chris jansing is joining me now from decatur. >> this is virtually deadlock there. i know you have been taking a look at the african-american votes because that could make all the difference. >> reporter: it absolutely could in places like this in dekalb county where the population is 57% african-americans and there is been a huge soul to the polls push. you mentioned that 1.9 voters, early voting could reach to 2.2 million compares to the last presidential cycle of 1.6. looks like they are going to increase the early voter numbers. john has been on the ground and knocking on doors and talking to

. >> what about chris christie? chris christie on the flip side, on the trump side, we know he's heading up the transition team and returning to the campaign trail tomorrow, dana, in new hampshire amid the fact that it's just crossed today that two of his former allies were convicted in the bridgegate trial. is that a smart move for the trump campaign to have the governor out tomorrow? >> is it a smart move? i think if we've seen from the history of donald trump whether it was when corey lewandowski was a campaign manager and he was in trouble donald trump stuck by him and that won't be any different with chris christie. especially with chris christie because chris christie supported and endorsed donald trump well before anybody else did and got a lot of heat from it as you know. having said that, new hampshire is a very targeted place, chris christie practically lived there during the primaries when he was running for president. >> now dubbed a battleground on our electoral map. >> exactly and there's good will for