christie was the love of their father's life, after all, the center of everything for him. how, they wondered, could anyone so happy in his marriage and his life be accused of harming her? and she was happy, too, they said, as happy as she'd ever been. they knew it, they said, based on that mother-daughter talk they had not long before she died. >> she just kept reiterating how happy she was. and me and bri always -- >> but that being the last time we actually saw her -- >> reporter: kind of burned into your memory, huh? >> yeah. >> reporter: but right or wrong, the legal trigger had been pulled. chris hall spent almost two months in jail until his daughters received the payout from christie's life insurance policy and used the money to meet his million-dollar bail. and then he went back to what was to be his retirement retreat to prepare with the help of his daughters for a murder trial. >> that's very surprising, to have a client in a murder case out on bail. but he was a special man and this was a special situation. >> reporter: these are attorneys who would eventually d

would he make sense to pick chris christie for his running mate.t would be a tremendously smart move to get ohio and pennsylvania where you'd get the reagan democrats. chris christie is the perfect candidate on the republican ticket to get reagan democrats. in other words, ethnic people who grew up as democrats but will vote republican when they are upset with the candidate. or they are just being stubborn. certainly, in ohio and those areas around cleveland and the suburbs, chris christie would be dynamite. that's one of the ways they can go on obama. you can also go with senator rubio and go after the hispanic vote. but the key vote is not the hispanic vote. it's the reagan democrats. the people that can go either way. catholics, generally. and chris christie is irish sicilian. very interesting. >> thank you so much. i do want to point out there are newt gingrich signs behind you because there's an event coming up. we'll hear more about this tonight. chris matthews, thank you so much. >> watch tonight at 5:00. >> we will. coming up, verizon custo

chris christie is definitely popular with a lot of tea partiers.mitt can't get past the 25% ceiling. is chris christie going to make it a better sale? i don't know. i don't know. but it's a good move for the romney campaign, i'm not going to deny that. >> is this a sign, david, of real desperation though for mitt romney and the sense you've got to pull out chris christie to move the needle. >> one of most frightening things. >> is that a new word here? i like it. >> i made it up. in the recent poll data has been the discovery that lots of republicans activists and base voters think of newt gingrich as electable. and, yet, the people who write party's collects and run the party's campaigns and hold office do not think so. so they see newt gingrich as a barry goldwater disaster waiting to happen about and so what you're seeing with the bringing forward of people like chris christie, he's a plea to the party, do not make this mistake. you and all of your neighbors may love newt gingrich but the country's full of people who remember the clinton impeach

he directs christie to keep driving. thanks to local news coverage, her abduction is now drawing hundreds of people to the highways to watch the crisis unfold in realtime. >> it's crazy. you know, i mean all these people tracking it and following it. us too. just interesting. >> we've been in it for two hours now. we came all the way out here with it. >> there were no ways to take measures to ensure that the general public was safe because they kept involving themselves in the situation. >> s.w.a.t. negotiators reach him by cell phone but he refused to let her go. they decide on a risky plan. while the rig is speeding on i-40, troopers shoot live ammunition at the 18 wheeler's engine. >> you needed to shoot the radiator to stop it. within two minutes, the truck overheated and shut down. >> at 7:30 p.m. after three hours, the truck comes to a stop. >> part of me thought it was over. and he just snatched me by the hair and pulled me to the back and just kind of shut the curtain. >> in the back of the cab, jones calls the m

chris christie has a pension for these confrontations. remember this in june of this year on the call in show? >> you don't send your children to public schools. you send them to private schools. i was wondering why you think it's fair to cut school funding to public schools. >> what's her name? >> gail. >> first off, it's none of your business. i don't ask you where to send your kids. don't bother me about where i send mine. >> one more for you. colbert last night. this guy can do it all. dancing with david howberg. he's the principle dancer there. colbert studied a little ballet while he was in school. watch this. ♪ [ gong ] strawberry banana! [ male announcer ] for a smoothie with real fruit plus veggie nutrition new v8 v-fusion smoothie. could've had a v8. [ gasps ] [ male announcer ] if you're giving an amazing gift, shouldn't it be given in an amazing way? ♪ ♪ the lexus december to remember sales event is here, but only for a limited time. see your lexus dealer for exclusive lease offers on the 2012 es 350 and, as a gift from lexus,

chris christie is definitely popular with a lot of tea partiers. as we've seen, mitt can't get past the 25% ceiling. is chris christie going to make it a better sale? i don't know. i don't know. but it's a good move for the romney campaign, i'm not going to deny that. >> is this a sign, david, of real desperation though for mitt romney and the sense you've got to pull out chris christie to move the needle. >> one of most frightening things. >> is that a new word here? i like it. >> i made it up. in the recent polli data has been the discovery that lots of republicans activists and base voters think of newt gingrich as electable. and, yet, the people who write party's collects and run the party's campaigns and hold office do not think so. so they see newt gingrich as a barry goldwater disaster waiting to happen about and so what you're seeing with the bringing forward of people like chris christie, he's a plea to the party, do not make this mistake. you and all of your neighbors may love newt gingrich but the country's full of people who remember th

is chris christie going to make it a better sale?l desperation though for mitt romney and since you got to pull out chris christie now to actual out the donors. in the recent polling data has been the discovery that lots of republicans activists and base voters think of newt gingrich as electable. and, yet, the people who write the parties checks an run the party's campaigns and hold office do nothing. so they see newt gingrich as a very goldwater disaster waiting to happen. and so what you're seeing with the bringing forward of people like chris christie, he's a employee of authority. you and all of your neighbors may will have newt gingrich, but the kun country remember the clinton impeach. >> today he came on with newt gingrich. he was talking about mitt rm any, confident, calling him he would support him if he became the nominee. he would pick him as a vice president potentially and listen to this. >> i wish everybody had loved me. i'd rather be infective representing the american people than be popular in r inside washington. >>

we are awaiting that romney/christie event.overnor chris christie of new jersey endorsed mitt romney. this is their first joint appearance since then and we're four days away from the iowa caucuses. this is something that is seen as being something politically possible for mitt romney. possibly increasing his support in iowa. only times will tell in terms of the polls whether that will translate into actual support. >>> just about time for that ball to drop, everyone. 2011 to go away. new york is getting times square ready for the new year's eve party where you and about a million of your closest friends can welcome 2012. workers are putting the final touches on the ball and making sure the lights and confetti machines are ready to go. that's the ball. cnn's susan candiotti joins us from times square. tell us more about the, hello. that's a 2012 -- >> hello. >> happy new year. i have a feeling we will say happy new year to each other several times over the next few hours. susan, tell us about these preparations. can you see thr

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there's a reason why chris christie decided not to run for president. and it was that he thought he would have a very hard time winning in any of the early contests. and that included iowa, where he did not think he had that much appeal. so, although it's not surprising that romney is rolling him out as a surrogate, because as you said, he's a very strong, per se a very strong surrogate, i'm not sure he's going to move a ton of votes in iowa into mitt romney's column. >> although he may actually kneecap the people that don't vote for mitt romney. >> people with violence in iowa. the last time i saw someone drive a bus into a warehouse, the whole scene, they drove a bus into the cavernous place where they had that rally, that was howard zone in his final spring, he drove a bus into this place and martin sheen popped out of the bus. so you know -- we all know how dean's story ended in iowa. >> yes, we do. >> he is probably not going to grovel onstage. >> i think that's a you've mystic characterization -- >> but the think that i see in iowa as these poll n

that's what christie is asking republican voters to think about. something that will embarrass america. those are christie's words. embarrass america. something that will make me ashamed. chris christie, a man of self-confessed uncontrollable appetites, thinks he sees something he recognizes in newt gingrich, an uncontrollable appetite for things that could embarrass america, make chris christie feel ashamed. and this is on day one of the attack newt strategy. where are we going to be by christmas eve? joining me now are joe klein whose piece in tomorrow's issue reads "why newt makes my head spin." and thank you both for joining me tonight. >> joe, he makes your head spin, makes chris christie fear that america could be embarrassed by this man. ashamed of this man. >> the republican party makes my head spin. it's -- you know, it's like this malaria swamp subject to these vast features. vast fevers and then sudden chills. where is herman cain? he's gone? and so it's extremely volatile and newt is extremely volatile. so because he's so extremely vola

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i'm christie smith. i'll tell you about the options on the table and how other sports figures may factor into it. >>> also, paying respects to the most innocent victims. the vigil tonight honors two toddlers gunned down in the east bay. >>> live at the bay bridge, nothing but sunshine around the bay area. boy, we need it after a very cold, frosty morning. we'll have a look at your friday afternoon and weekend forecast, coming up. >>> good morning. thanks for being with us at 11:00. i'm marla tellez. jon kelley is off today. we begin with the sentencing of barry bonds in the long and storied steroid scandal. the legendary giants slugger is in a san francisco courtroom right now. nbc bay area's christie smith joins us live from the hearing where bonds will learn his fate any moment now. christie, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, marla. about an hour ago, former san francisco giant barry bonds got out of a black suv with his legal team and walked past reporters, right into the federal buildin

i'm christie smith.l tell you where it is coming up in a live report. >>> police want your help to catch two hit-and-run drivers in fremont. >> that's a live look outside at san jose, just as you can see the sun wanting to peek its head out. it's wednesday, december 28, "today in the bay." >>> good morning everyone. we appreciate you joining us bright and early this morning. is time is 6:29. i'm jon kelley. >> i'm marla tellez in for laura garcia-cannon. let's go straight to the forecast with meteorologist christina loren. looks like we're in for a mostly dry new year's. >> i think we'll see some showers before that and maybe, just maybe some showers on new year's eve. i'll talk about where we have that opportunity. let's talk about what's happening out there right now. we've got clear conditions, you saw from that live picture of san jose. nice and clear, areas south of 92, the clouds will starting to spread to the south. cloudy conditions meanwhile in the north bay and a little shower activity over tib

there is frost on your car again this morning but not a whole lot and christie bresland is in for sharon to tell you your way through the commute. marty is over in first warning weather. >> clear now, sunshine through the day, mid-20s normal for this time of the day on this date in the year, by the way the date is 12-13-11. >>> don, take it away. >> thank you, the rush from christie bresland. take it away. >> the good news is the intersection has been re-opened but not a good start for harbor county, a second accident up there. route 1 right there near mountain road. we also have delays open the west side of the inner loop there as you make your way towards liberty road it should hold you up 5 or 10 minutes. the harrisburg expressway moving well and no trouble on 95 in either direction. as you can see things are building. there is 95 at 395. for instant traffic updates anytime you can always log onto wjz.com. don, back to you. >> thank you. >>> you headlined it. breaking news this morning an end to the occupy baltimore protest overnight, at least for now. police broke p the end campment

christie's says it is one of the finest in the world. and as rich as taylor's jewels are, so are the stories behind them. like this cartier diamond tiara which she wore to the 1957 academy awards. a gift from her third husband, hollywood producer mike todd, sold for $4.2 million. after a fierce bidding battle, the rare pearl necklace known as la peregrina which queen mary of tudor once owned, sold for a staggering $11.8 million, a record for any pearl jewel. but for these well-healed bidders, the legend of elizabeth taylor makes her jewels priceless. alexis christoforous, cbs news, new york. >>> is your head spinning yet? the sales of elizabeth taylor's art, clothing and memorabilia will be held later this week. an online only sale of some items runs until saturday and part of the proceeds will go to the elizabeth taylor a.i.d.s. foundation. >>> coming up next, howard and the forecast. >> j.c., it is kind of chilly after the winds are light. with cloud cover, look at the temps as we go to break. we're looking at mid-40s from hagerstown d

here's how christie responded when asked if he would be up for a romney/christie ticket. >> i think it'sresumptuous to do that. running for president, that's my decision and mary pat's decision alone, we decide that. vice president's a decision of only one person. whoever the nominee to your party is. and i think it's awful to say i won't do something when it hasn't been offered. the fact is, if governor romney comes to me and wants to talk to me about that, we'll have a full complete conversation about it and mary pat and i will make a decision about what we want to do with our future. >> christie makes sense as a running mate to romney and of course he'd take it. >>> finally get out the vote, newt gingrich would be on the final stretch of pushing for votes in the early primaries and caucuses, but this is not the first time newt has found himself knocking on doors in the lead-up to an election. get ready for this one. here's a slightly younger version of newt hitting up a georgia domino's pizza place back in 1992, he didn't exactly strike a chord with the employee who was working here.

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christie smith is live in berkeley with more on the fire. christi. good morning. >> good morning, marla. the fire ripped through two homes. this one there and another behind the trees. i just spoke with firefighters on the scene. they say they're making sure the homes are security and no flare-ups overnight. this started at 8:30 on miller avenue. more than a dozen homes were evacuated. it quickly jumped through three alarms and burned through power lines. one neighbor said it moved so fast he had to do everything he could to get out of the way to the next door fire. >> try to get water on the fire. i saw sparks and grab the dog and ran. four firefighters were injured. i'm christie smith. marla and john, back to you. >> east bay police looking for a driver who hit a pedestrian trying to get away from police officers. they ran off striking a ped on a sidewalk during a getaway. the police are still looking for the woman. >>> police are also looking for a man who ran san francisco police car. it happened in oakland last night. plain clothed officers got

i'm christie smith. i'll explain coming up in a live report. >> reporter: i'm marianne favro, if you decided to light a fire in your home on christmas morning, you may not be off the hook. coming up, we'll explain why you may still face big fines. >> an early live look at the golden gate bridge. we are here to help you get over the hump. we'll push you through your wednesday, december 28th, "today in the bay." >>> it is the last wednesday of 2011, if you can believe it. good morning. thanks for being with us. it's 5:00. i'm marla tellez in for laura garcia-cannon. >> blows my mind. 2012 is already here? i'm jon kelley. let's check in with christina to tell us what kind of weather we'll have. >> interesting weather. i think we'll get a little rain before we hit 2012 which is good news. this morning, pretty mild start. temperatures below freezing, not on this map anyway. we might see gilroy dip to the freezing mark as we head to the next couple hours. upper 30s and 40s even in the north bay. 40 degrees in

i'm christie smith. jon and marla, back to you. >> every little bit helps. thank you, christie. fire has put a ban on open burning in many parts of the state. that's because of our lack of rain and dry vegetation. the burn ban applies to several counties around the state including alameda, contra costa, santa clara, santa cruz counties. burning for fire training and agriculture purposes can go on with a special permit. >>> it's 6:33 right now. it seems like the rich keep getting richer. a growing number of elected officials on capitol hill are making millions of dollars including one from right here in the bay area who has more than $100 million. damien trujillo is live in san jose with a look at all the numbers. good morning, damien. >> reporter: good morning, jon. we spoke to the graveyard cook here at the mini gourmet in san jose. he works the graveyard shift. he's working to help make ends meet at home. he wasn't hear to hear that congress members are getting richer. he's here working the overnight shift. "the new york times" and the "washington post" did extensive research

and there's a missingç elemento what governor christie is saying.t saying that about the republican leadership in the house of representatives. >> right, bingo. >> and he's not saying a damn word about the senate democratic leadership, that's running the senate. and he's not saying a word about the fact that the congress -- the congress, by the way, had to create a super committee of itself, because it doesn't have enough committees, by the way, to do something that they haven't done, so he didn't pin any blame on them for failing to do what they were supposed to do. he's now saying that the president was supposed to lead the legislative branch. i don't know how it works in new jersey, but in the united states of america, in the federal government, the president is different than the legislative -- >> fair enough. but here's where i -- the president, if you look at america's history, going back to, again, george washington, not to be too cliched, but through abraham lincoln, through teddy roosevelt, through fdr, through jfk, through ronald reagan, h

>> chris christie. he stayed out of the presidential race wisely. he is a republican who cut the budget at the same time retained his popularity. >> best politician hillary clinton who is no longer seen as a politician. has won the hearts of people around the world and even in this country. >> do you think she is presidential material? >> yes. whether she'll run, i don't know. >> rich? >> hands down paul ryan. he swung his caucus around a brave and bold budget. unlike many of his critics, he is civil, responsible and honest. >> another surprise, john. allen west who came in as a tea party favorite and has proved to be, over time, an independent thinker, believe it or not, who outraged other tea partyers by supported raising the debt ceiling. i think he is a rising talent. >> what does he do for a living? >> he is a congressman -- well, he is a former army colonel. an iraq war veteran. republican from florida. caused quite a ruckus against the democrat party chairman. >> best politician of 2011 as noted here, new jersey republican governor chris chri

congratulations, governor christie. [applause] >> kind of a typical introduction for me.ughter] i want to thank everybody involved with this honor. i was saying to folks back states that when this invitation came in, it was a very busy time of year for everybody. i was trying to figure out if i can make this work and work in my schedule. my 18-year-old son was at senior high school. he is taking a leadership class. i brought the letter, and he saw it in the kitchen. he said, we use the on leadership page every day. you have to do this. so a large assist today for me being here goes to my son, andrew, and his class who are going to be watching this today. i think having ceremonies like this and honoring a diverse group of leaders at this time in our history is even more important than it may have been 10 or 20 years ago. the challenges that are placed before us as leaders now are so significant because of the failings of leadership before us. people did not like to say that out loud to much that we felt before, but we have. the circumstances that we find ourselves and, esp

i'm christie smith. jon and laura, back to you. >> it will be interesting to see how it's received. >> uc davis is creating a task force to investigate the pepper spraying of student protesters. their mission, to assign blame where officers sprayed peaceful protesters with the pepper spray. it will also recommend new ways to handle demonstrations on campus. former l.a. police chief william bratten will be in charge of the fact finding group. governor jerry brown wants your new tax plan on next november's ballot. the governor unveiled a plan to raise income tax by 1% to 2% on those making $150,000 or more. it's an acement to bypass lawmakers in sacramento. >>> san francisco mayor ed lee will likely use his veto power on a tax break planned today. lee indicated his opposition. it gives ex-felons priority over those struggling to find a job. the sheriff elect. it introduced a plan to offer a $10,000 tax break per ex-felon as a way to prevent crime. for san francisco's board of supervisors to take another sh

i'm christie smith.se. >> thank you very much, christi. >> former giants slugger barry bonds will get his sentence for obstruction of justice tomorrow. bonds is set to be sentenced in a san francisco courtroom. prosecutors say bonds should serve 15 months in prison. but his defense team is asking for probation. bonds is accused of misleading the grand jury during his testimony about steroids. the jury convicted bonds of obstruction of justice earlier this year. the men are accused of punching snow and kicking him when he was down outside the season opener in march. he was showing improvement, talking with loved ones and writing his name. >>> and oakland police officer caught on video firing a nonlethal weapon is reassigned this morning. this video here shows scott campbell's point of view as he walks several yards. you can see an officer whose name has not been released firing a nonlethal shot. campbell is suing the oakland police department in federal court. it found other industries are lagging behind

among the recipients, chris christie, and baltimore county president. >> good morning. we are at thrilled you are able to join us this morning for this wonderful opportunity to vote to recognize an exceptional leaders and engage in thought-provoking conversations on 21st century leadership issues. beyond all of you here in this audience, "washington post" readers, academic and business leaders, we are thrilled to welcome our online audience who are watching this live on the internet. we will be posting video highlights from today for you to share with your friends and colleagues. if you are looking for us on twitter, please follow us at @thepostlive. you can also check again on four square. just look for washington post live forms. if you enjoy today's conversation, i encourage you look for a full session dedicated to leadership news and analysis. it is called "on leadership." with the help of the editor, you will see many interviews, round tables, and multimedia analysis on leadership. finally before we get started, with the awards ceremony, i like to thank our partner

i'm christie smith.> and taking a live look outside from east bay. hey, is it monday? yeah, it is. by the looks this morning. this is "today in the bay." >>> we're all waking up just a little bit. we'll ease into this monday morning with you. good morning. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> and i'm marla tellez in for jon kelley today. let's check in with christina loren for a look at the forecast. >> it might be the mild conditions this monday morning. it makes you not so alert. when you walk out the front door, 29 degrees. 48 degrees, not so much the case in san francisco, and we're going to end up in the upper 50s later today in the bay. inland cities will hit the 0s. temperatures climbing to the 50s by noon. as you make your way home from work, as you finish off your first monday of the week, 57. thank god there's not a second monday of the week. let's check your drive with mike inouye. >> let's look out to the roadways where monday is looking good right now. we have an issue here. a

i'm christie smith. i'll explain coming up in a live report. >>> san francisco investigators put a fork into a food bribery scheme. we'll tell you about the scam allegedly cooked up by city health inspectors. >>> a live look at side at the golden gate bridge. we extend a major congratulations, you've made it across the finish line midweek. it's wednesday, december 14th. this is "today in the bay." >>> who knew wednesday could be so much fun. 5:30, i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm jon kelley, good morning. let's check in with meteorologist christina loren. i'm seeing on the map you put out there, it's like east coast weather. >> we'll be right back to our west coast standards later today. temperatures climbing into the 60s. it's a cold, cold start out there. napa, you're actually running three degrees cooler than 24 hours ago and you actually came one degree shy from breaking a low temperature record yesterday morning. it's cold out there. the sun is going to be out in full force by about 10:00 a.m. temper

i'm christie smith. i'll have that story coming up in a live report. >>> a controversial plan to put all cellular antennas around palo alto is moving forward. >> reporter: i'm monfils francis live in fremont. i'll tell you why the slow economic recovery is not keeping people off the roads this holiday season. >>> a live look at the golden gate bridge toll particular saz this december 21st. four days until christmas. this is "today in the bay." >>> four days till christmas. we're ringing it in right here onset with fancy sweater man, mike, our floor director. >> we need a tight shot of that. >> lighten it up this morning. 6:00, thanks for joining us, i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm marla tellez in for jon kelley. meteorologist christina loren joins us. >> good morning to you. it's cold out there. that cold air will hit you in the face when you walk out in the front door. that will wake you up in gilroy this morning. 28 degrees there. i love to be the bearer of good news, especially this time of the season

christie is backing mitt romney as you may recall. he is calling the president self-interested, timid politician. peter doocy is in washington watching this. what else is the governor saying? good morning, peter. >> reporter: good morning, bill. president obama has been it? the white house three full years and new jersey governor chris christie says he is late in the game to leadership. in the past america obama says says america needs to up our game. christie takes oaf phones to that. >> we need to up our game. i would respectfully suggest that this president has ever opportunity to up his game for three years and he has been on the bench, on the bench. >>. >> reporter: governor christie who endorsed romney ahead of the presidential primary spoke half an hour before the republican jewish coalition here in washington yesterday and he hit the president hard for something critics used to harp on during the '08 election, his job experience. >> we have in the white house a president who does not have the first idea of how to use executive

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