christie wouldn't talk to him. christie told staff he just doesn't understand sharia law.ewt gingrich running for president, he's trying to call christie to ask for support. he said tell him i don't understand -- john: i think i know what that means that you can't say it on tv. the question that everyone has is whether that appeal will wear well, the weather that appeal will wear well outside of new jersey, whether it is a enough at this point. when he was a success story riding high that style seemed to be something people liked and could tolerate. when you are down in the polls and trying to claw back whether that brashness, whether that will seem more desperate than strong. that is one of the big questions i had. al: the closest analogy is rudy giuliani. he was a colossal failure. john: let's look at another piece of video. this is a list of highlights his highlight reel for the garden state. chris christie: unlike some people who offer themselves for the presidency in 2016, you are not going to have to wonder whether i can do it or not. in new jersey as governor i stoo

christie has been traveling the country. he's done about four major policy speeches so far where he did use the teleprompter, where he did lay out his views. he'll touch on a little bit of that today as part of his vision for the country. but this will be a shorter address, and when we talk about it being off the cuff he has a prepared outline, he just won't be using a page-by-page reading along kind of method. i'm told he'll do additional topics as he travels on the road. so far he's talked about foreign policy, he's talked about education reform economic growth, and he will get into some of those ideas today, but today isn't about the super in-depth sort of thing. so style is a big part of it but the policy ideas are there, too. what he will try to talk about is being a conservative in a blue state, which has been part of your conversation so far. how will that play? in the republican nominating process, new jersey is not the factor that he's going for. he sure needed new jersey voters to get him over 60% when he was reele

i know chris christie too well for that. never write off chris christie. >> what is his game plan?wn hall town hall town hall. he will try to win back those vote here's have clearly lost confidence in him. you see him in the lower tier of candidates. new hampshire is a big part of his plan. he believes those independent voters those more moderate voters those vote here's care about entitlement spending run amok which is one of his key themes will listen to him. and he has done so many town halls in the state of new jersey. he wants to take that use that as a model in the state of new hampshire. when each voter back face to face which is clearly what mary pat christie believes he can do. >> so he has to focus in on new hampshire. not necessarily iowa. >> i think, look everybody is competing in iowa. the caucusgoers are a lot more con conservative. >> we have a lot more to discuss. a stinging new tike chris christie's character. stand by for more on the race for the white house when we come back. ♪ (piano music) ♪ fresher dentures, for the best first impression. love loud, live loud

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christie: what are those truths?se truths are that we have to ignore knowledge government isn't working anymore for us. we have to say that out loud and acknowledged it is the fault of our bickering leaders and washington, d.c. who no longer listen to us and no longer know they are supposed be serving us. we need to acknowledge all of that anxiety and those failures are not the end. there the beginning. the beginning of what we can do together. what we need to decide is that we can make a difference. that we can stand up and make a difference in this country. you see, that's why i love the job i have. that's why i love my job as governor because kids ask me all the time, the fourth-grader succumbed to the state house every week, they asked me one what is your favorite color. always. second they asked me what's the best part of your job? iowa's tell them that it's that i wake up every morning knowing that i have an opportunity to do something great. i don't do something great everyday because i'm human but every morni

do you think chris christie's personality is an asset to his campaign. go to pulse.msnbc.com/ed and give us your vote. let me bring in jonathan alter who was at the announcement and also jim k keating for new jersey assembly. what was special or unique about today's announcement as opposed to the rest of the field? >> well it was actually a strong announcement. in the same way ted cruz's was when he announced his campaign. it was interesting that like cruz there was no prepared text. but, you know, his stump speech is pretty well developed now and it's pretty compelling unless you know some of the facts about life in new jersey as i do as the new jersey resident. so he says that his slogan is he'll tell it like it is. it is really more like he'll sell it like it isn't. you can go down to almost everything he said and the record belies it. and we can get into specifics if you want to. but, you know, what is going to happen with him. and i think he could do well. he will likely do well in these debates. is that you are going to see him bedevilled all the w

chris christie has a lot more. it's going to be harder for him but they say that's the only way he has a chance to come back from where he is right now. >> a different playing field. now i want to bring in ron christie former special assistant of president george w. bush and kevin madden republican strategist. >> good morning. >> good to be with you. >> good morning. you were recently on a plane with one of the chris christie's senior strategists. what did you learn then? >> what i learned, pam, was that chris christie when the governor comes out later this morning, his theme, his message is going to be telling it like it is and i was told chris is just going to go and level with the american people tell it like it is. he's going to go up to new hampshire and have the opportunity to have honest town hall conversations with constituents in the granite state. i think corpus christihris christie given his past with bridgegate i think tis hel it like it is is going to be an interesting dynamic, an interesting take and

the only reason christie can get this this thing is to be christie. i don't think he gets in there as a wilting frail flower a wallflower and acts well mannered and doesn't cut up anybody. do you agree with that that he has to get out there and slug it out? >> yeah we definitely saw that today here at livington heights school where he formally announced and entered the race. the speech he gave some policy details but mostly all about his personality. the straight talker i'm going to tell it like it is governor was on display here. he's down in the polls. he's not where he was in 2012 really the shear force of his personality they're banging on at this point. >> in livingston new jersey christie jumped into the race with, yes, a promise to make us cringe. that was his word. >> people say aren't you shy in a crowd. i said you should see the family i married into. you're going to get whether you like it or not or whether it makes you cringe every once in a while or not. when i stand up on a stage like this in front of all of you, there's one thing you'll

chris christie's aids were accused of shutting down those that did not endorse chris christie. he denied involvement. >> i had no knowledge. planning execution or anything about it. i found out about it after it was over. >> reporter: the u.s. attorney in newark said his office would no longer bring charges, meaning chris christie is in the clear. the controversy took a big political toll. two years ago before bridge gate chris christie's popularity was at a high. now they've plummeted to a low. >> my political obituary has been written before it's okay something i'm used to. each of those people that write the obituary has one vote. activists and donors say the person considered a presidential front runner has been hurt by the controversies, but have not stopped chris christie, he plans to head to new hampshire after the campaign announcement >>> a car bomb attack in afghan's capital. one person dies. the afghan's government plan to rebuild a police force and take control of international aid. more than two dozen homes reduced to rubble in washington statement the race to cont

from what we have seen chris christie is putting his hopes on his personalities.that very personality that put some people off. >> love him or hate him, he's going all in with the leadership style, the bigger than life personality, and here at livingston high school where he was a student and graduated in 1980, part of what you're going to see is not sort of the ideology of the republican party. it will be the roots of chris christie, the friend the family relationships, the early influences that made him the kind of leader that he is today. he was class president for three years here. expect that to be mentioned. but he will be introduced by a former classmate and a former math teacher who was close friends with his late mother. chris christie's mothers who he refers to as having the sicilian mother, the irish father and it created the passionate heart he has and the brashness, the say what he thinks when he thinks it that does sometimes get him in trouble. you may be able to tell behind me, there's a round stage he'll be using. no tell prompter no prepared text.

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christopher james christie just does not have a chance here. he called it right when he was interviewed in the clip you just showed. there was bridge-gate which absolutely had something to do with him, it had everything to do with him. and he also had these abysmal poll numbers at home in new jersey. if you can't win your own home state, where can you win? that's the biggest issue here. >> erin you know governor christie talked a lot about his record in new jersey today. listen. >> we balanced six budgets in a row, we refused to raise taxes on the people of this state for six years. we made the hard decisions that had to be made to improve our education system. in new jersey as governor i've stood up against economic calamity and unprecedented natural disaster. we have brought ourselves together. we have pushed back that economic calamity and we're recovering from that natural disaster. >> but here's the reality in new jersey under christie. the unemployment rate is 6.5% that's 44th in the country. he cut education funding by around $1 billion.

in 1995, christie ran for new jersey state assembly but lost.hristie settled in as a lobbyist and campaigned for the bush family and served as a u.s. attorney for the state of new jersey appointed by president george w. bush. during that time he earned a reputation as a media savvy prosecutor. eventually he pursued the state's highest office and became governor of new jersey. >> hey, new jersey we did it. [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: he took on teacher unions tax incentive programs and pension reforms. but his tangles became known far beyond the state's borders, he has often pointed out the ability to work with the state's democrats. and just before the 2012 presidential election he welcomed president obama to new jersey for a tour of areas ravaged by hurricane sandy. in 2013 he won reelection as governor but not without controversy. during his campaign, when two lanes of the george washington bridge were shut down it caused a massive traffic jam. prosecutors accused christie aids of orchestrating the traffic problems to punish the mayor

chris christy is expected to announce. his slogan is telling it like it is his official campaign hasn't been announced, today they released their first ad. >> olive garden's never ending pasta bowl is back for a limited time. that's the ad? >> come on come on! dpat jokes. come on really. 15 yards, it's still the flag. come on if you can't do any better than that that's all i got to say and i have been very clear about where you are going. i love olive garden. i'm not afraid to say the tour of italy may have 3,000 calories. >> that's just for breakfast. >> that's just the endless one. >> catty kay you have this after your workout cycle. they have the bread sticks. can we play that commercial again, just the commercial part of the -- queue that up for us? did you have one of those bread stick sandwiches. >> we love our friend at olive garden. >> bread sticks are the bread of the sandwich. >> it doesn't beat what can you get in scotland french fries in a sandwich. >> really? >> how interesting? >> hey a lot of people are here

chris christie does not lack for confidence in himself. if you go at least up until bridgegate, what that translated into, was a pretty meteoric rise in american politics. so what christie's looking at when everybody says he has no chance, he's looking at what happens in those debates. if you get on the debate stage, 2012, newt gingrich is running way back, he gets the question about his ex-wife, turns it into a attack on the media, jumps 30 points, wins south carolina. chris christie is saying, get me on the stage and i'm going to have one of those moments where that personality comes through, i hit it out of the park and everything changes for me. any chance that could work? >> no reason not to try it, steve. you've been elected governor twice of new jersey, nowhere else to go politically. if you were at 30% nationally as a republican candidate for president right now, you'd be popping champagne bottles -- champagne corks anyway. right now, with 14 candidates, if you include chris christie, you really don't have to get that big of a perc

christie has a big announcement planned for later this morning. it will take place around 11:00 inside the livington high school gym where he graduated. the governor alluded to this big announcement during press conference and on social media over the last few days. he also has a new website, paid for by chris christie for president. political analysts say christie joining the race is no surprise. he's been spending time in new hampshire lately the state which holds the country's first primary. christie will be the 14th republican to run. how hard will it be for him to break from the pack? >> republicans will shake out, no doubt about it with the debate limiting the number of participants and fund-raising. that ill, the key. that's where we'll see if christie has the juice to be in that top tier and stick it out. >> reporter: we'll see a lot more over the upcoming months. coming up at 5:30 i'll share with you more of our conversation with political analyst jeff jubelirer. >> nbc's matt lauer will have the first interview with governor christie fol

is running the video on the website is paid for by chris christie for president ink.ernor spending most if not all of his time in the state of new hampshire his campaign strategy appears to be initially focused on winning the presidential primary to be held in that state early next year. rear we're live in the sat center matt rivers cbs3 "eyewitness news". >>> all right matt, thank you very much. >>> developing right now a plane that took off from norwood memorial airport in lancaster has crashed into a home in massachusetts. all three people on board died. the plane went down in plane planeville about 45 minutes southwest of boston. it's still not clear what caused the crash. according to our sister station in boston, the pilot radioed about engine problems shortly before the crash. the home was occupied at the time but everyone did get out safely. victim' names have not yet been released. >>> also torque night a second prison escapee has been captured by state police after three weeks on the run in upstate new york. david sweat's arrest comes just days after police

12:30 it's official chris christie is running for president. he is the 14th republican to enter the race for the white house and the pope's schedule is released ahead of think historic visit to the united states the key philadelphia locations he plans to visit during his trip in september. >> it's been one week since storms swept across the delaware valley knocking out power to hundreds of thousands of people. when crews say those still in the dark can finally see some light. now the details on new jersey governor, chris christie's newly launched campaign for president of the united states. >> americans are fired of hand wringing and decisiveness we need to have strength and decision making and authority back in the oval office and that is why today i am proud to announce my candidacy for the republican nomination of president of united states of america! >> that was christie's official announcement made just about an hour ago at his high school alma mater in livingston new jersey and he is the 14th candidate for the republicans. john henry sta

new jersey governor, chris christie, is getting ready to jump into the race. >> so, how will his tough talk play with voters all around the country? hear what new jersey voters and political expert think about governor christie's signs of winning the republican nomination. >> and hey, it is dry out right now. but that's going to change this afternoon katie is talking about some showers rolling into the area later on. so don't be fooled by your morning drive to work. right, katy? >> that's pretty much it, yes. eventually things go downhill i would say just ten you drew the long straw for traffic today. because later today who ever is covering traffic look have some stuff to track. >> we've obviously had wet weather, pretty wet month in general across our area, which we will talk about here, but yes, later today when ' see the next round of rain moving on in to add to the monthly total. that's where actually i start things offer for you guys, take you on out look back to the month of june, thus far we've already pick up 7.38 inches, that's four plus inches above the norm for us throughou

matt lauer going one-on-one with chris christie. they went back to christie's childhood home. watch the story tonight at 6:30 on "nbc nightly news" with lester holt and tomorrow morning on the "today" show. with christie in the mix, there are now 14 declared republican candidates for president in 2016. and the field is expected to get even more crowded with the governors of ohio and wisconsin as possible contenders. it's a much smaller field on the democratic side. former secretary of state hillary clinton is considered the early frontrunner among the pack of candidates. as governor christie stumps for his place in history, nbc 10 is looking back at others from the garden state who have made it all the way to 1600 pennsylvania avenue. grover cleveland is the only new jersey native to become president. he was elected as the 22nd and 24th president in the late 1800s. woodrow wilson was born in virginia but served as president of princeton university and governor of new jersey before he became the 28th president of the u.s. in 1913. >>> to a developing story now at the jersey sho

so joining us now from christie's hometown of livingston new jersey christie hunt.s. whether or not voters are ready for the kind of truth that chris christie brings to the race remains to be seen. we are in his hometown of new jersey. new jersey a blue state and a fundamental argument here. the idea to reach out to voters across the aisle and broaden the party. nbc's kelly o'connell asked him about that earlier today. >> are you trying to send a message? >> we have to. we haven't won two national elections in a row. we have to broaden the party. i've shown that in new jersey. you have seen it. it can be done. it's a lot of hard work but it can be done. that's what we're going to do. >> reporter: so the question of course, thomas whether or not he can find an audience for that pitch in the republican nominating process which often pulls candidates to the right. campaign views that road as going straight through new hampshire but there are a lot of other people feeling the same way, whether it's jeb bush john kasich and so many people riding on the primary and while

christie's addition makes the g.o.p. field the largest in the primary since the democratic ticket featured 16 presidential candidates in the 1976 election. leon: all right. tomorrow crews will be installing field security at the white house. 15 girl scouts are setting up camp right now on the south lawn. michelle obama cup with the idea as part of a "let's move outside" initiative. tonight, nasa scientists will go on the lawn for a night of scar-gazing. maureen: we know they will be safe. they won't be able to get out of the white house. nobody can get in. doug: at 9:00 tonight the girls may be lucky. the skies stay clear, if they look to the west above the horizon, conjunction of venus and jupiter. they will be so close it will look like one bright star. venus is close to us and jupiter is millions of millions away. it's very cool. doesn't happen often. that is my astronomy lesson of the day. let's talk weather. severe thunderstorm watch in effect until 9:00 for the viewing area. so far not so much in severe storms or a

christie speak before. he lays out lots of times -- the american people work hard, we do not have the kind of time that politicians do. if politicians pander to multinational corporations their finish finish a responsibility has never -- the government needs to fix things. the government needs to make it to where we do not suffer. they look for slave world around the world. they play around in washington and sell houses to people who cannot afford them. i'm sick to death of people like chris christie who think the american people need to suffer to fix things in america. host: who are you interested and in the field, is anybody? caller: you know, about the only guys who has ever had a history -- you known there is not everything that i like about donald trump, but the one thing that he has done, he did not make his money in wall street. he built buildings. he hired american people to build buildings, golf courses. host: alright thanks for the call. we will have to leave it there. we appreciate all of the cal

paid for by chris christie with president. yes, it is true.day at his high school alma mater in new jersey. and if that paid-for notice is the case and is indeed running for president, christie can expect to see a much different it landscape than the one laid out for him just a couple years ago. ♪ >> imagine a world where this -- new jersey chris christie won re-election in a landslide, setting the stage for a possible run for president in 2016. wasn't immediately followed by this. >> newly obtained e-mails for the first time link new jersey governor, chris christie's office to lane closures on the george washington bridge last fall. it reads, "time for some traffic problems in ft. lee." >> it's hard to imagine now, but before there was bridge gate if there was one candidate who looked like he could win back the white house for republicans in 2016 it was chris christie. he had all the ingredients. he had shown real bipartisan leadership during hurricane sandy. >> i want to thank the president. we spent a significant afternoon together. >> he w

. >> christie did not stop with the current president. he clearly wants to make sure another democrat or maybe one of his 13 other republican opponents doesn't park themselves in the white house. >> after seven years of a weak and feckless foreign policy we better not turn it over to his second mate hillary clinton. >> the road to 1600 pennsylvania avenue is 231 miles from the announcement today in livingston, new jersey. if the latest polling is any indication, chris christie already in a traffic jam. >> oh! >> even if he arrived on time to the first presidential debate it's not clear if he'd even find a parking space on the stage. >> my goodness. good stuff. >> let's shift now to msnbc's kasie hunt for reaction to the speech. >> reporter: good afternoon. while chris christie wrapped up a nostalgic-filled announcement here in hometown of livingston new jersey, had banners on the wall of when his baseball team was state champions in 1980 there was intense security for the event. thousands of supporters came through, had the bags searched

governor chris christie makes it official. he's running for president in 2016. >> good morning everyone, good to see you. 6:30 on this tuesday. david and karen are weather and traffic. >> we are starting to see more cloud cover filter through the region right now. a little brighter by the east coast. take a look at the satellite and radar imagery. you can see that cloud cover getting a little thicker across the region. there's showers to our west and eventually particularly during the afternoon we'll be on the lookout for some showers and perhaps a couple gusty thunderstorms. for now we're okay. 69 degrees. comfortable enough just a little bit on the humid side. 67 in wilmington, 64 in allentown, 66 in trenton -- redsing. 62 in trenton and low 70's along the boardwalks in sea isle city and ac. as we roll through the day it is going to be a warm one. by noon we'll be at 81. by 3 o'clock 86. that's your high been 6 o'clock, 81 degrees and any time during the afternoon there's that chance of a pop-up shower or thunderstorm and in

last year, christie aids were trying to punish the mayor after he refused to endorse christie. christie has always maybed that he had nothing to do with it, but activists and donors say that the donor, who was once considered the presidential front runnish, has been hurt by the controversy and by his infamous outburst. >> if you want to have the conversation, i'm happy to have it buddy but until that time, sit down and shut up. >> now christie is trying to transform his confrontation al tone into a positive narrative. >> i get accused a lot of times of being too blunt and too direct and saying what's on my mind just a little bit too loudly. >> christie is making no apologies for his style which he hopes will be the winning move. >> i'm not looking to be the most popular guy who looks in your eyes every day to say what you want to hear and say it and do something else. when i stand on a stage in front of all of you u. there's one thing that you know for sure, i mean what i say and i say what i mean, and that's what america needs right now. >> christie headed straight to new hamp

this is a map of all the states christie visited so far this year.ast year while he served as chairman of the republican governors association. governor christie will be the 14th candidate vying for the republican nomination for president. only four democrats have thrown their hat into the ring. former secretary of state hillary clinton, vermont senator bernie sanders, former maryland governor martin o'malley and former rhode island governor lincoln chaffee. learn more by clicking on the nbc 10 news app. >>> pennsylvania's new state treasurer is spending his first day on the job today. he was confirmed on friday. governor wolf nominated the former venture capitalist to the term. he will serve the 18 months left in the term of the former treasurer, rob mccord, who resigned back in january before pleading guilty to two federal counts of attempted extortion. mccord admitted trying to use his position to pressure state contractors into donating money to his failed gubernatorial campaign. >>> philadelphia police are searching for the gunman who shot a man

that's not chris christie.adership he can bring, the thing that he can do. the problem for chris christie is that unlike 2012 when the republican bench was empty this time jeb bush filled almost all the space that christie would have normally filled in this cycle or would have otherwise filled in this cycle. but if you want blue-collar you've got marco rupe i don't and scott walker in wisconsin . charles: right. >> if you want tough talking governor you've got john kasich, and it's touch. . charles: and then there's the other category, and that's donald trump. what do you make of what's going on with him so far? >> well, trump has talked a lot about the miss usa pageant. he has talked a lot about his complicate with nbc and univision. he's talked a lot about these things. i don't think he's talked about things that are going to make him -- and this isn't all his fault. but i don't think that the discussion that he's been in will solidify his support among republicans. so it will be hard -- he and chris are in a

of course christy is a governor.going to go into new hampshire with a lot of people against him. which is again why 2012 must have seemed so tempting and then looking back and saying why didn't i do it then? and his poll numbers in new jersey are really what is going to be dogging him on this campaign. at last report he had a 56% negativity rating in his home state, very very difficult to run on that. >> back in may in that same time frame, 66% of voters in new jersey said they think christie doesn't have the proper disposition for the presidency michael. who are his main donors at this point? and does he have that fund-raising machine that could compete with say a jeb bush donor machine? >> chris christie made his mark in new jersey as a campaigner. he was a bundler for george w. bush, people who were able to raise privately over 1 thoundz for the -- $100,000 for the campaign. that isn't a problem for him. neither is the fact that he is close with the koch brothers. so that is probably the easiest part of chris chri

morning we asked will he vote for christie come election day if he makes the ballot?>> i believe he has done a lot tort state of new jersey. so yes i would back him. >> i am a democrat. and his values, so they're more moderate than some. >> it is a mistake. >> why not? >> i don't trust him. i don't trust him. >> his announcement shouldn't commas surprise, especially, since his camp launched chris christie. com over the weekend with slogan telling it like it is. also paid for by chris christie for president and today, we're told he'll make this big announcement at town hall style meeting we've seen him do so many times and of course cbs-3 "eyewitness news" will be there to cover it all. for now live in pennsauken, camden county, jan carabeo cbs-3, "eyewitness news". >> jan thank you. part of international paying bailout expiring with no new deal. fears of default sent the dow down 350 points. worse single day drop this year. the s&p 500 were also down. for a second day people are forming lines at atm's banks still closed. without a 11th how solution greece will lose ac

let's listen to chris christie. [applause] chris christie: thank you. thank you, new jersey.hank you. livingston.u to you know, lots of people have asked me over the course of the last week why here? why here? because everything started here for me. everything started here for me. the confidence, the education, and thends, the family, love that i have always felt for and from this community when i decided to make this announcement. there was not any choice. i had to come home and livingston is home for me. [applause] and i want to thank sheila gold clang, a dear friend of my mom's, and a wonderful representative of this town for rep growth -- for welcoming us here today. and i want to thank i friend lynn. listen, some of you may be confused. it may be that you thought she by her highoed school classmates. she was not your reasons that i will not explain, lynn's nickname in high school was "the juice." [applause] isce, it is not a boo, it the juice. and lynn, thank you for being here. i am also here because this is where my family raised me. you will hear a lot and will hear a

christie will leave right after the speech to campaign in new hampshire.u. >> okay, thank you erin. >>> and more mitt romney cal news. could the democratic race for 2016 be getting more interesting? there's vac this morning vice president joe biden may toss his hat into the ring. the wall street journal reports that the untimely death of his son beau biden encouraged him to run again. a source tells the journal the veep has set a deadline of early august to make a decision. >> the state of pennsylvania will help hepp pay for cleanup following last week's storms. they asked governor tom wolf declare a state of emergency so the county would be available for disaster aid. eight municipalities saw substantial damage when the storms hit one week ago tonight. the city of chester alone sustained more than $2.5 million in damage. >>> residents in gloucester county new jersey are from us straighted overpower problems related to those same storms. atlantic city electric is still working to restore power to a few hundred customers. 280,000 of the utility's customers

when we come back chris christie is apparently just about made up his mind. about running for president. >>> hundreds of evangelical christians are getting a taste of the gop presidential menu this weekend here in washington. chief political correspondent carl cameron has the sights and sounds from day two. >> reporter: gop presidential hopefuls in washington at the faith and freedom forum of socially conservative political organizers cast freedom of religion as the foundation of american liberty. >> my belief is that religious freedom now is under attack in ways that we've never seen before. we need to make sure that we protect the right not just of having religious views but the right of acting on those views. >> reporter: new jersey governor chris christie said to him being pro-life extends beyond abortion politics. >> it becomes much harder to be pro-life when they're drug addicted on the floor of a jail cell. that is a gift from god as well. we need to save lives in this country, not dispose of them. because every one of those lives is a gift from god an

christie had problems before bridge gate.ridge gate, the best store you can make out of it is that my hey, i wanted some -- i appointed some corrupt and incompetent lieutenants and i had no idea what they were doing. john: that is not a great story of that is the best you can tell. i have been wondering for a while about the nine credit ratings, unemployment rate basically zero growth in new jersey. there is no story to tell there. i have to say, john kasich, if he can get through this nomination fight, he could be a very compelling candidate. he will have a very hard time given the competition and his add, as you pointed out. al: he does not have a pathway that is as easy as a number of other candidates. john: it will be interesting to see what happens with him. but he will have to get into those debates. we will see. all right, al. al: within 17 hours, the washington post pumped out investigative pieces on both jeb bush is family connections and business backgrounds and marco rubio's personal wealth. credit on both double b

christie is joining a crowded field. there are 13 republicans who have already declared their run on the republican side. the list is shorter on the democratic side. former secretary of state hillary clinton, vermont senator bernie sanders, former maryland governor martin o'malley and former rhode island governor lincoln chaffee. >>> tonight we have new clues into the murder of an elderly mount airy woman found in her bedroom. nbc 10's jacqueline london joins us with more details. >> reporter: today investigators confirmed that spun triedomeone tried to use regina bruener's atm card twice on sunday. they are looking at surveillance video from those areas. we also learned a neighbor found her car in north philadelphia. she thought this silver toyota corolla looked familiar. she checked out the plates then alerted police. officers arrived a short time later, checking that car for evidence. the 85-year-old victim was found in her east mount airy home yesterday morning. police say she had been beaten, stabbed and her throat

christie's slogan is telling it like it is. if his own consultants did that they would probably tell him that in his own state and across the country right now he looks quite diminished compared to where he stood in 2013? >> absolutely. they probably have and they don't have to. it's so blatantly painfully obvious to the governor that he is nowhere near the high riding place he was when he won re-election over 60% of the vote in a blue state. and that of course was his calling card that he was a republican he could get things done with democrats, but a big problem for him, jake is that his -- the candor through which he has been -- become a national star really got diminished because of the fact that he had this bridge gate scandal. you know what? he's just another politician his office did the kind of things we can't stand when it comes to politicians. that was a big part of today what he was trying to do which is his comeback is all about candor. >> you're going to get what i think whether you like it or not, or whether it ma

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christie moves forward in a crowded 2016 race for president. dave wagner, nbc news. >> chris christie's announcement follows a year of slipping ratings. let's take a look at some of the numbers. they come from several rutgers/eagleton polls for the past year. the first right there, february 2013. among new jersey residents, christie had a favorable rating of 70%. fast forward to april 2015. this year. that number dropped to 38%. that same poll in april found that 24% of people in new jersey thought chris christie would make a good president. one professor of political science says while the decline may hurt voters elsewhere may not care that much how new jerseyians feel. we went to camden city hall to get reaction about christie's announcement. even the people who had something good to say about what he's done in new jersey said they still wouldn't vote for him. >> with the pensions they kept their word they put their money in the pensions but he didn't put any money back in the pensions so if he's breaking his word now, how's he going to keep

the republican party got its latest candidate today as christie made its announcement at hristie adds his name to the expanding list of 14 candidates for the bid for the white house. john rawlins live now in livingston what is the atmosphere there. >> if you were outside, there were hundreds of protesters with his handling pensions. i saying americans were sick of what christie described as indecision and han wringing i was proud to announce my candidacy for president of the united states of america. christie accompanied by mary pat had blunt talk. >> i say what i mean and i mean what i say. >> as president he signalled the primary target the country's entitlement, such as medicare and medicaid candidates say if we confront this we'll be lying and stealing from the american people, let me fill you in the lie and stealing has already happened and we vet v tote good it back in. >> protesters outside many public workers livid for what christie has done. >> we are not better off than what we were before we became governor and he has broken promise after promise after promise. >> well, chr

chris christie promises to tell it like it is in his first campaign video. we're used to it. >> you can't handle the truth. june is gone after today guys. >> isn't it like national leap second day where we get an extra second. >> get your expense report in. >> exactly. >> review that. >> yesterday a ten. >> and, we have these storms developing. things are quiet on the satellite and radar but we will watch north and western suburbs. later this morning. in the western suburbs this afternoon. summer camp buddy short sleeves though temperatures upper 60's, climbing in the 80's this have afternoon. we have dropped it three spots. it is 69 degrees. it is a light breeze, temperatures cooler in the suburbs. in mid 60's to the south the strong thunderstorms things are calm, how does it look elsewhere, bob. >> everybody is cooperating behaving. live look at the schuylkill expressway where we begin at 202. no problems in or out of the city, at least at the moment. we will have some sun glare though, and we will see it bouncing off concrete barrier here along, i9 five a

you know what this crowd was fired up for christie and starts to underscore why it is that christie is so strong as a potential, had been so strong as potential president candidate. this highlighted his political skills. that's what he's relying on to carry him above this hill chris. >> did the new jerseyians have a realistic snoegs notion of where they stand with the republican party? the east coast republican party, ethnic party, whatever you want to call it they're so apart from that sort of fundamentalist, southern baptist, republican party that seems to dominate the culture of that party. do they know the weak wing of that plane? >> chris, i'm not sure that there's necessarily a sense of that here. i think you've hit on a really good point. this idea that is the republican party becoming just the party of the south or does it have life here. i think christie's advisers would say that this state would be far out of reach for him in he's in the general election. christie is pretty unpopular in new jersey and that's one of the things that a lot of rivals will point to if he managed t

, he says christy waister less, in restoring communities after super storm sandy. he wants to see that in this case, as he can sign off on emergency paperwork. take a listen. >> the governor has been quoted as saying that if there is anything in a emergency declaration, would enhance that he would sign one. our message to our governor is sign it. then maybe we will see someone from fema. this town is going to be recovering for months. emergency declaration could speed that process. >> and fema is what residents here at this home are looking for at this time. as you can see getting the light back on for some, just one step among many, homes destroyed by trees and water in this storm, now months away, potentially, from getting back to normal. by days end, they are hoping to have all those outages 99% of them, back on line, by at least midnight today. so we'll see if that pans out. these people out here full week without power ukee, nicole? >> i here you. >> that's just awful. justin, thank you. and here is a look for you at the latest numbers ac electric is reporting

neil: but not chris christie? i mean, or no? >> i think chris christie has a hugging problem.ack obama. he hugs jerry jones at the detroit lions playoff game in a red sweater with a awkward man hug. i think chris christie needs to get over his hugging problem before he can be considered a serious candidate. neil: well, i'm a hugger myself but never at a cowboys event or with red sweater or certainly within miles of video cameras. but you raise a good point. michael, let me ask you this, money is the mothers milk of politics, we always hear that. do any candidates stand out with an edge? obviously jeb bush has a lot of it but who are you looking at? >> as part of the fund-raising apparatus i would agree jeb bush is in front right now because of all of that i'm still a supporter of scott walker. i think marco rubio has a good chance. there are donors wanting to get behind all three of those candidates. there are others but it will be difficult for others to raise the type of money to get selected. neil: does that mean chris christie? hopes to make a big splash in new hampshire.

that forecast comes from governor christie as well as ac electric. they have been having crews out working around the clock since last tuesday, and they are hoping have service restored by later today. let's get you now to video taken over the weekends, crews working to clear up areas still congested by downed trees and wires some four roadways are still down, due to those downed wires. and some 717 customers awaiting service at this time. again, that should be restored by the end of the day. the mayor of greenwich township is urging governor christie to sign emergency paperwork that he says would fast forward the recovery effort here in south jersey, he said scares communication between his offers and the governor's, we also spoke to a family who lives in a home in gibbstown township, and they say there are some in their community who have it worse than they do. take a listen. >> reporter: some people, people that they don't have city water they don't even have water. like i mean they don't have electric. they don't have water. i mean, it is awful.

chris christie was former federal prosecutor.you talk to him, when he comes in to talk to us at "wall street journal" he is amusing personality. but he has facts at his fingertips. he marshals his argument. when he gets out to new hampshire meets with people one-on-one his numbers are going to rise. cheryl: i think a lot of people have said he missed his moment four years ago. he should have run in 2012 when he was the hot new thing and republican field was a lot tighter and more contained. but i am not convinced of that. i think there is a place for chris christie here if he can prove himself on the issues that you and dan raised. i think there is some resistance to him because, look, he is basing his campaign telling it like it is. he has competition with donald trump and ted cruz and some others who are very blunt speakers but also i think the idea of the base nominating a relatively liberal northeast governor is not appealing to them after a mitt romney last time around. cheryl: a liberal who is also changed his tune when it

that's when governor christie's office, as women as ac electric. crews out working since the storm happened last tuesday let's take you now to video. we saw crews out working well into the weaken here, we are told there are some 717 customers still needing service, and at the latest they should have power again by late today perhaps tonight. we are told their recent rains have hampered the recovery effort. now, yesterday the greenwich township mayor held a press conference. he says that residents and businesses cannot move ahead until their power is restored. he called on governor christie to sign emergency declaration toss advance the process. he said south jersey in great and dire need this morning. take a listen. >> i am disheartened by the governor's lack of response to our needs as a fellow republican, i have been good to him from day one. as a community this township has been good to him. the governor repaid us by forgetting us in our time of need. >> as you hear, the mayor saying for the governor to put politics aside help out south jersey h