many potential situations that could have spiralled out of control, the firing of the prosecutor in hunterdonounty. when he got rid of his education commissioner. there were so many situation where is he got the benefit of the doubt because people really believed what mitt romney was just expressing there. and after that performance at the january 9 press conference right now, i just don't see chris christie getting that benefit of the doubt when any other story comes out. and i don't know how he gets that benefit of the doubt back in the future. >> say hi to chris christie for me when you see him in illinois next week. >> if i can find him, i will. >> and steve kornacki, david axelrod and i and everyone in politics tomorrow morning at 8:00 a.m., glued to "up" with steve kornacki saturday morning and sunday morning. steve and david, thank you very much for joining us tonight. >> thank. >>> coming up, the port authority was created almost 100 years ago by dreamers. dreamers of big things. people who believed that government could operate honestly and efficiently for the good of the people gove