and joining us from manchester is the publisher of the newspaper, joe mcquaid.hank you very much for being with us. >> happy to be on board. >> you began by saying, boy, were we wrong. what led to this editorial and your sharp words at governor chris christie. >> it goes without saying that we don't think donald trump is good for the country, and we were incredibly disappointed that governor christie, who we had endorsed in the primary, and especially since two days after the primary, he told me that he would never endorse trump, turned around and endorsed trump. >> you say in the editorial, watching christie kiss the donald's ring this weekend and make excuses for the man christie himself had said was unfit for the presidency, demonstrated how wrong we were. and now this week, six new jersey newspapers calling on the governor to resign or face a recall. >> yeah, we should have paid more attention to those new jersey newspapers when some of them were suggesting that our endorsement of christie was wrong-headed. and mike tweeted this week after the papers asked f

>> well, joe mcquaid is a real straight shooter, one of these people who sees things, knows things, hasbeen around government for a long time, politics for a long time and he thinks he got bamboozled and he's saying it and on the front page of the paper which is his ability as the publisher to do. i respect him for having the forthrightness to say i made a mistake. >> judd greg, thanks for the time. appreciate it. >> thank you. >>> we still have a lot more ahead this hour on super tuesday 2016. polls are now open in texas. here is a shot outside an arlington polling station. that's where msnbc's jacob soboroff is hanging out with voters and he will join me next. >>> plus the republican's trump problem, we will talk about the split among republicans over donald trump's status as front runner. hang on for the ride. you're watching msnbc, the place for politics. dad, you can just drop me off right here. oh no, i'll take you up to the front of the school. that's where your friends are. seriously, it's, it's really fine. you don't want to be seen with your dad? no, it's..no.. this about a bo

joe mcquaid joining us from manchester, thank you as always for being with us. >> thank you to c-span. you guys do a great job. ♪ >>> during campaign 2016, c-span takes you on the road to the white house, as we follow the candidates on c-span, c-span radio, and c-span.org. ♪ ♪ >>> next, housing and urban development secretary julian castro testifies about his department's 2017 budget request. during this subcommittee hearing, secretary castro was asked about affordable housing, homelessness, and long and sherm hud grant programs. -- long and short-term hud grant programs. >> the subcommittee will come to order. before we get started, i want to take the time to recognize our minority clerk, kate callahan. today is kate's last hearing. [ applause ] i'm not sure if they're applauding -- yeah. [ laughter ] kate, i'm not sure if they're applauding because you're leaving. i'm not sure what to say. but she has now, again, after 29 years of federal service, i will tell you personally, i have thoroughly enjoyed working with kate. she's incredibly knowledgeable on issues. her dedication to this