haley said, i watched my friend work through a difficult situation. that's the kind of leadership that earned him the huge level of trust. let's talk about this. john king, who was in the room for the press conference, and chief political analyst gloria borger. what are you hearing about how he handled the crisis? >> reporter: they are saying that the governor handled himself pretty well assuming he has zero to do with this. if that turns out to be the case after the investigations, then he handled himself well but they are also saying that these investigations are not legitimate, both by the legislature and perhaps federal and state and criminal investigation. so on this day, christie gets high marks assuming the facts in the iend supported what he said. >> let's listen to what he had to say about why so few republican colleagues are standing shoulder to shoulder with christie today. >> you know, i don't know. sometimes when an issue is specific to an area, the fact that they don't know all of the details that are going on. it's presumptuous to comment. i don't know who e-mailed who. i've been in traffic before and i'm always wondering, who did th