. >> jon corzine is 14 points behind his republican challenger, former u.s. attorney chris christie. christie had a double digit lead even before the arrests last month of dozens of new jersey officials an and political operatives after an investigation christie himself initiated. >> corzine is enormously unpopular in new jersey. the republicans picked exactly the right candidate to carry the anti-corruption message in chris scris sty, and so there, it's much less of a referendum on barack obama. >> president obama's 200-day job approval rating is about the same as george bush's was but that says nothing about their political coattails or the likely success of their presidency. george h.w. bush had the highest job approval rating and bill clinton the lowest 200 days into their presidency. wendell goler, fox news. chris: in other political news, florida republican senator mel martinez is resigning. he made the announcement in orlando, citing a desire to return to his family in florida. he had earlier said he would not run for re-election next year. republican

so when we come back, we're going to have new jersey governor jon corzine, also congressman anthony winger of new york. he says health care reform doesn't have a chance without a public option. if you see chief foreign correspondent andrea mitchell is going to be with us. >> best selling suspense novelist joe finder. >> you say finder i say finder. also a big article on "the daily beast." later, i'm very excited about this, actor sir ben kingsley will join us. >> also a poll on people's ideology, conservative or liberal the gallup poll put out. a pretty big finding. first an exclusive look at politico's top stories. keep it on "morning joe" brewed by starbucks. my guys brush their teeth like they clean their room. i'm glad anticavity listerine® smart rinse™ attracts stuff like a magnet, then shows it in the sink. ewww. gross. cool! (announcer) listerine® smart rinse™. save, visit sterinekids.com ♪ now create your own look with my new line miley cyrus & max azria only at walmart. save money. live better. walmart. when i really liked to be outside, i did not like suffering from nasal allergy

just tonight the new jersey governor, jon corzine is calling on his opponent to answer questions about an issue? a bunch of states, that's quite a surprise to administration that we thought was sort of history, but karl has a book coming out, too. they all do, so he doesn't mind being on the griddle a little bit for that reason, too. >>> the president's going to go on the road tomorrow, a town hall meeting in montana, max bachus's backyard. if there was ever a time to call out a colleague and not giving the president what he wants, it would be max backus. what's the mission here? >> the mitts is none too subtle. carol lee tomorrow on politico is reporting that the tickets will be given out for the president's town hall on health care in a little different way, first come, first served, which means there could be more dissent and a little more excitement. people have said the president is good at asking questions, he should go ahead and take the tough questions, nobody is going to rattle him, and he doesn't get tagged with the suggestion he does, that the questions were too easy, becaus

governor jon corzine has been a governor that has been extraordinarily successful. murder in our state has gone down 24%. he's had to cut the state budget $4 billion, but yet he's increased investments in education over billion dollars. the problem with jon corzine right now is most of the state of new jersey does not realize the tough cards he was dealt and the great decisions he's made under difficult, difficult circumstances. and as far as obama, look, we have two graces nationally right now, virginia and new jersey. many people want to use them as a litmus test against the incumbent president. but understand this -- we're in a down economy, facing incredible challenges. every incumbent in america is going to face very difficult times in their re-election. this has nothing to do with the president. we are in national crisis. hopefully, we're going to come together to do this. it shouldn't be about watching the stock market. >> thank you both for being here today. >>> next, congress takes heat this august over health care back home. who will win the [ male announc

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jon corzine a democrat governor close to president obama. stephen friedman. bush's chief economic adviser. until may, chief regulator of goldman while sitting on its board and buying millions of dollars of shares. and then there is hank paulson. president bush's treasure secretary responsible for the controversial bailouts. >> goldman has an extraordinary record of former employees joining the government and occupying key positions. >> reporter: it was the rock magazine "rolling stone" that sparked the storm of attention to the wall street giant. writer argued that goldman is a giant vampire squid wrapped around the face of humanity. responsible for no less than six disastrous financial bubbles. >> what goldman's doing is not the free market. this is using the leaver and the power of the state to force taxpayers, to give them money, and turn it into bonuses, so it's exactly the opposite of the free market economic. it's like a reverse kind of socialism where money is taken from the ground up and pushed up to the upper class. >> reporter: those words were dism

. >> in new jersey, experts say incumbent jon corzine is so far behind his republican challenger thatpresident could help in. the arrests of dozens of public officials and operatives for alleged corruption last month hertz corzine -- hurt corzinechurthrit -- hurt corzine. shepard: one luxury resort in california is offering rooms for $19 a night. they're trying to boost business. the room does not have a bed. it does not have air- conditioning, light, sheets, even toilet paper. the rooms typically go for $2 a night, but guests who stay there during the second half of the month will be charged less for each amenity they give up. the hotel says ithe guests will return another time and pay the full price. what goes up must come down. nobody told this guy. getting back to the ground was another matter. . taking its rightful place in a long line of amazing performance machines. this is the new e-coupe. this is mercedes-benz. . this is my verizon small business specialist, tom. now, i know the catering business but when i walked in here i wasn't sure what i needed. i'm not sure what i need.

jon corzine said it pretty bluntly. -- now, the leader of libya is coming to new jersey. >> we are callingsecretary clinton and other leaders in washington to make sure that this does not happen. he should be restricted to the u.n. district only to do u.n. work and not have any meeting our residents outside of that. >> we cannot understand how he can be allowed to roam through new jersey or anywhere else in america. he honored terrorist that took american lives. shepard: as the host of the u.n., the u.s. is expected to allow any leader into the country. the state that he wants to stay in is within 25 miles. it will cost you more to get through your grocery list. if you want to cry in your beer, that is going up. summer is almost gone. millions of people tfind their plans canceled by a tropical storm. we will get this from the extreme weather center. we will hear from the experts next. hñí shepard: during this recession, one of the few spots has been the price of food which has dropped. this is a trend that economists tell us will not last long. the two largest brewers have announced

. >> jon corzine is so far behind the republican contender.fter the arrests of dozens of public officials and political operatives, he has nearly doubled his lead in the polls. it is now 14 points. significantly, the number of people who felt that corruption was an important problem in new jersey went from 6% to 13% after those arrests. trace: wendell goler, thank you. martha: we want to take you live to this news conference in chicago. this is at the cemetery where bodies were dug up and those areas resoled. let's listen for a minute. >> i am joined by numerous people who helped us during this case. tom? >> good afternoon. the fbi would like to express its heartfelt condolences to those who are affected by the tragic events here at ferro -- and brokat burr oaks. thank you to the cook county highway department and the cook county forest preserve. they did so with a great deal of reference, ever mindful of the fact that what we were recovering was more than just evidence, it was human remains. i wish we could have fully identified all the remai

jon corzine writes in a letter to the president, in part, "i am not aware of any president to reportr fellow citizens to the white house for pure political speech that is deemed "fishy" -- john corn and. --ç >> good for him. they are organized by information that they are getting, not disinformation, real information. what is in the bill, the things barack obama actually did not know about. it is actually in the bill. people are reading the bill. they do not like it. i have watched probably seven or eight youtube videos from these congressional town-hall meetings, and these are folks -- there are a lot of people who are seniors. the seniors recognize that the democratic bill calls for half of $1 trillion in medicare cuts. what they realize is that what you're talking about is taking away from them choices about medicare, and one of the most compelling youtube videos that i saw was dealing with the congressman from minnesota who stood up and said, "my father has a very bad cancer and as a 15% survival. he is at the mayo clinic. we may lose the farm -- has a 15% survival." and they sa

we're joined by new jersey's governor, jon corzine. going to talk about new jersey's fortunes? don't you have the sense to keep it here? >> we'd go to long beach island. there's no question. >> you'd run into becky. >> we'd run into becky on her vacation. >> governor, do you give a state of the state? >> we do, in january. >> you do. can you give us a preview? what is the state of the state? >> i think the economy is actually beginning to turn. i don't -- i don't think it is a sharp "v" turn but i think we're seeing positive movement in employment beginning to happen. i probably will see -- y'all probably see weekly claims again show diminished layoffs on a national scale. as you said in your opener. 13,000 new private sector jobs in construction and manufacturing and hospitality and leisure and services. we're seeing some signs that i think you're beginning to see a turnaround going on. while everybody wanted instant gratification out of the president's stimulus program, i think you're beginning to see some of the starting points of p

jon corzine says quk quk is not welcome muammar qaddafi is not welcome in new jersey, saying "he might stay at a hotel in new york city." they are upset over the release of the libyan who was responsible for the plane being shot down over lockerbie , scotland. applebee's 2 for $20! real food at the right price! this is the primo stuff. one appetizer and two premium entrees. just twenty bucks-every day. genuine food. generous portions. genius price. 2 for $20! only at applebee's. bret: south carolina governor mark sanford says he will not be railroaded out of office, responding to a call from list number two that he resign. jonathan is live in south carolina with an interesting day in southern politics. good evening, jonathan. >> interesting indeed. it began in the 11th hour, at 11:22 a.m., lieutenant governor andre bauer called for a news conference, calling reporters scrambling to the statehouse. at that news conference, bougher called on mark sanford to resign saying the serious misconduct that has been revealed along with lingering questions and continuing distractions make it virtu

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jon corzine said one option is being considered. >> one of the things that the port authority of new york- newiers is working on is diversifying -- new jersey is working on is diversifying landing positions around the area, the air force base for one is being revisited a a -- as a potential site to loosen up traffic. >> reporter: this comes on the heels of disciplinary action of two air traffic controllers, following an investigation into the crash. >> i thought they were being used as a scape goat. >> reporter: the faa said it put a air traffic control or paid administrative leave after discovering he was on the phone talking to the girlfriend while handling the piper prop plane before the communication was switched to the newark tower. the supervisor was suspended with pay because investigators discovered he was not in the building at the time. >> i think the fa jefferies & companied the gun. -- faa jumped the gun and should have waited for the ntsb to come out with their findings. >> reporter: an faa spokesman said this, quote, while we have no reason to believe at this time these

jon corzine is up for re-election and i would not be surprised if it becomes a campaign issue if these two elections. >> gregg: it might be. you pick off on something that i noticed in the news conference by the mayor. he seemed to be angry but a little frustrated that the rules either weren't be followed or aren't better rules to control situations just like this which bob tour has been describing between fixed wing and helicopter in a very special area that everybody wants to fly in. the chopper pilots wanted to take their tourists. this was a sightseeing venture. there is a great many helicopters sightseeing groups that operate around the hudson and east river. last time i was out on the hudson was with julie banderas on her boat and i was really stunned as i looked up into the air and so so much aircraft traffic. i thought to myself, after the tragedy involving the pitcher of the new york yankees, cory lidle. it's too narrow of an airspace. the tragedy has occurred today. >> on the left-hand side of the screen it's the recovery efforts not the rescue efforts. the crash, collision b

there's a lot of local issues difficult in addition to long-term problem jon corzine tried to fix over the years and had to do unpopular things, hangovers from governor whitman and greeleys era. >> don't you agree democrats can't take 2009 or 2010 for granted. when you were chairman of the party in 2006, not to just win but turn our momentum around and turn around the feeling in the party that we could win. i worry that republicans, if democrats don't pay attention, could actually do well in both of those races. >> well, they can. of course if i were the republican chair and i were to win both those races i would say that was a national bellwether, now that i'm a dispassionate political analyst i don't think you can say that about virginia or new jersey. but look, everything has changed. the health care verdict probably will not be known by november. everything has changed. we have a democratic president, democratic senate, democratic house. and it's a new ball game. i know they are, the dnc is putting effort and money into virginia and new jersey. i do think we'll turn those around si

new jersey's governor, jon corzine will be our special guest today.e're going to talk to him to get his plan to try and put the garden state back on track. what he is expecting from the obama administration and what he thinks needs to be done on a national level, as well. plus, the sticker shock of stimulus. a debate over sharing. congresswoman swartz, we're going to get her take on that. we'll be speaking with republican congressman scott garrett. our lineup today includes our guest host, don marron. we'll be speaking with bill isaac, as well, together his take on what financial regulation is right now and we're going to be talking about how the luxury motels are making it through the economic downturn. johns ubeross will give us the pulse of the high-end consumer. weekly jobless claims coming out at 8:30 eastern time. becky, squawk is coming up at the top of the hour. back to you. >> wasn't it corzine who was badly injured in that car crash a couple of years ago? >> it was. he wasn't wearing his seat belt at the time, but he has come out and been a

and finally, jon corzine, spent his career on wall street in wall street.e was a senator from new jersey from 2001-2006. is currently the governor of new jersey, jon corzine. >> given where we are now, what are the two or three biggest risks and challenges that we face going forward in the next couple of decades? >> let me start with the immediate future. the immediate future suggests we will have a long period of very high unemployment. the employer rate is now getting down to normal levels. we are looking at it long period of high unemployment. are we going to be back on the paddle -- pattern of bubble and burst? you had a period of healthy growth following world war ii, where we have productivity growth and it was broadly shared. workers shared with the rate of 1.5-2% each year. then we had the spirit in the '80s where most of the gains from growth when to those of the high end of the income distribution. the biggest risk to me is whether we get back into that area where once we get the economy back on track, that instead of having the scattered postwar

the new poll shows jon corzine trailing republican challenger chris christie by nine points.hat's in a new quinnipiac poll. and corzine holds very high unfavorable ratings. 58% of people in new jersey disapprove of his job performance. new jersey's governor election is three months away. >>> apparently a democratic senator is not going to take it anymore. ben nelson of nebraska is responding to a barrage of pressure. he has a new ad running in his state, explaining his position on health care reform. nelson says he wants reform that won't explode spending and will improve care and control costs. liberal groups are pressuring nelson so pup sort president obama on health care reform. they are even responding to nelson's new ad, appealing for financial help to keep their own ads critical of senator nelson on the air in nebraska. >>> the house of representatives, thinks twice amid heavy criticism. it's now dropping a request for the pentagon to buy more expensive civilian-style jets. the involved the addition of four planes to a house military bill. the planes would cost more tha

. -- jon corzine. governors were spending like crazy and 90's, democratic and republican. it was not a democratic or republican problem. it was a problem with the government. all of us should come up with solutions that will create benefits for everybody and not just newark. we don't want to battle each other and teardown our state and our nation. we have a history of good people, whites and blacks, republicans and democrats coming together to do what is necessary. whether it is during freedom rides to the south or storming the beaches of normandy. this is the time to talk about common sacrifice and a common struggle. why does our city have a 40% reduction in murders in 2008? because the corporate sector, because of the nonprofit sector, because of community leaders all came together and did things there were not doing before. if we will continue the kind of bifurcated cacophony of conflict that has divided us over years in new jersey, we will end up in the same place as we are right now predict we are all willing to do something different, have dialogue and agree on strat

our governor, jon corzine, passed one of the best stimulus bills in america which is a tax- credit billthat makes buildinga classmakes office space in our city for about $7 per square foot. we're bracing ourselves as many developers are coming in to have one of the mac -- best building. in our history. host: it was written that you like being the mayor of newark. this is having a work is described. he says there is a new downtown arena, some bright residential complexes, and the gestation of a hit her scene. he also says that north is still a drug-infested, a poverty- stricken place where rubble piles up and the chablis hotel riviera's across the street from -- from an abandoned five story building. guest: the best thing i experience is when people come in for a show at our new performing arts center for our new arena, they are shocked. the image of new work is frozen in a time that does not exist anymore. as companies come back and we build new residential and double production of affordable housing, we have the largest expansion in the public-private partnership of parks in over one c

you have a democratic gubernatorial candidate this year, jon corzine, who some polls say he's down 12%rsey in this sense where they're very much for a democratic presidential candidate but they're rethinking a democratic governor? what's going on there? >> well, there is a lot of -- first of all, that's today. it's not november. i think there is a lot of opportunity for governor corzine to achieve victory in this race. especially as he continues to define his opponent which is largely undefined. finally i would simply say, a lot of economic challenges that new jersey has been facing as part of the national challenge is part of the complicating factor here. but the difference was that governor corzine was trying to rectify the structural imbalances that existed in the state's budget before the fiscal challenge that the nation faces in this deep recession that came along and the confluence of both has somewhat hurt him but i think he's got a great story to tell and i think he will succeed at the end of the day. >> senator menendez, thanks so much, good to see you again. big, big problems

jon course sign on the economy. -- course signed -- corzine on the economy. >> tomorrow we will talkabout the rise in unemployment filing for the obama insurance -- unemployment filings and struggles for the obama administration. we will talk above the disclosure of american client to use offshore accounts. also, a discussion with ronald kessler about his latest book. that is live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> he is interviewed by the founder of normal, the national organization for the reform of marijuana laws. afterwards, saturday at 10:00 p.m. eastern on c-span2 new >> president obama left for camp david earlier today before heading off to martha's vineyard for a weeklong vacation. before departing the white house, he talked by yesterday's presidential election in afghanistan. the election commission is expected to reach preliminary results on september 3 and final certified results about two weeks later. >> this was an important step forward in the effort to take control of their future even as violent extremists were trying to stand in the way. this election must run by the

corzine. if he tried to go to new york, that will be a problem for him, too, because we're bloomberg has already said that he cannot sleep in central park. jon about the passing of that kennedy. he died overnight, brain cancer finally catching up with him. one of the most liberal members of the senate but many republicans have words of praise for this longtime leader. we will be speaking to kit bond. . . ?7wwww i was in the grocery store when i had a heart attack. my daughter was with me. i took a bayer aspirin out of my purse and chewed it. >> to vie for working kamins in his home state. -- to fight for working families in his home state. jon: tell us some of the personal stories. did you argue politics? did you talk family? >> we talked families. i have the opportunity to talk to him many times. the thing that sticks in my mind the most, i presented an amendment and he gave a speech in opposition. i gave a rousing speech in rebuttal. everybody thought it was really he did. after it was over, we have the vote. i clapped him on the back. he left. we exchanged pleasantries. i told him that he made up efffacts and i made up facts and he agreed