let's bring in jon harwood from just outside where the governor is speaking. jon, can he win this?ere you're seeing chris christie trying 0 to display the one remaining asset he's got in this race. he's got a ton of political problems, but he does have a forceful personality, a magnetic speaking style. you just saw it in those remarks, he cast the challenges facing the country as ones requiring guts, straight talk, leadership, all the things that have been core to his persona. as governor of new jersey. he also has a state that has seen its credit rating downgraded. he's got a major scandal over bridgegate. he's got lots of problems, a pension reform fix. one of his straight talk achievements, compromise achievements early on that's not worked out as planned and payments have been missed this is someone who is a much diminished figure. a couple of years ago. many people thought he was going to be the front-runner for the republican nomination. he's not anywhere close to that. got a majority of republicans who say they wouldn't consider voting for him. his aides are still believing

we do have jon harwood standing by. >> i'm told the president is about to walk through the door. joint news conference between the president and the united states and the president of brazil. the president of brazil here to try to spur investment in her country. >> it's a great pleasure to welcome my partner and friend, president rousseff back to the white house. this is another opportunity for me to reciprocate some of the extraordinary hospitality that dilma and the people of brazil showed my family when we visited brazil. i want to go back. >> i didn't get a chance to experience carnivale, vice president biden got to go to the world cup, not me. but the eyes of the world will be on brazil when it hosts the olympics. that will be another reminder of brazil's remarkable rise, both at home and on the world stage. as president i've pursued a new era of engaugement with latin america where our countries work together as equal partners based on mutual interests and mutual respect. as we saw at the recent summit of the americas, the united states is more deeply engaged in the region