we are joined by senator rate lesniak. back in october you said a head-to-head race with phil murphy would be impossible because he was starting the campaign $10 million. >> i decided it was possible. i cannot lay back and let the state become more unaffordable tour citizens. i'm the only person who can reform and restructure our government to make it affordable as a governor. a legislator can't do that. phil murphy is not going to do that. i want to do that. we have to do that. that's why a man, go for broke. >> we talked about this on the radio talked about this on the radio this morning, you're really covering the basis. you sound relatively conservative when you talk about affordability. i asked you about what democrat will have the courage to have a conversation with the union about how to get to a point where everything is sustainable. it's not now. what he going are you going to do on day one? >> by the way, i'm a liberal. i'm a progressive. >> nice try bill. >> i'm for wealth -- gay rights, i've been in the forefro

we have ray lesniak and john with us. thank you for joining us and let's start off, what you hope governor christie talks about in his state of the state address? >> i would like him to say how he plans on turning the state around making it affordable. for many new jersey residents it's not. unfortunately i don't think you'll address any of those. but if he did, we would support him on those issues. >> we asked you to come here is a pre-bottle. what do you expect to hear? but do not expect to hear? >> i expect to hear the governor justifies lack of accomplishments over seven years as he is absently not fulfilled any of the promises he made when he first ran for office. ten bonded downgrades, not vendor pension liability that he is still not lived up to the terms of his own deal that he promised to fulfill when he ran for office four years ago. >> you are both in the legislature, we have the ten downgrades, 85 billion in debt, roads we cannot fix, is it fair for both of you from the senate and the simply to blame governor

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john lesniak chairs the economic development authority. he says they need more information to back up the cost estimates and justify the state taking on more debt. >> i'm sure there are very many aspects of this that are very necessary, um, but we have to find out how necessary the entire 300 million-dollar probably plus project may be. who knows oftentimes. >> no decision on that funding today. we'll of course bring you updates as they happen. >>> philadelphia police have just released this surveillance video of an overnight theft at the rittenhouse hotel. investigators say this guy broke into an office stole $700, an i-pad amac book and iphone it happened last month. if you recognize this guy, please call police. >>> new jersey attorney general says more than a dozen sit company gas stations selling off brand gasoline. today the ag's office slapped the venezuelan company with almost half a millio million dor fine for violating the motor fuels act and consumer fraud act. investigators say the 14 gas stations across new jersey sold a signi