and so i really just felt like for mary pat and for the kids, that i needed to take a more significant step to try to get my weight under control so that i could have a really active next half of my life. >> the governor sought the advice of dr. george fielding of the nyu school of medicine in new york, a pioneer in the field of weight loss surgery. >> i said, do you think i need this? he said to me, if you came in here with cancer and i told you that i had a 40-minute surgery that would give you a 90% chance of cure, would you sign up? and it just really crystallized it for me. and i said, yeah, i would. he said, then why wouldn't you do that to cure obesity? >> the governor said he also consulted rex ryan, the new york jets head coach, who had successful lap band surgery himself. rex ryan has a great phrase that a lot of people who have been through the surgery use, listen to the band. >> yes. >> and that's what's -- you're just starting out, but that's what's going to guide you. >> there's no question. sometimes whether you want to listen to the band or not, it forces you to listen.

and so from my perspective, you know, this is about mary pat and the kids and me. not about anybody else. it shouldn't be about anybody else. everybody is going to have opinions which is obvious from this scrum of people here today but i doen't -- this doesn't really matter a whole hell of a lot to me. >> new jersey mayor chris christie after reports this morning by the new york post that he over presidents' day weekend underwent secret weight loss surgery. sanjay, the governor was somehow able to keep this under wraps for three months. he checked into the facility under a false name and the whole procedure took about 40 minutes. it probably was -- he probably had to stay overnight in the hospital. what exactly is lap band surgery? >> well, you know, it involves typically laproscopic surgery and that means as opposed to an incision they put in little scopes in various parts of the abdomen and if you think of the stomach they are basically putting a band around the middle of it and creating an hour glass shape for the stomach. think about that mechanically, as you c

first lady mary pat christie is here., and my husband called me three days after the storm and said we have to do this and you're in charge. here's the name of a lawyer and they pretty much hung up the phone. >> you have bono on board, bruce, bon jovi, kevin jonas. >> all great americans on my honorary board, great new jerseyians and we really are working hard to keep raising money. >> are you surprised, mrs. christie, of what this boardwalk looks today. i am. having been here in the days after the storm your husband came out in his own way and said we'll be back by memorial day. i'm not sure a lot of us believed him. did you at the time? >> i'm generally thought of as the optimistic one in the family and i really knew with the hard work and great laborers we have in new jersey that we would get it done. >> a lot of people are still hurting. we want to celebrate seaside and the boardwalk and a lot is back but if you go back a few blocks a lot of people are having trouble getting their insurance claims through. what do you

i did not want to take the risk of becoming unhealthy and the economics it would have for mary pat and my four kids. as you know, i have kids still in elementary school. i have a long road here as a father. i don't want to miss any of it. >> same-sex marriage will become legal in the state of delaware. they signed it into law yesterday after a divided state senate approved the proposal. delaware will become the 11th straight i state to allow gay marriage t. law will go into effect august 1st. out of state same sex unions will be treated the same under this new delaware law. >>> now to business, where the dow jones industrial average off to its best start, that happened to be the dot-com bull mark. the dow closed above the 15 tough. mark for the first time as investors seemingly continue to put tear faith in the stockmarket. we want to talk more with my colleague live at cnbc in london, this is global? >> it's amazing, isn't it, brian. you see the fundamental data is not all that ro bust. the markets don't seem to care at this point and you'd have made a very strong 14.6% if you had bee

. >> the steps i have taken recently are for me and mary pat and the kids. >> reporter: governor chrisristie's lap-band surgery is considered minimally invasive. here's how it works. a band filled with saline is wrapped around the upper part of the stomach to create a small pouch like tying a belt around the stomach to restrict the amount of food the stomach can hold. people will feel full quickly, eat less and lose weight. it can be effective to get you back on track. in fact, studies show 80% of lap-band patients lose at least 30% of their excess weight and keep it off for a year. but keeping the weight off permanently is dependent upon lifestyle changes that patients need to make for the rest of their lives. if governor christie goes back to eating the same amount of food the lap-band can stretch and many patients gain the weight back. of course with any operation there are serious risks and post surgery complication concerns. any operation like this should be considered as a last resort measure. my next guest said she knew she needed to have surgery to save her life. you will recog

own, you know, mortality as you start to age, and so from my perspective, you know, this is about mary pats and me. it's really not about anybody else. >> christie has never revealed how much he weighs. he does say he has struggled with his weight throughout his adult life. >>> and colombian police have caught three women with a back habit. they say the women were dressed add nuns to smuggle cocaine from colombia. each had four pounds of cocaine strapped to their legs. the suspects were arrested over the weekend. in case you can't tell, none of them were really nuns. this is the "cbs morning news." this is the "cbs morning news." . both of us actually. our pharmacist recommended it. and that makes me feel pretty good about it. and then i heard about a study looking at multivitamins and the long term health benefits. and what do you know? they used centrum silver in the study. makes me feel even better, that's what i take. sorry, we take. [ male announcer ] centrum. the most recommended. most preferred. most studied. centrum, always your most complete. and one wedding, 2 kids, 43 bottles of

from my perspective and my family's perspective, the steps i have taken recently are for me and for mary pat and the kids. if asked about it i would have never lied about it, but, you know, it is not anybody else's business, but mine. that's the reason i made the decision i did. >> check out that flag. skeptics note that even after surming reit is difficult for an over eater to give up old habits as it is for a cat to continue to bathe himself. >> it is not that difficult at all. lori, before you had your lap band surming reyou weighed 500 pounds. >> can you believe it? it is such an accomplishment. >> it is amazing. i think it is a great thing for him. what do you think? >> i do too. who cares if it is about running for the presidency? it doesn't matter. i believe he is doing this for his health and his family. he is a straight talker, right? what did he say? you are tan enough, get off the beach. he made himself a political sparf. >> i wanted a big, fat, politician. i wanted somebody right out of "boardwalk empire." i wanted him to have a money -- monocle and a cane and a three-piece suit

from my perspective this is about mary pat and the kids and me.s really not about anybody else and it shouldn't be about anybody else. everybody's going to have opinions as is obvious from this scrum of people here today but i don't -- with all due respect to everybody here, your opinions on this issue really don't matter a whole hell of a lot to me. cenk: yeah, so shut up. all right. well, let's show you a before and after picture here, and which one is which? i see, ok. well now, there's a little bit of a difference there. look, my truth is that i'm also an overweight person from new jersey. walter let me start to you about this, mixing a couple of different political references in that one line. are you buying it, did he do it for politics or his family? >> there's never one reason for anything, but i cannot let the segment go by without quoting another beefy american politician former mississippi governor haley barber who said when his name was floated as a candidate, if you see me losing 40 pounds, i'm either running or i have cancer. cenk: y

so from my perspective, this is about mary pat and the kids and me, it's really not about anybody elsend it shouldn't be about anybody else. everybody is going to have opinions as is obvious from this skrum of people here today, but i don't -- with all due respect to everybody here, your opinions on this issue really don't matter a whole hell of a lot to me. >> 12 days before the operation, chris christie didn't seem to have any concerns about his weight during an appearance with david letterman. >> i made jokes about you, not just one or two, not just on-going here and there, intermittent -- [ laughter ] >> how is your cholesterol? >> actually, dave, my cholesterol is normal, believe it or not. >> that's pretty good. >> what about your blood sugar? >> blood sugar also normal. >> also normal. >> basically i am like the healthiest fat guy you've ever seen in your life. >> donut jokes aside, seems news of his surgery garnered bipartisan support. >> the challenge, chris, is to start, now you have to maintain and if i couldn't be your starter, i could help be your maintenance man. >> joini

this is about mary pat and the kids and me. it's really not about anybody else.t be about anybody else. everybody's going to have opinions as is obvious from this, you know, scrum of people here today. but i don't -- with all due respect to everybody here, your opinions on this issue really don't matter a whole hell of a lot to me. >> i can certainly sympathize. when you're big, everybody's got an opinion about it. but this surgery is the latest twist in what's become a public issue for the governor. it was even part of a controversial attack ad against him a few years ago. >> in both cases, christie threw his weight around as u.s. attorney and got off easy. if you didn't pay your taxes, ignored ethics laws, would you get away with it? chris christie. one set of rules for himself. another for everyone else. >> earlier this year christie told a former white house doctor to shut up after the doctor said he could die in office. and he's been even asked point-blank, is he too fat to be president. >> there are people who say that you couldn't be president because you'

i did not want to take the risk of becoming unhealthy and the ramifications that would have more mary pat kids. as you know, i still have children who are in middle and elementary school. i have a long road as a father, and i don't want to miss any of it. >> his now famous letterman appearance was just ten days before his surgery. he knew that, but the rest of us did not. that same week president clinton's former white house doctor connie mariano was asked to weigh in on the governor's weight which she did without hesitation. >> i worry that he may have a heart attack, he may have a stroke. >> reporter: the governor responded swiftly and bluntly. >> if she wants to get on a plane and come here to new jersey and ask me if she wants to examine me, i'll have a conversation with her about that. until that time she should shut up. >> during the dr. mariano incident and the doughnut incident on dave you knew i'm going in to get this all fixed so it is all moot. >> or at least i hope it will be all moot. i knew that. it was scheduled. doesn't make dr. mariano's conduct any less reprehensible. an

he ain't nothing without his fleece. >> hey, bonn no, no it's not mary pat. it's chris.she? hey, bruce, i know i shouldn't be bothering you again but did you happen to see my fleece? >> no, governor i don't know anything about any kind of fleece. hey, hey, hillary, he's looking for that fleece jacket, you know the one that you liked that goes so good with that yankees cap you have. i'm not going to say nothing. i played dumb. i'm not going to say a word. yes, ma'am. >> the video came out a day after chris christie announced he had under gone weight loss surgery in february. he's reportedly lost 40 pounds since that surgery. ahmed buzz of a 2016 presidential run, he says the surgery had more to do with his physical health. >>> a mayor rack lows rescue, 16 days later we've got this video. the brain trust on the politics of the benghazi hearings. we'll talk about what cleveland says about america. you're watching msnbc the place for politics. left it under the hot desert sun, attached a febreze car vent clip, and let in real people. it smells good. like clean laundry. like

. >> the stepson's taken our firm meet mary pat and the kids. if i've asked about it i would never lied about it. >> catherine: like in the ad when he was running for governor. it featured a slow motion shot of christie getting out of a car. and accused him of throwing >> >> pam: it's more than a footrace it's a san francisco original. bay to breakers is coming sunday, may 19th. kron 4 will bring you all the fun. we'll have cameras and crews along the course -- giving you two hours of coverage so you won't miss a step. just 12 days away now until this year's bay to breakers, sunday, may 19th. for auto sequence start. t-minus 5, 4, 3, 2, 1... ignition. [ male announcer ] launch your internet experience on at&t's newly expanded advanced digital network and connect more wi-fi-enabled devices at home. [ female announcer ] call to get u-verse high speed internet starting at $14.95 a month -- a guaranteed price for 12 months. or ask how to get your choice of a kindle fire hd, sonos play:3 or xbox 360 free with other qualifying internet offers. [ male

. >> the steps i've taken recently are for me and for mary pat, and the kids. it, i would have never lied about it. but, you know, it's not anybody else's business but mine. >> reporter: speaking at a news conference in newark on tuesday, he says having gastric lap band surgery in february was not an easy decision. >> it's pretty hard. i mean, you know, surgery is surgery. and you never want to approach that lightly. and i certainly didn't. but on the other hand, it was something that i felt like i needed to do. >> reporter: the surgery was done shortly after a public furor about his weight, which started with a joke on the "david letterman show." >> basically the healthiest fat guy you've ever seen in your life. >> reporter: after that appearance, a former white house physician told cnn she was concerned about christie's ability to run for president. >> i worry that he may have a heart attack, he may have a stroke. it's almost like a time bomb waiting to happen. >> reporter: christie fired back, calling her a hack. >> if she wants to examine me and refute my m

. >> the steps i've taken recently are for me, and for mary pat and the kids. i would have never lied about it. but, you know, it's not anybody else's business but mine. >> a reporter did ask about it, and christie went public. he said the surgery was not an easy decision. >> it's pretty hard. you know, surgery is surgery. and you never want to approach that lightly. i certainly didn't. but on the other hand, i knew it was something i felt like i needed to do. >> the surgery was done shortly after a public furor about his weight that started with a joke on the david letterman show. >> i'm basically the healthiest fat guy on the earth. >> and concerned about christie's ability to run for president. >> i'm worried he may have a heart attack, a stroke. almost like a tom bomb waiting to happen. >> christie fired back calling her a hack. >> if she wants to examine me, review my medical history, i'll have a conversation with her about that. until that time, she should shut up. >> christie said the publicity never had anything to do with the lap band surgery scheduled

i did not want to take the risk of becoming unhealthy and the ramifications it would have for mary pat and my four children. i still have children in elementary school so i have a long road here as a father and i don't want to miss any of it. >> willie, i wish -- we should have talked to him. i wish he could have held this back and said a book that he read that caused his decision. >> he's in the book. we talked about his options a few months ago doing research for it. >> coincide? i think not. >> during obsessed week he comes out. mika said, read my book, right? >> no. i actually have a friend in the book who was a step before having that surgery. i know how serious it is. i'm happy for him. he saved his life. >> i'm not saying i'm not happy. >> it's amazing. i don't know how he did that secretly! >> we talk about advice c and cocaine and speed and a lot of pills, right? chris said i'm not going that way and get the surgery as well. >> wise man. >> he didn't follow the grateful dead's advice. >> rex ryan on this show he lost a hundred pounds with this exact surgery and chris christie

i did not want to take the risk of becoming unhealthy and the ramifications that would have for mary pat and i still have children in elementary school so i got a long road here as a father and i don't want to miss any of it. >> reporter: after years of listening to david letterman poke fun at his weight, christie got in on the joke just two weeks after his surgery. >> i didn't know this was going to be this long. >> reporter: on tuesday there were more late night laughs at christie's expense. >> new jersey governor chris christie has revealed back in february, he had a secret lap band surgery. which explains why there's been so much food in new jersey lately. >> reporter: christie sought advice from bariatric surgeon dr. george fielding and consulted rex ryan, the new york jets head coach who had successful lap band surgery himself. >> the biggest thing about it for me is i'm just not very hungry anymore. that's a huge change. >> and you can see more of brian williams's interview with chris christie on "rock center" friday night at 10:00, 9:00 central time on nbc. >>> coming up, talk sh

pat our development chair. joe has been incredible. john amazing that were chris kelly, jim wonder man from the bay area. mary the first people i went and spoke to. and robert anderson is here. now, one of our biggest cheerleaders mayor willie brown >> i am delighted to be part of the effort to make sure that san francisco is selected for either 50 or 51 preferably 50. nothing impressed me more when young mr. murphy rruited 25 percent of all that's been raised from the gallagher and the rest of you will remain in the community for people who are in need. that 25 percent on-ramps into $8 million. obviously greatly in need based on all the numbers we see. and to have that happen around an font around the super bowl will be the mayor said it's just the threshold we will expand on a cooperative basis. i would guess there's no other region in this nation that can change so many minds and souls in terms of resources and in terms of talent and in terms of location and obviously as my i late friend herb came in said if you can't make heaven san francisco is our preference and clearly the rest of the world sees it tha

pat is tending bar. >> i make a good long island tea. i make a good bloody mary security cameras capture what happens next. >> all of a sudden, the whole bar exploded. i went flying in the air. >> a truck going 70 miles an hour smashed through the bar's back wall. >> it was about a '97, '96, chevy extended cab, 1500 four-wheel drive. a big enough truck to kill anybody. >> seconds earlier, the truck veered into oncoming traffic and taking out a utility pole next to the bar's parking lot. >> as i was leaning over the bar, and i looked out the window and to my surprise a telephone pole goes flying by. i just said, what the heck is that? and i was trying to get out of the way. the bar was, like, caving in on me. >> where people were sitting or standing seconds before the accident determines their fate. sandy is sitting at the end of the bar, when she is almost crushed by a video game machine that becomes a potentially lethal airborne weapon. >> i landed half in the kitchen. i picked myself up, found my glasses and i heard one guy yelling for help. >> the customer nex

pat? >> you should already know it's mother's day. to my mother mary, but in the great state of illinois, the marriage equality amendment is sitting on the speaker of the house's desk, could be called for a vote this week. so illinois returns to its greatness in representing the land of lincoln as it shall. >> and you should know my rep friend to my right with the mother's day. >> mine too. we will get -- which i city consider a historic vote. with the momentum that aisha was talking about. >> on monday the minute minute senate will be taking up the same-sex marriage big and what we saw in the house was a very civil debate. if you want to see good people calmly explaining their differences, some tears, some hugs, you might tune into that. if that's not enough, turn over to the minnesota house, where they'll actually likely be debating a measure to saying you could prohibit gale people from serving on injuries, so you'll see that measure coming forward and well. and then taxes and spending. >> i didn't know you can't prohibt them. that's a whole other s

mary, we'll start with you. >> what do we know? well, north carolina is the center of the political universe. you had anthony b. fox. congressman mel on the finance housing agency. you had governor patlivering the republican address this week and there is pushback in the state. so just because we have great competition from south carolina with that race with mark sanford and elizabeth colbert-busch, they haven't given up the place in the spotlight. >> we forgot to say north carolina resident. >> we know this marriage equality issue is going to continue. and that we have a lot of work to do. that it is going to our law house and we have to support it and it will be coming back in 2015 to the legislation for us to pass before it goes to voters. and i think that we learned that our state is progressing. >> we know the stereotypes around identity can be blown out of the water by an individual. jason has managed to do that. his eloquence, his thoughtfulness is the antithesis of what a lot of people think of black people. it's really good to have these people who blow the boxes out of the water. we are talking about tall people. i would like to talk about tall buildingings. this week the