>> you were in monmouth county. >> when you're in new york where the journalists are you can take the in five minutes and be in new jersey. we went to new jersey, a survivor story. i went two hours on the train. >> why? >> because republicans there. >> why monmouth county, because -- i think christie won with 70.7% of the vote. is that right? >> everybody i talked to -- it was like my exit poll. who did you vote for? i wanted everyone to say christie. i looked at the map and thought where. >> still saying marco rubio, ted cruz, rand paul. did you get a sense of what their preerts were as they were saying this in terms of their answers. >> i think people know with 24 hour media cycle and media beast that he's going to have a really hard time as some of the things that come out of his mouth are not pc and that will be hard to overcome. >> there were texans in 2000 who voted for pat buchanan, steve forbes, didn't vote for bush. it's true scepticism from the left and right will be a challenge for him. if you're governor and running for president you want polls to show your states are behi

no word on which strain inaffected the employee at monmouth.lth officials are saying there is no link between the two schools. >> the lights are back on in new jersey after thousands of families were left without power for hours last night. more than 24,000 pse and g customers were left in the dark after that outage. there was a power failure at one of the switching stations. kennedy cousin michael skakel waking up out of jail for the first time in 11 years. he was freed on a $1.2 million bail as prosecutors afeppeal a ruling giving him a new trial in the 75 murder of martha moxley. he has to live in connecticut and wear a tracking device. a judge ruled his trial attorney failed to adequately represent him in the 202 case when he was convicted in the moxley murder. >>> a whole lot of trauma on the floor of the senate as democrats change the way business in the chamber is done eliminating filibusters for most nominations by president. a move that is just to distract voters from obamacare. doug luzader has the layest from washington. no, a distra

we are with suzi from suzi's sweet shop here in monmouth county on the beautiful jersey shore. going to show us how to make peanut butter fudge that you are famous for, among other things. this is my daughter and she's going to be a fudge tasting, as well. we what are we going to do? >> put butter in. add the ingredients, and we will set the timer. >> what is that contraption? >> that is a fudge kettle. >> reporter: like a blender? >> keeps it spinning. very hot. >> reporter: had makes a good fudge? -- what makes a good fudge? >> ingredients. some fudge is sickly sweet and ours is perfect. and chocolate peanut butter is extremely popular. resign what -- >> reporter: what makes it special, in your opinion? >> because our peanut butter is homemade. we are not just using a jarred peanut butter to make the fudge. >> reporter: and it makes a difference? >> absolutely. >> reporter: what's that bell, are we ready? >> step two. >> reporter: step two. let's do it. >> make sure everything gets mixed in there properly. and now it is time to put the vanilla in. >> reporter: three teaspoons

monmouth university has christie up by 20, and a rutgers poll has him in the lead 66 to 30%.e the first republican in the state to win more than 50% of the vote since 1988. but "the new york times" reports democrats are doing everything in their power to prevent christie from getting a landslide victory. a total of $35 million has been spent by outside groups during the new jersey election, the highest amount in any state ever with the exception of california. >> why would they raise that money? >> i don't know. >> why would they waste it? >> why would they -- >> they're not using it to try to stop governor christie. they're using it to try to hold control of the legislature, which they can do with big targeted money in those districts. the last time the democratic party failed to stop a governor who had presidential aspirations from a big re-election victory, george bush. huge mistake on the democratic party. they ran a weak candidate, didn't do any damage to him, and he got elected president. and if governor christie is like the president in three years it's i think in larg