mr. christie will not be mr. romney's running mate. sweltering week in which the new jersey governor seemed to bask in berating a quote unquote idiot who dared ask an off topic question. one steamny stretch in which the ice cream in his hand failed to cool his temper. you're a real big shot, the governor shouted down. his very own jersey shore moment. education we know is a sensitive topic for mr. christie. who could forget this response when asked about his children's private schooling? >> you know first off, it's none of your business. i don't ask you where you send your kids to school. don't bother me about where i send mine. >> but the real reason he will not be mitt romney's running mate is not his short temper. it's his sheer honesty, which was summed up today. >> can't lead by being a mystery, an enigma. you can't lead by being aloof. you can't lead by being programmed. >> a mystery. and enigma. aloof. programmed. a perfect if uncomfortable description of mitt romney himself. and with that, mr. christie, your countdown to 2016 h

mr. christie's politics.ingsteen's hero is a person who says the first kick he took was when he took the ground and he ends up like a dog that's been beat too much, until he spends half of his life just covering up. springsteen gave us the world, born in the usa, and also the streets of philadelphia. springsteen has been calling for new jersey to legalize marriage equality for years now. and when the legislature finally voted to do that, christie vetoed it and said the state should hold a referendum instead. last year christie stripped union rights and cut the benefits of state workers, and last week, governor christie cut tax credits for the working poor along with aid to cities and schools and health care. bruce springsteen is not the guy who is impressed with the guy who berates teachers and students and reporters and policemen at town halls. using your power to bravely stand up to the little guy is not really a major springsteen theme. so no, governor christie, mr. springsteen seems unlikely to go down to

mr. christie as the vice presidential nominee. or maybe some people that work with him.knew exactly where to go with it. exactly. >> bob: how come romney didn't know what it was? romney calls it a penalty, right? >> greg: it's both. penalty and a tax. tax on all of our houses. >> bob: romney said it wasn't a tax, right? i got your joke. but i understand the romney campaign yesterday said it was not a tax. >> -- >> dana: you didn't know that until eric brought it up on the show. >> bob: not true. i knew it yesterday. beg your pardon. are you suggesting i wasn't studious? >> dana: yes. >> greg: you don't know what that is. >> bob: it is -- it's july 4th. >> kimberly: tomorrow. >> bob: listen, here is the good news. abc news/"washington post" poll out hot off the presses, obamacare 43% favorable, 42% unfavorable. first time it's more favorable than negative and it will get better. >> dana: 43% is nothing to write home about. >> bob: excuse me. have you done your study? >> dana: i have, as a matter of fact. >> greg: the gallup poll found only 6% view healthcare asen importan

mr. christie's other great love, bruce springsteen, the boss, the heart of new jersey. rt farmer of the garden state. from his early days as a republican contender, governor christie 's love of spring spooen steen has been a way of showing he is like the rest of yous with dozens and dozens of springsteen ticket stubs to prove it. the press reported that chris christie appeared to be asleep at a springsteen concert this year. the governor responded he was not asleep but meditated on the meaning of the music. >> you know what, i believe that. chr christie is a huge spring teen fan but he does like love springsteen a lot but bruce springsteen does not love governor christie back. jeffrey goldberg writes about it in this month's "atlantic." despite heroic efforts by christie, spring teen will not talk to him. he will not acknowledge the governor. when christie leaves a springsteen concert his troopers move him through loading docks. he walks within feet of the stage and the dressing rooms. he's never been invited to say hello. so sad to chris christie. this spring christie b

mr. christie went to washington yesterday to give a speech about leadership, new jersey style.on, the governor who just ten days ago called a reporter at a news conference an idiot, said leadership is about nuance. that was his word. nuance. and to prove what a master of nuance he can be, chris christie didn't call anyone at the brookings institution an idiot. and then he said this amazingly wonderful honest thing about mitt romney. he talked openly about what drives him crazy about romney and the horrible frustration he has experienced in making appearances with romney on the campaign trail. >> we shouldn't listening to political consultants whispering in our ear to tell us, say as little as possible. we shouldn't be listening to those voices who say, just use the party doctrine and don't stray. we should be telling people how we think and how we feel and let them judge us up or down. you can't lead by being a mystery. you can't lead by being an enigma. you can't lead by being aloof. you can't lead by being programmed. i think you have to lead by being yourself and being who y

mr. christy's point, that congresswoman bachmann's statements here while wrong for all of the reasons weestic front and out of order period, also have the unintended consequence of muddying up discussions we may or may not be having with other political parties and governments around the world. again, not the role you want to play as a member of congress. >> all right, concomitant. it means at the same time. thank you so very much. >> thank you. >> coming up, mitt romney's trouble with the truth. he misquotes a foreign minister, maligns the american economy, and makes international news in the process. that story is next. man: there's a cattle guard, take a right. do you have any idea where you're going ? wherever the wind takes me. this is so off course. nature can surprise you sometimes... next time, you drive. next time, signal your turn. ...that's why we got a subaru. love wherever the road takes you. >>> up next, lost in translation. australia's foreign minister says mitt romney's interpretation of his comment about america is incorrect. we'll have the details. >>> and later, we'll

mr. president chris christie has a message for you. >> please, don't send me anymore money to hire more public employees. please don't. >> "fox & friends" starts right now. >> yep, tonight is the all star game and brian kilmeade is at the site of it today. kaufman stadium in kansas city, missouri. hello, it's a very sad thing. i don't have time to stieb truman's house. everything is truman fle

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mr. murdoch is an outspoken businessman who would like to see a republican candidate more in the vein of chris christie. mr. murdoch and the chairman of fox news, who was a nixon campaign type way back when, they like politicians who are out there and like to deliver the smart punch right in the nose. mr. romney is not that kind of candidate and so i think that that's what is being expressed there. the broader point is about business people whether they are media folks or in other fields who are being much more expressive right now. i think on the one hand, some of them, the earlier guests said they want to be stars. that's probably where sheldon adelson is giving $40 million to the super pacs. but i think there is also a real underlying concern on the part of business leaders in this country about the direction of the country. in that sense, i believe that we are having the kind of -- it may not be pretty or civilized, but we're having the kind of conversation about the future of the country that we probably need to be having right now. >> i think it's so interesting to see what's happened over the co

mr. romney, friends and associates of both men say. he really wanted christie. he's one of mr. murdoch's friends. joining me now is krystal ball, the co-host of msnbc's "the cycle" and chris hayes, the host of "up with chris hayes" and the author of the new book "twilight of the elites, america off the ameritocracy." do you mind if i just sit here and read the book? talk amongst yourself. what did you think of the tax/penalty thing. >> i thought it was fascinating for this reason. >> talk to her, i'm reading the book. >> here's what i thought was interesting. >> the entire book is a dissertation on the difference between a tax and a penalty. >> i'll be the background music. >> you be the bed as we say in the industry. here's why the tax thing is hilarious. conservatives have worked so hard to stigmatize those three letters and yet they haven't done anything to make it possible to run a government without revenue. and so we have seen throughout our political system from the federal level to the state and municipal system is defining taxes into fees. they jack up the fees on park

mr. president chris christie has a message for you. keep your stimulus. >> please, don't send me anymore money to hire more public employees. please don't. >> "fox & friends" starts right now. >> yep, tonight is the all star game and brian kilmeade is at the site of it today. kaufman stadium in kansas city, missouri. hello, it's a very sad thing. i don't have time to stieb truman's house. everything is truman flew here, truman walked here. harry truman dominates this state. how did you know that? >> because the buck stops there! >> i understand. >> i thought you were going to say home runs dominated because wasn't it the home run derby last night? >> yeah the home run derby was last night. it was a lot of fun and the place was packed. you thought last name was the big game. i saw your husband and your son in the third row by the third-base line. as i made the move to the left, they realized i had the wrong credential. i got tossed in the move to get them out. i wasn't on a team because evidently baseball doesn't think i'm good enough.

mr. chairman. >> i thank the gentleman from ohio. members will have seven days to submit opening statements for the record and we will now recognize our panel of witnesses today. the honorable christie romero is special inspector general for the troubled asset relief program, united states department of treasury. mr. ron bloom, mr. matthew feldman and mr. harry wilson are all former members of the automotive task force at the united states department of treasury. miss nicki clowers is the director of financial markets and community investment at the government accountability office. thank you for your service. mr. todd zawicki is a professor of law at george mason university school of law and senior scholar at the mercades center. as you all well know, this committee swears in witnesses before their testimony so if you all would please rise and raise your right hands. you will be sworn before your testimony. raise your right hand. do you solemnly swear or affirm that the testimony you're about to give will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth? yes. thank you. you may be seated. let the record reflect the witnesses answered in the affirmative. you all are well pra

mr. president, chris christie has a message for you. >> please, don't send me any more money to hire any >> brian: by the way, here is my message to you: "fox & friends" starts right now. >> steve: having grown up in kansas, not far from kansas city, as brian kilmeade joins us from the all-star game there, brian, you are in for a treat. the world's best baseball this week and, of course, the world's best barbecue, always in kansas city. >> brian: you know what i did? with you in mind, i had an option to eat last night. i'm not a big meat guy. but i had my cobb salad with barbecue chicken. is that okay? >> steve: that's as close as you'll get. the best two are gates or arthur bryants. >> brian: i went to this place called the hilton. they have a restaurant there. i don't do a lot of traveling. for that 90 minutes i had at that chance. everyone recommended to. >> gretchen: hopefully you'll be able to stay for the game tonight. we'll be looking for you. >> brian: let me show you a little bit of what you missed last hour. the sup is up. over my shoulder, they're still putting the stuff on th

service provider and they will walk you appeared >> court records court records show that christie back house that mrsr boy friend secretly wire many of millions of dollars of the trust. >>darya: lee we enlisted the giants will chairmen came will be starting tonight in the all-star game. kane and hits and approves it hurt the game in franchise history lesson month, >> came as want to start in than just an orlando will be starting for the american league who >> and mark >> all that exciting and the home run derby tonight. >> >>darya: and we will be back s see things begin to develop. the president opposes the momentarily but he has to come at any moment now. he is expected to at announce another year extension to the post as at tax cuts fair him again and in this team is led in the tax cut to one james wyatt and laszlo been announce he is willing to push congress to approve the tax cuts. the president was to keep it in place for only those that were attended the to >> can afternoon everybody president of pot. >> present obama - we are here today to talk about taxes. it is something that everybody cares

mr. smith ham goes to washington. i think big chris christyhe action man. >> he's got sharp elbows. romney and kristy would be like kevin costner and sean connery in the untouchables. romney could play the good guy and then he could apply sean connery and chris could come and say, that's how you get rid of the chicago way! that sort of thing. >> bill: it should be action packed. what if christie gets somebody in a head lock and breaks their jaw, which would probable lea happen on day three of the campaign. >> yeah. well, if he could break biden's jaw, biden couldn't talk and he might make a lot more sense to me. >> bill: all right. miller. all right. so miller, i'm going to write it down. this is serious, christie has to get on this jessica's law thing. he's got to get on that. >> what's that about, billy? >> bill: now i'm going to go on a campaign. now i'm going on a campaign. governor cuomo and governor christie, pay attention. you can't have child rapists getting two years in prison. that's not going to sit in new york state. i live here. i

mr. president. inquiring minds want to know. in new york, ron christie and here in washington, julian epstein. ron, what does it mean the retire retroactively? can you break that down for me and the rest of america? >> good afternoon. i think i can. what governor romney did is that he elected to go on a leave of absence to go return the olympics in february of 1999. something similar to what he had done when he went to run against is that right ted kennedy in a previous position. he decided since he was going to hopefully return to bain capital, he said i'm not going to return to my part time or full time status. instead, i'm going to retroactively elect to not come back. this is really a slight of hand the president and his campaign are running as if governor romney were show in charge of bain. "the boston globe" who wrote a book on governor romney said he left in february 1999, i think this is more of a political statement. >> the slight of hand is not obama's, but it is romney's because if you retire, you retire. you put the date out there. you cease to be paid, but when you retroactively r

new jersey governor chris christie says mr.dent, don't send the state of new jersey another round of stimulus cash. please. >> more government per square mile than any state in america. please, don't send me anymore money to hire more public employees. please don't. i don't need anymore. i got plenty as it is and i don't need anymore. they're extraordinarily expensive and extraordinarily difficult to manage. >> ok, he said they're expensive. how much do teachers, firefighters and police officers cost in the state of new jersey where i live and so does fox business contributor charles payne? good morning to you. >> good morning. they cost a lot. the average teacher is $66,000. fireman $77,000. police, sheriff, $81,000. the average state employee is $51,000. these jobs obviously they pay more and we have them on the screen there. here's the point. the -- there's a two prong narrative here. one is obviously the point that chris christie is making. just this morning, we've got another california city saying we're going to go bankru

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drop that big gulp mr because his efforts to regulate your diet are a great definition of what i'd call a professional agitator but what the police should really do is leave christie to matthew alone not to mention of course there's so much irony in this of the cops trying to stop christine and matthew from i don't know agitating all the poor minorities that are being urged stopping the cause of agitating all the poor minorities that are being targeted by the stop and frisks if only christine and matthew caught their other transgressions on camera like when they spied on muslims peace activists outside of the state when they fudged arrest numbers to me quotas and make the city appear less dangerous so i think it's pretty fair for someone to record you doing your job especially if you're in a position of power and they're holding you to account if concerned citizens out there like were seen in that wonder take the think list as an deserve to be put on a poster that rewards them for their work not targets that so far try to make the pair into bad guys while they're busy violating your rights will stop and frisks were giving the n.y.p.d. tonight's tool time award. we

mr. obama had a rather large motorcade here. we're told that will be shipped out and there is already one of equal size at his next stop in portland. live at sfo, christie smith, nbc bay area news. >>> happening right now, we give you live pictures from reno, where president obama's republican opponent, mitt romney, has just stepped up to the podium to speak. he's there addressing the vfw convention, the very same convention the president spoke at yesterday. both of the candidates defending their support for the military and programs to find jobs and homes for veterans. >> incoming national commander john hamilton, incoming auxiliary president leon lindley, adjutant general kemp, executive director bob hall, distinguished guests and mers of the vfw -- >> once again that is mitt romney, the republican presidential candidate, in reno, nevada. he is addressing the vfw talking about defending the support for the military and the jobs at home for veterans like president obama did yesterday. we'll keep you posted on both of their tours, campaigning all the over the country and the world. >>> well, this morning one person is in custody after a 12-hour police s

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mr. romney was early in the spring, i believe. when he faced another round of conservative criticism on the subject. even people like chris christie who was vying for vice president, was saying he ought to release those. he seems susceptible to pressure on his own side. is it notable that his own side seems so willing to pressure him? all of these people speaking out who are clearly on his side in the election saying he's got to move on this. that kind of open criticism, what does it say about the relationship between mr. romney's campaign and the conservative establishment? >> it says a lot and none of it is good. he's got to release the tax returns sooner or later, and someone said when you have bad news, bad news does not get better with time. get out in front of it. he would have most of the summer and part of the fall to explain it. this is inexplicable to me. i said before i think he has a good chance to win. barack obama as an incumbent president is no better than even money at this point to win the election. here, it gives every appearance of romney trying to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory by holding firm to this.