now, what happened in new jersey is that the legislature -- legislators in the state of new jersey took this principle of no taxation without representation seriously and took it to its furthest extremes. in 1776 the continental congress asked each state to write its own constitution. and when the state of new jersey was writing its first constitution, when it devised the provision regarding suffrage, it simply talked about suffrage in gender-neutral terms. it said that all inhabitants who are worth 50 pounds proclamation money are entitled to vote. now, this gender-neutral language is not in and of itself significant. if you look at the early state constitutions, more than half of them do not limit voting to men. what was different in new jersey was that in 1790 and 1797 state legislators clarified the meaning of this provision and they passed election statutes in which they referred to voters using the pronounce he and she. so new jersey actually extended the franchise to all adult members of society who met the property qualification for voting. and that meant free blacks as well as

only one of them got across the river just north of new jersey, just north of trenton, new jersey. and washington led that force into the storm attacking the hessians. the hessians had expected them to come. they had spies of their own. but then a small american force had attacked them in the day without orders. they thought that was the attack. and they led down their guard just for a moment and that's when the americans arrived. it was very carefully managed. the americans synchronized their watches. that's the first instance i can find of an army synchronizing the pocket watches that the officers carried and then they attacked trenton from both sides within about two minutes of each other and won a great victory. then the question was what to do with the victory. and he had a couple problems there. the hessians were not drunk. we have eyewitness accounts of their sobriety, but the american army discovered quite a lot of liquor in the ins of trenton and the american army got drunk. and washington had great difficulty getting his troops back again over the delaware river, more so

what do we see in new jersey? we are now in a budget situation where we are not dealing with multibillion-dollar deficits. i was able to propose a budget this year, the first income-tax cut in new jersey and over 15 years. a 10% across-the-board income- tax cut. you expect the democrats would be arguing with me about it. the majority of democrats are saying, we have to cut taxes. they're just argue with me about how to cut the taxes. you know what that means. what matters is we have changed a place like new jersey to understand the very principles that the president was talking about when he stood up here a few minutes ago. if you want to grow jobs in new jersey, you have to leave more money in the hands of the people create those jobs. since i have become governor, we have created 75,000 private- sector jobs. we have cut the public sector. there are fewer public employees today than january of 2001. less government workers than 11 years ago. you have to do both. if you want the private sector to grow, you have to

he said that unforeseen costs to his state were forcing him to cancel a new train tunnel between new jersey new york. "the times" finding that mr. christie also misstated new jersey's share of the project's costs and while mr. christie said at the time that the agreement with the federal government would have required the state to pay for any and all cost overruns in the project, the goa report says that the federal government was, in fact, offering to share those costs. so what was the problem? well, having nixed the big tunnel project, governor christie spent the money for it, spent the tunnel money on the state's transportation trust fund. which it just so happens was almost empty at time and which it just so happens is funded by a gasoline tax, which it just so happens chris christie made a campaign promise not to raise. so how do these dots connect? killing a giant state federal infrastructure project did a couple of things for chris christie. it helped make him a famous conservative republican guy. he's known as the guy who stood up to the feds and killed this expensive tunnel project

welcome, governor of new jersey. [applause] >> and now taking a demotion to be governor of new jersey, if you don't think it is a demotion, you go ahead and lose grand jury subpoena power. i'm happy to be here this morning and talk to you about our experience in new jersey and i agree with the president that the most important thing that you can do as a governor for your economy is to try to institute pro-growth policies that grow the pot and that are optimistic, however, optimism was a thing that was a little difficult to find in january of 2010 in the state of new jersey, and here's why. in the eight years before i became governor, our state raised taxes and fees at the state level 115 times. in the decade before i became governor, new jersey had a zero -private-sector job growth a decade, a decade where we had zero job growth, but yet before i became governor, we became the state in america that had the most government workers per square mile in their state. that is an enormous achievement. [laughter] >> and one t

yeah, new jersey. they voted in new jersey for about a generation from the 1770s to the early 1800s then were disenfranchised, i think i mentioned this. they were disenfranchised because a member of the new jersey state legislature had lost a race earlier and he blamed it on women voters for some reason. it was actually a kind of ordinary dispute about where to build a court house in a county in new jersey, but he vowed when he got into the state legislature he was going to take away the female suffrage and that's what he did. but stanton never mentions this. it doesn't come up at all at the meeting in seneca falls. she apparently didn't know it. even though she lived in new york most of her life, right next to new jersey, it's very strange. she apparently didn't know because if she did know that women had once voted in the united states surely she would have included it in her argument as to why women should vote. abigail adams knew it. she mentioned it in a letter in the 1790s. it's puzzling how it i

it was obtained by the new jersey star ledger. if you look, these guys are on the garden state parkway and you see new jersey state troopers escorting these luxury cars. >> reported speeds during this incident up to 120 miles per hour. nohere's a second investigation that's been opened up regarding this incident. >> the crazy thing, too, in this video, two instances these guys move the camera and you see other state troopers not involved in the caravan pulling over other drivers. >> what? >> presumably for speeding. imagine that. >> i get the allure of all these amazing fast and furious cars going down the freeway. but as an officer, you have a responsibility to keep the citizens safe. i think this is a culture of entitlement where a football player can expect police to take care of them. come on. >> laws are laws for everybody. >> you can't buy this in america, this pizza burger. >> kind of looks good on its own but not with the pizza. >> who is selling it and buying it next. look at that hole there. >> what the heck? >> see what

it would have resulted in 44,000 jobs for people to go from new jersey to new york and vice versa. >> great to have you with us tonight. that's "the ed show." the "the rachel maddow show" starts now. good evening. >>> good evening. thanks very much. we have more on that ahead this hour. thanks. >> thank you. >> thanks for staying with us. for the next hour, if things look different, that's because we're in los angeles again

i would always join the new jersey and new york folks, and it was always wonderful to see donald in hiselping him bring health care information and services to the thousands who came. he believed in and respected this institution and its rules and traditions and taught all of us who served with him to do the same, or else. and he was a loyal and loving friend who was always there when you called and even when you didn't. but he also didn't mind ripping into you to keep you on a straight and narrow. i was privileged as well as burdened, but gladly so to be one of the few that donald told of his illness. but he did so well that we, even i were lulled into thinking he would beat that illness. and he did for a long time. through ups and down, therapies and adverse reactions, he kept going like an energizer bunny here. here at home, at the foundation, across this country, and even abroad, i just don't know how he did it. so what did donald payne, congressman donald payne teach us? that you can and have an obligation to do it all, that we must serve all of humanity, even beyond the best of ou

speaking of overtime hockey, new jersey has a lot of experience.e they played the last two games against florida in overtime. if they go to an overtime game in game two, is there a guy on the devils' roster who won't see a lot of overtime? >> zidlicky. he allowed the panthers an opportunity to come back in game seven by doing exactly what he did tonight. sending the puck up and over the glass into the defense zone. a mistake early in this game, though, very costly for the new jersey devils as briere used his speed for that breakaway attempt. van riemsdyk pounced all over that loose puck. outstanding job by him. again, penalties late in the third period. flyers on power play, giroux scores the goal. lots of guys contributing for philadelphia. and a lot of guys on the devils team making mistake throughout. brodeur cleaned up. late in the third, couldn't come up with all the answers in overtime as danny briere gets the puck past him. van riemsdyk providing the screen and providing a lot of spark for the flyers in this game. he had his skating legs bac

that is why american express is going to just back out of new jersey.y stole one and a half million dollars of travelers checks last year from people because of nonuse. it's ridiculous. happy birthday, wayne. >> happy birthday, wayne. i didn't even know that. let me ask you this. it's not just amex saying, the retailers are suing the state as well in jersey. >> i'm from jersey. this is the stupidest thing i've ever heard my state do. it's sinister. eats like what else can we take from you because state taxes aren't high enough. it's evil and awful. here what is happening. it's an administrative nightmare. every time you buy a card in new jersey, you have to give your zip code to prove you live here and companies are saying it's too much work. why bother? it's so unfortunate for new jersey because that money would then be spent back in the states with those gift cards. don't forget, the corporations don't book this as a sale until you use the plastic. and it's sitting in no man's land until you knew. jersey is making a grave mistake. i think it's really

but his leadership impacted lives far beyond new jersey's borders.restore democracy and human rights in countries from northern ireland to sudan. don payne worked around the globe to end famine, disease, and genocide. at home he was a trailblazer. don payne and i had our offices in newark, our premiere city in new jersey. and i would see almost a reverence that people would hold in their view and in their hands when they were able to shake hands with don payne. there was love and affection and respect. in 1988, don, during his first campaign for the house, he told a reporter, and i quote, i want to be a role model for the kids i talk to on the street corners. i want to see -- i want them to see that there are no barriers to achievement. and without doubt, donald payne achieved his goal. he inspired young people to enter public service. and if you look at his proud family members who are here today, many of whom followed him into careers in public service, and it's a wonderful example for all of you to follow. and we're very proud of you, young man, f

what do we see in new jersey?ling with multibillion-dollar deficits. instead, i was able to propose a budget this year, the first income-tax cut in new jersey in over 15 years. a 10% across-the-board income- tax cut. here is the amazing thing. you expect the democrats would be arguing with me about it. the majority of democrats are saying, we have to cut taxes. they're just arguing with me about how to cut the taxes. you know what that means. we have already won the argument. what matters is we have changed a place like new jersey to understand the very principles that the president was talking about when he stood up here a few minutes ago. if you want to grow jobs in new jersey, you have to leave more money in the hands of the people who create those jobs. since i have become governor, we have created 75,000 private- sector jobs. new jobs in new jersey. we have cut the public sector. there are fewer public employees today than january of 2001. less government workers than 11 years ago. you have to do both. if you

speaking of overtime hockey, new jersey has a lot of experience.e they played the last two games against florida in overtime. if they go to an overtime game in game two, is there a guy on the devils' roster who won't see a lot of overtime? >> zidlicky. he allowed the panthers an opportunity to come back in game seven by doing exactly what he did tonight. sending the puck up and over the glass into the defense zone. a mistake early in this game, though, very costly for the new jersey devils as briere used his speed for that breakaway attempt. van riemsdyk pounced all over that loose puck. outstanding job by him. again, penalties late in the third period. flyers on power play, giroux scores the goal. lots of guys contributing for philadelphia. and a lot of guys on the devils team making mistake throughout. brodeur cleaned up. late in the third, couldn't come up with all the answers in overtime as danny briere gets the puck past him. van riemsdyk providing the screen and providing a lot of spark for the flyers in this game. he had his skating legs bac

it would have resulted in 44,000 jobs for people to go from new jersey to new york and vice versa. >> to have you with us tonight.

living biological participant, his attorneys were certain he would be able to bring him home to new jerseye got to brazil, david was in for a shock. bruna's new husband had filed for custody of sean. livid, david made a public plea for help. >> how could it be possible a non-blood person could take my child? who could help me? who can help? >> his plea would prompt a rapid ground swell of support. his story infuriating parents and politicians alike. but for sean, the young boy at the center of it all, it was just an overwhelming swirl of turmoil and painful confusion. >> did you want to leave? >> i had mixed feelings. >>> coming up, the child in the eye of the media storm. >> what do you remember about that day? >> and then why his father says the boy who came home was not the boy who left. when "dateline" continues. with the bankamericard cash rewards credit card we earn more cash back for the things we buy most. 1% sh back everywhere every time. 2% on groceries. 3% on gas. automatically. no hoops to jump through. no annual fee. that's 1% back on... wow! 2% on my homemade lasagna. 3% back

>> we can't afford. >> we can't afford to have new jersey to go to new york?ke that? >> my philosophy is we developed as a country because there's smart public and private enterprise. the private enterprise could not have gotten across the country without the railroad. it couldn't have gotten around without the highway system. things have to be done by the government for private sector activities to occur. a truck can understand go down a road if there's no road there. >> if there's no road. >> or tunnel. >> or a tunnel. since this is a political show i also want to say i think chris christie has really damaged his brand here. i know one of the things you praised about him is he's supposed to be a straight talker, this no bs guy. the gao shows this is a lot of bs. he exaggerated the cost new jersey was going to bear. i'm i'm sorry, pete. they break it down. they say what the fact was going to be. he said they were going to be on the hook for a lot more than they were. >> let's let him defend himself. here he is after the gao report was released. he said the ne

it would have resulted in 44,000 jobs for people to go from new jersey to new york and vice versa. >>ve you with us tonight. that's "the ed show." the "the rachel maddow show" starts now. good evening. >>> good evening. thanks very much.

attention at a time he wants to seem like a fiscal conservative having not served a full term as new jerseyovernor, he's on the hook for having passed out a record amount of money to state corporations, $1.5 billion. news that the reasons chris christie gave at the time for killing the biggest public works project in the country might not have been real reasons. this is based on findings from a government accountability office report, a bipartisan, nonpartisan report that is set to be released. governor christie exaggerated when he said that unforseen costs to his state were forcing him to cancel a new train tunnel between "the times" finding that mr. christie also misstated new jersey's share of the project's costs and while mr. christie said at the time that the agreement with the federal government would have required the state to pay for any and all cost overruns in the project, the goa report says that the federal government was, in fact, offering to share those costs. so what was the problem? well, having nixed the big tunnel project, governor christie spent the money for it, spent th

understand that people from the new york police department were doing surveillance in the state of new jersey, across the river into our sovereignty. and last week the special agent in charge of the fbi newark office criticized the new york police department's surveillance of new jersey communities and universities saying, and i quote, it makes our job much, much harder. mr. director, how do you feel about that? >> let me start off by saying that we have a very good relationship with nypd, and the work that the nypd has done since september 11th to protect new york and the surrounding communities is first rate. and there has not been a successful attack on new york in large part attributable to the work that's been done by the new york police department along with the joint terrorism task force, which has been whereon going for many years in new york and joint terrorism task forces in new jersey and elsewhere. often there are issues in how you go about doing your work that arises over a period of time where there are bumps in the road in terms of cooperation. and my expectation is that whatev

>> we can't afford -- >> we can't afford for new jersey to go to new york. how can you say that?use there is a smart rerepublic of private enterprise. but they couldn't have gotten around the country without railroad. couldn't have gotten around without the highway system that ike put in. things have to be done for private sector activities to occur. like a truck can't go down a road if there is no road there. >> if there's no road. that's right. >> or a tunnel. >> or a tunnel. since this is a political show, i also want it say, you know, i think chris christie really damaged his brand here. because one of the things i know you praised about him, chris, is that he is supposed to be a straight talker. this no bs guy. but the goa report çshow-the governor just, more thaj exaggerated. he said they would be on the hook for a whole lot more than they were. >> i'm sorry, joan. let's let him defend himself. here he is defending himself against building the tunnels, after the report was released. arguing the new jersey taxpayers would be stuck with the bill while new yorkers got a free

the team capped its 35 year run in new jersey with an 18-point loss to the 76ers.ount governor chris christie among the unimpressed with the nets' move to brooklyn. here's what he said before the game. >> i'm not going to the nets game tonight and my message to the nets is good-bye. you know? you don't want to stay? we don't want you. seriously, i'm not going to be in the business of begging people to stay here. that's one of the most beautiful arenas in america. they've had the chance to play in. it's in one of the country's most vibrant cities. and they want to leave here and go to look listen? good riddance. see you later. >> good riddance. after 35 years, jay-z taking the team to brooklyn. christie went on to say he's confident a team looking to relocate would appreciate the facilities in new jersey. >>> the mother of former nets great drawsen petra vic, he was your favorite back in the '80s, he gave them an identity and then sadly, tragically, died in a car accident in june of 1993 at the age of 28. his mother, very nice to see her at the arena last night. >>>

christi enflated new jersey's share of the cost. state was on the hook for 70% of the project. well, it turns out the state would have paid just over 14% of the project. the project was killed after it had already begun. hundreds of millions of dollars had been spent the the decision didn't just impact the state of new jersey. it would have alleviated congestion from boston to washington, d.c. the only person this helped is governor chris christie. the same guy that will not raise taxes on millionaires. today, he had no to build a tunnel to the basement of macy's and stick the new jersey taxpayers with a bill of 3 to $5 billion over, no matter how much the administration yells and scream, you have to say no. you have to look them right in the eye and say no. you have to be willing to say no to those things that compromise your principles. >> i'm joined by new jersey senator, the chairman of the senate sub committee on surface transportation. good to have you with us tonight. >> nice to be here. >> there's a big difference between 70

driving in the family car they were driving through new jersey when they were pulled over by a new jerseytate trooper. april was driving. albert was in the passenger seat. their 4-year-old son was in the backseat. several years earlier albert had been fined for traffic violation. he paid the fine but in new jersey state records the fines showed up as unpaid. because of that there was warrant out for his arrest based on the supposed unpaid fine which he paid. there never should have been warrant. it should have been dismissed. albert knew about this glitch and he kept a document with the new jersey state seal on it in the car showing he had paid the fine in case this ever came up with the police officer. he was aware there was a problem. the looked like there was still warrant for him even though there should not have been. despite that, the state trooper even when albert showed the document arrested him on the spot in front of his pregnant wife and his 4-year-old son and they hauled him off to jail. not paying a fine is not an offense for which you can go to prison in new jersey. when alb

you know, there are problems with new jersey. as i understand princeton sciences program is perhaps theoretically oriented. the geography wasn't necessarily suitable. it is too spread out between princeton and rutgers and bell labs in the pharmaceutical companies to new jersey. there was this whole plan for senate university which is going to be modeled after caltech and was going to be in northern new jersey and remained a plan. it was expensive and bell labs decided they couldn't fund it and it was shelved. >> how unwise the government related monopoly at&t more innovative than a government monopoly in the post-ups? [laughter] >> boy, that's a good question. >> you get a pass. >> is a beautiful question. >> how they got the idea is to poke a piece of germania. am i remembering how to pronounce that? >> yeah, of course. they were trying silicon as well. they were trained and type in peace side. they didn't use the word doping. it was before they even use that word. this is for the engineers there. they actually used gold because

did new jersey's most powerful elected official doze off during a concert by new jersey's most famous rock star? >> not quite sure how that's a big story. he said he was caught up in the mood, feeling the music, which we all do. >> especially when it comes to the boss. >> can't fall asleep during the boss' show. >>> we begin with the breaking news out of florida. george zimmerman has walked out of the seminole county jail after posting bond. >> his ultimate destination is being kept secret for his safety. it could actually be outside the state of florida. matt gutman filed this report minutes ago from sanford. >> reporter: zimmerman walked right out the front door. not much fanfare. wearing a brown jacket. clean shaven. blue jeans carrying his personal items in a brown paper bag. very calmly walking out of the jail. now his family has been trying to get the $150,000 bail together all weekend. his attorney said there was some concern about them not being able to make it. he said that the primary concern for zimmerman remains his safety. he wore a bulletproof vest during that bail heari

he represented new jersey's tenth congressional district for over two decades. this is just over an hour. >>> ladies and gentlemen, please rise for the presentation of colors by the united states capital police ceremonial unit. >> forward march. present. ♪ o, say can you see by the dawn's early light ♪ ♪ what so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming ♪ ♪ whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight ♪ ♪ o'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming ♪ ♪ and the rockets red glare, the bombs bursting in air gave proof through the night that our flag was with still there ♪ ♪ o, say does that star spangled banner yet waive ♪ ♪ o'er the land of free and the home of the brave ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, please be seated. >> good morning and welcome to the old hall of the house. thank all of you for joining us for the memorial for donald m. payne. with us today are members of representative payne's family as well as many colleagues and friends, all gathered just steps from the chamber where he served with great distinction. just as

mexico city to newark, new jersey. fourteen hours, nineteen minutes.hat we want you to do now is to create a performance that's maybe two or three minutes long. so one of you will be the director, and the whole group will be the performers. so, you're only going to get a few minutes to do that. hixson: whenever we go somewhere to perform, we usually do a workshop, and that really gives us a chance to work with others around our process, using the same exercises that we use. and that really helps us to develop a community around creativity and around ideas. oh, yeah. christopher: i love doing the workshops. and dartington, those students are already working with a lot of performance ideas, so they have a pretty sophisticated way of taking the exercises they're given and making the work that they do their own. man: larry? ♪ jesus' blood never failed me yet ♪ ♪ never failed me yet ♪ jesus' blood never failed me yet ♪ ♪ this one thing i know ♪ for he loved me so christopher: when you work collaboratively, and you work the way we work, you don't know what t

let's headal up around the water cooler, a political scandal in the state of new jersey. overnor chris christie dieing he fell asleep during the april 9th bruce springsteen show at madison square garden in new york. someone tweeted this photo showing the governor leaning back with his eyes closed during the show. governor christie responded to this last week. >> some joker taking pictures of me at madison square garden. i'll tell you exactly what happened. debra and i were at the concert together at madison square garden. you were sitting next to me, were you not? >> yes, i was. >> at any time during the show did i fall asleep? >> absolutely not. >> when i was fist pumping during "bad lands," i'm glad no one took pictures of that. when i was singing to "out in the street," thankfully no one took pictures of that. i was sitting there listening to what is -- for those of you who haven't, if you don't have the risk, listen to "rocky ground," i sat back, closed my eyes and listened to the song. i will never fall asleep during a bruce springsteen show. >> a man who loves the bo