robert zimmerman, ron christie, hadley heath, we take you off.two consecutive days of triple digit losses. well, rethinking the possible worst. wall street veteran jonathan castellini joins us next [ tires screech ] [ car alarm chirps ] ♪ [ male announcer ] we don't just certify our pre-owned vehicles we inspect, analyze, and recondition each one, until it's nothing short of a genuine certified pre-owned mercedes-benz for the next new owner. [ car alarm chirps ] hurry in to your authorized mercedes-benz dealer for 99% financing during our certified pre-owned sales event through february 28th. lou: stocks plummeting. the dow jones posting its decline since 2011, the largest decline. i'm joined by director financial research, jonathan, it is good to have you here. what is driving this selloff is a lot about emerging market currencies. a slowdown in the chinese economy? what do you think? >> there's a lot of thing at play. we think about argentina tile and actually defaulted on their currency that led to a default and russian sovereign debt and big

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ron christie, and fox news contributor jud judith miller.bony williams, good to have you here, since i mentioned you last ebony, i turn to you first, sperling said it is false there was a quote, unquote magic number that after the washington post, had given administration two pinnochios for lying about 7 million. >> i have to say even as a left wing supporter that number was certainly -- out there. it was the target number, we heard from secretary kathleen sebelius, now this is an opportunity for dang to kind of make a fuller statement, saying that was an ideal number we would be satisfied with continual yee enroll am. lou: a half million. >> well not a hf a million. they need more, but ty need more context on what the number represents. lou: judy, context, this dang has a hard time -- this dang has a haradministration has a hard e dealing with context. >> i think that is a very good theme for them this tale of two country, de blasio large theme, rich versus -- >> de blasio has just been in office for a couple of days, president for 5 years,

well, let's see what happens when ron christie weighs in on this. what are your thoughts?owing. i no dinesh d'souza as well. i think that is happily pointed out, we are inncent until proven guilty. but it goes to the underlying nature of the administration that has overtly use the irs for political purposes. the point is someone who is a campai donor of obama, to see whether it warrants investigation. as a conservative and one that has written a documentary that was very critical of the president, i think it's interesting in a sense of timing that they are coming after him like that's. lou: i think we should give "the washington post" credit for pointing out to john edwards campaign who stood in precisely the same position with the same amount of money. it was only a misdemeanor in 2007, apparently a far less demanding president with george w. bush. does that give you any pause at all and even the post would point that out? >> i mean, look -- lou: is there any mercy in your heart? >> come on, robert. [laughter] >> for anyone who stands and tries to violate ourelectoral pro

cameras ron christie the senate introduced fast track in the transpacific partnership with a t p yes it's happening guys right now members of a bipartisan congressional committee took all advantage of the christie distraction to introduce legislation that would give obama fast track authority to move forward with the corporate coup d'etat see while the t p p is being touted as a beacon for job creation the so-called free trade agreement is anything but not only have negotiated has been conducted almost exclusively between advisors representing powerful multinational corporations but the talks have taken place entirely in secret. yes the big banks global telecom companies pharmaceutical giants and fossil fuel corporations that are standing to benefit immensely from the passing of this deal if you know all the corporations that we trust the most and what the t.p. p. would do confirmed by portions of the leak tax is bring about a whole slew of potentially devastating impacts that range from increased prices for medicine erosion for internet freedoms and resident and corporate power so at

if this one-hour meeting story breaks down, ron, mr. christie will probably be finished, will he not? >> i already have problems with it. a former u.s. attorney doesn't take people's word. he should have had his chief of staff run an investigation a month ago. these text messages that came out yesterday, they were there a month ago. so if i'm chris christie, i'm wondering, why didn't i know about this a month ago. >> but he answered that, ron. >> why isn't my chief of staff or legal counsel out the door, too, for not protecting me on this. >> because he said -- >> let me get the majority leader in here. you're going to be involved in this follow-up story. what's your take on what fonier said? >> the governor that you saw today is the governor that i see when i meet one-on-one with him. the problem is, he's made a stereotype of himself as a bombastic figure. the governor that was a u.s. attorney would have never been satisfied with that one-hour meeting without digging deeper and he left that on the table. that's either because he's gotten compla

you have rand ron paul and christie fighting in public what the appropriate counterterrorism measures two of the most talked about presidential nominee. fact your party is empowered and a lot of other things on your plate. you have this white house saying, and frankly, anyone who watched congress in the past six months is some justification, well, yes as a constitutional lawyer it would be better congress fix it this. we don't trust you to do it right. if you can't deal with the debt ceiling. how can we trust you with the war? u.s. combat troops will leave afghanistan in december, 2014. the war that americans thought we were signing up to fight will end. this authorization in all likelihood, ament although there is a repeal bill introduced by the house by representative adam and a proposal being talked about on the senate side floated by corker. in all likelihood nothing will happen. we will enter 2015 with this oddly outdated authorization to fight a war gebs a group of people who was really one major exception are all dead or in custody. and the successors, associates, ill defined.

christie. let's discuss with our senior political analyst ron brownstein and our chief political analyst gloriaot a long way to go, but did he help himself today, clean up his image? >> yeah, i think this was a really tough situation for him. i believe that one of the main questions that i have that wasn't answered is why would somebody who is a deputy chief of staff feel that it was okay to freelance like this, if that's what she was doing. and that's clearly what the governor said. and do something which he called was, you know, callous and stupid, right? so we don't have the answer to that question, but he was very direct and he left no question, as he says he had nothing to hide. and this was full of absolutes. and so -- if he has nothing to hide, then we got to -- >> he probably did as well as he could today. and i don't think that on current facts, which is always the key words in this, that these are by definition disqualifying events in terms of running for president, but the implication is that the story will go on, for two big reasons. one you've got other investigations. and second h

ron. >>> turn now to the ongoing drama surrounding chris christie.e's in florida right now, but back home, new accusations. a mayor charging a shakedown from the top christie lieutenant has them on major defense this morning and ryan smith has the latest. >> reporter: on the left-leaning channel msnbc, accusing the christie administration of delivering a message for the governor with devastating implications. >> i had a direct message, they're connecting the sandy funs to this. >> reporter: according to mayor zimmer, when she voiced concern about the construction project expected to cost hundreds of millions of dollars, the lieutenant governor pressed her to reconsider. >> she pulled me aside in the parking lot, and i said i know it is not right, if you tell anyone, i'll deny it. >> reporter: they are fighting back, calling the allegations false. how much did they receive? she said they only received $342,000. hoboken was approved for $70 million and more. denying them, but no one can deny they come at a bad time. >> the speculation about the truth o

ron. this is very serious. in my view it's actually more serious than bridgegate as it connects to chris christie. >> why? alleged with any evidence that chris christie was an instigator of the closing of the lanes on the bridge. this ties directly to christie. i watched all of candy crowley's interview with mayor zimmer. just as i found christie credible at his press conference, i found mayor zimmer very credible in this interview. the testimony she presented, was powerful. the lieutenant governor isn't any old aide, this is someone christie picked and is known to be close to him. >> in fact, zimmer saying if you tell anyone i'll deny it. at the same time the mayor said if she were to be subpoenaed, testify, she would likely tell the truth that yes, she was told she wasn't getting funding in exchange for not supporting the governor. >> the mayor has thrown down a gauntlet by saying i will testify under oath. i believe the lieutenant governor will have to validate my story if she testifies under oath. as larry pointed out, the real breakthrough, what makes it much more high-stakes for christie, he's tied

ron. >>> turn now to the ongoing drama surrounded new jersey governor chris christie.'s on a fund-raising trip to florida right now. but back home there are new accusations shaking his administration. a mayor charging a shakedown from the top christie lieutenant has the governor's office on major defense this morning, and ryan smith has the latest. >> reporter: on the left-leaning news channel mssmbs nbc, the mayor of hoboken, new jersey, accusing the christie administration of delivering a message for the governor with devastating implications. >> i had a direct message, they're connecting the sandy funs to this. >> reporter: according to mayor zimmer, when she voiced concern about the construction project expected to cost hundreds of millions of dollars, the lieutenant governor pressed her to reconsider. >> she pulled me aside in the parking lot, and i said i know it's not right. the things should not be connected but they are. if you tell anyone, i will deny it. >> reporter: overnight, the christie administration is fighting back, calling the allegations, quote, out

ron. >>> now to the bridge scandal shaking up new jersey governor chris christie's administration and his own potential bid for the white house in 2016. nearly 2,000 pages of documents released friday detailing e-mails and texts surrounding the decision to shut down three lanes on one of the country's most traveled bridges. this, of course, comes after the governor fired two of his top staffers and apologized to citizens saying he had no advance knowledge. abc's jim avila has been on the story from the beginning. >> good morning. the new docks show governor christie's aides were of in the that their politically motivated traffic jam was crippling ft. lee and jeopardizing public safety but they refused to call it off for an entire workweek in september. the new yorker is mocking him and the tabloids took their shots. but the good news for chris christie is that new documents released by his democratic opponent so far have failed to show any personal involvement in the scandal by the new jersey governor. >> i had no knowledge or involvement in this issue, in its planning or its execution. >

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ron burgundy? new jersey governor chris christie hit by scandal.he nation's busiest bridge behind his back for political pay back? what the governor is saying this morning. you're going to want to hear that and so much more. hour two for this frosty thursday starts right now. >>> this is dean cain and you're watching "fox & friends" in the morning. >> dean cain is one of the best guests we have. >> he's nice. >> he can fly! >> i think personally, if i was charting his career and he has not asked me yet, but you always have hope -- he would either be on a couch like this or doing sports. he is such a fen national athlete and a passionate guy. what's he doing in the pretend world? >> pays more. >> let's talk about bob gates. has a brand-new book out. comes out in another week. i was surprised to read that the administration, according to the daily mail of london, was blind sided by what was in this book and that the book was being released. according to these reports, this is one guy, or one person in the white house reading this now, summarizing it

christie for president, she replied, obviously he wouldn't have my vote. he would ex-mile me. then snooki flashed everything which disgusted this cack ron. -- raccoon. >> animals are just like us. repulsed by a naked snooki. steven, you actually live in new york city, correct? >> no. >> okay. you actually dated snooki in the '90s. >> i don't remember. >> is it over for christie? when you lose snooki, haven't you lost america? >> in new jersey, it's a great possibility. if you have lost snooki, it's downhill. >> i'm waiting to hear from the situation. if the situation comes out against him, then it's over. right? >> who is the dj? >> pauley. >> the names. >> you can make fun of dj pauley d. he made $12 million. >> who is it? >> in jersey shore. >> i've near seen that thing. i turned it ons and it was like a walking disease cell. why does he want to be endorsed by them? >> if think in another world they belong together. if they lived in hollywood they would be married. christie and snooki. >> the thought of that is so repulsive. let's go back to the raccoon. >> they might have raccoons. >> little baby raccoons. >> cue imagine what that wo

ron >> good evening, everyone. welcome to al jazeera america. i'm john seigenthaler in new york. >> burning bridges. new jersey's governor chris christie a potential presidential front runner for the g.o.p. his office at the center of a politically charged scandal. >> gates wide open - the white house firing back at the form are secretary's book as commander in chief. >> white out, the danger on the slopes striking without warning. tonight, the science of avalanches. >> the placebo effect - the impact on surgery and the new findings that might surprise you.

and i believe christy is the one to beat and i think he can get hilary clinton a tough run. >> host: a tweeter tweeted in i am a ron paul support. ron paul -- what was his affect on the party? and rand paul's effect? >> i was in iowa during the 2012 caucus and i was in a little down there. i was in a gym in a high school and there were so much fervor and excitement for ron paul. i was surprised at where he came out in the caucus because there was so much excitement and energy for ron paul. it wasn't just older people but there were a lot of younger people excited about ron paul. it will be interesting if that excitement could translate to his son rand in kentucky. i believe he is running in 2016 and i think it will be interesting to see if that excitement and will translate to his son. and what is his next step and what role is he playing in 2016? will he try to be a gop king maker? those are the questions out there for a ron paul and what his role is. next call is from ryan, in beaver, pennsylvania. >> i want to say i am disappo t disappointed in republicans and democrats because once they get in office it is all

ron fournier wrote this in "the national journal." >> the smartest man in politics may be chris christie. i take it back. governor had channeled the public's disgust with political dysfunction chazz tiesing republican leaders to refusing to allow a vote on hurricane sandy relief bill. christie said the game playing that derailed the relief bill showed why the american people hate congress. he accused his own party's leadership for selfishness and moral failure. his approval rating topped 70%. now his numbers are dropping because he wasn't so smart and the zero game culture christie enabled if not ordered infamous abuse of power. the closure of traffic lanes on the george washington bridge in a fit of political retribution. >> talk about your conclusions, ron. >> a year ago, i didn't write that he was going to be president. yesterday, i didn't write that he is not going to be. but the fact is this controversy has damaged what was a pretty solid, pretty impressive brand up against the conditions we were talking about in the last second. we are looking now on a leader who is post partisan and who is transpa

but if christie is weakened, there would be a lot of support for him in the upscale and more establishment parts of the party. >> ronn, good analysis as usual. thank you very much. >> thank you, wolf. >>> let's get back to the breaking news story, we're watching in purdue university in west lafayette, indiana. you see that there's been a shooting incident. we're getting some new information. we're about to speak with a purdue university spokeswoman. we'll get that right after this quick break. my dad has aor afib.brillation, he has the most common kind... ...it's not caused by a heart valve problem. dad, it says your afib puts you at 5 times greater risk of a stroke. that's why i take my warfarin every day. but it looks like maybe we should ask your doctor about pradaxa. in a clinical trial, pradaxa® (dabigatran etexilate mesylate)... ...was proven superior to warfarin at reducing the risk of stroke. and unlike warfarin, with no regular blood tests or dietary restrictions. hey thanks for calling my doctor. sure. pradaxa is not for people with artificial heart valves. don't stop taking pradaxa without talking to your

christie, why should this be any different? due to weather he canceled the inauguration party scheduled to take place on ellis island. let's go to rontt watching this in new york. >> reporter: hey, there, richard. we're out here on long island. they are expected to get pretty hard by this storm. when this snow stops falling in the pre-dawn hours, we're expecting from 8 to 14 inches or 15 inches of snow. we're outside oyster bay where the trucks are loading up to try to treat these roads. if you push in a little bit, this is the l.i.e., the long island expressway, this is westbound traffic going into new york city here. eastbound coming the other way from the city. and it's starting to pick up traffic in both directions as this snow is really starting to pick up and starting to accumulate here in the last hour. as you said, richard, most of the snow is expected to fall right around rush hour, 4:00, 5:00, 6:00 in the afternoon which is why some of the school districts in this area have just started to let the kids home for the day. they wanted to work a half day school and those parents will be coming out to meet their kids. if you ca

ron mott there for us on long island. appreciate it. >>> it's the first full day of the second term, but with scandal swirling around his administration, does chris christie have a clean slate to govern with? we are the thinkers. the job jugglers. the up all-nighters. and the ones who turn ideas into action. we've made our passions our life's work. we strive for the moments where we can say, "i did it!" ♪ we are entrepreneurs who started it all... with a signature. legalzoom has helped start over 1 million businesses, turning dreamers into business owners. and we're here to help start yours. [ coughs ] i've got a big date, but my sinuses are acting up. it's time for advil cold and sinus. [ male announcer ] truth is that won't relieve all your symptoms. hmm? [ male announcer ] new alka seltzer plus-d relieves more symptoms than any other behind the counter liquid gel. thanks for the tip. [ male announcer ] no problem. oh...and hair products. aisle 9. [ inhales deeply ] oh what a relief it is. ♪ this is the creamy chicken corn chowder. i mean, look at it. so indulgent. did i tell you i am on the... [ both ] chicken pot pie diet! me too! [ male announcer ] s

ron allen live for us in philadelphia. would have liked to see how the rocky balboa statue is doing on this wednesday. >>> still ahead, the committee investigating new jersey governor chris christie and the closures on the george washington bridge. is it really a bipartisan effort? i'll ask that question and more to the man who represents ft. lee new jersey, next. >>> also, 41 years since roe v. wade. is the landmark ruling more vulnerable than ever? our agenda will weigh in and we'll talk to the president of naro. that also leads to the big question, which side is winning the war over a woman's right to choose? weigh in on twitter or on facebook. >>> first, did you guys hear about this? cnbc has learned bernie madoff had a heart attack last month, briefly hospitalized, but is now back in prison. cnbc also reporting madoff has stage four kidney disease. he's serving a 150-year prison sentence for running the largest investment fraud in the history of this country. we'll be right back. s! sorry we're late. did you run into traffic? no, just had to stop by the house to grab a few things. you stopped by the house? uh-huh. yea. alright, whenever you get your stuff, run upstairs, get

ron hall has a look at "news nation". >> we continue to track the massive winter storm slamming the east coast. it's getting worse by the hour. the weather is affecting celebrations marking the start of chris christie'sershadowed by the widening investigation into the bridge scandal. a live report from trenton. and heartbreaking news on the disappearance of a teenager with autism. remains found three months after he went missing, the dna results have been released. controversy over the largest round-up of dolphins in four years and why so much attention is being paid to one particular dolphin taken from her mother's side. book any flight, car and hotel together and save up to 20% when you build your custom trip. expedia, find yours. purina dog chow light & healthy is a deliciously tender and crunchy kibble blend. with 20% fewer calories than purina dog chow. isn't it time you discovered the lighter side of dog chow. purina dog chow light & healthy. yeah... try new alka seltzer fruit chews. they work fast on heartburn and taste awesome. these are good. told ya! i'm feeling better already. [ male announcer ] new alka seltzer fruits chews. enjoy the relief! [ chainsaw whirring ] humans -- sometimes life

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