i just want to point out to our audience this is sheila goldklein. she is head of the board of education. she will introduce governor christie and his family. go ahead. >> he needs to talk about his ability to attract hispanic voters which he did in his reelection campaign and i thinkbraceabshlgs -- abrasive immigration reform. >> you said he's attracted to the base. if he starts pitching an immigration reform and some of that base is amnesty, how attractive is that? >> he's got to be able to like jeb bush and marco rubio, he's got to be able to thread that needle. >> he's not threading that needle well with your base. let's be clear on that. >> well listen i think he's attractive in his style on the base. i think the immigration reform are attractive to some elements of the base. other parts of the party, they want immigration reform. if you look at the polls, republicans do want immigration reform. they know the system is broken. >> john, once you leave new hampshire, the next 25 contacts are very heavily weighted against southern liberal states. s

. >>> and i want to thank sheila goldklein, a dear friend of my mom's and a wonderful representativen for welcoming us here today and i want to thank my friend lynn gr on eny some of you may be confused, it may be that you thought she was being booed by her high school classmates, she was not. for reasons that i will not explain, lynn's nickname in high school was "the juice." hence, it's not a boo. it's "the juice." and lynn, thank you for being here. i'm also here because this is where my family raised me. you'll hear a lot and have heard a lot from me about my mother and father. all of us know that for good and for bad, where we come from is from our parents, and so, you heard sheila and lynn both talk about my mom today. i'm here in livingston because all of those years ago my mother and father became of first of either of their families to leave the city of newark and come here. and make this home for us. my mom isn't with us today. but i feel her. and my dad is with me here today. i'm really, really privileged to have him. >> they raised my brother and i, brought us here to liv