at home in new jersey, the monmouth university poll, 59%, down to 51% an eight-point drop and nine-pointe in his disapproval. here's one plus governor christie can brag about. $33 million ain't chump change. that's a record in this period of time as he's led the committee, including $23.5 million during those bad bridgegate headlines. mostly bad news in the polls, decent news in the fund-raising. an extensive new profile in the new yorker will be out tonight. >> one these of news that i can drop here is in new jersey politics, tom caine sr., twice elected governor, probably the most popular political figure in the state, he is chris christie's political mentor. when ychris christie was 14 yeas old he knocked on this guy's door and said tom caine taught had him how to do it. probably the most person in his political life. tom caine told me that he is no longer sure that if chris christie runs for president he will back him, he will endorse him. he's now being look at three possible republican 2016 candidates. jeb bush, scott walker and john kasich. that's a dramatic statement from one of

the scientists say no one and no place will be immune. brian? >> anne thompson, port monmouth, new jersey on the jersey shore. anne, thanks. >>> these past couple days we've had a big wake-up call in southern california where the ground has been unusually quiet in the greater los angeles area over the past few years. that changed when a 5.1 caused some minor damage. it rattled a lot of people friday night. it took place not along the more famous san andreas fault, but puente hills. the good folks at cal tech are watching all of it tonight. >> when an earthquake happens on this fault it is just about the worst one we can imagine, it is long enough to have an earthquake greater than magnitude 7, maybe 7.5. it's located directly under the oldest parts of our city. so we have hundreds of thousands of very bad buildings that will be exposed to very strong shaking. so we put it all together and it's about the worst earthquake we can think of happening. >> it is true that friday night's earthquake was the strongest in the area since '08. and at this point we must add southern califor

the department of community affairs. occasion was a televised town hall at monmouth. zimmer alleges before the program began, she had a conversation which constable suggested to her that hoboken would receive the sandy funds she was seeking if she approved that big development project. project that was proposed by something known as the rockefeller group. zimmer shared with us and then with federal prosecutors a contemporaneous diary entry that describes what she says happened. "we are miked up with other panelists all around us and probably the sound team is listening and he says, i hear you against the rockefeller project. i reply, i am not against the rockefeller project. in fact, i want more commercial development in hoboken. oh, really? everyone in the statehouse believes you are against it. the buzz is that you are against it. if you move that forward, money would start flowing to you, he tells me." that's from her diary. constable has vehemently denied her charges. the mastro report sides with him and sides against dawn zimmer. sitting on that same stage with zi

the impressive young marines. >>> new jersey governor chris christie's approval ratings may have stabilize. but it's not because of that internal review he commissioned. according to a new monmouth university-asbury park poll, 51% of jersey residents approve christie's job performance. 41% disapprove. that's in line with what the poll found in february. but a majority of those polled say that report released last week by the firm christie hired was intended to help the governor's reputation. only three in ten new jerseyans say it was a fair and unbiased investigation. we'll be right back. about business internet? ok, how about thirty seconds? at comcast business our internet is fast. up to 5x faster than dsl from the phone company. and our phone's better too. switch to comcast business internet. then add voice and tv for just $34.90 more per month. time to make the call. 800-501-6000 comcast business. built for business. >>> welcome back to "hardball." if you need a reminder what the future of republican-controlled congress would actually look like, look no further than paul ryan's bleak new blueprint with the deceptively benign title the path to prosperity. when he predicted wh