between time magazine and life magazine, march of time, radio broadcasts, henry louis probably reached half or more of the literate population of the united states. henry lewis was very much like the dulles brothers. he also was a strict presbyterian. he had been born in china, son of missionaries. they worked very closely together on supporting -- one supporting the other. one great story has to do with the time entries lumumba was supposed to be on the cover of time magazine. they made the portrait but at the last moment, the american government became terrified. i didn't want more publicity. they didn't want this handsome figure on the cover of time magazine. they called henry lewis at the very last moment, as the magazine was going to press. finally, he agreed to take lumumba off. they didn't have time to make a new portrait so they took an old picture of the u.n. secretary- general and pasted it against the background of tropical trees and african landscapes that had been intended for lumumba. you can now buy the portrait of lumumba on the cover of time that never got to the cover

time magazine covers this week after chris christie's win in new jersey. question, is this time magazine cover featuring his girth a cheap shot? >> a light shot. i think it is a cheap shot. but as i -- >> all publicity is good -- >> no. >> not all is good and this does not hurt -- >> they spell his name right. >> he is on the cover of time magazine. very well regarded news magazine. i think chris christie, this is another step in his immergence -- [ talking at the same time ] >> who is the fattest president -- [ talking at the same time ] >> williamwilliam howard taft -- >> 300 pounds. they had to bailed new bath tub. >> how many men sat in that bath tub. 300 pounds. e same time ] >> interesting fact. >> his weight is his most identifying feature and he is smart enough as a politician to make that -- excuse me -- to make that work for him and he has done that already. he stuffed the donut in his mouth on letterman but we will have to answer questions, there will be health questions -- [ talking at the same time ] >> folks like you, all the liberates are pr

with us onset we have msnbc and "time" magazine senior political analyst mark halperin. how is it going? >> good morning. >> double down. >> and national affairs editor msnb chris political analyst john heileman. they're co-authors of "double down." we're going to begin on a somber note. the absolute devastation from a super typhoon in the philippines. overnight the first u.s. relief flight loaded with water and generators arrived in one of the harder hit areas. marines and sailors are also helping with the search and rescue operations. up to 10,000 people are feared dead in one province alone after one of the strongest storms on record.

mark halperin is editor at large and senior political analyst for time magazine and senior political analyst for m s n b c and john heilemann this is an action letter of new york magazine and a political analyst for m s n b c they are both co of this of a terrific book double down.

if you did that, "time" magazine would have been set on fire. >> of course.he conversation we had, bill, back in 2008, remember, when the media turned on john mccain. remember, the years before when he was going on the "saturday night live" shows the media lovered mccain. he had that column about john mccain in the gutter. and he wrote a piece about how he was wrong when he called john mccain honorable. because when you become the g.o.p. favorite, right? the -- begins. chris christie, i'm sure, is is going to get used to it they are going to, i better not say this, bill, pig pile on chris christie like they did with romney. like they did mccain. >> i don't disagree with that the question is -- the question becomes because christie is so good at disarming that kind of stuff and confronting it, will right wing republicans in america rally to a moderate like chris christie? do you think they will? >> i think in the end if he is the nominee absolutely. i mean, look, the tea party didn't want romney to be the nominee, right? >> and 3 million didn't show up. 3 mill

christie now, once gone on the cov or of the latest issue of "time" magazine.headline, take a look at it, the elephant in the room. the cover story looks at what a christie presidential bid would mean for the republican party and a lot more. "time" magazine's white house correspondent michael scherrer wrote the article, here in the studio with us. thanks for joining us. elephant in the room. is that also imply that he's a big guy? >> he's a big guy and it's not just about his physical size. it's about his political ability. the story i wrote which is inside the magazine, "born to run" a springsteen reference about how this entire re-election effort in new jersey, never in doubt, has been a dress rehearsal for what he's not yet formally committed to but aides are working towards a presidential run. it's about a character story. he's telling a story about his attitude, his approach, the way he handles himself and making the case that's exactly what the republican party need and the country needs. >> what you see is what you get. he's a tough guy and shows off. yo

. >> and time magazine wasting to time taking a cheap shot. thoughts on this. >> this isn't anything you weren't saying how long ago. do i have to say you were right? look, this is the guy every exit poll that night was like let's put christie against hillary clinton. interesting numbers coming out of new jersey where they were pretty close. >> actually she was winning by pay good margin. >> maybe by the end of the night. are you going to get another job? >> the fact he's ahead by 20 points. >> stay on time magazine. i found this offensive, tasteless to use the word elephant is something time magazine must have known that even someone like me -- i like christie. i'm a jersey boy. >> i didn't think of it that way to be honest. that's a common phrase. should they not use it because he's a big guy? >> they must know it will be -- >> look at the picture. it's not a flattering picture. >> would they do the similar to hillary clinton to suggest she was overweight? they would absolutely never do that. that's despicable they chose to go this route. pi

that was honest to god the "time magazine." dish kennedy is in a different clamps when you're having sex with the mistress of a mafia boss, dallying with a woman who is suspected east german intelligence agent, you're taking threats that go way beyond the threat to your marriage. there's one brilliant psychotherapist -- the question is, we all know that the press never covered this. right? the fact is, in the weeks before dallas, a couple of reporters were beginning to kind of get the story. and it was -- bobby kennedy was panicked. he kept having to go to hoover, who knew everything, and who kennedy despised as much as hoover desspiesed him and almost begged him to help him damp down the story. which hoover did, having gotten job security for a lifetime. in my book the people who want this exposed are political enemies of kennedy who are furious about his cold war revisionism. people in the intelligence community. and then the question is, what would have happened in her my advisor -- some of my friends were saying look what h

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"time" magazine puts out this very controversial cover and it features christie there. or claims this is not about christie's weight. do you believe him, maria, go ahead. >> no, look. "time" always likes to put these kinds of covers because it starts conversations like the ones we're having. so of course it pushes people to look at cover and it go read "time" magazine, which is great for them. but i think at the end of the day, it is about having a conversation about christie, about his issues, and frankly about his weight and whether that will an issue. but going back to the earlier conversation, p t is about whether he can attract the same in nuew jersey for the win, and he will have to in 2016. reform is not just a national issue, it is an issue that every single republican candidate that wants it talk about for president has the position on. and he embraced comprehensive immigration reform. he embraced pathway to citizenship. so him to walk away from it now is glaring. and the latino vote will not support him if he does that in 2016. >> what is glaring is how testify

has landed "time" magazine in hot water. >> san jose state does an about- face on its budget cuts. how the university plans to save spring semester classes. plus -- >> most boy scout eagle candidates don't build something like this. >> what a local scout is doing to help keep bay area skies safe. cold & flu season is back so before the first sneeze help protect with a spray before the first tissue help defend with a wipe. and help prevent with lysol to get 10x more protection with each hand wash and kill 99.9% of germs around the house. this season, go beyond cleaning to help protect your family with lysol. start healthing. the newly re- elected goverr chris christie of new jerset calls him "the elephant in e >>> eye "time" magazine cover features the newly re-elected governor chris christie of new jersey. it called him the elephant in the room. a writer says it's his political style but others say it's criticizing his weight. >> it's not nice to judge people on weight. he should be judged on his politics not his appearance. >> i don't think it's fair for them to comment on his wei

that is what we are saying. >> two can play that game, "time" magazine. the cover of "daily show" magazine is week is a figure of speech about how "time" processes information, digests it, and then leaves its insights to its readers to pick through. ( laughter ) it's a figure of speech! ( cheers and applause ) we'll be right back. ( cheers and applause ) >> jon: welcome back. you know, i believe it was old toam jefferson who said the will of the people is the only legitimate foundation of any government. so what happens to elected officials who flout that will? what happens tho those who don't? jason jones files this report. >> american politicians serve at the pleasure of the people, and just one wrong move can end your career, whether it be this or something far worse. -- voting your conscience. >> i was serving as the president of the colorado state senate. we passed commonsense gun safety legislation and i was recalled for that. >> live in colorado. why would do you that? >> because it was the the right thing to do. >> in the wake of a tragedy morse f

>> he's done a really huge thing this week. >> reporter: so far, no apology from "time" magazine. asked for comment, "time" directed us to the blog. saying the cover is a reference to the size of his influence, not his waistband. >> it's about chris christie's electability, and whether or not he can get through a tough republican primary. >> it has people buzzing about an election that's still three years away. we'll hear more from chris christie tomorrow morning, live, when he sits down with our very own george stephanopoulos on "this week." dan and bianna, one of his official twitter pages is using the photo. so, i don't think he's too hurt by any of this. >> i guess not. yeah. that's an interesting sign. >> bold move for "time" magazine. >>> let's check the national forecast now and get it back to ginger. >> good morning, guys. we want to start in syracuse this morning. they have their first measurable snowfall. and still, a few little flurries flying through the great lakes there. here's what we want to show you, the video. it looks intense. they ended up with less than a quart

after time magazine's mark hallperin appears to reendorse his prediction that there will be rationing obama care one day after he disavowed that. this is indicative of where the main stream media is going on an issue that was highlighted on fox news and for many people prior to the passage of the law but was dismissed as crazy talk. now this is "time" magazine's mark hallperin who went on the steve mallsberg show and said the following about rationing under obama care. >> i think they focused on the death panels which will be coming. call it what you will. rationing is part of it. >> i agree. it will be a huge issue. that's something else about which the president wasn't straightforward. >> you believe there will be death panels, rationing? >> it's built into the plan. it's not like a guess or a judgment. that's going to be part p of how costs are controlled. >> halperin quickly tried to walk it back tweeting in monday interview i did not say death panels nor do i believe aca contains them. was speaking of political policy challenge of cuts. my bad. today he says this. >> i didn't use

after time magazine's mark hallperin appears to reendorse his prediction that there will be rationingbama care one day after he disavowed that. this is indicative of where the main stream media is going on an issue that was highlighted on fox news and for many people prior to the passage of the law but was dismissed as crazy talk. now this is "time" magazine's mark hallperin who went on the steve mallsberg show and said the following about rationing under obama care. >> i think they focused on the death panels which will be coming. call it what you will. rationing is part of it. >> i agree. it will be a huge issue. that's something else about which the president wasn't straightforward. >> you believe there will be death panels, rationing? >> it's built into the plan. it's not like a guess or a judgment. that's going to be part p of how costs are controlled. >> halperin quickly tried to walk it back tweeting in monday interview i did not say death panels nor do i believe aca contains them. was speaking of political policy challenge of cuts. my bad. today he says this. >> i didn't use t

i mean, seriously, i'm on the cover of "time" magazine, you know? it is certainly not the first weight joke that has been thrown my way over the course of the last four years, chris. >> did you get that? who cares? >> i will say this. that "time" magazine cover reminds me of a recent "newsweek" which did ever more and more outrageous covers as it was circling the drain into oblivion. i think they were trying to be as provocative as pbl.that's a little bit irresponsible. >> will there be more and more stories if christie becomes more of a player about his weight and about his temperament? i think we all think it's charming now that he wags his finger. mccain went through this, too, will he say gee, does he have the temperament to sit in the oval office? >> and christie makes mccain look like milk toast. i think there will be more questions about that and about his weight where people are saying, is this guy healthy enough to be in the oval office? health is an issue. >> but he's also getting thinner. >> he had the secret lap band surgery which turned

. >>> lots of reaction from "time" magazine's cover of chris christie dubbing him the elephant in theroom. >> in their offense, i think they chos the least offensive. chris christie having a whale of a time. between a rock and a lard place. that's not good and hail to the chef. i don't think any of those -- >> well, christie will likely address that and more on "meet the press" this sunday. one cartoonist getting flak for his disney icons including hillary clinton as princess 2016 and ruth bader ginsburg as supreme princess. it's all satire and there shouldn't be one art type for a hero. >>> bill de blasio is a human, warm-blooded vertebra, exhales carbon die ox side and is a biped. >> i love that part. that's your morning dish of scrambled politics. more on the president's apology to americans losing their health churns. kevin is weighing in. >> good morning, betty. happy friday. >> happy friday. were you surprised the president issued an apology. is it admission he lied to people saying if you like your health plan, you can keep it? >> i was surprised he apologized. i don't think he

. >>> finally, you saw that "time" magazine cover this week. we're going to show it right there. the elephant in the room. did that bother you? >> george, if i'm bothered by jokes about my weight, it's time for me to crawl up in a fetal position and go home. okay? if the fact is, if they think it's clever, good for them. here's the thing, the way people in new jersey look at this, their governor has been on the cover of "time" magazine twice this year. we must be doing something right. they reaffirmed what we did and our strategy was for the last four years, go everywhere, show up, govern and make decisions. go to the places where they haven't voted for you. i did a town hall in new jersey, 4.07 prkt of the vote is what i got in 2009, and when i did it at this baptist church, more people in the church than voted for me than in that election in 2009. you go places where people need to hear you and more importantly you need to hear them. that's way you grow and expand the political movement. people in new jersey are proud of me. whatever they put on the cover of "time" magazine, as

you might be surprised to year who is leading time magazine's public poll of person of the year.he wrecking ball. plus, beyoncÉ is firing back at accusationst -- at sh >> you might find it hard to believe who is leading time magazine's online poll for person of the year. according to the hollywood reporter, it is a miley cyrus. she has more than 29% of the votes, putting her ahead of nsa leaker edward snowden and cereal eater bashar al-assad. time's editors will make the final decision about who will be the person of the year. their selection will be announced on december 11. a representative for beyoncÉ is responding to claims she was banned from egypt's. it -- egypt's aramid because she was rude. she said that she arrived late for a tour and about apologize. a representative for the singer said that never happened and called it all lies. ahead, jacqui will be back with a final >> the mayor in australia wants justin bieber to pick up his mess after he's great painted graffiti on the walls of his hotel. the hotel said it gave him the ok to spray paint the building but they ordere

this is the new cover of "time" magazine which is owned by our parent company, time warner.ernor, who has battle weight issues along with the headline "elephant in the room." it's funny because he's battling a serious weight problem. let's bring in our panel. michael crowley, cnn political commentator hillary rosen and senior editor for the national review, ramesh. you did not write the cover, i do not blame you for the cover -- >> nothing to blame. >> well, defend it. we are trying to teach people, kids especially, don't bully, don't make fun of how people look, and this is rude. >> well, look, figuratively speaking it's very true. the 2016 race that's going to form around christie, he's the elephant in the room in the race. is he going to run and the other candidates will be anti-christies in various ways. fundamentally, that's what the cover's about. there is a literal element to it and i would just point out that governor christie himself has poked fun at himself. he pulled out a doughnut on david letterman and i think that his weight is part of who he is and his politic

." >>> an nbc political analyst and radio talk show host, and a deputy bureau chief at "time" magazineeaturing cover christie on the cover. a naive question. why didn't rick perry reference chris christie? what's going on there? >> he doesn't like him. he doesn't like that brand of politics and thinks these a squishy moderate as to a lot of conservative republicans. i think chris christie has a big problem with the base of his party. >> with regard to tuesday, ron, is it clear that as between purity and pragmatism, pragmatism had a good day. >> pragmatism did have a pretty good day. chris christie's esengs, if yas the mainstream of being the front-runner for the presidential race coming up highlights the division in the republican party. we do have two parties now. they're taking shots at each other. it's on in the republican party now. as long as chris christie keeps that position as a punitive front runner, that division is going to continue to be highlighted. and the only people that win in that are the democrats. >> ron, here's the question i'd like to know -- the iowan who voted f

highest levels of government has left his presidency in a really precarious position. >> well, time magazine, your magazine is saying, you know, what's left of obama's second term if it's consumed by fixing an unpopular policy from the the first? how could a white house appear so confident and incompetent at the same time? those are pretty tough words. >> and nancy gibbs, my editor wrote the cover story is a very sober person. she is not given to high high enter bow lee. i recommend people read the story not just conservatives who might be doing a snoopy dance. but liberals as i travel around the country, i'm meeting liberals who are freaking out over what's going on because their dream of universal healthcare may be going down payment the president's popularity is going down. at the same time people trusting him is going down. fixing this will not be easy technically. it even might even be more challenging politically. the president has crossed a certain line, not all the way over the line. it's still got about 20% of the country supporting him. problems republicans and others the press are

he used to work at "time" magazine. he should feel their pain.hasn't had to deal with this rapid fire. the media has woken up finally. >> how long has he had this job? >> he's like a crazed proctologist. >> he's not out of his depth. it's out of him. he's like obama's dog. when you feed a dog chocolate he poops everywhere. he's not getting the right information. that's what you're seeing right there. back to the "time" magazine thing. that contempt reveals the immutable bias in the media. how could that not be separate from his editorial duties? >> dana, we saved you for last. what's going through his mind? >> remember the book by shel silverstein and there was a poem "the no bad terrible day." as press secretary you can have those often. you can have 99 good answers and one day that everyone remembers. the best medicine in that briefing room is when you're on your heels is not necessarily aggression. >> valium? >> everybody on the left remember, they want you to be more aggressive. when aggression crosses the line into being a jerk, people get u

sam gustin is technology reporter with "time" magazine. thanks for being with us. >> just ahead, two panels from a recent hearing of the president's arrives and civil liberties oversight board. it's examining changes to the nsa's collection and surveillance programs. you'll hear about the -- >> later today president obama honors the nation's veterans at arlington national cemetery during the traditional wreath laying at the tomb of the unknowns. after that he'lledly his veterans' day address at the nearby amphitheater. you can watch live coverage of his remarks beginning at 11 a.m. eastern over on c-span. >> civil liberties oversight board recently held a public meeting to discuss possible changes to the -- [inaudible] [audio difficulty]

winning journalist whose reports of appeared in a variety of publications including new york times magazine mother jones and atlanta a finalist for the national book critics circle award winner of the prize in the national library of china alan is also the author of several books including the national bestseller the world without us and his latest critically acclaimed countdown our last best hope for a future up on earth alan joins me now in the studio alan welcome thanks for thanks for being with us to be here the essential story of countdown is the story of overpopulation it is it's something that i came to unexpectedly at the end of doing my last book the world with us which was really kind of a red herring because it was about how could we have a world with us theoretically wiped everybody off the planet so we could see how beautifully the planet would restore itself. in that readers would ask wow how do we have ourselves back to that picture of a healthy world only kind of in balance with nature not in combat with it but i discovered that every four and a half days we were adding a mi

the time magazine article noted that china does have the most doctors the world. but after industry in the country the article that quote today the country only operate a nuclear reactors providing less than two percent of the total energy output according to the international comic anti aging. but the pyramid building nearly thirty more to feed its growing power needs. our place which is me time to pack for nuclear energy player in the world well there are many critics admit that our elders of the united states energy security council supporter of nuclear power as an alternative to coal gas to china. don't pull tight and i will quote first time in the two diapers wipes energy sources promote more natural gas and nuclear power to reduce the pan and cool simple call to the title with two doubles and china are too high. in this way for quite some time. china looking to build a twenty per cent market that require both investing in technology. to be a wise choice to read greater benefit the future golf point is perfect and certainly controversial likely that many to b

we told you how twitter blew up over "time" magazine's chris christie elephant in the room cover. t, too. jason says, christie may be a fat boy but he can lose weight. "time" reporters are stupid and you can't fix stupid. >> this tweet from bob. that shows only one thing, they're scared of him. hmm. >> and chick this out. sticks and stones may break his bones but names will ever hurt him. he's from jersey. all right, shoutout for jersey today. thanks for sharing your thoughts. we'll read them for you. shepard smith is reporting now live from the fox news deck. >> we're monitoring several developing stories here. first, just, well, apparentsly the gift that keeps on giving. a brand new video of the crack-smoking mayor of toronto, rob ford. he is freaking out, cursing, even threatening to kill somebody. and then there's the undercover cop who slept with the suspect she was supposed to be investigating, and reportedly revealed the identities of other undercover officers. >> one of the world's most popular web sites went public today on wall street and twitter. stock price is through t

a debate, whether college football players could be paid, that landed manziel on the cover of time magazine. just in time for the quarterback to play another spectacular game in front of kyle field's adoring crowd. >>> here in phoenix, l ads, a former quarterback is trying to change the future for college these. sam keller, beings a long distance from his playing days. >> thethey pounded in your head. everything is scheduled out for you and it lms feels like you're just a robot. >> keller says it wasn't until his playing days were over that he felt what he calls the money making machine going on all around him. >> it's very much driven on money. as a college football player you are what drives the money but your job is to not buy into all that. your job is your responsibility, your teammates, your coaches and your school, your institution. >> sam keller now works at a restaurant and bar in scottsdale, arizona. he now thinks college athletes ought to be able to capitalize if they can on their football l record. >> getting scholarships, room and board, that should be enough. no, it's not enou

and the most notable feature of their home was the fact that there was a "time" magazine with jfk onoffee table. and that "time" magazine never moved in the two months that i visited them. >> why do you think it was there? how did they perceive president kennedy? >> well, the -- the "time" magazine allowed us -- gave us occasion to talk about jfk on a number of occasions. and on -- on all such events, marina expressed great admiration for kennedy, for jackie. lee did not say anything to the contrary. i got from this the impression that they both were admirers of the kennedys. >> paul gregory, it is a fascinating essay. i wish we had more time to talk about it, sir. thank you so much for your time. >> you're welcome. >>> folks, we've got our eye on the radar where a severe weather outbreak has spawned several tornadoes in the midwest. again, we heard from emergency management officials on the ground in illinois at the top of the hour. he tells us ten tornadoes touched down in illinois alone. one fatality so far. we can expect several injuries as well. this is new video of damage comin

thirty times with their workers so you know if you were to raise and workers were doing pretty well time magazine in one thousand nine hundred sixty six said that if wages continued to track productivity from one hundred sixty six to two thousand the way they had from the george washington administration to the ronald reagan administration you'll find this quote in my book crash in two thousand and sixteen that the average american middle class worker would be making one hundred ninety thousand dollars a year at the end of the year and probably working a thirty hour a week remember the jetsons so in fact what happens is as minimum wages go up it's not the prices go up what happens is the corporate profits go down for c.e.o.'s instead of making five hundred times what their workers make it four hundred eighty seven times and their workers make so historically the the purpose simply not there it sounds logical and the cons have been trying to sell it to you for a long long time but it simply is not true as minimum wages go up it actually stimulates the economy because minimum wage workers spend all

. >>> called the elephant in the room, tonight, chris christie responds to that headline in "time magazine." as george stephanopoulos asks, will he serve all four years as governor? or is there another office in mind? >>> and, bracing for impact. we all remember that meteorite. tonight, the new warning about the giant satellite now hurtling toward us. when will it hit? and do scientists have any idea where? >>> good evening. and it's great to have you with us here on a sunday night. and this was it, super typhoon haiyan. moving over the philippines this weekend. bringing with it winds close to 200 miles per hour. churning at that speed up to 48 hours straight. a humanitarian crisis of enormous scope playing out. this is what the typhoon looked like from space, stretching for 300 miles. by some estimates, the death toll, as many as 10,000. perhaps even more. and this is what's left behind. you can see the line of destruction right there. the trees standing to the right. everything else in the path wiped away. hundreds of thousands of families homeless this evening, making their way through

. >> anti magazine taking no time to take the sheep shot at the republican. start with you. some of the magazine will get the chris christie point. thoughts on this? >> this isn't anything that you weren't saying how long ago? itch to say that, you were right. this is the guy every poll, every exit poll that night let's put christie up against hillary clinton or some having exit pole noms out of new jersey it was pretty close. >> she was winning by a good margin. >> maybe by the end of the night. are you going to get a new job? that's what this is about isn't it? >> i found this offense i have, tasteless to use the word elephant something time magazine must have known even someone like me, i like christie. i am a jersey city boy. >> i didn't even think of it that way. i didn't to be honest with you. it's such a common phrase should they not use it because you are a big guy. >> they should not use it. >> it is not a flattering picture. >> would they do something similar with hillary clinton. if hillary clinton was over weight they wouldn't do it. if they wanted

have dealt with the important issues you go to politics. >> if there is time left over, yes. >> reporter: tim curchin from espn magazine has lunch with will and krauthammer a couple times a year to talk basketball. >> to say they are fans is an under statement. to say they love the game is an under statement. >> i grew up playing. i love to play the game. as a kid my brother and i would go around on our schwinns on the streets of long island with radios hanging from the handlebars listening to mel allen and phil rizutto doing the yankee games. this is our lives. >> reporter: since the yankees came to washington in 2005 they have had no bigger fan than charles krauthammer. >> when i started to do your show every night it ends at 7:00, the game starts at 7:10. the garage at fox is seven minutes if the wind is fair in the third street tunnel from the garage at the stadium. i get there in the bottom of the first. how can i resist? >> reporter: he makes the trip in a special vehicle designed just for him that lets krauthammer accelerate and brake with his left hand and steer with the right. >> everybody who comes in here th

in the new "time" magazine cover story, michael sherer writes with four, five others, ted cruz, randsantorum and others battling chris christie's goal is to be electable one. joining me now "time" magazine, washington bureau chief, tom sherer, the cover, the reference to the elephant in the room. i know you don't write the copy on the cover. was there a debate within "time" magazine can we say that about this particular guy because of his size? is there something wrong with using that phrase with him? >> well there is debates over everything that goes on the cover. yes, there was. the reference there, sort of a triple, elephant, republican, the guy no one is talking about on the right, who may come in and, and, mop up the nomination for 2016, as a moderate, being the elephant in the room. and the, the third part of it is not reference to him, just being a large guy, it's his whole -- act, which is really the subject of the story that, that i wrote for the cover. you know, he has been campaigning in new jersey for re-election as if he were campaigning for president. and his message is