this is back why tom kean was in the 1980s.have changed so much since tom kean. so the ceiling might be lower for chris christie than for tom kean. that's really the question now, is he looking at how close to that ceiling could he get? >> what i'm surprised about here is, and obviously we have been watching it from afar, is the weakness of the new jersey democratic bench. you would think there would be a lot of pent up ambition. frank lautenberg, in and out of the u.s. senate for a generation. bob menendez, obviously, some people wondering if he can survive what is going on with the drip drip scandal of the donor. but, you know, he doesn't look like he's going anywhere. you would think that there would be more democrats showing up in the governor's race knowing even if they lost, they could do what jim mcgreevey did, lose close and become the front-runner four years later. >> barbara bono will never say this publicly. it is tough to go spend a year running for governor if this is on your mind at all. that's really sort of the

with us now is former new jersey governor tom keane to is with us in the flash.o much we don't know. maybe someone who looks at communication among agencies during 9/11, what do you think of the communication between the respective agencies? >> so far it sounds pretty good. federal government working with local authorities authorities, working together, it seems to me in a seamless way they are trying to interviiw people but it is not the law enforcement authorities who catch people is somebody who's sees something and reports it. neil: there is a lot of cameras on every street corner. >> they will be lolooking at all the cameras, examining the exosive to find out what kind it was and where it might have come from. people interviewing people. if we find to it is my suspicion is because of the cameras and people. neil: what if it is home grown? >> that is always the big worry because we can stop people coming into the country. but if they are already here it is a great problem and i have done a report on that very subject with homegrown terrorists. it sounds like

with us now is former new jersey governor tom keane to is with us in the flash.o much we don't know. maybe someone who looks at communication among agencies during 9/11, what do you think of the communication between the respective agencies? >> so far it sounds pretty good. federal government working with local authorities authorities, working together, it seems to me in a seamless way they are trying to interviiw people but it is not the law enforcement authorities who catch people is somebody who's sees something and reports it. neil: there is a lot of cameras on every street corner. >> they will be looking at all the cameras, examining the explosive to find out what kind it was and where it might have come from. people interviewing people. if we find to it is my suspicion is because of the cameras and people. neil: what if it is home grown? >> that is always the big worry because we can stop people coming into the country. but if they are already here it is a great problem and i have done a report on that very subject with homegrown terrorists. it sounds like

tom. is that a fair term to use when you talk about conservative republican african-americans. >> guest: i don't like that term. i can understand why some people get angry with herman keane or ben carson and other black consecutives who have become a star in conservative meet media. i think that kind of conversation is counterproductive. i have written that trying to reach into somebody's head and figure out whether they're a racist or north, an uncle tom or not, is counterproductive. you can never in the that all you can do is look at what they say, look at the impact of their words and look at the history of what they say. so what i say about herman cain is a lot of consecutive conservatives like hem because he talks about place a way they talk about race there arlet of conservatives who are verse sensitive about being accused of being racist but they have beliefs about how race works in society that other people find objectionable. so, if you are going to go and say, well, racism doesn't hold back people back anymore, or if you say that black people have been brainwashed into voting for the democratic party. herman cain said those thing, so if you're a white conservat