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A problem. chris christies problems are moving from political to legal. this isnt just about losing charisma. its about going to prison maybe. who knows who is going to go to prison here. today two state committees in trenton combined into one super committee to investigate the bridge scandal and other possible abuses of power. his critics are uniting. also, want to know how far to the right the gop has become? john mccain, the senator from arizona, has been formally censured by the arizona re...

Welcome back to "hardball." for new jersey governor chris christie and his allies, the fate of their political reputations may already be sealed. its one thing, however, to lose your charisma. its quite another to go to prison, of course. and thats the next stage, the next phase of the battle of trenton, the legal assault. today two state committees in the legislature formally combined forces into one super committee to investigate the bridge scandal and other alleged abuses of power. the group ...

Primary, which barred black voters from casting primary votes. 1917 your state banned interpreters for spanish-speaking voters at the texas polls and in 1962 residents in houstons minority communities received false warnings that they might be arrested at the polls if they had outstanding parking tickets. and latinos in rio grande got letters saying it would be better for them to stay home rather than risk arrests. your states history is relevant, senator cornyn, because it is a long and shamefu...

Its known for a lot of journalists that human rights abuses are taking place on both sides but when you see these type of images coming out. again, we have to couch it with the fact that this was -- these are images that have been a governor defector who was ultimately, you know, allowed to bring this with the help of the government and their lawyers in london. the reason that is so important is qatar has been a key supporter of the opposition. so it raises some questions about the authenticity ...

Whether the republican would make a good president. and hes now trailing hillary clinton by eight points in that 2016 matchup. but as jay gray reports, christie is remaining optimistic. >> so help me god. >> reporter: new jersey governor chris christie gets his second term surrounded by controversy. state lawmakers have now created what they call a super committee, subpoena power to investigate allegations of abuses of power by christies administration. accusation thats include bridgegate, a pla...

Council and getting some of the facts and meetings, perhaps, with mayor zimmer, to understand how this interplays with what were doing, if at all. >> i was just going to say, specifically on the remit of your investigation, the language that was used to create the committee that you now chair talks about the abuse of governmental power, attempts to conceal the abuse of governmental power. are those specific to the shutdown of the lanes on the bridge, or are you looking at abuses of government po...

Were doing, if at all. >> i was just going to say, specifically on the remit of your investigation, the language that was used to create the committee that you now chair talks about the abuse of governmental power, attempts to conceal the abuse of governmental power. are those specific to the shutdown of the lanes on the bridge, or are you looking at abuses of government power that might be unrelated matters? >> in theory, they arise from the bridge, but its very broad. and so we can follow abus...

Special counsel, the former federal council member hired by the assembly, and they will proceed. look, they were facing some criticism for redundancy here, because remember both the assembly and the senate had authorized their own special committees. some republicans were saying why do we need two committees doing the same thing with its own counsel costing the taxpayers extra money, now they will join together. the scope, as i understand, will essentially be the same. the bridgegate matter and ...

Carefully, these new issues with hoboken, and make a decision going forward after talking with council and getting some of the facts and meetings, perhaps, with mayor zimmer, to understand how this interplays with what were doing, if at all. >> i was just going to say, specifically on the remit of your investigation, the language that was used to create the committee that you now chair talks about the abuse of governmental power, attempts to conceal the abuse of governmental power. are those spe...

Collection of meta data, which the president of the united states clearly indicated is a real direction that he wants to go. you know, i was struck by president obamas reference to the abuse and overreach, the elicit spying and surveillance on civil rights leaders. clearly, he had in mind martin luther king, whose birthday we celebrate today, so the excesses and abuses of surveillance and spying really are very much a danger that we need to guard against. the legislation that i am spearheading, ...