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Christies former press secretary testified before a federal grand jury. we reported that here on msnbc on friday. now, we dont know where this federal investigation will lead. but taken together, these reports suggest its ramping up, not winding down. joining me now is baob engel, author of "chris christie, the inside story of his rise to power." welcome. >> thank you. >> this is a big day for people who are following this case closely. wildstein, as i mentioned, is not like every other person i...

Husbands appreciation. >> we find that as men have more domestic work they enjoy it and women leave that spirit less happy. >> women know that because of the nature of their bodies, because they carry and bear children and nurse and nurture children that they need protection and support. >> i was so proud of my man growing up to make a living for us. >> everybody, go out right now and get married and we can solve all of these problems. >> okay. joining me now, political analyst and contributor o...

In the direction that this activist five republican block on the court is determined to go down to align political pow near this country with financial wealth. and i think if they are able to perfect the alignment of political power with financial wealth in this country, well say very bad thing about our democracy. if you look at the craft of the decisions, theyre very poorly done and citizens united is proven absolutely dead wrong in some of its assertions. its a lousy area for the court to be ...

Committee does vote to do this, it has to go before the congress in terms of getting a vote there as well. how confident are you that congress will do that? >> 100% confident because im 100% confident that legally she waived her fifth amendment privilege. i counted last night 18 separate factual assertions that she made before she invoked her right to remain silent. that is a lot of talking for somebody who wants to remain silent. she said, ive done nothing wrong. i have broken no rules and r re...

Assertions they make in the report is footnoted, end noted, backed up by documentary evidence or testimonial evidence that they got from interviews. i mean, that just cant be manufactured. >> welcome back to "hardball" that was governor chris christie on friday, taking on the press by doubling down on a report commissioned by his own administration which proclaims his innocence, his honesty, his integrity. the report has been soundly criticized in the press for lacking thoroughness and objectivi...

Listening, but for you to characterize my last answer as i didnt want to ask her because i didnt want to know is so awful that its beneath the job you hold. what i said was that i made -- >> beneath the job you hold. that is coming from a man discussing an internal investigation he was forced to commission after several of his aides were found to be beneath their jobs and the first thing that was evident in this new tone is that aggressive, even proud chris christie is back. it was that confiden...

Decided to resign after reading the report and confirming the port authority needs to be overseen. why if it carried so much weight with samson? if it affected his thinking, why did he refuse to take part in it? to answer questions to share thoughts and documents. so much of what christie said yesterday, the report provides it definitive word of what christie now and when he knew it makes assertions and inferences about key players in the bridge scandal and they threatened to with hold sandy aid...

Bill stepiens lawyer yesterday, the campaign manager, he said he thinks it was brought up and brought up in a very prominent place in the report. it was in the fifth paragraph in this report. he thinks it was brought up as fodder for the tabloids, that it was an effort to distract. that, you know, theyll be paying attention to the salacious stuff and not the other details of the report. sure enough today in the "new york post" this was the lead story. so, you know, the report says, and governor ...

Bill stepiens lawyer yesterday, the campaign manager, he said he thinks it was brought up and brought up in a very prominent place in the report. it was in the fifth paragraph in this report. he thinks it was brought up as fodder for the tabloids, that it was an effort to distract. that, you know, theyll be paying attention to the salacious stuff and not the other details of the report. sure enough today in the "new york post" this was the lead story. so, you know, the report says, and governor ...

Melissa? [ inaudible ] . >> i dont -- listen, the facts are the facts, melissa. read the report. they cant make up facts. and i have read the report, every one of the factual assertions they make in the report is footnoted, end noted, backed up by documentary evidence they got from interviews. that just cant be manufactured. in the end, ive got relationships, personal relationships with most of the major law firms in this region who can handle this type of task. and so, in the end, i decided