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As he shores up the top of the pile, whos at the bottom? is it fair to look at chris christie as one of the people scrapping for his life at this point? >> i think you have to look at christie. this is someone who is the establishment favorite and in 2011 was the establishment favorite a few years ago before bridge gate. so i checked in with ray washburn a couple hours ago, hes christies national finance guy, keeping all the donors in line and he told me christie had fund-raisers over the week e...

People. joining us is robert doos from the "washington post." thanks for being here. >> my plesh injury? so the verdict seems to be in on the results of the first presidential debate. donald trump cementing his role as the fairly distant front-runner. as he shores up the top of the pile, whos at the bottom? is it fair to look at chris christie as one of the people scrapping for his life at this point? >> i think you have to look at christie. this is someone who is the establishment favorite and ...

Apologizing, a lawyer yelling and being wrong and none of the coverage, none of it was about what was that story in that deposition where donald trumps wife used the word "rape"? what was that story. that is buried thanks to michael cohen. >> you have to ask yourself what are these people that donald trump surrounds himself with? is that the type of person we brings to the white house with him. perhaps chris christie were not involved in bridge gate but maybe his advisers were. >> what michael c...

I think hes trying to -- he wants the political -- he wants his political biography ending to change a little bit. he doesnt want it to end with bridge gate and unpopular new jersey governor gets kicked to the curb. he is hoping a surprising showing in the presidential race will improve that. but ill tell you -- look this is not just christies problem. trump standing up from him. lindsey graham wants to be the straight talker. ted cruz is a guy who wants to be the blunt talker about washington. ...

Benefit, vanity at play. i think christie is running to redeem himself. i think hes trying to -- he wants the political -- he wants his political biography ending to change a little bit. he doesnt want it to end with bridge gate and unpopular new jersey governor gets kicked to the curb. he is hoping a surprising showing in the presidential race will improve that. but ill tell you -- look, this is not just christies problem. trump standing up from him. lindsey graham wants to be the straight talk...

Complaints and youre a crazy liberal and dont know what youre talking about and go attack obama instead. nowadays, nine out of ten are like, good, get him, hes a kreep. now nine out of ten go get him, hes a creep. >> you think bridge gate is the point where it tipped. >> the bridge gate, slow economy, failure to fix problems. bridge gate was the burning point. this went on four days people were stuck four hours in gridlock. remember, it was stopped by the new york guy at the port authority the e...

Job growth in eight years. in 2010 to 2015 we have now grown 198,000 private sector jobs. we took a basket case and made it better. >> you lost government jobs. >> sure. state government alone were down over 9,000 jobs since ive been governor. >> you mentioned bridge gate. i want to ask you about this. i do believe it impacted your polls. theres no evidence that ties you to this. everybody in the media has looked at it. they thought they had you. 50% recently polled still think you might have ha...

I have never seen an editorial like the star ledger he editorial just renewed again today it was published on june 27th. it says in short my testimony amounts to a warning, dont believe a word the man says. i mean this is the ed for. >> right, they are calling him liar and there is a lot of people in new jersey who dont like him. new jersey, of course, as christie has been keen to point out a very blue state which he was fortunate enough as a conservative republican to win twice. but his fortune...

Basically since bridgegate. used to be when i criticized him, i would get a fistful of complaints and youre a crazy liberal and dont know what youre talking about and go attack obama instead. complaints go attack obama instead. now nine out of ten go get him, hes a creep. >> you think bridge gate is the point where it tipped. >> the bridge gate slow economy, failure to fix problems. bridge gate was the burning point. this went on four days people were stuck four hours in gridlock. remember, it w...

In a bottle? >> no. heres the most important thing in 2011 and 2012 i was not ready to be president. you dont run just because you think you can win. you have to think you can win and you are ready to do the job. i wasnt ready, matt. >> following bridge gate i saw a quieter chris christie a reflective chris christie. today it seemed like a relaunch of the blunt chris christie of old. >> theres no question that the badgering and battering that i took in the media and the stress of having somethin...