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Scandal? it is all about media exposure. republicans think if they stay on benghazi that something will surface that the united states leadership did something wrong and its president obamas fault and hillary clinton. you know how it is. they believe too much attention is being focused on bridge gate. i dont think so. this is their cheap way of trying to turn the conversation. how many congressional hearings do we have to have on fast and furious or irs or benghazi? our next question -- where is...

Targets. it was not based on politics. >> conservative groups were deliberately targeted and delays in the way the progressive groups werent and some tea party groups still havent gotten their status approved. no doubt that bridge gate is a national story. chris christie is a national figure who is thinking about running for president but the media has gone so overboard. there are a couple of sunday shows yesterday, jon, that went more than half an hour or more than 20 minutes before mentioning ...

Welcome back to "the ed show." after a busy year of witch hunts, republicans were forced to confront their own scandal over the weekend. isnt it interesting how they handle it? they down played chris christies bridge gate. their strategy, change the subject. when in doubt, just keep bringing up and banging the drum on benghazi. >> thats always kind of simplistic how could it happen, how could you not have known. how could president obama not have known about the irs targeting massive right wing ...

Was asked for his reaction to former defense secretary robert gates tell-all memoir. >> during his ten ure here, he was a great friend of mine. coming up, 50 years after lbj declared the war on poverty, a new report shows vast numbers of women have struggling to make ends meet. plus, is there a scandal bigger than bridge gate? the most important story thats being overshadowed by the chris christie saga. thats coming up next. not causd by a heart valve problem.

Our countrys national habits are at the heart of west virginias regional tragedy. i thought that was so true. hundreds of thousands of people cannot even wash their hands in west virginia and it is where in the national dialogue? >> its in the lower third in news speak. its just remarkable to me because in a way i say in the piece that bridge gate is sexier. everyone drinks water. its a huge scandal. people are asking whether or not christie will survive this scandal. the governor of west virgin...

Whoopi and others saying he is guilty of murder. >> with liberals and conservatives who are for or against him either nailed him to it they gave i am had an hour. it was his aid. >> if they had e-mails directly tieing him. hes got huge you know what. >> you want to fabbing el obama with low ryes learner and benghazi and others until you get an document or e-mail you cant tie it. one standard of application. >> have you noticed a difference in media coverage noticed the overwhelming interest in b...

The state knew about the storage of this dangerous, dangerous chemical. they did nothing. i just hope we can actually look at this and start asking some questions maybe even about bridge gate. were spending a lot of time about the inconvenience that was caused to the people who were trying to commute, but we didnt ask why so many people commuting by car? why are there so many individuals trying to get to new york? thats a problem thats much bigger than whatever happened with chris christie. >> t...

Were back. so how is the christie scandal we are back. iowa is a critical test for republicans. the awe kuss there kick off the race for the white house in 2016. we sent john yang to the hawkeye state to see if bridge-gate is having an impact. >> reporter: at the machine shed restaurant in iowa, the monthly meeting of the ruby rebels, two topics are out of bounds. religion and politics. for us, they made an exception. what do you think of whats going on with chris christie? >> well, i any its ...

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Rich first rate quality of corruption. >> watching the scandal unfold, seeing the accompanying references to the "sopranos got us to thinking where bridge-gate ranks and where new jersey ranks in the most corrupt states in the union. chris christie made his name in new jersey politics as a hard charging u.s. attorney with his office getting convictions and guilty pleas from 130 public officials. he was the guy who was cleaning up new jersey or at least that was the image. now, it wasnt easy to n...