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In some senses, you can make the case, some of the interventions were progressive in that they were humanitarian in scope, but there were underlying reasons for that besides humanitarian. so i think while shes clearly going to be a strong contender, the notion that shes inevitable is a dangerous one for her team to adopt again. >> i agree with that. i dont think shes inevitable, but that will not stop her, i think, from running. because ive not met anybody in politics with more inner strength as...

Will be fascinating to watch. well see the rand paul versus the peter kings and maybe even chris christies, and it could be divisive in a democratic primary, but now, there is no serious contender to hillary clinton, and she may not have to deal with it in the same vein that candidates on the gop side will. moving on, with very little fanfare, yesterday, the senate passed a $1.1 trillion bill to fund the government until at least october. in washington-speak, its called the omnibus, and it wra...

They are paying him the money. its amazing. the dodgers have now five players in that club making more than $20 million a year. their payroll is so swollen with clayton kershaw. yes, he is worth it. >> the lefty. >> if he hit the free agent market he probably would have gotten more than than that if you can believe that. >> would you want your team to pay that much for anybody? >> no, i would not. especially not for a pitcher. he can impact at 35 at most of 152 games played but that is the way t...

They seem to be getting along better. thats often true in the opening days, weeks and months of congress but as you get to the crunch period, you find out that, in fact the old divisions are still there. and the fundamental is that we live in a deeply polarized, partisan era and that means the federal government doesnt get much done. >> i guess last question for you, susan, who will be leading in the next few years? what politician will we look for to solve problems? >> well, the president obvio...

>> reporter: ed lavandera, cnn, dallas. >> a breach of trust that will never happen again, chris christie tackling bridge gate in his state of the state. we go to trenton, new jersey for more. >> reporter: carol, even though hes dealing with the fall out of multiple controversies, chris christie seemed to pitch himself as a top presidential contender in 2016 in his state of the state. ill have more on that after the break. vation. open to ambition. open to bold ideas. thats why new york has a ne...

Thought this was interesting, bill maher said this on "chris matthews" yesterday, he has been wall-to-wall coverage on most networks. and, you know, whether its bad coverage or good coverage or assessing his -- i mean, he is even more of a household name than he was before in terms of potential republican contender. im not saying its a positive benefit, but it doesnt hurt to have his name out there, and it is covered so vastly that it shows how serious a contender he is to an extent. >> the othe...

Press" devotes 26 minutes out of its hour, less than an hour to this particular issue and, look, the closer you are to the george washington bridge the more likely if you work in the media that you think this is a big deal worthy of considerable attention. but the further you get away from the george washington bridge, for most americans this thing is already over. something bad happened. the governor of new jersey stepped up and said, mistakes were made and im firing the people responsible for ...

Out to get christie. they are the ones that are really delighting in this. look, of course, anyone who is a democrat, a progressive, anyone that looked at christie as a serious threat or contender or one of them for 2016 presidential race is going to look at this and say, you know, okay, yes, it is convenient, right? of course. thats obviously some of why it is getting air time. i do think there is some genuine concern here, right? just like when we hear about any political official, left or rig...

Christie within the party. lets listen to this. >> i think he stood and answered questions for two hours, he was forthright about it, and by the time 2016 comes about this isnt -- >> do you think hes a contender for 2016 still as much as he was before bridgegate? >> well, i think there are over a dozen republicans who i think would all be good contenders for 2016. >> okay. very, very -- whats the word? adept. >> adept. >> adept answer. >> steve, mika couldnt get him to say a positive word about ...

>> wow, that is scary. jim -- >> so, we, we can give him credit for getting the thing stopped on the concrete. we can give him credit for that. >> as you said, a lot we dont know yet. >> they have to answer for it. indeed. >> jim tilmon, thank you very much. disaster averted for southwest. more trouble for the northeast governor once thought a top contender for the white house. cnn chris frates has learned that chris christie is now under federal investigation, specifically for using sandy rel...