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>> that gives you some idea about how short it is. that runway they landed on is considerably shorter than the runway at laguardia. laguardia is not a super big ohare-type airport. were talking about a very -- i call it a sidewalk. its not really a place to land an airplane like that. >> that is scary. >> so, you know, we can give them credit for getting the thing stopped on the concrete. give them credit for that. >> as you said, a lot we dont know yet. >> oh, boy, indeed. >> jim, great to have...

Authority at the time, since resigned. im not sure if this is a coincidence your office canceled meetings several weeks back that seemed to be simultaneous to other political conversations elsewhere that were happening. prior to that, you were always very responsive and i sincerely hope the two issues are not related. of course, he believes that the two issues are related. today, a christie spokesman said, and im quoting here, again, mayor phillips words and actions must be viewed through the le...

The time 2016 comes around -- >> do you think he is a contender for 2016 as much as he was before bridgegate? >> no. i think a dozen republicans who i think would all be good contenders for 2016. >> very, very -- what is the word? adept. >> adept. >> adept answer. >> senator, youre presuming we know everything we are going know about his involvement in this? >> he answered questions to two hours. he answered a lot of questions and there may be additional e-mails and information coming out. >> le...

>> why not, all right. enjoy and well be watching your special which starts in 9 minutes from now. many say the golden globes offer a predict of who may take home an oscar. lets talk now fast forward and think about the week. for tonight, lets instead think about what may be a good contender for the oscars. 12 years of slave, gravity, american hustle, what do you live? >> they like 12 years of slave. >> probably going to lead the pack with the most nominations but so did "lincoln" last year.

In fact, we did a little tally using the transcript, i think it was 680-something times he used the word "i" and several hundred other references to the first person. hed rather not be getting all this national attention for this particular reason. but i suspect hes got enough time to recover, this is not the last weve heard of chris christie. >> amy, question to you, we have a new e-mail here. the chair of the new jersey legislative panel investigating this bridge closure said, if it is proven ...

When youre explaining youre not a bully, y losing. >> where did he get the reputation? because hes a bully. >> stronger than the storm. >> stronger than the storm? >> tooun that song. >> huh? >> dont you know that song? >> to erics point, it is about removing the strongest contender for hillary. if you noticed last night a lot of the coverage about christie was about his weight. almost every late night talk show talked about how fat he was. i was talking to bernie from the imus show, if hillary ...

And take between him and reporters. it was not that way yesterday. you can see a very different crist krst as he deals with other politicians. maybe even republicans on the presidential level. we consider chris christie a likely contender for the republican nomination in 2016. so you could see definitely a different change in tone from chris christie going forward. >> what about the reaction in republican circles? some commentators talking about irs and benghazi. they are moving on from chris ch...

Ayotte tweeted out support. i tkw-pbt see a lot of republicans giving support considering haos running the r.g.a. i was a little shocked by that. a lot of people weighed in saying hes still a legitimate contender, i didnt see a lot of republicans running to his seed which left me to believe they are still ticked off about the obamacare hug. >> there was an embrace there. i think for the most part, most hard-core conservatives have gotten over that. theres competition. there are people that want ...

Romney probably would have lost anyway. but, again, it didnt help them at that point. >> and its interesting, because, you know, so many people, even though there are a number of people who are kind of coming out, youre not really surprised when theres some folks who may have their eyes on the presidency, as well. kind of knocking him. its interesting, there are republicans who think he perhaps really has a shot and they dont really know what to say. you dont want to take a side if youre them, i...

Voted big numbers in the primaries and caucuses. hes considered a likely contender if he decides to jump in and make that run. lets be honest. chris christie, the base of the republican party never loved chris christie. they were a little suspect of him. pragmatic, willing to work with democrats. . they remember his speech in 2012 where he didnt help mitt romney much but talked more about himself. he hugged president obama after superstorm sandy. they remember his attacks on senator rand paul. t...