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Here because she can come out because she has company. >> it gives her courage. is it hard being the only person out there. i was the candidate out there talking about all the sandy relief funds being misused and the unexplained closures of the lanes and people didnt believe me. >> they talk about him being a bully. what he did is changed the landscape in this country. political speak, he changed political speak and it became a straight talking language. that its why people loved him. its tough ...

At the center of the plan a populous message about economic inequality. and then work to improve the affordable care act which would give vulnerable swing state incumbents some cover. and then the fundraising. conservative rain makers are unloading millions right now. the co-author of "double down" and the columnist with the university of georgia, republicans are favored in at least three races where democrats are retiring. it could come down to personalities. i like these races. republicans are...

>> and at this level people want to know youre doing the right thing whether people are looking or not. thats where i think he falls into trouble, because i think when people werent looking he was full of denials until the light got shined on him and all of a sudden now hes contrite and looking inward. thats what people expect of their executives, their public officials when no ones looking. >> you may not support him politically. do you look at that two hours as taking every question? do you th...

Thing whether people are looking or not. thats where i think he falls into trouble, because i think when people werent looking he was full of denials until the light got shined on him and all of a sudden now hes contrite and looking inward. thats what people expect of their executives, their public officials when no ones looking. >> you may not support him politically. do you look at that two hours as taking every question? do you think that level of crisis management was effective as a leader, ...

A lot more like these. what do you see in the coming week on the bridge scandal story? >> its hard to say where the bridge scandal story goes now. a lot of these e-mails were dumped out yesterday. people are trying to figure the what they mean and amount to. looks like theres going to be more public testimony, subpoenas, investigations and, you know, the big question is, will this lead us -- will there be any evidence christie knew what was going on and then the story really blows up on to a new...

And privately, the schadenfreude expressed by some of them that a man who has never been shy about taking shots at others was suddenly on the receiving end. that was maggie habermans comments today. he did get backing like michael grim of staten island and governor nikki haley of south carolina as well as former senate scott broun of massachusetts. but the defenders are few and far between. mark halperin is co-author of "double down" and eugene robinson a columnist for "the washington post" and ...

>> get off the beat. >> the point is, he wasnt shocked by the callous tone in the e-mail, he was pissed off it was in the e-mail. >> your final thoughts? >> my final thought is -- by the way i have not done this segment. >> there will be a word count later. if you read the latest book, there was a double down about the vetting of christie for vice preds. he would not show up with all of his stuff. he was very late. there were questions raised about his brother. romney and obama said you cant get...

>> and yet its the jersey tough-guy style which launched him to stardom. >> are you stupid? on topic. on topic. next question. good. thank you. thank you. thank you all very much and im sorry for the idiot over there. this is none of your business. >> ill ask you where you send your kids to school. dont bother asking where i send mine. >> and let me tell you this. you know what, its people who raise their voices and yell and scream like you that are dividing this country. were here to bring this...

You have the issue with the u.s. senate, with jay rockefeller and commerce committee and now a whole slew of things are suddenly in motion that werent yesterday because of the revelations yesterday. >> mark halperin, you spent a lot of time with chris christie in preparing for "double down" and your first book. lets talk about chris christie as a national political figure, how damaged is he or how propelled is he by the way he handled this today? >> just from the point of view of politics of 201...

Ice cream and traffic. >> get off the beach. >> the point is he wasnt shocked by the callous tone in the e-mail. he was pissed off it was in the e-mail. >> final thought? >> final thought is, and by the way ive not dominated this segment. >> there will be a word count later, but if you read the latest book on -- "double down" about the vetting of christie for vice president. christie would not show up with all of his stuff. they were very late, questions raised about his brother, a number of thi...