But just became clear pretty fast that there was no republican appetite in 2016 for what he had to offer. And then, interesting decision, Chris Christie saw the writing on the wall earlier than the rest of the republican president ial contenders did. And as he dropped out of the race, again, early on, he endorsed donald trump and that was at a time when no prominent republicans were fixing their cart to that particular horse. I mean, at the time, Chris Christie plighted his troth with donald trump, he was alone. I mean, the closest trump had to some other high profile endorsement at that time was failed 2008 president ial candidate Rudy Giuliani admitting publicly that, yes, okay, hed admit it, he sometimes spoke to trump by phone. I mean, even Rudy Giuliani was not willing to endorse that guy at that point in 2016, but christie came right out and did. And it was an unusual decision. And everybody assumed that maybe some of the political logic there was that christie was gunning for th
Contender for the republican nomination in 2012, but he decided not to run in 2012. He did make a go for the republican president ial nomination in 2016, but nothing really seemed to come together for him that year. He sputtered out earlier than people thought he would. He got only 2 of the vote in iowa in 2016. He came in sixth place in new hampshire, which is where hed. Really been giving it his all. But just became clear pretty fast that there was no republican appetite in 2016 for what he had to offer. And then, interesting decision, Chris Christie saw the writing on the wall earlier than the rest of the republican president ial contenders did. And as he dropped out of the race, again, early on, he endorsed donald trump and that was at a time when no prominent republicans were fixing their cart to that particular horse. I mean, at the time, Chris Christie plighted his trough with donald trump, he was alone. I mean, the closest trump had to some other high profile endorsement at tha
the missing flight did not take a northern route over land. all evidence suggests the plane went down flight 370 did in fact go down in the southern indian ocean. according to this new data this conclusion is based on the satellite images. like image 370 ended in the southern indian ocean. this is a vast, vast area. hundreds of miles off the coast of australia. this endless horizon of blue ocean. far from any possible landing site. it is unprecedented. the search area is far from contained. we have never seen an airliner go 17 days and not know where it was. as the search is still under way that vital search for the black box. there is no conclusion to the international search efforts as yet. the search will be stepped up tomorrow. this plane did indeed start in kuala lumpur. flight 370 went down somewhere in the southern indian ocean. and traveled all the way to the bottom of the earth. it is now 10:00 a.m. in the area be
care for the families as we move forward. it s not very easy. because it has been 18 days, and yesterday was really painful, a very painful fact for us. losing an aircraft, and we are our responsibility as an airline and our moral responsibility, you know here is to ensure that we manage the lives of those affected. thank you. all right. we have been listening to the executives at malaysia airlines both the ceo and chairman there expressing their condolences to the families of those 239 people on board the flight. now earlier today, though, we learned from the prime minister of malaysia telling the families and the rest of the world in fact that according to analysis, they believe that that flight went down in the indian ocean, and that there are no survivors. now a lot of family members took issue with this because not only did they receive that word via text message before the prime minister came out to speak, but also many of them are questioning how can you even make
0 escaped through a fence from the prison in michigan. he is serving four life sentences for killing four people back in august of 1993. i m brooke baldwin. thank you for being with me on this monday. now to my colleague, jake tapper. the lead starts now. at the end of the day, the much celebrated denver broncos scored only 8 more points than i did and i wasn t even playing. all joke. sorry. the politics lead, on the air and taking your calls. for the first time since e-mails and texts connected his office to bridgegate, chris christie will face questions from the public. we will speak with former new york mayor rudy giuliani. four days left of the winter games, russia is putting several women under house arrest. now for what they have done but for what they may do for their husband s deaths. and the money lead. the broncos may want to be sent to the glue factory but the big game means a big payday. good afternoon, everyone. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. in our money le