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What can you tell us about the chris christie you knew back then? has he changed? what is his style as a leader and politician? >> i think over a period of 20 years chris christies character has basically remained pretty much the same. he was always very ambitious, could be belligerent and i think thats kind of shown itself. hes not forgiving. he once said to me, you know, we dont get mad. we get even. and i think thats kind of -- hes grown up in a culture of brass knuckles pog particulars. and ...

American university part of "hardballs" college tour. chris matthews joins me now. chris, thanks so much for being with us. big get, huge exclusive. im excited to see -- i dont want to take away any thunder or surprise, obviously going to have to talk about the health care rollout and how hes pog to t -- going to try to turn the page. >> ill say from the white house, if you watch "hardball," handle issues and other issues, put our focus, ill be doing that thursday night. ill be talking about exe...

President obama didnt know the health care website was a mess until after it launched and that he didnt know the u.s. was spying on leaders like the german chancellor. is "i dont know" an acceptable answer for a u.s. president. >> it is not a consistent pog. i think you have two cross currents here. i think cabinet officers and white house officials are expected to taken a assume full responsibility as andy noted and take criticism and heat. perhaps sometimes when it is not fully justified. i th...

Is a very tough decision. heres martin savage. >> reporter: no firefighter wants to let a house burn but sometimes theres no choice. >> thats the hard part. a gut check doing this job but you dont go in to a home, there might be something you cant save. >> reporter: one of the hardest decisions is whether or not they can save a home. and in a big fire like this, its a decision they have to make a lot. >> yeah, go ahead. >> an address for you. >> reporter: todd makes this call from his truck. >> ...

People, solid citizens that were doing a good job because the business was drying up and especially on our sector, the housing sector is the hardest hit and still is the hardest hit in this recession we have been going through -- and to tell them that we didnt have a pog for them or to send them home and tell them they were laid off was a tough, tough part. you know, me and my managers, some of the toughest decisions we have had to make. when you are successful, you can -- you are celebrating an...

People inside, including my mother, whoever minute now i go home and try to thank her and, you know, love on her and comfort her. so i think were coping well because were looking towards the pog positive in the situation. >> were trying to piece together what might have been motivation for the shooter in this utterly senseless act. theres been more biographical information released about the shooter over the course of today. do you know if the temple or if the sikh community in wisconsin there, ...

>> fair enough. im not i sag there was no stimulus or all paid for. when you break down factors causing the deficit you cant ignore the reseg. big experience. >> for rom bloom is the challenge in environment. there is some indication campaign would like to be conservative and let what is happening happen. other republicans so i there nodes too be a vision ablaying out of a specific lan. >> four months is a long time tip election day. a lot of republicans dont think its enough to stay in a frozen...

When they get outside the realm of that protection. >> nevertheless, this case has brought new scrutiny to stand your ground law. general governor jeb bush signed it into law, she was right by his side. heres how the government defended the law at the time. >> when youre in a pog where youre being threatened and theres a life threatening position to have to retreat and put yourself in a very precarious position, you know, it defies commonsense. >> by the way, that bill signing came a month after...

Fundamental structure of this election. >> thats what they are counting on. they say, if we were running against somebody else, it might be a tougher day but were running against mitt romney. >> sure. but the republican party in general doesnt have a clear pog on health care. they want to cut costs over the long term but thats quite perilous because youre talking about digging into health care. the gop has been very good in saying what they are against. they dont have a clear pog sitn on what th...

>> let me give issue perspective. put aside the unemployment rate for a a while because there are lots of reasons why thats not the most effective way to look at this. the most effective way is job growth, the number of jobs lost or added in a given month. lets go back to january of 2011. you can see all through 2011, we gain jobs. off to a strong start and then we started talking about a double dip recession, issues in europe became more serious. our debt crisis became an issue, the d...