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Anything on twitter since wednesday when he started tweeting some of the clips of that apology press conference. now on top of that, suzanne, he had to get ready for this big state of the state address today. hes unveiling a couple of proposals, both on education reform and on property tax relief. and then on top of that, suzanne, just one week from today, he will deliver his second inaugural address. so a lot is keeping him busy here in new jersey. >> erin, i imagine well hear from the democrat...

Chris christie is no shrinking violet and seldom seems to care what others think of his leadership style. now hes facing the biggest scandal of his administration and how significant is it that few in the gop leadership are backing his actions or words in that two-hour news conference this week. christie fired his deputy chief of staff and dumped his campaign manager, who was in line to be the gops state party chairman. an e-mail trail reveals they were behind lane closures that backed up the ge...

He may have gotten his name from a gentle saint associationed with animals and nature. hes no shrinking violet. hes firing back at conservative critics like our friend rush limbaugh who called the pope a marxist for speaking out against unfettered capitalism. pope francis told an italian newspaper hes not a markist. what he said was all according to the social doctrine of the church. lest anyone question whos the bigger man, lets be clear, were talking about morals here. were not talking about a...

Outcome changes, its different. we wouldnt have wasted two years debating access to contraception. we would be talking about the economy and national security and all the issues can we care about. a call to action, not because its what america can do for women but what women can do for america. womens voices will make a difference putting them on the agenda. things like equal pay, affordable daycare, things that matter, raising the minimum wage. these are things that affect all families but wome...

So i find it hard to believe all a sudden hes a shrinking violet in the locker room. i think theres more to the story. even martin took to his facebook page. he said happy halloween. dont believe everything you read. teammates who seem to be supportive of him say, look, he has personal issues. maybe he just snapped. i just think talking to former nfl players, they say this is really, really rare. i mean, they razz each other. but this kind of stuff, im skeptical. >> the fact hes 65", about 15, t...

65". hes the bully on the field. so i find it hard to believe all a sudden hes a shrinking violet in the locker room. i think theres more to the story. even martin took to his facebook page. he said happy halloween. dont believe everything you read. teammates who seem to be supportive of him say, look, he has personal issues. maybe he just snapped. i just think talking to former nfl players, they say this is really, really rare. i mean, they razz each other. but this kind of stuff, im skeptical....

He certainly is no shrinking violet when it comes to the war on terror. he was very involved in the aggressive expansion of drone policy, and the invasion -- the action in libya. so, i dont think theres any question about that. but i do think there is a question about his experience in running a huge -- this is a huge -- quarter million people -- organization. >> how did we go from department organization that does not exist, to an organization with a quarter million people in, what, 12 years? >...

That. john boehner cant move on a number of those different scenarios right now. he just doesnt have the strength and he cant deliver enough votes to do it. >> mark, in terms of that scenario one about something happening in the senate and passing in a bipartisan fashion. other things passed in the senate in a bipartisan fashion and the house hasnt felt the need to move. we do have outspoken republicans from days preceding the shutdown and now and surely in the days coming up. mccain, corker, gr...

Human side. im not sure i actually like that. because, you know, women and economics are supposed to know the human side. >> soft and friendly. >> she may as well be a home economist. its not absolutely the same thing. but i think that when you have -- our last conversation in washington, my last conversation in washington, when i was at the white house, was with her. and i was grateful for that, because we were talking about the outstanding agenda for economics and bringing that back to policy....

Would affect the chinese economy. people would take money out of china and put it in the united states. that gives us leverage. we can see if you want us to do x, y and z, you have to do something for us. jenna: north korea today celebrating an anniversary of the founding of its country. we have some video of north korea. never likes to be the shrinking violet in any sort of situation and north korea was important in supplying syria their nuclear program before the israelis. now its very much ou...