this whole matter. >> you know, chris, normally when -- if you're going to resign at the beginning of a second term, you do it before the inauguration, you don't do it a week or two after the inauguration. so it's a little unusual to be resigning just after he is sworn in for a second term. that's just my experience with people who don't want to serve in a second administration. but let's talk about some related developments. the superstorm sandy relief money, if you will. what's happening on that front? because there are separate investigations under way there. >> reporter: well, that's right, wolf. and i just talked with the sandy relief czar, the guy in charge of sandy recovery for governor christie, a guy by the name of mark ferxan, will talk to reporters today and talk about $1.4 billion, a second stream of funding coming into the state. and he's going to take about how they plan to do it. they make the point that the first round of funding, about $1.8 billion, was to help
mayor of fort lee. this now on top of the investigation we first told you about on "new day" involving a tourism ad paid for with super storm sandy relief money. we are in trenton this morning following it all. >> reporter: chris christie will fight to get positive attention today when he outlines his accomplishments to date and lays out his goals for the coming year. we hear a big emphasis on education reform. but that effort will be in direct competition with the new twists that keep oncoming and the controversies that are hurting the governor. in the mitd ofwetering a full blown political super storm, chris christie will address the bridge closure scandal this afternoon. this will be the first time he is in front of cameras since his marathon apology last week. >> i want the people of new jersey to know that this is the exception, not the rule.
>> i don't mean to be harsh, but he's not out there helping the kids. he's helping -- >> that's what i was told that it was going to be clinics, camps, you know, dealing with kids. that's what i was -- >> but when you watch that video, to have that moment, actually, what you were doing was being used as a stooge and a puppet for this regime. >> a puppet. >> look, can i ask you a question? >> sure. >> what would you do if they took your passport at a hotel and you went there, under false pretenses, if you will. not really knowing what you got yourself into. but you're in north korea. what does one do? >> let me ask a different question. how much did you guys get paid for this? >> it wasn't about the money. i've got compensated on so many different tours i've made. >> but how much was the fees for the players that went out there? >> different guys got different fees. >> if you were being honest, what did you get? >> i got a few thousand dollars for it. >> five, ten? >> a few thousand dollars for it. under $10,000.
charity. >> you wouldn't want to earn money from this trip. >> not all of it? >> i will give a portion to a indicator. >> not all of it? >> i will give a portion to a charity. >> you don't feel comfortable earning money to go on that trip, do you? >> it wasn't about the money in the first place. >> if it's not about the money, why are you accepting it? >> because i got compensated for doing something. i got compensated -- >> but, kenny -- >> everything i've done after retiring -- >> kenny, with the greatest of respect to you, i can understand that you were ignorant about north korea before you went and you made wrong decisions, as you've admitted and you're ashamed of them, as you say. what i find harder to understand is that now you know about the evil nature of this regime, and now you know how you were duped and used, as even your kids at school were getting attacked for what happened, wouldn't the best thing to be to take no money and just say, you know what, this was just fundamentally wrong and i'm not going to accept being paid for it. >> but you're now turning a clear mistake on kenny's, you
>> under $10,000. people will say, kenneth bay's family will say, look, this is as pretty close to blood money as you can get. our father, our husband, this guy's friend is out there, being denigrated by dennis rodman, on behalf of kim jong-un, this monster, and he's duped all you guys into going along with this, and you're all part of it. >> there is nothing we can do right now. you know, like i said. i'll go back, and it bothers me that i didn't do my due diligence before making this trip. but like i said, i've been going on these trips since i retired in 2005, playing different countries. i've been doing it, you know, around the world. and this trip, i didn't feel it was going to get this type of backlash. and now i'm feeling it. >> will you give the money back? maybe give it to charity instead? >> you know what, i will do a portion to a charity. i will -- >> why don't you give it all to a kid's charity. >> i will give a portion to a charity. >> give it all. >> i will give a portion to a
know, kenny made a bad decision, as i say others did. i can't speak for them, and day did get compensated, although not by the government -- >> shouldn't you as his agent be recommending what i'm recommending, that you just basically don't take the money or that you give it all to charity? >> i'm not in the position -- it's his money. >> okay. listen, i appreciate you coming in, kenny. i know it's been a tough ordeal for you and i know you wish you hadn't done it. and at least you had the guts to come in here and face the music. i appreciate that. >> thank you. thanks for having me. >> when we come back, another big man who's facing big troubles tonight, from bridgegate to the investigation of his sandy ad, chris christie is under fire. i'll talk to two people who are leading the charge against new jersey's governor. no matter how busy your morning you can always do something better for yourself.
someone there on the ground and they were interviewing people who were apparently participating in the attack and that came out a year after this happened. and we're just now finding out. how long have eyewitnesss been held back by the state department? i think it's a perfectly legitimate valid to ask these questions, but yet we don't want to talk about that. so you can't say that we have talked about benghazi endlessly, because we haven't. we are still learning information about it. so, i think it's perfectly -- >> okay, let me bring in ryan. ryan, i want to ask you just about the other big thing that broke today on the christie story, which is that the feds are investigating whether he misused money raised from the sandy hurricane relief fund. i've got to say, i can't get too exorcised about this at the moment. am i right to see this as a bit of a side show or not? >> yeah, i think the question here is -- look, i've been talking to new jersey politicians all week, and the phrase that keeps coming up is new jersey is a pay-to-play state. and it's not like chris christie
as you can get. our father, our husband, this guy's friend is out there, being denigrated by dennis rodman, on behalf of kim jong-un, this monster, and he's duped all you guys into going along with this, and you're all part of it. >> there is nothing we can do right now. you know, like i said. i'll go back, and it bothers me that i didn't do my due diligence before making this trip. but like i said, i've been going on these trips since i retired in 2005, playing different countries. i've been doing it, you know, around the world. and this trip, i didn't feel it was going to get this type of backlash. and now i'm feeling it. >> will you give the money back? maybe give it to charity instead? >> you know what, i will do a portion to a charity. i will -- >> why don't you give it all to a kid's charity. >> i will give a portion to a charity. >> give it all. >> i will give a portion to a charity. >> you wouldn't want to earn money from this trip. >> not all of it? >> i will give a portion to a indicator. >> not all of it? >> i will give a portion to a charity.
>> you don't feel comfortable earning money to go on that trip, do you? >> it wasn't about the money in the first place. >> if it's not about the money, why are you accepting it? >> because i got compensated for doing something. i got compensated -- >> but, kenny -- >> everything i've done after retiring -- >> kenny, with the greatest of respect to you, i can understand that you were ignorant about north korea before you went and you made wrong decisions, as you've admitted and you're ashamed of them, as you say. what i find harder to understand is that now you know about the evil nature of this regime, and now you know how you were duped and used, as even your kids at school were getting attacked for what happened, wouldn't the best thing to be to take no money and just say, you know what, this was just fundamentally wrong and i'm not going to accept being paid for it. >> but you're now turning a clear mistake on kenny's, you know, kenny made a bad decision, as i say others did. i can't speak for them, and day did get compensated, although
>> that's what i was told that it was going to be clinics, camps, you know, dealing with kids. that's what i was -- >> but when you watch that video, to have that moment, actually, what you were doing was being used as a stooge and a puppet for this regime. >> a puppet. >> look, can i ask you a question? >> sure. >> what would you do if they took your passport at a hotel and you went there, under false pretenses, if you will. not really knowing what you got yourself into. but you're in north korea. what does one do? >> let me ask a different question. how much did you guys get paid for this? >> it wasn't about the money. i've got compensated on so many different tours i've made. >> but how much was the fees for the players that went out there? >> different guys got different fees. >> if you were being honest, what did you get? >> i got a few thousand dollars for it. >> five, ten? >> a few thousand dollars for it. under $10,000. >> under $10,000. people will say, kenneth bay's family will say, look, this is as pretty close to blood money