play out here over the last couple of weeks. and it seems, at least, that he's taken somewhat of a hit in the popularity. if you take a look at the polls here, the approval rating with new jersey registered voters has dropped somewhat. before the scandal broke he had 65% approval rating. now that's 58. first time since superstorm sandy hit back in 2012 that it's actually been below the 60% mark, telling here. it's 46% of registered voters in new jersey now have a favorable impression of christie personally. more than a year ago, about a year ago, it was a whopping 71%, that really had a good regard of him. so what do we make of the demeanor? when we go to watch him here today, does he need to be kind of a kindler, gentler christie, if that's possible? >> yes, i think he does. he tried to demonstrate that at his news conference, nearly a two-hour news conference on thursday. he's got to come across as sincere. so far, let's keep this in perspective, there's no smoking