obviously time is of the essence. iowa, the caucuses are coming up later next week and then you have new hampshire the week after that. so for whoever he endorses to take advantage of any potential momentum he gives with an endorsement, obviously that would be a decision to happen quickly. this will happen in a town hall format where it's a format that he's thrived in and has been comfortable over the course of his campaign and he announced this campaign and he's taken questions from the folks in the audience and we'll see how that dynamic goes and whether he explains some of the calculous decision and whether he explains what he plans to do in the immediate future. >> we'll take his opening remarks live and hear directly from chris christie and see what he says. omar, stand by. we'll get back to you. i want to bring in our political team for major analysis. this is big news. david chalian, you're our political director.