feeling about, that that i do not let go of easily. but he did something. he said, at least one line about why he did that, and it was confessional and he said it was because of him. and if you did not have that line in there, my respect for this who would have cut significantly, but it will still be extremely effective communication. he actually communicated to me what that first decision was about when he knew he was supporting someone who was then unfit to be president. >> we have much more of our special coverage ahead tonight. i should mention, we will be speaking with steve kornacki about this dynamic that we are talking about right here. putting some numbers on, it with chris christie leaving the race, what does that mean in terms of the prospects of the other candidates, indeed the overall attack of this, race that is ahead. plus, co-chair of the -- joining us, life we have a lot to get to tonight. stay with us.