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>> there was no traffic study. then, somebody thought it might be possible to keep this thing under wraps? like it wasn't going to go -- >> honestly, when i saw this at first, i thought no way. and the basic smell test, any journalist who started looking at the excuses, it was like, no, they're clearly covering something up. gordon johnson and bob herbert from demos, thank you, gentlemen. to hear republicans tell it, voter fraud is everywhere, running rampant and must be stopped. it's so out of control that iowa's secretary of state made it the centerpiece of his campaign. how that worked out ...

Then, somebody thought it might be possible to keep this thing under wraps? like it wasn't going to go -- >> honestly, when i saw this at first, i thought no way. and the basic smell test, any journalist who started looking at the excuses, it was like, no, they're clearly covering something up. gordon johnson and bob herbert from demos, thank you, gentlemen. to hear republicans tell it, voter fraud is everywhere, running rampant and must be stopped. it's so out of control that iowa's secretary of state made it the centerpiece of his campaign. how that worked out for him, next. k. which means i...

0 "man is spirit," and that goes for women, too, obviously. and that's "hardball" for now. thanks for being with us. "all in with chris hayes" starts right now. good evening from new york. i'm chris hayes. and even as the latest polling finds new jersey governor chris christie leading not only the republican presidential field but also a theoretical matchup against hillary clinton, christie finds himself right in the middle of the biggest political scandal of his career. just wait until the voters of iowa hear about this one. >> tonight i stand here as your governor, and i am so proud to be ...

crisis. >> new jersey governor chris christie has just announced that one of his top appointees has resigned amid a growing controversy. >> allegations now that politics played a role in a traffic study that jammed up several lanes of george washington bridge. >> believe it or not, a traffic scandal is threatening to upend the christie administration, a scandal that just a week ago the governor dismissed. >> you really are not serious with that question. >> and you can understand why christie waved the allegations off as a joke. on the face, they seem absurd, that a christie crony or...

Journal, "washington post" columnist and msnbc contributor jonathan capehart. senior fellow bob herbert, nbc correspondent luke russert who mercifully is not wearing a fancy christmas sweater. >> stand up to kearns, great organization. >> had to do it. now i feel bad. i now i just feel bad. i have to go to you first, jonathan, that whole series, soliloquy. >> stand up in october. where was that man in october? where has he been the entire of his speakership since the tea party folks came in. this bipartisan feeling and spirit that sort of washed over a bit of washington now, you know, it's sor...