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Job growth in eight years. in 2010 to 2015 we have now grown 198,000 private sector jobs. we took a basket case and made it better. >> you lost government jobs. >> sure. state government alone we're down over 9,000 jobs since i've been governor. >> you mentioned bridge gate. i want to ask you about this. i do believe it impacted your polls. there's no evidence that ties you to this. everybody in the media has looked at it. they thought they had you. 50% recently polled still think you might have had something to do with t.it. what is your answer to them to the doubters in spite of no evidence....

Showed. there was bridge-gate which absolutely had something to do with him, it had everything to do with him. and he also had these abysmal poll numbers at home in new jersey. if you can't win your own home state, where can you win? that's the biggest issue here. >> erin you know governor christie talked a lot about his record in new jersey today. listen. >> we balanced six budgets in a row, we refused to raise taxes on the people of this state for six years. we made the hard decisions that had to be made to improve our education system. in new jersey as governor i've stood up against economi...

The single most trusting thing they can do as a citizen, is to give you their support. so you better tell them exactly what you're thinking and exactly what you're feeling. >> so which political story will be making headlines in the next 24 hours? that was a tease by the way. how about another republican joining an already crowded presidential primary race? msnbc political correspondent kasie hunt joins me now. after sagging poll numbers, bridge gate, other challenges it looks likes chris christie is going to make it official tomorrow? >> number 14. he's planning to announce where he graduated...

Chris christie in this campaign. >> what do you think, april? is there room for an old-time rockefeller, or a tom ridge, eastern republican who is not a right-wing person? is there room for that? >> before bridge gate i thought there was. chris christie is the gift that keeps on giving. i also think his perception, he wants his perception to be reality but the reality is that, you know, can we remember al gore who didn't win his own election. >> who is paying for his travel? >> i don't know. >> who is paying for his hotel rooms? somebody is. >> who is voting for him? people may pay but who is ...

Bridge gate problem, if he were totally clean where would he be now? >> did he haveefinitely in the top three, i think. >> there's room for an east coast republican? >> there's a lot of room for kk chris christie in this campaign. >> what do you think, april? is there room for an old-time rockefeller, or a tom ridge, eastern republican who is not a right-wing person? is there room for that? >> before bridge gate i thought there was. chris christie is the gift that keeps on giving. i also think his perception, he wants his perception to be reality but the reality is that, you know can we rememb...