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A few things has come to light that this seems to be a closer relationship over the last few years. i know bill baroni doesn't like the way he's been characterized and i know david wildstein does not like the way he's been characterized. at some point, i imagine he's going to have a lot to say about chris christie. >> yes, probably something about what kind of class president chris christie was or athlete in high school. because that's where we're at in new jersey politics. steve kornacki and ari melber thank you so much for your time. steve will have much more on bridge-gate as he hosts "hard...

>> i think if you look at the candidates in the republican field right now they are only appealing to certain factions of the republican party. the jeb bush factor, he appeals to a broader swath. people are complaining he is a lot like mitt romney. elitist status he comes from bush dynasty. chris christie pulled himself up from boot straps. not part of a political dynasty. he is he someone who after public corruption, and new jersey is a very tough state, you know, politically, just like chipping is. and he really went after 130 public officials in that state. so there is a lot of vendettas ag...

A guy who won an awful lot of democrats to his side election of governor. >> that's why he was such a formidable candidate as late as 2012. all of that changed after bridge gate. predominant image is the one loud mouth possibly corrupt governor from new jersey. and it's the corrupt thing that's knew. >> republicans new jersey thing that's mort of the problem. but, yes i would say to the extent that he was able to win over democrats and hispanics and women and, you know, all sorts of that durablely democratic constituency groups in the past i'm less sure that he is going to be able to do that i...

It's pretty difficult to be elected republican in a blue state like new jersey. he's using his conservative credentials in a blue state like new jersey to give forward that he can govern in washington, d.c. with democrats. a focus group, one of the things kept coming up folks saying he has street smarts to fix the problem. whatever he's doing in new jersey is resonating here in new hampshire. >> as we've been covering on the show the big cloud hanging over all this is those indictments on bridge gate. we've been saying them for a while. they with expected in the next week or so. thanks to yo...

Someone and is called a bully. those are the moments that get chris christie noticed. right now lately he hasn't been noticed very much. he needs to get back out there. figure out if there is a place for him and like chris christie i don't really know if there is right now. he's going to have to answer questions about bridge gate and just really is the country and the republican party really craving chris christie? i don't really think so at this moment. >> it's interesting, roger. our first read team points out in the mix of where is waldo chipotle coverage of hillary clinton, she did bring u...