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How it will wear over the course of the next two years as we head toward iowa. and they also say that, you know, it s a little bit of a different side of chris christie than we ve seen in some of the other combative press conferences, the things that have gotten him sort of tagged as a bully. instead he sort of had an opportunity to show contrition and to show that he was taking responsibility for what happened, and that offered an opportunity for him to show a different dimension of himself. i think we saw over the course of that press conference the top of the press conference was very much like that. it seemed to fall back into combative christie as the press conference went on. but it s pretty clear these figures want to at least make sure that christie still has an opportunity in their states. well, yeah, old habits die hard for christie s press conference. it almost sounds to me like what you re describing is wishful on the part of these republicans, they saw this perfeormance, ....
it does. and that s why you need individuals to explain what was done and why. the paper can only tell you so much. yeah, i totally agree. go ahead, make the final point, ryan. that s also the big weakness with christie s press conference this week is at the end of the day he didn t promise any public accounting of all this. he promised he would personally interview his staff and report back if he found anything worth reporting. look, we all know that the president of the united states says that or some other political figure who is involved in a scandal, that doesn t really cut it. you have to have an independent investigation for it to be credible. i think there s going to be a lot of pressure on him to do that down the road or t a least cooperate with the legislature in looking into this. ryan, jeffrey toobin, thank you. chris christie is not only facing a huge political crisis, he s also facing a lawsuit. the class-action suit targets ....
Also fired. if i cannot not trust someone s judgment, i cannot place him at the head of my operation. reporter: it remains unclear if christie s press conference, 108 minutes long, with remove the exclusive release of e-mails and text messages. just two months after he won his second term in a landslide victory. when they walked into the voti voting booth today, they didn t say, hey, i don t know who this man is or what he s willing to do when the chips are down. reporter: the scandal hits at the heart of a no nonsense government. the one-time u.s. attorney who specialized in cases of political corruption is now facing the possibility of an investigation into his administration by the u.s. attorney of new jersey. christie said he hoped to meet with the mayor of ft. lee and ....