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>> no. in fact, i think what you saw the other day was leadership, was something that showed that, look. everyone is fallible, david. i'm fallible. you are. everyone on these panels. we all make mistakes but the real question is what do you do when mistakes happen? he admitted mistakes happened, he trusted people that lied to him. america's a forgiving people. but they're forgiving when you ownership, you admit mistakes, you take corrective action. and that's what chris christie showed. he stood there for 111 minutes in an open dialogue with the press. now, only if barack obama and hillary cli...

Bipartisan maybe and to fine out that this was a very political thing really changed my opinion. >> reporter: the road to the white house begins here in iowa. but could gridlock on the george washington bridge block a christie run? republican david rinder says the whole thing is silly. >> it's so strange that you think messing with someone's drive to work is going to be retribution to maynor. seems sort of comical and made up. >> reporter: independent tom blue agrees. >> you know, it is so hard to cultivate a presidential candidate and i hope that the public isn't influenced to discard the guy...

Morning. >> thank you, david. >> i want to turn to the larger issue of 2016. governor christie's prospects for a possible run. after re-election, the national press labeled him a front-runner. a cover of "time" magazine called him the elephant in the room. will the scandal impact future republican support? here's the chairman of the republican party. you might be cautious about weighing this on this. as a close political observer, is this a test of leadership for the chairman? here's what a mentor tom "the washington post." this is tom kane speaking who's known christie since the current gover...

It was a very productive meeting. it was a cardinal meeting. really, the most important concern that we had or i have on behalf of ft. lee and the council are to make sure that this never, ever happens again in the future. we were unconditionally unequivocally provided with that assurance. >> welcome to "meet the press." >> thank you, david. >> i want to ask you about that meeting specifically. did you put pressure on governor christie? is there a question that he didn't answer satisfactorily for you? >> i think the beginning of the meeting was basically a mini version of the press conference ...