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How this is -- the question with christie has always been, he's the front-runner at this moment or one of the front-runners, no doubt. but the question has always been, can he hold onto -- in the face of certain opposition in the primary season, can he hold onto these donors. as the steady drip of allegations continues, that's the question we have moving forward. this certainly doesn't help. >> richard, let me bring you in. we're hearing a lot from -- a lot of local politicians or state officials from new jersey, on the national level, what are we sighing -- seeing from politicians in washingt...

That it's over, but it's just a huge distraction at a time when he was building great momentum for a perfect launch. >> is there anybody else like you that thinks unequivocally he could have not known anything? >> i think so. >> you do? i'm still struggling how could he have not known? i think most people think how could he have not known, right? >> it depends. it depends on the people who are around you. you could go back through one administration after another in the white house of things that, you know, were done that the president didn't know about. >> but we know chris christie and we kn...

It's not the environment i've worked so hard to achieve. there is this kind of reputation out there of me being a micro manager. i'm not. i have worked for the last 12 years in public life developing a reputation for honesty and directness and blunt talk. >> the culture through your administration, your campaign that allowed people think it was okay to intimidate or retaliate against people? >> i know who i am and i'm not that person. listen. it's easy for people to be characterized in public life based upon their personality and i have a very direct, blunt personality and i understand why som...

>> it is different. not necessarily easier. obviously maybe because you get used to some aspects of it. but the job has morphed, it's changed. certainly the world of terrorism and what we do to counter it has brought changes to the department, changes to our mindset. 9-11 was a watershed. it was clearly a game changer for certainly for this police department and other police departments as well. >> brian: here you are running this operation, bigger than anyone else in the world. so right now you see your role in that operation how? >> some people might say i'm a micro manager. you can't microm...

Really throughout the middle east. egypt a question mark. north africa with al-qaeda. question marks about afghanistan. pakistan increasing the nuclear capability. it seems a more dangerous world than when secretary clinton took office. >> if john kerry was here and heard your summary he might have second thoughts about taking the job. yes, endless stream of problems. i don't know the people personally, but my understanding of the president he is a micro manager, not a delegator. george bush genuinely delegat delegated to the secretary of state. this president is micro manager even with hillar...