beach. that beach was closed to the public as were several other state beaches in new jersey because of chris christie a own incompetence in governing, creating gridlock with the legislature. before the photos of chris thtin the beach with published, chris christie denied he had been on the beach that day. it was a trump-sized lie, the kind of thing that chris christie got away with early in his governorship before new jersey voters were on to him. so what does the rise and fall of chris christie tell us about the rise and perhaps the fall of donald trump? steve schmidt and eugene robinson will join us next.