to our nation. and we have to be mature enough to recognize that our children will have no future if we put our heads in the sand. we have to recognize we have two choices. we either allow them the continue to progress and appear to be the winners, or we use every resource available to us to destroy -- >> it is interesting you say that. i want to ask governor christie about something else you've said. governor christie, we marked the 14th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. dr. carson has said that if he had been president at the time, the united states would not have gone to war in afghanistan. what does that say to you about how dr. carson would respond as president if america were attacked again? >> jake, i was named u.s. attorney by president bush on september 10th, 2001. and that next day my wife mary pat did what she did every day, she traveled through the world trade center and went to her office two blocks from the world trade center. and after those planes hit for five and a half hours after that i couldn't reach her, didn't