crews are taking a chance to try and solder and reach some areas. it s an apartment building, mixed use. the destruction very heavy where we are today but there are other pockets of the city that are virtually untouched where buildings are still standing, earlier, before nightfall today we were focusing in on a building near the university in this town of ercis where rescue crews were focusing on trying to find people that they thought were still alive in this building. a six-story building had businesses on the ground floor, but housed families and university students in that building. so a lot of emotion there, as family members and friends were waiting word, and also as rescue crews were scambling now at night and also in the cold weather. ercis of course just one part of this story. further, about 60 miles away in van, also a heavy hit area, a bigger city, and all along this route around this lake van area, this region that s close to the iranian border, you ve got a lot
better. but he s saying he s not a good debater but he ll be better next time, i promise. the biggest candidate for a candidate is their spouse. we ve seen this with a.m. romney and what she s doing to humanize mitt romney. but, you know, what i find interesting in all of this, and i raise this question, when was the last time that a candidate who was drafted into the race, not a candidate who actually wanted, like, said, i want to be president and i don t know the answer, but when was the last time one of those was successful in that raised the question about chris christie and rick perry. but the difference, beth, and i think that what christie s hesitancy is, he does have ambition to be president. it s just this wasn t his time line. right. and, you know, the case we re making for him, if not now, it s only to get more complicated in 2016 with people like jeb bush, marco rubio, who knows who else. clarence page, beth
can you tell us what s going on here? are you reconsidering or are you standing firm? [ applause ] you folks are an incredible disappointment as an audience. the fact that that took to the second question. christie then got cute with his latest attempt to deny interest in running. here s how he first put it. they put a minute and 53 seconds of my answers strung back-to-back-to-back to back together on the question of running for the presidency. everyone go to politico.com. it s right on the front page. i m not going to bore you with it now. click on it. those are the answers. well, here s the montage that he was referencing, and of course that isn t subtle. no way. no. not going to happen. i m not running. i m 100% certain i m not going to run. apparently i actually am not going to run. it s such a burden. if you could please just stop. i mean, what kind of crazy egomaniac would you have to be to say please stop. it s extraordinarily flattering but by the same tok
2011. this is the daily rundown. i m chuck todd. let s get right to my first reads of the morning. the normally straight-shooting new jersey governor was anything but last night. with speculation about his 2012 plans at a near frenzy, he hemmed, hawed, and left the door wide open. didn t take long for the subject to come up. governor christie, you re known as a straight shooter, one not in for playing games. can you tell us what s going on here? are you reconsidering or are you standing firm? [ applause ] you folks are an incredible disappointment as an audience. the fact that that took to the second question. christie then got cute with his latest attempt to deny interest in running. here s how he first put it. they put a minute and 53 seconds of my answers strung back-to-back-to-back to back together on the question of running for the presidency. everyone go to politico.com. it s right on the front page. i m not going to bore you with it now. click on it. those
financial crisis in modern times. certainly the largest financial disaster in decades in this country. and perhaps the end of an era in american business. well, talk about an understatement, even at the time. the daily flashback to this day in 2008 when just after midnight, investment giant lehman brothers filed for bankruptcy protection. by frar tar the largest bankrupn u.s. history, particularly when the government decided not to bail it out. capitol hill looking into why one of the stimulus packages didn t come to fruition. how nervous should the white house be? archer davis say former democratic congressman from alabama. beth rhinehart and jeff is a national correspondent for the new york times. i m going to get to you in a minute. explain the democratic hand wringing and the history of