because it is at 15%. so coming out against chris kr christie, his approval rating right now is at 15%, i mean if you just want to argue that this is just optics, the optics are not good for a governor with such a low approval rating, is he sending a message to the people of new jersey that he represents that he doesn t care any more? that is exactly what it is. he says i m okay i m at 15%, i don t care, i m governor and you re not. columnist and author, bob engel, i m sorry to cut you short, i went long with brian. i was trying to figure out what he meant when he said the governor didn t get any sun. thank you so much. there is a state by state bu push back for the president s request for your voter data.
governor christie, thank you very much. look forward to a press conference if you hold one today. joining me now, bob engle, a columnist and blogger covering the bridge gate scandal and author of chris christie: the governor and his rise to power. take it away. they sounded defensive, didn t they? one of the things not being said here, yes, there are beaches that are open. that are not in state parks. how about the people who planned to be at that particular place? and find out at the last minute they can t do it. how about the businesses close to that particular place that are not getting any business now because it is closed down. it really is sort of like a let them eat cake kind of a deal. i think a lot of it has to do with christie s frustration
personality, the country is moving forward economically so that takes an argument away and the theme of telling it like it is driving all his positions to compete nationally that doesn t tell a lot, either. bob, let s talk about some of what people see, or certainly inconsistencies that he will need to acknowledge and clear up. climate change? he was for the corporate world before he was against it. immigration reform. immigration, and he would talk in new jersey about having to cut the funding for women s health clinics, and he said it was because of the money. then he would go out on the road and say, well i cut planned parenthood funds. so he can take both sides of the same story depending on where he s talking. john let me bring you in this conversation. as we mentioned, this is the 14th candidate in the gop field. can he have kelly o donnell said something
kelly o donnell, also with me john piric, and bob engle, senior political columnist, and he s also author of chris christie the in star rise to power. a lot is being made that chris christie will speak off the cuff having this kind of town hall feel. we know that s his strategy the guy he wants to present to the country. reporter: he is going to try to talk about his story and introduce the country to the chris christie that livingston new jersey knew first. so expect some of the biography, expect some of the family nostalgia, expect some of the stories that are familiar to those of us who have traveled around the country with him, but maybe less familiar to a wider audience today. trying to define the influences that developed that big personality that has become the brash political figure that some people like and some people don t. so by using his skills to speak more ex temp raintemporaneously in a broad field. how do you stand out? part of it is making the best of th
punish the mayor of fort lee. christie denies these allegations. the closures began the first monday of school and end had the friday. it caused hours of traffic on the nation s busiest crossing. he ll be sentenced the august 6th. he was asked about future charges for other individuals, but he would only say this. based on evidence that is currently available to us, we re not going to charge anybody else in this scheme. reporter: i m joined by bob engle, co author of chris christie. congrats on the website coming up. let s talk first about david wildstein. he has ties to christie going back to high school. chris christie distanced himself from him when questioned about