well, as we mentioned, rising democratic star wendy davis is under fire again tonight, this time for blaming her republican opponent in the texas governor s race for questions about her quote, struggles to succeed. lanny davis is a special counsel to former president clinton and literally wrote the book, i should say, on crisis manager. called crisis tales by lanny davis, you didn t write the boke you wrote the book. and it is right here, and i m looking through this book, lanny, the first one says in the preface, tell it all, tell it early, okay, she didn t do that. no, she didn t, i have to separate my personal regard for her, and the life she led. she was a single mother and went
several lanes on one of the world s busiest bridges. christie insists he knew nothing about it. but can he survive this political crisis? tonight, lennie davis, the author of crisis tales, political analyst steve badabado is here and alan derschowitz. you know new jersey politics, steve. you ve been following it forever. dough yo believe the governor didn t know about this? i take the governor at his word. i ve interviewed him many times as a broadcaster on public television and as a human being. i think i know his body language very well. and another practical issue. you do not name the campaign manager, name him to be the chairman of the republican state committee of new jersey, do not name him to be your point person with the republican governors association nationally. that s his point person. you do not name him to those
we re talking about chris christie in crisis mode. spent nearly two hours today apologizing for his aides who punished a political rival by orchestrating the closing of several lanes on one of the world s busiest bridges. christie insists he knew nothing about it. but can he survive this political crisis? tonight, lennie davis, the author of crisis tales, political analyst steve badabado is here and alan derschowitz. you know new jersey politics, steve. you ve been following it forever. dough yo believe the governor didn t know about this? i take the governor at his word. i ve interviewed him many times as a broadcaster on public television and as a human being. i think i know his body language
what he said, he believed it when they put the fwrand grandfather clause in, that it would take care of these transitional problems. it didn t. never speak in absolutes because there will be an exception which will become an example your opponents lift up. what did you think of lanny davis, former special counsel to president bill clinton and author of crisis tales. good to see you. thank you very much. you listen to that. david axelrod thinks the president was ill served. it was part of a glitch, an error he didn t realize the grandfather clause could realize these millions of people would git letters saying they were no longer insured. do you agree? look, i was wrong. it was a terrible mess-up by
the procedures is over. rodriguez did not attend the final day. it s unto be arbitratorer to make his decision and we are hearing, fredricka that should happen within the next several weeks. fredricka? thanks, jason carroll. so that hearing ended without a-rod telling his side of the story to the arbitrator, who will make the decision on his suspension. i m joined now by lanny davis, the attorney for rodriguez league and media team and joe carter with cnn sports. all right, gentlemen. lanny, begin with you. background for a lot of folks. you re author of a couple crisis tales, and you ve also worked with big clients in crisis management from the clinton administration even to martha stewart. so lanny, you first. explain your role for the rodriguez team. well, i focus on violations of fairness and due process, and rather than using the general