also martha, a pr specialist and ceo of demandworks.com. and david, let me go to you first. this divide, this separation, seems pretty serious at a time when this nation, or this city would like to see some unity. it is, absolutely, and it s a major challenge to the leadership of the mayor, mayor de blasio. here we sit in a kcity in the country that s the biggest by some distance. this terrible tension we have on racial lines about the police and african-americans. and we have a city that s bitterly divided as your other guests have said earlier. and i think it s what we really need is a mayor who steps up to the leadership challenge in the same way rudy giuliani stepped up on 9/11 and gave voice to the whole country and helped to unite us, we need this mayor who s distrusted by the police to build a bridge between the cops and the people who are
working well now. i think what was a strength in the election is now potentially a weakness for him in governing, a weakness for his brand. the expectation is that he will be against the status quo. that the power of the police is something that has to be controlled and needs to be checked and constantly surveyed. and i think that he s got to move forward in a way in his dialogue particularly with the police okay. i m only going to interrupt you because we have to make a break. david, hold that thought. martha, please. you re both going to be here. i m martin savidge in new york. we ll continue in just a minute.
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so let s talk about it with martha pease, a strategic marketing consultant and ceo of demandworks.com. martha, good to see you. thank you for joining us. good to see you. before we begin with target, i wanted to get your quick take on chris christie, because that s obviously a big political brand, and you talked about it last week. as a brand expert, how do you think he s handled things so far? well, governor christie this week did a lot to regain positive momentum behind his brand, his somewhat tarnished brand. he, you know, took a position again in terms of taking control of his agenda for the state. he changed the conversation back to really being one about governing. he took a slightly higher profile with going to florida. he apologized. he made a real emotional connection, i think, with people this week, and those are all actions that really play to his core strength and his brand. so i think he made progress this
0 get the levels checked. don t go overboard on that stuff. too much calcium can raise the risk of heart disease. talk to your doctor even about the supplements. that will wrap things up. do stay connected with me cnn.com/sanjay. time to get you back in the cbs this morning with martin savidge. you re in the cbs this morning. hello, and welcome, i m martin savidge. nice to be with you. new jersey governor chris christie is trying to keep it positive in florida this weekend. he s the headliner at some fund-raising events today and tomorrow, campaigning for fellow republican governor rick scott. but he s got plenty of political trouble back home in new jersey. cnn s tory dunnan is in florida. is the bridge scandal being mentioned at all this weekend? reporter: i have to tell you, these events are totally closed off from the media. they re close door. you can t get really anywhere near them. so they re not coming out and talking to reporters. but we are talking to people who are