should really come from the states. remember when he was trying to say that departments should be abolished and couldn t remember the second or third. so that was really what that was about, a very different thing. and i have to share something quickly. our peter han bee just ran into governor perry in the hallway and said i hope this speech here let s people look at me and give me a second chance and quickly caught himself. and i said, if it is in fact i decide to run. no kidding. it s clear rick perry thinks he s a better candidate than 2012. a lot of republicans from texas and elsewhere think he is a better candidate and it s clear he is considering a run. brian stillter, let s talk about the other future possible presidential candidate in 2016. chris christie. what do you do when times are tough? you take a swipe at the media. brian, you cover the media. what do you make of this? yes, and he did so very effectively. he mentioned the media more than almost any other speaker yest
she is running. a lot of supporters want her to. good work as usual. you can read peter s full article, cnn.com/politics. you ll learn something from peter hamby. an investigation by a newspaper comes to a stunning investigation the u.s. government has been in cahoots with the most notorious drug cartel in mexico, letting it operate unimpeded in exchange for information about rival cartels. we have details right after this.
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some of the fallout from the new jersey bridge scandal could have a significant and lasting impact on the political career of governor chris christie. and here s why. christie s trusted strategist, who managed his two gubernatorial campaigns, is no longer at his side. christie fired bill steppian after learning about the apparent scheme to block traffic near a busy bridge. peter, how important is steppian to his success? this is a big deal that kind of flue under the radar yesterday. everyone focused on bridge yet kelly. who said time for traffic problems. but steppian s name surfaced, suggesting he was aware of this after it happened. bill steppian flies very under the radar, but he is in chris christie s inner circle. in fact, one of the top three or
could appeal to your sort of blue collar voters. your hockey moms. in places like new jersey, wisconsin, iowa. so those are two names i think come up a lot. and we ll be watching as this develops, as we know it will. peter han bee, thank you. there s a lot of unanswered questions about the bridge scandal and its impact on governor christie and the 2016 presidential race. joining us now from miami, cnn political commentator and democratic strategist, maria cardona and from dallas, cnn political commentator, ben ferguson. christie is adamantly denying he knew anything about this plot to block traffic in ft. lee, new jersey. i m going to ask you this first, ben. how could such a hands-on guy not know what key staff members are doing? and if he didn t know, what does that say about how his staff does business? well, his staff members didn t want him to know they were doing this, because it was a stupid move and a prank by some narcissistic staff members that have no power, without th