weeble. you see these guys tested. are they strong performers. people who didn t like bill clinton or his policies came to respect his toughness. chris christie in the town hall this week was grateful, no one asked him about bridge gate. he did get a little testy when asked about sandy relief aid. listen here. why did you privatize most of the grant programs? you didn t have to do that? i just disagree with you. i m answering the question. he s that was right. that was nice as opposed to just turning and punching somebody. so he s growing. he s mellowing out. if it s not a governor and most republicans think a lot of republican strategists think our case against barack obama, first term senator, nice guy, wasn t ready, let s get a proven track record. if it s not a governor, you look
very vulnerable underbellies and aggression usually hides deeper vulnerabilities. we try to capitalize on both sides of the aggression. the softness, the weakness and the need to dominate. dr. lawrence ruben, it s all white fascinating. thank you for spending time with us. glad to be here. again right now, governor chris christie holding that town hall meeting about, you know, a mile or so from the jersey shore. a live look there. the governor starting to take some questions as well. most of the questions at this point have been related to sandy relief aid. we re going to continue to follow this as well. we re also keeping a close eye on what s happening in that iowa town where about 5,000 people have been evacuated because of a fire at a chemical plant there. that s going to do it for me, though. i ll see you back here at 7:00 eastern tomorrow.
waivers. governor s office left it to treasury to explain how the integrity oversight act process works in their view. we invited someone from treasury on air to talk about the law as well as from the governor s office. they did not respond to our offer. the administration wanted to be clear to us, integrity monitors are only one facet of contracting oversight from the administration. it would be wrong to characterize this program as the only oversight action taking place. some other facets are a work in process. some are other federal agencies. earlier this week, hud secretary, shean donovan did appear to express his confidence in the handling of sandy relief aid. what i will tell you, could it be going faster? yes. are we doing everything we can to cut red tape? absolutely. i am confident we are monitoring this money closely. the christie administration did point us to the use of an
her city would not receive aid if she failed to support a development project favored by the governor. in one of the several handwritten notes about the governor which she has made public. mayor zimmer wrote, i thought he was honest, i thought he was moral, i thought he was something very different. i am so disappointed, it literally bringing tears to my eyes. joining me now, mayor dawn zimmer. thank you madam mayor, i know you re fighting losing your voice. but let me ask you first, this happened early last year, correct in may of last year when a couple of officials you say that sandy relief aid may be jeopardize if you don t go along with this redevelop plan. why are you near now?
involved heavily in politics, has a job to do and have to work with the state of new jersey in many respects. so for this administration to stay to a cabinet officer, you can t go to a meeting, you re going to cancel a meeting, simply for political reasons is troubling. really quickly, before i go, just 20 seconds here. word today that federal officials are now looking into the possible misuse of sandy relief aid. what do you make of that? is there any chance that your investigation rose to include some of this or is this a completely separate investigation? at the moment it s a completely separate investigation. questions have long been raised about the propriety of the governor using that money not just simply because it was an advertisement that promoted new jersey, but an advertisement that featured him in the midst of a re-election campaign. it would seem to me to be an inappropriate use of money to bolster his election campaign