all of them received invites. nobody is getting a snub from the freedom summit organizers but some have high profile events they already scheduled. jeb bush will be speaking at liberty university in virginia. rand paul is holding a series of tech events in silicon valley. so they are not there for this event, but they are out in the trail keeping a profile high today. benji, thank you so much we ll check in again today. chris christie, who will not be at the summit, is once again defending his innocence in the bridge gate controversy. let s take a listen to christie s response when asked about it at a town hall yesterday. all i can tell you is this. when you re a leader you re going to hire lots of different people and you re going to make the best judgments you possibly can. but you re never going to be able to garn. tee people that no mistakes will be made. i have previously said i was sorry for what happened because it happened on my watch. i have to be accountable for it.