talk about subpoenas the governor himself, he will give a state of the state speech in the trenton state house. there s no word if he plans to address the investigations or the bridge scandal. eric, thank you. let s talk more about governor christie and the culture of political friends and enemies. brit hume is here tonight. good evening. hi, bret. it is a fact of political life that a politician s staff is more likely to be spiteful and unforgiving toward the boss s opponents than the boss him or herself. they know today s opponent could be tomorrow s ally. that could help explain why it s plausible chris christie was not in on his underlings scheme to tie up traffic on the highways of a mayor who didn t indorse the governor. they kept a meticulous record of the politicians who had endorsed
doesn t think that the benefits and salaries are too generous or too much. that is the nyea building that is in the state capitol just down the street from the trenton state house. but others say the reforms the governor has been trying to do are long overdue. we talked to steve adabato, former democratic legislator, a noted political analyst, he says the problems have gone on too long. ultimately, christie is trying to clean up the mess that has been made by many, many politicians before , who haven t had the guts and intestinal fortitude to take on the public employee unions. we may not like it, it may be ugly, not pretty, but somebody has got to do it. he s doing it. he may have closed the first budget gap, but now there s a projected $8.5 billion gap. they say for next year, in the budget. so they ve got a long way to go. if you want more information on our story, go to our live shots blog, governor christie versus the unions in new jersey. lots of details there on live shots.