then there s chris christie, the tough talking former governor was elected governor of new jersey in an upcoming campaign against jon corzine in 2009, christie was trump before trump, relishing garden state detractors while christie contemplated running for president in 2012 against obama, his decision, of course, came before the reported hug between the two at the time of superstorm sandy. instead, christie opted to burnish his gubernatorial credentials running up the score in his re-election. christie was re-elected but his fortunes turned. anyone remember the george washington bridge scandal. by his last day in office, his approval rating stood at 14%. and when he did event really run for the presidency in 2016, he placed sixth in the new hampshire primary and dropped out of the race. no doubt, desantis is studying the obama and christie playbooks
disappeared in 1978 on the first day he was allowed to walk to the bus stop alone. his body has never been recovered. new jersey governor chris christie may appear in court next month over the george washington bridge scandal. it s in response to a citizen s criminal complaint. this comes after a new jersey judge found probable cause of official misconduct against the governor. christie has never been charged in the case and denies any wrongdoing. governor christie s former press secretary said in court that david wildstein told him the governor was told of the shutdown three days in, this at a 9/11 ceremony in manhattan. christie s former deputy chief of staff bridget kelly may take the stand today. all right. time to get a check on weather with meteorologist bill karins. a lot of people feeling warmer temperatures. i know. back to reality. it was so strange. so warm for so long. areas of the northeast, it has cooled off considerably. now we have rain. this is the forecast over
budget crisis and the george washington bridge scandal, among other statewide issues. they also referred to his low poll numbers and the financial health of his campaign. christie responded in well under 140 characters on twitter saying, i can t read the article because i don t have a subscription. but i can tell you this, i m not going anywhere. now, breaking overnight the senate has passed a two-year budget deal. the deal sets government funding levels through september of 2017, it also suspends the nation s debt ceiling until march of 2017. the bill passed 64-35 with 18 republicans joining all democrats. now the legislation heads to the president obama who is expected to sign it. the voting came to an end shortly after 3:00 a.m. the bill drew criticism from several republicans, including a few senators running for the white house. the left, and the right, have come together in an unholy alliance to explode the debt. i hope my colleagues will listen and will listen very clearly t
former reporter and professor. he has been reporting on the george washington bridge scandal. david axelrod, you have worked with candidates and i have a theory why chris christie is running. i think for him not running would feel to him like pleading guilty in the george washington bridge scandal. he d rather have his campaign dream publicly nend a concession speech than staying home with his family and never getting in to the race. i think for christie that would feel his enemies. that may be. i can t crawl in to his head. a couple of years ago, he got in to a jam of his staff s own creation he was the hottest ticket in republican politics. in some ways you can see why. he s sort of the anti-obama. he is discourteous and a guy who s going to take you by the
he has been reporting on the george washington bridge scandal. david axelrod, you have worked with candidates and i have a theory why chris christie is running. i think for him not running would feel to him like pleading guilty in the george washington bridge scandal. he d rather have his campaign dream publicly end in a concession speech than staying home with his family and never getting in to the race. i think for christie that would feel like surrender to his enemies. that may be. i can t crawl in to his head. a couple of years ago, he got in to a jam of his staff s own creation he was the hottest ticket in republican politics. in some ways you can see why. he s sort of the anti-obama. he is discourteous and a guy who s going to take you by the neck and lead in that way. he s the antithesis of the president s style. republicans love that until he