he poked and derided the capitol reports, invited them to ask about his million defense report he used today as both his shield and weapon. unfortunately, he may not have gotten all that the taxpayers of new jersey paid for. the report released yesterday by christie administration lawyers proclaimed in no uncertain terms that christie has been exonerated. but there are plenty of skeptics out there. nearly nearly every major newspaper in christie s backyard harshly questioned the report. the new york times editorial report writes, quote, this goessy political answer losing cost the taxpayers more than a million dollars in legal fees. an expensive whitewash. the legislators also called it s a million dollar whitewash, saying let s see what the u.s. attorneys turn up. the bergen writes the completed report raises more question than it buries. what it also buries is hope that the internal investigation might rise above the governor s self-interest. the front page of the trenton
States, including wisconsin, some of the plains have expanded and romney pac is going inthose states with money, but i don t know. neil: you are not of the camp that says more of the president s potential supporters have been inconvenienced than mitt romney? pat: no, regionally. i said today it could while not affecting who wins the electoral votes in new jersey, new york, connecticut, whatever, it can affect the popular vote total because people in those states are saying, well, the president will win anyway, do i need to vote. whatever. so remember we have a lot of these places where people are saying, well, you know it will not make a difference. that could impact the over all numbers. neil: when the president s approval rating jumps for whatever reason you said
are without power through much of the east coast. that number could climb. new york city s entire subway system is knocked out. it could stay that way for up for five days. across new jersey, the governor christie says four shore times are devastated. houses are moved off of the foundation, houses are in the middle of route 35. the amusement pier at seaside park half washed out. the roller coaster is now in the ocean. the level of devastation is unthinkable. neil: unthinkable and for now irreparable and it is not over yet. rick? rick: the damage to point pleasant beach are stunning and sad. this town was not the worst hit by far. the boardwalk in some sections is completely destroyed and this ocean front hotel, the white sands half a million in damages. the deck is torn up. the restaurant is trashed. fences have come down. believe it or not, this is the swimming pool. it is filled with sand that came off the beach that made up the dunes they thought protected the homes, wi
0 sands half a million in damages. the deck is torn up. the restaurant is trashed. fences have come down. believe it or not, this is the swimming pool. it is filled with sand that came off the beach that made up the dunes they thought protected the homes, wiped out and pushed this way. you can see more damages here. the sand in the street is on ocean avenue and if you look down along the coast, you will see maybe a rescue helicopter and, also, homes that suffered significant damage, the gray house with the front of it ripped off and a number of houses like that and we walk this way, and you look down the street toward the west, toward the train track, you will see a flooded road. this are many homes in a couple of feet of water in this seaside community and this is one of many that suffered extensive damages. a couple of million homes without power just in the state of new jersey alone and no one recovery nows underway, as government agencies prepare to re-open tomorrow. just hearing f