i bet he would run and if he doesn't i think chris christie is going to run. i don't think it is likely to be the final field. >> bret: you agree. >> it is late in the day. if they don't act in a couple of weeks it is tough. paul is a serious person and admire the fact of him focusing on entitlements. but it doesn't help if you have serious publication and ending social security and medicare. they want to reform programs but get scare when you say we'll end manage that is part of the fabric of the american life. >> bret: doesn't that form in the demagogging the issue when some people say american public is ready for the adult conversation beyond what we have heard in the past about entitlements. >> people want reform don in a right sort of way. when they say end social security and medicare to most people that raises the spector of going too far. >> we have serious perhaps. wall street journal? >> they say it was going to end medicare as we know it. i i don't know. i think it changes medicare and the way it is funded. the house republican budget argues that it

. >> michelle, governor christie asking people to stay at home. to stay inside. have you seen people heeding the governor's request? are you seeing a lot of folks out there sightseeing, if you will? >> reporter: there's a lot of people sightseeing. most of the areas that we've been through today including saturday brook and here in manville you've got locals who have not been evacuated from their homecoming down here, taking pictures what they can. there's a lot of people that are out in their cars driving, maybe running erands. some of them weren't able to travel into work today because of the transit systems are not up and fully running. or if they are, they're running a little bit slower than usual on this monday, the first day that the systems are back up, they're trying to get them ramped up again. a lot of people are out. it's a beautiful day. so a lot of people, you know, that were tucked away over this past weekend and hunkering down with irene certainly want to get out. governor christie is asking people again to sort of limit yourself and take it easy b

this is the reason why new jersey's governor, chris christie, has been repeatedly saying that if you're not heeding the mandatory evacuation, you should have gotten out. and if not now -- now is definitely the time to get out. but obviously there are still some people who are still here. in fact, there are a number of seniors who are still here, still holding out. we actually found an apartment building where 92 seniors, wolf, are still holding out saying they have no intention of leaving. >> we come from hearty stock. we ain't moving. >> reporter: you're not moving? >> no. >> reporter: clearly that is the case. >> that's it. there's the best reality show you're going to get. >> reporter: but in all serious not, are any of you concerned about the storm? >> no. >> not whatsoever. >> reporter: sorry, what? >> only my children. my son says he's going to have me committed. but he lives in georgia, so what does he know? >> we're not frivolous about this. we take this very seriously. but the alternative is a nightmare. >> reporter: the alternative being -- being in a shelter? >> not only a sh

first of all, you may have palin and you may have christie in. and, secondly, you cannot entirely count out cain. >> bill: come on. stop with this stuff. >> you can't count out. >> bill: oh, come on. >> you can't count out cain or santorum. >> bill: i have got make some money. money where his mouth is. oh no, no, no. i will give you 10 to 1 odds on cain. 10 to 1. all right. ron paul, is he whining to megan. we invited him on and he won't show up. >> he won't face you because he doesn't want to face questioning. >> bill: he wants to give a speech. >> is he fine when he gives a speech. when you probe him are you saying that iran will not develop the bomb and if they do they are not going to use it against israel? and if they do it's okay with you? then you say the gold standard? are you literally saying that the united states of america's economy should only be allowed to grow as much as gold can be extracted from the earth and if there is no gold discovered our economy has to stay small? you ask him about drug lords? are you seriously saying that

and chris christie is -- the base loves chris christie and what he's done with the union. >> the big story is and this goes to you, david, when governor huckabee was thinking about it and mitch daniels was thinking about it, it looked as though president obama was untouchable. he was going to run away with this thing and let something happen and now looks so vulnerable, this field is continuing to grow. don't you see that playing a role here? >> first of all, no one at least from our side has positioned ourselves as untouchable or obama being untouchable. when you say -- >> i'm just saying analysts have said that. >> i'm saying that would be a misperception and that we are going to do everything we can to put our record forward but going back to the republican field, again, there's a lot of indecision, "the wall street journal" was lamenting last week that the g.o.p. does not have a candidate that can get them not only through the primaries but also through a general election much that's all being called into question with more possible entries and perry not being the panacea that ev

reporting live in pleasanton, christie smith, "today in the bay." >> christie, thank you for the update. >>> today marks the two year disappearance of a young boy, hasanni campbell, now seven years old reported missing outside a shoe store in rock ridge. campbell has cerebral palsy and wears leg braces. both his foster parents were arrested in connection with the case but later released due to lack of evidence. despite oakland police indicating this may be a homicide case, a $75,000 reward is still being offered for his safe return. >>> the condition of a young baseball fan struck by a hit-and-run driver is improving. doctors at san francisco general have upgraded brian white from critical to serious. he was visiting the city to watch the giants last thursday when a hit-and-run driver struck the 9-year-old as he was leaving the game. in a statement released yesterday, his family says, in a matter of days, he has gone from giving a thumbs-up or thumbs down response to speaking in sentences for the first time this morning. meanwhile the heyward man charged with the hit-and-run, 21-year-ol

there is growing speculation that new jersey governor chris christie may also join the race. chris stirewalt is our fox news digital politics editor and he's with me now. chris, if one or both of those guys got in it would be huge news. what is the likelihood? >> reporter: well i think they are in two different places. from paul ryan's point of view he's the idea guy for the republicans when it comes to debt control and budgeting and awful that stuff. what you're hearing from congressman ryan in this is frustration. he wants attention paid to his ideas, he wants his budget plan front and center. when he says he's thinking about the coded message to mitt romney and rick perry is, hey guys, take a look at me, it's time to get my idea in the mix because i could come in here and mess this whole thing up for you, probably more for romney than perry. christie, though is an absolute phenomenon, republicans love him, he is one of the remaining individuals, probably he and sarah palin that have the kind of draw, have the kind of attraction, and the national name id that they could get

you saw immediately strong calls for evacuations and chris christie, governor christie in new jersey got in people's face so they understood the dangers of this storm. >> in his style, he used some, perhaps, coarse language but got the point across. governor cuomo of new york has been tweeting out information and keeping people posted. >> well, yeah, and i think more information is always good. what bothers me a little bit is the p.r. people for a lot of these governors. let me give you an example in north carolina. before the storm even came ashore in north carolina, her p.r. people were putting out word that she was juggling multiple cell phones. she had frantic conversations with people on the ground and frantic is just not what we want. it's not the image that they should project for their governor. the governor did fine. they don't need to put all these bells and whistles on it. you don't expect her to be a hurricane expert. you want her to manage and lead which she's done. >> sure and one of the things that chris christie said a couple of days ago trying to get people off. he s

you see out in front with chris christie. he doesn't hold anything back. that's one thing with president bush, you knew exactly where he stood on every issue. >> that's what you see with rick perry. he comes out here, he says it. he's not apologetic. he may step on himself and say things he may regret a little bit later and he doesn't say i made a mistake. he said i'm passionate, i believe in this stuff. there's a leader, rick perry. >> we'll talk about rick perry more in a minute. let's go back to the bus in which president obama is travrling around through the midwest, much has been made of whether or not this is a campaign tour or a jobs tour. what we know for sure is taxpayers are paying for it. guess what else you paid for, this beautiful bus that has armored doors. fit for a president. secret service ordered these back in july, i would guess of 2010. guess where these buses came from. they're not made in america, folks, they're made in our neighboring country of canada. >> in ottawa, canada, who evidently makes all the tour buses for your idol, kid r

now to new jersey where governor chris christie is talking. let's listen in. >> as part of the team is our fema coordinating officer big vogel. bill has been already instrumental in helping us move through this part of the process and having him here representing fema as a toms river native is particularly helpful to us. bill, thank you very much, for being here and being part of the team. secondly, this morning, i conducted a series of conference calls with mayors and local officials in atlantic, monmouth, ocean and cape may counties. the purpose of the phone calls was, first, to allow them to communicate to us about issues they might be of concern to them where they either had not gotten responses from the county oem and to get reports from them on conditions on the ground and those four counties where we have ordered a number of mandatory evacuations. the good news is that people heeded my subtle advice yesterday. they are off the beach. people have left the shore, the evacuation process has been successful. over a million people have left

new jersey governor chris christie took initial heat after appointeding to a new jersey state bench. christie fired back as only he can suggested by someone out in the new appointment means that shrhea wahl could be coming to his state. >> i nonenated mohammed because he's a good lawyer and outstanding human being. sharia has nothing to do with this. this law business is crap. it's just crazy and i'm tired of dealing with the crazies. >> tired of dealing with the crazies. i love it. how's that for putting the issue to jest this guy's a jersey guy. >>> the big number. president obama announced plans for a bus tour throughout the midwest in an effort to refocus his initiatives on job creation. this pivot is not the first of its kind, however. how many times have obama announced a solicit to focus on job creation? seven times since the beginning of this presidency back in 2009. not an easy feat. >>> up next, what's barack obama's best argument for re-election? and what's the best republican argument against it? we'll be right back. the strategists join us next. you're watching "hardball

governor chris christie expressed particular concern about flooding in this town. that house will burn to the ground. >>> north carolina's outer banks were slammed so hard, some areas are only accessible by chopper right now. the main highway washed out stranding 2500 people who didn't leave. our david mattingly is live in kill devil hills, north carolina, where i'm told there was a 30 hours of rain in parts of north carolina just a nonstop rain. >> that's right. when we rode out the storm on the outer banks of north carolina we were hit by rain for over 30 straight hours. we experienced tropical storm and hurricane-force winds for almost that long as well. officials here are only beginning to get the full picture of the damage that was left behind. >> reporter: a stunning view of the power of hurricane irene. north carolina's highway 12 chopped into pieces on hatteras island. the estimated 2500 residents who stayed behind now stranded with no way to drive out. >> we're probably 24 hours away from being able to get there other than by helicopter. >> reporter: hit f

. >> lawrence, your standing ovation for chris christie's comments in your "rewrite" tonight itself earned a standing ovation. it was so perfectly done. >> hey, the guy deserves it. i'm not expecting him to get another one any time soon, but this was the night. >> well done, my friend. thank you. >>> and thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. today was one of those days when even people who do not pay attention to business news and economics news were forced to pay attention to those things. today was a day that every tv network became a business news network. >> take a look now, down 407. 407. massive plunge. >> red across the board. the dow jones industrial average down more than 400 points. >> the dow jones industrial down more than 450 points. nasdaq down right now 117 points. >> down nine of 10 days. >> we have the s&p 500 down more than 4%. our biggest loss since 2009. >> hearing words like alarming, panic, devastating. >> rather panic-stricken selloff continues. look at that. 476.54 down, and going further down. >> now the dow is down more than 500 points. on this session a

his name, governor chris christie. >> ignorance is behind the criticism of soheil muhammad. soheil muhammad is an extraordinary american. sharia law has nothing to do with this at all. it's crazy. it's crazy. the guy's an american citizen who has been an admitted lawyer to practice in the state of new jersey, swearing an oath to uphold the laws of new jersey, the constitution of the state of new jersey, and the constitution of the united states of america. this sharia law business is crap. it's just crazy. and i'm tired of dealing with the crazies. >> it's not often that you will find chris christie getting a round of applause on this program. but when so many on the right are using fear tactics to improve their poll numbers, governor christie has stood up for what is right. you could save a bundle with geico's multi-policy discount. geico, saving people money on more than just car insurance. ♪ geico, saving people money on more than just car insurance. >>> progressive sponges are taking over this great nation and indoctrinating our children. one sponge in particular of ca

we're going to hear from new jersey governor chris christie. he'll give us the latest on that situation, very hard hit. he will take to the podium. we'll bring it to you live as soon as it happens. >>> meantime, slaervermont has n a big hit. the governor joins us now on the telephone. governor what is the situation in your state right now? >> well, we're being absolutely pummeled in the state of vermont. irene is dumping huge loads of water on us. we virtually have flooding from the southern end of the state to it northern end. it's now running up to the northern end of the state. virtually the entire state is impacted. we have over 100 roads closed. extraordinary washouts of bridges, roads, homes. one loss of what we believe to be a loss of life. we're still hopeful that a young woman was standing next to the river in wilmington and last seen by her boyfriend floating down the river. we haven't been able to locate her, or her body. so we're just really in tough shape up here as so many others are doing what the states are. >> and we understand

new jersey governor chris christie says today is the last day to prepare. the weather channel's adam burg is in asbury park and mike taibbi is in sag harbor, new york. let's begin with the situation where you are, adam. >> reporter: it's the calm before the storm. it's a warm day. temperatures in the 80st. this is the calmest moment. as early as 5:00 p.m. tonight we're going to close this beach down. it will be closed at least until 9:00 a.m. monday. hurricane watches extending into new england. a hurricane warning means 36 hours into that particular spot you can expect hurricane force winds. we're talking a day, day and a half. it's a large system. it's lost a little steam as far as sustained winds. it's still a strong category two hurricane with wind speeds at 105 miles per hour. the problem with this system it's so large that those swells and that surge will be rolling in. we'll see a high tide saturday night and another high tide saturday morning and that would probably be the worst of it. >> adam, thank you for the update. i just received a note that p

>> i think what people appreciate about governor christie is his forth rightness. he stepped right up and said, you have to leave. you have to evacuate for your only safety. president obama did a good job also by leaving vacation early. i don't think republicans will criticize him for lack of leadership in these kind of situations, certainly not with this storm, certainly not with the killing of osama bin laden. republicans will criticize the handling of the economy. i think all the polls data shows that as well. but in terms of the storm, i think the president did a good be jo. most of our local and state officials have done an excellent job. michael bloomberg, excellent job, chris christie, excellent job, tom corbett, excellent job. >> do you want to weigh in. >> there was this talking point saying this this president doesn't know how to lead. what you have when you see these series of successes and series of examples of effective leadership is, you really start to see the portrait of an effective, strong president and someone we want to see back in office in 201

do you think chris christie gets in? >> i thought a while ago the field was set. i'm not so sure now. i think there were... >> are you hearing that chris christie wants to get in, the governor of new jersey? >> i put credence in rumblings to that effect. i think if you're him, if you're paul ryan, if you're sarah palin and you're looking at the dynamics right now, of course you're weighing the possibility of getting in. one of the things that factors in is 39% approval rating. if you're a republican you're probably thinking in 2016, i can't wait because there will be a republican in the white house and i don't want to run in a primary. if you're going to run for president, it kind of speeds things up a little bit. >> reporter: let me ask you about some of the controversial comments that have been made by the newest entrants into the field, the texas governor rick perry. he's made some comments especially in his book fed up. he referred to social security in his book as, "a crumbling monument to the failure of the new deal." he compared social security to a, "bad d

not chris christie. and amazingly, the people like it. and he inspires others like scott walker. >> host: arnold is in smyrna, tennessee. you're on with ann coulter. >> caller: hello. how you doing, ann? >> guest: fine, thank you. >> caller: yes. um, i have a couple of questions, but first i have an invitation for you. um, i would like to invite you to go to my web site. it's love god is love.org, or you can read and download for free a book that i co-authored, and the c in co is capitalized. and the title of the book is define 9/11 inter-- divine 9/11 intervention. i think you'll find it interesting, especially pages -- excuse me, i stutter. pages 31 and 32. >> host: all right, arnold. >> caller: here's the question. >> host: great. go ahead. >> caller: yes. are you familiar with what the bible says about liberals, you know, specifically what is in isaiah 32? >> host: arnold, what are you referring to? >> caller: a verse in the king james bible that talks about liberals. and if you'd like me to read it, you know, i could. >> host: does i

chris christie, i didn't even feel like i needed to say the state because we all know chris christie. and in michigan, rick snyder, new republican governor of michigan just passed sweeping reforms that are going to effect every kid in the school system in detroit. this is just something, to me, that the millennials get implicitly, and i think we just need to start, start really screaming it from mountaintops when we have the next opportunity which will be in the next presidential election cycle. the other issue that always ranks highly are with millennials is the environment. and i argue in my book that we need to make a very strong case for a conservative environmentalism. incidentally, the republican party has a pretty good history with environmentalism; teddy roosevelt, richard nixon. i think that we can talk about climate change, and we can acknowledge that climate change is happening, but it's also an inexact science. we know that the cover of "newsweek" in 1975 showed that the globe was going to freeze over. we can acknowledge and talk about it in if a reasonable way -- in a rea

as chris christie has been telling us, over the next 24 to 48 hours, i'm still concerned about the high tide cycles. we will see some rise in the water levels. we'll have some damage from that along with our friends in coastal rhode island and back at buzzard bay. the southerly fetch is the reason we'll have higher tide there's. to the storm the storm is so big we'll have gusts. 38 in norfolk. even though people want to begin to clean up down there in the chesapeake, you probably have a good deal of sunshine, wait until the winds sky off before you head out. i'm sure they will want to have a lot of trees to clean up. don't get in the way of power crews. when the storms is said and done the most power outages and damage probably occurred in virginia late last night. forecast track toes take the storm up through connecticut and new hampshire. i don't want to ignore our friends in vermont, massachusetts and maine. you'll lose power. you're getting tons of heavy rain. very wise to keep you and your family safe indoors as we go through the morning. final thing i want to talk about, 8:06 a.m.

well joining me right now, we have new jersey governor chris christie who has weathered through this storm. governor, a very good morning. let's talk about how good it is in new jersey. where do sthangsd? -- where do things stand? >> the storm is almost passing out of new jersey. the northern half of our state is covered now still by the storm. but we're about half a million people who have lost power and that number is growing a little bit. about 15,000 people in 45 different shelters. 250 roads are subject to closure. but, we're able to move a million people off the jersey shore in 24 hours without incident and i think that that helped us present significant loss of life along the shore line. so, so far we're cautiously optimistic about the way things are at the shore. we're going in to make an assessment. what we're concerned about is inland flooding and that flooding could be record flooding in new jersey because of all the rain and the fact that we've had one of the wettest augusts on record in new jersey before hurricane irene. >> i know it's hard with this storm drain systems

the whole by giving a quarter billion a christie macking of what he says it felt like gambling with our money in an upstart investment firm. with each hole but bernanke he plugs up. the pressure is growing and growing because that change in the structural problems underneath it all. and sooner or later ben bernanke he's fingers. work with the paper won't be able to prevent the damage from collapsing. we can't keep plugging the hole. we need to either do something about the pressure behind the dam or rebuild the dam back to where it was before reaganomics started drilling these holes into it the fed can't do that stuff. only mess with the minutes money supply to fix the structural problems to address why the dam is cracking to begin with and how we can go about building a new stronger dam congress needs to step up bay to start helping people on main street and try to relieve some of the pressure on our dam. help people stay.

and we heard from governor chris christie a short time ago on the "today show," giving an update. they're just, with the sunlight just about to come up or the light, trying to get an assessment early on. he said that they are also dealing with a few people starting to venture out because they can start to see some of the damage. and he's warning people to stay inside. and that's because we're still in, getting the brunt of irene at this time. and that's because a few people are trapped in their cars, they're going out, trying to assess the damage. he said it's going to be record inland flooding, that's what they're preparing for now, dealing with the surge at the shore. and that's coming in, too. we've had high tied that's going to be coming in very soon and we've also have reports where we were at yesterday, asbury park and the boardwalk there, that the water was cresting there, moving inland. that area was expected to flood. we're seeing that. and hearing that that is what is occurring there. inland flooding and the river flooding, that's going to be throughout the day. so again

after surveying some of the damage yesterday, new jersey governor chris christie told reporters he saw extraordinary despair. >> for members of these communities who have lost everything, relief cannot come soon enough for them. >> reporter: governor christie will be joined by homeland secretary janet napolitano as well as the director of fema. they will be taking a look around. they have nowhere toking and are scared to -- to go and are scared to find out what they will find. back to you. >> thank you. >>> residents are being urged to help the people affected by hurricane irene by donating blood. the east coast cancelled blood drives and that's caused a shortage of blood. all eligible donors, you are encouraged to contact the red cross. >>> as people try to recover from hurricane irene, there's another tropical storm getting stronger. right now tropical storm katia is centered in the caribbean. it's moving west-northwest at 22 miles an hour across the atlantic. it's too early to predict if it could reach the united states. >>> it is 7:06. santa rosa police are looking for a young hisp

>> why can't christie and company just be? because in a recent cnn/orc poll, only 14% of republican voters say they are very satisfied with the field. ouch! it's not like democrats are jumping up and down either. 28% of democrats would rather see a candidate other than president obama nominated. a record high. or low for him. there have been calls for hillary clinton to run in 2012. it makes you wonder. is there anyone out there who could inspire the entire country, anybody who would want to be president when the economy is in the toilet and two wars continue to drag on. so the talkback question today is why isn't america more excited about its presidential contenders? facebook.com/"american morning"morning i'll read your comments later this hors. >> i still maintain people aren't as excited about their opportunities right now. >>> wall street's bumpy ride on an upswing right now. we will check the morning markets coming up. >>> gold prices on a tear but the milestones are coming so fast shrast $1,900 an ounce! some experts sa

the very strident voices in the tea party. >> ron christie to you, is it the tea party's fault? were they the folks to blame for bringing us to this blink? >> no of course not f. you look at the fact of the matter is the senate failed utterly to pass the budget. they have not passed a budget in more than two years. it was voted down by the senate 94-0. the house republicans have been very responsible. they passed a budget. if you look at the numbers for deficit reduction it would have cut 4 trillion off and it would not have put us in the population we are now including standard and poors. the president of the united states has failed to lead and put forth a plan to get us out of this mess. the only way we are going to get out of this is to take a look at serious issues of medicare medicaid and democrats are have been able to do that. >> we are going to deal with a special congress a special super congress coming up soon. are they going to have any more success? >> let's hope so. the bottom line is we have chairmans around a million important -- they are the ones who took these

christy, let me start with you. we've got a preview today actually from the senator strategy gist for the president david axelrod said that new jobs plan will include more government stimulus spending. you know what, look at any poll. most americans don't think the first stimulus worked and little appetite for another one. isn't that a stale and unpopular idea? >> thank you for having me here. listen. in order for americans to really understand where president obama is going and to understand the leadership, they need to think where we've been. when president obama took office we were still losing 750,000 jobs a month. we were coming off of eight years of the bush administration. >> gregg: i hate to stop you. i don't want to review history. we have tried stimulus and american public said been there, don't like it? >> i don't think so. what they have shown we were able to stop the bleeding, we were losing 750,000 jobs a month and we are in fact creating jobs. i understand that it's not the economy where everyone want

and that is chris christie and sarah palin. look, michele bachmann is probably not going to go anywhere after new hampshire. i think most political experts would say that. but if you look at chris christie, the more he says no, the more he says yes. when she showed up in iowa, she had the largest crowd, largest media skrum and she continues to create this buzz. and you can't discount that. now, whether she runs or not, i don't know. but she certainly is in place to run and if in fact she does run, she will pull a rick perry and go to number one, unfortunately. >> who is the next candidate to drop out? >> well, my pick -- and i'm sorry to admit, i keep for getting his name. that's so terrible. >> michigan congressman? >> yes, michigan congressman. >> thaddeus mccotter. >> you would think that it would be a santorum or a gingrich. >> right. >> i don't think their ego will let them walk away. i don't think they will be wise enough to get out of the limelight when they should. >> mccotter probably didn't even know was in the race.

governor chris christie another star in the republican party had some moments when he was tough as nails some suggest he was over aggressive, other times more compassionate and one bufrs the ground trying to save he was choked up about it. you think he came on to too strong you think getting off of asbury park or we are going to rip our throat out. what do you think? >> i understand why. people are frustrating. they have faced challenges they have never seen before. that is unacceptable. he is letting that frustration out for the good of all people saying enough is enough. sometimes he gets caught up in the moment but he's a human being just like everybody else. >> i love the guy. i heard on the local radio station on the local news station saying that he was only giving interviews the national shows national correspondents he made a joke about a a reporter from iowa and another from new hampshire. you think he helped our hurt his presidential problems? >> my understanding he's got money so he said that clearly many times. i think he's really concerned about getting his fiscal house in o

also chris christie. so does marco rubio. but i personally hope paul ryan. rick perry? he has a wonderful story to tell of what he has done in texas. the flirtation with rick perry also represents one thing in the republican field that is an expression that many folks like yourselves are not comfortable of -- comfortable with the field of candidates as it is now. we hold the rest of do your thing gain will hear us loud and clear. please get in. the republican party needs you. >> thank you for enlightening us on the millennials today. we appreciate the background that was very helpful. but my question is, first, i am a proud reagan republican my first vote was 1980 when i was 18 voting twice. that is a commentary today because they are not going to the polls and that is not something you spoke to. so my question is, what is it the republican party can do to attract them to the polls and? >> it is true they're not going to the polls for republicans but they are going. they were 18% of the electorate 2008. if they turn out the same, there were 50 million who were eligible

christie, florida, i feel that i don't have to say the states and tennessee admission again the new republican governor just passed reform that will affect every kid in the school system in detroit. this is something to me the millennials get implicitly and we need to start trimming of mountaintop with the next election cycle for president. the other issue that ranks high is the environment. i argue we need to make a strong case for a conservative environmentalism. the republican party has a good history with environmentalism rose about, and nixon, i think that we can talk about a climate change but it is also the an exact science and note the cover of "newsweek" shows the globe would freeze over. we can acknowledge and talk about it in a reasonable way without embracing but left solutions which would lead the enormous tax burdens for energy consumption and frankly only reduce carbon emissions in the united states by a minimal amount without even touching indiana and china. and -- india. but we need to put forth an agenda that the government has an important role to protect the envi

on monday, chris christie wrote to president obama asking for a major disaster declaration for his state after heavy rain and flooding earlier this month. christie wrote in part, it is evident the disaster is such severity and magnitude that federal assistance is necessary. today in mineral, virginia, house majority leader eric cantor returned to his home district to survey the earthquake destruction, and guess what he didn't rule out. >> the federal government does have a role in situations like this. when there's a disaster, there's an appropriate federal role, and we'll find the moneys. >> we will find the moneys, and while texas governor rick perry vows to take washington out of the lives of the voters, he was turned down for a major federal disaster declaration after wild fires ravaged the state. >> 9,000 separate fires in the state of texas. the federal government's only helped us with 25 of them. that's inappropriate. >> perry failed to mention he only asked for federal money 25 times prior and in each of those cases fema said yes. and now south carolina governor nikki haley faces

governors chris christie of new jersey and tom corbett of pennsylvania got an upclose look at the wreckage. total damage across the east coast could run well past $7 billion. you have got to wonder fema says they are out of money. who is paying that? >> steve: sounds like they are going to move some money around that's already been appropriated because they have obviously got to do something. >> alisyn: take money from tornado victims from, say, job minute, missouri and move it to the victims of this. >> brian: go out and check with rick reichmuth now. he is our chief meteorologist working around the clock. right now in long beach, new york. we saw some of that footage, rick, of the lifeguard stand and we knew it came ashore around there. what are you seeing even though it's dark? >> rick: yeah, you know, long beach is one the harvardest hit areas there is a lot of damage come out of here. i want to show you that in a second. first, i want to go and take a look at wyndham, new york. so many areas inland dealing with devastating flooding right now and communities have a very, very scary nig

kay sick in ohio, snyder in michigan, scott in florida, christie in new jersey. they want to cut public education? why? to make the bottom line look good. these americans knew what it meant to the country, not only the state of wisconsin. they were brave enough to go on the firing line and go across state lines to stop the radical agenda so the american people can get ahold of what is going on. the question now is, do enough wisconsinites get it? do enough people in michigan get it? do enough in ohio get it? across the heartland get that washington is not functional anymore and dysfunction is being taken away by radical republicans driving the same agenda that paul ryan is driving out of the state of wisconsin. they want a voucher? they want a voucher? medicare? they are after the new deal. these are the american that is made it happen. these folks will go down in the history books, these 14 americans. what is going to happen tomorrow? >> we are going to win, ed. we are going to take back the senate. we are going to take back wisconsin. we are coming for scott wa

host: what did you think of governor christie? caller: i was surprised he got in touch with obama to help out, and i was very happy that obama, our president, took action way before everything started. host: this is in nebraskan caller. robin on the republicans' line. caller: that report is wrong. [unintelligible] host: is that what you're hearing? we're getting off the ap wire it that it is at least 21. we may learn about more. linda, jackson, michigan. caller: i was commenting earlier -- this is in regards to a man who called earlier yesterday or something, and he blamed obama for the damage of hurricane irene. that's all i have to say. host: why are you calling? does that upset you? caller: no, because if this guy blames obama, he is kind of putting obama up there with a god. host: what do you think about that? caller: well, i don't. host: looking at "the wall street journal," politicians push to stay out in front of events. "god is, mayors and barack obama they were seen driving disaster preparations. they were spurred not onl

. >> sean: interestingly i do know through my sources, a lot of big money is knocking on christie's door, we got $100 million. >> these same guys that are tip kag, i deal a lot with bungalers. >> sean: you know a lot of rich people? >> what these people will do. let's say the donor in new york, bundles 200 or $300 million. he will bundle for it. it doesn't mean you can't go across guidelines. >> think we're getting toward the end of the period whether it would be feasible to get into the race, but i think palin breaks the roolth rules. >> sean: think she does. >> i think christie exists in a separate universe. give access to raising money for the party. >> both of them

which we heard warnings of the governor chris christie a giving an update of how irene is affecting the state. >> njdot, and their sister agencies are fully mobilized, engaged in post-storm operations statewide. about 3 hundred dollars different road closures or obstructions currently exist across the state. we're working to post signs due to flooding or downed wires or downed trees. good news is the turnpike and the bridges are clear, so we have the ability to get equipment where where he need to get it. crews are pushing aside and removing debris where it's safe to do so. transportation maintenance crews are coordinating with bpu and the utility companies in areas that involved downed wires in order to have them take care of the wires first before we go in. on the parkway, as of 1:00 p.m. today, we are reopening the parkway southbound. south of exit 98. however, the one exception for mile marker 91 to 98, there is a closure in both directions because of the extreme flooding. so we have detours set up, but you should expect congestion and delays in the area as you go because of the flo

the mayor, chris christie, took an aerial view of the flooding. major, major problems even away from big rivers and away from the coast. the mayor is warning still of possible record flooding in the next two days. you had a lot of rain here before the storm. it soaked the ground. dams are still at risk here in knowledge. in millburn they certainly got the brunt of it. we're by this river in the middle of town, kyra. this crested, if you can believe it came all the way over, gushing into the streets and all the local businesses here on main street. i had a chance to spend the whole day yesterday with the business owners, dealing with the devastation. take a look at one. we're going to go see the basement. if we can look at the floor here, it's full of mud. you have a lot of sewage and grass and leaves that flew into these restaurants. this stuff can be -- go ahead and take us there. can be cleaned up. what dana was telling me earlier, it's going to take about a month. big concern here is that often times flood insurance doesn't cover basements. can

we'll have to see about governor chris christie. the media often gets criticized for looking for the next shiny thing in a race that's already developed, but this is from everything we're hearing a reality, that congressman ryan at least is strongly considering whether to get in. rick: and karl rove was on this broadcast yesterday mentioning the name of chris christie as someone else who, perhaps, is still considering a potential run for the nomination. and carl also said, bret, and i'm wondering what your take is on this, that the gop candidates have to be a little bit careful that they don't go so far to the right that they make themselves unelectable in a general election if they were able to go on and get the nod in an election against president obama. is that a tougher thing to do in this political environment, do you think? >> reporter: definitely. first on governor christie, i think it's less likely although it's, obviously, still possible that he'll get in, but less likely as far as governor christie goes. secondly, it alway

this is governor chris christie. >> this shari ya law business i crap, it is crazy. and i'm tired of dealing with the crazy and it's just up necessary. >> again, that was republican governor chris christie of new jersey call out islam ma phobes. you, senator simpson, recently called out homo folks. should more republicans follow your example, follow chris christie's example and go head-to-head with the haters out there? >> boy, that's what i do. i mean, it's not hard to do if you just don't shriek and tear your hair. grover norquist is a good eggs with a very bad idea. and how he got these guys to sign up on this stuff, what i say to people, look, if -- now, grover can't murder ya, he is not that kind answered won't burn your house down, he is not that way. the only thing he can do to you is defeat you for re-election and if that means more to you than helping your country through a rocky time of fiscal disaster coming, then you shouldn't be in congress. that's what i tell them. homophobe, we all have -- we all know someone we know or love who is gay or lesbian. what

. >> 's looks like your boy, chris christie isn't running. who's next? >> i would like to say that if my boy, chris christie doesn't run, he will go from being my love to the enemy for life. i am not designing a parachute so i can type into the governor's mansion and group convince him to run. the country needs him. i think he is head and shoulders about the other candidates, who are they. it's worth noting every single republican in the debate monday night is better than john mccain. [applause] it's not that i intentionally dislike any, but running against incumbent with all mainstream media against us. christie also won the governorship in one of the most left-wing states in the union. i was shocked when he won. i would've lost bets on that. i don't think it's a guarantee that to win reelection. he'll be a loser the next you run. or if your command line for president in 60 or spirit thirdly, we have an amazing american farm team coming up, but ted deutch nelly, if he runs for governor, he is like chris christie. he suddenly articulate, which is somethi

chris christie. yes. i think there's very -- great enthusiasm for him. >> yeah. well, i don't think he will do it. >> it is not a coincidence karl rove keeps writing and saying chris christie might run. >> but he hates rick perry. >> that's right. he is raining on perry's parade. >> thank you so much for joining us. that was fun. back to you guys. >> that was an excellent discussion. 45 minutes after the hour. let's get up to speed on the top stories including, well the latest on a bus attack in israel. a little more information on that. we will bring it to you on the other side of the break. >> we are going to tell you about how abercrombie & fitch was hurt. major medical. ...but it helps pay the doctors. pays the doctors, boyyy! [ quack ] oh yeah? what about your family? ♪ we added aflac, so we get cash! it's like our safety net... ♪ to help with the mortgage or whatever we need! so my family doesn't feel the pain too. ha! [ male announcer ] help protect your family at aflac.com. [ pigeons ] heyyy! hooo!!! no, it's just for new people. hey ! chocolate, vani

they're john christie and son 22-year-old craig christie. they're accused of calling palin's attorney more than 400 times this month and leaving profanity-laced threats involving sexual assault, kidnapping and death. and members of two basketball teams are attempting to mend fences. according to a statement from georgetown, coach john thompson iii and two players many et with the members of the chinese team. rueters can quoting a top chinese foreign ministry official as saying, quote, the skies have cleared. not sure about the bruises, though, wolf. we'll see you in the rematch. this weekend. >> in the republican presidential race, the former u.s. ambassador to china also has tough comments and even for his former bos, president obama. piers morgan asked huntsman about the showdown over raising the get limit and the tea party's refusal to compromise. >> i thought it was a height of irresponsibility, the height of irresponsibility where 25% of the gdp, the united states of america that has never defaulted before, just let it go over a cliff.

chris christie, what does he have to say? >> we are still experiencing winds of 45 miles-an-hour that can cause, because of the wed grounds, fallen trees and other issues on the road regarding flooding. let's talk first about road and travel. njdot and transit and turnpike and south jersey transportation authority are fully mobilized and engaged in post storm operations statewide. 300 different road closures or obstructions currently exist across the state. we are working to post signs where the roads are closed, due to flooding or downed wires, trees or other obstructions. good news is the turnpike and bridges are clear. we have the ability to get equipment where we need to get it. crews are pushing from roads where it is safe to do so. transportation maintenance crews are coordinating with the utility companies in areas that involve downed wires to take care of the wires first before we go in. on the parkway, as of 1 p.m. today, we are reopening the parkway southbound, south of exit 98. however, one exception from mile mark

we have another update from governor chris christie's office s. the new jersey governor, according to his media spokesperson, the governor was given inaccurate information when he reported that the new jersey firefighter had died in a water rescue. the information is that that firefighter is alive, and is in critical condition in intensive care. so the governor was given inaccurate information, and his office is now sending out the word the firefighters involved is in fact alive and in critical condition in icu. >>> we've also gotten new information from the weather channel, 14 people is the confirmed number of people who lost their lives as a result of this storm in six separate states. the bulk of those sadly in north carolina, five people in virginia, four other fatalities. >>> about 4 million are without power. 750,000 in new york, 650,000 in new jersey, 792,000 in maryland, 1 million without power in virginia and 32,000 in washington, d.c. another 480,000 in north carolina, and rhode island, and 200 thousand people without power in massachuse