governor chris christie in the spotlight. he may veto gay marriage but he wants folks to vote on whether it should be legalized rather than the legislature. that is not the most controversial thing governor christie did this week. tomorrow is whitney houston's funeral. the governor ordered the flag to new jersey flown at half staff. a lot of people are angry about this. but not me. i believe the governor is showing respect to miss houston's family and honoring her talent brought to millions so i designate chris christie in this controversy as a patriot. that is it for us. check out the fox news website, different from bill o'reilly.com. we will like you to spout off about the factor, anywhere in the world. o'reilly@foxnews.com. name and town. if you wish to opine. do not be a nudnick. now, i chose that word because a letter from haifa, israel, that wants us to come over there. which would frighten the middle east. but nudnick is a yiddish word. you don't want to be one. believe me. freeman, doing a great job. skip, always rig

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. >> chris christie, let's take him on gun control. this area, pro gun control. that's a problem on a broader ticket, right? >> the biggest problem, abortion, you can work out. i don't like abortion. i would rarthd not see abortions. i would like to work to reduce abortions. i think a woman has a right. i think the gay rights issue is a more current one right now. i think that beyond all of the religious and social parts of it, it makes the party look like it isn't a modern party. it doesn't understand the modern world that we live on. >> should they say it's up to individu individuals? >> how about it's up to states? states rights parties, let states decide what they want and different states will have different conclusions about this. >> thank you very much. good to see you. brought up gay marriage. we're going to have more on that in a moment. >>> and the dramaticent to the trial of a man accused of murdering his wife on the honeymoon. >>> and yes, a very angy chris christie. >> i used to be a prosecutor, but i'm not going to be cross-examines by you this morn

between two governors, chris christie and martin o'malley. a tire manufacturer issue as recall on thousands of tires. we have details this morning. >> a live look at hollywood boulevard. good morning, maryland, i'm charley crowson. >> i'm megan pringle. thank you for joining us. we will talk about the oscars in main. we should give an award to -- >> we are chilly, bundle up. 32 now in to frederick. handover 33, darlington 32. the good news is that is the winds are not around this morning for the most part. they will pick up in to the afternoon. we will stay dry. we look at maryland's most powerful radar, all five sweeps are on, that's the name of the game, you don't need to take an umbrella with you today, keep it close by, in the forecast, it will be showers, here is the hour by hour forecast. by lunchtime, 55 degrees, wonderful day to eat the lunch outdoors. let's get a check of your traffic with angela. good morning. >> good morning to you. the one trouble spot we are following, northbound 29 at maryland 100, this is in elk

take a listen. >> chris christie's brand of don rickel's leadership is unusual. to have a person who is fiscally responsible to make such poor choices and travels all over the country, it's entertaining but doesn't make for good governor nans >>> i'm going to chime in here now. all right, we have three systems to talk about. a clipper in here throughout the day. we will have a cold front trailing it. that's going to work in to our area, dropping the temperatures behind it for tomorrow. it will be a dry cold front. we have another system here to the south, bringing rain, we could see clouds trying to stretch in to the area. high pressure in control of our area. heading west, this is going be affecting our area in to your wednesday. we have a couple of dry days before the wet weather moves in the forecast for us. be prepared. in the meantime, enjoy today as we have high pressure in control. we will look for the cold front to pass through the year in to the afternoon. it will be dry. no brip precipitation wit. lots of sunshine. we put future trend in to motion. not

the best one for that if rubio is out is chris christie. >> what does rubio bring with him? he brings several things. he's tea party endorsed and he has a lot of people that are not tea party. he's a cuban-american. >> he brings in the latino vote. is that big? >> he has the potential of being the hispanic president obama. >> he's quite -- >> what do you mean? >> way he has conducted himself in washington is impressive. he's never gotten out in front of himself and he's given a series of wonderful speeches. >> he gets the cuban vote. he doesn't get the mexican vote. but if rick santorum comes rolling in with 30% of the delegates, it's you have to to pass over him. but the thing is with christy with the gay rights and marriage amendment on the ballot in new jersey may be able to pull them out of democratic party. >> what else does florida have? catholic. >> he's anti-immigration. sew brings not necessarily goin to him. >> ask i have a frog in my throat. think about it. >> not with the hispanic vote. >> it's there but it's not there. there are four republicans now i think it w

chris christie after appearing on nbc's "face the nation. upon leaving the interview, chris christie was not holding back either when it came to an alley. >> governor o'malley is not worthy. he is not that smart and is not that good. he is flippant. i give him credit for that. >> they sound like candidates for me. both of them were in washington for the national governors conference meeting for the issues facing the country. >> 24 hours to go before the primaries in michigan and arizona. romney and santorum are crisscrossing michigan where the two or showed has virtually tied. >> romney it secured a -- theey secured endorsement of arizona governor jan brewer. >> there is santorum talking about social issues again. i'm talking about government imposing themselves on your life. >> santorum's lead is down to a tie. >> if you had to do again, would you change your campaign? >> we have done remarkably well. >> in a restaurant near detroit, the reaction of some was negative. >> he is so extreme. and hear the things he says o, i think he is so extr

chris christie seems to have a fundamental misunderstanding of marriage equality. specifically, the equality part. it's surprising since he, too, is a member of a group society does not always grant a full measure of respect. i'm referring, of course, to christie's choice to live openly as an obese american. (laughter) i wonder what his position would be on this marriage question if the national discussion went thusly. >> i'm not in favor of fat marriage. i don't think you can redefine marriage. fat marriage is wrong. we fought hard and prevented massachusetts from becoming the las vegas of fat marriage. >> new york is a place with lots of fats but i'm not in favor of fat marriage. (laughter) (cheers and applause) >> jon: i mean honestly, it makes as much sense as stopping gay marriage. so get over it, christie. but, hey, vetoing bills is the governor's prerogative. in virginia, their governor bob mcdonald is signing a bill coming out of his legislature. i wonder if it's to legalize gay marriage. >> the legislation would require any woman getting an abortion to fir

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rick santorum comes in second followed by the new jersey governor chris christie. rick santorum statistically tide, where romney grew up, but now romney has fresh ammunition, unleashing against santorum. joe johns is joining us from millford, michigan. what's the latest on mitt romney and rick santorum, joe. >> reporter: he was out west trying to raise badly needed money, while mitt romney was headed east, but not before fire a broad side. in the shrinking news hole between now and primary day, every second is starting to count. mitt romney apparently couldn't wait to get to a tea party rally in michigan to exploit his chief rival's stumble in the cnn debate. so he unloaded on rick santorum while still for the admission he voted for something he didn't believe in, specifically george w. bush's no child left behind initiative, which many conservatives don't like, because it expanded the involvement of the federal government in education. >> senator santorum explained most of the night why he did or voted for things he disagreed with. he talked about this as being ta

. >> people say to me about chris christie, i love that guy. he's a fighter, a character, says the right thing at the right time, all the things you'd want to hear if you ever had aspirations to be a presidential candidate. can we assume that at some stage you might run? >> i think you can assume it because you know, only god knows what life brings you. you can't assume it. men plan, god laughs, you know. so i think what i want to do is do this job as best i can. if later on there's opportunities that come my way, challenges that i want to take on that include the presidency, i certainly would not preclude that. >> the one thing i don't get in all this with you supporting mitt romney, i can never see you -- i don't not get that, he's a very capable man and politician, i don't get you ever playing second fiddle to somebody in any official capacity. i couldn't see you being a vice president for example. >> i said that all along. i think it's unlikely i'll be asked. >> it's not your bag? >> no. i've said it over and over again. i think i'm much be

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i'll talk to governor chris christie about that. and more of my interview with ricky jervais. >> at least he can use expressi expressions, most of them are too botoxed out, you can't tell if they're smiling or not. >> jason, you're outside the church in new jersey, tell me about what you can expect tomorrow. >> well, first let's set the stage in terms of what's happening out here in new jersey. i can tell you that just about ten minutes away from here, piers, at the funeral home, a private viewing is taking place this evening. i know that members of the houston family have already shown up, also we're told, clive davis has shown up, this is a private viewing, just for family and very close friends. when i was at the funeral home a little bit earlier, i could see that the street had been blocked off. at the side of the funeral home, a white tent has been set up here so family and friends can have the privacy they need at this very sensitive time. preparations are already underway for tomorrow's funeral. and we have seen a number of p

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governor chris christie answers questions. >> what's question? >> do you think warren buffett needs as much attention as the most vulnerable? and why he's got this man crush on the boss. >> four pictures of bruce springsteen and he doesn't even like you. >> i like him. so it unrequited love. >> does it really matter in politics? >> we don't take any victories in politics. every day when i come into this building, it still amazing to me. i have a sense of wonder. i save how the hell did this happen? how did i become governor? you shake your head about it. >> this piers morgan interview starts now. >> thank you for inviting me in here. four pictures of bruce springsteen and he doesn't even like you. >> i like him. it unrequited love. but i got to hang with it. >> talking unrequited love, i know for a fact you've been watching your show because donald trump told me. you had dinner with him and you told him. my favorite question is how many times have you been properly in love. which leads me to the fu fundamental issue about mitt romney. why are so

chris christie can balance the budget but he struggles to balance the scale. should physical size be an issue when it comes to political stardom? listen to what the governor told me. i couldn't help but notice, you're slightly trimmer, governor. am i right? >> i'm working on it. yes, you are, but it is a regular struggle. >> you have lost quite a lot of weight since i last saw you. >> a little bit. we don't take any victory laps in this battle. i've been going through it for 20 plus years. >> are you now on a bit of a mission? >> you know, i'm intermittently on a mission on this stuff. that's why i'm reluctant to say anything more than just i'm trying to be healthier, i'm eating better, i've been working with a trainer on a regular basis and worked before we met today. and i'm trying. because i'm getting ready to be 50. i'll be 50 this fall and i'm starting to feel my own mortality and i have to be around for my kids and hopefully grand children. so you start to think about it in a way that you don't think about it as a younger man. >> well, it's working. keep

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the problem is, i think the democrats are so concerned that chris christie is so popular that that they're trying to use this as a wedge issue even though their own democrats don't support the issue. he's so popular and effective that it kind of blur what is the democrats message is most of the time and that's why they're trying to use this issue to kind of cut down this incredibly popular governor. >> you get the last word. saying this is not an issue of civil rights. if not, what is it? >> well, how can it no, not be. when i have a certain right and allowed to do something and you're not. that's what we fought over with this country has been founded on is fairness. the governor is 1,000% wrong and if he would allow the republicans and the legislature to vote their conscience there wouldn't be a question it would be an easy override. >> steve sweeney, joe bramnick thanks for your time. appreciate it. apple shares topped $500. wall street is closing in on 1300 and gm posts record profits quite the week. coming up, can we build on that? today is gonna be an important day for us. you ready?