English subtitles for clip: File:Chris Christie On Post-Sandy Obama Meet- 'I Would Do It Again' - Morning Joe - MSNBC.webm

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THIS. >> WHEN HURRICANE IVAN HI, BUT

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THAT NIGHT MISSISSIPPI POWER TRUCKS, ALABAMA POWER TRUCKS UP

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AND DOWN OUR BLOCKS AND THEY WERE WORKING LITERALLY 24 HOURS

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A DAY. >> THAT'S WHO WE ARE.

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>> THAT'S WHAT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO DO.

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YOU LIVED THROUGH IT. YOU PRESIDED OVER IT.

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PEOPLE HAVE COVERED IT. WE HAVE COVERED THINGS LIKE

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THIS. THERE IS THE REACTION TO IT,

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RESCUE ASPECT OF IT WHICH IS ONGOING NOW AND THEN THERE'S

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RECOVER RHODE ISLAND YOU'RE STILL GOING THROUGH THE RECOVERY

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PROCESS AND ENORMOUS COST OF IT. IN THE MILD OF IT, THE REACTION

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TO IT YOU HAVE A PRESIDENT ARRIVING IN TEXAS.

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YOU HAD A PRESIDENT ALIVE --

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ARRIVING IN NEW JERSEY. TELL US ABOUT BARACK OBAMA

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ARRIVING IN NEW JERSEY AND DEALING WITH THE PEOPLE OF NEW

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JERSEY. >> LET'S REMEMBER THE CONTEXT

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WHICH YOU IMPLIED, WE WERE EIGHT DAYS AWAY FROM A NATIONAL

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ELECTION WHEN HURRICANE SANDY HIT.

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I WAS IF NOT THE TOP SURROGATE AT LEAST ONE OF THE TOP

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SURROGATES. SO WHEN THE STORM HIT, THE DAY

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AFTER THE PRESIDENT CALLED ME AND SAID I WANT TO COME TO NEW

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JERSEY BUT IF THAT'S GOING TO BE AWKWARD FOR YOU WE SHOULD TALK

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ABOUT IT. I SAID MR. PRESIDENT, WE WANT

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YOU TO COME TO NEW JERSEY. HE CAME TWO DAYS AFTER.

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YOU'RE SHOWING SOME OF THE PICTURES NOW.

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WE WALKED AROUND TO EFFECTED AREAS.

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I SHOWED HIM SO HE COULD SEE FOR HIMSELF ON THE GROUND IN NEW

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JERSEY, THE EFFECT OF WHAT WAS HAPPENING THE DEVASTATION AND I

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THINK IT SET THE PACE FOR HIS ATTENTION TO THIS GOING FORWARD

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AND IT ALSO SET THE PACE BETWEEN MY CABINET AND HIS AND

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RELATIONSHIP YOU NEED. THERE WILL BE A LOT OF BUMPY

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MOMENTS GETTING THE RECOVERY DONE.

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IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE TO HAVE THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED

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STATES THERE. >> AND LOOKING AT THIS DISASTER

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FROM A GOOD DISTANCE HOW IMPORTANT IS IT TO HAVE LIKE

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REGIONAL ADMINISTRATIVES, SBA, HUD, EPA ON THE GROUND DEALING

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WITH THINGS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE?

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THE GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN HOLLOWED OUT.

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HOW CRITICAL IS THAT? >> IT IS ESSENTIAL.

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IT HAS TO START FIRST THAT THEY CAN SPEAK AT ANY TIME.

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THAT DAY WHEN BARACK OBAMA CAME HE HANDED ME A PIECE OF PAPER

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WITH A PRIVATE PHONE NUMBER ON IT.

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HE SAID YOU CALL THIS DAY OR NIGHT AND YOU'LL GET ME.

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>> DO YOU STILL HAVE IT? >> NO.

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HE MADE THE INSTRUCTION TO HIS CABINET MEMBERS.

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HE SAID IF IF GOVERNOR OR ANY OF HIS PEOPLE CALL IT IS

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UNACCEPTABLE TO THAT CALL NOT TO BE RETURNED WITHIN 30 MINUTES.

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WE BOTH UNDERSTOOD EVEN THOUGH I WAS OUT ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL

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BEATING THE BEJESUS OUT OF HIM ON BEHALF OF MITT ROMNEY RIGHT

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UP UNTIL THE SATURDAY BEFORE THE STORM BUT WE HAD A JOB TO DO.

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THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS I WOULD DO IT AGAIN.

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IF IT WAS TODAY I WOULD DO IT AGAIN.

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THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE PAID TO