Christie Battles Charlie Rose: ‘I Know that You’re Obsessed with Russia this Morning’

ROSE: “Governor, how would you get rid of Assad?”
CHRISTIE: “Listen. I think that is something that’s got to be the product of talks between our NATO allies with us and our Arab allies in the coalition.” [crosstalk]
ROSE: “But not Russia?”
CHRISTIE: “Listen, Charlie, I know that you’re obsessed with Russia this morning and I’m just simply not. I don’t think Russia has earned the right.”
ROSE: “No, no, no. Governor, you’re the one talking about shooting down their planes.”
CHRISTIE: “Charlie, you asked about a no-fly zone. And that’s the definition of a no-fly zone. If that offends folks in the U.N. crowd I’m sorry, but America needs to assert itself again and in playing the weak hand that this president has played for this country we now have Russian troops in Crimea we have the disrupting Ukraine —“ [crosstalk]
ROSE: “What if they create a no-fly zone?”
CHRISTIE: “Charlie, they are aligning with the Iranians try to create an Iranian empire across the Middle East. I don’t call that a friend.”
ROSE: “Thanks, governor.”
KING: “Thank you Governor Christie, for getting up with us this morning, we appreciate it.”