Christie was at a New York Mets and Philadelphia Phillies baseball game Sunday when he says Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano called.
Christie says Napolitano told him that President Barack Obama felt the governor should be given advance notice because of the number of New Jerseyans killed in the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
Nearly one-quarter of those who died were New Jersey residents.
Christie spoke Friday on New York radio station WFAN, where the governor is a guest co-host on the "Boomer and Carton Show."
