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Lets just leave it at that. >> now, i want to tell you, we put those pieces of sound together because its classic good cop/bad cop. when governor christie says lets leave it at that, hes not really being straightforward because thats his lawyer we played, mastro, who was attacking wildstein and they put out this report christie ordered attacking wildstein, so its not just leaving it at that. >> the wording on the report i thought was curious because it said that he obviously wanted to hurt this ...

People. >> i obviously believe that having david wildstein at the port authority was a mistake. lets just leave it at that. >> now, i want to tell you, we put those pieces of sound together because its classic good cop/bad cop. when governor christie says lets leave it at that, hes not really being straightforward because thats his lawyer we played, mastro, who was attacking wildstein and they put out this report christie ordered attacking wildstein, so its not just leaving it at that. >> the wo...

Attacking wildstein and kelly. and moments ago abcs "world news" with diane sawyer with chris christie. >> when these things were reported i said this cant possibly be true, because who would do something like that. sometimes people do inexplicably stupid things. so thats what makes it so hard then as the guy in charge, none of it made any sense to me. and to some extent, still does not. >> loretta weinberg is a democratic state senator from new jersey and a co-chair of the committee investigati...

In september. >> if i read that or someone said something to me about traffic issues up there, it wouldnt have been meaningful to me. because i didnt know there was any problem up there. >> christie said the first time he remembers hearing about the problem was when he read this october 1st "wall street journal" article about the port authority executive director calling lane closings abusive. but what may have been most note worthy about this radio appearance was what christie did not say. no a...

Joining us now is reporter matt katz who covers new jersey for wnyc radio. thanks for being with us. nice to have you here. >> sure, rh. >> strong denials from the governor on this radio interview tonight. its his first time answering live questions from a live human really on this matter since january 9th. what did he say tonight that we didnt necessarily know before? >> yeah, there were three things i picked up. first, he was more curious about why this happened or presented himself as being m...

Different, above the fray, hes supposed to be tough but now are people saying he is a bully. there is a fine line in politics so you are beginning to sense from national republicans that maybe this guy will come out of this as damaged goods, even if -- even if -- he is telling the truth. now it is early. but again, the buzz in washington especially in the last 24 to 48 hours has changed a bit and thats not good for chris christie. >> talk about christies letter attacking wildstein. does it make ...