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Of encapsule lakap sul lacap sl. the crihristie attorney or the w firm hired by the governors office is not just to blame his former allies but to shame them. >> its a very weird strategy, we have seen it all along, she couldnt leave david wildstein alone. with this, this is like they took every sexist misogynistic cliche in the world and spewed it in this report. first of all, we have to know about her relationship, but we also have to know that she was the one allegedly scorned, really? we nee...

Okay? so i understand that. and if i did i misspoke that they were dedicated to ft. lee residents. they are dedicated to the town of ft. lee, my understanding for their development was to relieve traffic con jessation going to the bridges. but i will tell you that thats an understanding that will only come into knowledge of in the last number of months, because even when i went that way a couple of times, years ago, it was -- i didnt know they were committed to ft. lee and to the town of ft. lee...

Them and their states of mind. what did you make of that? >> to be honest with you, when i read this, i was appalled. i was appalled that the taxpayers would have to pay for it. and as a woman, i was appalled that they would say that brilgt ann kelly did this all on her own because she was scorned. were not back in the stone ages, theyre trying to put out that tony th that the tony of the -- bridget ann kelley would not have had those responsibilities in his office if she could noll be reliable....

Ongoing and it is limited as randy mastro pointed out by some of the access they had and didnt have to sorenecertain pe. but in the end, all thats fronted in the report. it doesnt claim to be anything other than what it is. its exhaustive and its thorough. no matter what youre going to be contribute sized in these instanc instances. >> is there a reason for severing ties with step hrkstep you still think that -- can you imagine a time when -- [ inaudible ] >> lets be clear, it was tonight salty ...

>> you talked about how this will not impact -- we have seen how this affects the voters, even republican voters, how is it possible this this controversy will not impact your run for president? >> well, those are two different questions, right? >> impact running as a choice, im just telling you that it wont. and the fact of the matter is, that i had nothing to do with this and as i said from the beginning in this report, has supported exactly what i said. and in the long sweep of things, any ...

It pertainis to my office. i resolve to do whatever we can to be better. to be a better governor, to be a better staff, and to be a better administration. we owe that to the people of new jersey and thats what i will attempt to deliver. there will be further announcements in the coming weeks as we work to implement these recommendations and their structure and to find the best possible people to fill these roles. as to the port authority, i agree with the main thrust of the report, and the need ...

Believe that. >> i believe what the report told me. terry? >> getting back to david sampson, do you think his step down was played out -- >> no. >> in other words -- >> no, i dont think it was essential, but he did. and so he called me this afternoon and told me that if youre going to have a chance to institute these type of reforms, i think you have to have somebody in there who will be able to take a brand-new look at this and not have to worry about the things in the past and so im going to g...

News conference. >> i expect its going to be another long pity party, about how wronged he feels about this and how let down hes been and how hes losing sleep, like he was telling diane sawyer, i expect him to do exactly what he did last time. i dont know if it will go on for two hours, i dont know if he has that stamina, but i expect it to be self serving and he wont give an inch. >> be sure to check out joans article on the christie scandal at salon.com. were also linked to the report. steve a...

So we are going to continue our investigation, were going to continue to ask for those documents that we have not been privy too. and he met, this particular attorney has made reference to it. he has -- i would think that he has to give it to the committee at this point. >> i think because this is actually taxpayer money, now the governor has made much of saying this was not his personal attorney, this was someone hired by the governors office, but it was paid for by taxpayer money. is there goi...

Friend of chris christie for a long time. it could not have been done unless christie had signed off on it. it is the most ridiculous million dollar report that i think i have ever read in my career, and when i got to the part where they were trying to blame kelly and the reason they gave for it, i thought, this is like a saturday night lives skit, its not real. >> because you know all these players so well, the stephian part of it is also unreal. he may have had these conversations that upset t...