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A board member told "wall street journal" the bidding process was fair and did not involve personal favors. he said cowboys owner jerry jones was not involved. meanwhile, no matter how you look at this its bad news for governor christie who has been under heavy criticism for bridge-gate, has spurred calls for reform in the port authority. governors christie and cuomo recently vetoed legislative overhaul of the authority. instead they pushed for a set of changes written by a panel they appointed....

Now for the best political theater of 2014. thomas roberts? >> it would have to be the extensive reporting thats been happening on bridge gate. it started in 2014. it dates back to when the george washington bridge was actually closed down. all the sourcing and all the things that have been revealed through the year now we get to the end of the year. and it continues with the fact now well get into 2015 in january with the potential of indictments. the one interesting fact in all this is that br...

Huge win. the complete wave election and he traveled the places. >> 2014 was a bad year when it came to bridge gate. our colleagues at wnbc reported they would see indictments and bridge gate. federal reports. >> if there indictments, that would be a bad piece of news if this comes out at the time in which you get clear signals with others that they are going in. >> i remember you were there in tampa when he gave that key note. he was that wanted the opportunity. appreciate it. still to come, th...

About where they put the best candidates and whether they chose to run the last two times. >> good point. in terms of chris christie, if he doesnt run after doing the rga thing and fighting back on the media on bridge gate, does he become a power player or a book tour guy? >> there always second and third acts and sometimes when you think that now is the time and you might think of im so glad i delayed it, there is going to be a big issue and someone deciding to run. no one thought looking back ...

Thats something. >> they try to answer these calls for justice. >> eric schneiderman, thank you for the moves and taking the time to explain it in the country. now to new jersey where a report released by a state panel found no conlouisive evidence that chris christie was involved in the scandal known as bridge gate. he didnt know anything about the actions of an aide who called for the closure of the bridge last year. the retribution against the mayor of ft. lee who didnt support his reelection...

Do you think this will be part of the debate coming into the next presidential election in dealing with the attorney jern? >> i can hear it right now. >> well agree on that one. >> i think that helps chris christie because president obama, has been criticized for being weak and the federal level and international level and every year. he has the opportunity to be the guy coming in and was cleared of bridge-gate, able to handle that. >> still have that investigation so -- >> they wont let it go, ...

To get inside u.s. attorneys office to figure out whats going on with the bridge-gate thing and now we have what seems like really credible reporting from brian thompson. whats the decision usually behind that? what is happening inside for something like that to get out? >> well, its unusual. federal prosecutors are usually a lot more discreet than state prosecutors because they are not elected officials. they are appointed by the president. this report is incredible though because weve always t...

We are back. an interim report by lawmakers obtained by nbc news shows no conclusive evidence. the investigations could bridge gate be a political positive for governor christie in a primary? the host of up, weekend mornings here on msnbc. and chris christie here with bridge gate was able to take on the liberal media that was out to get him. basically washing himself of that photo op with president obama after sandy to some degree. could this help him at the end of the day with the conservative ...

He says in 2000 interviews, most dismissed bridge gate as an unhealthy obsession of east coast democrats. christies numbers are solid in places like iowa, 54% among republicans there. if its not the meat and potatoes of what happened, is it really largely about his management style and do people in states like south carolina and new hampshire, do they care about this? >> im actually on venus or mars a little bit. i forget which. >> youre stratling. >> primary voters from the east river, hudson r...

Have a piece out in "the atlantic" on middle east policy. the vagaries of this presidents leadership are as much from the lack of clarity with which he governs as they are anything else. one thing chris christie has going for him is exquisite clarity. he communicates in ways that everyone understands. everyone knows where he stands on issues. he actually has run the state. he formed bipartisan allegiances. everyone running, especially in the republican primary would have a burden to care. his wo...