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Huge if -- if all of these allegations are proven true, governor christie he believes should resign or even being impeached. those are very, very strong words. >> they are. but so far there is no evidence of anything tying governor christie, even with these allegations, if you believe all of them, mayor zimmer says the lieutenant governor said something to her about tying this development project with sandy relief funds. she says that a different official in the christie administration made a si...

Development. and also the fact that you do have this very powerful governor and very powerful mayors, but i have been thinking about this same thing, this politics as usual? and the allegation that he would hold up funding for flood mitigation for sandy in order to essentially do a favor for buddies of his who are linked to this development project, that is way outside of the norm of what happens with politics. this is no sort of pet project, earmark, you support me on this bill and ill get you ...

Journal. right now, this is a big classic case of he said, she said. hoboken mayor, dawn zimmer has gone public with allegations that kim quau dan know delivered a threat on the governors behalf to withhold much-needed superstorm sandy relief funds for her flood-damaged city if she did not support a development project. >> the fact is, she came. the lieutenant governor pulled me aside and said, essentially, you have to move forward with the rockefeller project. this project is really important...

Away. very scary. jonathan, thanks so much. new jersey governor chris christies administration on the defensive once again today with the mayor now of hoboken, new jersey, accusing christie of threating to withhold superstorm sandy aid unless she okayed a development project he liked. mayor dawn zimmer is accusing the states lieutenant governor of delivering the message for christie. the lieutenant governor strongly denied that claim earlier today. >> the suggestion that anyone would hold back...

Kornacki" when she said this and she was pretty clear when she said there was a direct link being made by the christie administration. i dont think theres any doubt of what she said that she heard and what her allegations are. >> by the way, whats the status of that project, the huge development project that they were talking about? >> again, i dont know. i just know that what the mayor of hoboken said, was that it was still outstanding. but i dont know any details about it, wolf. >> you were on...

Because they go to the core of governor christies signature issue. helping victims of hurricane sandy. what the mayor of hoboken dawn zimmer has said is that the christie administration held up funding for her city, for sandy recovery because she didnt back this development project that was being represented by one of christies top political advisers. now, what the pushback were getting from the christie camp is, look, why didnt mayor zimmer say this before? she says, by her own account, that th...

Of the woodwork. in his response, christies spokesman says theyve been helping hoboken get the help they need after sandy with. the city already having been approved for nearly $70 million in federal aid and is targeted to get even more when the obama administration approves the next round of funding. a spokesman for david sampsons law firm said in a statement its conduct in representing that development project was appropriate in all respects. one other point, alex. the christie camp is slammin...

>> and when i try to explain outside of new jersey -- i cover new jersey, you served in the legislature in new jersey. when you talk about the reputation of new jersey as a corrupt state, i always say it comes down to one word, development. more often than anything else it is related to these development projects. thats where the corruption kind of springs out. when we started hearing this story from the mayor of hoboken and in looking at these documents, it was not surprising if what she is say...

Richard constable strongly implied the same thing. in the diary that she shared with us zimmer asks why the governor would be so interested in that development project. why would it matter so much to him? the statement from christies office yesterday did not address the development project at all. nor did it defend lieutenant governor guagdano and commissioner constable against zimmers accusations. the story we reported raises questions that we are still pursuing and that others are now pursuing...

The show from the governors office. we want to read the latest statement. it says mayor zimmers allegation that on may 16, 2013, commissioner constable conditioned hobokens receipt of sandy aid on her moving forward with a development project is categorically false. just want to make sure to get that in there. david, you have been following this story. i wonder what you make of what you heard from the mayor of hoboken and how that fits into the bigger picture here if it does at all. >> there are...