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Is that i still only see dots. i dont see a picture. it doesnt look like a picture yet. there are lots of dots but theyre not connected for me yet. im with you. your original position, the s simplest answer is very often the real answer. and it could just be a rogue operation. it could be a whole lot of things. we dont know. everyone at the table keeps asking what? we dont know what happened. >> we did a thing on the show a few weeks ago, and i tried very hard to say this is not a theory. i know...

Accomplished on a county level, a state level. im proud of our delegation and our district. i tell you, we have done phenomenal things in ft. lee. >> that is the tragedy here. were in the middle of a renaissance, a billion dollar redevelopment. we are arguably if most aggressive community in the state of new jersey run by this idiot. >> that was ft. lee mayor sokolich defending his record against the slurs and ethnically slander of chris christie operatives that refer to him as se serbian during...

How much chris christie knew, when he knew it, and why if he was involved at all, why he would have inserted himself into an ultra local ultra petty affair. and to start to answer that question we need a clearer picture of motives and stakes. what could have motivate add governor to care so much about the mayor of a medium sized new jersey town, a town thats one of 5 66 municipalities, to single that mayor out for this kind of treatment. thats how we approached it. what exactly was at stake with...

He staked his reputation on, something he has called, quote, monumental in the rebirth of ft. lee. so while weve talked a lot this week about how the traffic jams caused by the lane closures caused headaches for the mayor because of the traffic jams and delayed emergency responses and the stalled school buses, what we havent talked about is what he asked baroni about in the e-mail he sent to him way back when this started going on. query: what do i do when our billion dollar redevelopment is put...

Vulnerable state here. were in the middle of this billion dollar redevelopment, were in the middle of special improvement redevelopment projects and were on the -- were in the middle of a renaissance that weve never seen before. ft. lee is regaining its status as the a place to be. right now we dont need this. and we certainly dont need it with threat of future retribution. weve opened more businesses here in the last three months than in any three-year period. folks are coming back, the culture...

Christie, because i am a follower, believer, and supporter of democratic principles, okay? simple as that. >> i didnt support governor christie, because at least me, this city, i seek no other higher political office. im born and raised in fort lee, only ever wanted to serve in a leadership capacity to try to help the people i grew up with, so ive been blessed with the privilege to serve as its mayor, this is not a stepping stone for me, if i was looking at this as a stepping stone, maybe id thi...

Be derived in it for my community, im in it for ft. lee. im not going to grandstand here. im mayor of ft. lee, its a place that i love. i need to proetect it, make sur our quality of lives are preserved. were hopeful that were now going in the right direction and thats it. but were getting our own screen, im told. i guess thats a good thing, i hope. >> he obviously knows who you are. he said that when he saw you on tv yesterday presumably here on cnn, he finally saw who you were. but i was surpr...

Christie, because at least me, this city, i seek no other higher political office. im born and raised in fort lee, only ever wanted to serve in a leadership capacity to try to help the people i grew up with, so ive been blessed with the privilege to serve as its mayor, this is not a stepping stone for me, if i was looking at this as a stepping stone, maybe id think of other ways to do it, not me, im loyal to the democratic party, proud of what weve accomplished on a county level, state level, im...