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Growing in scope. after holding an executive session the committee decided to subpoena 17 people and three groups theyve seen listed in already reviewed documents. >> i want to be very clear those. those people who received them, some of them may expect them, some of them may not. >> reporter: cnn has obtained a list of those being subpoenaed. among them his chief of staff, his communications director and attorney general nominee. also names already cited in emails like the chairman of the port ...

He said he thinks he probably didnt know anything about it at the time. now he did say that the intent was to use process servers to deliver subpoenas to the people who were being served last night and into this morning. but the list of names leaked out early last night and it affects a wide range of christies top staff. >> theres no intention right now to subpoena the governor. >> reporter: governor chris christie in the clear for now. the democratic assembly man leading the special committee i...

If that was ordered up for political reasons, if fort lee was purposely gridlocked as a way of trying to hurt someone politically or as a way of trying to help someone politically, then it makes sense that political campaigns, political organizations, maybe even political parties might be getting a knock on the door tonight as well in new jersey, along with everybody else from the governors staff or the port authority, who we know was involved. >> as you saw, the committee met today and adopted ...

Demeans them, humiliates them and their children. directly in line with what the court had said in prior decisions. theyre going to lead, i think, to marriage equality in this country. i think mr. reed is wrong. theres been a wave of public support, as you and your audience knows, in support of marriage equality and the wave just got a whole lot bigger last week with the supreme courts decision. to be here in california and see people getting married and the joy that is running through this stat...

Many of you were probably led to believe that the senate was closed. >> if they tweak something or change something it will have to go back to the senate. >> are they even in town? those senate democrats? a lot of them have left washington, d.c. >> yes, many senators, possibly most left town after the big vote on the fiscal cliff deal. but one senator. one was still working. at 5:51 with the world focused on the house of representatives lurching toward the vote to approve, the senates fiscal cli...

But one senator. one was still working. at 5:51 with the world focused on the house of representatives lurching toward the vote to approve, the senates fiscal cliff deal, the majority leader went to the senate floor and said this. >> mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to executive session following numbers 870, 911, 912, 913, 915, 916. >> now, that may look boring to you but that is the most exciting moment in senate history for number 916. and every other number you ...

Reports, pushed through pages and pages of nominations for president obama yesterday, when everyone was focused on what the house would do on the fiscal cliff vote. and harry reid did that with the active but invisible help of mitch mcconnell, who did his part to make sure that no republicans would vote against any of those nominations. and what did the united states senate do today? that dysfunctional united states senate? according to the news media, absolutely nothing. congress is closed down...

Important for republicans in congress to say we understand we are not going to get 100%. we are willing to compromise in a serious way to solve problems. >> give you the live picture. you are seeing the majority leader, harry reid. >> they will begin at 3:00. announce the business of the day. >> under the previous order, the leadership time is reserved. the senate will proceed the executive session to consider the following nominations which the clerk will report. >> we caught the back end of se...

And criticism of jihad. as freedom-loving people, we must have this conversation. >>heather: the transportation authority is trying to block the ads from going up but the battle was won in court. the court found the regulations on noncommercial ads violated the first amendment and the board may consider revising those regulations at the meeting next week in the executive session. and officials have prevented them from running them on the metro stations. they will be up in new york in a month or ...

Bulgaria. >> the metropolitan transportation authority is trying to block the ads from going up but geller sued and a judge agreed citing free speech. the mta said our hands are tied. the mta board may consider revising the regulations at its meeting next week in executive session. well, the ads have already run on buses in san francisco and geller has filed suit in washington, d.c. where officials have prevented them from running on their metro. they will be up here in new york city for about a...