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Boos in the background. obviously he is under a lot of pressure at this point. there are an allegation now that he knew more than he is telling about the bridge closings at the george washington bridge, those are assumed to be a political vendetta at the time that happened. he says he knew nothing about that closure. were joined now in the newsroom with more on this. so what bubbled up on this over the weekend? >> an avalanche of even more e-mails documents due to be handed to the investigators ...

Subpoenaed asked for extensions of deadline according to the committee that requested the information. they say it is reasonable and expected. remember, these people are asked for thousands upon thousands of pages, e-mails, texts, so on and so forth. the point is the process will go on for some time. youre right. over the weekend, chris christie was booed at an event launching the super bowl during a time when he wanted to be in the spotlight, enjoying the glow of new jersey having a national sp...

Christie to having knowledge of the lane closures contrary to what the governor stated publicly." even the democrat leading the state investigation says no such smoking gun is in the 900-plus page of documents that wildstein turned over in compliance with a subpoena. >> the use of the words, evidence exists, as opposed to saying i have documents or i have an e-mail is a curious choice of words. it raises questions about what does he have and why doesnt the committee have it? >> now, this investi...

Numerous extensions have been granted as is typical in such situations. no documents will be released today. the committee will announce its next step as soon as that course is decided. so what were just learning here is that there is not going to be a ton of news out of these subpoenas. but what we did see is this spat between david wildstein, who is a top appointee at the port authority for governor christie and governor chris christie, the wildstein letter said there is evidence that exists t...

Public like during the super bowl weekend, hes asked about this and asks on everyones mind. its going to be with governor christie for some time and it will be interesting to see how he deals with it going forward. >> subpoenas again due today. the extensions that have been requested, are those fairly customariry? is that something that usually happens in situations like this? >> yeah, very customary youre talking about people who have been asked to provide thousands and thousands of pages of do...

Snowstorm and they wanted to get out of trenton and they received some materials but most of the 20 folks who have been subpoenaed asked for extensions. nobody delivered anything before today. today was the deadline. i dont think were going to learn much about what is in the stuff that they received for a little while. they dont have a huge staff there. and they are being affected by the snowstorm and most of the stuff they asked for is the subject of these extensions. so i think we are looking ...

Is this evidence? why doesnt the committee have it? he already has given it hundreds and pages and theres something that exists that incriminates and catches the governor in a lie. you would think he would put that forward. today is the deadline for 20 people or so subpoenaed to provide thousands upon thousands of pages of documents, e-mails and text messages looking into this whole bridge scandal. most of them are asking for extensions and will be granted extensions sort of the normal course of...

Republicans defended christie saying theres no reason he should stop helping his colleagues as chair of the republican governors association. >> i dont think he should step down. i think he should stay there. >> reporter: while others say he should be impeached from his day job -- >> its premature. we dont have enough facts to get to that conversation. >> erin joins me now along with peter hamby. some of the people subpoenaed have asked for more time while another one has resign. why? >> reporte...

They are due today. another christie staff member, in the meantime, also resigned. chris frates of our investigations unit is joining us now from trenton, new jersey, the state capital. chris, what can you tell us about the resignation, the subpoena deadline today? >> reporter: well, wolf, what i can tell you about the resignation, it was by a woman named christina republicana, an aide to bridget kelly, from the e-mails who said time for traffic problems. she said she resigned because it was the...

Nothing in that evidence that contradicts what governor christie said about not learning about the scheme until after it actually happens. so yes, the other thing thats happening today is subpoena day, if you will. there are 20 people entities supposed to respond to a subpoena request for thousands of pages of documents, texts and e-mails by 5:00 today. we understand from the committee investigating the matter that most of them not surprisingly have asked for extensions and will be granted exten...