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Jersey lieutenant governor kim guadagno challenged the mayor. lets listen to her account. >> mayor zimmers version of our conversation in may of 2013 is not only false but is illogical and does not withstand scrutiny when all of the facts are examined. any suggestion, any suggestion that sandy funds were tied to the approval of any project in new jersey is completely false. >> shortly after the lieutenant governor spoke that way, hoboken mayor dawn zimmer released this statement. i amgen winly d...

Conversation in may of 2013 is not only false but is illogical and does not withstand scrutiny when all of the facts are examined. any suggestion, any suggestion that sandy funds were tied to the approval of any project in new jersey is completely false. >> shortly after the lieutenant governor spoke that way, hoboken mayor dawn zimmer released this statement. i am genuinely disappointed that lieutenant governor guadagno has lived up to her promise that she would deny linking hobokens applicatio...

To her promise that she would deny linking hobokens application for sandy hazard mission funding with expediting a private development project. she says, i stand by my word. i remain willing to testify under oath. the mayor also says that on sunday, yesterday, she says she spent more than two hours meeting with the u.s. attorneys office in new jersey, the federal prosecutor who was started an inquiry on the bridge issue in new jersey. mayor zimmer says the meeting was at the request of the u.s. ...

That. so thats a complicated -- >> i want to give dawn zimmer a chance to also respond to the denials. this has now moved quite rapidly. she says, i am genuinely disappointed that lieutenant governor gaudano would live up to her promise that she would deny linking hobokens application for sandy hazard mission funding with expediting private development project. i stand by my word, and i will continue to answer any questions asked to me by the u.s. attorneys office. this is a massive escalation i...

Town whose mayor declined to endorse him. peter is with me from washington. peter, without trying to judge who is lying here because it seems like someone is. either mayor zimmer or lieutenant governor guadagno. isnt this what the christie team fears most, people saying i too was bullied by the governor? >> this is certainly a by product of the scandal and a weakened government nor. he walked across party lines with a number of democrats. there were some who were afraid to say critical things ab...

>> i think vastly increases the risk because as you say, it now establishes a pattern of allegation and secondly unlike the bridge scandal, you have the mayor of hoboken implicating him in that -- she said she was told by the messages of governor christie. this is a significant moment in the race. governor christie by most measures is the front-runner for republicans and in the best position to deal with the biggest problems they face and caused him to lose the popular vote. if he is significant...

Aside and said these two things are connected, i know it shouldnt be, but they are. if you tell anyone, i will deny it. >> i deny any suggestion made by the mayor that there was ever any condition on the release of sandy funds by me. >> now to update it further and bring it full circle, we have a response to that from mayor zimmer. i am genuinely disappointed that lieutenant governor guadagno and deny linking hobokens funds for sandy with expediting a private development project. the big picture...

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Hour two, im brooke baldwin. we begin with new jersey, chris christies people claims that kristi tried to bully her. a top associate calls that claim, in a word, offensive. the mayor of hoboken is sticking to her guns. thats zimmer on the right side of your screen in the white coat. she said christie sent her a message through her lieutenant governor that she had to support a development christie wanted if she wanted hoboken sheriff sandy relief funds. here is that strong reaction. a solid denia...

And more developments every single day. we just got this statement from mayor zimmer, reacting to the lieutenant governor. and im going to read it in part. it says that im genuinely disappointed that lieutenant governor guadagno has lived up to her promise that she would deny linking hobokens application for sandy hazard mitigation funding by denying the project. i stand by my word and remain willing to testify under oath. the mayor has also met with and turned over some documents to the u.s. at...