Mark Socolich News Today

With us. we begin with damage control in new jersey. governor chris christie scrambling to contain bridge date gate as we await internal documents. >> he fired a top aid who ordered rush hour lane closures on the george washington bridge as political pay back. this as the fbi and the state attorneys office are launching an investigation as well. >> marianne rafferty is live with the governors apology and what happens next. >> new jersey governor chris christie heartbroken saying he was blind sid...

Then, suddenly, without any notice, during a september rush hour, two of the three lanes from ft. lee to the george washington bridge were shut down. they stayed closed for days, and they led to a traffic nightmare. you can only imagine. even for paramedics, they couldnt get to people in trouble. there are even questions this morning over whether this contributed to the death of a 91-year-old woman. now, governor christi he has lo denied any connection to what happened, even saying that no one i...

Bridge connects new jersey to new york, into a parking lot. there was no notice or cause given for the closures, but mark socolich, the democratic mayor of ft. lee, had an idea as to why. he believed the lanes were closed in political retribution for refusing to endorse christie for governor. the port authority said the lane closures were due to a traffic study. the new jersey legislature decided to investigate. at a november hearing, christies top port authority appointee testified that the ord...

Roots. i see him, though, as sort of in the outer inner circle. hes not necessarily one of the half dozen, dozen people that have christies ear at all times. hes sort of at that next level, somebody he trusted enough to put in this job. he was put in this job at the port authority to sort of be his eyes and ears there. but the next step, really, and what democrats are looking for is to see if anybody in that inner circle of christie maybe sent an order to wildstein to do this traffic study. and ...

Back in the 1930s, but theres no contract, nothing in writing about that, by the way, and theres no signage that says ft. lee residents only, so we kind of look at that and go, huh? so, this is -- >> every time, and this is what i found interesting, it could be cleared up very easily. >> yes. >> every time they try to explain something it looks more and more like there genuinely is something super fishy happening. >> exactly. when you ask, its like now youre making assumptions. what is the purpo...

Know, petty motivations caused a traffic jam in your town to punish a democratic mayor there? >> i dont know if the governor actually made a phone call and told these individuals, mr. wildstein and mr. baroni to do this alleged traffic study and close lanes, but it sure seems to me that it was done on his behalf when the mayor did not support him when he was running for the election. >> wait, you think it is -- you have worked with this governor, youre a re-elected representative in the state as...

Came to the hearing with this large graphic depicting the lanes that were being shut down, and this particular entrance was set aside for ft. lee residents back in the 1930s, but theres no contract, nothing in writing about that, by the way, and theres no signage that says ft. lee residents only, so we kind of look at that and go, huh? so, this is -- >> every time, and this is what i found interesting, it could be cleared up very easily. >> yes. >> every time they try to explain something it loo...

Half dozen, dozen people that have christies ear at all times. hes sort of at that next level, somebody he trusted enough to put in this job. he was put in this job at the port authority to sort of be his eyes and ears there. but the next step, really, and what democrats are looking for is to see if anybody in that inner circle of christie maybe sent an order to wildstein to do this traffic study. and were hopefully going to find that out sooner than later. >> does it say something about chris c...

Actually made a phone call and told these individuals, mr. wildstein and mr. baroni to do this alleged traffic study and close lanes, but it sure seems to me that it was done on his beha behalf when the mayor did not support him when he was running for the election. >> wait, you think it is -- you have worked with this governor, youre a re-elected representative in the state assembly. >> yes. >> you think its plausible that chris christie, or chris christies confederates would do something like ...

Told these individuals, mr. wildstein and mr. baroni to do this alleged traffic study and close lanes, but it sure seems to me that it was done on his behalf when the mayor did not support him when he was running for the election. >> wait, you think it is -- you have worked with this governor, youre a re-elected representative in the state assembly. >> yes. >> you think its plausible that chris christie, or chris christies confederates would do something like this? >> well, when this first came ...