Good morning and welcome to Al Jazeera America. Im stephanie sy. New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is seen as the republican front runner for the white house in 2016. Now hes involved in a local political fire storm tarnishing his national image. Emails suggest top staffers were involved in closing lanes to the George Washington bridge. It was payback against a democratic mayor who refused to support christys reelection. The stunt caused massive traffic delays on one of the worlds busiest bridges. Chris christie is viewed as a top challenger to clinton. Fall out from the scandal could impact president ial aspirations. We have a story of a traffic jam on a busy commuter brim. Who in their right mind would close down access to the busiest bridge in the world to send me a message . The mayor of fort new jersey says governor Chris Christie has explaining to do after documents revealed the shutdown of leaps was an act of retribution because the democratic mayor refused to endorse of the re
It brings a lot of the bad things that come with more people that are traveling in your system b. A. R. T stat says crime is up almost every where else. Plus, the district says it is also focused on safety. The spokesperson says they are trying to distract from the real issue. Lets be clear. It is not safety. It is money. They want raises we simply cant afford b. A. R. T says it is a smoke screen. When you have people that are killed on the job. When you have 99 workers that were asalted in the last three years, 1,100 passengers assaulted in the last three years, thats indicative of a significantty problem that b. A. R. T refuses to address. The public responds because they want a safer system and we want a safer system and we are working towards that. Reporter both sides say they do want to address safety. The question is whether or not they will do that at the negotiating table. Live in lafayette, ryan takeo, kpix 5. Not everybody got the word that the strike was off. Nearly a dozen
To send messages right to your phone. There are three types of alerts amber alerts, imminent danger alerts, and president ial alerts used only during national emergencies. It kind of surprised quite a few people because it definitely has a distinct tone it to. This officer with the clp says this is the first ever staid wide use of the system at a time when more people have smart phones that can receive the alerts. So being able to broadcast an amber alert on your cell phone, we are reaching millions more people. So the information is out there immediately. The system ised a ministered by the federal Emergency Management agency which is working to educate people so the startle factor will be a bit lower in the future. Many mobile devices will now bring you wireless emergency alerts. Real time information directly from local sources you know and trust. Reporter now, if you do not wish to receive amber alerts or weather alerts, you can opt out, but as for the president ial alerts, cell ph
They werent sure how they were going to get to work. The governors board of inquiry, they say theyre not sure what to expect. Reporter it was business as usual at b. A. R. T. Trains running, passengers sleeping, strike averted ending the uncertainty for now. Kind of stressful because really i depend on b. A. R. T. Reporter b. A. R. T. s know ghosh ygating union got the wor to look into the stalled talks. Im very, very glad he did because now we can maybe have a little bit more time to get some action taken so we can solve this. I mean, if people want us to use mass transportation, they have to make it available. Reporter the move came at b. A. Rmp t. s request as the threat of a crippling strike grew, the train will roll at least for seven days. Last night it became very obvious that there wasnt going to be a deal unfortunately. The unions rejected our request to extend it to seven days so we had to go to the back pocket. Reporter the board gathers information from both sides and repor