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0 officeholder at the time named chris christie. its titled "a statement by morris county freeholder" thats like county commissioner of new jersey, "morris county freeholder chris christie." the following is a letter of apology and retraction that i sent to cecilia laureys and ed tamm. im writing to express my sincere apology to both of you regarding political ads which ran during the primary election campaign in 19 the 4. both of you, quote, are now under investigation by the morris county pros...

0 the contract im not authorized to make a statement." since then nobody has given a clear answer to the basic question, why was hgi fired? during a phone call with marc ferzan, yesterday reporters pressed him about hgi and got nothing. >> so youre saying hgi services were no longer needed? >> hey, marion, thats a question for dca. >> but youre not answering it. thats the problem. >> yes, the answer is services for hgi specifically for not needed. >> we reached out to hgi a few times. they haven...

0 >> yeah. >> -- who assemble this data. just look at the numbers. theres a report that exists. >> no. >> because the week was cut short and it was never complete. >> okay. >> so they did a two-day compilation of data. >> it was three because, but mondays data was so skewed by a accident on the -- >> okay. wed like you to make that data available to the committee. >> mr. chairman, i will have my counsel talk to your counsel as we have done before and discuss documents. no question. >> is there a...

0 come on, mr. chairman, thats cute. hes not going -- no. the data that the legislature is asking for there was never handed over. and the lawyer who bill baroni just, like this, my lawyer, my counsel is here, the counsel, the lawyer who was supposedly this legal gatekeeper advising as to whether or not this data can be handed over to the legislature, this data that does not exist, that counsel, that lawyer is phil kwon. longtime chris christie ally. governor christies nominee for the new jersey...

0 salary as a lawyer at the port authority of new york and new jersey. he named him deputy general counsel at the port authority. and in that capacity, in that capacity at the port authority, well, heres a picture actually. this is -- see spot shadow there? thats phil kwon on the right side of your screen. thats phil kwon, longtime chris christie ally. his nominee for the new jersey supreme court. his appointee to the port authority after more than a decade of them working together. that is phil...

0 lee" deputy chief of staff bijt kelly invoked her fifth amendment rights. lawyers saying tonight she will not hand over documentation that the legislature has demanded from her in their subpoena. so that is one piece of breaking news tonight in this story. the other breaking news in this story tonight, which has just happened is that new jersey republican governor chris christie has, tonight, finally answered questions about the bridge scandal. the governor addressed the scandal directly tonig...

0 advance knowledge of the plan to close those access lanes to the bridge. his exact words there, "did i know anything about the plan to close lanes? did i authorize it? did i know about it? did i approve it? did i have knowledge of it beforehand? the answer is unequivocally no." the governor making that denial, the same time kind of hinting this whole thing is being blown out of proportion, right? also not totally letting go of that whole traffic study excuse. this was interesting. >> lets reme...

0 lee" deputy chief of staff bridget kelly invoked her fifth amendment rights. lawyers saying tonight she will not hand over documentation that the legislature has demanded from her in their subpoena. so that is one piece of breaking news tonight in this story. the other breaking news in this story tonight, which has just happened is that new jersey republican governor chris christie has, tonight, finally answered questions about the bridge scandal. the governor addressed the scandal directly to...

Four days when youre in the middle of a reelection campaign and not doing anything about it? >> and nobody would tell you about it. i mean. >> ludicrous. >> yeah. >> ludicrous. >> there is another news about bill baroni. he was a top authority pointed at the port authority. baroni resigned three weeks ago after testifying before the new jersey committee about the closures at the george washington bridge. well, the "wall street journal" says that baroni was prepped for that hearing by a port auth...

0 its like a saturday night live skit. it doesnt seem like something that would really happen. >> all the reverse is true. he is deceptive. he is tricky. maybe they hired him to do deceptive and tricky things. >> right. thats a good point. >> which is why they need to be very careful. but brian, what kind of guy is he? you said you didnt know him, but you worked for him. but you certainly know his representation. you know people that deal with him. can he handle christie and the administration o...