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>> reporter: some city leaders say the anger is misguided pointing out the buses take thousands of cars off the road every day and the tech industrys positive ripple throughout the economy. >> and for every one technology and innovation job weve had weve had three or four other jobs in other sectors, whether it be hotel and restaurant worker or tourism or retail that have been helping our economy and that is a good thing. >> reporter: but for those squeezed out of housing its a tough sale. and f...

Have been the target of an attempt to sort of hijack this development. you know, was it an attempt to shake down the developers? theres two developers involved. multiple financiers. theres the mayor. we know this development could have been put at risk by traffic. >> one of the things i think thats been under-appreciated here is that the so-called traffic study that was only shut down because the head of the port authority appointed by andrew cuomo on the new york side, patrick foye, shut it dow...

>> there you go. nick, this football analogy is the first quarter. >> right. >> i think its interesting in your reporting to think about -- i love it when reporters who do straight news coverage have to figure out how politicians think. it took me about 40 years to figure it out. but the fact is theyre not stupid. theyre not geniuses. theyre somewhere in between. they think ahead maybe a week or two. they certainly think from any point until their next election. that is their world view of a pol...

Development. you know, was it an attempt to shake down the developers? theres two developers involved. multiple financiers. theres the mayor. we know this development could have been put at risk by traffic. >> one of the things i think thats been under-appreciated here is that the so-called traffic study that was only shut down because the head of the port authority appointed by andrew cuomo on the new york side, patrick foye, shut it down once he heard about it and sent an angry e-mail. in the ...

It comes to this man robert. hes the one pointing at the camera. hes one of three arrested in the connection to the drugs found in hoffmanns apartment. they pleaded not guilty yesterday. this man, police say, is one of the people with the largest amount of what is believed to be heroin. but also, hes the person with the actors phone number that was stored in his cell phone. alexander field joins me live now. whats the latest? >> officials are not linking anyone to phillip seymour hoffmanns death...

Millions of full time workers made part time workers because of the cost, keep adding the cost after cost. the president insists the trend will ultimately be this laws friend, and the proof is in a website that he told our own bill oreilly is getting better. hes right. that website is getting better. by the way, it hardly could have gotten worse, but my issue isnt with the website but what that website is pointing and clicking us to. that is why a lot of folks dont sign up. and thats is why oddl...

The city of hoboken where the mayor of that city has alleged the christie administration put pressure on her to approve a specific private development project as a condition of that city getting post-hurricane sandy funding. the mayor says she also met with federal prosecutors and handed over documents to them. we also know that federal prosecutors and fbi agents have conducted interviews in hoboken with witnesses who say they can corroborate that mayors story. but at least not yet. federal pros...

Specific private development project as a condition of that city getting post-hurricane sandy funding. the mayor says she also met with federal prosecutors and handed over documents to them. we also know that federal prosecutors and fbi agents have conducted interviews in hoboken with witnesses who say they can corroborate that mayors story. but at least not yet. federal prosecutors are not asking anything of the chris christie staffer who shut down the bridge. its fascinating, right? the mean, ...

This piece saying, watch to see if david wildstein has anything to say if hes granted immunity in this case. thank you for being the huge neon arrow pointing and blinking at david wildstein before the story broke today. >> youre welcome. >> in terms of what he actually said, mr. wildsteins letter is the first time any of governor christies aides or allies have challenged the governors statements on this issue. do we know enough yet to know whether this is an important turning point? >> i dont th...

At that point he said, im happy with the man im becoming. he said, look, hes got to make his own mistakes, hes going to make his own mistakes, weve got to let him make some mistakes. if you look at all of these incidents separately, theyre small. when they happen in this short a time frame and we keep seeing things over and over again, you keep getting worried about it, what happens if he makes not only a bad decision, but he makes -- >> its interesting, tonight an amazing interview with barry g...