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I think of it more fundamentally. the fact we just dont understand the basic chain of events. why did this project get pushed forward? where do these things emerge? where does the governors office stand in relation to those? those are more fundamental questions people have in mind. the congressmans earlier point about the publics trust in federal spending and how that money gets allocated. one thing thats stood out to me is why we even care about where this money went and the assumption you are ...

People in the state house understood this project? why did he hear about it? why is there buzz about this at all in the state house when there are a million other things going on that should be on peoples minds. why is this getting filtered to the mayor of hoboken. the word on the street is that you dont back this project. how did that happen? >> what do you make of the way the administration has dealt with the questions that have been raised by dawn zimmer? weve had the one public statement fro...

Send it to new jersey and new york, you are not going to use it wisely. you are corrupt. you are going to waste the money. the last thing i need as i federal official is to have that verified. there is a we told you so. what happens in the future when we want to get money for natural disaster or anything? >> the reason we asked the administration, we wanted to ask them the simple question of, hey, did you support this project? thats a key part of this. there has been other reporting this week. "...

Development and obviously the big development project. it doesnt seem a stretch that if shefts in hoboken and talking development that this rockefeller project came up. and we know that the mayor was very much on the case of getting sandy money. so some of the basic ingredients. >> that is the issue here. guadagno went up and she went up to do her job. thats her economic portfolio. she has been the salesman for the administration for four years on this thing, right? so, okay, given. that she has...

Thing and kim guadagno thought she was saying and hearing another thing. there are basic elements that could be resolved. maybe kim guadagno was, in her mind, an artful way trying to say, hey, we could help you out with sandy but you have to help us out on this and theres that quote that zimmer attributes to her like, you know, ill deny it if you ever say this. i know this isnt right. but it almost sounds like there could be a context she was trying to be, in her mind, helpful. even if shes tryi...

My family. >> the long and short of it is i think vladimir putin and the russian government will be very lucky if they get through the olympics without an incident. >> i never promised and mr. williams and his company never received any government benefit of any kind from me or from my administration. >> the major question is, did they connect sandy funding -- hoe bochy sandy funding to the rockefeller project. the fact is, that is what they did. >> any suggestion sandy funds were tied to the ap...

Forward. >> the fact is that the lieutenant governor came to hoboken, she pulled me aside in the parking lot, and she said, i know its not right, i know this thing should not be connected, but they are, and if you tell anyone, ill deny it. >> and the lieutenant governor was not the only christie official who directly linked sandy money to approving the rockefeller development deal, according to zimmer. that same week, zimmer attended a public event where she sat on stage with this man, richard n...

Sent them a letter and clearly said you cant connect the two and its not fair to connect the. two thats part of the conversation that we had. i said you know -- after she said to me, you have to move ahead with the rockefeller project. i said is any other town being asked to do development in exchange for help with the flooding? and her answer was the shore brings them $38 billion. she was the one -- she very clearly was connecting the development with the sandy aid in our conversation. and its ...

Shared with us. and here is how she describes the threat guadagno made in an entry in that diary, dated may 17th. quoting from it, at the end of a big tour of shoprite, she pulls me aside with no one else around and tells me i need to move forward with the rockefeller project. it is very important to the governor. the word is you are against it and you need to move it forward or we are not going to be able to help you. i know its not right, these things should not be connected, but they are, she...

Aid for sandy. are you saying this letter disproves that? >> thats the first time im hearing that. i didnt realize that she -- she didnt actually say that directly today, but i mean this letter makes it clear that i was the one on april 23rd, sent them a letter, and very clearly said, you cant connect the two, and its not fair to connect the two. and that was part of the conversation that we had. i said, you know, are you saying after she said to me, you know, that you have to move ahead with th...