steve kornacki. in an exclusive interview on msnbc the mayor of hoboken, new jersey said she believes the government held critical sandy aid hostage. remember hoboken after sandy? this is what it looked like, 80% underwater, its crucial infrastructure swamp ed. mayor don zimmer said top ranking members said funding would be at risk unless a project was supported. it s very complicated to really understand this but i have a legal obligation to follow the law. can i not give a windfall to one
property owner because the governor wants me to in exchanges for the sandy fund. so i ll tell you, i feel like i m literally between a rock and a hard place. a spokesman for governor christie issued this statement in response to those allegations. major zimmer has been effusive in her public praise of the governor s office and the assistance we ve provided in terps of economic development and sandy aid. and mayor zimmer s allegation that commissioner constable conditioned the receipt of sandy aid on her moving forward is false. i d be more than happy to
i cannot give a windfall to one property owner because the governor wants me to in exchange for the sandy fund. so i ll tell you, i feel like i m literally between the rock and a hard place. we contacted governor christie s office, and others and they all deny this. i d be more than willing to testifying under oath and answer any questions and provide any documents and take a lie detector test. my question back to them is would all of you? all right. a shocking report by our own
of someone who wouldn t want to call out chris christie on the bullying and finally realized, i think, that she wasn t alone. governor rendell, what s your reaction? if these allegations are true, this is pretty shocking. no question, and again they have to be prove wreproven. if they re true it shows government by threat, by extortion and government by bully persian gulf. we just received a statement from governor christie in response. governor christie and his entire administration have been helping hoboken get the help they need after sandy, with the city already having been approved for nearly $70 million in federal aid. it s very clear partisan
miss kelly spent that day w alongside the governor. bill: it s not just assembly investigating. who else? reporter: the federal authorities are auditing the sandy fund. also the state senate established a special committee. democrat john sweeney issued a statement reading in part, quote, there are still more questions than answers. we can t rest until we know what happened in fort lee. it turn out the chairwoman of that investigative committee happens to be the state senator who represents fort lee. thank you, eric it goes round and round. like a turnpike. eric shawn. so the company pushed back. they said we wanted bruce