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And the revelation today was very interesting. weve heard some anecdotal information from democrats who chose not to endorse mr. christie that they lost a certain amount of access. but these documents that were released today showed some evidence of that. like you said, there was constant communication between there fullup and the christie administration aides in june and july saying were arranging all these commissioners, were so happy you one your election. and on july 18th when mr. fulop said...

And mr. fulop in one of those e-mails says i think theres some political overtones in that. now, that is very -- in keeping with what mark sokolich, the mayor of fort lee, said in a letter to bill barone we first reported on that said theres something punitive about this. there does seem to be some traction to this theory that democrats who actively chose not to endorse mr. christie faced some issues. >> and people who dont know how government works, especially at this level, which is to say mos...

Guys start complaining about the coverage, worrying about the coverage and ultimately attacking pat foy, who was the one person at the port authority who seemed to react to this the right way. >> thats correct. and the revelation today was very interesting. weve heard some anecdotal information from democrats who chose not to endorse mr. christie that they lost a certain amount of access. but these documents that were released today showed some evidence of that. like you said, there was constant...

Messages thats now, all this stuff is something that im not going to warranty because i dont know given some of this back and forth went on between all of them. senator barone is very respected guy. he served in this building for a long time. ive known him for a long time. when he, you know, made his testimony, i would have no reason to believe that he wasnt telling the truth. but obviously, from reading these emails yesterday, there was other stuff going on that i hadnt been informed about. bob...

Um, and, you know, i knew that bill barone wanted to hire david to come to the port authority, and i gave my permission for him to do it, but that was bills hire. he asked for permission, i gave my permission for him to hire david. but lets be clear about the relationship, okay? and how do i feel about david now? listen, what i read yesterday makes me angry. thats the one bit of anger i felt. that language and that callous indifference in those e-mails from david yesterday are just over the top ...

What i believed. so now im going and digging in and asking more questions but i cant make a warranty on that, angie. i dont believe so. i cant make a warranty on that and i wont and when i made that four weeks ago i wound up being wrong. >> [inaudible] >> absolutely not. no. and i knew nothing about this until it started to be reported in the papers about the closure. even then i was told it was a traffic study. senator barone testified it was a traffic study. there may be a traffic study that h...

Newspapers. complaints were then lodged internally. so wildstein says, i dont need that -- something along the signs were taking appropriate action against the new york side and sampson is working with us on it. >> it was something, i asked general sampson about this. yes, something to that effect. i remember something, i asked general sampson yesterday, he said he has no idea what wildstein is referring to. and the only communication that he had at that time was his concern that he expressed to...

So as long as he continues to do his job and do it well like hes done and take the blame, like hes done, i think hell, obviously, move forward and move through it pretty well. jenna: well, we began with a surprise reference from juan, we end with a blood sport reference, i feel like weve come full circle on this. certainly a lot more on the story, surprisingly, he continues to talk now, still more than an hour since he started. juan, senator brown, great to have you both. thank you very much. >>...

>> not as a senator. he was working in the port authority. a former senator. people use that title on him, senator barone. i think it confuses some people. >> yeah. and said i would like to continue to discuss our business with the port authority, he does not respond. and mr. fulop in one of those e-mails says i think theres some political overtones in that. now, that is very -- in keeping with what mark sokolich, the mayor of fort lee, said in a letter to bill barone we first reported on that s...

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