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reference that samson was on the new jersey side, retaliating against you and the new york side for your e-mail and your actions -- what was the retaliation in that? >> youre asking the wrong guy. thats a question in order to refer to the chairman. >> are you serious? >> im not going to speak to that. >> has the chairman ever said to you -- >> the answer is no. and i dont expect one. >> the chairman in this case, that theyre talking about is david samson who is the chairman of the port...

retaliation in that? >> youre asking the wrong guy. thats a question in order to refer to the chairman. >> are you serious? >> im not going to speak to that. >> has the chairman ever said to you -- >> the answer is no. and i dont expect one. >> the chairman in this case, that theyre talking about is david samson who is the chairman of the port authority of new york and new jersey. the man speaking will is patrick foy, the executive director, hes the guy that reopened the access lanes o...

federal and state law. >> in the e-mails -- is there a reference that samson was on the new jersey side, retaliating against you and the new york side for your e-mail and your actions -- what was the retaliation in that? >> youre asking the wrong guy. thats a question in order to refer to the chairman. >> are you serious? >> im not going to speak to that. >> has the chairman ever said to you -- >> the answer is no. and i dont expect one. >> the chairman in this case, that theyre talkin...

Story very aggressively and has done a great job on it. your colleague, ted mann, tweeted out last night after this statement came out, after christie attacks david wildstein this way, ted mann said governor christie said to you, heather, you and your paper will owe an apology to senator baroni and mr. wildstein. hes gone in just over a month saying you will be apologizing to just shredding david wildsteins character. >> it shows an evolving strategy. going back a little bit when david wildstein...

question since january 23 when the u.s. attorney, paul fischman, issued subpoenas of his own in connection with the bridge scandal. many wondered if he would lean on the committee to essentially stand down and to get out of his way. late yesterday afternoon schar issued a statement he met fray daye with frischmans office and based on the meeting i am comfortable the investigation may continue as we proceed schars statement, continues, we will be mindful of the need to avoid taking step...

Not to turn on everybody else involved in the issues in order to save themselves. >> there you have to consider the people making the decision, theyre not discussing the rationale. they work for the port authority of new york and new jersey. they dont necessarily work for the christie administration. they dont necessarily have loyally to either of these guys or anyone but the port authority. >> ted mann, "wall street journal" transportation reporter covering the new jersey bridge scandal from th...

And he says oddly that he is somehow exonerated by the accusation that he knew about it during. that would be amazing linguistic judo if it turns out to exonerate him. will that prove true? will either the governors claims or david wildsteins claims prove true? and how will it be proven? how does this bombshell today change the investigation thats under way already? the man leading the investigation in the new jersey legislature john wisniewski is going to join us, as well as ted mann from the "...

[ zach ] yeah. no, this definitely beats hanging out on a step ladder. whats up, baby? i dont know what else to say except to them them i had no knowledge of this, the planning, the execution, anything about it. i first found out about it after it was over. >> new jersey governor chris christie saying he first found out about it after it was over. that claim contested today by the man who did it, the it in question, which of course is the shutdown of access lanes on to the george washington br...

0 we learned today of new federal grand jury subpoenas today from federal prosecutors in new jersey. were going to be getting to that a little later on in the show tonight. thats one. also today, chris christies campaign manager, the man who led his re-election campaign, who incidentally was the field director for the mccain/palin campaign in 2008, who was tapped immediately before this scandal broke open to be the new head of the new jersey republican party, the man who was widely expected to b...

0 country remember that there is something else going on in new jersey right now besides the super bowl, that, of course, was this news flash from "the new york times" just before 4:00 p.m. eastern time this afternoon. ex port authority official says evidence exists that christie knew about lane closings. and its not just any ex port authority official whos saying this. it is the guy who actually carried out the closing down of those lanes on the george washington bridge. the access lanes from f...