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Quote, as motorist robert michel approached the single access lane to the bridges tollbooths, an officer sought him out. quote, he kind of motioned to me. are you frustrated michel said the officer asked. what is going on? call the mayors office to complain michel said the officer responded. it looks like many drivers did just that. quote, dozens of motorists telephoned either the boroughs municipal offices or the ft. lee police department. what was significant and suspicious was the similarity ...

To injury, many members of the public have indicated to me that the port authority police officers are advising commuters in response to their complaints that this recent traffic debacle is the result of a decision that i as the mayor recently made. let me go to matt katz at wnyc. this is what brings it home to me. after all the weeks of trying to figure out the politics, the hands-on role played by police officers who are not politicians carrying out a political vendetta. the misuse of authorit...

People are missing work. its been four days now. you have to stop this. and he said this, specifically, as to why it might be happening. the mayor wrote this, quote, many members of the public indicated to me the port authority police officers are advising commuters in response to their complaints that this recent traffic debacle is the result of a decision that i as mayor recently made. according to the mayor, he says he found out even as the bridge lane shutdown was still in effect, he says th...

Commutes that should take minutes are taking hours. kids cannot get to school. people are missing work. its been four days now. you have to stop this. and he said this, specifically, as to why it might be happening. the mayor wrote this, quote, many members of the public indicated to me the port authority police officers are advising commuters in response to their complaints that this recent traffic debacle is the result of a decision that i as mayor recently made. according to the mayor, he say...

S sokolich tells baroni many members of the public indicated to me that the port authority police officers are advising commuteers in response to their complaints that this recent traffic debacle is the result of a decision i, as mayor, recently made. were port authority police officers actually saying that to commuters? what kind of contact, if any, did chip michaels have with his brother jeff during all this, not just the lane closures but the weeks and months after as the mystery percolated, ...

Plus, new subpoenas in the chris christie scandal that could happen at any moment as investigators pounce on a new report called bridgegate and what the governor may have known. and snow jam alert. atlanta is bracing for another winter storm two weeks after the embarrassing traffic debacle. im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room." its like a scene out of homeland. elite u.s. forces nabbing an alleged al qaeda terrorist on the street in a matter of seconds. this is amid a new debate wi...

We dont know the answers to the questions and chris christie claims he doesnt know, either. >> what im curious about is what happened here. and thats why ive authorized an internal investigation, as i talked about on january 9th. >> uh-huh. >> and weve hired a law firm to come in and do that internal investigation. theyre working really hard. theyre working diligently, and i cant wait for them to be finished so i can get the full story here. >> remember, soon after all this went down, ft. lee ma...

And thats why ive authorized an internal investigation, as i talked about on january 9th. >> uh-huh. >> and weve hired a law firm to come in and do that internal investigation. theyre working really hard. theyre working diligently, and i cant wait for them to be finished so i can get the full story here. >> remember, soon after all this went down, ft. lee mayor mark sokolich reached out to a top christie appointee at the port authority asking for assurance the recent traffic debacle was not puni...

Again tonight he unequivocally did not know about the traffic debacle that erupted and didnt authorize it. just a short time ago he was on a program on new jersey 101.5. he denied any knowledge that lanes were deliberately closed to punish the mayor of ft. lee. evidence exists that christie knew this was happening, heres some of what christie said a short time ago on the radio program. >> ill be dammed if im going to let anything get in the way of me doing my job. i took an oath a couple weeks a...

His wife, their kids, while he sought re-election. the timing of this could not be worst for christie. democrats announced new committees to investigate the traffic debacle on the gw bridge apparently orchestrated by aides close to christie. the governor did apologize and fired two aides who were implicated. these new developments may indicate his new trouble may only have just gubegun. lets bring in our investigative correspondent. >> theyre now looking into another controversy of christies, ha...