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>> heather: welcome back to "happening now," lawmakers in hawaii now considering a new measure to finish honolulus troubled real transit project. its been years behind schedule and billions over budget. critics are calling it nothing more than a boondoggle. i feel so bad for you being in honolulu. >> even paradise has traffic issues. of course, every city needs infrastructure, honolulu offers a cautionary tale that voters should be careful what they vote for. >> its too late, because its too lat...

Will occur. thats being evaluated. well provide that information as it becomes available or necessary. most of the hotels in chicago koa are full. not all. so if there is anyone that wants to gone it a hotel, i would suggest making a phone call. but most of the major hotels in chico are full. >> we are also aware of the fact any time you try to evacuate a large number of people in a short period of time, that can cause problems with the roadways. traffic issues. so i have lieutenant mark stokes,...

>> my whole family has season-ticket. leland: will take a year a texans fan. disappointed theyre not playing in the game. what has been the best part so far? aside from this interview? >> i think just being home in houston because i dont have to travel too far for anything. and yeah, its nice to stay home because im always traveling. leland: you are an ambassador for the city. anything to say about the traffic issues? >> i dont know. i did pretty good. we had a police escort in everything so its...

Life in this country every day. and most often to gun violence. and the job that they do and the responsibility that they have, in spite of the ongoing criticism that police is receiving across this country, theyre going to continue to do what they need to do in order to keep these communities safe. >> i had heard something that traffic stops are the sort of most deadly thing for police officers. i mean, if you think about it, i guess it makes sense. they go into traffic stops, right? you dont k...

Apparently told by wildstein about the bridge plan but he, the governor still says he did not know about it and theres a lot of blame for bridget kelly. is that correct? >> well, what they are claiming is that wildstein told the governor spokesman that he had had a conversation with the governor about the traffic issues in ft. lee. it is not specific what they are saying wildstein told him but saying this would not have registered with the governor because he would have thought of it as some kin...

Stoppage, you just stopped the traffic on a major highway in this country going from state to state and you stop it, and for four or five days he doesnt know about it, he doesnt know there is somebody up to something here, he didnt smell trouble? thats always been my question, the strange lack of curiosity about what had the earmarks of mayhem here. >> and initially, the tone and the emphasis of what he said was hey, didnt know anything about this until i read about it in the paper. >> right. >>...

In september. >> if i read that or someone said something to me about traffic issues up there, it wouldnt have been meaningful to me. because i didnt know there was any problem up there. >> christie said the first time he remembers hearing about the problem was when he read this october 1st "wall street journal" article about the port authority executive director calling lane closings abusive. but what may have been most note worthy about this radio appearance was what christie did not say. no a...

Either read that or someone said something to me about traffic issues up about, it wouldnt have been meaningful to me because i didnt know that there was any problem up there because i didnt know that we had actually closed lanes up there before that. so my dispute is twofold. first, to make clear to everybody in the midst of, you know, all the things that were reported that nobody has said that i knew anything about this before it happened. and i think thats the most important question. secondl...

There were press accounts about traffic issues up there. and if someone, you know -- if i either read that or someone said to me about traffic issues up there, it wouldnt have been meaningful to me because i didnt know that there was any problem up there. you know, because i didnt know that we had actually closed lanes up there before that. so my dispute is twofold. first, to make clear to everybody in the midst of, you know, all the things that were reported over the weekend that nobody has sai...

>> who brought that to your attention? >> news accounts. >> you read them personally? >> i read it in the "wall street journal." and it was that day, then, when i read that that pat was saying i didnt know about this. it wasnt cleared through me, whatever else it said in the e-mail. that is when i asked my chief of staff and chief counsel would you look into this and see what is going on here. now, if prior to that -- i know prior to that there were press accounts about traffic issues. and if i ...