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Traffic in the atlanta area isnt a new problem. >> im legendary atlanta consum consumer stan still. i want to talk about a venture of mine, atlanta transportation at a stand still. an introspective work at one of the most atrocious transportation systems and tips to cope with the self-loathing and rage it i vokes. >> a political ad that ran a couple years ago encouraging residents to vote for a referendum to solve atlantas giant traffic problem. it failed and well talk about why, next. you make ...

Its worth noting apocalyptic traffic in the atlanta area isnt a new problem. >> im legendary atlanta consumer stan still. i want to talk about a venture of mine, atlanta transportation at a stand still. an introspective work at one of the most atrocious transportation systems and tips to cope with the self-loathing and rage it i vokes. >> a political ad that ran a couple years ago encouraging residents to vote for a referendum to solve atlantas giant traffic problem. it failed and well talk abou...

You may be stuck holding the bag. if im sitting in an office with them, thats what id be saying to them. >> who are the allies for these guys? how is this playing out on right wing radio across america? >> before you even get to the general public, you have the governors wife saying, i didnt know what he was doing. youve got the governor saying, i didnt know what she was doing. theres a little he said, she said going on. the further you get from the epicenter in either case, the more it seems li...

I mean, people talk about bare knuckle politics its rare to have an e-mail chain where an aide to the government says we have to have a traffic problem and the -- is like got it. >> richard nixon tried to make the conduct of the press and the "washington post" the issue in watergate. its not going to work here any more than it worked there. we have some sets of facts that need to be investigated. both by reporters and by the legislature. lets see where the facts take us. and incidentally im not ...

Legitimate national story. if every abuse of power in the state house is a national story everybody will be really be izzi. >> but not every governor has the potential to become president of the united states. >> i think there the two real reasons there have been a focus by the national cable networks. as far as resources its easy to send a satellite truck up i-95 to cover this. and governor christie has a national political profile now. and the dnc and national democrats are going out there and...

>> but cynthia, did they miss the fact that the one who sent the e-mail saying its time for a little traffic problem on the bridge is a woman? and all of this other stuff is dealing with e-mails of men and women, and it hasnt even got to christie and his attitude or him being this hard man. in fact, he is saying he wasnt involved. so, i mean, i dont even know how you try to contort this to make sense. >> reverend al, youre looking for logic here. and there is absolutely no logic. you know, one o...

I felt there was a heart-felt apology which we accepted. and we took governor christie at his word. i mean, im not so sure we have much more of a choice. but we did. it was a sincere exchange. >> as far as youre concerned, is this over? or still is this just one chapter thats done? >> theres mounds of documents that still need to be gotten through. theres a lot of folks, theres a large ensemble thats apparently involved in this. there are names that were redacted from the test in the e-mails. so...

Characterized your meeting as productive. would you? >> i would use them as productive. i felt there was a heart-felt apology which we accepted. and we took governor christie at his word. i mean, im not so sure we have much more of a choice. but we did. it was a sincere exchange. >> as far as youre concerned, is this over? or still is this just one chapter thats done? >> theres mounds of documents that still need to be gotten through. theres a lot of folks, theres a large ensemble thats apparent...

A large ensemble thats apparently involved in this. there are names that were redacted from the test in the e-mails. so i think any reasonable person would reach the conclusion that theres more to come or more stuff to find out about. >> when you read that e-mail from bridget kelly to the port authority saying we need to have a traffic problem for fort lee and the response was got it. when i read that it sounded as if the person on the other end of that knew instantly what that meant. and im not...

Way, nor was his name ever brought up to me by bill stepien until after the story started to appear about the fort lee traffic problem. thats the first time that i heard about mayor sokolich. thats why, john, its such a mystery to me. [ inaudible question ] >> sure, of course i was, kelly. but he wasnt one of them. he wasnt one of them. im happy to admit i was trying to run up the score. absolutely. thats what you do in a political campaign, try to get as many supporters, endorsers that turn int...