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Former boss about the lane closures one month before it happened, and he was fine with it. a direct contradiction to what christie claimed? >> kristis he testified he had in authorizing them, and kelly told a packed courtroom that a senior official in the port authority was the master mine behind the traffic study that snarled traffic. he is now the governments key witness. kelly and codefendant plead not guilty to nine felony counts. she also testified that governor christie was aware of the no...

Adviser testified that he told governor christie before that press conference that, in fact, his stop staff did know about what was happening on that bridge. he says he told governor christie that his deputy chief of staff and his campaign manager both knew about it. and he says he told christie that right before christie told the public that they didnt know anything about it. his deputy chief of staff also testified herself today. she says before she sent that e-mail that said time for some tra...

Time for traffic problems in fort lee. it looks like case closed right there. her lawyer has suggested for the last 2 1/2 years when she finally gets to court there will be context added to this that will make it look very different. this is a big thing shes adding and testifying today saying, look, theres a history to that e-mail and the history is wild wildstein tells me hes got this plan. let christie take credit for solving traffic jam in north jersey. she takes it to christie and explains t...

Infamous e-mail that said time for traffic problems in ft. lee, and it was a poor choice of words, and she insisted the closers were not meant for retribution. christie previously called kelly a rogue and a liar. >> all this does is present the truth as bridget kelly knows it. >> and this photo was telling christie about the closures, and the three laughed about it. christie continues to say he knew nothing about it, and he is now caught in a scandal he may never recover from. now defense atto...

Up in one particular building. frankly we could see more of this where isis relies on strengths and its strengths are the ability to carry out suicide attacks, move in small numbers and attack targets where it sees opportunities and not necessarily only focus on the front line. >> richard, thanks for being with us. appreciate it. well swing over to breaking news on the bridgegate story. as you know the trial happening now. bridget ann kelly and the person who sent the now infamous traffic proble...

Shes telling a different story today. what did she say? >> she turned it back to the prosecution. first of all, she did say, yes, the governor said he was fine with the traffic study when she says she told him a month before it went down. it was david wildsteins idea, and he admitted to that. she said it was all his direction, as a matter of fact. then on that time for traffic problems e-mail that she sent to wildstein, saying, lets go with the project, well, she says she was parodying his words...

Pack to the political world and to what could be a bomb shell development in the so-called bridgegate trial in new jersey. bridget ann kelly, chris christies former deputy chief of staff, took the stand in federal court and said she told the governor about plans to close the lanes on the george washington bridge a month before they actually were closed. in september of 2013. kelly and her fellow department bill baroni are orchestrated for the closings against a mayor who wouldnt re-endorse chris...

After the 2013 election, people, wow, republican governor, blue state and huge mandate and the future of the republican party. when this thing came to light at the end of 13 and 14. it took the headline completely. >> he knew ahead and she did not want to testify. >> this is the thing, this has looked like the smoking gun piece of evidence for two and a half years. an e-mail with her name and title on it. deputy chief of staff saying time for some traffic problems. it looked like they had her de...

Presumably the governor of new jersey would be interested in if he could claim credit for easing traffic. she said wildstein told her cryptically about the idea for a traffic study that it would have an upside potentially of easing congestion, a down side while the study was going out of causing massive traffic problems in fort lee where the bridge runs through. bridget kelly said she ran the idea at david wildsteins request and the governor said the traffic study would be fine. she said thats w...

Christie spoke about bridge traffic study that he approved it weeks before it happened. so its significant. what was said and when it was said. >> exactly. and brigette kelly is a name, remember that name, shes been long entrenched this this story. shes governor christies former deputy chief of staff and said she wrote that infamousp e-mail over traffic problems. what did that e-mail mean. she spoke publicly for the first time testifying what it meant and conversations she had with christie rega...