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A former top aide to the new jersey republican governor chris christie went to court today in connection with the george washington bridge scandal. former deputy chief of staff bridget kelly is refusing to turn over documents lawmakers subpoenaed. her lawyer says she doesnt have to under the fifth amendment. kelly sent the e-mail, time for some traffic problems in fort lee, before officials shut down two of the lanes to the bridge in september, causing big traffic problems. that towns democratic...

Today, according to mr. boburgs reporting, they withdrew their subpoena. hmm? issuing the subpoena, then taking it back? hmm? were going to get more clarity on that with our guest in just a moment. its been a really strange day of reporting and dramatic developments in this story. while all this stuff was going on with whether or not theres a third inquiry and a new u.s. attorney involved, meanwhile, everybody is prepping for tomorrow which is going to be a really big day in this story. tomorrow...

Bridget? hi. mike isikoff with nbc news. i just wanted to ask you a few questions. how are you holding up during all of this? >> im okay. thank you. >> how -- can you tell us how difficult an experience this has been for you? >> im not going to comment. >> would you say that theres more to the story that people havent heard? >> and now you know what bridget kellys voice sounds like. in the spotlight tonight, team christie goes to court. bridget anne kelly, who sent the famous e-mail can the time...

Closures. kelly was behind the infamous e-mail, "time for some traffic problems in new jersey." today bridget kellys attorney argued for her fifth amendment protection against self-incrimination. he said kelly cannot be forced to turn over subpoenaed documents which include personal e-mails and calendars because the information would provide testimony which could be used against her. >> since the time this subpoena was issued, we have received even more e-mails for which mr. kelly or mr. stepien...

Kellys lawyer the question that chris christie chose not to ask her before ordering her fired. >> can she explain what she meant by "time for traffic problems in fort lee"? >> michael, im certain that there will become a day that that issue becomes totally relevant and shes compelled to answer. well have a difficult about it. but at this point in time im not going to discuss it. >> you cant shed any light on what she meant by those -- by those words? >> the question is can i? thats one question....

Kelly, who will be called to testify tomorrow, created by herself the notion of punishing the mayor of ft. lee by shutting down traffic from his area across george washington bridge. did she? did she one day imagine the vital importance of hurting this town, ft. lee? did she equally imagine the method of doing so? did she say to herself, just as she said in that e-mail, not just that it was time for some traffic problems in ft. lee, but i thought of a way to hurt the mayor of ft. lee. did she do...

Maybe theyll be successful in court. but whatever happens here and however she rules, i dont think weve heard the end of it. i think it will be repealed. >> whatever decision you think will be repealed here. >> this is going to go on quite a bit, but for the staff themselves, theres sort of an unhappiness, sort of a weary look about them when you encounter them in the hallways. >> interesting, as well, michael making the point stepien and kelly, now it is clear they are focus of an investigation...

. bridget? hi. mike isikoff with nbc news. i just wanted to ask you a few questions. how are you holding up during all of this? >> im okay. thank you. >> how -- can you tell us how difficult an experience this has been for you? >> im not going to comment. >> would you say that theres more to the story that people havent heard? >> and now you know what bridget kellys voice sounds like. in the spotlight tonight, team christie goes to court. bridget anne kelly, who sent the famous e-mail can the ...

Why? well get to it coming up. politics next. and george washington bridge gate. a woman in court who sent the e-mail, time for traffic problems. what was bridge jet kellys store today? and more trouble overseas, ukraines acting president is now asking parliament to send troops to effect against the russian military. remember the former dictator or the former president, first they said he had a heart attack and might be dead. we can confirm he is not dead. the day we rescued riley was a truly am...

Kelly has only been seen in public a handful of times since this all broke in january and hes not commented on it as of yet. kelly sent that now infamous e-mail that read, "time for some traffic problems in ft. lee." today her attorney is fighting against self incrimination, arguing kelly cannot be forced to hand over documents that include personal e-mails and calendars because the information would, in effect, provide testimony that could be used against her. also in court today, the attorney ...