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Some traffic problems at fort lee. he could have asked her. could have asked her all about that before he fired her, but he deliberately did not ask her a single question. and tonight he claims to the people of new jersey that he cannot wait to find out why bridget kelly did that. and tonight bridget kelly announced shes not going to tell anyone. she will not say a word about this. she will remain silent by invoking the fifth amendment right against self-incrimination. one of the new jersey asse...

Kelly. he says he wants people involved to share information but understands their rights. what does bridget kellys decision say to you? >> thats very interesting. she was a close aid to the governor. she is saying her testimony and providing documents would potentially put her in a situation of self-incrimination. so thats somebody who is very close to the governor. we also know that david wildstein already has pleaded the fifth and hasnt provided any information. those are the two key figures....

What i can promise you is were going to do our best. >> new jersey governor chris christie making his first public comments on the bridge scandal tonight since nearly a month ago. that interview was live tonight as more breaking news in this story broke. third figure in the scandal invoked the fifth amendment and announced she will not comply with the speubpoena on the issu. following his campaign manager and a high school friend, beyond bill stepien and david wildstein. the third person invokin...

He had prior knowledge before the lane closures took effect and confirmed the governors office has been subpoenaed by the u.s. attorney in new jersey investigating this scandal. >> we have already communicated to them we would cooperate voluntarily. they decided to send a subpoena. thats fine. >> a key player in the scandal is pleading the fifth. christie deputy chief of staff, bridget kelly, who wrote time for traffic problems in fort lee is refusing to turn over documents subpoenaed by state i...

They are due today. another christie staff member, in the meantime, also resigned. chris frates of our investigations unit is joining us now from trenton, new jersey, the state capital. chris, what can you tell us about the resignation, the subpoena deadline today? >> reporter: well, wolf, what i can tell you about the resignation, it was by a woman named christina republicana, an aide to bridget kelly, from the e-mails who said time for traffic problems. she said she resigned because it was the...

Allow him presumption of innocence, friday nights story may have been overblown, not by you, but the way it was mischaractered. do you see any evidence on that? >> i dont. remember, that everything we know about this story, the famous e-mail, time for some traffic problems in ft. lee, that came from david wildstein. david wildstein is the link between the christies order to close the lanes. he knows all of the conversations that were happening around there, around that moment. so he does -- he c...

Scandal, let alone some pretty serious allegations is reflected in the polls. i mean, the folks in new jersey who were maybe democrats, maybe republicans who voted for -- they still like him. they still like chris christie. they still want chris christie to be their governor but nationally, people in the middle of the country, all they see is scandal, scandal, scandal. >> the problem with this scandal is there is a factual question that is completely unanswered at this point. who ordered this br...

That? >> they were attacked pretty unfairly and sometimes you can throw a few more things over the trantum than you should. i think i should point out, sort of as i was a lawyer, the questions about his credibility. i think they are sufficient to create some real doubt about whether or not he really has this evidence or exactly what this evidence is. >> they assert that this is david wildsteins scheme. thats the first time that weve heard the governors office try to put this on somebody. weve se...

The governor lied and i have -- >> he doesnt have the evidence to prove it. >> hes saying i have the evidence to prove the governor lied and the evidence exists to say the governor knew about the lane closings when happening. the evidence -- he is saying i have evidence to show the governor lied, evidence to prove that. >> dont you feel like that initial description in the lead is an error worth correcting? >> everything we know about things story, bridge gate, everything we know about time for ...

Shut down those bridge lanes. >> do you think with the new jersey legislature subpoenaing all these e-mails, do you think were going to find a smoking gun in all this? >> yes. i mean, if the people who are close to this decision are dumb enough to e-mail "time for some traffic problems in ft. lee, is it wrong that im smiling, i feel bad for the kids, dont feel bad, theyre the children of buono voters," then someone else is dumb enough. >> do you think theres any plausible chance that these aides...