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In the times a lot was redacted. there were e-mails that wildstein provided between he and bridgett kelly. has he provided unredacted documents? >> his lawyer said he will turn them over. the legislature says they havent gotten them yet. that is what makes this interesting is that what we know so far we know from david wildstein. we know it was bridget kelly who sent the e-mail saying time for traffic problems in fort lee. the possibility that david wildstein has more information is very real. >...

Posed with a new jersey icon. >> ladies and gentlemen, jon bon jovi. >> reporter: not talking about the latest shoe to drop in the scandal threatening his political future. this one, from former christie appointee david wildstein. hes the port authority official who replied, got it. to the christie staffer who e-mailed him time for some traffic problems in ft. lee and then shut down two lanes to the george washington bridge, snarling commuters for four days last september. >> i think, you know, ...

Shutdown between top-level staffers and governor christies office. it was sent from christina genovese renna, director to bridget anne kelly, deputy chief of staff. shes the one who ordered "time for some traffic problems in ft. lee." during the shutdown of those lanes while ft. lee was still a traffic catastrophe, christina renna writes to bridget kelly, "dear bridget, this afternoon evan received a call from mayor sokolich, the mayor of ft. lee. the mayors extremely upset about the reduction o...

You lose their -- you lose your confidence in them. or they lie to you. and when you find that out, the test of leadership is what do you do? i found this out at 8:50 yesterday morning. by 9:00 this morning, bridget kelly was fired. by 7:00 yesterday evening, bill stepien was asked to leave my organization. >> why did bill stepien get canned even before bridget kelly did? bridget kelly is the "time for some traffic problems in ft. lee" orderer. bill stepien went before she did? why is that? in a...

The lorettas and the steves and the rachels and so forth, and this never came to light, as ft. lees mayor, i would be wondering what will fall upon us. so were appreciative. >> thank you. i wonder since this story has gotten so much coverage and since so much has come out and will continue to come out, do you have any more insight, any more thought about the root of all of this? why did this happen to your town? why an e-mail went out for bridget kelly saying, time for traffic problems in ft. le...

Day-to-day orunning of the offie and administration. he was one of christies closest con confidants for years. mr. stepien was moved out of the governors office to once again manage the campaign. when he moved to the campaign office to become campaign manager for the christie election effort, he was replaced in the governors office by bridget anne kelly who would go on to send that infamous e-mail "time for some traffic problems in ft. lee." a few months after that, though, after governor christ...

Well get to that in full. as for that export authority official, it is this man. david wildstein who is obviously by now a familiar figure at the center of this unfolding drama. wildstein, the man who went to high school with chris christie, given a job in the port authority. a job apparently created for him with no job description and which paid $$150,000 a year. the same man when told by an e-mail from then-deputy chief of staff bridget anne kelly "time for traffic problems in ft. lee" respond...

Traffic problems in ft. lee. wildstein resigned in december. but in a letter released late today, his lawyer states a person within the christie administration communicated the christie administrations order that certain lanes of the george washington bridge were to be closed and evidence exists as well tying mr. christie to having knowledge of the lane closures during the period when the lanes were closed. contrary to what the governor stated publicly in a two-hour press conference, end of quot...

>> no. the lawyer for wildstein has not responded to follow up for request what the evidence is. what we know -- wildstein has already turned over a bunch of documents. wildstein turned over the documents that showed the e-mail from christies office saying time for some traffic problems in ft. lee. in those documents that were turned over by wildstein in december, released in january, theres a whole bunch of redacted it statements. so he and someone else at the port authority and bridget kelly a...

Even after new jersey governor chris christie had to come out and apologize for the george washington bridge lane closure, had to admit the order to close those lanes did appear to in fact come from his own office. remember, time for some traffic problems in ft. lee? got it. even after governor christie came out and admitted that, the christie administration has been doing damage control in the press by anybody asking why it happened and the theories of why it had been ordered. the governors spo...