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Governors deputy chief of staff orders "time for some traffic problems in ft. lee" and chris christie ally at the port authority david wildstein says "got it." one week before that, someone is trying to set up a meeting between samson and chris christie. submitted that conversation trying to set up the meeting to the assembly as documentation somehow relevant to shutting the lanes down on the bridge and gridlocking ft. lee. why is that? and how will we know? >> i sat and met for two hours yester...

Country you could see why you might pick this guy. in terms of what happens next, the new jersey senate is also expected to appoint a special council on their investigation of the bridge scandal. we thought that announcement might come today. the announcement could come as early as tomorrow, certainly by the end of the week, meanwhile, it is expected that the next round of subpoenas from the assembly investigation, those is a peinas could go out as early s tomorrow. that could include the person...

Reverend. >> now, governor, i would think that would be the worst option, but let me bring you back to your tenure. you were governor. in the middle of a reelection, is it feasible if you didnt know how something started to happen, that you would have four days of disruption and the largest bridge in your state, less known in the world, and no one would brief you because it may come up at a campaign stop from the media or from some citizen that youre trying to convince them or crowd to vote for ...

Traffic study and this was a legitimate study. its also a reminder that this is a u.s. senator who issued that statement. federal prosecutors are looking at this. two state assembly committees are looking at this. this could go on for months and longer. so far there is zero evidence to tie it to the governor, but it will be a distraction at a minimum. >> a bunch of people will get subpoenas today and that will include names we discussed. the former deputy chief of staff that sent that in august ...

The day before the bergen record published the e-mail from the deputy chief of staff that said time for traffic problems in ft. lee, the day for that e-mail and the rest of the documents came out, which showed governor christies campaign manager e-mailing the guy who shut down the bridge and calling the mayor of ft. lee an idiot, the day before those e-mails came out, chris christies came pan manager bill stepien was put forward as the new executive director of the new jersey republican party. o...

Today the special committee investigating the new jersey bridge scandal thats ensnared governor christie gets to work. one of its first tasks, subpoenaing christies former and current aides. sources tell cnn, former deputy chief of staff, bridget ann kelly is on that subpoena list. kelly september e-mails to the port authority to say, quote, time for traffic problems in fort lee. erin mcpike is in trenton, new jersey, this morning. tell us more, erin. >> reporter: good morning. first what we are...

Takes it to an area that i dont want to go to right now. were going to follow the leads we have. and when we have leads that are relevant, well follow them. we dont have any that take us in the direction right now. >> what do you say to that? >> i think the democrats are really trying to take a very measured approach. and it may not be necessary to actually subpoena christies e-mails if you have regina egea, if you have david samson and you have the aides and all the people surrounding him, you ...

Who nobody in the governors office has ever heard of, why the implicit apology for having taken his call? oh, evan didnt recognize the number. thats the only reason he took it. the number was a secretarys number. implicitly. otherwise he would have known not to take the call. in closing, this backhanded fine mayor, like ah, this jerk complaining about the first responders not being able to get to people having heart attacks. the governors top staff were discussing the shutdown. the effect of it....

Does it smell like chris christie? do you smell the fact that there is somebody going to testify like a john dean in a couple of weeks? im betting and hoping for bridget kelly to talk about what it really was like working for big guy and what the orders were and the signals were and the atmosphere was. >> right. >> and thats why she had this conversation. "time for traffic problems in ft. lee", as if she had been having this conversation for months. your thoughts. >> well, i dont think theyll ev...

I terminated her employment because she lied to me. i am heartbroken that someone who i permitted to be in that circle of trust for the last five years betrayed my trust. she was not given the opportunity to explain to me why she lied. because it was so obvious that she had. i was lied to. >> the woman that governor chris christie is talking about there, who he stood before the country last week and called a liar, and that woman is bridget anne kelly who is now at the center of the bridge scanda...