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Why did his deputy chief of staff, bridget kelly, wake up on august 13th and send this e-mail to the port authority at 7:30 in the morning? quote, time for some traffic problems in ft. lee. thats the e-mail that led to her dismissal. >> ive terminated the employment of bridget kelly effective immediately. i terminated her employment because she lied to me. i am stunned by the abject stupidity that was shown here. >> but now many are wondering if bridget kelly really did all this on her own. the ...

Time for traffic problems at ft. lee, she writes. christie fired her. a christie appointee who resigned in the wake of the scandal repeatedly took the fifth when questioned by state committee. >> i reserve my right to remain silent. >> reporter: christie went to ft. lee, bearing a personal apolo apology. >> i had a good, productive meeting. >> i take him for his word. which is, he had nothing to do with it. >> reporter: the u.s. attorney for new jersey announced that this matter is now under rev...

For some traffic problems in ft. lee. lets say you believe the governor. he has no idea. wouldnt you be curious, like, how did that happen? how did that e-mail lead to this? what was the prologue to that whole situation. >> right. i think realistically the -- christie wants you to believe he was completely in the dark on everything until yesterday on the treadmill, whatever exactly it was, the gym, wherever it was he found out about this. okay. realistically speaking the best-case scenario for c...

Was a staffer in governor chris christies office. the reply to that order, "got it" he works for the agency that runs the george washington bridge. but bridget kelly was the one who said its time for traffic problems and she worked for chris christie as deputy chief of staff. the chief of staff throughout the bridge crisis from the time of that august e-mail and continuing today is a man named kevin odowd. we should make it clear that mr. odowd has in no way been accused in this scandal. beyond ...

Unguarded honesty, christie admits something different. >> i havent had a lot of sleep the last two nights, and ive been doing a lot of soul searching. im sick over this. >> so governor christie, was it two sleepless nights or one? >> if youre asking me over the last 48 ours or last 36 hours, ive done some soul searching, you bet i have. >> next, why do you still think that there was a traffic study? >> there may have been a traffic study. whether there was a traffic study or not, i dont know. >...

Often heated and aggressive politics stepped back and meekly visited ft. lee, new jersey, to ask for forgiveness and tell the mayor hes sorry. >> i am embarrassed and humiliated by the contact of some of the people on my team. >> reporter: gone are christies deputy chief of staff bridget anne kelly. and his political guru, bill, she was doomed by the release of this e-mail. time for some traffic problems in ft. lee, sent after ft. lees mayor endorsed christies opponent. what came next? day after...

Fifth on some questions but not on questions like did you work at the port authority? i didnt think the status of being a former employee rose to the level of criminality. it was a very surreal experience. look, he submitted 907 pages of documents. we wanted to ask him questions about the documents that he submitted. and he refused to answer those questions. i think the time to assert a privilege to say im not going to answer would have been before he gave us those documents. not after. >> what ...

And im saying a crisis manager would say to a client and alan dershowitz -- >> i want to talk to alan. >> you better be out front. >> it appears here from what youre saying, lanny, is he appears to be asleep at the wheel. he appears to be asleep at the wheel. he didnt know about the traffic problems when it was happening. didnt know about his staff. there are a lot of legal questions here, you know, the 91-year-old woman, the heart attack, all of these things. governor christie, does he need to ...

The man in the glasses you saw there taking the fifth over and over again during a hearing on the bridge scandal in the new jersey legislature. david wildstein appeared to carry out the order from the deputy chief of staff to close down lanes to the george washington bridge last september in order to intentionally cause traffic problems in the city of ft. lee for almost a week. mr. wildstein was warned during the hearing his failure to answer questions could lead the committee to hold him in con...

That staffer actually read the document a he theres no indication that she was involved in any alleged political retribution. cuomo appointee was expressing outraged, calling it ill-advised and abusive. the nearly 2,000 documents released within the last few hours come as the committee continues to hone in on why traffic was snarled back in september. today we learned that the chief of staff whom he fired on thursday may be the next person subpoenaed to testify in the widening probe. sources tel...