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Appointee named david wildstein, 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 arry 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 ...

>> yeah. why did all the people around him act a certain way in collusion without thinking wait a minute, the governor wouldnt want this done. while didnt wildstein or baroni or stepien or kelly say the governor doesnt want us to be doing this. >> why just one line? time for traffic problems in ft. lee? one line was enough to trigger the whole thing, as if it was kind of oh, yeah, we know what to do. that was kind of weird. >> anyway, nbcs kasie hunt asked senator lindsey graham of south carolin...

A hastily called press conference that took place late in the day on tuesday august 12th, 2013. tuesday, august 12th, 2013. late in the day. the governor blows up at senate democrats. yanks the judgeship of a supreme court justice and calls the senate democrats animals. its not just a justice he admires and a republican on the state supreme court. it is the wife of one of his key staffers. he is outraged at senate democrats. late in the day, august 12th. and it is the next morning at 7:34 in the...

Are named now in this class action lawsuit. plaintiffs allege they were inconve convenienced by the massive traffic problems. with us now, cnn legal analyst sunny hostin and attorney noah klein. when you consider that people can be subpoenaed and people can be deposed in civil lawsuits, could civil action here be as big a threat to governor christie as possible criminal charges? >> well, okay, so first of all, i dont know that theres any threat to christie now, civil or criminal, because i haven...

Reasonable questions about his policies. the governor has bullied members of the legislature. the governor has bullied municipalities. and so time and time again we see a governor who when he doesnt get his way or he thinks that youre challenging his authority, he uses his bluster, he uses his scare tactics to try to get his way. and so its not hard to imagine that people who work for him see that and they say well, thats the model the governor has set for our behavior, and they find that accept...

That thrives on so many streets in this country has gone missing in the places where its needed most. but i know youll still find it when you know where to look. that its given me time toabout reflect on some of lifeseen biggest questions. like, if you could save hundreds on car insurance by making one simple call, why wouldnt you make that call? see, the only thing i can think of is that you cant get any... bars. ah, thats better. its a beautiful view. i wonder if i can see mt. rushmore from he...

>> i wont go out there and certify this unequivically. >> joining me, steve kornacki. one-time employee of david wildstein. i should say that for disclosures sake. okay. there are so many questions from the governors performance today. heres the first one i want to start with. that e-mail, that first e-mail that gets the ball rolling, time 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-mai...

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 contempt. the committee ultimately did vote to hold him in contempt. that contempt charge will now be referred to a new jersey county prosecutor. listen to this exchange between the democratic state assem...

Is it conceivable to you that none of them would have come to the governor and said any of this was a problem? >> it makes no sense. you have elected officials attending their monthly meetings, asking questions, and no one picked up a phone to say hey gov, this is on the radar. fyi or something. i just dont -- these are all intelligent people. so i dont -- i cant comprehend that. >> were going to have to leave there it. assemblyman gordon johnson and sal rizzo, thank you both for your time tonig...

I have not had any conversation with bridget kelly since the e-mail came out. and so she was not given the opportunity to explain to me why she lied because it was so obvious she had. im quite frankly not interested in the explanation at the moment. >> governor chris christie says his former deputy chief of staff bridget kelly did not explain to him her e-mail calling for ft. lee, new jersey, to have traffic problems on purpose presumably for political reasons. surely bridget kelly knows what ev...