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In one of those cases, someone died. christie denies knowing anything about the closures as larry jacobs explains. >> that lower level, look at that. very concerned about that. >> reporter: it was the week of september 9th, traffic was gridlocked in fort lee, new jersey, at george washington bridge, a major link to new york city. >> i think it is outrageous. i think it is really nasty. really petty. >> reporter: emergency vehicles, commuters, school buses, delayed over four straight days. >> who...

Payback. closing lanes on the george washington bridge, the busiest bridge in the world, thats a look at the bridge there. back in september, they closed some lanes, plunging parts of manhattan and ft. lee, new jersey into chaos. traffic backed up, school buses ran late, ambulances were delayed. all allegedly because ft. lees mayor, a democrat, refused to join other democrats endorsing chris christie. today, we got evidence there was payback, e-mails implicating top christie aides. "time for som...

>> so lets get it set up really quickly. then we have been -- john and i have been peppering him already. remarkable about the redactions. >> we will set the scene. governor chris christies image as a front-runner some say in jeopardy this morning after new e-mails link a growing scandal to at least one of his high ranking staff members. in september, three lanes on the george washington bridge were closed backing up traffic and impacting the town of ft. lee, new jersey. since then, there have b...

Officials actually shut down traffic. >> creating a huge traffic jam. >> in his office. >> newly obtained e-mails sent from governor christies deputy chief of staff. >> it reads time for some traffic problems in fort lee. >> wildstein applied got it. >> its criminal investigation. >> four days of gridlock. >> we have families looking for emergency services, to respond to calls. thousands of kids that were late for the first day of school. >> governor christie says his staff had nothing to do wit...

Came out, the governor denied any involvement from his office, blaming the bridge woes on what turned out to be a phantom traffic study. but yesterday morning came new e-mails and texts that seemed to bolster the notion that this was a callous, cold, political receipt tribugs. "time for some traffic problems." and "they are the children of democratic voters." the mayor of fort lee is an i had ohio, said bill stepien. confronted with these today, christie was chastened. governor chris christie en...

Somebody? >> really soon. >> whats really soon? >> we have these emails with these peoples names on them. one of them is one of his chiefs of staff. >> and they are pretty bad? emails are pretty bad. >> time for traffic problems in fort lee? >> just terrible. >> by the time you are on the air tomorrow night, it has to happen quickly. >> he got his statement out pretty fast. and of course the democrats got theirs out. >> although he did have a public event he cancelled today. he could have spoken...

Its as if this -- like they know what theyre talking about. if somebody e-mailed me as the head of the transportation and said time to shut down some lanes, i wouldnt be like, oh, got it. >> it was an odd statement, time for some traffic problems. its all code for running a thugocracy. >> yeah, its very thuggy. >> i dont think its out of question that it could force him out of office. >> absolutely. >> it all depends on the facts. until we know the facts, we dont know how serious it is. >> this ...

And yourself? >> same answer. >> and that says its time for traffic problems in fort lee? >> same answer, sir. >> you respondeded to that e-mail? >> same answer, sir. >> okay, then moving forward, there is on page -- page 753 -- sorry. im sorry. i strike that. 757.

>> newly obtained e-mails sent from governor christies deputy chief of staff. >> it reads time for some traffic problems in fort lee. >> wildstein applied got it. >> its criminal investigation. >> four days of gridlock. >> we have families looking for emergency services, to respond to calls. thousands of kids that were late for the first day of school. >> governor christie says his staff had nothing to do with those lane closings. >> this governor has a lot of explaining to do. >> governor chris...

Traffic study. >> i was the guy working the cones out there. you really are not serious with that question. >> cnn obtained texts and e-mails many say proved otherwise. time for some traffic problems in port lee. that e-mail was sent august 13 from the account of bridget anne kelly to david wildstein. one of the governors top appointees at the agency that controls the bridge. got it, he replied. when the mayor of fort lee called about the xwrid lock, kelly then e-mailed wildstein to find out if ...