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Chris christie for re-election last november. today, "the new york times" reported that the e-mails showed that a christie top staffer showed closures on the port authority, writing, time for some traffic problems for fort lee. and the official at the port authority replied, got it. later, they texted asking for help, saying presently we have four very busy traffic lanes merging into one toll booth. and the bigger problem is getting kids to school. help, please, it is maddening, to which the fol...

Medical service were delayed. kids are punished. >> hes fired the guy that makes a quarter of a million. hes put the screws to his staff. how many alibis and balloons will be put up there before somebody says wait a minute. who do you think was behind this. >> chris, two key points opinion that e-mail you just showed time for traffic problems in fort lee. is it christies contention that bridgett kelly came up with this idea on her own and had nothing to do with what goes on in his office. thats ...

If it did create true damage, you know, of responding to important things, health-related matters and so forth, well, then it maybe deserves further investigation. at this stage, no. lets let the facts come out. >> obviously, sir, there is retribution in politics and people seek revenge. you may not end up on the committee that you want, your bid may get scuddled. could you explain why anyone would think that us kaing this traffic jam would be retribution against the mayor of ft. lee? >> it does...

Re-election. was the mayors refusal to provide that endorsement the arent governors office ordered up some traffic problems in fort lee? we still do not know that we also do not foe if governor christie himself instructed his staff to do this or it was an effort to run him out of office. what ive seen today for the first time is unacceptable. i am outraged and deeply saddened to learn, that not only was i misled by a member of my staff, but this completely inappropriate and unsanctioned conduct ...

Ive never heard of anything like that. >> people were just -- >> i thought it was bizarre. what, what? what sane person would do this? >> in that e-mail where she says, time to shut down some lanes, he says got it. 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...

>> i worked the cones, actually. unbeknownst to everybody, i was the guy out there, in overalls and a hat, so i wasnt -- i actually was the guy working the cones out there. you really are not serious with that question. >> they were serious, and it slowly turns out the local story turned into national news. local reporters made that possible and we in the national press owe them credit for opening this amazing can of worms, without them and their persisten persistence, the nation may never have ...

Did bridget kelly just take this upon herself, the staffer youre referencing to, go forward with this quote unquote traffic study, or did she get that direction from someone else? everyones focused on these e-mails where david wildstein said got it. i really think the nastier piece of this is when they were talking about an anonymous sender. is it wrong that im smiling about the traffic problems? wi wildstein is saying no. saying i feel about the kids. saying dont worry, theyre the children of b...

At the time christies office denied political revenge and blamed the bridge snarl on a traffic study. >> i was the guy working the cones. youre not serious without that question. >> texts and e hails proved otherwise. time for traffic problems in fort lee. e-mail sent august 13th from the account of the governor deputy chief of staff bridget anne kelly sent to the mayor. got it, he relied. then kelly called wildstein to see if anybody called him back. radio silence was the response. they want an...

>> hes fired the guy that makes a quarter of a million. hes put the screws to his staff. how many alibis and balloons will be put up there before somebody says wait a minute. who do you think was behind this. >> chris, two key points opinion that e-mail you just showed time for traffic problems in fort lee. is it christies contention that bridgett kelly came up with this idea on her own and had nothing to do with what goes on in his office. thats a big question mark. the second thing what was ch...

Politically motivated payback. the closest thing from a smoking gun is this august 13th message from the chief of staff, "time for traffic problems from fort lee." the reason was a traffic study. problem is, the town that felt most of the pain was fort lee, new jersey, whose democratic mayor had endorsed christies opponent in the gubernatorial race in november. democrats in the state pounced. >> they felt they needed to inflict some measure of retribution on fort lee or the mayor of fort lee? >>...