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Documents, and mr. wildsteins commission is 907 pages. what we want to do is have this hearing tomorrow, and provide mr. wildstein an opportunity under oath to answer questions. theres an august 13 e-mail about trying to create traffic problems in fort lee. he says, got it. you wont know what that means unless youve had a conversation about this topic beforehand. who did he have that conversation with, was there a meeting? was there a discussion as to the rationale, those are questions we need t...

Something like this in broad daylight. either way, it stinks. >> the new jersey assembly man who has been at the center of the scandal from the beginning is john wisniewski. hes had the subpoena power to compel testimony and compel the release of documents in this case, those documents include the e-mails released today in which governor chris christies deputy chief of staff e-mailed david wildstein and-day-old him, its time for traffic problems in fort lee. he responds to that e-mail by saying,...

>> okay. i would then like to draw your attention to the document at page 706. >> we have the page in front of us, sir. >> this is your e-mail, is it not? >> under the advice of council, i assert my right to -- >> you cant tell me whether its a text message. >> same answer. >> thats an e-mail between bridget kelly, the governors deputy chief of staff and yourself? >> same answer. >> and that e-mail says its time for traffic problems in ft. lee? >> same answer, sir. >> and you responded to that e...

Under oath to answer questions. theres an august 13 e-mail about trying to create traffic problems in fort lee. he says, got it. you wont know what that means unless youve had a conversation about this topic beforehand. who did he have that conversation with, was there a meeting? was there a discussion as to the rationale, those are questions we need to ask and get answers to, but i think that at the conclusion of tomorrows hearing, there will be more documents made available to the public and u...

The port authority is the group that operates the bridge. wildstein received an e-mail from christies i deputy chief of staff, bridget anne kelly. time for traffic problems in fort lee. ordered to close lanes on the bridge and the busiest crossing into new york city. that bridge also leads to fort lee, new jersey, which is the jurisdiction of this man, the democrat mayor mark sokolich. reports say that sokolich and the city of fort lee were targeted by christies aides after sokolich refused to b...

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 persistence, the nation may never have heard the words, time for some traffic problems in fort lee. got it. withou...

Staff. that is, of course, the deputy chief of staff, because when she said it is time for some traffic problems in fort lee, it was wildstein who is the one that would be appearing today. he wrote back, got it. it sounds as though that he was political, too when someone wrote to him to say that they felt bad for the kids who would be late for school. she had, well, they are the children of buono voters. thats the democrat who ran against chris christie in the governors race. and also, four days...

Why he didnt get to the bottom of it? a couple of people have since retired. was he trying to cover it up with their retirement or did he actually know there was more to this story as has sense unravelled? he has to try and get the trust back of the public that after all just re-elected him and tell them this is not something i approved of even though people in my office were clearly doing hit thinking i would approve. its the culture question that needs some addressing here. it goes to his bran...

At the george washington. >> time for traffic problems in ft. lee, he wrote. got it, he said. >> governor christies team up 24 points in the polls were so spiteful and petty, fine! but it doesnt make them evil. >> later joked about kids who were late to school because of the traffic mess. >> this text message exchange is it wrong im smiling? i feel badly about the kids, i guess. then they are the children of buono voters. okay, that makes him evil. welcome back to "morning joe." mike barnicle ...

Who triggered this mess with one short order to the agency that runs the george washington bridge. seven little words. time for some traffic problems in fort lee. two weeks later, these cones mysteriously appear. blocking off two of the three lanes from fort lee to the bridge. the ripple effect is swift and dramatic. cars back up for miles. a four-hour delay to get to manhattan. and fort lee comes to a standstill. the police chief cannot believe it. >> disturbing to find out that people are supp...