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Im embarrassed that people are involved and completely disheartened. >> reporter: this woman, a top christie aide tells one of the governors high school buddies, time for some traffic problems in for the lee. got it, the official replies. it is wrong that im smiling, another says. someone else jokes the students stuck in traffic are children of christies political opponent. >> hes got to come clean and say what he knew and when he knew it. >> reporter: last month governor christie denies having ...

Lanes stopped traffic. roadblocks melee in the path of a christie campaign. joe johnson is here to walk us through. good morning. >> good morning. the closest thing to a spoking gun is a message august 13th. time for traffic problems in fort lee. this was a message from the e-mail account of bridget anne kelly to the agency that controls the bridge. wildstein replied got it. kelly e-mailed wildstein to see if anybody called him back. radio silence was the response. the official reason for the gr...

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...

Revelation, it counters the chris christie denial this had anything to do with politics, anything to do with political payback. you have it in e-mail form christies deputy chief of staff says now its time to have some traffic problems in fort lee, new jersey, and the top christie aid, one of the top, said got it. theres other revelations where this port authority aide ends up having some text messages and essentially also that there might be politics involved, saying they might feel sorry for ki...

Our star, isiah thomas says black student-athletes in particular are getting the shaft. and the money lead. the ad says sprinkle some of this on your food and lose 30 pounds just like that. youre saying its not true? the government nailing so called weight loss companies for false advertising. are you using any of their products to keep that new years resolution? good afternoon, everyone. welcome to "the lead." im jake tapper. well begin with the politics lead. some pundits say how governor ...

Busiest bridge. it seems to directly contradict for original lane closures on the george washington bridge. today the new materials suggest state officials shut down traffic to punish a political opponent of the governor. three weeks before the closures an e-mail read, quote, time for some traffic problems in fort lee. text messages were sent between the source of the documents and an unidentified person who is partially redacted for unknown reasons. "the new york times" identifies her as a chri...

Him, so theres a question about what his spokesman knew and when he knew this. again, its an open question of can chris christie get out there and make a statement or is there going to be another draft. weve been asking since this thing went big, whens the next shoe to drop. this is it, this is the next one and raises the immediate question, okay, are there more e-mails or texts that are going to expand this in the governors office? >> and is it more about the fact, okay, this is a port authorit...

Published emails between bridgett ann kelly and mr. wildstein who ordered the lanes closed. the campaign manager were copied on other emails after the lanes was re-opened. back in august a month before the bridge closure, christies deputy chief of staff emailed mr. wildstein quote, time for some traffic problems in fort lee. he wrote back. got it. today new jersey democrats said the case might call for criminal charges or federal investigation. but the assemblyman investigating said the document...

Suggest that the lane closures on the george washington bridge in september, 2013, were done directly to harm the mayor of fort lee, new jersey. that is the inescapable conclusion from the e-mails and text messages we contained. lets get to some of them. first of all, that is this one sent a few years from bridgeette anne kelly. she says, time for some traffic problems in fort lee. david wildstein responds, got it. that is the first time in these e mapl e-mails and texts that we see any sort of ...

Developing now, newly obt n obtained e-mails for the first time link new jersey governor chris christies office to lane closures on the george washington bridge last fall. obtained e-mails sent from governor christies deputy chief of staff to a christie appointee at the point authority and the department in charge of the most traveled bridge in the world is the port authority. in this e-mail sent on august 13th, weeks before the lane c e closu closures, it reads, time for traffic problems. which...