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Governor chris christies governor chief of staff for an unexplained political reason. the head of the union for the port authority police paul nunziato has been silent. made no corrections to his previous statements. made no additions to his previous statements. nothing. which, itself, is remarkable because the whole coverup, the whole cover story that it was a traffic study on that bridge, the whole coverup story was attributed to him. and please excuse the shaky video on this one, but they pin...

This was going to be a legitimate traffic study. so a major question mark has to really be placed beside anything that says traffic study at this point in time. and particularly now, because the whole idea of a traffic study has been basically discredited. >> who -- when you go to try to find out, i dont know where your report song this, you mentioned a few minutes ago, who told the police officers who are civil servants to start teasing the difficult situation commuter, oh, by the way, blame th...

General are investigating the claims. the port authority police union is making no comment on the matter. at least thus far. efforts by msnbc to reach lieutenant chip michaels have so far been unsuccessful. but what was the involvement of the port authority police in this scheme? when the head of their police union was credited with the traffic study cover story, and he, himself, advanced that cover story in the press, did he know that it was false? when he was mocking people who didnt believe t...

November, he called the study, the traffic study, admirable. now, after the documents surfaced, his spokesman issued a follow-up response saying that they were disturbed and shocked that there were political overtones to the traffic -- >> has he been willing to talk to you again since then? >> no, he hasnt. >> me neither. shawn boburg. for the "bergen record." congratulations again. >> thank you. >> well be right back. stay with us. in that case, back to vacation mode. ♪boots and pants and boo...

Authority police department and the department oes inspes insp general are investigating the claims. the port authority police union is making no comment on the matter. at least thus far. efforts by msnbc to reach lieutenant chip michaels have so far been unsuccessful. but what was the involvement of the port authority police in this scheme? when the head of their police union was credited with the traffic study cover story, and he, himself, advanced that cover story in the press, did he know th...

>> right. no, and so thats the surprising thing, as i say, bill baroni technically should have been in the position where everybody would assume hes the point of contact. the impression that everybody, or most people in the port authority had, though, was that david wildstein was the point of contact. thats why i just say, with michaels, knowing christie, you know, himself, knowing probably through his brother, christie that well, id be curious to ask him. we put in a request for a comment. id b...

That we ought to look at this? >> the leadership of the port authority police. >> names? >> paul nunziano. president of the port authority ppa. mike de filippis. delegate who worked on the george washington bridge. >> the head of the port authority pba raised this as an issue? >> thats correct. >> thats his responsibility to, i mean, hes got a traffic mitigation responsibility? it just seems like an unusual -- >> two things, i dont think theres anything unusual about people who represent police ...

Claims. the port authority police union is making no comment on the matter. at least thus far. efforts by msnbc to reach lieutenant chip michaels have so far been unsuccessful. but what was the involvement of the port authority police in this scheme? when the head of their police union was credited with the traffic study cover story, and he, himself, advanced that cover story in the press, did he know that it was false? when he was mocking people who didnt believe the traffic study thing as beli...

>> now, there are new questions about the role of state senator kevin otoole. >> sure shirks a republican on your committee. >> right. >> "the bergen record" reports on what happened after bill baronis november 5th testimony about a traffic study. quote, baroni texted wildstein afterward looking for feedback from officials in trenton. during that exchange, wildstein told baroni otooles statement ready. so it appears senator otoole was communicating david wildstein, communicating with him the ver...

Washington bridge. traffic study which was used as a cover story to obscure the real reasons the lanes on that bridge were shut down. joining us now, sean of the "bergen record." prestigious george polk journalism award for his excellent and groundbreaking coverage of the bridge lane closings. congratulations on that polk . t >> i appreciate it. >> couple things that have broken. one is the news substantiating the early claims from the ft. lee mayor that port authority police told people who wer...