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Trying to cover a tricky story which keeps growing. >> well, i think, chris, weve seen this before. the governor first tried to attack msnbc when the story about hoboken and the sandy aid. then they went after dawn zimmer, and then after david wildstein and the governor said his staff had sent out the memo. "the new york times" is not the story. the story is why did the christie aides order the lane closings on the george washington bridge and then engage in what appears to be a cover-up to try ...

Who assisted bill baroni in that testimony we just saw, talking about the traffic study that did not exist. when i saw that one going out on this program last night, i said that may be one of the most if not the most important new subpoenas thats out there. >> right. and here the intent is to find out whether phil kwan knew the true motive behind these lane closures. its not disputed that he coached bill baroni before he went before the legislature and gave questionable testimony about this bein...

Years in national politics will be, do you want mediocrity or greatness? everybody can have an equal med yoker salary. that is what we can afford. or do you want the opportunity to greatness? >> the governor wasnt spared questions about the bridge scandal. the wave of subpoenas, about the christ christie -- why the lanes on the gwb were closed in november. he said those lane closures were part of a traffic study. also, the new jersey state police are pushing back that governor may have flown abo...

This was the bill bnaroni testimony to the legislature on november 25th. this is where he spun out that false tale, the cover-up that it was a traffic study. it wasnt a traffic study. this was the coverup. now we know the investigation is casting a net to try to find out who was in on drafts of that cover story testimony. who was in on the drafts of the cover story that they tried and failed to sell to the legislature to cover up what really happened on that bridge? were any of these people, wer...

Testimony about how it was just a big traffic study. >> at all times during the week of the study the port authority police department monitored traffic on the george washington bridge. >> that story has fallen apart and say they are focused on who knew what and when. specifically lawmakers demanding earlier versions of comments on or changes of the statements read by william braaroni. these subpoenas reveal that the claims about a traffic study lie at the heart of the investigation.

Had prepped bill barronne getting him ready for the testimony. talking about a traffic study that we now know is fake. >> now, jonathan, after testifying about his, quote, traffic study, barronne text david wildstein to find out what christie officials in the state capitol thought. he wrote trenton feedback? david wildstein responded good. baronni wrote just good? wildstein assured no, very happy. why would trenton be so concerned about his testimony about a traffic study? >> thats a very good q...

Authority as kind of a really nice consolation prize. put him in a well-paid job as deputy counsel of the port authority. the port authority has a bunch of people who work in the general counsels office as deputy general counsels and assistant general counsels. they have a ton of lawyers at the port authority, but for whatever reason, it was this one, phil kwon who personally did the prep work for this testimony you see here. phil kwon is in the green tie. this is bill baroni who since resigned ...

Him one little legal memo about some little paragraph. but the idea that you needed hours of a lawyers time on preparing that testimony that has no factual basis for it that we know of, the traffic stops. >> i mean, its the traffic study. and the other thing baroni continually harped on in that that to me was the giveaway is the idea that these are fort lee-only lanes. if you know anything about the george washington bridge, you know its all the towns around fort lee. so hes clearly making a ver...

Rejecting phil kwons nomination but he installed him at the port authority as kind of a really nice consolation prize. put him in a well-paid job as deputy counsel of the port authority. the port authority has a bunch of people who work in the general counsels office as deputy general counsels and assistant general counsels. they have a ton of lawyers at the port authority, but for whatever reason, it was this one, phil kwon who personally did the prep work for this testimony you see here. phil ...

Have already been subpoenaed. also being subpoenaed is the port authority lawyer, who helped prepare bill baronis testimony to the legislature about the george washington bridge. last november when bill baroni climbed a traffic study was the reason for those lane closures. the super committee also voted today to enforce the subpoenas already injured to bridget kelly and former christie campaign manager bill stepien. they both refused to comply with the subpoena, citing the fifth amendment. >> ou...