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The more death by 1,000 cuts occurs. youre seeing all of these different incidents where people are saying that the governors people threatened them and they had to take action because they were threatened. and its just going to be death by 1,000 cuts. its a difficult position for the governor. lets assume the best case scenario, craig, that he did not know about the order to close the bridge, im not sure that thats credibility, but lets assume it is. then for four days, governor christie, who i...

Being closed on the george washington bridge through his attorney writes this, quote, evidence exists as well tying mr. christie to having knowledge of the lane closures, during the period when the lanes were closed, contrary to what the governor stated publicly in a two-hour press conference he game immediately before mr mr. wildstein was scheduled to appear before the transportation committee. just before the show tonight, governor christies office released a statement saying this, mr. wildste...

>> well, we finally have a statement now reacting to all these latest developments. a statement from governor chris christies office. this is the christie administration response to that letter from david wildstein, the man who resigned from the port authority amid all the allegations about the george washington bridge lane closures. this is governor chris christies reaction to this latest potential bombshell. mr. wildsteins lawyer confirms what the governor has said all along, he had absolutely...

And that i first found out about it after it was over. and even then what i was told was that it was a traffic study. and there was no evidence to the contrary until yesterday that was brought to my attention or anybody elses attention. >> now, that was governor christie on january 9th. he made similar claim in a press conference on december 13th. joining me now are msnbcs steve kornacki and e.j. dionne. thank you both for being here. >> good to be with you. >> now, steve, you led much of the re...

Attempt. this is a fishing attempt to throw out some bait and say, please, we have enough here without any further proffer. give us immunity. give him use immunity, call him in, get the testimony and then insist on sitting down and talking to christie, let christie make his commitment, make -- let him sit out his position in a legally binding way, either under oath or as the result of talking to u.s. attorney so we cant just talk and say, well, this is only political. it has to be turned into a ...

Now, you know, or when the newspapers reported it. wolf, the newspapers reported this at 7:00 on monday morning, september 9. and they also reported it thereafter throughout the entire closure. so if the knowledge emanated from the press and that knowledge was monday, well, you know, thats an issue. because this lasted till friday. and if, of course, he found out about it at the tail end reading in it the press, well, then thats an entirely different story. just there arent enough facts. again, ...

Known about it during the time. thats very different than saying that he lied. >> at one point he does say in the letter mr. wildstein contests the accuracy of various statements the governor made about him and he can prove the inaccuracy of him. >> about him. not necessarily about what the governor knew in the traffic study. so look, i mean, the problem for chris christie is that this has become personal. just talking to somebody who is a friend of christies who is concerned about the fact that...

>> i couldnt even venture a guess. but as i said before, looking at the letter, during the closures, if it was monday, its a problem, if it were thursday, its a problem, but much bigger problem on monday. but just to go back and not repeat myself, i wish everyone would stop talking about a traffic study. there never was one. to close the busiest bridge in the world, a traffic study would last and span months and months and month, you dont have that, it doesnt exist. it really goes to the heart o...

Closed when it was reported by the press, and as he said in his january 9th press conference, had no indication that this was anything other than a traffic study until he read otherwise the morning of january 8th. the governor denies mr. wildsteins lawyers other assertions. but there are a lot of unanswered questions about exactly what the former port authority executive david wildstein knows and is willing to share. this could have huge implications for christie, the next presidential campaign ...

Inaccuracy of some. this is what mr. christie claimed in part on january 9th. >> i had no knowledge of this, of the planning, the execution, or anything about it. and that i first found out about it after it was over. and even then, what i was told was that it was a traffic study. and there was no evidence to the contrary until yesterday. >> well, in a statement tonight, governor christies office said the letter supports him. quote, mr. wildsteins lawyer confirms what the governor said all along...