Page 49 - Traffic Study News Today

Responsible. he fired his chief of staff, bridget ann kelly, went on to fire former campaign manager for his involvement in the incident, and then gave this in terms of apology and then more action followed. take a listen. >> i come out here today to apologize for the people of new jersey. i am embarrassed and humiliated by the conduct of some of the people on my team. ive taken the following action as a result: this morning i terminated the employment of bridget kelly effective immediately. i t...

Days and caused all kinds of trouble and anger, he believed all that time there was a traffic study involved. and that some bureaucrat somewhere was academically trying to count cars or some absurd story, and he fell for it and believed it all the way through december when wildstein began to say it wasnt true. do you believe thats credible that he fell for that, that he is that gullible, that naive to believe there wasnt any hanky-panky here? >> chris christie is not a gullible and naive man. it...

Meant. and im not sure why the person on the other end of it would know instantly what that meant unless there were previous discussions about it. >> absolutely. and when you say "got it" you dont just come up with a statement like that out of the clear blue without something transpiring or something that precedes it. i agree with you 100%. that "got it" was a ratification or confirmation that everything that previously transpired was acceptable. i know my instructions and im going to move on th...

E.j., it doesnt seem like this traffic report is going to be the answer here. >> if you need a traffic study to show you that ft. lee would be jammed with traffic if you shut down two lanes of this bridge, you shouldnt be in the transportation business. i mean, its absurd on its face. bill bennett, not often quoted on this network, once said that social science involves the elaborate demonstration of the obvious by methods that are obscure. this was a demonstration of the obvious by a method tha...

One u.s. republican congressman from new york issued a statement praising the new jersey governor for his leadership even before his press conference had wrapped up. u.s. congressman michael grimm was put on the show before he said governor christie deem stated true leadership and accountability during todays press conference. i know him to be a man of unquestionable honor and iron-clad integrity, and i take him at his word. michael grimm is a republican congressman from new york. we have valeri...

Wiggle room because he was there for two hours saying a lot. take a listen. >> involvement in this issue in its planning or its execution and i am stunned by the stupidity that was shown here. i first found out about it after it was over and even then, what i was told was that it was traffic study and there was no evidence to the contrary until yesterday. that was brought to my attention or anybody elses attention. i have absolutely nothing to hide and i have not given any instruction to anyone ...

They dont like it so much. >> shawn, this is actually been going on locally in terms of a story -- you broke this story for more than 100 days. so its been covered for awhile. the governor today was talking about the idea that there was some sort of traffic study being done, which was one of the stories apparently he had been told. but is there any evidence that at any time over these last more than 100 days he requested from his staff evidence like the results of this alleged traffic study or t...

Prosecutors in the fbi operates. they start with the lore fish and try to work their way up. but again, chris christie and the top staff say look, we did not know that this was happening and we were lieds to by members of our own staff. what i just cant understand tonight is, we keep hearing this traffic study that became a vendetta or a vendetta that became a traffic study. how is it something that happened back in september, we still dont know whether there was a legitimate traffic study under...

Some sort of traffic study being done, which was one of the stories apparently he had been told. but is there any evidence that at any time over these last more than 100 days he requested from his staff evidence like the results of this alleged traffic study or that there had even been, i dont know, a requisition for a traffic study? >> no. i think those are some of the lingering questions. this has not been a quiet issue here in new jersey. and the governor has actually made pretty forceful com...

People, this is -- there is tension that goes on between the employees of these agencies. not everyone of those are issues of tension raised to my level and governor cuomos level. good news for people of newark and new jersey, once the issues have been raised in the last three years to my level and governor cuomos level, we have always between the two of us a.m.icably resolved it. thats the role governors have to play in that agency sometimes. >> you said clearly you had nothing to do with the a...