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Its just makes me sad. it s a sad day for me. reporter: sad because he said he d been betrayed by the trusted staff member he filed after incriminating e-mails surfaced suggesting christie allies closed toll lanes and created massive jams to retaliate against the democratic mayor of ft. lee, new jersey. clearly somebody is getting thrown under the bus here. fortunately for them, the bus isn t moving, it s stuck in terrible traffic. reporter: humorist andy borowitz filed this update. all lanes on the george washington bridge blocked by chris christie s ego, though he s never been more humble than at thursday s press conference. i m humiliated. the president of the united states of new jersey, chris christie, is in hot water. okay, hold on. i just pictured him in a hot tub. shake it off. reporter: the fat jokes were back, weighing how the scandal might affect a run for the white house. and wearing a traffic cone. ....
In interest in this story. how did it go? reporter: it was a fascinating nearly two hours of political drama and some theater, as you know. packed with television cameras and also a large contingent senior staff who stood against the wall intently staring at the governor to see how he would perform at this defining political moment. he apologized repeatedly. he said he was embarrassed. he said he was humiliated and determined to get to the bottom of this and most importantly politically and legally going forward he said he had nothing to do with it. it will be held out in part of how you handle a crisis. wolf, it was a fascinating moment. he cuts reporters off if he doesn t like their questions. that is a trademark chance for ....
Teammates and management team. i also want to apologize to chris cuomo. i embarrassed a lot of people. i m sorry. at this point i should know better than to make political statements. i m truly sorry. reporter: kenneth bae s family released their own statement. we accept rodman s apology. being drunk and stressed is not an excuse for what he said, but we acknowledge he s human and we all make mistakes. the state department says they re working very hard for kenneth bae s release through china, sweden and their own envoy. let s hope he s released soon. the chris christie scandal taking on a life of its own. here s cnn s jeanne moos. reporter: will bridgegate take its toll on governor chris christie? he sure wasn t getting an easy pass at his press conference with the normally feisty governor was nothing but bum. i m sad, but i m a very sad person today. ....
Christie to snap. he did not. he stayed calm. he stayed calm. he answered all of the questions politely. he looked reporters in the eyes. it was pretty serious as he answered all of the questions and then left and said thank you and he promised and this is a key part of this, as the investigation goes forward, if he finds out that anyone on his staff has any involvement, he will bring that information to the public. this, as you were just noting, is not over. an important day for governor christie. there are a lot of investigations under way. local investigations, federal. now the federal government is in involved. i assume there will be a drag on christie s administration as governor right now. reporter: think of how much his stature, his standing is his potential standing, anyway, has changed in days and even weeks here. ....