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Thought this weekend would have been for the governor having the super bowl in his home state and having just won a huge election. >> and if you watched him the last few days, he was seemingly making a bid to get beyond this. he was playing the super bowl host governor, making public appearances. and now he has been dealt a really -- this is quite a setback for him. everybody who sees him, i assume he is going to the game on sunday, is going to be thinking about these allegations when they do. >> assemblyman gordon johnson and michael isikoff, thank you both for being here this evening. >> tha...

Assemblyman gordon johnson and nbc news national investigative correspondent michael isikoff. thank you both for coming on the show. >> thank you, reverend sharpton for having me. >> assemblyman johnson, let me start with you. what do you make of these new allegations? >> let me say, reverend sharpton, that it's very troubling, of course, for the governor to come before the people of the state of new jersey and come before the people of new jersey to state that he had no knowledge of this action that was taken by his inside circle, by his inner circle. the collect committee of investigation th...

Where we had somebody in the governor's office abusing power. and we see that attempt to cover up that abuse of power. we'll follow that trail wherever it leaves. we're not going to switch gears and start following another investigation. >> so they're not going to switch gears. but they'll follow wherever it leads, assemblyman johnson. what does that mean? >> i would think that if john wisniewski and senator weinberg and our legal counsel that we have hired, if they feel that this latest allegation is within the scope of our charge and this supercommittee, then we'll go that way. but initially...