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of encapsule lakap sul lacap sl. the crihristie attorney or the w firm hired by the governor's office is not just to blame his former allies but to shame them. >> it's a very weird strategy, we have seen it all along, she couldn't leave david wildstein alone. with this, this is like they took every sexist misogynistic cliche in the world and spewed it in this report. first of all, we have to know about her relationship, but we also have to know that she was the one allegedly scorned, really? we needed that? and what does it have to do with the lane closures. but the reliance on this
okay? so i understand that. and if i did i misspoke that they were dedicated to ft. lee residents. they are dedicated to the town of ft. lee, my understanding for their development was to relieve traffic con jessation going to the bridges. but i will tell you that that's an understanding that will only come into knowledge of in the last number of months, because even when i went that way a couple of times, years ago, it was -- i didn't know they were committed to ft. lee and to the town of ft. lee or to any of that history. that was a two-part question, you're not going to follow up on a two-part, are you? >> that was the first part. >> i said it appears that there was a traffic study that may have had behind it an ill or inappropriate motive. >> you said that was in the report, you didn't say if you
them and their states of mind. what did you make of that? >> to be honest with you, when i read this, i was appalled. i was appalled that the taxpayers would have to pay for it. and as a woman, i was appalled that they would say that brilgt ann kelly did this all on her own because she was scorned. we're not back in the stone ages, they're trying to put out that tony th that the tony of the -- bridget ann kelley would not have had those responsibilities in his office if she could noll be reliable. >> and she was hired by governor chris christie. to if she was that unreliable and not stable, i don't know what that says about him. governor chris christie will come to the mike to answer questions about the controversial bridge gate report. we'll take the news conference live so stick afternoon. and steve carnanke is next to
ongoing and it is limited as randy mastro pointed out by some of the access they had and didn't have to sorenecertain pe. but in the end, all that's fronted in the report. it doesn't claim to be anything other than what it is. it's exhaustive and it's thorough. no matter what you're going to be contribute sized in these instanc instances. >> is there a reason for severing ties with step hrkstep you still think that -- can you imagine a time when -- [ inaudible ] >> let's be clear, it was tonight salty language, because as you know, matt, i have been known to use a word or two of those myself as have a number of
>> you talked about how wbr-id="wbr21020"/> this will not impact -- we have seen how this affects the voters, even republican voters, how is it possible this this controversy will not impact your run for president? >> well, those are two different questions, right? >> impact running as a choice, i'm just telling you that it won't. and the fact of the matter is, that i had nothing to do with this and as i said from the beginning in this report, has supported exactly what i said. and in the long sweep of things, any voters, if they consider this issue at all, in considering my candidacy if there ever is one, i got to feel it will be a very small element if any element at all. but in terms of my decision making, it's simply not the way i would make a decision. the way i will make a decision about whether to seek any future
closures? and why would bridget kelly go along? who would have benefitted from closing the bridge access lanes? why should we take christie's word for it when he says he doesn't recall that david winestein told him about the lae lane closures. without showing any evidence that the government is telling the truth. nbc's ron allen joins me now from trenton, so, ron, i want to start by asking you what impact you're hearing this report will actually have on the state lawmakers investigation? >> reporter: well, those are good questions, joy and maybe we'll be able to put them to the governor. as for the state legislators who are looking into this, remember, they're democrats for the most part, at least the majority of them are, and so this is obviously a very political situation. one of the co-chairs of the committee says he doesn't see this report as being thorough of objective.
it pertainis to my office. i resolve to do whatever we can to be better. to be a better governor, to be a better staff, and to be a better administration. we owe that to the people of new jersey and that's what i will attempt to deliver. there will be further announcements in the coming weeks as we work to implement these recommendations and their structure and to find the best possible people to fill these roles. as to the port authority, i agree with the main thrust of the report, and the need for fundamental structural change at the port authority. i'm particularly intrigued by the idea of dismantling the port authority operations. i think the report is replete with examples of the new york-new jersey rivalries that have allowed this place not to work as one, but to ineffectively work as two. i intend to work with governor
believe that. >> i believe what the report told me. terry? >> getting back to david sampson, do you think his step down was played out -- >> no. >> in other words -- >> no, i don't think it was essential, but he did. and so he called me this afternoon and told me that if you're going to have a chance to institute these type of reforms, i think you have to have somebody in there who will be able to take a brand-new look at this and not have to worry about the things in the past and so i'm going to go. now like i said in response to the earlier question over here, this comes as no great shock to me, terry, because david started talking to me a year ago about wanting to leave and the only reason he stayed is because i asked him to. it didn't come as a shock to me this morning that he called me and said it. i didn't expect the call this morning. so that was a shock to me.
news conference. >> i expect it's going to be another long pity party, about how wronged he feels about this and how let down he's been and how he's losing sleep, like he was telling diane sawyer, i expect him to do exactly what he did last time. i don't know if it will go on for two hours, i don't know if he has that stamina, but i expect it to be self serving and he won't give an inch. >> be sure to check out joan's article on the christie scandal at salon.com. we're also linked to the report. steve and bob are going to stick with us as we continue our coverage here on msnbc. we're just minutes away from governor chris christie's news conference, we'll bring to it you live as well as your reactions to the latest twist in this story next. ♪
so we are going to continue our investigation, we're going to continue to ask for those documents that we have not been privy too. and he met, this particular attorney has made reference to it. he has -- i would think that he has to give it to the committee at this point. >> i think because this is actually taxpayer money, now the governor has made much of saying this was not his personal attorney, this was someone hired by the governor's office, but it was paid for by taxpayer money. is there going to be an investigation based on that? >> obviously our chair people will determine that. you have heard people with regards to this particular report, it's self-serving and those documents that have not been delivered, since he's making reference to it, let's see what you have. >> i feel like i have to ask you as a female lawmaker. the tone of this report is very personal, sort of a portrayal of