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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 ....