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>> congressman good, to see you. thanks for joining us. >> thank you. >> we're also following a fallout from a big political story. new jersey governor chris christie cleared of wrong doing in the first of several investigations into bridge gate scandal the report suggests governor christie had no advance knowledge as lane closings as a form of political pay back. >> we found governor christie had no involvement in the decision to close these lanes and no prior knowledge of it. not a shred of evidence of it. >> critics say the fact key players refused to cooperate and the fact it was conducted...

Governor chris christie hired a law firm with state funds to investigate bridge gate. it released a report clearing him in the scandal. confirming he was not involved in the plot to close lanes near the george washington bridge as political retribution against the local mayor. blame on christie aide and official. charles krauthammer author of the "new york times" best-selling book on the best-selling list 22 weeks "things that matter," joins us. thanks for being here, charles. >> nice to be here, greta. >> what do you make of this report? >> not exactly caesar's wife clean. this is not an obje...

And yet, robert, when you look at the sheer politics of this, it's not like these republican aspirants are hiding it. specifically with chris christie, who as we said, had a big, big news day today. it seems like it's important to him to be out on the circuit not only seeking money, win, of course, can help him, but seeking the prestige associated with being a first-tier candidate hobnobbing and doing the things we expect of first-tier candidates to show in a way, tell me if you agree, that he's over bridge-gate and he's moving on? >> that's right. i think a year ago when i was going into tren...

And he's still in the car. i anyhow it had to be somebody young because you could see the lights coming on and off. >> no smart criminals. >> the suspect took off running on to the but the car is faster than your feet can fly. he was arrested. new jersey governor chris christie is set to address the public in an hour from now after the release of a report that clears him of any wrongdoing in the bridge closing scandal. david lee miller joins us from trenton, new jersey, thank you for joining us. >> reporter: this is governor christie's first major news conference that said he did nothing wro...

It seems like it's important to him to be out on the circuit not only seeking money, which, of course, can help him, but seeking the prestige associated with being a first-tier candidate hobnobbing and doing the things we expect of first-tier candidates to show in a way, tell me if you agree, that he's over bridge-gate and he's moving on? >> that's right. i think a year ago when i was going into trenton to cover governor christie, you saw a person, a politician, who was the establishment favorite. he was looking ahead to 2016. his entire team. they thought they were going to be the candidacy t...