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Expected to appoint a special counsel on their investigation of the bridge scandal. we thought that announcement might come today. we learned the announcement could come as early as tomorrow but certainly by the end of the week. meanwhile, it s expected the next round of subpoenas from the assembly investigation, those subpoenas could go out as early as tomorrow as well. they could include the person most directly at the center of this scandal, chris christie s former deputy chef of staff who appears to have ordered time for some traffic problems in ft. lee back in august of last year. will bridget anne kelly be issued a subpoena? could that happen tomorrow? joining us now, the newly elected speaker of the new jersey assembly. mr. speaker, thank you very much for being with us. great to be here. why was reid schar selected as special counsel for this body? well, we wanted to pick best person qualified for it and the people that i ve spoke to, reid was the person that made the ....
That in their private conduct and old fashioned tough guys runs some risks. if you act like an old fashioned guy s guy, are you in constant danger of slipping out saying something that will make you look like a sexist or thuggish or whatever. this guy is very much an old fashioned maclin, muscular guy and there are political risks associated with that. joining me now, my colleague steve kornacki, the host of up and also new jersey state assemblyman gordon johnson joins us. he represents ft. lee. assemblymen, i m begin with you. how much in doubt was the extension of the subpoena power. it seems as recently as a week, a few days ago, it wasn t necessarily a given this was going to happen in the next laejs legislative session. once we have determined and learned that this action had initiated out of the governor s office or at least appears to be out of the governor s office, we knew that we had to expand the ....
Accomplished on a county level, a state level. i m proud of our delegation and our district. i tell you, we have done phenomenal things in ft. lee. that is the tragedy here. we re in the middle of a renaissance, a billion dollar redevelopment. we are arguably if most aggressive community in the state of new jersey run by this idiot. that was ft. lee mayor sokolich defending his record against the slurs and ethnically slander of chris christie operatives that refer to him as se serbian during this interview, he said that, i sat up in my chair $1 billion in development. i figured the mayor was overstating things. you see, ft. lee is a town of 35,000 people and how many towns of 35,000 people have $1 billion developments? the answer is none very many. so after that interview, i sat in my office, i went to google, typed in billion dollar ....
I don t know why ft. lee needs three lanes. i have sat in that lane before i was governor. and the fact that one town has three lanes dedicated to it. that kind of gets me sauced. we re back with steve i don t even know what that means. steve, i cut you off. you were taking issue with the characterization that it s one town. i think this is so telling, because anyone who knows traffic patterns, knows you don t need the proof that i live in ft. lee to use the lanes. most people using the lanes are not from ft. lee. 25% of people that go through the lanes 25% of the people that live there come across the ....
Development in ft. lee. the headline fort lee approves second half of $1 billion development. it s called the hudson lights t. plan is to loom large on the jersey side of the hudson river just right near the george washington bridge. the site calls 157,000 retail space, 477 residential units and 157 room hotel. it is being developed in a state that jersey has been trying to develop for almost 50 years. it s at the center of the motive for the bridgestate scandal. joining me is steve kornacki and so, you went in on this on your weekend show, steve this parcel of land, why do you think it bears some connection to this? yeah, i wouldn t call, i don t feel that i put a theory ....