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Time fiercely denying the allegation that she threatened to withhold sandy funds on behalf of retribution for failing to support a real estate project. it's the latest in the widening string of scandals that plague chris christie as a potential presidential bid for 2016. cnn's erin mcpike is joining us. what's the latest? >> reporter: wolf, today chris christie's administration got very aggressive in fighting back against these accusations that dawn zimmer has had. they even described a conference call describing how much they have done for hoboken. chris christie's lieutenant governor spent t...

Make the olympics safe. the first real test of the russian security could come today, when the olympic torch relay goes through the city of volgograd, the city already hit by two suicide bomb attacks. brian ross, abc news, new york. and coming up in just a few minutes, an abc news exclusive. george stephanopoulos sits down with russian president vladimir putin, to talk about the other worry about the upcoming olympic games. the growing uproar over russia's anti-gay laws. back here, now, where governor chris christie and his administration are facing explosive claims from a second new jerse...

She accused christie's lieutenant governor of shaking her down by threatening to withhold superstorm sandy funds if zimmer did not back a rockefeller group real estate development. >> she pulled me aside and said essentially, you have to move forward with the rockefeller project. this is really important to the governor. she said she had been with him on friday night and this was a direct message from the governor. >> your dawno denied any wrong doing. she refused to take any questions from reporters. >> any suggestion that sandy funds were tied to the approval of any project in new jersey is ...

Aid would be contingent on moving forward with a private development project. in an interview with cnn, she claims she met with lieutenant governor kim guadagno last may, who brought a message from chris christie himself. >> you have to move forward with the rockefeller project. this project is really important to the governor. and she said that she had been with him on friday night. and that this was a direct message from the governor. >> reporter: zimmer told msnbc, her city received only $342,000. but the christie administration said hoboken was not denied a single grant. the christie admin...

>> the suggestion that anyone would hold back sandy relief funds for any reason is wholly and completely false. >> reporter: guadagno is playing defense after being accused by dawn zimmer of intimidation in the aftermath of superstorm sandy. in an interview on sunday with candy crowley, zimmer said that she was told that hoboken would receive millions of dollars in storm recovery only if she pushed a real estate project by the rockefeller group, a developer with ties to the governor and his allies. >> she pulled me aside and said essentially you've got to move forward with the rockefeller proj...